Marken and its people : being some account written from time to time both during and after visits covering some considerable space of time ... . TT THEN the present chronicler was ready tobegin his painting the Heer Pastoor un-dertook to smooth the way for him, and indeedthat way would have proved a hard one forsoothbut for his kindlv offices. Marken likes nor thestranger, albeit the stranger has proven such asource of revenue, but it must be rememberedthat not all the Markenites profit by the influxof the hordes who come by fishing boat, or by thesmall black puffing steamboat daily from Am-st
Marken and its people : being some account written from time to time both during and after visits covering some considerable space of time ... . TT THEN the present chronicler was ready tobegin his painting the Heer Pastoor un-dertook to smooth the way for him, and indeedthat way would have proved a hard one forsoothbut for his kindlv offices. Marken likes nor thestranger, albeit the stranger has proven such asource of revenue, but it must be rememberedthat not all the Markenites profit by the influxof the hordes who come by fishing boat, or by thesmall black puffing steamboat daily from Am-sterdam. Real Marken closes its doors when thesteamers whistle is heard from the jetty. Onthis occasion then the Heer Pastoor stept tothe open doorway and hailed an object on the 94. WILLUM KOOITJ THE PORTRAIT OF OLD MARTJE 95 dike outside. This object was in the nature of abulky bale of clothes, and when it turned at thecall, it proved to be a handsome boy, whose bodywas swelled out already to the size of a mans inwide, cumbersome, blue cloth breeches and an ab-surdly short jacket of dark green stuff? Thisboy had been leaning against a board fence, withhands in his pockets, motionless like a pulfHall-like object was Willum Kooitj,aged ten. Stain the face of one of Donatellosangels with strong walnut juice, and there youhave Willum. Kooitj in Dutch means cagedone, and the name fitted him well. For if everthere was a young imp, Willum Kooitj was he,hidden in the guise of a cherub. The HeerPastoor explained what was wanted to Willumwho regarded me not at all. He permitted meto go along the dike for some distance before hejoined me, rolling and yawing in his gait in imi-tation of his elders up one steeg or alley, thendown another, then he mounted a woo
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