ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DIKE

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adam so that it cannot come back, and decides upon the
crop to be raised in its place. None but the Dutch could
live so tranquilly in Holland; though, for that matter, if

 

‘“*MYNHEER SITS DOWN ON HIS BACK PORCH TO TRY HIS LUCK.”

it had not been for the Dutch, we may be sure that by
this time there would be no Holland at all.

And yet this very Holland, besides holding its own
place, has managed to gain a foothold on almost every