Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-10-25
A GEORGIA OANDY-PULLING.

A party of Georgia girls had arranged &C
10 have candy-pullng at tho residence
Of Mr.. Jones, the father of ono OF the d
girls. Now. it happened that Mr.. Jones S h,
had a bachelor brother living with him, te
n GOOD .natured, kindly sort OF a man, r
but awfully bashful in the presence OF II
women-particularly young women. Un Il
Gle Dick, as our bachelor friend was call :,
ed, had not been notified OF tho candy /
pulling arrangements, the Intention OF I,
the girls being to monopolize all this q
s,xeeiness to themselves. On tho even :
inc in question Uncle Dick was busi'y
engaged in the best room in the house, /
changing his linen, preparatory 10 a nus-
mess visit to the village, little dreaming G
1of thecalamity that awaited him III the
! near future He had already dcHeu MS
clothes. and was in the act of crawling
into a clean shirt, when a sound smofe
on his ears that caused him to start and
shudder like an aspen. lt was JUG
sound Of the merry voices OF DeVy vi
voun. girls approaching the house win
a steady tramp. Nearer, nearer they
cane, this invading host, more telrl"le
to Bachelor Dick than an army Win
banners. In another moment the rhsVie
of their dresses fell upon his ears liko q
, death knell. They were ut the very
threshold of the room, and the door was
unlocked. Oh, horror of horrors! What
was this bachelor lorlorn to 90 10 10 s''E-
:, | ell from the fate that seemed awaiuls
:, him. "He who hesitates ia lost" tho"sn'
Uncle Dick. There was bat one way o"t
20 of the awful dilemma i'll which he 1o"ho
himself placed. Quick as thought tho
unclad man wildly sezsd his clothss III
his arms and jumped behind the "ato,
robe. Here he perched himself on top Oh
a. very high clothes basket, thinking the
III rnwe!come visitors would be gone III q
$ e,w minutes, When the girls made their
'' entrance and commenced making prepar-
- atious for the caudy-pulling, Uncle DICK
y. uroaned in despair. 1t took his pes" n'.-
!" anciur to keep from being tumbleo OH III
" the very midst of tue g,rls, an" the
le tbouoht that he would he kept prisoner
40 in this uncomfortable position for two o.
- three hours was anything but pleaS'h' u
his feelings. 90,
ooh won't We have n jolly time OF it
xo,,;med one of the girls. with Il
on' man to bother us, we can pull candy an
n'' way We want it. Why these a"i"' ''''
e'' would want you to make the c''oS d"
leu mi, it for them to eat, and then l"e
'op would criticise your conduct and ;tctioh
VI" .s soon as their backs were turned!
o"' sYou're right, Jenny. Irue' ever
ere word Of it. Put on the candy while
ana crate a little nutmeg to season It, quo'
another.
ter .nl at it they went, busy AS a hive
e, bees. :,
She Meantime, Uncle Dick, behind Il
hile ,v,rdr,be. was growing more uncon''
rner t,l,o eyerv minute The pcrspira'l'
''ai- poured off of him in great drops DIS
''h, soliloquized to himself:
ana Great Scott! Have got to stay
rec t,is awful position until them a"rh
ient' c,1s make that candy and eat IL "
laid- f,,na me. ifI wouldn't rather be II
ne" up by the thumbs the same lehs'n
end +;me than hear them lick candy ana u
Or to ,hout sweethearts. I've Sooo n'pa
alter ;,,,n riuht ont O here and scale III
they Ilf to death in my shirt-tail. Bless
| inn ao,1, ;fI don't believe this informal J
mln- lot will unset with me, anyhow!
ilken n1I w NV, and hold out little longer
ed.- The not of syrup was placed on tne
+o boil: the girls drew up theif Gil
and formed q semi-circle around IL,
were Just ready to launch out lh''
n,o;n Mar old fashioned Gosstp'nS il''s''"' "
an. of them checked matters Dy say
.K,tv isn't there rats in that "
'"U, Nv, ,o,o, It appears to me that hear s'
+h,t thing rattlicg around Ill there
o+t;- $50 do H. quoth another OF inc P'
.Just YOU 60 and see,' sald ha'S'
Vs. to She stealthily approached tho
robe. opened it, and cautiously Pee'o
r,,+ sba failed to find any rats Ha'
w u,+o,.d q little more carefully,
~ h;s would, in all probability, nave heA''
.,,,,, beatiuos of Bachelor DICK 3 heai'
,r,.a ot that moment was humping aS
tno .,,ost Of q rate that tbreatent
,,+ alarm the whole party.
iris in 'ferhaps ~ o,o of tho GIRLS.
LAST YES answered another, 1T seems
-o,,,s behipd the WARDROBE
~, cot Acting on this hint, one OF tue
door was Just preparing to exteho la
,+ searches in that direction, when al
nHered ono yelled that the candy was o'
+b. They all, as ono girl, rushed 10 I'LL
-,,tor enc of the burning pot of sweets, .
tno tb, moment forgot all about tho
GREATLY to the relief of Uncle DICK.
49,, .J,hank the Lold-thank the
Spotted exclaimed 'he 'l'' , o;<,h of reli,
da and he breathed mighty sign "a tei