. St. Nicholas [serial] . DON T TAKETESSIJ ! I8Q5-. WHAT BEFELL MELAATIJ. 537. THEY LOADED THEBASKET. Oh, Mijnheer,oh, dont takeTessij! Oh, als 7U belief/ (if youplease)! At this Mijnheer Vander Brugge turned, andseeing a little girl with atorn skirt and only one sabot, and a huge bruiseon her white forehead, on her knees at his feet,exclaimed : What! and is it thou, Melaatij ? And dostthou know what thy black duivel of a cow hasdone ? Well, then, I 11 tell thee, he said, asMelaatij sobbingly shook her head. She hasspoiled three hundred guldens worth of raretulips ; and for this — How much mor

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. St. Nicholas [serial] . DON T TAKETESSIJ ! I8Q5-. WHAT BEFELL MELAATIJ. 537. THEY LOADED THEBASKET. Oh, Mijnheer,oh, dont takeTessij! Oh, als 7U belief/ (if youplease)! At this Mijnheer Vander Brugge turned, andseeing a little girl with atorn skirt and only one sabot, and a huge bruiseon her white forehead, on her knees at his feet,exclaimed : What! and is it thou, Melaatij ? And dostthou know what thy black duivel of a cow hasdone ? Well, then, I 11 tell thee, he said, asMelaatij sobbingly shook her head. She hasspoiled three hundred guldens worth of raretulips ; and for this — How much more Mijnheer would have saidno one knows; for at that moment, such wasthe little things terror at hearing of this damageto the tulip-bed, she excitedly struck her kneeswith both hands, so that her apron pockets,which she had filled with the queer brown and black buttons that she found in the wood, here gave way, and the contents rolled this way and that about her. Mijnheer stooped and picked some of them up. Then he glanced at her in astonishment. How now, he said harshly;

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