The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-10-20


.nvcL. imam soot, If don't believe he Is an Va
,s,lons, or a SOY from vaIsche nverr ia. !.
NE sneered me q tousand questions. sad
Hars sand never answered me cue. .r sd
Dat is very suspicious. ..-s..I.
VERT tink don't know vhat to tii,a--l
shall 20 10 Alderman KortIecht about H..
.Stsy. stay, stop little while til we see more
of him., quoih the other; and i was agreed 'oey
should have an eye on this curlous stranger
But the vid0w-the buxom Hioowi pvl
o.me. what auandaIy she was IN before ms
dav vas over. Her curiosity became rnsuppot
table. She had no peace OF her HE, ana did
nothing but drop stitches while she was kn Jung
.toekings. She tried Joe Bowels at AL points,
but il would not do. She might as well hasele
il alone; for though she got answers, they were
nothing but questions. Esd
An that day passed, aud Joe seemed, By the
time evening came, to be quite as mucn Al aoine
as ne widow or little Mantchee nefsem' ~ho
were born and brought up In the place. ne vac
a gay, diverting busybody Oh iei,ow, AwaIs
making himself agreeable by telling sIoIies
about other people, and guessing where every
body else was certain. Joe was never quite GER
| tain of ANYTHING in his life; but ne was some
! times pretty considerably so or theIeabosts.
II shall die if don't find out who he IS, where
he came fIom, what brought him here, aud,
above all, what keeps him here sighed me
widow Van Heilg SchIift, whose husband never
kent secret from her in his iife- l suppose this
was the reason she was so impatient 10 gel a.
the secret of Joe Bowers.
| Little Maritchee sighed too, but believe II
was not actually so much from curiosity to know
who he was, as from not knowing exactly what
| allied her.
By the time ice Bowers had staid three days
IN New.A mstefd am, the widow was bewltched,
and the whole town beievilled with cnnoslly
Not soul knew any more about him than the
moment he first appeared, while he had got al
the bottom Of all the secrets In town, not forget
ting those Of the widow. The most Interesting
of all those secrets was the that the ~ldo"
though neither 80 young nor so pretty as hei
daughter, was what might be called the gra,
msIe-thst is to say, she was twice as Iich a
Little Martchee.
The unfortunate widow Van Schnt grew
, worse every day. She had no peace OF her lie
and at night, when she did chance 10 fall asleep
did nothing but toss about and dream of the DO,
with white skin and cheeks as red as an apple
Such are the melancholy consequences OF unsat
, sled curiosity IN the female mind.
Mean gootl' said Claus Ripse, after Joe Bow
| els had turned him inside out, and pumped hlu
; Of all his Affairs without answering question
T of honest Claus. 'Mein goot, Hans Eknyek
but he must be a spy. Ii Is high time to 90 Z
| the governor and the scheepens about it,
by mein xeil ,'quoth Hans, 'and l tink So too.
So away they went to report the mysterious stran
7 ger to the city authorities.
D The destinies Of the good city of New-AmsteI
! dam were at this period confied to the direction
e OF his eIceIlency WIllism Kieft, most yisiian
D and valiant guardian, who suffered neither won
nor encroachment without manfully defendIn
e himself by argument and scholarship. All m
: wars were carried on with his aTch enemies, tn
D interlopers Of Varsche river, IN Latin. II the
!. took possession Of his territory, he fired away
Il Latin manifesto; in doing which he displaye
c gIeat craftsmanship. seeing this was the wa
b they at that time exercised witches and evil Je
mons; and as the worthy and woIshpful mag i
= trate was won't TO afiinn, the English aboU
e VaIsche river were one-haif witch the other la
d duyyel. Pro agro nosIIo HartfoTdlensi, annQ
Il persolvent prepotentiss. ID. ID. Orlinibus FaI
c Provlnclarum, Belgicarum,' &c, &C., said Goa
= eInor Kieit, but the English paid no attention I
MS cOniaration, while they Continued oysrruI
ming his oyster-beds.
These disputes, combining with the dlfeEene
Ut language, habits, and manners, had pre- ven
oil all intercourse except diplomatic, betxee
he people OF the Narsche rlyer aud The citizen
:. q New-Amsterlam; the latter had never befoI
II seen such specimen Of a man as JOc Bowen
AMI !: Is therefore not TO be wondered at that q
Occasloned a mighty sensation among them.
IS Being. in consequence VI the information
l. Claus Ripse and Hans Elsnyck, brought beioI
the governor and his council, the former pr,
e cee'ied to mterrogate him, Though the meiiul
Of an interpreter.
n What Is your namel'
" do you think | can remember when va
chnstenedl' said Joe. Il say, mister, wh,
IF might your name BET continued he, addressIr
himself to the interpreter
:, 'verdragen den Duyvel,' muttersd the int
prefer
That's taTnal queer name said Joe.
Il say. what Is your nameP repeated the int
o prefer.
n Did you ever hear of one Abishai Peabody
e qgoth Joe.
l. write down Abishai Peabody said the il
II terpreter to tie clerk. He says his name
g Abishai Peabody
h i say, mister, what makes you think my nan
is Peabody
P why, you said so Just now, didn't your
d But maybe you've hesrd of one Zeru5bab
!, DoolIttie?'
n Write down zcrubbabei Doolittle.' shoot,
$ The interpreter, and scratch out Abishai Pc
II body
Il why, plague ont, do you think I've got sue
: an ug,y name as THAR said Joe.
by 81. Van Paulusi cued the inpatient hit
= governor, at you don't plead guilty TO sou
a name, you shall have no name at all beio
n long,
; Why, darnation, squire, how will you nal
l. that QUIZ
g by Heroles den Grooten, but I'll show you
!, you will, will your answered Joe.
e Odd you conc here by landf'
l. why, do you cusnotcheI I'm fool TO coz
d by land when can come down by wate1R'
d Then you came by wateTl'
l. why, dye think I'm such a clear fool as
n come by water when I've got two such legs /
these to carry mel'
J, Der blindheed! quoth Governor Kieft, %,
II believe the duyvel dropt HIM flying
$ What brought you herel' resumed the int
i prefer.
e what brought me here9 Do YOU think
couldn't get here without being brought, SOU re-
i What business have your
Cant you see with half an eyel Maybe, II
= gentleman
SO then you have no business here9'
do you think I'm such gandeI as 10 CON
J, here for nothing at alll'
Thus the examination went on in the mo-
. satisfactory manner, and, at the conclusion j.
was shut up with the constable in The back room
where he got out Of him all the history OF b
family Tor ten generations. In the meaniim
: the governor and council were listening to Il
! clerk, who, IN a sonorous voice, was reading II
questions and answers he had written down vii
particular accuracy. Never were a set Of chi
magistrates so puzzled. They could make n
thing ont Of Joe except a most artful On
thoroughbred spy, who had come among thel
!, Ion the purpose Of debauching the subjects
" their high mightIness from their allegiance. II
little testy governor declared il was q series
the most artlul evasons he ever saw, and fort
. with proposed TO issue Latin proclamation