The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-07-31

|, n 80 ,14d .sAahtrsss II. his Asess an.
arrsstsd then On asx46Stxisa 81. breach AZ
the Ipeace. They. vfiEre Illat a with Z
tma4 annesJbst s,vlpn met 4jEain. with tho
raguN of another hight. thia tune being
bo}6 put u tie stocks.
They had not long been liberated
Waao they were Mt It again. but this
time old De Heere took the matter up
and promised the magistrate that there
should BIZ 10 more breaches Of tho
peace on bis daughters account, for
be would answer Tor It that she decSd-
ed between her suitors immediately.
They were ist or Oothout peornis,ug
not to come east, Of the Presbyterian
church on wan street. between swk8t
+, now Nassau street and BROADWAY,
whliee Monk agreed to keep EAST oe
what was later Hanover street. This,
however, was q temporary restraint 10
last till the little Dutch Girl .shepild
| stop the war permanently BY choosing
one or the other of the contestants Tor
her hand.
When Anne was told BY her father
that before noon on the morrov she
must come to a decision she vowed she
would do no, such thing, But her H.
Their told her that he had given his
word and the town authorities would
stand the quarreis Of her lovers 40
longer. They were not blamed. for. It
was well known that It was her action
that had brought on the trouble aad
kept It alive. Indeed. she was given TO
understand that IL Oothout and Monk
fought again ON her account she would
be put In the pillory.
This threat brought the stubborn girl
,round. She promised her father that
she would make up her mind BY tho
next morning which sutton she would
accept. That night she sank out OF
sight into her feather bed much trou-
bled. She was really committed TO
both her suitors. and this was tho
| cause OF the bad blood between them.
for each. having her promise to marry
him. regarded the other az an intruder
upon his domain.
Anne found her feather bed condu-
Give to thought. and she thought to a
purpose. The mex morning she told
her father to summon both her lovers
to the house and she would decide be-
tween them. When they came she
caused q cessation Of the angry
glances darted between them By tell
ing them. drst In Dutch and then II a
combination Of Dutch and English.
that she would light two candles at
the same moment, the q represent
Ing Oothout the other Monk. Which
ever candle burned the longer b
would marry the man It represented.
Each man having considered him
self accepted for q time. there was q
prospect that the matter must be
fought out to the death Of one or the
other. But Anne Gained them BY CIV
ing each q glance. causing him to
think whichever won was her pref
erence. The candles were brought In.
Anne put them together to show that
they were Of equal length. then set
! one On q sideboard for Oothout and
the other ON the. mantel for Monk.
having lighted them a. nearly ~ pos
sible together.
The candles will burn about two
hours" she said 1T is o best that
| you two men should remain here all
that time. for one or both might DO
tempted to do something to make the
others candle burn more quickly. Go
away in the direction Of your respec-
tive homes. and when the clock strikes
the hour Of noon return The candles
will then be nearly burned out"
So Oothout went to his farm and
| Monk to biz sail loft. but neither did
any work. both listening for the sum-
mons. t return and learn his fate.
At II O'Clock the two men were seen
Approaching. the from the west
the other from the east, Oothout pass
ed into the house drst and. dartink IN
anxious glance to the candies. turned
biz eyes upward. saying. st Nicholas
be praisedr' for bis candle 'was halt
an inch long and vas burning bright
y. Wills .ths oehsr wAs 1arin8 within
| the socket. Monk came ms moment
later and. seeing that b had lost, gave
Anne . ,despairing lock. turned and
left tie hoHse.
Then. react1eq. came oSsr tho
Dutchman. II have wont" he ceSed.
But what have ! WONT Only Aalf q
heart at most aud perhaps no hsAst at
ali. 1t may ~ 700 prefer ny rival.
who -has lost 1t may b you love. mel
ther Of ID. Thi1 must be. o. you
would not have left your chOtco -
chance .l.ta , s.,.,.I
Anne tooh him by the hand ara led
him to Tho candle that vasfstil1 ,siv-
ing = steady dame. Thew she poypted
on the candlesdck 10 q few white
grains.
'Wst your inger." she said. take up
nome Of these gttains and Pot then on
your tongue"
Nicholas did 40 and pronounced them
salt.
do you not know" added Anna.
that salt On the wick Of q candle
n,un- t. 80. h,,.-n snHAS, olnru1 = -