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A ROMANCE OF NEW YORK
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By AMELIA E BARR
Author of Frlond Olivia I Thou and tha Other One Eto
f Copyright 1886 by Dodd Mead and Company
CHAPTER II Continued
Of all earthly things said Mrs
Gordon A letter from that poor child
Katherine Van Heemskirk She has
more wit than I expected So her
father wont let her come to me Why
thenupqn my word I will go to her
Capt Hyde was interested at once
You will go to morrow ho asked
and would it ho beyond good breeding
to accompany you
Indeed nephew I think it would
Bo patient to morrow morning I will
Call upon our fair neighbor
The next morning was damp for
there had been heavy rain during the
night but Capt Hyde would not let
his aunt lorget or forego her promise
A negro woman was polishing the
brass ornaments of the door and over
its spotless threshold she passed with
out question or delay
A few minutes she waited alone in
VHhe best parlor charmed with its far
off air and Eastern scents and then
Madam Van Heemskirk welcomed her
In her heart she was pleased at the
visit She thought privately that her
had been a little too strict And
Mrs Gordons praise of Katherine and
her declaration that she was incon
solable without the dear creatures so
ciety seemed to the fond mother the
most proper and natural of feelings
Do but let me see her an hour
madam she said You know my
-sincere admiration Is not that her
voice I vow she sings to perfection
And what a singular melody Please
lo set wide the door madan
It is the brave song of the brave
men of Zealand when from the walls
of Leyden they drove away the Span
iards and madam stood in the open
door and called to her daughtei
Well then Katherine begin again
the song of The Beggars of the Sea
At the second verse Mrs Gordon
rose and said Indeed madam I find
my good breeding no match against
such singing And the tune is won
derful it has the ring of trumpets
and the roar of the waves in it Pray
Jet us go at once to your daughters
At work are they but if you mind
not that you are welcome indeed
Then she led the way to the largo liv
ing or dining room where Katherine
stood at the table cleaning the silver
flagons and cups and plates that
adorned the great oak sideboard
Joanna who was darning some fine
linen rose and made her respects
with perfect composure She had very
little liking either for Mrs Gordon
or her nephew and many of their
ways appeared to her utterly foolish
and not devoid of sin But Katherine
trembled and blushed with pleasure
and excitement and Mrs Gordon
watched her with a certain kind of
curious delight Her hair was combed
backword plaited and tied with a rib
bon her arms bare to the shoulders
her black bodice and crimson petti
coat neatly shielded with a linen
apron and poised in one hand she
held a beautiful silver flagon covered
with raised figures which with patient
labor she had brought into shining re
lief
Conversation was easily maintained
Madam Van Heemskirk knew the pedi
gree or the history of every tray or
cup and in reminiscence and story an
hour passed away very pleasantly in
deed Then Mrs Gordon after bid
ding madam an effusive good by
turned suddenly and said Pray allow
yoru daughter to show me the many
ornaments in your parlor The glimpse
I had has made me very impatient to
see them more particularly
The moment the parlor door had
been shut Mrs Gordon lifted Kath
arines face between her palms and
said
Faith child I am almost run off
my head with all the fine things I have
listened to for your sake Do you
know who sent me here
I think madam Capt Hyde
Psha Why don you blush and
stammer and lie about it Now Capt
Hyde wishes to see you when can
you oblige him so much
I know net To come to Madam
Semples is forbidden me by my
father
Oh indeed Has your father for
bidden you to walk down your garden
to the river bank
No madam
Then if Capt Hyde pass about 3
oclock he might see you there
Three
The word was a question more than
an assent but Mrs Gordon assumed
the assent and did not allow Kath
arine to contradict it And I prom
ised to bring him a token from you
lie was excT igly anxious about that
matter
Kather g looked thoughtfully
around lere was a small Chinese
cabinet the table She went to it
and took from a drawer a bow of
orange ribbon Holding it doubtfully
in her hand she said My St Nicho
las ribbon
There there I can really wait no
longer Some one is already in a
fever of impatience Good by again
child my service once more to your
mother and sister and so with many
compliments she passed chatting and
laughing out of the house
Katherine closed the best parlor
and lingered a moment in the act She
