Show ay EDNA lip 0 CLARK copyright by A 0 0 abe klaas sas pools pool lived live in a typical high prairie house they bad had passed i like it in 1 the dusk these tardy holland olland A uteri inert cons had built vy here in illinois after the pattern of the mat houes that dot the lowlands lou lands boot amsterdam Ila haarlem arlem and hot alan A r row 0 w of stood stiff ly 1 br by the ron roadside dald e yard and dwelling tad a geoble neatness like that ot of a toy bonse boas in a set of ok playthings peering dow down n over the high wheel S bellna waited for klaas pool to assist ier in alighting ue ile seemed to have having jumped down no n ach sach thought b ft was throwing iOng empty crates and boxes out of 0 the back ot of the wagon so selina gathering her shawls and doak cloak about her clambered down the ade aide of the wheel and stood looking about her in the dim light a very small figure in a it very large world mass bad opened the barn door now te to returned and slapped one of the borses smartly on the flank the team trotted obediently off to the barn ile kicked up her little hidebound hide bound trunk sue she took her batchel satchel the yard was mite darte dark now aa A klana mans pool opened the tu kitchen door the red mouth that WM was the open draught in the kitchen stove tinned grinned a toothy welcome NeI COme at them A woman stood over the stove a fork in her hand the kitchen was dean but disorderly with thy the disorder that comes of pressure of work there was as a not unpleasant smell ot of cooking coking selina sniffed it hungrily the oman woman turned to face them sew stared this she thought must be some obber un als old bonan hie mother whaps chaps ferb aps but maartje here Is a teacher said klaas pool se ba alb pat put ont out her hand to meet the other omans tomas band hand rough bard calloused ber her own touching it was like satin against a pine board bl maartje aartje smiled aal and aou you saw her broken discolored teeth she pushed back the spam her from her high forehead fumbled a little shyly at the collar ot of her lean clean blue calico dress drem pleased to meet you your maartje sold lid primly make you welcome then as pool stamped out to the yard lamming the door behind him pool be he could hae base come with ou by the front way ay too lay oft off your things selina began to remove the wrappings that swathed hep her the muffler the haul ARM the cloak now she stood a sum incongruously elegant little fig tire in that kitchen the brown bros n lady e cloth vas mas nery ery tight and above hove very flounced and bustled below lly how you are young 1 cried maartje bhe moved nearer as it im polled and fingered the stuff of sell MS and as she did this bellna suddenly ud denly saw that she too was young the bad teeth the thin hair the care gifts it dress the littered kitchen the barager ba tarlis raged sed frown above nil all these out clearly appeared the look ct of a girl why I 1 do believe she shea a not more than twenty eight I 1 selina said to her d if in a kind of panic 1 I do bellove bellve be e not dot more than twenty eight she I 1 lad ad been aware of toe the t two a pig toiled lied heads appearing and in i the doom doorway ay of the next r awra am evidently her hostess was distressed ased be cluse the school teachers formal f amal enace truce had not been made by way ay of pator instead of kitchen she toted folded ed maartje pool into the front rara oa behind the tove stove tittering ire vere two ellow haired little girls tatje and find jozina of course selina act it ow over to them st rillina which hach 11 she asked and which julas but at this the titters be e squeals they retired behind tb e round black bulwark of the wood winer overcome oo 00 kilna I 1 quick alinee encompassed rf sla sira the window were a few fly plant plants lo 10 pot pots oa on a paint valet adea bark 1 aher here was a sofa of ith Is wrinkled calico cover three brocking 1 kIng I hairs i stark crayon crayons of b hard rd featured dutch an n dents lats la ts on t tb wall it wa was all neat tac unlovely hut lint selina bad had ka known own toe 0 o many yead of boarding bouse hou uell loss es to be b offended at this maartje hid had lighted a small elise glass led isep A steep uncarpeted 41 ay cincio incio lied led off the 1 oom kl UP this maartje pool talking iida the way to Sell nae bedr bedroom bee WAS ae to learn leam that the fann farm wom IN often inarticulate calate through thru gl lack et of becomes a torrent of wit 1 wan when op opportunity presents itself A 4 narrow dim close smelling halla 1 I 7 carpeted at the end df it a 40 to opening into the room that wae was be to selina a As if its chill truck struck ber her wt the marrow three objects caught eyes the bed a huge and daame da ome a walnut mausoleum hired W its somber height almost to the tal as top tm the u mattress of straw combash ike 4 cOm bask unworthy of this bi but over it mra MM root pool bd had placed a k ft feather herb bed actu 4 ted so tuat 1 bellna I I 1 lay a Y soft and find warn karni tri rough the win slin ter along one wall will stood a low chest to 20 richly brown as us to nelear mi ear black the front panel of this v was as curiously carved curved selina stooped before tt it lind tor for the second ec ond time that day said how beautiful full then looked