The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-11-20
the YANKEE
PASS

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 new country beyond
the sea no historian has ever ex-
planned, for when a Dutchman was
once settled anywhere he never
moved. Not so the Yankee. He
would take up piece OF land, improve
it, sell IT, and go 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 mete out his punishment"
So they took Aaron before the jus
tice. He was sitting under an apple
tree near his house, with a glass Of
schnapps beside him and long clay
pipe in his mouth. This Is not men.
toned as an unusual position for the
great man, for all the ,ong day he sat
In no other
AS Aaron was taken before him the
peddler saw a pair of blue eyes look
ing at him from a window in the
house. 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 twinklirg 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 till tomorrow l don't want
you to bring the wrath Of the Lord
down on us
The peddler threw of his pack. max
ing virtue Of necessity. At least
that was the appearance Of It, Really
he was quite willing 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 foE
the girl to come to him, never for {
moment doubling that she would.
And she did. She had been long dc
sirous OF pouring out her dissatisfac
tion at the life she led to some person
in whom she had confidence. and shs
felt sure she could confide in the
Yankee. She told him that her fatheI
compelled her to do all the work
while he smoked and drank schnapps;
that she had a thousand dollars in Z
bank at Albany, left her by her moth
er. for which her father was trustee
and that he would not let her have IL
The peddler told her that she needed
husband to work for her, and she
would find this much easier and pleas
anter than working for some one else
Now. the justice, thinking the ped
dler in hurry to go 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 Dutchmaz
secuted such theology. maintaining
that it lasted till sunrise the next day
The Yankee finally consented to pay
The justice, who either could moi
write or was too fat or too lazy Il
write, or could not write in English
as well as in Dutch, told the Yankee
to write a pass
Aaron took up the quill and wrote
in an illegible hand on a bit Of paper
The Dutchman ran his sleepy eyes
over It. grunted "Goot!H signed it and
handed ii back to him.
Aaron folded it. put it in his pocket
tooH up his pack and departed The
justice got IN from his chair, and h,
the aid OF Two canes got himself into
the house, where supper was served
him by his daughter. Then, after 9
couple Of hours smoke, he went to
bed.
The next morning when he woke uT
and called Katrina, as usual, there was
no response. The old man reused his
neighbors, who hunted high and low
for the damsel, but she was not to be
found That she had gone with the
peddler never occurred to the justice
or any Of the stupid Dutchmen. II
they connected her disappearance with
him, it was that he might have mur
dered her
Two days passed, and Katrina did
not reappear. Then one mOrnipa
there came letter to old Van del
Donk. Since he was not used to re
ceiving letters. he felt sure it con
tanned Information Of his lost daugh
ter. He broke the letter. seal. II
contained statement closiag his &C
count with the bank in Albany whers
his daughters legacy was kept
There was one inclosurs. The
Dutchman looked at It frontward, side
wise and upside down. He could
make nothing Of 1t. Then he called