felt that she had permitted Mrs Gor
don to make an appointment for her
lover and a guilty sense of
ence made bitter the joy of expecta
tion
But she kept her own counsel and
doubted and debated the matter in
her heart until the hands of the great
vclock were rising quickly to the hour
of fate Then she laid down her fine
sewing and said Mother I want to
walk in the garden When I come
back my task I will finish
That is well Joanna too has let
her work fall down to her lap Go
both of you and get the fine air from
the river
This was not what Katherine
wished but nothing but assent was
possible and the girls strolled slowly
down the box bordered walks together
When they reached the river bank a
boat rowed by with two English sol
diers stopped just below them and
lay rocking on her oars Then an offi
cer in the stern rose and Katherine
saw Capt Hyde fling back from his
left shoulder his cloak in order to dis
play the bow of orange ribbon on his
breast
Katherine went back to the house
as merry as a bird She chatted of
this and of that and sang snatches of
songs old and new And all the time
her heart beat out its own glad re
frain My bow of orange ribbon my
bow of orange ribbon
CHAPTER III
Joy in the House
Honored gentleman when will you
pay me my money
The speaker was an old man
dressed in a black coat buttoned to the
ankles and a cap of silk and fur from
beneath which fell a fringe of gray
hair The inquiry was addressed to
Capt Hyde He paid no attention
whatever to it but gayly humming a
stave of Marlbrook watched the
crush of wagons and pedestrians in
order to find a suitable moment to
cross the narrow street
Honored gentleman when will you
pay me my moneys
The second inquiry elicited still less
attention
I do not wish to make you more
expenses captain and Cohen follow
ing the impulse of his anxiety laid
his hand upon his debtors arm Hyde
turned in a rage and flung off the
touch with a passionate oath Then
the Jew left him and walked slowly
towards his store and home
He soon recovered the calmness
which had been lost during his unsat
isfactory interview with Capt Hyde
A wise man frets not himself for
the folly of a fool and having come
to this decision he entered his house
with the invocation for its peace and
prosperity on his lips
Soon there was a little stir in the
street that peculiar sense of some
thing more than usual which can
make itself felt in the busiest thor
oughfare and Cohlen went to the
door and looked out
The Great Christopher had come
to anchor Capt Batavius de Vries
There was quite a crowd on the
wharf Some were attracted by curi
osity others by the hope of a good
job on the cargo others again not
averse to a little private bargaining
for any curious or valuable goods the
captain of the Great Christopher
had for sale
Joanna Van Heemskirk had had a
message from her lover Capt de
Vries and she was watching for his
arrival There was no secrecy in her
love affairs and it was amid the joy
and smiles of the whole household
that she met her affianced husband
They were one of those loving sen
sible couples for whom it is natural
to predict a placid and happy life and
the first words of Batavius seemed to
assure it
My affairs have gone well Joanna
as they generally do and now I shall
build the house and we shall be mar
ried
Joanna laughed I shall just say
a word or two also about that Bata
vius
Come come the word or two was
said so long ago Katrijiutje mijn
meisje whats the matter now that
you never come once
Katherine was standing at the open
window apparently watching the
honey bees among the locust blooms
but really perceiving something far be
yond them a boat on the river at the
end of the garden So the question of
Batavius touched very lightly her
physical consciousness A far sweet
er a far more peremptory voice called
her but she answered
There is nothing the matter Bata
vius I am well I am happy And
now I will go into the garden to make
me a fine nosegay and she walked
slowly out of the door and stopped or
stooped at every flowerbed while Jo
anna watched her
Out of sight of the window Kath
erine ran rapidly to the end of the
garden and parting the lilac bushes
stood flushed and panting on the river
bank Capt Hydes pretty craft shot
into sight and a few strokes put it
at the landing stair In a moment he
was at her side He took her in his
arms and in spite of the small hands
covering her blushing face he kissed
her with passionate affection vowing
with every kiss that she was the most
adorable of women and protesting
on his honor as a soldier that he
would make her his wife or die a
bachelor for her sake
And who can blame a young girl if
she listens and believes when listen
ing and believing mean to her perfect
