La Junta tribune., 1915-02-27

Of dogs and children II his heels and
arrested them On charge u breach Of
the peace. They were let o6 with .
! small 6ne. but soon met again. with the
result VI another light. this time being
10Th pot In the ;sa-ks.
| They had not long been hbefats6
when they were at u asr:n. but this
time old De Heere took the matter up
snd promised the magistrate that there
should be no more breaches ot The
peace on his daughters account. for
Be would answer for II thst she decid-
Cd between hes suitoss imme0iatsly.
They were let o6. Ootbout promising
not 10 come east Of the Prssbytefian
church on Wall street. between what
b now Nassau street and Broadway.
while Monk sxreed to keep east Of
what was later Hanover street This.
however. was temporary restraint to
last Till The little Dutch girl should
stop the war permanently By choosing
one or the other Of the Contestants for
hes hand
When Anne was told By her father
that before noon on the morrow she
must come to decision she vowed she
would do NO such thing. But her fa.
ther told her that be had given bis
word and the town authorities would
stand the quarrels Of her lovers no
longer They were not blamed, for Il
was well known that II was her action
that had brought on the trouble and
kept II alive. Indeed. she was given to
understand that II Oothout and Monk
fought again ON hef account abe would
be put In the piilory.
This threat brought the stubborn OH
around. She promised hse father that
abe would make up hef mind b The
pext morning which sutton shs wouA
sccept That night she sank out of,
sight Into ber feather bed Duch tEou-
bled. She was really eo0mitted toi
both bef suitoes. and thi0 woo thsi
cause Of the had blood bseWeea them.
Tor each. having ber promise b 0assy
him. REGARDED the othse - a. INTRUDER
upon his domain.
Anne found her feather bed eoodu.
Give to thought. and she thought 70
purose. The next morning she told
her father to summon both hse lovers
to the house and she would decide b.
tween them. When they came she
caused q cessation Of the angry
giances darted between them BY tell.
Ing them. nrxt In Dutch and then In .
combination OF Dutch and English.
that she would light two candles at
the same moment. the one represent.
Ing Oothout the other Monk. Which.
ever candle burned the longer she
would marry the mau II represented
Each man having considered him
self acrepted for time. there was q
prO~Iect tbnt the mntter must be
fought out 10 the death ~ ONE or the
other Hut Anne rnlnied them By CIV
Ing eerb . gissca causing hio y
think whlchssee wss was ~ ~.
eseuce. Tue candles were brougte b.
Anne pat them together TO show that
they wer< Of equal length. then set
one on = sideboard for Ooehout aud
the other on the mantel for Monk.
having lighted them % nearly % pos-
sible 'togcshes.
The candles viii burn about two
hours." she said 1T II not best that
sou two men should remain here oil
that time. for one o. both might b
tempted to do something to make the
others candle burn more quickly. Go
away In the direction Of Jour respec.
tive homes. and when the ciock strikes
the hour Of nOon return The candles
will then t,e nearly burned out"
10 Ooshout went 10 his farm and
Monk % bis aail lift. but neither did
any WORK. hath listening for the sum.
mons % r~surn sud I~aru his fate.
AZ ~ o'ciock the two men were seen
approachiug. the one from the west
the other from the enst. Oothout psa-
I'd Into the house nrt and. dartins an
anxious ginnc~ 90 the candies. turned
his eyes upward. saying. "St. Nicholas
i~ praisS<i!' for his candle was half
mn Inch long aud was burning bright.
y. while the other was daring within
the socket. Monk came In q moment
later mud. seeing that he had Lust. gave
Anne n de~pairing look. turned aud
left the housr.
Then rsuction came over the
Dutchmnn. Il have wOu." hs cried.
''lsut what have wonf Only half
heart NJ most and perhaps no hsart at
all. Il may bs you prefer my rival.
who hss lost Il may b. you lore ns,.
ihss Vt 10. This must b. q yos
woulA n0s hare lsft yous eheice -
chance
Asns soek him b. ~ hand as1 ~
hin o ~ ean6le that was 0e1ll ~.
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yoss s0ngue."
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