The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-04
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son river an old Dutchmsa named l Wourer van GassbRck Wouter was ] distinguished Ike most ot his fellow sirlzenS. for the number Ot brooches ] be wore and his thick skull He was
 widolyer having an only daughter, ! Anneke. who kept house for him Cn' IWS, most or the DutChmeD of those 5ayS. wcuter would not touch schnapps nor would he smoke a pipe. lu all New l Amsterdam there was not so cjrcum- 1 sDCct a man.
 Van GaRshack's house was the third | In a TOW ot houses all standing with their gable ends to the street while in the fifth lived young Nicholas Nesey. a gay light hearted young fellow and the fsvorite ot the village. Nick and Anneke grew up side by side and could not remember thc time when they had not loved each other. RUt ss To set ] ring the consent oI the girls father to their union. that wSs impossible The ! old nSn would as soon have wed bis daughter To caSG oI Holland gin as { to the young Nick, who, it hc wishet to sit late at night at the tavern ulo.s- heRiuc his clay. would not Scruple Co do En. Not that he was a confirmed tlQ
 yyer for he was ss abStemious as any man in the town except Anneke's ia ther. Nicholas had often applied 10 the old msn Tor his daughter. always ! 10 receive the same reply.
 Vas my dachrey Jo marry 8 man that spends his nights trjnkin,: Nou % vsy. You never git AOucke Now. this was very hard on the lov- erS-ss hard sS It was unjust Nlck was & carpenter by trade and dur5u- working hours very industrious vounS man. lt WAS rather his light hearted ways that prciudiccd the old mau. who was ss sour as Nick was smishlc
 ODe ntCht Van Gaashack came home from attending town meeting, and when be stopped al his own door he WAS s>toniShed. He had built the house himself and had put a door ia d uullSe most or the doors ef that time I; was not cut horizontally iu The middle. His aStCuiShmcut came from seeing cut door. Wondering how he could have mistaken his hous". tn which he could ~ st any time with a.s eyes bsndsccd. he went out to r.e street for & book. sud his wonder grow 10 smszemenr when he ssw that the house va> ;nc Jh.Cl iu the TOW and must b. hiS. Collecting his faculties with sn cGo-t, be went back into hls ysrd and looked again at the door. t was changed. suUe enough. His heart which had never been known Co beat faster than forty 10 the minute, rose st on5e 10 sixty. Up went bis hand Co his bead for a scratch, the only way he knew Co collect bis faculties. Had
 St Nicholas been around changing inc doors Had he also changed the |cckss WOuter trie,i his great iron key. but it did not ft. There was nothing for hlm to do hut knock for information. so. SeiEing the kuocSc-, he gave a loud rap A head was thrust ont Of a window above. and a
 womsu's voice asked what was want. ed
 Is this my house." asked the pug zlcd man
 Your house: Who are you:'
 "Wouter van GsssbaCk.
 Whats the matter with you. WoU
 Ter van GsaShaCk. Co he coming to my house at the dead O night ia this fix:
 can smell the gin on you even mp here. And you opposing my sons
 marriage with your daughter because
 you call him a sol. Go home and go Co bed"
 This is the third house in tho TOW snd mine" said Wouter doubJfulN.
 Its tbC thiri one way and rhr soy
 enth the other. You must be avlo. Grunk"
 The window was put down with a hang. Woutcr began Co believe that h5 had hceu stricken with some mcnta. maIadv and without waiting IourcT
 went of 10 find a dcrtov who l.v"d on Bowling Green.
 ] No sooner had he gone than tho house was aSrir. Nick NeScy took tho
 door of the hinges and put up tho dn.- that belonged to the house His moth or came downstairs. and both b.dd.u- ] Anncke good night. they shut the door
 and went home.
 ] In less than su hour hack came Nor ! GaasbsCk with a doctor, who came
 with him to see 1T hls own door was
 in position. Finding the door In it'
 proper place and Wouter recoCntz.u1 ! It as such. the doctor turned upon bin 1 for having taken too much SehnaWp. i and bringing him from 8 wsrm bed or fools errand.
 l Van TssShack who saw that un.o~, l the secrct could be kcry his reputation [ would be ruined, CavN the docto~
 good fee to keep it and the next morn ipc before hrcakCaSt went Co Mrs Ne
 sev,< and asked her what would buy
 silence from her. He was conscious
 Of having beeu perfCct}y sober, bu ] with two witnesses against bim h, couli no, hope % establish his CssH l The good woman told him that her soI was pining for his daughter and hit