The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-07-05

large premiums for new specimens. and At
last offered a prize Of . hundred Mo"'@"d
croun. for mhat had nerer yer aRpsd'ea-
When Dr.. Van Baerle Leard this an
,on,c.r.n, h;s -oul was fred with ambi-
ton TO win he glory OF carrying off the
rapni6ee-t premium Being young and
hay;n1 IN abundant fortune. he engaged in
H. endeavor with great zeal. and the most
! lavish expenditure. At the same time. be
put in requisition the profound skill he had
acquired by study and experience.
Now, it CHANGED that At the extremity Of
Van Baerles beautiful garden, which. by
the way. was inclosed BY high walls. there
lived q gardener by the name Of Boxtel. In
stead Of spending his time in cultivating his
garden, he gave himself up to envy of his
rich ard learned neighbor. and would sit
whole days in looking through q window
which commanded q view Of Van Baerle's
grounds He became SO curious in watch
ing Van Baerle's operations. that he bought
Q spy glass, which enabled him TO overlook
every part of his neighbY's garden. and
even to see him with his seeds and papers
in his cabinet.
Itmay well be believed. that the great
prize for Black Tulip, made deep seass-
ton among the gardeners OF uo!land.-
Boxtel at first determined 10 attempt to gain
it, and set about experiments tor that purpose
but soon became suspicious that Van
Baerle was seeking the same object. From
this moment BoxtePs heart became black
with evil designs he felt sure that Van
Baerle would soon succeed 10 producing
the Black Tulip, and he determined to wait
aud watch till the proper time. then TO steal
the inestimable treasure and claim the prize.
He now neglected his garden altogether,
and devoted himself entirely to watching
the operations of his neighbor. with his
glass; not, however overlooking other means
by which he could pry into his secrets.
Two seasons thus passed away, whea
Boxtel observed that Van Baerle had pro-
duced three bulbs which he seemed 10 cher
ish with the most assiduous care. Asst was
now winter, these were rolled up AID Pu:
aside in particular drawer. of which Box
tel took particular notice. Now IL seems
that sometime before his death, Cornelius
De Witt had deposited with Van Baerle. Of
Whom he had been guardian, certain papers
and documents, connected with public at
fairs. Among them were letters which he
knew would subject his nephew to impris
onment, and perhaps to death. should they
was about to leave the Buyter hotf. therefore,
he sen, messenger to Van Baerle with
letter, AS follows:
My Dear Goason-Burn the papers I
confdcd to you, without looking at hem. so
that you may be ignorant of their contents.
Such secrets as they contain are fatal to all
aware Of them. Burn them, and you will
have been the saviour Of John and Cornelius
De Will.
"Adieu. and love me.
CORNELIUS De W1TT."
August Is. 1879.
This letter was received by Van Baerle
at moment when his mind was absorbed
in his studies he threw it aside without
reading it. Thus the whole matter 81 eedi
" passed from his mind The letter was
afterwards picked up by him as a piece of
waste paper, and it CHANGED that he wrap
ped it around the three bulbs.
BY some means the prying and cunning
Boxtel found out tina, these reasonable pa
pers of Cornelius De Wits were snugly
packed away in one of Van Eaerie's draw
ers. He therefore determined TO give infor-
nation to the public authorities against him,
we'll knowing that the doctor would be i'm
mediately taken to prison. He believed
that he then would be able to get possession
of the three bulbs. as he knew the very
drawer in which they were deposited. He
accordingly wrote an anonymous letter to
the head of the police, giving precise infor-
nation as to the sediHous papers. The
very next night Van Baerle's house was
surrounded BY soldiers. he was himself
seized. bound. and finally taken to the
Hague. and confined in the very prison
where his uncle Cornelius bad been confined
some time before.
TO be continued.