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Hans Brinker, Or, the Silver Skates : a Story of Life in Holland DODGE Y PUBLIC LIBRARY TW MHHM CJ ( 3 3333 1 7365 7582 /<| 3 IC D "WE CANNOT TAKE THIS MONEY," PANTED HANS. HANS BRINKER OR THE SILVER SKATES A STORT OF LIFE IN HOLLAND BY MARY MAPES DODGE NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1907 BY COPYRIGHT, 1865, 1875, 1893, 1896, MARY MAPES DODGE MY FATHER IAMES j. MAPES THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED IN GRATITUDE AND LOVE PREFACE THE story of Hans Brinker, or of any boy born and bred in Holland, cannot be fitly told without including something of the story of Holland itself, of its history, its oddities, and the leading characteristics of its heroic and thrifty people. All these must be borne in mind, for some of the traits peculiar to his race are ingrained in every Hollander, young or old, and Holland is as different from Elsewhere as can be imagined. Therefore, necessary and careful descriptions of Dutch life and customs have been given in the narrative, and many of the incidents are drawn directly from life. Even the wonderful experiences of Raff Brinker are founded strictly upon fact. While acknowledging my obligations to many well-known writers on Dutch history, literature and art, I turn with especial gratitude to two kind friends, natives of Holland, who, after their marriage, had taken up their abode in this country. With generous zeal, they patiently answered ques- tions, and took many a backward glance at their country for my sake, seeing it as it looked, years ago, when the humble home of the Br inkers crouched by the sheltering dike in sunlight and shadow. It was my tardy good fortune to visit Holland not long after this book was written, and see with my own eyes the land I had tried to picture for my readers. The Brinker cottage was empty, and many things in Holland had changed since the days when Hans and his little sister skated on the frozen "Y." But, to my joy, every detail of viii PREFACE the earlier picture of the country was verified. Holland was still wonderful, in fact, more wonderful; for time only increased the marvel of its not being washed away by the sea. Its cities have grown, and, in some of them, national costumes have given place to the conventional European dress of the day. A few of its peculiarities have been brushed away by contact with other nations; but it is Holland still, and always will be; full of oddity, courage and industry, the pluckiest little country on earth. M. M. D. CONTENTS CHAPTBR FACE I HANS AND GRETEL ..... i II HOLLAND ....... 6 III THE SILVER SKATES . .14 IV HANS AND GRETEL FIND A FRIEND . *9 V SHADOWS IN THE HOME . .26 VI SUNBEAMS 33 VII HANS HAS HIS WAY . 37 VIII INTRODUCING JACOB FOOT AND HIS COUSIN . 41 IX THE FESTIVAL OP SAINT NICHOLAS . -47 X WHAT THE BOYS SAW AND DID IN AMSTERDAM . 55 XI BIG MANIAS AND LITTLE ODDITIES . .64 XII ON THE WAY TO HAARLEM . 71 XIII A CATASTROPHE ...... 75 XIV HANS ........ 79 XV HOMES ........ 85 XVI HAARLEM THE BOYS HEAR VOICES . 92 XVII THE MAN WITH FOUR HEADS . .98 XVIII FRIENDS IN NEED ...... 103 XIX ON THE CANAL . .110 ix ic CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGB XX JACOB FOOT CHANGES THE PLAN . .116 XXI MYNHEER KLEBP AND HIS BILL OP FARE . 123 XXII THE RED LION BECOMES DANGEROUS . 126 XXIII BEFORE THE COURT 137 XXIV THE BELEAGUERED CITIES . .140 XXV LEYDEN . 145 XXVI THE PALACE AND THE WOOD ;. .150 XXVII THE MERCHANT PRINCE AND THE SISTER PRINCESS ...... 153 XXVIII THROUGH THE HAGUE . .165 XXIX A DAY OP REST 172 XXX HOMEWARD BOUND 175 XXXI BOYS AND GIRL* 179 XXXII THE CRISIS 184 XXXIII GRETEL AND HILDA 190 XXXIV THE AWAKENING . .196 XXXV BONES AND TONGUES . .199 XXXVI A NEW ALARM . .202 XXXVII THE FATHER'S RETURN . .206 XXXVIII THE THOUSAND GUILDERS . .210 XXXIX GLIMPSES . .215 XL LOOKING FOR WORK . .219 XLI THE FAIRY GODMOTHER .... 224 XLII THE MYSTERIOUS WATCH . .229 XLIII A DISCOVERY ...... 236 XLIV THE RACE 243 CONTENTS xi CHAPTER PAGE XLV JOY IN THE COTTAGE . .258 XLVI MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OP THOMAS HIGGS ...... 265 XLVII BROAD SUNSHINE ..... 268 ,XLVIII CONCLUSION 273 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. CANNOT TAKE THIS MONEY," PANTED HANS Frontispiece FACING PAGE HANS AND GRETEL HEAR THE STORY OF ST. NICHOLAS ....... 34 "MAY WE ENTER AND WARM OURSELVES, JUFVROUW?" ....... 72 IN THE CATHEDRAL ...... 94 "THERE'S YOUR MAN, MINE HOST" . .134 THE MEESTER CONFERS WITH HIS ASSISTANT . 188 "WAIT A MOMENT, IF YOU PLEASE, YOUNG MAN" 222 I "PETER HAS WON!" ...... 