New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-03
A Romance In Real Life.


Ut 1848 found his family expenses
Increasing SO much faster than his
'"eome that it was absolutely nee
A. sary to decrease the former, since
" latter could not be made longer
In the hope of being able to assist
his father in some way, Robert came
to this country, and, failing to find
employment near the metropolis,
r. liked fromtown to townuntil when
/ III Rochester, New York, he was
s~T ID as farm laborer by Judge
~ mes 3. Berry. During six years
}ung Myron worked industriously,
sending nearly all of his earnings to
Ashls parents, and then came the sad
views that both father and mother
mad died on the same day. After re-
covering from this shock it was but
natural the young man should begin
to think of establishing a home for
himself, and quite as natural that
his love should go out to the daugh-
ter OF his employer, who plainly
showed her preference for the young
man who had so devoted himself to
his parents. But Judge Berry, while
g. recognized in Myron unavailable
tdrm laborer, had not the same views
regarding him as a son-in-law that
Miss Bessie had, and the consequence
was that the lovers, finding it impos-
slble to change the fathers opinion,
resolved to elope, and build up for
themselves home in the far West.
In 1885, with but few hundred
dollars and the judges curse, the
young couple were married and set
2Stled at Green Lake, Michigan, where,
at the beginning of the year 1862,
they were in reasonably prosperous
circumstances, with two children to
make glad their humble log cabin.
Their farm was situated several miles
from any settlement, and although
the Indians were rising against the
whites in many portions of the State,
neither Mr. nor Mrs. Myron felt any
uneasiness, because they believed
athey had succeeded in establishing
TGhe most friendly relations with such
Of the forest children" as they came
in contact with. Therefore they were
by no means alarmed when one dav
five Indians stalked gravely into the
cabin, just as thesnoonday meal was
served. 1t had ever been Mr.. Myron's
custom to invite such visitors to par
take OF food, and on this, as,o other
occasions, they readily accepted the
invitation; but greatly to the sur
prise and uneasiness of their host, in
stead of placing their rifles in one cor
ner OF the room, as usual, they held
them between their knees, the muzzles
OF the weapons showing just above
yHhe edge of the table.
y Mr.. Myron was too we'll versed in
Indian customs not to know that
such action on the part of his guests
meant mischief. With the view of
showing them that he understood
the meaning of this breach of hos
pltallty, and in the slight hope of in
'timidating them, he arose from the
table, took from the rack,on the wall
his rifle and fowling piece, and care
fully examined them to show they
were loaded. Why the savages did
not attack him then is one of the in
eXplicable things in Indian warfare,
Instead of making any hostile
demonstrations, they stalked gravely
out OF the house, disappearing be-
hind a clump OF bushes.
For the moment Myron believed he
had wronged his guests and that.
they had taken umbrage at his.
movements when their intentions
were peaceful. Still holding his rifle
in his hand Myron stepped to the
open door for the purpose of ascer-t
tanning whether his guests had really
departed. When the farmer appeared
on the threshold the report of a rifle
was heard, and Myron fell with a
dangerous but not necessarily fatal
wound in his side.
g. Women who live ON the border,
sNAefe Gney are constantly menaced
by danger, learn early life that they
must deny themselves Woman's priv
lege of fainting. When Mr.. Myron
fell, his wife sprang to his defense.
rather than assistance. To- close and
barricade windows and doors was
but the work of a moment where
everything was prepared for
such occasions, and then the
heroic woman turned her at
tention to her husband and children.
The fathers wound bled but little,
and save to stanch the blood, the de-
voted wife could not aid him, except
bypiling the bedding around him in
such way that, in a sittingp GESTURE,
he could face the closed door. The
: temporary safety of the children was
occurred by fastening them in the eel
lar, where they would be beyond the
reach of any bullets their late visitors