. St. Nicholas [serial] . CLACK TESSIJ UNDER THE APPLE-TREE. i895-J WHAT BEFELL MELAATIJ. 533. A LARGE MAHOGANY BED BUILT INTO THE WALL,LIKE A CLOSET. that Mijnheer Van der Brugge has vowed that hewill her in the pound put, if he finds her the dijkeupon again! Go thou, and bring her home! Hastthou thy mind lost, that thou leavest the bestcow in sGravendeel to wander alone the pol-der in ? And whilst thou chasest the geesefor others! A great maid as thou art, with thehead of hay upon thy shoulders! Off withthee to bring home the black Tessij before thoudost thy supper get! And hardening herhear
. St. Nicholas [serial] . CLACK TESSIJ UNDER THE APPLE-TREE. i895-J WHAT BEFELL MELAATIJ. 533. A LARGE MAHOGANY BED BUILT INTO THE WALL,LIKE A CLOSET. that Mijnheer Van der Brugge has vowed that hewill her in the pound put, if he finds her the dijkeupon again! Go thou, and bring her home! Hastthou thy mind lost, that thou leavest the bestcow in sGravendeel to wander alone the pol-der in ? And whilst thou chasest the geesefor others! A great maid as thou art, with thehead of hay upon thy shoulders! Off withthee to bring home the black Tessij before thoudost thy supper get! And hardening herheart to the grieved look upon the childs face,she closed the door with a sounding slam. Off went little Melaatij down the dijke, herblue skirt flying in the breeze, and her woodenshoes clattering noisily. But black Tessij — the finest cow in allsGravendeel — where was she ? When Melaatij left her under the apple-tree in the polder, to join the throng of children after the geese, forgetting in her haste to close the gate of the bridge over the sluice, black Tessij saw her chance, and start
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