256 HANS BRINKER OR, THE SILVER SKATES HANS AND GRETEL ON a bright December morning long ago, two thinly clad children were kneeling upon the bank of a frozen canal in Holland. The sun had not yet appeared; but the gray sky was parted near the horizon, and its edges shone crimson with the coming day. Most of the good Hollanders were enjoy- ing a placid morning nap; even Mynheer von Stoppelnoze, " that worthy old Dutchman, was still slumbering in beau- tiful repose." Now and then some peasant-woman, poising a well-filled basket upon her head, came skimming over the glassy surface in of the canal ; or a lusty boy, skating to his day's work the town, cast a good-natured grimace toward the shivering pair as he flew along. Meanwhile, with many a vigorous puff and pull, the brother and sister, for such they were, seemed to be fastening something upon their feet, not skates, certainly, but clumsy pieces of wood narrowed and smoothed at their lower edge, and pierced with holes, through which were threaded strings of raw-hide. These queer-looking affairs had been made by the boy Hans. His mother was a poor peasant-woman, too poor to even think of such a thing as buying skates for her little ones. Rough as these were, they had afforded the children many 2 HANS BRINKER a happy hour upon the ice; and now, as with cold, red fingers, our young Hollanders tugged at the strings, their solemn faces bending closely over their knees, no vision of impossible iron runners came to dull the satisfaction glowing within. In a moment the boy arose, and with a pompous swing of the arms, and a careless "Come on, Gretel!" glided easily across the canal. "Ah, Plans!" called his sister, plaintively, "this foot is not well yet. The strings hurt me on last market-day; and now I cannot bear them tied in the same place." 'Tie them higher up, then," answered Hans, as, without looking at her, he performed a wonderful cat's-cradle step on the ice. "How can I ? The string is too short." Giving vent to a good-natured Dutch whistle, the English of which was, that girls were troublesome creatures, he steered towards her. 'You are foolish to wear such shoes, 1 Gretel, when you have a stout leather pair. Your klompen would be better than these." "Why, Hans! Do you forget? The father threw my beautiful new shoes in the fire. Before I knew what he had done, they were all curled up in the midst of the burning peat. I can skate with these, but not with my wooden ones. " Be careful now Hans had taken a string from his pocket. Humming a tune as he knelt beside her, he proceeded to fasten Gretel's skate with all the force of his strong young arm. "Oh, oh !" she cried, in real pain. With an impatient jerk, Hans unwound the string. He would have cast it upon the ground in true big-brother style, had he not just then spied a tear trickling down his sister's cheek. "I'll fix it, never fear," he said, with sudden tenderness; "but we must be quick. The mother will need us soon." Then he glanced inquiringly about him, first at the 1 Wooden shoes. OR, THE SILVER SKATES 3 ground, next at some bare willow-branches above his head, and finally at the sky, now gorgeous with streaks of blue, crimson, and gold. Finding nothing in any of these localities to meet his need, his eye suddenly brightened, as, with the air of a fellow who knew. what he was about, he took off his cap, and, removing the tattered lining, adjusted it in a smooth pad over the top of Gretel's worn-out shoe. "Now," he cried, triumphantly, at the same time arrang- ing the strings as briskly as his benumbed fingers would " ' allow, can you bear some pulling? Gretel drew up her lips as if to say, "Hurt away," but made no further response. In another moment they were laughing together, as, hand- in-hand, they flew along the canal, never thinking whether is the ice would bear or not ; for in Holland ice generally an all-winter affair. It settles itself upon the water in a deter- mined kind of way; and, so far from growing thin and uncertain every time the sun is a little severe upon it, it gathers its forces day by day, and flashes defiance to every beam. Presently squeak, squeak! sounded something beneath Hans' feet. Next his strokes grew shorter, ending oftimes with a jerk, and, finally, he lay sprawling upon the ice, kick- ing against the air with many a fantastic flourish. "Ha, ha!" laughed Gretel, "that was a fine tumble!" But a tender heart was beating under her coarse blue jacket; and, even as she laughed, she came, with a graceful sweep, close to her prostrate brother. "Are you hurt, Hans? Oh, you are laughing! Catch me now!" And she darted away, shivering no longer, but with cheeks all aglow, and eyes sparkling with fun.
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