The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-06-26

b not known. First sight lovers arc
not apt to be kept apart through tho
want Of an introduction. lie this as
It may. the two went together down
to the so~uthernlnost point VI the island
and passed the time there till sunset
| when the midslipman's leave expired,.
| sitting on a rock making love with that
rapidity which can only i~ attained
BY persons In their teens
EggIeston wished to vi t .Anneke In
her home, but she told him that the
sight of an Englishman was enough to
throw her father into u tit. aud il he
| knew that she had made the a',luaint-
ance Of one of those who had taken
| the city and changed its. name from
New Amsterdam to New York lie would
| sail back to Holland with her by the
first vessel going there. Therefore. not
being able to meet the girl who had
charmed him in her own home. he
made an appointment to meet her else
where.
The next meeting between the Eng
lishman and the Dutch girl was in this
wise: Anneke was standing OH the
shore of the East river just north of
the wall that gave the present name
to Wall street. not more than five or
six minutes walk from her home. A
boat pulled by a single oarsman was
coming round the southern end Of the
island and approaching the shore where
Anneke stood. She went down to the
waters edge. the boats stern was
swerved to the shore; she stepped in.
and the boat continued its course in
| the direction Of the islands lying to the
eastward.
1t is unnecessary to mention that the
oarsman was Ralph Eggleston. who had
| pulled around from the Hudson river
to meet his new found sweetheart to
take her for a ride on the East river,
where they could make love without
being interrupted. Instead of pulling
across the river and thence south on
the opposite shore and returning by
Governors island. they very foolishly
went directly past Anneke's home.
True. The house was some distance
from the shore and perhaps she thought
that she might not be seen from there.
the house was on a hill and that her
father had brought to America the
very spyglass with which his father,
Captain Van Vranken. had discovered
a British ship that he had attacked
and sunk. Meinheer happened at the
time Of this boat ride to be strolling
about his grounds. Unfortunately for
the lovers the sunlight was reflected
from the gold trimmings of the officers
uniform. Meinheer Van Vranken, won-
dering what one Of these hated naval
men was doing out on the water with
Il wOman-who must be Dutch-went
to the house. took down Captain Van
Vranken's spyglass. brought it to bear
on the occupants of the boat and. to
his horror. discovered his daughter
there in company with a British Of
ficer.
I know not what Immediately fol-
lowed the revelation. The next link in
the chain of the story is that Meinheer
Van Vranken determined to shake the
since it had become English soil-and
60 back to Rotterdam with his family.
By this 10Y he intended to separate
Anneke from the English midshipman
who had crept into her affections while
her father was drinking destruction to
the English fleet in drafts of schnapps.
.Anneke was put under a strict
watch during the period in which the
preparations were being made for the
return to the Netherlands. for there
was much to be accomplished. Even
the heavy four post bedsteads re-
quired the strongest horses on the is
land to drag them to the landing and
u lighter OF extra size to take them to
the ship. Anneke was in charge OF
Katrina Lemke. an old maid who had
no sympathy for young overs and hat
ed the English. This woman was en-.
Joined not to let her charge out Of her
sight for a single moment. and since
the father feared the young midship-
man might. under pretense Of search
Ing the house for arms. bring 4 party
Of men to take away his sweetheart a
six pound cannOn was mounted at the
only gate in the high wall surrounding
the place. =
The day the family were to sail for
Holland Katrina Lemke and Anneke
were left in the house till the last min
ute. while Meinheer Van vranken SUI
perfntended the hauling Of the last Of
the household goods to the landing.
When he had finished his task and
seen his family and goods put on board
the ship he returned for his daughter
and her duenna.
He found the house vacant.
From this point the story Is vague.
1t does not appear that Katrina Lemke
was ever found. The next heard Of
Anneke Van vranken she was living
IN England. the wife Of Captain SIR
Ralph Eggleston Of the British navy.
The loss Of the duenna and the escal'e
Of her charge are to be accounted for