The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-11-24
VOL. 1.

| us u1al, Cdutc bcfeIai Ihhco ociOiS
to the Buitenhof, at the Hague. ] re-
member now, it was just about the time
when you were confined there. When /
left, he left too, when came here, he
came after me. Attic Hague his pretext
was that he wanted to see you"
"See met"
ayes, it must have undoubtedly been
only a prete1t FOR how, when he could
plead the same reason, as you are my
fathers prisoner again. he does not care
any longer for you; quite the contrary, l
heard him say to my father only yester-
day that he did not know YOU"
go on. Rosa, pray do. that 1 may
guess who that man is, and what be
wants"
care you quite sure, Mynheer Corne-
Illus, that none of your friends can inter-
est himself for youT
al have no friends, Rosa, / have only
my old nurse, whom you know, and who
knows you. Alas poor Sue, she would
come herself and use no roundabout
ways. She would at once say to your
father or to you, MY good sir, or my
good miss, my child is here, see how
grieved / am, let me see him only for one
hour and I'll pray for you as long as /
live No, no." continued Cornelius,
with the exception of my poor old Sue,
have no friends in this world"
Then come back to what thought
before; and the more so as last evening
at sunset whilst I was arranging the
border where l am to plant your bulb, j
saw shadow gliding between the elder
trees and the aspens. did not appear to
see him, but it was this man. He con-
cealed himself and saw me digging the
ground, and certainly it was me. whom he
followed, and me, whom he was spying
after. could not move my rake, or
touch one atom Of soil, without his no
ticing it."
"0hl yes, yes, he is in love with you.
said Cornelius SIS he young? Is he
handsome"
Saying this he looked anxiously al
Rosa, eagerly waiting for her answer.
"Young2 handsome?'' cried Rosa
bursting into laugh. "He is hideous tc
look at crooked, nearly fifty years of age
and never dares to look me in the face
or to speak, except in an under tone"
"And his namef"
Jacob Gisels"
81 don't know him."
"Then you see that, at all events, b,
does not come after YOU"
"At any rate, if he loves you, Rosa
which is very likely, as to see you is t.
love you, at least you don't love him."
ITO be sure, ] don't"
Then you wish me to keep my min'
easy2"
81 should certainly ask you to do 90.
swell, then, now as you begin to know
how to read, you will read all that
write to you OF the pangs of jealousy an,
: Of absence, won't you, Rosaf"
81 shall read it, if you write with goo
big letters"
Then as the turn which the converse
ton took began to make Rosa uneasy
= she asked
"By-the-bye, how is your tulip goinI
onY
"Oh, Rosa, only imagine my joy; thi
morning looked at it in the sun, an
!, after having moved the soil aside whicl
/ covers the bulb. saw the first sproutin
of the leaves. This small germ ha
caused me a much greater emotion tha
the order of His Highness, which turne
aside the sword, already raised, at th
Buitenhof."
You hope. then" said Rosa smiling
eyes, yes, l hope"
"And !, in my turn. when shall 1 plan
my bulb
"Oh, the first favorable day, will tel
you, but whatever you do, let nobody hel
"a you, and don confide your secret to an
"a one in the world; do you see, connoi
. seur, by merely looking at the bull
would be able to distinguish its value
e and so, my dearest Rosa, be careful j
locking up the third sucker which r.
~ mains to you"
!. at is still wrapped up in the same pa
~ per in which you put it, and just as 20
gave it me. have laid it at the bottol
70 of my chest under my point lace, wbic
;, keeps it dry, without pressing upon i
,. But good night, my poor captive gentle
man."
= "How? alreadyf"
at must be, it must be.
Coming so late and going so soon"
d. my father might grow impatient n
u seeing me return, and that precious Low,
~ might suspect a rival"
Here che listened uneasily.
what is it ?" asked Van BserIe.
al thought heard something"
"What, then? p
Something like step, creaking on d
Ell staircase"
We "Surely," said the prisoner, that ca
ne not be Master Gryphus, he is alwa
haord NJ distancev