The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-19
A BRIDES
DOVER
By SADIE OLCOTT

lrty yedIS o6o A'SN - AoAA Ch uoIueu
an wyk. He was very poor-so poor
at he could not choose a desirable
ace or a decent house In which to
70 Indeed, his farm was a circular
kpression, and when too much rain
me it was flooded and his crops
ore rotted. As for his house, 1t was
hut and was plastered with mud
Mt Van Wyk had not always lived
ms Time was when he had been
oil off. and the eldest daughter, Kath-
line. was educated.
katherine Gas a comely Dutch girl,
ith blue eyes, fair complexion and
If almost white. Her mother did
best she could to keep her girl well
essed and, having fabrics that she
ID worn In better days, made them
Ter so successfully that Kate, espe-
Rlly on Sundays, made very good
bpearance.
Some distance from the Van Wyks
ed prosperous farmer named
reutner-that is, he was considered
losperous for that region, though his
run produced only a fair living for
|mself and his family He had a
bmber of daughters and but one son;
prefore he was anxious that his chill
len should marry with those who
ere well to do. He had saved a small
WHY for each Of his daughters, and,
for his son, Hans, he proposed to
ave him his farm. But he required
ON any girl his boy should marry a
WHY equivalent to its value.
Unfortunately Hans met Katherine
dance at one Of the neighboring
rmhouses, and one glance at her pink
ID milk face, her robins egg eyes and
two hemp colored cables that hung
ON the back Of her head to her an
es put all ideas Of his fathers plans
i Of his head. He danced with her
yeral times during the evening, and
hen the two separated theirs was one
those cases wherein two young
ARTS rush together like q couple Of
ectrlc sparks.
When Farmer Greutner heard of his
n's love affair he called the boy to
IN and said:
Hans, I'm ashamed Of you. What
you mean by making love to girl
DO lives in cabin plastered with
|ud? You certainly can't marry her,
r If you do l will give this farm to
bur sisters, and you and your mud
BIT wife will have nothing to live
pon"
Hans only irritated his father by
aking no reply. People with whom
are angry cannot make us more
pgry than by listening to what we
y and giving us no word in return.
ans went away determined that
Pthing should separate him from the
rl he loved, even to the surrendering
his Inheritance, but he did not see
w her father could be persuaded to
re her to one who could not support
r, So the matter went on, as such
alters usually do, with hard feeling
tween Hans and his father and op-
psition enhancing the attachment Of
young couple. Greutner never lost
opportunity to sneer at the mud
Din in which his sons beloved lived,
since the rest Of the family con-
Tered Hans would demean himself
taking a wife out of such a home
ey were constantly haunting him
pout his mud haired girl who lived
q mud plastered house.
One day the little Van Wyk chill
en- prospected the mud plastering
playthings. From a part Of it that
d given way they pulled out some
peer looking stones. Whether they
ah'ed them for jackstones or for
NE other childish game, they certain
wanted them and did not spare the
astering. When their father came
ana saw that they had made rents
Tue wall he rated them soundly and
Aed them why they had done 30,
lefeupon they showed him the stones
ey had pulled out.
armer Van Wyk forgot the damage
Tue clustering In the stones. They
fre rough and did not possess either
appearance or weight Of common
'ues' He studied over them a long
uAe' then borrowed a magnifying
vs. and examined them with it care
" Then he called his wife and
y ner that the plastering Of their
IN was sprinkled with diamonds.
Tue next day before the dawn had
NY broken he went to the place on
arm where he had taken the clay
p'aster his cabin and, digging up
earth, found that it was full Of the
NC KIND of stones. He could not be-
us eyes. Taking one Of the dia-
1s 70 an emery wheel, he ground
sue OF it and exposed a white
.aee. Then he ground different
vi II, leaving interesting planes,
noiding the stone up to the rising
y y produced flashes like the rainbow.
" long after that Farmer Greutner
over to Van Wyk to congratu-
Iin on his good fortune and to
suat' bis son being bent on marry
.aatnerine, he would like to know
uoWry her father had for her.