Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-04-11

tation and asked him how he had slept.
Dolph answered cheerily, but took occa-
sion to inquire about the portrait that
hung against the wall "Ah." said lleer
Antony, "that's portrait Of old KilIian
Wander Spiegel, once a burgomastcr OF
Amsterdam, who, on some popular
troubles, abandoned Holland and came
over to the province during the govern
ment of Peter Stuyvcsant. lie was my
ancestor by the mothers side, and an
old r,iserly curmudgeon he was. when
the English took possession of New Am
sterdam in 1904 he retired into the
country. He fell into q melancholy,
experimenting that his wealth would De
talen from him and that he would como
to heggary. He turned all his property
into cash. and used to hide it away. lie
WIS for q year or two concealed IN
various places. fancying himself sought
after by the English, to strip him OF his
wealth; and finally was found dead in
hi1 led one morning. without any one
Being able to discover where he had con-
cealcd the greater part Of his money"
When his lest had left the room,
Delphi remained for some time lost in
| thought His whole mind was occupied
By what he had heard. Wander Spicgcl
wG9 his mott ar'a family name; and he
! recollccted to have heard her speak Of
this very Killicn Wander Spiegel as one
Of her ancestors. lie had heard her gay,
too, that her father wGa Killians right
full heir. only that the old man died
without leaving anything TO be inherited.
1t now appeared that Heer Antony was
likewise descendant, and perhaps an
heir also, Of this poor rich man; and that
thus the Eeyligers and the Wander Hey
denB were remotely connected. what,
thought lie, ''if, after ell, this Is the in
depreciation of my dream, that this is tho
way | am to make my fortune by this
voyage to Albany, and that am 20 find
the old mans hidden wealth in the lot
tom Of that well? But what an odd,
roundabout mcdc Of communicating the
nattcrl Why the plague could not the
old goblin have told me about The wellat
cncc, without sending me all the way TO
Albany 10 hear Gtory that was to send
nc all the way back AGAIN.
Thocc thoughts passed through his
mind while he YVES dressing. He de-
scended the Gt2irs. full Of perple&ity,
when the bright face Of Marie Wander
Heyden suddenly beamed in smiles upon
him, and seemed TO give him clew to
the whole mystery. after all, y thought
he. 1.-THE old goblin is in the right. II
am % get his wealth. he means that |
slllli marry his pretty descendant; thus
both branches Of the family win beagain
united, and tho 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 impotence to hurry back
and secure the treasure, which. he did
not doubt, lay at the bottom of the WELL
and which he feared every moment
might be discovered by some ether per
son. 'Who knows" thought he, ''but
this night walking old fellow of the
haunted house may be in the habit of
every visitor, and may give a
hint to some Ghrewder fellow than my
self, who viii take q shorter cut TO the
well than by the way of Albany He
wished thousand times that the bab-
bling old ghost was laid in the Red sea,
and his rambling portrait with him. IIc
was in q perfect fever to depart. Two
or three days elapsed before any oppor-
Iunity presented for returning down the
river. They were ages TO Dolph, not
that he was basl1ing in the
smiles of the pretty Marie, and daily get
ing more and more cnamored.
At length the very sloop from which |
he had been knocked overheard prepared /
% make sail. Dolph made an awkward |
apology to his host for his sudden de- /
DartlIre. Antony Wander Hcyden was /
3orely astonished. He had concerted |
lalf a dozen excursions into the wilder 4
less; and his Indians were actually pre- i
,aring for q grand expedition TO one Of 4
he lakes. He took Dolph aside, and OK
,rted his cloquence to get him To abandon /
II thoughts of business, and to remain /
with him-but in vain; and he at length 4
ave up the attempt. observing that
{ was q thousand pities so fine a young
nan should throw himself away" Hecr
Antony, however. gave him hearty
hake by the hand at parting, with
avorite fowling piece. and an invitation
o come TO his house whenever he re-
listed Albany. The pretty little Marie
aid nothing; but as he gave her fare
veil kiss. her dimpled check turned pale
nd a tear stood in her eye. Delphi sprang
lightly on board Of the vessel.
They hoistcl sail: the wind was fair:
hey soon lost sight Of Albany and its
Tccn hills and cmbowored islands They
we're waited gayly past the KaatsEill
whose fairy heights were
right and cloudless. They passed pros
,erously through the highlands without
ny molestation from the DunderLerg
,oblin and his crew; they swept on
cross Haverstraw hay and by Croton
Point and through the Tappaan Zee and
inder the Palisades, until in the after
ICON of the third day they saw the
of Hobokcn, hanging like q
LIQUID in the air, and. shortly after, the
oofs of the Manhattoes rising out of the
water.
Dolph's first care was TO repair to his
nothcr'8 house. for he was continually
-oaded by the idea of the uneasincss she
must experience on his account. He was
uzzling his brains as he went along to
hink how he should account for his alb
ence without betraying the secrets Of
he haunted house. In the midst of these
ogitations he entered the street in which
rs mothers house was situated, when
&c was thunderstruck at beholding it
cap Of ruins.
There had evidently been q great fire,
which had destroyed several large houses
nd tho bunahln 6v-Nllinc IF rso,r nor,o I