, 1874-03-07
A WEIRD STORY of BRuGEs,



city.
with belgian frlond. had boen lounoinr in
,ri,flowhf {,,o o,vl, +,,ot a,,or,..i,a IT,
o,,an,o,7a s,,sn s... .s* .,' ns", @ s"o
@rao'o"s sl"a.o hno"n a7 '''o ufa1uo race
{aboVo Which towors tho wonderful bolfry, from
whence 90 may look down on tho frontiers OF
Holland In on n mnn AMI, Yrom vlopcn u Ia
sai,1 tile i,dnth - IT, ,ar,a ~, h. soo,,
.,on. .,, ,.,.s ~ ~ sAs ~ s'os VI
drawn. catductod II prisoner past, towards tho
palhiB 10 Jtstice. Ho waa+ young man of the
better clasa anparent1v vorv ralc, vorv aad and
t1onrosnod In aanoot vorn ,,.nf1ao,no ' ~ ,san s
] <.uaass.si a.t. - anpoos' 'otS nHu"ao'no Ill 1aoo'
stAco'u' y peaf'hg' ena
MOST UNLIKE ontsHNAI.
Tits hand, howovor, woro mnnaclod, and a crowd
OF workuo ami cil1ron c1attoro ,,o,al,, o~o,,,,1
him IN tIA}r wnnfnn aahofa -. ".9uo"
As the minor sr,road lint torr,hJo ..s.sa;,,,.
ton had ;iust boo,l ofumitto1 wo foiioaso H.
oncort to tbo magnificent old hal in that efieo'l I @
md With contnars anhirn,,cy-niccn oconns;nL,
one ont'.o Bilo OF it with acnn.io statnes osTvo1
in wood md marbio bns.rcliofa ronrnsont;n.4
uhastolyt tic story OF susannnh md t}o Eldnrss
as the rmder NAV lind III Ills WJohn M,rrnv. J.,
From .lnt Which transpiraa nt Tho nfam,nnx
tion Of tao prsonor and WHIT road in'tn ~ fn,y
s,lmon,1mt t,,,nfora NJ thn 1ittjo 1oea, r,;sn.
namoj In Patr;e.. pioauod lin fo11owin1 tnru
which, 1t homo OF its features. rnmipi1a nno ~
tue casopf s-' -
ORIENTAL, 11ErEMrsrcrioars i, Is.
montionhl in Lho ;SMc1oioy:. ti,o 1asa,ro ~ t,,o
soul IRON boy to ijoy iucirr tho nt1uoncos u, eno
Of mesnerio, crystalline. and mn0netin fornos
1ho,1rl, 1o mt nretnnfl r. krow Hvti,t,, ~ r.,
loar1iod Ind mvatariona tnron1, conc5rni,6 thnan
i,attore! !bnt much OF wiat honrd thnt eiay ro.
ferrod Il IN, Tho palma fin :1nstco' = @N' ~
nil, or 10 m % tho "ycl M hiIv hiHnx,ov ovon7 TIM
beautiful rutl,a1 towers OF tho ioon6ood md cm.
battcj Porto ST. Oroix. ono II III asiIl rnsnsin.
Ing ba:riors OF tl,o old fort,ticot;nna thnro
stands. Ct "a )itt1o Distance frnn:' thn rond
quaint ok Tlomish dwoling-ho,lHo, built Of red
brick, and almost hif]tlon R1nnnV nhnaf,ust and
annle trscs. If va aro 10 hooyo liz 4 "a
Van Viaidcron. ."it was nncn Il aiinosinn.ha1 ~
Ciaros :l1o Bold. and mar It S1sry IF n',rr,,nSv
received tho fall from har hnran w},fcl;. prnvad
NO fatal Be aIl this as it NAV it IL ousa vii,
n,any 1nntotl gables straure ontslots % nnii
bea1as ot uunjntiy:caryoil oak ami thorsin. viii,
liB tloplcy, Hendrix, and an old 1,onsntconor v.l
rositled 0p'A'
m, VAN aAssrxnosox;
called Doctor, not from lis profession. Int for
his learning "a In nninvnlI fha ron1fat;n, ~
u,l.leratatl;ing ali lang1,agos. liyinr ant1 tinaS
divine Ind was regarded bY Ire aimnla and 11a m.
