The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-01
yI0RY or 4 PRESENT.

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s.re mcvsings in Antwerp shree
1~ra vrssrs zro we're ss hrsEbt a.
u - "a our cua LAID IN these isi-
-. ard vosnx rsen were much
- Ia 1870 n they srs to-day
sariSess worShiper 81 the cool
- esfhezsrzi hurried throuxs
- ,~ayers. fancy. afd maize his
- - 80 -sig ont into the szsnshine ef
scr~s.6 place and through the RAJ
r-oekssl old streets toward his
- ~. y. ts.e Rue d .orfey-es.
~ ~nusa - thought a ssngsia-iy
.s..t vss.rg man nowadays 20 20 70
- Z. al IL the early morning Of
g .-ss.dsg,a dar, bat times hSvs
~S ara dare say be was no
-. - no wr--e than lots % is
- t,sxs t,eers rsvred under the efes-
u ~ .s-slarre q careful priest or TN
az no se4s constant watch Of
-. sa5y,fs ard Ass4canss looking
-, fyoKn ever street corner ssirsne.
~ ~as sfr@ppsng young feiios /.
- <atlsfst figure for Bridegroom
4. strDsEe zIorg toward the street Of
- go s.ss;shs No~ see the compel
- sss.sxer 81 a girls eyes They hal
ssIr ,uinten Mas-ys from his hmm
n. snyis al Loagasn, up 10 magnifl-
- ..s,es,1lv Antwerp, where wealth
80 ,.xer as,i Luxury were at their
800 tide - then, 70 rttn has life
80 with other men AM not ~ a
Isrksmsth. bat A. asa artist Fr4rs
Tscr{s. ths famous Iainfers wriaslesi
& ssxwssf Old lsfows and hoasfes his
sso.,I5ers up 20 his ears at Tire bie8 az
/. s,e.irlIa~ wno swung q hammer IN
.s~sa 81 Wishing brush. and ;be
-o.,ne mar determined 70 siio~ him
III espalsle af work As worthy % live
skrns.vh years to come - anything
0oris could proarce.
-, Be- kntxerp he came and laboEesi
L. ~ trize. and now he had won her.
- today b. Nss 10 Claim his wife.
a. nainting was praised by ali the
49, srttstle ritx. and even the EN-
49, hifnse.f. had looked with APP
s.,,xsl 81 his work. And the favor ~
fhsries v wss a splendid mSrrlake
.s.-t.nn With which 70 enaow the girl
n created his ambition for hiu.
nat-hafaAa nature j. queer
shsnv. Qafntin Massys bad begun as
: .orkss ia metal. and his heart was
4, tt,e cunning arfince Of hammer and
t,rvT And 20 he had made n we'd
Sing prssent for hiz bride with his
ar hands. and IL was not the produc-
t,on az a painter. bur Of smith.
wiz The most loving care he had
f..hlone.i q TINY siiger box. whose
double cover showed the hand Of a
master. IL outer case was elaber-
ntely beaten and chased With the de-
yice 81 The order that the emperor had
brstosei upon him. and which he
hal taken for his family arms. The
ipusf clasp was q network Of silver
eobNei,4, wrought in a design that he
sopiess from a piece OF tapestry from
BRUCE. And in the tiny hollow he
hal placed a little ball of aromatic
ruu, that aH Arabian merchant had
Brought 81 Antwerp the only city
shere such costly perfumes could be
soil.
No Ehelght then Of the dreadful
5avs that were eomihgl No hint on
that bright june morning OF the gath
ering cloud OF the ipanisisiont OF the
spanish soldiery, or OF the fourteen
months Siege that should leave bare
" two-thlrdg Of Antwerp citizens 70
open lsle gate, AZ last to the Duke OF
PArma
A. The Young artist and bis wife
came oat Of the cathedral that sum
uer afternoon into the cool shade OF
The graz tower, people said so radiant
a bride had not troaden the stones OF
she Grand place since Sharics was
king.
The solid old houses Of Bleeeker
street sheltered no happier young peo-
pie. IN the year Of grace $50, than
William Van corlear and his wiie.
taIcy Ellsworth had led her lover the
usual dance "a which popular girls are
art to treat their admirers, bat the
Dutch iueapaesty 20 give way 20 dis
couragomsnt conquered IN the end, and
N. George bells ha'i rnng in thesr mar.
rie,l HE with so merry . peM that il
erhoes hal not ceased vibrating during
The i've yeafs that had passed since the
wedding day
The Young husband was walking
home FROM his business on the after
noon OF bis anniversary and trying to
thiftk OF some pretty triile 80 slip into
his gige's hand as she met him AT the
door For, would yon believe that this
foolish young matfen, unle kept away
BY accident, was sure to be watching
Tor her spouse and 10 I've the first To
greet his eoming7 Dat, then. yeu
n,ust remember. it was tiftg years
arr. and al tbat time the New York
srs had not doiiei all their provincial
manner
iatx ney street. II MarQuand's entere
AM wandered from case % case HIS
~ife sireafly hal I'll the ornaments she
eafe4 10 wear. What was he To select
Tho salesman finally ii4ted cut tiftie
antique pnugcnt box, whose cover pore
a ssfsngs coat OF aransi heariy eaaeea
by Icing scars ri use Ia many sencr 9,
lions 81 sogt baads whose Dust would
now scratch thc smooth silver. Here
wa dainty trtiic, surely.
" Yon viii nat hnd anything Ike i
In New York. said the sale nsan
~This was picked np ~ an auction 81
The hrie s.hrse collected from every
corner 1t the world BY "a German
prince wha committed suicide at Mon
aco last wear. ! think Il is the mos
beautiful example Of early Flemish
metal work | ever saw. though " - bal
tfiiie
II vas quaint little box, indeed
Hardly more than an inch hong AM
hall ss wide a. silver, az the touch o
sprius its cover flew 0p, showing
Sword hiugol cover or clasp Of intri
cate tiirrcc work This, when closed
he'll IN place a tiat Of cotton, which
was B. lle drcachci IN whatever salt g.
essence uaIame chose The cJnce!
ssfack abe voting man favoraely 3n'
he waited til IS was market, ia TN,
tcssers on TIE tny case Just in -
-ntsr of tae Waru gld tlemish tauaii,
shield
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Then be- carried il homc % his wife
y IA 7aHIa e.