The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-11-17

il not that, at least some terrace"
"We have a very fine garden" said
Rosa, ut rms along the edge Of the WAL,
and is full of fne old trees" r'..
"Could yoa bring me rome soil from
the garden, that I may judge"
81 will tomorrow.
TAKE some from a sunny spot, and
some from a shady, so that may judge
of its properties in dry and in a moist
state' Z rlt
BE assured shali."st
AFTER having chosen the soil, and, if il
be necessary, modified it, we will divide
our three suckers you will take one and
plant it, on the day that will tell you, in
the the soil chosen by me. II is sure to
flower. If you tend it according to my di-
rections.'
II viii not lose sight of it for min
ute" d..
You will give me another. which
will try to grow here in my cell. and
which will help me to beguile those long
weary hours when cannot see you. l
confess to you have very little 1E,pe for
the latter one, and look beforehand on
this unfortunate bulb as sacrificed to my
selfshness However, the sun sometimes
visits me. ! will, besides, try to convert
everything into an artificial help, even the
heat and ashes Of my pipe; and lastly, we,
or rather you, will keep in reserve the
! third suckersas our last resource, in case
our first two experiments should prove a
failure. In this manner, my dear Rosa,
it is-impossible that we should not sue
cesd In gaining ths. hundred thousand
guilders for your marriage portion; and
how dearly shall we enjoy that supreme
happiness Of seeing our work brought to a
successful issuer' - Cg
+: 81 know it all now" said Rosa "I will
bring you the soil to>morrew, and you will
choose Il for your bulb and for mine. As
to that in which yours is to grow. ] shall
have several journeys to convey it toyou
as cannot bring much at time"
There lie no hurry for it. dear Rosa
It our talips need not be put in the ground
for a month atleast. So you see we have
plenty Of time before us. Only hops
that, in planting your bulb. you vii
strictly follow all my instructions"
81 promise you will"
"And when you have once planted it
/" you will communicate to me all the cir
cumstances which may interest our nurs
ling; such as change of weather, footprint
on the walks, or footprints in the borders
You will listen at night whether our gar
den is not resorted TO by cats A coupl
Of those untoward animals laid waste tw,
of my horders at bort"
81 will listen "
"On moonlight nights. Have you eve
looked at your garden, my dear child?"
THE window of my sleeping room
overlooks it."
r well. on moonlight nights you vii
observe whether any rats come out from
d the holes in the wall. The rats are mos
J. mischievous by their gnawing every
thing and have hea I'd unfortunate tulip
he growers complain most bitterly Of Noa
ne tor having put a couple of rats in tn
e. ark" .... -...
is al will observe, and il there are cats G
I'd rats
n lyon will apprise me oft that's RICH
ed And, moreover" Van Baerle, having be
a come mistrustful in his captivity, con
tinued, 'there is an animal much MOI
an to be feared than even the cat or III
6. rat"
r. What animal?" -s..t
at MAN. You comprehend, my des
e. Rosa, man may steal guilder, and ris
tn the prison for such trifie, and cons,
he quently, it is much more likely that SON
Ia one mightsteal hundred thousand gui
nv ders."
MT mo one ever enters the garden but m
self"
THANK you. thank you, my dear Ros
no Allthejoy of my life is still to come fro
you" 49, 1890
nm And as clips ofVan Baerle approac
~ ed the grating with the same ardor as II
"a day before, and az. moreover, the hour 4
- retiring had struck. Rosa drew back h
: head. and stretched out her hand.
an In this pretty little hand, of which Il
,Id coquettish damsel was particularly prou
an was the bulb.
hs Cornelius kissed most tenderly the L;
nm Of her fingers. Did he do so because i
hand kept one Of the bulbs Of the Graz
90 Black Tulip, or because this hand W
md Rosa's2 We shall leave this point
the decision of wiser heads than ours.
ing Rosa withdrew with the two OIL.
suckers, pressing them to her heart
we Did she press them to her heart |
our cause they we're the bulbs .ofthe Ora
nix. Black Tulip, or because she had The
,ar. from Cornelius? .ti
has This point, we believe might be me
hat readily decided than the other.
yer. However that may have been, fro
ion that moment life became sweet, and ag:
we full of interest to the prisoner.
'ur- Rosa, as we have seen, had returned
way him one of the fuckers.