. St. Nicholas [serial] . ON THE BEACH AT SCHEVENINGEN. country that ever the sun shone upon! But thequeerest thing of all is, when you really knowmuch about it you feel more like crying thanlaughing; for this land that lies so loosely uponthe sea has many a time been forced to be as arock against a legion of foes. Its stanch-heartedpeople have suffered as never nation had sufferedbefore. They look sleepy, I know, and havesome very odd ways; but — Motleys historyof the Rise of the Dutch Republic is not afunny book. The ocean, too, if it could speak, could telltales of Dutch ships bound on grea
. St. Nicholas [serial] . ON THE BEACH AT SCHEVENINGEN. country that ever the sun shone upon! But thequeerest thing of all is, when you really knowmuch about it you feel more like crying thanlaughing; for this land that lies so loosely uponthe sea has many a time been forced to be as arock against a legion of foes. Its stanch-heartedpeople have suffered as never nation had sufferedbefore. They look sleepy, I know, and havesome very odd ways; but — Motleys historyof the Rise of the Dutch Republic is not afunny book. The ocean, too, if it could speak, could telltales of Dutch ships bound on great enterprises ;though it has a funny story of the brave AdmiralVan Tromp, which you must read some day. Soon, in another paper, I shall try to tell youhow Holland, in its history, has proved itself tobe truly a Land of Ci Wtfit viHNWon £i>WAR$ember number.) Chapter IV. AMONG THE DELAWARES. Quindaro was a straggling but pretty littletown built among the groves of the west bank ofthe Missouri. Here the emigrants found a storeor trading-post, well supplied with the goodsthey needed, staple articles of food and theheavier farming-tools being the first boys looked curiously at the big breaking-plow that was to be of so much consequenceto them in their new life and labors. The prai-ries around their Illinois home had been longbroken up when they were old enough to takenotice of such things; and as they were townboys, they had never had their attention calledto the implements of a prairie farm. It looks like a plow that has been satdown on and flattened out, was Oscars re-mark, after they had looked the thing oververy critically. It had a long and massive beam,or body, and big strong handles,
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