The Hartford herald., 1875-10-13

I OF the SuOilhc hOhoE VI GAZING thS hS"
flower Tal;pa nigra Blrtellcnsis-a result
which would satisfy not only his VEN
geance, but also his cdpidity and his ans
bition.
Awake, he thoaght Of nothing but the
grand black tulip asleep, he dreamed of
it.
At last, on the 10Th of August, about
two o'clock in the afternoon, the tempta-
ton grew so strong, that Mynheer Isaac
was no longer able to resist it..
Accordingly he wrote an anonymous
information, the minute exactness of
which made up for its want of authen-
ticity; and posted his letter.
Never did a venomous paper, slipped
into the jaws Of the bronze lions at Ven-
ice, produce a more prompt and terrible
effect.
On the same evening the letter reached
the principal magistrate. who, without a
moments delay, convoked his colleagues
early for the next morning, therefore, they
assembled, and decided on Van Baerle' 5
arrest, placing the order for its execution
in the hands of Master Van Spennen,
who, as we have seen, performed his du-
tv like a true Hollander, and who arrest
ed the doctor at the very hour when the
Orange party at the Hague were roast
ing the bleeding shreds of flesh torn from
the corpses of Cornelius and John De
Witte.
But, whether from feeling OF shame,
or from cavern weakness, Isaac Boxtel
did not venture that day to point his tele,
scope either at the garden or at the labo-
ratory, or at the dry-room.
He knew too well what was about TO
happen in the house Of the poor doctor,
and that he should have felt a desire TO
look into it. lie did not even get up
when his only servant-wLo envied the
lot of the servants of Cornelius just as
bitterly as Boxtel did that of their mas
ter-entered his bed room. He said 70
the man.
81 shall not get up to-day, ] am i'll. "
, About nine o'clock he heard a great
noise in the street, which made him
tremble; at this moment he was paler
than real invalid, and shook more vio-
lentIy than man in the height fever.
! al, al
= hid himself under the counterpane.
I "Oh, sir!' cried the servant, not with
: out some inkling that, whist deploring
: the mishap which had befallen Van
} Baerle, he was announcing agreeable
news to his master-"oh, sir! you do moi
! krow, then, what is happening at thi,
moment?"
"How can know it," answered Box
tel with almost an unintelligible voice.
"Well. Mynheer B ,xtel. at this mo-
ment your neighbor Cornelius Van
. Baerle is arrested for high treason"
, Nonsense" Boxtel muttered, with 3
faltering voice. ''the thing is impossible
Faith! sir, at any rate that's wha
people say; and, besides. | have seer
Judge Van Spennen with the archerl
entering the house"
"Well, if you have seen it with YOU
own eyes, that's different case altogeth
er."
J. AT all events" said the servant, e
shall 90 and enqaire once more; be yOI
quiet, sir, shall let you know all abou
it,"
Boxtel contented himself with signify
ing his approval of the zeal of his ser
= want 10y dumbshow.
The man went out, and returned il
half an hour.
"Oh, sir! all that told You is indee
quite true.
allow so?'
"Mynheer Van Baerle is arrested, an
" has been put into a carriage, and the
are driving him to the Hague"
"To the Hague?"
ayes, to the Hague; and if what peopl
say is true, it won't do him much goo L.
= "And what do they say?" Boxte
:, asked.
!. Faith, sir, they say-tut it is nc
quite sure-that by this hour the burgh
ers must be numbering Mynheer Cornt
. lius and Mynheer John De Witte."
~ "Oh!" muttered, or rather growle,
10 Boxtel, closing his eyes from the dreat
: ful picture which presented itself to h
\, imagination.
"Why, to be sure" said the servant t
=. himself, whilst leaving the room, "Myr
! heer Isaac Boxlel must be very sick, NJ
to have jumped from his bed on heariu
- such good news
" T, And, in reality, Isaac Boxtel was ver
sick, like a man who has murdered al
- other.
n But he had murdered his man with
H. double object; the first was attained, ii
second one was still TO be attained.
m Night closed in. 1t was the nigI
in which Boxtel had looked forward to.
As soon as 1t was dark he got up.
re He then climbed into his sycamore.
IN lie had correctly calculated; no oil
IL thought of keeping watch over the ga