Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-12-12
4 RESCUE FROM CAAN|BALS,

4 RESCUE FROM CANN|BALS,
Hulua came down into the bowels O.
TIE earth to find NE, as she usually wa
compelled to do. There was no necessit,
for her remaining amid the rust ant
reaches, The gloom and interminablt
steam, OF that cayernous kitchen of ours
GA Brooklyn Heights. Why heights,
wonder: We were on the steep side OF
the hill, AID there was considerable
more of detph lAan height about it-at
least On the kitchen floor, where | spent
most OF my time; for superintendent al!
the cooking for the boarders. We had
kept boar!e-> now for years and years,
Or perhaps the 5oarders had kept Us, OF
II might have been a mutual eking out
OF existence. But l took care OF the
cooking, because in that the main
strength OF success lay, and | didn't want
re keep ooarders all my life.
When we began it was tc please BROTH
er Bob. lie was Il well-to-do salesman
then III the city, and used to come down
10 the dear old homestead with so many
airs and graces about him, that we grew
to look upon him with sort of awe, and
wondered if this prinky gentleman in the
high hat and lirsn buster could be our
BOO that used to kick all the bottoms out
81 the chairs, and never had whole knee
IN his breeches; that robbed the birds
nests, worried the school master, was
nearly drowned in the mill-race. and had
his leg broken by fall from hay-rick.
Nobody would dream he had ever kink
IA his leg, new that he had get to be a
commercial man. He was as straight
and tall as the finest of our scarlet run
ne. poles, anu butter wouldn't melt in
His mouth, he was that smooth and sleek
AMI soft spoken. How surprised we were
~aen lie proposed himself to 60 and hear
David Deviness first sermon, holding
me tymn.b book all the way, and carrying
flolda's best shawl on his arm!
was always opposed to giving up the
homestead when father and mother died,
and 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
Hulda should win the admiration of one
Of his employers-the bachelor member
ot the hrm of Marley & Brothers. He
came out with Bob in one of the yaca,
tions, and certainly seemed to admire
Hulda, as one might say, ravenously.
lie ate more in a quiet way than any
person ever saw; and it seemed very
high compliment, in Bob's eyes, that
wtlla he was eating, his grave, owl-like
eyes were fixed on Hulda, though why I
cant say, az l always did the cooking.
| used to tell our young preacher, Davy
Divine, that he couldn't expect the hot
place would have the terror for me it
had for others, seeing that was used to
she hottest corner, and rather liked it.
David made some kind little reply in his
pleasant way; and I must say my choice
for Hulda had always been this hand.
some, fair-worded, pure-worded, God.
loving young neighbor Of ours. he had
always cared for her since they were
children together, and / knew father and
mother would have been we'll content tc
have Hulda the pastors wife in the old
Dutch Church where they had gone to
gether year in and year out, and now Law
resting close by.
But in the meantime Bob married q
fashionable city girl, and in the hot sea
sons he brought his wife and children
home. ] couldn't find much fault witt
the girl, though I tried to hard enough
she spent too much time distorting he]
pretty hair out of its natural comeliness
ana put as many queer artificial hump!
about her as camel; butshe had win
some, cherry way with her, and always
had weakness FOR beauty, be it in man
woman or beast; and, besides, she alway.
had good word for the young parson
often Turing Marley away with her co
quetry and wiles, 20 that David coulc
have word with Hulda.
Hes worth a dozen of that bald
blinking Marley" she would say, " ane
I'll do what l can, Magada, to foil Bob
plans.''
She was such a good-natured creatur,
| wish it had been Code will to SPAR
her to her young brood, of which sh,
was overload; but while they were thre,
manikins the gay young mother pot cole
and died, and nothing would do but w
must go to the city and keep house fo
BOB: Hulda's tender heart was wrun,
for Bob's widowed and lonely condition
but could see under his stiff, hard mel
ancholy a bitter quantity of world,
torethought and speculation.
knew what was coming, and indeed
was prepared for anything: What die
it matter now that the blessed old home
stead was out of our hold? had ken
some OF the mahogany furniture. mucI
to Bob's disgust, who seemed to cheane,
the richest acres we had, and spoke sliaht
ingly of the krots and gnarls of onr 40,
old apple trees that everybody kner
made the fruit all the sweeter. RI,
shifted with disdain at my holding tn
mortgage for my share of the estats.
Ready money would be much better
Magada," he said; but I had my wav
thank Godl And I told Bob up an,
down wanted it understood that Their
was to be no obligation on either side
hulda and | would take the CITY house
ana ne and the three children ahoul,
board with us. To help along WITH th
expenses took few moro ,hoer1sr.
and still few more, for one hro,, ~ -,
other. hadia sort of facnltv fds ~ e.
ing, and if there's one weakness. =, ~,
human race more prevailing and he.e ~
ting than another, its gluttony. nsa
10 90 my best to tempt the faded ve
voracious palate of that yellow dyspent;
Marley, and gave him many q grim hoi
goblin for company after he'd left M
sweet Hulda, for / couldn't forpive Il
w ~mhlng her consent TO marry him, whe
~ k9eW the core of her heart al
1 e1: 8. Ihe; coming to the, city "a
nnolng 9nt Eons pretty she vas 8 81
Bobs vii aud cunning were strorL
ana uaf'rlng and anywlsys 1ujas p,