happiness Not women who have
over stood trembling with love and
joy close to the dear ones heart If
they be gray haired and on the very
shoal of life they must remember still
those moments of delight the little
lane the flre lit room the drifting
boat that is linked with them If
they be young and lovely and have
but to say It was yesterday or It
was last week still better they will
understand the temptation that was
too great for Katherine to overcome
And as yet nothing definite had
been said to her about Neil Semple
and the arrangement made for her fu
ture so that in effect she was still
free since Neil had not spoken
On the night of De Vries return
there was a great gathering at Van
Heemsklks house Conspicuous in the
happy chattering company Lysbet
Van Heemskikrk bustled about in the
very whitest and stiffest of lace caps
Very soon after sundown Elder Sem
ple and madam his wife arrived and
the elder as usual made a decided
stir among the group whica he joined
No no councillor he said in an
swer to the invitation of Joris to come
outside No no Ill not risk my
health maybe my vera life oot on the
stoop after sunset
Well then neighbors well go in
side said Joris Clean pipes and a
snowball gin mixed stiff with su
gar or a glass of Hollands will not
I think be amiss
The movement was made among
some jokes and laughter and they
gathered near the hearthstone
Katherine came and stood behind
her fathers chair She let her head
fall down over his shoulder and he
raised his own to clasp it What is
it then mijn Katrijntje kleintje
It is to dance Mother says yes
if thou art willing
Then I say yes also
For a moment she laid her cheek
against him and the happy tears came
into his eyes and he stroked her face
and half reluctantly let Batavius lead
her away
At that day there were but few fam
ilies of any wealth who did not own
one black man who could play well
upon the violin Joris possessed two
and they were both on hand putting
their own gay spirits into the fiddle
and the bow And oh how happy were
the beating feet and the beating hearts
that went to the stirring strains It
was joy and love and youth in melo
dious motion The old looked on with
gleaming sympathetic eyes the
young forgot that they were mortal
- Miss Katern Van Heemskirk and Mr
Neil Semple will now hab de honor of
bilging de company wid de French
minuet
At this announcement made by the
first negro violin there was a sudden
silence and Neil rose and with a low
bow offered the tips of his fingers to
the beautiful girl who rose blushing
to take them
Neils dark stately beauty was well
set off by his black velvet suit and
powdered hair and gold buckles And
no lovelier contrast could have faced
him than Katherine Van Heemskirk
so delicately fresh so radiantly fair
she looked in her light blue robe and
white lace stomacher with a pink rose
at her breast
Neil had a natural majesty in his
carriage Katherine supplemented it
with a natural grace As she was in
the very act of making Neil a profound
courtesy the door opened and Mrs
Gordon and Capt Hyde entered The
latter took in the exquisite picture in
a moment and there was a fire of jeal
ousy in his heart when he saw Neil
lead his partner to her seat and with
the deepest respect kiss her pretty
fingers ere he resigned them
But he was compelled to control
himself as he was ceremoniously in
troduced to Councillor and Madam
Van Heemskirk by his aunt who with
a charming effusiveness declared sho
was very uneasy to intrude so far but
in faith councillor she pleaded I
am but a woman and I find the news
of a wedding beyond my nature to re
sist
To be continued
DEPEW TELLS SOMETHING NEW
Latest Story Put Forth by the New
York Senator
Senator Chauncey M Depew says
that this is his latest and he guaran
tees it to be new He told it to a
group of friends at the Chamber of
Commerce banquet Tuesday night
I was walking down Wall street to
day he said hastening to keep an
important business engagement when
I was stopped by a man who said
Pardon me senator but I see you
have been taking an active part in this
state election and I am anxious to
learn what you think of the result
I am naturally much pleased by
the election of Gov Odell I replied
But there was a big slump in the
Republican vote in the city and Odells
plurality was very small I was afraid
that this might have a serious signifi
cance for the future of our great par
ty
I replied that I did not think so
and remembering my appointment
sought to get rid of my questioner but
he persisted
You greatly relieve my mind he
said So you are sure you are pleased
with the result of the election
Quite so I responded
Then you will be glad I know to
lend me fifty cents
