Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07

Jan VandefStreet was without doubt
and by unanimous consent, especially
his own, the leading citizen of the lit.
tie painted village of Dykheld.
Therefore when he impaired to his
fellow citizens the Information that he
had bought large tract of land in
America. where fortunes We're to be
made in an incredible hurry, half
hundred very substantial and phlcg
matte Hoi'anders marshaied their I'M
lilies after grave deliberation and en-
parked with him, after selling their
queer little painted houses and tulip
gardens and cows with true Dutch
thrift
Jan Nanderstrect took with him his
wonderful collection CT pipes. famed
Throughout all Gelderland and even
| beyond that beautiful district. He
also TOOK with him what he valued al
| most as much as, his pipes-his very
| buxom ard still blooming wife, his
| blooming daughter, Ankle. and his
| blooming orphaned niece. Johanna de
Koop.
| The only member of the party Of
| Holland advcnturers who was not tru-
| ly substantial, according to sound
Dutch standards. was Dirk Van Pelt.
| Mynheer Vanderstreet had frowned
| on his admission as member of the
solemn exodus. But Dirk had cunning
" used such un-Hollandlike haste In
putting his entire patrimony of $1,000
into the speculation that he had an in
| tere:;t in Ii before the more deliberate
mynheer knew it,
Jan Vanderstreet did not like this at
all. The trouble was that Dirk was
altogether too fond of Ankle. If the
broad shouldesed, sturdy, handsome
youth had only exhibited enough seuse
to be fond of some one not in the Van.
derstreet family the mynheer might
have felt quite glad to have him II
the party. for Dirk was not at all dis
agreeable TO ANYBODY, with his kind
smile and his readiness to help every
one who needed it.
Nynheer Vanderstreet determined tC
keep close watch during the voyage
But what could one do on shipboard
Could worthy Dutchman of five ant
sixty be expected to go on guard ovel
his daughter when all the men folks
were smoking their pipes on deck
telling tales of the past and speculat
: ing about the future? Truly not.
The chaperonage of Ankle was there
fore left to her mother. But even OF
1,.s. %a1
: housewife could not be idle, and whel
l one has huge stocking and Il ball o
4 yarn also q set of knitting needles, Il
L hand it is not always convenient t
3 follow a will-o-th e-wisp of a girl.
d Besides, Johanna was always wit
: her cousin, and lovemaking when
[ third person is present is not so cas-
7 to carry on. At least so argued Mis-
: tress vanderstreet, forgetting tina
0 there Is a language of the eye whic
9 expresses as clearly as speech what
in ones heart and that pressure c
l. the hand may convey an assurance c
It love just as plainly as if one sal
n aloud, Il love you"
a Although Dirk had little opportunit
e of telling Ankle of his love by word {
O mouth, that he was her devoted slay
and wished for no greater happines
S than to call her his wife, Ankle kne
o what was in his heart, because she r
# turned his love.
n Ry the end of the voyage Dirk kne
g thot her heart was In his keeping. ar
n he determined to wrest from. the SC
e Of the prairie a living that would eni
II tie him to old Vanderstreet's respect.
d Busy days followed the arrival
9 the Hollanders in the little Iowa SC
tlement Ground was broken, team
purchased. grain sowed and hous
erected.
The vanderstreet residence was Il
most pretentious in the place, but Il
cottage built by Dirk Van Pelt was
pretty 4 little Dutch home as any