The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-11-06
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way to Albany. The day was Sunday
and there was law among the Dutch.
men OF those parts that no one should
travel on that day. Moreover, there
was as much antipathy between Dutch
men and Yankees as there is between
cats and mice.
How the Dutch ever left Holland to
make homes in a new country beyond
the sea no historian has ever ex-
planned, for when a putchman was
once settled anywhere he never
moved Not so the Yankee. He
would take up piece Of land, improve
II, sell It, and so somewhere else.
Well exclaimed one OF the deacons
OF the Dutch church. "see that Yankee
travelling on the Lords dayl Was
ever such blasphemy? Let Us take him
before Justice Van der Donk, who will
doubtless meto out HIS punishment
So they took Aaron before the Jus.
tice. He was sitting under an apple
tree near his house, with glass OF
schnapps beside him and a long clay
pipe In his mouth This Is not men.
TONED as an unusual position for the
great man, for all the long day he sat
in no other.
AS Aaron was taken before him the
peddler saw pair Of blue eyes look
ing at him from a window in the
mouse. There was something in the
young girl who owned them to attract
him. and there was that in the ped
dler's spry step and twinkling eye to
catch her fancy
What you travel Sunday forT'
asked Van der Donk, taking his pipe
out Of his mouth and looking sternly
at the peddler.
I'm goin' to Albany. and from there
down east. have sold my wares and
want to go home"
Him." said the Dutchman, you
stay here tin tomorrow. / don't want
you to bring the wrath Of the Lord
down or u.s."
The peddler threw OF his pack, max
ing a virtue Of necessity. At least
that was the appearance Of It, Really
he was quite Niulng to remain over
awhile that he might look upon the
fair face OF the justices daughter Kat.
rina, who had looked upon him out Of
her blue eyes. And the girl was equal
ly desirous of seeing more Of the en-
gaging peddler, who. leaving his pack
for security, went of to the other end
OF the apple orchard and waited for
the girl to come to him, never for a
moment doubling that she would.
And she did She had been long de.
sirous of pouring out her dissatisfac-
tion at the life she led to some person
in WHOM she had confidence, and she
felt sure she could confide in the
Yankee. She told him that her father
compelled her TO do all the work
while he smoked and drank schnapps.
that she had a thousand dollars in .
bank al Albany. left her by her moth.
er. for which her father was trustee.
and that he would nof let ner have il
The peddler told her that she needed
a husband TO work for her and she
would find this much easier and pleas.
anter than working fer some one else.
Now, the Justice, thinking tho ped.
der in a hurry TO 80 ON when the
shades of night came down, intimat-
ed that for a consideration he would
pass him.
The Yankee declared that Sunday
ended at sunset The Dutchraan
secuted such theology, maintaining
that it lasted till sunrise the next day.
The Yankee finally consented to pay.
The justice, who either could not
write or was too fat OF too lazy to
write. or could not write In English
as well as in Dutch, told the Yankee
to write pass.
Aaron took up the quill and wrote
in an illegible hand on bit Of paper
The Dntchman ran his sleepy eyes
over 1t, grunted "Gootl' signed it and
handed it back to him.
Aaron folded it, put 1t in his pocket,
took up his pack and departed. The
justice got up from his chair, and by
the aid Of two canes got himself into
the house, where supper was served
him by his daughter Then, after a
couple of hours smoke, he went to
bed.
The next morning when he woke up
snd called Katrina as usual there was
ne response. The old man reused his
neighbors. who hunted high and low
for the damsel. but she was not TO be
feuad That she had gone with the
ieddler never occurred to the justice
OF any Of the stupid Dutchmen. If
they connected her Disappearance with
him, it was that he might have mur-
dered her.
Two days passed. and Katrina did
not reappsar. Then one morning
there came letter to old Van der
Donk, Since he was not used to re-
ceivjng letters, he felt sure it con-
tanned information of his lost daugh-
ter He broke the letters seal. II
contained statement closing his ac-
count with the bank in Albany where
his daughters legacy was kept.