quick ly round at klaartje Sl St aartje pool as though of finding her laughing as klaus pool root had hild laughed hut but sire mrs pool pools 3 face rejected the glow in her own she came over oer to seltha and stooped with alth her over the chest hold ing the lamp so 80 that its yellow name flame lighted up tho scrolls and tendrils of the carted surface inith ith one die dis colored forefinger she traced the bold on the panel see bow it lt makes out letters selina peered closer I 1 why eure sure enough I 1 thie this first ones an sl maartje was kneeling before the chest now I 1 sure aa an S for sophia it la Is a holland brides bride a chest and here is 1 K and here la Is big D it makes makas sophia kroon derler it la Is al two hundred ears my sly mother she gavella to me u hen I 1 was married and her mother she gave tt it to her when hen she was married and her mother gave it to her when nhen she was married and her 1 I should think sell so exclaimed se una rather meaninglessly but stem ing the torrent in it anything there ought to be bride brides clothes clothe in it yellow with age nt it la Is I 1 I 1 cried mcartle pool a and nd gave a little bounce that imperiled the lamp nol the two on an their knees eat sat smiling at each other wi wide dyed eyed like schoolgirls eliere wait walt haartje pool thrust the lamp into Se llna band hand raised the lid ild of the cheat chest dived expertly into its depths amidst a great rustling of old newspapers and emerged red faced with a dutch basque bisque and voluminous skirt of ellk silk an age yellow cap whose wings abiff tiff with embroidery stood out grandly on either etther side a pair of wooden hoes shoes stained terra cotta like the salla sails of the Vol lendam fishing wing bents brats and carved from toe to heel in a delicate and intricate pattern A bridal gown a bridal cap bridal shoes s well ivell euld said selina with nith the feeling of a little girl in a rich attic on a rainy day she clasped her tier hands may I 1 dress up in it some sometime timer maartje pool folding the garments hastily looked shocked and horrified hor rifled never must anybody dress up in a brides dress only to get married it brings bad tuck uck ihen ilien as selina stroked the stiff silken folds of the skirt with ith a slim and caressing forefinger I 1 so you get married to a high prairie dutchman I 1 let you wear i ear IV it at this absurdity they both laughed again selina thought that this school teaching venture was aas starting out very well mell she would bale base such much things to tell her father then thell she remembered bhe shivered a little as she stood up tip now there surged over her a great wac ae of longing for her father for the theater treats for his humorous philosophical philosophic ai drawl tor for the chicago streets and the ugly chicago houses for julle julie for ills aisters school for anything ant any one that was accustomed known and therefore dear she had a horrible premonition that she was going to cry began to blink very fast turned a little blindly in to the dim tight light and caught sight of the rooms third arresting object A bine blue black cylinder of tin sheeting like a stove and yet unlike it was polished like the I 1 length on ath of pipe in the sitting room below indeed it wa was evidently a giant flower dower of this stem demanded selina pointing Moi artje pool the lamp oa on the little wash stand preparatory to leaving smiled pridefully pride fally dram drum drum drunin Dru heat beat your room selina bombed it it was acy when there la Is far mrs pool added hastily selina was wax to lean that its it beating power powers were mythical even when the stove in the sitting boorn was wa blazing away with a cheerful roar none of the glow communicated itself to the drum it remained as an coolly indifferent to the blasts breathed it ax as a tiri girl hotly besieged by an nn 00 welcome lover Maart jer roa roared red a voice fron from the voice of the hungry m male ale there was slatted wafted up too a faint amell smell of scorching then rame sounds mounds of a bumping and thumping along the narrow stairway or cried Ua maartje artJe in panl her hands bands high in air sh abne was off left alone in Is her er room selina locked her rank trunk and took from it two 9 photographs photograph one ne of a mild looking man with his bat hit a is little on one side the other of a woman womas who might been a twenty fivek arold selina minns inns the awline awl lne e LOOK tat lag about tor for a I 1 0 abka t to oland them I tw tire he idem the the top O 0 of 1 the chiu drum then theu actually placed thera the there for or lack of a better refuge e from whirls vantage point a thea regard M 1 her with nith poli polity toly interested pim I 1 PA they tiler out ui i put o 0 III a shit sh it for a h bor that bouhl anti arve for er little tick stuck bt tf boas nn an I 1 for the picture pictures an no sell ell bbs wa aas enjoying that little at 0 exhilaration comes conies ti to a woman un tracking acklus she took out her neat pile of ot arm woolen wear her letout shoes she shook out the th crushed foldi folds of the wine colored cna cn i roer luers fow ow if ever evor she should hava eted its it purchase but she he ddn t no one she reflected as she spread it rosily on the bed posses possessing sinz wine col