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I The Bow of Orange Ribbon
A ROMANCE OF NEW YORK I
J By AMELIA E BARR
jj Author of Friend Ollvle I Thou and the Other OneEiia
n Copyright 1680 by Dodd Mead and Company
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CHAPTER VII Continued
Now here was the real Katherine
Her very presence her smiles her
tears her words would he a consola
tion bo far beyond all hope that the
girl by her side seemed a kind of
miracle to her
She was far more than a miracle to
Hyde As the door opened he slowly
turned his head When he saw who
was really there he uttered a low cry
of Joy a cry pitiful in its shrill weak
ness In a moment Katherine was
close to his side She kissed his hands
and face and whispered on his lips
the sweetest words o love and fidelity
Hyde was In a rapture He lay still
speechless motionless watching and
listening to her
Hyde could speak little but there
was no need of speech Had he not
nearly died for her Was not his very
helplessness a plea beyond the power
of words And so quickly so quick
ly went the happy moments Ere
Katherine had half said I love thee
Mrs Gordon reminded her that it was
near the noon
Then we must part my Katherine
for a little When will you come
again
This was a painful question because
Katherine felt that however she
might excuse herself for the unfore
seen stress of pity that all unaware
had hurried her into this interview
she knew she could not find the same
apology for one deliberate and pre
arranged
Only once more Hyde pleaded I
had my Katherine so many things to
say to you In my joy I forgot all
Come but once more Upon my honor
I promise to aslc Katherine Van
Heemskirk only this once To-morrow
No Two days hence then
Two days hence I will come again
Then no more
He smiled at her and put out his
hands and she knelt again by his side
and kissed her farewell on his lips
And as she put on again her cloak
and veil he drew a small volume to
wards him and with trembling hands
tore out of it a scrap of paper and
gave it to her
Under the lilac hedge that night she
read it read it over and over the bit
of paper made almost warm and sen
tient by Phpedrias tender petition to
his beloved
When you are in company with
that other man behave as if you were
absent but continue to love me by day
and by night want me dream of me
expect me think of me wish for me
delight in me be wholly with me
in short be my very soul as I am
yours
CHAPTER VIII
The Silver Link the Silken Tie
If Katherine had lived at this day
she would probably have spent the
time between her promise and its ful
filment in self analysis and introspec
tive reasoning with her own con
science But the women of a century
ago were not tossed with winds of var
ious opinions or made foolishly sub
tile by arguments about principles
which ought never to be associated
with dissent A few strong plain
dictates had been set before Katherine
as the law of her daily life and she
knew beyond all controversy when
she disobeyed them
In her own heart she called the sin
she had determined to commit by its
most unequivocal name I shall make
happy Richard but my father I shall
deceive and disobey and against my
own soul there will be the lie This
was the poslton she admitted but
every woman is Eve in some hour of
her life The law of trutn and wisdom
may be In her ears but the apple of de
light hangs within her reach and
with a full understanding of the conse
quences of disobedience she takes the
forbidden pleasure
There are women who prefer secrecy
to honest and sin to truthfulness but
Katherine was not one of them If it
had been possible to see her lover
honorably she would have much pre
ferred it but she knew well the storm
of reproach and disapproval which
would answer any such request and
her thoughts were all bent toward de
vising some plan which would enable
her to leave home early on that morn
ing which she had promised her lover
But all her little arrangements fail
ed and it was almost at the last hour
of the evening previous that circum
stances offered her a reasonable ex
cuse It came through Batavius who
returned home later than usual bring
ing with him a great many patterns of
damask and figured cloth and stamped
leather At once he announced his
intention of staying at home the next
morning in order to have Joannas
aid in selecting the coverings for their
new chairs and counting up their cost
He had taken the strips out of his
pocket with an air of importance and
complaisance anu Katherine glanc
ing from them to her mother thought
she perceived a fleeting shadow of a
feeling very much akin to her own
contempt of the mans pronounced self
satisfaction So when supper was
over and the house duties done she
determined to speak to her Joris was
at -a town meeting and Lysbet did not
Interfere with the lovers Katherine
found her standing at an open window
looking thoughtfully into the autumn
jfrden
Mijn moeder
Mijn kind
Let me go away with Bram in the
morning Batavius I cannot bear
About every chair cover he will call in
the whole house Moeder you know
how it will be To morrow I cannot
bear him Very near quarrelling have
we been for a week
I know Katherine I know Leave
then with Bram and go first to Mar
garet Pitts and ask her if the new
winter fashions will arrive from Lon
don this month And look now Kath
erine peace Is the best thing and to
his own house Batavius will go in a
few weeks
Mijn Moeder sad and troubled are
thy looks What is thy sorrow
For thee my heart aches often
mine and thy good fathers too Dost
