The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-01-20

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When next Phillippa arrived with
a cargo of farm affairs, Klaas saluted
her civily enough, and he was quito
amazed when she called him mon
sterl' and burst into immediate tears.
| will call your aunt, sald ne.
Do-Wreteh replied Philippa.
But when no offered TO carry her
tubs. she called him an angel, and
said he might kiss her, which action
he performed in a very grave passion
less STYLE. Philippe burst once more
into irrepressible tears.
Meanwhile, Klaas was determined
to be rich all of a sudden. One night,
Vrow Klapel marked him give great
lean. and utter an exclamation; and
next day he brought home a white
tulip, which he told the vrow would
blossom in two months time And
thereupon he began daily to mix GER
tain strange liquors, with which he
carefully watered this said tulip.
Katrine," said he, think we
shall grow rich soon.'
How SOP"
What if l grow a blue tulip?"
A blue h,lip, Klaas 1t would be
was blue tulip seenP'
Hatrine, If have a blue tulip,
will take the money to mynheer, and
he will say, This Dutchman is clever;
he hath made more money in a year
shan [ In ten; he shall be my son.
:" But what makes you think of the
blue>tulip2"
Klaas shook his head; he was too
Duteh to tell even Katrine that
secret.
And yet it was a very simple one.
A pig IN the market had been con
demned as bad meat, because the
bones were blue; Wbereupon the
owner explained how the pig had
eaten blue dye the week before he
was killed. Poor Klaas had argued
to himself, if the blue dye got into
the pigs bones and made them blue
in week, perhaps blue dye would
make a white tulip blue in month
or two. And the Horticultural So
ciety would pay me so well, he ar
gued, that | could prove to mynheer
that am a clever fellow"
g" Katrinel Katriner' he cried one
night, when they met while she was
marketing. the tulip is coming into
flower, the tips of the leaves are
blue.-a sweet sky bluel' sssa
20 KlaasI'
But next night he did not show his
face. He had gone home to find his
tulip dropping, aud next day it was
dead. He opened the bud, and the
leaves were blue $50 he knew how to
make blue tulip, which was fortune
in itself; but he must wait until next
year (for now the tulip blossomiDe
was over for the season.; and, mean
while. Mynkeer Jan Stooken might
be very trying. etH
Honest, simple hearted Klaas had
not the faintest idea that his tulip
had been the victim of foul play.
How it came to die the reader may
learn from these facts.
Hal" said Phillippa; "a white
tulip, Ell? Aunt Klapeli = and for
herf No,-my rival shall never take
that victory"
Whereupon she poured very hoI
cup of ten upon the roots, and tho
poor tulip was scalded to death.
without any sign of the cruelty be
coming visible on the surface.
As the Summer progresseds po0l
Klaas was still determined to grow
suddenly rich. One fine day, Costel
q Co., tho great diamond cutters o
Amsterdam, received a visit from
klaas, who, laying twenty form
down before one of the foremen, said
pray you tell me where diamond
are found, and here are twenty forms
For ! may be lucky, as gold digger
are, and find one as large as a pigeon
egg" 4
He looked up very much surprise,
to see the diamond-cutters laugh an
he aud his twenty forms went HON
as they came.
Not word had Katrine hear,
about the diamond projection h
knew enough of the jewels to b.
aware that they came from abroad
lie knew she would oppose his leay
ing Holland.
Still the Summer went on; an
when July came, the Nrow KlapG
was once more startled by seeing he
ledger smite his knees.
OhP' SHE heard him say,
Heaven Is go0d, and will send me tn
first fruit of this years fishery
And now PhilIippa learnt th;
Klaas was often on the dunes, c
dykes, which keep out the sea frol
Holland. Morrow Klapel coul
not tell what his object was in gain
at the sea. Sometimes he took FISH
ing boat and was away for hours.
Soon, that exciting time In HOLLAND
the arrival of the first herrings Of I'll
season was daily expected. Here,
England, we have no idea of the in
portance of the herring In Hollan
The King gives every year five hui
dred forms for the first true Nor
Sea herring which is brought him
Poor Klaas's idea was to catch
chance North Sea herring; albeit
knew the fish was not found in Il
Zuyder Zee.
"If," thought he, "Mynheer Ora
land did but know [ had caught Il
first herring of the year, he would s
l was a clever fellow, and it would
as good as riches--to say nothing
the five hundred forms"
Katrine was told nothing about Il
herriBg-but she knew he was plo
ting; because he kissed her only on
when they parted, upon her retu
from market, and at the dark corn
near MyRheer Gratland's house.
Suddenly, all Amsterdam was e
cited, as much as so quiet ci
could be fustered, by the news IL
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