Augusta Huiell Seaman

Name: Jacqueline of the Carrier Pigeons — Chapter 2
Author: Augusta Huiell Seaman

Jacqueline of the Carrier Pigeons… (1910)

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“Jacqueline of the Carrier Pigeons — Chapter 2”, published in 1910, is a work by Augusta Huiell Seaman. It explores elements such as burgomaster, Jacqueline and crowd.

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Augusta Huiell Seaman, Jacqueline of the Carrier Pigeons… (1910)

“ No sooner had the burgomaster ceased to speak, than old Jan Van Buskirk raised his voice:
“It is a trap! Believe not in it!”
“Yes, yes! It is a trap!” stormed the multitude. “We will have none of it! We will die to the last man, before we will surrender!”
“What right has that wretch of a Spanish King to offer us pardon!” growled Gysbert to his sister and Jan. “He forgive us, indeed! And it is he that has been doing all the wrong and committing all the crimes. Many thanks to him, truly!”
“But what message is it your pleasure that I shall send in answer to this?” asked the burgomaster. ”

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Augusta Huiell Seaman, Jacqueline of the Carrier Pigeons… (1910)

“ The gate having been reached, it was opened but the smallest crack available by the guarding soldiers. The brewer from Utrecht squeezed his bulky form with difficulty through the narrow aperture, followed by the howls of the crowd. But Gysbert could contain himself no longer. Breaking away from his sister’s grasp, he rushed up to the remaining fugitive and shouted in his face:
“Shame on thee, Dirk Willumhoog, for a dog of a coward! Shame! shame!” The man turned on him with so savage a countenance that Jacqueline could not repress a frightened scream. ”

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Augusta Huiell Seaman, Jacqueline of the Carrier Pigeons… (1910)

“ But hurry, hurry! The Burgomaster Van der Werf is going to make a speech and read two proclamations from the steps of the statehouse. Every one will be there. Come, we must get near the front!”
“Yes, yes!” echoed Jacqueline, as eager as the boy. “Close thou the door tightly, Gysbert, and we will hurry, that we may not miss a word. Ah, I hope that the good William the Silent has sent the city a message!”
Out into the street they sallied, mingling with the crowd that was surging toward the open square in front of the great state-house. ”

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Augusta Huiell Seaman, Jacqueline of the Carrier Pigeons… (1910)

“ When the two men had been furnished with the proper credentials, the burgomaster commanded them to proceed at once to the principal city gate, where they would be dismissed to the Spanish army outside. But as they made their way down the wide Breede Straat, the fury of the crowd broke loose.
“Shame! Shame!” hissed the following throng. “Shame on the cowards who desert their countrymen to join the despicable ranks of Spain! Thrice shame on their accursed heads!” Straight to the walls of the city the multitude pursued the fleeing men, now actually trembling for their lives. ”

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Augusta Huiell Seaman, Jacqueline of the Carrier Pigeons… (1910)

“ Now who will take advantage of this pardon for himself? Let any who may feel so inclined come forward at once, and they shall be sent out of the gates to go their chosen ways in peace.”
Another tense silence ensued. Each person stood his own ground stanchly, and watched for any sign of wavering in his neighbor. Presently from out the crowd there pushed a stout old man who finally gained the open space before the burgomaster.
“I am a brewer of Utrecht,” he announced. “I do not live in this city and have no desire to maintain the siege. I wish to take advantage of the King’s pardon!” ”

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Augusta Huiell Seaman, Jacqueline of the Carrier Pigeons… (1910)

“ THE KING'S PARDON A WEEK had passed, and Leyden lay encircled by the Spanish army in a state of close siege. Eight thousand troops under the Spanish commander Valdez surrounded the city, sixty-two redoubts had been raised to bombard its walls, and moreover, the number of the enemy was daily increasing. ”

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Augusta Huiell Seaman, Jacqueline of the Carrier Pigeons… (1910)

“ They would reap eternal glory, if they exhibited a courage worthy of the cause of their liberty and religion. He implored them to hold out for three months, in which time he would surely devise means for their deliverance. ”

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