I said that there had been a slump
in -the stock market that day and I
could only let him have a quarter
New York Times
In the endless race for wealth men
are too prone to forget the ordinary
claims of humanity
It is always better to concede
something than to insist on a demand
that is both just and merciless
HUMBUG AND MENACE
WHY THE TARIFF COMMISSION
IS NOT DESIRABLE
It Would Involve an Extended Period
of Tariff Agitation and Uncertainty
Thus Causing Uneasiness and
Alarm in all Lines of Commercial
Activity
There has recently been some ap
proval in high quarters of a proposal
to appoint a bi partisan tariff com
mission to wrestle with the tariff
problem for an indefinite period and
svind up with making recommenda
tions to Congress The New York
Commercial which has been a con
sistent supporter of the protective
policy has taken the matter up in a
sensational way sending out broad
sides and blank petitions all over the
cqjintry with the evident intent if a
ciJimission should be appointed of
claiming that the Commercial did
it after the established custom of
the sensational press
A bi partisan tariff commission
would be an utter humbug and its
performances would be a roaring
farce It would be absolutely known
in advance that the three or five
members who would constitute the
protectionist majority would recom
mend the maintenance of the present
protective system and that the two
or four free traders of the minority
would object to every recommenda
tion made by the majority and rec
ommend exactly the opposite It
would also be known that the two
reports would be printed in many
thick volumes of testimony argu
ment and speculation containing little
or nothing new and comprising an
enormous mass which nobody would
ever read or even look at except for
the purpose of digging out short ex
tracts calculated to support a policy
which the scarcer was predetermined
to favor Finally it would be known
in advance that Congress would pay
no more attention to the recommen
dations of the commission than it
pays to the winds which whistle
about the dome of the capitol
If the commission were only a
farce the nation could perhaps af
ford to pay the cost for the sake of
quieting the yells of the disgruntled
and restless just as a nurse diverts
a squalling baby with a rattle But
it would not be merely a farce it
would be disastrous From the mo
ment it was resolved to appoint such
a commission every business interest
in the country would take alarm for
it would be known that we had enter
ed upon a long period of tariff agita
tion whose outcome as to any par
ticular interest could not be even
guessed at There would be intrigues
to learn in advance and modify the
recommendations of the commis
sion and when that was through the
whole fight would be transferred to
Congress We had one such commis
sion a tew years ago and the coun
try never wants another The place
to discuss matters is in the open
forum of the House of Representa
tives and Senate as contemplated by
the constitution
There is no objection to securing
official information as to the workings
of the present tariff or the probable
workings of any proposed modifica
tion On the contrary it is highly
desirable But the government is
already provided with machinery nec
essary for that purpose in all respects
better than any partisan non-partisan
or bi partisan commission It is
only necessary for congress to direct
that the actuary of the treasury de
partment should report in words and
figures precisely what would happen
in respect to revenue and to imports
and exports of commodities in case
certain named changes in the tariff
were made These official estimates
could be made upon request of any
organized party in Congress any
national political convention or any
other influential body making definite
inquiries in good faith That is all
we want to know We need no rec
ommendations from anybody A few
pages of figures would tell the whole
story It would be businesslike and
sensible A bi partisan commission
would be a humbug and a menace to
prosperity San Francisco Chronicle
ONE THING AT A TIME
Let the Tariff Alone and Attend to
the Trusts
The decision reached by the Presi
dent and the leading Republican sena
tors with whom he has conferred not
to attempt tariff revision at the next
session of congress is the only one
expedient at this time
The industrial situation in this coun
try is not an abstract mathematical
problem to be solved upon general
principles In the great field of Ameri
can prosperity the wheat and the tares
are so intermingled that to adopt any
sweeping method for removing the
tares is to run a great risk of de
stroying the wheat as well
The question is Which do the peo
