The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-10-29
: NO. 10.
And at it theywent, busy as hive

: A-5N NJ - - " =
1ilAna at it they'went, busy asia hive
ofbees. 9s y Sc & .'E
Meantime, Uncle Dick, behind the
wardrobe, was growing more uncom-
Portable every minute. The perspi-
ration poured of Of him ii great
drops as he soliloquised. TO himself:
"Great Scott! Have got to stay
in this awful position until them
burned gals make ahat-eandy and. eat
|it2 Confound me, if I wouldn't ;ra-
ther be tied up by the thumbs The
same length Of time than to hear
them lick candy and talk Of. sweet
hearts. I've q good mind 10 jump
right out O. here andiscare them half
to deatlin my shiit-tail Blesstmy
soul! if + don't believe this internal
basket will upset with me, anyhow.
But ! will try aud hold out. q little
longer
Tie pot Of sirop was placed on the
fire TO boil;r the girls drew up their
chairs and formed d semi rircie
around it, and were just ready to
/ s. = Fl. ~ RI 81 =
launch out into a regular old fash
ioned gossiping match, when one of
them checked matters BY saying:
| "Katy, isn't there ratseain AAas
wardrobe? Il appears9to nc, that 7
hear something rattling around in
there. '''ssss 5000
$50 do ], quoth another Of the
party .. = t.,a,'s e
s'Justayou go andssee," said Katy.
'eThere might1be some rats IN tlere..D
She ssealthily approached the
wardrobe, opened it, andlcautiousIy
peered il. But She failed e find any
rats, Had she listened 4 little: more
carefully, she would, in all p obabil-
itys have heard thebeatingsof Bach
elor Dicks heart, which at, that MO
men twas was humping against chest at
rate that threatened to alarm the
/ s.
whole party. s
Perhaps it was another noiseewo
heard" suggested one Of the girls.
4 EYES, answered another, s'it
seemed 70 be behind tie wardrobe"
Acting on this hint, one Of tho
girls was just preparing to extend
her researches in that direction, wien
another one yelled that tlle. candy
was burning. They; ALI aa oae,girl,
rushed to the rescue of the burning
j pot Of sweets, and for the moment
forgot all about the rats, greatly to
lthe rcliefof Uncle Dick.
ssThank the Lord, thank the Lords
Exclaimed the old bachelor to him
Elf, IS he breathed q mighty sigh Of
relief: III that gal hadn't said The
candy was burnin, she was d goin'
to stick her head right behind Here.
4 + :. Z
.|E,Jlust likes Woman always pcepin'
aboutsin every place t,.sfs a
The candy was stirred q little,
turned around a couple oftimes, and
some Of. the fire taken from, under 1t,
when tile girls began to talk about
pretty feet--a subject of no small in !.
terest to the feminine mind.
i There Is the handsomest foot in
1.-THE party, exclaimed one Of the
i girls, as she held up her skirts just
Ienoagll to expose her pedalsextremi-
I ties to the view Of her companions.
Now, If there is any one thing nude
4 Dick dotes on more than another, II
lis o'liandsome foot, especially fit
lis joined to handsome woman, as
was the case in this instance. He no
! longer felt The Observation-Disclosures OF
81 is position behind the wardrobe, so
: \ e
absorbed was be to get lsok at the
'prettiest foot in the party" In
straining his neck out to get a view
!, Of the anatomy. on exhibition, no
leaned over little toe. far, lost his
balance, and tumbled heels over
/, head into the middle of the room,
the basket over his head and his
Ishirt around his neck.
The scene that followed can be
more easily imagined than described.
With a simultaneous yell and a
scrcecll1that nearlylifted tile roof of
tho Top Of the house, the terrified
shot ont Of the room as II they had
!, beeu propelled from a caEnon--som
making their exit through the doors
and Others disappearing like shad-
ows through the windows, leaving
Uncle Dick master Of the field, and
/ it was an llor or two ere they fully
realized what had happened.
/ Dick was not a. whit less fright
] ened Than the girls. He had tile cou-