The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-09-01

| yield precedence to the Dutch. They, at
| least, in the case of Aristides, contented
themselves with banishing him.
John De White, at the first animation
ofthe charge brought against his brother.
| had resigned his office of Grand Pension
airy. He, too, received a noble recom~
pense for his devotedness to the best in
terests Of his country, taking with him
into the retirement of private life, the,h
! tired of host of enemies, and the fresh
scars Of wounds inflicted by assassins. on
ly too often the sole guerion obtained by
honest people, who are guilty of having
worked for their country, and OF having
forgotten their own private interests.
In the meanwhile, William, of Orange,
urged on the course of events by every
means in his power, eagerly waiting for
the time when the people, by whom he
was idolized, should have made Of the
bodies of the brothers the two steps, over
which he might ascend to the chair of
Stakeholder.
WELT then, on the Goth of August, 1872
as we have already stated in the begin
ming of this chapter, the whole town was
crowGing towards the Buitenholf, to wit
ness the departure of Cornelius De Witte
from prison, as he was going to exile;
and to see what traces the torture of the
rack had left on the noble frame Of the
man who knew his Horace so we'll.
Yet all this multitude was not crowd
ing to the Buitenholf with the innocent
view of merely feasting their eyes with
the spectacle: there were many who went
there to play an active part in it, and to
take upon themselves an office which they
conceived had been badly fiiled-that Of
the executioner.
There were, indeed, others with less
hostile intentions. All that they cared
for was the spectacle, always so attrac-
tive to the mob whose instructive pride
is fattered by 1.-THE sight OF greatness
hurled down into the dust.
HAS not" they would say, "this Cor
nelius De White been locked up, and
broken by the rack? Shall we not see
him pale, streaming with blood, covered
with shame2' And was not this a sweet
triumph for the bnrghers Of the Hague,
whose envy even beat that of the common
! rabble; a triumph, in which every honest
citizen and townsman might be expected
to share.
"Moreover," limited the Orange agitators
interspersed through the crowd, whom
they hoped to manage like a sharp
edged, and, at the same time, crushing
instrument, -"moreover, will not, from
the Buitenhof to the gate of the town, a
nice little opportunity present itself to
throw some handfuls Of dirt, or few
stones. at this Cornelius De White, who
not only conferred the dignity of Stadt-
! holder on the Prince Of Orange merely
" Coactas, but who also intended to have
him assassinated?"
Besides which," the fierce enemies of
| France chimed IN, ''if the work were done
well and bravely at the Hague. Cornelius
would certainly not be allowed to 60 into
exile, where he will renew his intrigues
with France, and live with his big scoun-
drel of brother, John, on the gold of the
Marquis de Louvois."
Being in such temper. people gener-
ally will run rather than walk; which
was the reason why the inhabitants of the
Hague were hurrying so fast towards tn e
Buitenhof.
II onest Tyckelaer, with heart full of
spite and malice, and with no particular
plan settled in his mind, was one of the
foremost, being paraded about by the
Orange party like hero of probity, ma
tional honor. and Christian charity.
This darling miscreant detailed, with
all the embellishments and hourishes
suggested by his base mind and his ruff
fanly imagination, the attempts which
he pretended Cornelius De Witte had
made to corrupt him; the sums Of money
which were promised: and all the dia-
bolical stratagems planned beforehand to
smooth for him, Tyckelaer. all the diff
culties in the path OF murder.
And every phrase of his speech, eager
ly listened to by the populace, called forth
enthusiastic cheers for the Prince of
Orange, and groans and imprecations OF
blind fury against the brothers De
White.
The mob even began to vent its rage by
inveighing against the Ubiquitous judges,
who had allowed such de;estable crimi-
nal as the villain Cornelius to get of so
cheaply.
Some Of the agitators whispered: ale
will be off, he will escape from us |" 9TH
ers replied
"a vessel is waiting for him at Sche-
vening, French craft. Tyckelaer has
seen her."
Honest Tyckelaer! Hurrah for
Tyckelaer the mob cried in a chorus.
"And let us not forget" voice ex-
claimed from the crowd, "that at the
same time with Cornelius, his brother
John, who is as rascally traitor as him.
self will likewise make his escaDp "