Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-29
A RESCUE FROM CANFIBALs.
A Story For New Years.

| HHioa came down into the bowels O
tie earth to find me, as she usually wa
compelled to do. There was no necessi
ty for her remaining amid the rust ane
reaches, the gloom and interminablt
stream, of that cavernons kitchen floor O.
ours on Brooklyn Heights. We had KEEP
| boardars now for years and years, Or per
haps the boarders had kept us or i
might have been mutual eking out o.
existence. But | took care Of the cook
ing, because in that the main strength OF
success lay, and didn't want to keeE
boarders all my life:
When we began it was to please BROTH
er Bob. He was we'll lido salesman
in the city, and used to come down to the
dear old homestead with SO many airs
and graces about hln that we grew to
| look upon him with q sort of awe, and
wonder if this pinky gentleman in the
high hat and linen duster could be our Bob
that used to kick all the bottoms out Of
the chairs, and never bad g whole knee in
his breeches; that robbed the birds nests
worried the schoo,master, was nearly
drowned in the millrace and had his leg
broken by a fall from the hay-rick. No
body would dream he had ever kink in
bis leg, now that he had got to be com
mercial man. He was as straight ana
tall as the finest of our scarlet-runner
poles, and butter wouldn't melt in his
mouth, he was that smooth and sleek AID
soft-spoken. How surprised we were
when he proposed himself to go and hear
Davlde Divine's first sermon, holding the
hymn book all the way, and carrying
Huida's best shawl on his arm ! used to
be his fayorlte in the good old days when
he didn't know a Stub nose from Gre
clan one, and Bob found my carroty hair
aHd freckles much finer than the silken
locks and delicate complexion Of Hulda
He used to call Huida the milk and wa
ter baby. and was the one he came to in
all bis scrapes and short comings But
somehow, after he got to the city | never
could ird much favor in his sight, and
had no relish for dead delight. The
boy was gone from me as utterly as if
ne lay in the old church-yard by sister
Betty's size. The memory Of him was
tar sweeter than any present delight liz
bis prosperity.
was always opposed to giving up the
homestead when mother and father died,
end going to the city to keep house for
Bob. But Bob persisted. and won over
Hulda, as he always did. I think he had
sneaking design from the first that
HuIda should win The admiration of one
of his employers bachelor member
of the firm of Marley & Brothers. He
came out with Bob in one of the vaca-
tons, and certainly seemed to admire
Hulda, as one might say, ravenously.
He ate more in quiet way than any per
son / ever saw; and it seemed avery
high compliment, in Rob's eyes, that
while he was eating, his grave, owl-like
eyes were fixed upon Iulda, though why
l c MT say, as I always did the cooking.
| used to tell our young preacher, Davy
Devine, hat he couldn't expect the hot
place would have the terror for me it
had for Others, seeing that was used to
the hottest corner and rather liked it..
David made some kind little reply in his
pleasant way: and must say my choice
Tor Hulda had always been this hand
some, fairworded, pure-heartes, God.
loving young neighbor OF ours He had
always cared for her since they were
children together; and I knew father and
mother would have been we'll content TO
have Hulda the parsons wife in the old
Dutch church where they had gone to-
gether year in and year out, and now lay
resting close by.
| Hulda was little more than child,
but was taking kindly to the wonderfully
pleasantly ways Of Providence just then
and after mother died she chung more
and more to me and David. He and
used to talk the matter over, even to the
furnishing up of the old parsonage,
never dreaming but that all would be
right. 1t seemed as natural to me as
seed-time and harvest that Hulda should
marry David, and walk up the aisle in
her plain silk gown and close bonnet,
and everybody should say what sweet
wife was the young pastors.
But in the meantime Bob married a
fashionable city girl, aud in the hot sea
sons he brought his wife and children
home. couldn't find much fault with
the girl, though tried TO hard enough
she spent too L.uch time dlstorting her
pretty hair cut of its natural COMBINES
and put as many queer arljfi :al humps
about her as a camel; bu'lshe had a win.
some, CHEEKY way with her, and always
had a weakness for beauty. be it in man
woman or beast; and, besides, she always
had good word for the young parson
often Turing Marley awav with hel
coquetry and W. les, 80 that David coulc
have word with Huda.
He's worth a dozen of that bald
blinking Marley she would say, 'sanc
I'll do what can, Magda, to foil Bob
plans"
she was such good raeured creatur,
wish it had been Gods will to spare he
to he, young brood, of which she WA
over-tond, but whi.e they were thre
manikins the gay young mother got col,
and died, and notI ing must do bur W
must 90 to the city and keep house f.
Bob. Hulda's tender heart was w,ung 70
/ Bob's widowed and lonely condition, bu
; leu dl,ee under his stiff, nard melanchol,
a bitter quantity OF worldly foretnou Oh
, and speculation.
J l knew what was coming, and, indeed
was prepared for anything What did
!, matter now that the blessed old home
stead was out of our ho!da I had kep
, some of the mahogany furniture, niue
: to Bob's disgust, who seemed TO cheape
the richest acres We had and spoke si mt
ingIy of the knots nd gnarls in our dea
old apple trees that every body kne,
made the fruit all the sWeeter. Bo