The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-01-14
Anneke Van
Wrinkles Wit
A Story Of an Old Dutch
Town.
By {. A. Mitchell

dispose or their Isclts In exchange for
various articles, the principal Of which
was iirewatcr. there lived Ia the town
young man nnme,l Iliclcger Van
Tromp. lie was IN love with Anncke
Van Wrinkle. u tine specimen VI u
Dutch girl. wnO. when wearing all the
pctticonts she Possessed. looked very
much like u huInming top.
Some twenty miies from Schenectady
the remains Df historical mansion
that was occupied 10y Sir william John.
sou. prominent w colonial times. still
stand. a FUR trader named Martin
smith lived Ia that region aud made
frequent tips 10 Schenectady IN the
way OF business. Gu one OF his trip.
lie caught sight 1T Aunukc Van Win
klc aud fell violently Ia love with her.
a ncighbur Ut liirlrgcr's told him that
lac had better look cut fur his sweet
heart, for the Inglishmnn was then ~
her house begging her to 80 back with
him tn the l.uus huu~c. ~ the residence
Of Sir william J"ln~Un was called
This Is tic only recorded ,5.c of
Iliclcgcr showing ANY animation lie
got ~ lr"m his chair. dripping III
pipe. which WIS shattered. guL tJlaugu
lated To AGuchc'- house Smith saw
tim coming. 81, eyes uHIc ud with
discretion Withdrew iliclrgrr chased
him ont at the town. aud when the
former returned his shirt was bluudl
u was snrpu-rd that the nu',hmnu
had given the Euglishmnu nnihing
more than u good iruuncing until u
man came IN from JuhnSuns ~ learn
what had bccnnl" Of Smith. for he had
come To Schenectady Tor u dry only
nnd though week had passed lie Ind
not returned. The fact that when
Ilielcgcr lad come back from chasing
his would lie rival blood was on his
clothing was proof 10 the Dutchncn
TINT he had killed Smith A search
wns mndc for the body. but II was
not found. i.nt this had little weight.
for II WIS supposed that the murderer
had buried IT,
iliclegcr was tried md convicted
, The fact that Smith Ind disappear red
inter having been chased. TINT blopd
wns on the shirt Of the man who had
chased him. was quite enough for
those who tried vnn Tromp without
wasting words over any possible ex.
planation. The Dutcbman OF that peri.
Od was not imaginative or Ingenious
What was before his eyes he saw; Of
whnt might lie behind his back he took
no note. Tint iliclcgcr Ind killed the
man who sought To take his sweet
heart from him they did not doubt
Some were Inclined 10 lcniency on nc'
count OF the provocation. hut these
were ovcrrulcd by the wise hcnds who
declared that murder was murder and
TINT was all there was nhoni Il so
IIiclegcr was condemned To he hanged
one month from the day on which he
was convicted.
Annckc received the verdict stolidly
| Al least she appeared 10 do 80, though
her face was so fni that u II not prob
able my change ~ expression could
appear IN her linenmcnis Ncverthc'
I less she loved Iliclcgcr. AMI her love
, FOR him had been much enhanced on
b,J ,bru., h,s ,,,on,ion mo, nor sh,
v.,, a. hos ho,no IA, dnv, IN IN, ,,v.
en-, roo, ,,J ,,iin, mn hor ln,,,,n,
hoc,, 40 ,h,,,, ,nr Ann.lo ,.o,lJ mover
,h,nk nni.sS h.r an,.rs n,r. vorL,n,
,ho n..d,o.
I, won,J II. =, mIs,,r, >, su,,oso
,,a, ,,co,,sa ,,,or.,s ,oco w,s ,s
rnnn, ,s ~, amt, nnJ hor mia owes
Wee so, oh,rn a nair a, .xnhor,n,
chooks she Ind N, nnw,r of ,houuht
sho hnd n cons,,,orn,,o ,h,,, In, ann, r,,,
,us-,ha, "a ror ,hos. Zines im m. SIN
MA Du,ch ,o,.n 4, which she iivsJ
An, sho ,,., ma, 90 Glow 4, h,,
,houyh,s No. nm, wn,,,d sunnos. Will,
sho wns rn,,,,ng ~ mir M s,,clings
she tbo,,yht nm, , r,nn nv which sb,
mich, nossihly soy, her I,yer from m,
rnIIows I, wus no, n plnn Tina, would
work I'm any other nge or among nm,
other pcoplr, hut for them II was ADM
rably adnpted. for the Schencctnd,
| ,,.,,l,, $50, , ,,,,,,, ,,,o,s,,,,oI >,