Marken and its people : being some account written from time to time both during and after visits covering some considerable space of time ... . ded was the sallmaker, who spent much ofhis time away from home and he and his wifequarreled almost continually because the sail-maker refused to give his consent to the this consent was necessary according to law,matters were difficult for the young I knew well. On my former visits toMarken I remembered her as a delightful littlecreature in the highly ornate island costume,who ran like a deer on the dike, and was nearlyalways fi
Marken and its people : being some account written from time to time both during and after visits covering some considerable space of time ... . ded was the sallmaker, who spent much ofhis time away from home and he and his wifequarreled almost continually because the sail-maker refused to give his consent to the this consent was necessary according to law,matters were difficult for the young I knew well. On my former visits toMarken I remembered her as a delightful littlecreature in the highly ornate island costume,who ran like a deer on the dike, and was nearlyalways first to reach the tourists who landed,and was greatly in demand for snap-shot photo-graphs by them, for which she was well paid, al-though she never asked for anything, unlike theothers who were so importunate in demandingBaby pennies. And then on my return I missed her, and al-though it was five years since I had last seenher, I did not realize the passage of time. Isaw her at church on Sunday, a tall, sweet-look-ing, demure girl, who walked with her eyes castdown, though I doubt not for an instant thatshe saw all that happened about \ A WEDDING COSTUxME THE WEDDING 133 There seemed also to be some trouble aboutthe name of the young man. Marretje endeav-ored to explain it to me, but she became so in-volved and technical, and used so many Markendialectic words that the matter is hopelessly en-tangled in my mind, but whatever the troubleabout the state license, at length, after a delaythat was painful, the legal obstructions wereremoved and the permission delivered to theyoung man in a large white envelope with fourstamps and the Royal seal upon it. And alsoon the board hanging at the right hand of thedoor of the Burgomeester was tacked a whitepaper properly stamped and bearing the namesof Niklaas Willemzoon and Antje Bokk andthe date of their coming wedding, all taxed ac-cording to the law and custom of her GraciousMajesty Wilhelmina, Queen of the Nether-lands, Patroness a
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