The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-04-29
HuIdy's Young Man.

30 see dui0y Blare'S young
man as come up the lane," said Mrs.
Mallet, "a-leaning in at her keeping
room wintder as cosy as you please
An unkimmon smart-loOking chap.
Eh, Cyrus ,"
''Do tell" spoke up sister Jane. as
Hubby Blare thinking about q beau
at her time Of life? Rather late in
the day"
"Never too late too mend" said
Cyrus, facetiously.
. Now, Cyrus had been sweet upon
Hubby all his days but latterly
there had arisen a GOODNESS between
them. Huldy wanted him to study
law, while he had sat his heart upon
filling the pulpit at Rowley, and set
ting down soberly with Hudly at the
parsonage. There had been a quarrel
and Huldy had gone away on visit,
to be followed on her return by the
aforesaid young man. Nobody knew
exactly whether she had Tilted Cyrus,
or whether he had changed mis- mind;
only Jane suspected, and Miss Mallet
thought she'd heard words one night,
when she went to Hubby, before
raising the knocker. Miss Mallet al
ways made it a rule to stand on the
doorstep for a few minutes before
knocking. in order to COLLECT herself,
and whatever ungdarded words might
float outward from her neighbors'
lips.
ayes, Hildy's no chicken" pur-
sued Miss Mallet. "Lemme see her
folks was married forty-nine years
come Thanksgiving time, aud Hull
s sdy's the baby. She'll never see 30
agin. Her young man must be con-
sid'able younger,
"Younger Dear me did think
Huldy had more dignity. I'd like to
see boy proposing to me J"
"Hoity-tOity / dare say you would,
".There amt nothing in the Scripters
agin it. Eth, Cyrus "a
against boy proposing to Jane%'
'Cyrus, how can you be so frivol-
Gus You, clergyman Dear me,
what can Hubby be thinking of?p
"Her young'man, 1 reckon. DON'T
yeu, Cyrus ?"
"i don't reckon On anything where
wouaanis concerned ~ said he with
some bitterness.
"Dear me, Cyrus Allan. how come
you to let this young popinjay cut
you out-thats what Iid1ike to know?
Here you was right handy, and
knowed Hubby ever since she was
that high. l allus thought you'd
make a match of it, you two. She's
just the cut out for a minister's wife
to sing psalms and lead in prayer at
class meetings, and carry both and
flannel to the poor"
"Huldy? Why, Miss Mallet,'
cried Jane, "I've heard her say she
wouldn't marry a minister if there
wasn't another man in creation-hav'
ing everybody in the parish bringing
tithes of mint and cumin, as she calls
it.n
''P'r'aps she want asked"
"Like as not" said Jane, "Soul
grapes. But it does beat everything
her taking up with this boy :"
"Oh, he's got as good a mustache
as Cyrus has he's old enough 20 sc
alone ~
''To know better %
"Waial, it amt such q terrible thing
no wsy. Deacon Cantiele's younger'n q
his wife, and they was allus peaceable
together. Nobody'd knowed about il
if they didn't go peeking into the
family Bible ~
''Time's a delusion," said Cyrus
"When people reach maturity, a ifsv
years on either side don't signityf
Cyrus was trifie the junior of Hut
dy himself. shakespeare wa:
younger than Ann Hathaway and
DR.. Johnson
"Law % interrupted mss Mallet
"did you know his wife was dowI
with the measles ?'t taking it fol
| granted that be spoke Of the villag,
doctor, and thankful she hadn't for
gotten to tell the news.
"Oh, Cyrus means the DR.. johnson
who wrote dictionaries and things
corrected Jane.
claw ! don't know nothing abou
him. 1 never see his wife, neither
="Well continued Jane, with Huldy
still heavy on her mind, tsI'm willin!
folks should marry their grandmoth
ers if they wanted to; but must sa,
Pm disappointed in Huldy."
"And / shouldn't wonder if Cyru.
was too p1
"He's got his calling"
"I guess he won't need to be callin.
round to Huldy's now T; she seems q
be already under conviction"
And to Cyrus jaundiced eyes sh'
did indeed appear content and happy
as he watched her strolling amOni
the beds of larkspuf and Love-lies
bleeding, with aher young man :
land when presently she pIucked 1