The Minneapolis journal., 1904-05-21


come not back. No one ever appealed to
her for aid and found her mother-h Heart
devoid Of sympathy. A friend, sheriff of
the county and saloonkeeper, once said
to her: II reckon when they want some
body to apologize for. the Old3Boy him
self, they'll have to come to YOU" T
shouldn't hesitate to mention that Satan
was mighty Industrious, eff was asked, =
was her reply SO the saloonman, the
drunkard, the highway robber in need
come to Aunt Hu1dy.
Into Aunt Iuldy's eating house and
orphanage combined drift wife who
had come west to find q deserting hus-
band, and a dainty college girl, who, on
the death Of her mother in Ohio comes
west to find father long parted from
her mother, just in time to see him killed
in a quarrel over cattle and ranch fences.
The story Of this household Is the story
of the book.
Aunt Hubby has her own plain way Of
stating her views on life's problems which
face the citizens of Blowout as we'll as
those of our own proud seat of civiliza-
ton and refinement. The 'Iady from
Georgia" who is In search of her hus
band is one Of those who couldn't think
of attending any church but her own.
"Couldn't?' echoes Huldah. ''Wal, to me
Christianfty's jest like east; you can't
raise bread without east, and you can't
lift up folks without Gods grace, But
when you have got that. I amt bit
particular which. kind" To one of her
little tots who is worrying about con-
ditions in heaven, she says: "Lawzy me.
baby! You're jest like other folks. Eff
you amt got any trouble handy, wy
you make one" In answer to q cowboy
who attempts to explain. the Darwinian
theory, she comes back with this, which
may not be just new, but fits Aunt
H111H To SrNy,
keys, did we? Well, some of us amt
come so very fur, neither
I The children whom Huldah Is trying to
be a mother to are "sure enough" boys
and girls, for a book. Romey is one of
those children who has his own notions.
He is not swayed by the popular opinion
Of the orphanage. So when a new baby
angels have brought and which all are
delighted overall except Romey-he
says: ASK the angels to take it back.
We don't want it; they's enough Of us
here now" Little Ally prays for every
body and everything when it comes time
for prayers at night One evening she
breaks out: '.Aunt Hu1dy, kin pray for
the burro?' Being granted permission,
she goes on to pray for all the other ami
mails she knows. This grows wearisome
for Cess, who is waiting his turn to pray,
and he Interrupts: "Ef she's a-goin to
pray for every jack rabbit an prairie dog
in Wild Hoss county, I'd rather go to
bed an say my prayers in the mornin'."
From the simple life Of the CHEEKY old
woman good influences radiate and how
they work upon the lives about her is
the story. Incidents such as one would
look for in a wild and woolly cattle town,
ayarice, passion and greed, and selfish
ness in other forms, all have their place
| in the story, bringing out into strong
.as r..
Grounding the keeper Of the eating house,
and Of course there are romantic ele-
fments; there is even an elopement, which
Euldah pushes along.
| If what has been said makes you
| shrink from Huldah, as we are likely to
do from paragons Of goodness, the fault
will be ours. Hu1dah is good but not
| sanctimonious. That person Is to be
pitied who has not known some character
| memory Of whom will make 1t easy I'd
believe in Hu1dah and wish to know more
such characters, even in books.
| THE MoCKING BIRD.
In mirth he mocks the other birds at noon
Catching the lit Of every easy tune;
But in the night he sings his own wild
| song
| Love--only love! beneath the listening
| moon.
Henry Van Dyke, in LesIIe's Monthly
/ for June.
I The one hundredth anniversary OF the
4 birth Of BENJAMIN Disraen, Lord Bea-
consaeld, will be celebrated in England
| the shortest day Of this very year-Dec
81. Mr.. Alden reports, in his remarks
from London to the New York Time.
tsaturday Review this week, a seeming
revival Of interest in Disraelis $ novels
There has certainly been noticeable re.
tvfval OF interest in the man. in America
[as we'll as in England, but that is easily