The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-18

man. wv DRt lovely girl You nave grown
to be-" He took both her hands. ~ sm so
glad TO see you." And before Hulds knew
now to refuse she found herself paving the
very forfelts from which she was trying TO
escape.
Jim JIM" she said, feeling the bushes
mounting TO her temples. "One at q time Is
enough. How long 1t is since | have seen
you How did you CONT here?'
How did l come here? That is a pretty
question for you to ask. Didn't you write
IL that you would he at q country dance to-
night, and would E.eet me by the old house
whore we used TO pick daisies, and that
could escort you homer?
at amt Matilda, Mr.. Rounse7ille. 1t is
only Hulda," said the poor girl.
Place sword before q horses breast and
he will not be content till he has sheathed
it in his body. Call the sword civilization,
and nation will do the same; call the
sword love, and what woman will not press
on to its hilt
A week after Hulds had been the victim
of a mistake she was over head and ears in
love with the now new pastor.
1t was IN vain that she proved t. her own
satisfaction how hopeless her passion was.
To her great surprise, for she had always
thought herself a sensible body, she found
this only served to make the disease worse.
She felt that she had better leave her cure to
nature. She did not know that the best of
ali physicians was the author OF her present
trouble.
Mr. bonneville, as he was relative of
the house. was a frequent visitor. Scarce
day passed without Huldas seeing him.
Her employer, Matilda, lived with her
aunt, severe antiquity. in the largest house
at the Corners. The heiress OF the richest
family for miles around, Matilda stood at the
head of society at the Corners which, among
many subjects of debate, busted itself not
the least with the Question on whom she
would bestow her hand and fortune.
1t is hard for girl who has been exposed
| to II skepticsl influence OF our cities to IN.
der and the reverence and awe with which
HH ia soon grew ID look upon the young
mir ister. man OF strong beliefs, who
preached and practiceS what he believed,
| Hnlda, as she lis ened to him dag after day,
AZ Sunday after Sunday, felt her love for
| I'm becoming more and more tyranncal.
Even the strong way in which he dealt with
what n light to worldliDgs seem trivial ques-
tons impressed her modest womaDly nature.
DO you know" she heard Hannah Fish
say TO Matilda, that he lectured me so
about ny food that it put me all in trem-
BILE, and promised him to make a change?
And | done 1t; though when you have been
used to eating lemon pie three times day
you kind of miss it
What q brave man he must DE, thought
Hulda, to dare attack Hannah Fish. whose
tongue is a match for any two men in town.
When Mr.. Rounseville was taking tea at
the house, Hulda was usually busy about
the table. But her heart gave jump when
be turned and asked, as he often did, what
Cousin Hulda thought OF the question.
Often, even after debating some deep sub
ject connected with art or Church history
with Matilda, he would turn and ask Hulda
about her flowers or music in tone that set
the girls pulses thrilling.
With the subj iDs tiIct Of wOmsR it was
hcf0 n uh had act
her cap for the famous young divine guessed
Hulda's secret
Praise q sword after battle, maid after
marriage, say the scolds. Bat love before
marriage is itself more suble test. A man
or woman whom loves beginning does not
make more selfish than citizen of Cincin-
natl is little lower than the angels.
Up to the time Matilda, who was older
than Hulda, and bound by the comm nds OF
her own dead parents to cherish her, had
been kind enough to her. Unlike many
persons, though havine everything herself,
she din not begrudge. Hulds such pleasure
as she could pick up.
But one day Hulda had a scene with Mr..
Rounseville. Hulda, il seems, was to sing
in play called Rough and Ready which
was to be given to help the town library.
In this play was q word which in polite
literature, is represented by a dash. The
word had, however, been wholly expungsd,
and the matter would have seemed to the
Binds of trimmers to have been well gotten
over.
But Mr.. Rounseville was as honest as he
was thorough. A play was 3 unit, and
play of which an oath had been a part was
like bottle of ointment that had held
dead fly. The play must be killed.
Hulda, who was the heroine. cried over
his harsh sentence aud James effort, by
kind words, to stay her tears, which Matilda
interrupted, seemed to wake new spirit in
the latter.
Hulda then first learned how bitter is an
others salt. Matilda took every occasion to
hold her up to ridicule. She herself grew
peevish about trihes, and abusive about
everything, except when Mr.. Rounseville
was at the house and then honey melted
from her mouth.
Hulda bore long with Matilda's temper
She was attached to her cousin; she loved
the old house, with its apple orchard, its
roses and vase-shaped elms But when Ma
tilda tried to make Hulda appear like a i'm
pleton in the eyes of the man she loved,
Hulda began to feel a martial ardor watch
she had never known herself to possess.
Soon afterward Hulda had a sec, nd seri-
Gus talk with the young minister. She had,
with possibly a touch of womanly art,
shown him letter from our old friend
Jonas He was now at work making shoes
at Brockton, for the organ factory at the
| Corners had become bankrupt In his let
| enough to buy house, and that he was
thinking of getting a wife to protect him,
| for satan was very fond OF wits,
Mr.. Housewife returned the letter TO
Hulda with look that frightened her.
Child he said, sternly, how can you
be friend OF skeptics and scoffers?"
What" grasped Hulds. What do You
mean, Jonasg'
DO you not see" said James. fercely,
| that he writes Satan with small 8. as
| though Satan were not q person at all"
/ And the young divine went on to show her
how, by denying the personality OF the
/ Prince Of Darkness, the whO'e framework of
| theology is endangered.
He was interrupted by Hulda's bursting
| into teaIs.
Huldss tears were as potent as James
/ logic.
my dear cousin he said tenderly, and
was Offering a kinder remedy thai words,
when Matilda entered, and the minister, en-
barrassed at being round in so happy a posi-
ton, rose and took his leave, with glance at
Hulda to hint that he would soon return.
No sooner had he gone than Matilda broke
| out:
How dare you-you hussy-try to steal
away my lever2"
What do you mean?" gasped Hulda, her
cheeks on fire.