Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-06-15

The chamber In which our hero was
lodged was spacious, and paneled with
oak. Il was furnished with clothes
presses and mighty chests Of drawers.
well waxed and glittcring with brass
ornaments. These contained ample stock
OF family linen, for the Dutch house.
wives had always laudable pride In
showing of their household treasures to
strangers.
Doiph's mind, however, was too fulito
take particular note Of the objects
around him; yet he could not help con-
tinually comparing tho free, open
hearted cheeriness Of this establishment
with the starveling. sordid. joyless
housekeeping at DR.. Knippcrhai,sen's.
Still there was something that marred
the enioymcnt-th idea that he must
take leave Of his hearty host and pretty
hostess and cast himself once more adrift
upon the world, To linger here would
be folly; he should only get deeper in
love; and for poor varlet like himself
to aspire 10 the daughter Of the great
lIeer Wander Heyden-it was madness to
think Of such thing. The very kind.
ness that the girl had shown towards him
prompted him, on reflection, TO hasten
his departures: 1t would be poor return
for the frank hospitality Of his host to
entangle liis daughters heart In an In.
Judicious attachment. In word, Dolph
was like many other young rcasoncrs, Of
exceeding good hearts and gitldy heads,
who think after they act, and act differ
emily from what they think; who make
excellent determinations over night and
forget to keep them the next morning.
"This is tine conclusion. truly, Of
my voyage" said he, as hc almost buried
himself In q sumptuous feather bed, and
drew the fresh white sheets up to his
chin. Here am |, instead Of finding a
bag OF money to carry home, iaunchcd
In strange place, with scarcely silver
in his pocket, and what Is worse, have
jumped ashore up to my ears i'm love into
the bargain. However" added he, after
some pause, stretching himself and turn
ing himself In bed, I'm In good quarters
for the present, at least; so Iii cen
enjoy the present moment and let the
next take care Of itself; l dare say oil
will work out, somehow or other for
the best"
AS he said these words he reached out
his hand to cxtinguish the candle, when
he was suddenly struck with astonish-
ment and dislnay, for hc thought he
beheld the phantom Of the haunted
house staring on him from q d,,sky part
OF the chamber. A second look reassllred
him, as he perceived that what he had
taken for the specter was, in fact,
nothing but Flemish portrait that hung
In shadowy corner just behind clothes
press. Il was, however, the precise
representation Of his nightly visitor-the
samo cloak and bclted jerkin, the same
grizzlcd beard and fixed eye, the same
broad, slouched hat, with feather hang
ing over one side. Dolph now called to
mind the resemblance he had frequently
remarked between his host and tho old
man OF the haunted house; and was fully
convinced that they were In somo way
connected, and that somo especial destiny
had governed his voyage. He lay gaz-
ing on the portrait with almost rs much
awe as he had gazed on the ghostly
original, until the shrill house clock
warned him of tho lateness of the hour.
lie put out tho light, but remained for q
long time turning over these curious
and condolences in his
mind, until he fell asleep. His dreams
partook Of the nature Of his waking
thoughts Hc fancied that he still lay
gazing on the picture, until, by degrees,
1t became animated; that the figure de-
sccnded from the wall and walked out
of the room; that he followed 1t and
found himself by the well, to which tho
old man pointed, smiled on him, and
disappeared.
In the morning when Dolph walked he
found his host standing by his bedside,
who gave him hearty mornings salu-
tation and asked him how he had slept.
Dolph answered cheerily, but took occa-
sion to inquire about tho portrait that
hung against the wall. "Ah," said Heer
Antony, that's a portrait of old Killian
Wander Spiegel, onco burgomaster Of
Amsterdam, who, on some popular
troubles, abandoned Holland and came
over to the province during the govern
mcnt of Peter Stuyvesant. He was my
ancestor by the mothers side, and an
old miscrly curmudgcon he was. When
sterdam in 1864 he retired into tho
country. He fell into q melancholy,
apprehending that his wealth would be
taken from him and that he would como
to beggary, He turned all his property
into cash, and used to hide it away. He
was for n year or two concealed ir
various places, fancying himself sought
after by the English, TO strip him of his
wealth; and finally was found dead in
his bed one morning, without any one
being able to discover where lie had con-
cealed the greater part Of his money"
When his host had left the room,
Dolph remained for somo time lost in
thought. His whole mind was occupied
by what he had heard. Wander Spiegel
was his mothers family name; and he
recollected to have heard her speak of
this very Killian Wander Spiegel us ono
Of her ancestors. He had heard her cay,
too. that her father was Killian's right
ful heir, only that the old man died
without leaving anything to bc inherited.
It now appeared that Heer Antony was
likewise n descendant, and perhaps an
heir also, OF this poor rich man; and that
thus the Heyligers and the Wander Hoy.
dcns were remotely connected. what"
thought he, 'if, after all, this is tho in.
depreciation Of my dream, that this is the
way l am to make my fortune by this
voyage to Albany, and that am to find
The old mans hidden wealth in tho bot.
tom Of that well9 But what an odd,
mode Of communicating tho
matter! Why the plague could not the
old goblin have told mo about tho well at
once, without sending me all tho way to
Albany to hear a story that was to send
me all the way back againy''
These thoughts passed through his
mind while he was dressing. He de
Scended the stairs, full OF perplexity,
when the bright face of Marie Wander
Heyden suddenly beamed in smiles upon
him, and seemed to give him clew "a
the whole mystery. "After all" thought
he, "thc old goblin is in the right. II
nm 10 get his wealth, he means that ]
shall marry his pretty descendant; thus
both branches of the family will be again
united, and the property so on in the
proper channel"
No sooner did this idea enter his head
than it carried conviction with it. He
was now all impatiencc to hurry back
and secure the treasure, which, he did
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