ple desire the more that the over
weening abuses of the trusts be
curbed or that the incidental hard
ships of the tariff be removed
To that question sober and practical
men have but one answer Protection
benefits millions who neither gain nor
lose by the trusts Therefore let the
tariff alone and attend to the trusts
The first step toward curbing trust
svils is plainly indicated by the facts
and practically agreed upon by all
concerned It is that these great cor
porations shall give a wholesome pub
licity to their doings That step can
Injure no legitimate enterprise and
rrill be opposed by no man whose in
tentions are really honest
When that step is taken when the
r
results of publicity arc seen then
other stops may bo necessary Ono ol
theso steps may have to bo a revision
of the tariff But to InBlst upon taking
that possible step now is both unnec
essary and reckless
For we cannot without endangering
prosperity curb the trusts and revise
the tariff at tho samo time Our in
dustrial situation is too complex thus
to be dealt with on all sides at once
To take up both these questions would
call in question the whole foundation
upon which our industrial system is
built
All lines of industry would halt un
til the uncertainty as to their future
should be ended The mill would work
upon positive orders only The mer
chant would buy only what he felt
sure he could sell at once Consumers
would purchase for immediate needs
only Producers would have to wail
until the terms upon which they
should hereafter produce were deter
mined And such conditions are what
we call hard times
When confronted with such a situ
ation in which the welfare of all the
people is bound up it evidently be
hooves the nation and its chosen lead
ers to move cautiously Complete sue1
cess in the whole task can be achieved
only by doing one thing at a time
Chicago Inter Ocean
He Likes to See the Chips Fly
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The Consequences
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coring
They Hate Tariff Not Trusts
The men who are the most vigorous
in their demand for tariff reductions
because of the trusts have always
been opposed to the principle of pro
tection They are making the trusts
au excuse to attack the tariff with the
secret but ultimate aim of entirely
breaking down the tariff wall and sub
jecting the country and its industries
to the ruinous principles and policy oi
free trade If there were no trusts
their attacks upon the tariff would
be just as vigorous as they are to
day
These free traders at heart make nc
distinction between trusts They dc
not admit that some of them like the
railroad merger for instance or the
smelter trust have no connection
whatever with the tariff Of course
they never acknowledge that trusts
exist in free trade countries as well ai
in the United States and that hence
the establishment of free trade would
not prevent great combinations of cap
ital
It will not take the intelligent Amer
ican public long to see what the situa
tion really is Rejoicing in the pros
perity they have the people will noi
be deluded by an attack on the trusts
into opening the gates to the free
traders When it comes to a mattei
of making changes in the tariff they
will intrust the work not to the ene
mies but to the friends of the policy
of protection to American labor anc
industries who have demonstrated
their capacity for the work by the
most extraordinary development anc
expansion in these United States thai
the world has seen in its whole his
tory Denver Republican
Superior to Facts
That facts are directly contrary tc
theories does not affect the Democrat
ic free traders The showing that
when a Democratic tariff was in ef
fect our foreign trade declined as rap
idly as did our domestic trade and
that under the present protective tar
iff the export trade of the country
has expanded to undreamed of fig
ures counts for nothing Parrot like
they repeat the stale cry Reduce the
tariff duties and trade will expand
Is not one experiment in that direction
a sufficient lesson for a few years
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Money Coming to Us
Under the last Democratic adminis
tration we sent our money abroad to
pay for goods produced by the pauper
labor of Europe Under the succeed
ing Republican administrations we
have been shipping our home made
goods abroad and foreign money has
been coming to us Davenport la
Republican
EAILEOAB IN AECTIC
SWEDISH COMPANY OWNS MOST
NORTHERN LINE
Runs From the Port of Lulea it
Northern Sweden to a Point Fifty
two Miles Inside of the Arctic CIr
cle Carries Iron Ore to the Gulf
Americans can no longor claim the
distinction of being the pioneers ol