coi od o d e could bo be altogether downcast from below stairs came the lilea bin 0 of trang selina washed in the chill water of 0 the basin tock dov down n her hair and colled it agala before the swimmy wini tay little mirror over the wash stand she adjusted the stitched white band bands of the seere ere collar and patted the cuffs hi ul the brown ladys cloth the tight basque was aa fastened with button buttons from to waist her iter fine long head rose above this trying try ins base buch such i kf K f and dignity as 03 to render the MIM 1 garment beautiful it was a day of appalling and equally appalling in dress of paun pannier lem balloons gal loons plastrons revere revers bust bustle les all manner of lumpy bedevil ment that belara could appear in this garment a creature still grac graceful slim and wes aa a sheer triumph of spirit oer matter she blew out the light now and descended pil the steep inboden stairway to the unlighted parlor the door between parlor and kitchen was closed selina sniffed sensitively there was pork tor supper she w aa to leum that thre abr was always pork for supper she hesitated a n moment there in the darkness then she opened the kitch en doo there out at her a haze of smoke froin from which emerged round blue eyes guttural talk the smell of frying grease of stable of loam loom and of baillen vr wash freshly brought t jn from the line with an inrush oi ot cold air that sent th tin blue haze into twirls tho 0 ut r kirchev door opened A hoy boy hta his arm piled hieb with ith stove wood entered a dark hand handsome aika boy w who ho stared at sr cr the gie armload of wood stood selina stared back at lan there sprang to ufa life between the boy of twelve and the woman ot at nineteen an el ele ettric current of feeling hoeff ili i bought selina and even took a step toward him inexplicably drawn I 1 rt try then with that wood there I 1 fretted maartje at the stove the boy flung the armful into the box brushed his sleeve and aad coat front mechanic still looking at selina kiaei pool root already at table thumped with his knife sit down teacher selina hesitated looked I aked at maartje Al maartje aartje vas was holdina a ary fry ing pan aloft tr ir ono one hand while with the other she and poked a fresh tick stick of wood into the open lidded stove stoe the two pigtails seated them cites at the table set with if its red checked loth gunj bone handled cutlery roelf flung ito til cup cap on a vail wall hook und nail fiat put dou down n selina find rind maartje artje remained st sta andini nuin sit dokll bit don down a I 1 klass pool vat tall I 1 again ag aln jovially atell how is cub u bajes lie chuckled and winked inked A diet of titters from the pigtails maartje at st the stoe stose smiled but a trifle grimly one might have abou thought hl watching i her bet k evl vl dently I klass had bad not hugged bis his joke in secret only file boy roelf remained unsmiling I 1 ven selina feeling the red bounting noun woun ting to her tier cheeks smiled a little and slid sat down with some sudden suddenness SI 51 aartje pool now thumped down don on the table a gt gnat at bowl boss I 1 of potatoes fried in grease Tense fc a p atter after of ham there wa was bread cut in chunks the coffee wo was rye toasted in tl th oven ground and taken without sugar or cream 0 of food there was plenty it made sirs mrs itt s ay iy night meal meat seem am brosdal gelinas visions of chickens a wid wild dairs da irs crusty crullers crul lers ind nail pumpkin pies angshed anI hed shed never to return bhe she had been very hin agry but now dow as she mile talked nodded milled smiled she cut her food into infinitesimal bites MI not chew them so well mell and despised herself for being dainty well she thought its it going to be different enough that certain tills this Is a vegetable farm fam and they dont cat eat vegetables I 1 wonder why by what vv hat a pity that she lets herself look like that jut juat because hes thes a fann farm woman her hilr hair crewed screwed into that knot knob her skin ra r A ed that hideout dress Sho shea au not bai bad looking ither A red spot on either eneck BOW nw and her eyes so 0 bla blot A little ilk like those women la in ur dutch pictures father took me we to eee see in cherel new tork york years affel yc yes but that wom went an ans ana a face was placid this ores strained trained why need the she look like that drowsy frowsy horrid old the boy la Is somehow foreign looking italino queer they talk a grod deal ilk like ome german neighbors we had in milwaukee they twist semen neels o literal from the dutch I 1 suppose jakob Hoogen dunk pool pools a hired hand wa talking supper over the men sut tt rela re ld cl pipe in mouth Afa maartje artja ws WAS clearing the supper thing things with geertje and jozina making a great pretense pi etense at hell belling ing it if uey they giggled like that in school selina she would in ill time go rna C and knock their pigtailed pig beada together 1 at the table sat oat poring over a book one slim hand jand chapped and gritty with rough work outspread on an the cloth selina noti noticed cedr without knowing he she noticed that the fingers were ere 1001 ion slim and the broken nails thin and one wanted suddenly to be aldei ifft 00 if 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