The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-10-06

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beatings Of drums are the order of tn,
day."
Van Baerle raised his eyes to heaven,
and sighed again. Then turning his
glance toward his hulbs-objects of much
greater Importance to him than all those
muskets, standards, drums, and prOcla :
nations, which he conceived only to he
fit to disturb the mind of honest people,
he said
"These are, indeed, beautiful bulbs;
how smooth they are, how well formed
there is that air OF melancholy about
them which promises to produce a flower
of the color OF ebony. On their skin you
cannot even distinguish the circulating
veins with the naked eye. Certainly,
certainly, not light spot will disfgure
the tulip which have called into ex-
istence. And by what name shall we
coll this offspring of my sleepless nights,
and my labor and my thought? TNHp4
nigra BWLGenSis.
Yes BarlGenSis; a fine name. All the
ip-fanciers-that is to say all the
intelligent people Of Europe-will feel a
thrill of excitement when the rumor
spreads TO the four quarters of the globe:
THE GRAND BLACK TULIP IS FOUND! How
is it called?' the fanciers will ask
'Tulipa nigra Barleensisr why, Bar
lpensisp After its grower, Van Baerle,
will be the answer. And who is this
Van Baerle?-'It Is the same who has
already produced five new tulips: The
Jane, the John De White, the Cornelius
De White, &c Well, that is what !
call my ambition. 1t will cause tears to
no one. And people will object to my
Tulipa nigra BarlGensis, when, perhaps,
my godfather, this sublime politician, is
only known from the tulip to which
have given his name"
"Ohl these dearing bulbs"
"When my tulip has lowered" Baerle
continued in his soliloquy. "and when
tranquility is restored in Holland, | shall
give the poor only fifty thousand guilders
which, after all. is goody sum for a
man who is under no obligation whats
ever. Then with the remaining fifty
thousand guilders, | shall make cxperi>
ments. With them | shall succeed in
imparting scent TO the tulip. All! if
succeed in giving it the odor OF the rose
or the carnation, or what would he still
better, completely new scent; if re-
store to this queen of flowers its natural
distinctive p.rfume, which she has lost
in passing from her Eastern to her Eu>
rOpean throne, and which she must have
in the Indian Peninsular at Goa, Bonn
bay, Madrss, and especially in that island
which in olien times, as is asserted, was
the terrestrial paradise, and which is
called Ceylon-Oh, what glory | must
say, | would then rath er be Cornelius
Van Baerle than Alexander, C;eser, or
Macmillan"
ooh, the admirable bulbs,"
Thus Cornelius indulged in the delights
Of contemplation, and was carried away
by the sweetest dreams.
Suddenly the bell of his cabinet was
rung much more violently than usual.
Cornelius, startled, laid his hands on
his bulbs, and turned round.
who is here?' he asked. Sir" an
swered the servant. "it messenger from
the Hague"
"a messenger from the Hague! What
does he want?"
"Sir it is Craeke."
"Crachc' the confidential servant of
Mynheer John Dc Wltte: Cool, let him
await"
81 cannot wait" said. voice in the
lobby.
And at the same time forcing himself
in, Craeke rushed into the dry-room.
This abrupt entrance was such an in-
fringement on the established rules OF the
houset Guild of cornelius Van Baerle, that
the latter, at the sight of Craeke, almost
convulSively moved his hand which COW
cred the bulbs, so that two OF them fell
on the floor, one of them rolling under a
small table, and the other into the fire.
place.
''Zounds!" said Cornelius, eagerly pick
ing up his precious bulbs, whats the
matter?'
THE matter. Sir!'-said Craeke, lay
ing papeg on the large table, on which
the third bulb was lsying-"the matter is,
that you are requested to read this paper
without losing one moment"
And Craeke who thought lie had re-
marked in the streets at bort, symptoms
of a tumult similar to that which he had
witnessed before his departure from the
Hague, ran off without even looking be-
hind him.
"All right! all right! my dear Craeke,
said Cornelius, stretching his arm under
the table for the bulb; your paper shall
be read, indeed it shall.
Then, examining the bulb which he
held in the hollow of his hand, he said,
well, here is one OF them uninjured,
/ That COMPOUNDED Craekel thus 10 rush in