The messenger! the messenger!" "What's the name of the President ?" "Give me the letter, I will direct it.

Oh, he is very well known: it is Mynheer van Systens, the burgomaster of Haarlem; give it to me, Rosa, give it to me." And with a trembling hand Cornelius wrote the address,-- "To Mynheer Peter van Systens, Burgomaster, and President of the Horticultural Society of Haarlem." "And now, Rosa, go, go," said Cornelius, "and let us implore the protection of God, who has so kindly watched over us until now.".