Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-29

tail of hearing. 'the truth Of the matter
was we got tired of 'em. There was their
clothes to see to an their stockins to
darn an their boots to black an buttons
to sew on, an their collars to fix of q
Sunday mOrnin', an their meals TO cook
three times a oay. so we hadn't no time
Tor nothin' else; and we Just put our
heacs together and declared war on the
whole tribe, an sorrier lookin' set you
never saw than they was as they took
their CARPET sacks and went over the bills
and far away" And the speaker paused
to execute gyration Of delight as she
recalled the scene.
"But the chidren-what did you do
with the or little children?" INQUIRED
Mrs. Wonder, her eyes unconsc1ougl7
filing with tears at the thought of the
little ones Crying after their fathers, as
they must nave done when they saw
them going away, likely never to return.
"Oh, we bundled the boys off with
their fathers, an the girls we kept with
US. Some Of 'em have run away though.
an when they do that we never let 'e:n
come back-though its fact uttered
the speaker in a reflective zone, ''none Of
EN- ever attempted 10
well, now,n said Mrs. WondeT, ''can
| you tell me how [ came here, and more
over, how ! can get away; for | have q
| husband and two dear IIttlc children at
home, and can never be happy away
from them. I want to go back inllnedi-
ate1y.'
"Wby!2 exclaimed a half dozen voices,
'!we were looking III at your kitchen
window the night we decided 10 brine
you away and you said ycu wished there
WASH { NAN or q child on the filae Of the
EARTH az We thought this would be just
tue pl@cc for you, so we waited till you
had got your husband off down tom and
the children in bed, and Uhen you went
to sleep In your chair We took you uD
and came away You will have to stay
here now, for if we should let you oQt
you'd tell 81 US and then them men might
aunt around and break into our terri tory
and in time get US back and make US
wait on 'em just IS they used to. Come,
DOW" they began to assujoe q. persuasive
tone, ''you better make up your mind to
stay here. We live the easiest life mag
iaaoie. Each one has nobody to please
but herself We dor.'t have to make or
wear fine dresses, you sec, cause there's
nobody we care for. It's great saving
OF time and bother"
81 don t care anything about all tnat''
replied Mrs. Wonder "I'd rather be Il
slave AID work on my hands and knees
for those that love than 10 live here or
anywhere else away froln them"
Just then it appeared that she sew Nj.
Wonder great ways off, leading the
children, and they appeared as i search
ing 1or something or some one that was
lost. She gave loud shrek of jev and
was spTinging away from The hands that
would have detained her when she
awakened ana found the arms of real
live man about her as he lifted her back
to the CHAR from which she had fallen
Why Hannah what was you dream
ing about:" said Mr.. Wonder, as he look
Cd kindly INTO her flushed face ana held
her feyorish hands q moment in his.
"Ob, nothing she answered evasivelv.
but to bis unbounded surprise she bent
OVER and kissed him as she started away
to PICK up Johnny who at that suspicious
moment had fallen out of bed and was
crging Justify with the pain from
bumped nose.
Mrs. W nder didn't spank Johnny, as
she usually did when he was so careless
as to fall out OF bed il his sleep, but
brought him out in her arms and sat in
the big arm chair and rocked him till
his head and heart were healed, then
gently laid him back in bed beside bis
sister. Little Matte had cried herself to
sleep, and the mother, with deep CON
triton, gently bathed Off tie tear stains
with water, and some tears not the child's
were lett on the little cheeks instead and
many kisses ON the soft red lips.
Then Mrs Wonder went out and SAT
down beside her husband and told him
her dream, and though there were few
comments on either side when it was
done, yet it paved the way for the hap
piest New Years Day that family had
ever seen. Mr.. Wonder slid out Of the
house after his wife was ahed and asleep,
and for half hour after his return was
Ondoing parcels with the slightest noise
possible, and tip-1oeing around in his
stocking feet in the most ridiculous man
ner yon could imagine, and looking as
pleased, and,l silly, and happy as a boy
who had been commended for the act
which he had till then expected would
bring him q whipping. Aud we haven't
any business TO tell what they did and
said the mex. noorning, why MIR. Vond-
CT wa ut seen q! his office until most
noon, or how many told him be was look
ing uncommoniy we'll, Or why he W s in
a hurry to get home at night, and wha the
reason was that he didn't go down town
AGAIN after supper. This prying into
family matters isn't at all becoming, and
il anyone wants to know what was done
with the skeleton hat was dragged out
Of the closet of the Wonder family that
New Years eve they'll have to inquire of
somebody else, that's all-Mrs G. III.
FaSrchiJG, IN Burlington Haaok- Eye.