ligious Brucois as nltorotlor a mirnnlo of a rnnn
III some rospocts. ~ . &1''-A
Some tlloro wero who deomod him a f3nnoeroua
dune to Ills own powcrs. and thnaa wnSo liz t,,o
clergy e5ooonlIy wl,o. WITH somcth;mc ~ ron,,ao
nance. drew their black coaEa nlnsnr ehnut HIN,
whom 1.-THE Doctor' paagod tl.om an thn t,ici,. H-
wnv or in thu 1,orro,y 1,nnnvod afranta 70 - ,rn.
nniorious that hn ncver crnssod tI,o ~
q church, or was known to lift la Int nithor ta
them or to the numerous Mntlonnaa tl,at tiaco.
rnto evarv atrnot-cornnr nnI1 rnnr, . anarwa,
too in nr1gos, '"''
Tlo IIorr. Doctor. nnw nast ,,;a ent1, voor 1,.d
in gomo resnects. f]ncji1n,llv n Ind r.nnto tion
and, hundred md tIfty years aro Or sn. mirI,l
have ended bin stl,lios amid n, ,bIoze of tar.bnr-
rolls in tho ,Grando PIuco M a wizard h,1t II
thIH, mir ana Of ston,n nnd fo1erron ni,v 1,a tvo.
ylo,ycd as simply
:: :ALEAnNpn .rcnryrnro. =.
and ~ a dabblor in noeu1orgm. cioirvoyanca. tho
olfo LIGHT. md Recond Hirbt hut thaan orcnlt
myYtorios which tilo Church contlcmus. ho would would
soen, to Aavo carried to = length tint eoou,s
facts and practical con1man Aenso
4 forohonil, ,,irh nni bnli. a head to,auroa
ronnt1 by fri1,ro of silyerv hair oros t;oor ami
uuicl, as those Of n rattlesnako' -oyoa' tbat
seemed to garo through hia rold-rimmei
elasses, s,--maiio the fnco Of ucrr Van Ganaor-
5onck SO remarkable Tint those who sav Il tnnyor
failed to bo impressed BY its strnuco exnroasion
Of intellectual power, tinrod with somowhat of
insanity; but lila visitors were fow. His timo
was chiefly spent in hs Library; md, az be was
rich, boing proprietor Of moro tlan ono Of those
nlll8 EH0 sails or Which OVGrAlntnW tlA
ho ooull afford to please him
aof by liyitls as i,e chose. and soclusion waa his
choice. He seemed to have hut ono fnvoritn
ouly,--
nrspn1K,-
Il brothers. orn}lan Bou, whom he had adontod
educatod, and who was to be lis hoir.
Hendrix was 1low in bin .20tll yoar. decid edly
handsome, but with tlrou,ny blue eyse that lad
an expression in thom one could not easily for
got ; vet tho lad's to,nnor WAS poetio and authu.
sinHtie, and now lie lad but rccsutly rotnrnnd tn
Br11gos. after undergoing q conrse Of atndv and
attending those Lectures Which arc given OH sci-
onco. literature, and art, at tho library Of tIo
Museum in Brussels.
The grim old student bnilod the roturn of tbe
yontger one with pleasure that bo did not
coucoal. and there VIVA 1t lengt ma morn In
Dr,,goB that did 10 with ioy.
Ills was
1ENonA, +.
tho daughter OF Madano Van .Eyck. a widow
latly. roeiliug in ono OF those ouaiHS old houyos
at the Ouai Eanaanol. 70 lser l,e Ind ham
botrotlotl. and tho monetary MANS Of Iia nnclo %
alone wore awaitcd for Their marriaeo. vot1ur
tl1nurh Henfyilt wna
Drtlgos accorliuc to an old monkjsl rhvno.
has over boon coIobrated far its nrattv ,r;r1s ht
Ionora Van Eyck.. a 'brirht bIout1a II ia was
moro than prottyCsho was chnrmine. viii that
wonderful bloom OF comptoxion whioh ia so
truly belgian lght. lauehinr. hazol oyoa that
vera fnll If n,orr;mant a,,fl iii hcr ,ynva I md
N@No'-N'~4As* e.-~ "sA AHH@ %@!A