Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-12-30


making calls, WAS brought from llol
land. Calling on that day w,s dis
continued !, generation ago. and if old
Father knirkrrhockcr should come
back on Jan. he wouldn't know what
to think
The housewife was accustomed
once Il week To open her parlor. scrub
ii, sweep it. dust it and, having re-
moved every Sl'rrli of dirt. shut it ZIP.
lock it. put away the key and leave
it till the next cleaning day. when tho
process was renewed.
Now. there lived i'll New Amsterdam
a nutchmuli Of the name OF Heinrich
Van Ol,lrn. whose daughter. .Annakc.
was the pride of his heart. She was Il
plump maiden OF some eighteen sum-
nlcr>. looking for all the world in her
dozen pctliront> like IL tea bell her bust
forming the handle and all below the
waist the ringing part. Her mother
was Il frugal woman who. having mar
ricd Il poor nl;lil. found herself obliged
to seek Il home in Il new country in
stead OF living in luxury in an old
one. Consequently she arranged Il
match between her daughter and Pc
ter Van Nrankin. who was thirty-siX.
if he WAS Il day. and far too old for !,
maiden only half his age, For" the
girl Reasoned. "whcn am as old as
he is now he will twice my age,
or sevrnty-two, and when ! am sew
cnty-,wo he will be a hundred and
forty-fuur."
Frau Van Git}rn was not sufficient
ly bright 10 crniravurt this matilcmat-
ical demonstration. but she insisted on
the match all the same declaring that
it would he an advantage, since Van
Nrankin would l!;r!s die long before
his wife. IpaviM:, licr his property and
Years u! l:,'vmHnd nee.
The last ,%;>w Years dag before the
English relieve: q l!,n New Amsterdam
Dut, .!r.nn frHm GOVERNING themselves
ami changed HE ll;lilH Of t!ia GOWN 10
New Vol; was hing c, LIBERATED us
usual i.Yrrs lou ~wjte'.; pArlrr wa;
Open l., liz. hiv..lt 81. ,nr family a.a
MHnt bottles OF : Aeil:,!n S,hnappS
Meir ST Up FIR callers.
We'll. ,.l"' iit:,.s,. AFTER ever, Dutch
n:t, ii, Nr~ .I!.tstel,a:n haul ,...ol "n
every i'N:,'hWol,.tM liz ing ut.tr!. the
shadow Of the 'rri. I'rH'! Tea Ey~k
WA: sr>at!> worried hn;':,l:>r her SON
lIv.rsi'g t;i,::i "..sn home. Though
1T " O'Clock ryrly lig'1; ii, the town
Ii:fG i',n i; ";tt, AZ "n}M.5 i,l:i2 hail
~; t;llM~! W. II fa,!lrr ",.Mi out
i" ri.i= l:s~ liz" I'LL. and VIXEN those
sleep. WG,,hHi"n who rnspn,iii,l came.
eaci, WITH lis bucket. ten l:Hrls told
then: that his s',:i was missing and II"
fr"t'".! tAe y"'i-;-;'l' i.;,! i.:rn in the
pond wila"' N" I"llli,+ now stands
a. i:"rn spirited AVA rs sn.n.. Indians
who had '""n drinking >,'lsnApi'> dur
in= TIN day Oh tho bowling green.
Every l,utrhnE,n said ".Ia!.," and
Went back t. bed.
For Il wr!; IL" people of New Am
ster,!am hunted high and low for young
Ten Eyrk. lii" pond waS dragged
the wood beyond hat wall which gave
its name t" III" financial center OF
America WAS: searched. and the slips on
the East and Hudson rivers We're
watched with the expectation that the
bod, might rise li!l ITO l:rilrw.r Ten
! EHck appeared.
! one week from New Years day Frau
Van btlen unlocked he door IF hal
> lal,i' AMI. With bruuI. rash and
! du$ter, entered ii for !en purpose o1
. giving ii tI, periodical cleaning. Owe,
= the llmi>;cr on the floor ;t,oTe he
. dan-ter. -AnnnIin. was looking; down
upon her anXinusly. The housewife;
) WAS engaged in raising as large
3 cycl"nn of dust as possible. IIe
: daughter. listening to the swish of Er
: broom aud the roliin" of the furnitur,
y as ii was moved to uncover the dirt
< heard i"r mother give !, shrek.
; The cry acted as !, spur Oh the gir
I VI hn ran down the stairs and into til
. parlrr. The missing Heilr@ar Te
z F.yrll waS era wling out from under
s sofa. while the housewife stood broOl
/; in lMi,l. regarding him With intinit
q surprise.
Y ".\r" You living or dcaA:" askc
8 E'rll, Ian Nldcn.
. l'll" y.un:: man Looked pitcously /:
- Anns!r.
T., ''MctI,ar." said the girl. "!Icilcg;
- WAS calling here ON New Years ever
s. ing. just before . o'clock | left hi
Fl t" go for something | wished to civ
y him. and while WAS gone YOU 81
q tered"
q 81 hid behind the sofa" intcTrupte
G. the young man. You came in. bic
4 out the candles and, going out, loel.'
q the door. ! have been here ever il, @
"Why didn't you Knock asked Il
frau. "IIow have You lived here
e week without ford:"
FL II didn't knock. fearing tn start
scandal. aId .Nnli:,he has let food dow
the chimney from the roof."
4 "Keally, mother" put in the 81
n 1--WE didn't know what to do, so '