The occupation of the Netherlands by the Spaniards from 1556 constitutes one of the most somber pages in history. During these terrible times a poor young woman, Kaatje Spaander, who has been turned out of her house by the foreign soldiers...See moreThe occupation of the Netherlands by the Spaniards from 1556 constitutes one of the most somber pages in history. During these terrible times a poor young woman, Kaatje Spaander, who has been turned out of her house by the foreign soldiers, appeals to her neighbors, Piet Schoonejans and his wife, to obtain shelter and food. They consent to receive her. Schoonejans smuggles into Holland gunpowder and other goods brought him by his com anions at sea, to be used against the hated enemies. is life is at stake every day. The arrival of Kaatje at first leaves him indifferent, but the girl is pretty, and he is weak enough to fall in love with her and to tell her so. Piet's wife discovers the truth, and, maddened with jealousy, she denounces her husband to the Spanish authorities, and he is at once arrested and thrown into a dark cell. Piet hates his wife, and, on escaping from prison, he rushes home, intending to kill her, but there he finds the miserable woman nursing her baby-their child. His anger falls before that cradle, and he begs to be forgiven. Written by
Bioscope - August 29, 1912
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