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

: OF this gale, and through the raging SURF
) of popular hatred. as you did the 5eei OF
! Van Tromp past the shoals ofths Schsld,
j % Antwerp"
with the help of God, Cornelius.
wen a. least try" answered Jchdi- hut.
first Of all, word with YOU"
} Speak !"
The shouts begin anew.
"Hark, harkl'' continued Cornelius.
show angry those people are. Is IL
against you? or against mes'
II should say is ;s against us both.
Cornelies. told ion, NJ dear brother.
that the Orange party. whilst assailing IA
with their absurd calunniss, have also
made it a reproach against rs Thar We
have negotiated with France"
What blockheads they are!'
"But, indeed, they reProach US with
it."
"And yet, if these negotiations had
been successful, they would have pre-
vented the defeats OF r ices, Orsay, Wesel,
and Rheiberg; the Rhine world not have
been crossed, and HoliarGs Right s.ill con-
slider herself invincible in the midst Of
her marshes and canals"
"All this is quite true, my dear Cor
nelius, but still more certain it is, that if
in this moment our correspondence with
the Marquis de Louvois were discovered,
skillful pilot as am, I should not be
able to save the frail bar9Te which is to
carry the brothers De White and their
fortunes out of Holland That cores
pondence. which might prove TO hon
est people how dearly love my country.
make for its liberty and glory. would be
ruin TO us lift fell into the hands of the
Orange party. hope you have burned
the letters before you left bort to join me
at the Hague"
my dear brother" Cornelius answered;
"your correspondence with Mr.. de Loui-
vols affords ample proof of your having
been oflate the grestest, most generous.
| and most able citizen of the seven United
: Provinces, doat on the glory Of my
: country; and particularly do doat on
your glory, John-I have taken good
, care not to burn that correspondence"
! Then we are lost, as far as this life is
, concerned" quietly said the Grand PEN
sionary. approaching the window.
"No, on the contrary, John, we shall
! at the same time save our lives, and res
gain our popularity"
"But what have you done With these
letters?"
81 have entrusted them to the care Of
. Cornelius Van Baerle, my godson, whom
, you know, and lives in bort"
!, Poor honest Van Baerle who Knows
, so much and thinks ofnothing but flowers
and God, who made them. You have
, entrusted him with this fatal secret fs
will be his ruin poor soul p
"IIis ruin %
ayes, for he will either be strong or be
will be weak. If he is strong, he win,
. when he hears Of what has happened to
US, boast of our acquaintance; If he is
| weak, he will be afraid on account OF his
4 connection with US: If be is strong he will
betray the secret of his boldness; if he is
=, weak he will allow it to be forced from
him. In either case he is lost, and so are
We. Let us, therefore, fly, fly, as long as
it is still time"
Cornelius De White. raising himself on
0 his couch, and grasping the hand of his
brother, who shuddered at the touch of
his linen bandages, replied
I do not know my godson? have not
D been able to read every thought in Van
Baerle's mind. and every sentiment IN his
7 heart? You ask whether he is strong or
! weak. He is neither the one nor ne 9th
er; but that is not now the question The
: principal point is, that he is sure not to
divulge the secret, for the very good res-
son that he does not know it himself"
John turned round in surprise
You must know, my dear brother
that hare been trained IN the school of
that distinguished politician John De
Wit,e; and l repeat to You, that Van
. Baerle is not aware of the nature and inn
portance of the deposit which have en-
trusted to him."
Quick, then," cried John, "as it is
- still time, let us convey to him directions
: to burn the parcel
e Through whom?"
Through nv servant Crseke, who was
{ to have accompanied US on horseback,
and who has entered the prison with me,
to assist you down STAIRS"
Consider well before having those
precious documents burnt, JobnI"
i II consider. above all things, that the
brothers De White must necessarially save
? their lives, to be able to save their char
= ac,er. II we are dead, who will defend
e US? Who will have fully understood our
: intentionsP'
"You expect, then, tina: they would
kill Ne, If those papers are found?'
# John, without answering, pointed with
n his hand to the square. from whence. in
q tina. varY n,onnent 6erca shonta and aax-