lailway enterprises that penetrate the
trackless wastes of the world A
Swedish company has surpassed the
railway builders of all the rest of the
world by constructing a lino thai
reaches farther north than the
whistle of tho locomotlvo has ever
been heard before Some wrlterg
who speak of the Whito Pass and
Yukon road which runs from Skag
uay Alaska to White Horse gener
ally refer to it as the most northern
iallroad in tho world Tho Wild
Goose road which maintains a pre
carious existence throughout Its en
tire five miles inland from Cape
Nome being quite devoid of ballast or
grading frozen solid during the long
winter months and thawed to death
lu the summer is also referred to as
the northernmost bit of track in ex
istence But there is a regular rail
road In regular operation quite well
ordered In construction and equip
ment which lands passengers freight
and mail many miles nearer the north
role than do either the White Pass
rnd Yukon or the Wild Goose lines
both of which terminate well south
of the arctic circle
At the head of the Gulf of Bothnia
in northern Sweden is the port of
Lulea a town of almost 5000 inhabi
tants distinguished as the southern
terminus of a railroad which runs to
a point fifty two miles Inside of the
arctic circle Nome is almost 200
miles south of this White Horse over
450 miles This Swedisli railroad is
a well kept well built line of tho
standard Swedish gauge which is the
same as our own and it carries iron
ore to the gulf from the mines at
Pialmberget in Swedish Lapland
From Lulea to Malmberget the dis
tance by rail is about ICO miles the
line running slightly west of north
through a country very sparsely in
habited with almost continuous
woods of light green stunted ever
green trees with their limbs slanting
down instead of upward because of
the long burden of snow they bear
Malmberget is far enough north so
that it has the midnight sun in June
and even in August the sun just bare
ly dips under the hills at 11 p m
and then the crimson sunset travels
through a short eclipse and becomes
sunrise in the east at 2 in the morn
ing without losing a trace of it
beauty in between
The Wurst Yet
Is this the best Avurst you can
send me asked the lady who walked
into the meat store with a package
of that edible in her hand
Madam answered the meat man
it is the best wurst we have
Well it is the worst wurst I eor
saw
I am sorry to hear that Tho bos
I can do is to try and send you some
better wurst from to days lot but ok
I have said that was the best wurst
we have at present I am sure how
ever that the wurst we are now mak
ing will not be any worse than this
and it ought to be better I assure
you that as soon as I get the wurst
you shall have the best of it We
never gave any one the worst ot it
so long as we have been in the wurst
business and you may be sure that
when we give you jour wurst it will
be the best for our worst wurst is
better wurst than the best wurst of
our competitors
But the lady whose eyes had taken
on a stare of glassiness was seen to
thow up her hands and flee from the
place for she was afraid the worst
was yet to come
In the Same Pair of Boots
Mr George Oldfield a noted Fen
thatcher of Whittlesey Cambc was
born before the railway era and still
scorns the use of trains says the Lon
don Daily News He walked this
week for the sixty first time to Pe
terborough autumn fair a distance
there and back of fourteen miles For
the last forty eight years he has
walked to the fair in the same pair
of boots for which he has refused a
handsome sum from London shopkeep
ers since his record was published in
the press last year He is most anx
ious to complete his fifty years walk
in them but it is doubtful if they will
stand another two journeys They
were recently sent for repair but the
bootmaker could do nothing with
them as the leather was too old to
hold the stitches The old man has
no walked nearly 700 miles in them
Lawyers Unique Plea
Herman Merivale tells this 3tory
of his father former permanent secre
tary for the colonies in the British
governmici It was unlucky for my
father thai he chose common in
stead of chancery as his was eminent
ly the chancery mind He never couid
ccme down to a jury at all and always
saw the two sides of everything At
be Exeter sessions he held a brief hi
a case of which he felt the rights
strongly but could not make the benci
agree with him In the next case he
appeared too and simply remarked
In the last case I held a brief for the
plaintiffs in which I was absolutely in
the right and you decided against me
Now I will appear for the defendants
The facts are exactly similar and I
am entirely in the wrong So I mu3t
ask you to decide for me And the
bench had to do it