thou not suffer Can thy mother be
blind Nothing hast thou eaten late
ly Joanna says thou art restless all
the night long Thou art so changed
then that wert ever such a happy
little one Hard is thy mothers lot
The dear children I nursed on my
breast they go here and they go
there with this strange one and that
strange one Last night ere to our
sleep we went thy father read to me
some words of the loving mother like
Jacob They are true words Every
good mother has said them at the
grave or at the bridal If I am be
reaved of my children I am bereaved
There was a sad pathos in the
homely old words as they dropped
slowly from Lysbets lips Many a
year afterward Katherine remember
ed the hour and the words especially
in the gray glooms of late October
evenings
The next morning was one of per
fect beauty and Katherine awoke
with a feeling of joyful expectation
She paid a very short visit to the
mantuamaker and then went to Mrs
Gordons
A coach was in waiting and In a
few minutes they stood together at
Hydes door There was a sound of
voices within and when they enter
ed Katherine saw with a pang of
disappointment a fine soldierly look
ing man in full uniform sitting by
Richards side But Richard appeared
to be in no way annoyed by his com
pany He was looking much better
and wore a chamber gown of maroon
satin with deep laces showing at the
wrists and bosom
With an air that plainly said This
is the maiden for whom I have fought
and suffered is she not worthy of my
devotion he introduced her to his
friend Capt Earle But even as
they spoke Earle joined Mrs Gor
don at a call from her and Kather
ine noticed that a door near which
they stood was open and that they
went into the room to which it led
and that other voices then blended
with theirs But these things were as
nothing She was with her lover
alone for a moment with him and
Richard had never before seemed to
her half so dear or half so fascinat
ing
My Katharine he said I have
one tormenting thought Night and
day it consumes me like a fever I
hear that Neil Semple is well They
will make you marry him my dar
ling
No that they can never do
But I suffer in the fear I suffer
a thousand deaths If you were only
my wife Katherine
Oh iny love my love
See how I tremble Katherine
Life scarcely cares to inhabit a body
so weak If you refuse me I will let it
go If you refuse me I shall know
that in your heart you expect to
marry Neil Semple the savage who
has made me suffer unspeakable
agonies
Never will I marry him Richard
never never My word is true You
only I will marry
Then now now Katherine Here
is the ring Here is the special
license from the governor my aunt
has made him to understand all The
clergyman and the witnesses are
waiting Now Katherine Now
now
She rose and stood white and
trembling by his side speechless
also To her father and her mother
her thoughts fled in a kind of loving
terror But how could she resist the
pleading of one whom she so tenderly
loved and to whom in her maiden
simplicity she imagined herself to be
so deeply bounden And when Rich
ard ceased to speak and only be
sought her with the unanswerable
pathos of his evident suffering for her
sake she felt the argument to be irre
sistible
Well my Katherine will you pity
me so far
All you ask my loved one I will
grant
Angel of goodness Now
At your wish Richard
He took her hand in a passion of
joy and gratitude and touched a smaSl
bell Immediately there was a sudden
silence and then a sudden movement
in the adjoining room The next
moment a clergyman in canonical
dress came toward them By his side
was Col Gordon and Mrs Gordon
and Capt Earle followed The cere
mony was full of solemnity and of
that deepest joy which dims the eyes
with tears even while it wreathes the
lips with smiles During it Katherine
knelt by Richards side and every
eye was fixed upon him for he was
almost fainting with the fatigue of
his emotions and it was with fast re
ceding consciousness that he whis
pered rapturously at its flose My
wife my wife
Throughout the sleep of exhaustion
which followed she sat watching him
The band of gold about her finger fas
clnated her She was now reallyj
Richards wife and the first sensation
of such a mighty change was in her
pure soul one of infinite and reverent
love When Richard awoke he was
refreshed and supremely happy-
The coach was waiting and with
out delay Katherine returned with
Mrs Gordon to her lodgings and then
home
As time went on without being
watched Katherine felt herself to be
under a certain amount of restraint
If she proposed a walk into the city
Joanna or madam was sure to have
the same desire She was not for
bidden to visit Mrs Gordon but
events were so arranged as to
make the visit almosc Impossible
and only once during the month
after her marriage had she had an
Interview with here husband For
even Hydes impatience had recogniz
ed the absolute necessity of circum
spection
The marriage license had been ob
tained from the governor but extra
ordinary influence had been used to
procure It Katherine was under age
and yet subject to her fathers author
ity In spite of book and priest and
ring he could retain his child for at
least three years and three years
Hyde in talking with his aunt
called an eternity of doubt and des
pair Fortunately Joannas wedding
day was drawing near and it absorb
ed what attention the general public
had for the Van Heemskirk family
For it was a certain thing develop
ing into feasting and dancing and it
quite put out of consideration sus
picions which resulted in nothing
when people examined them in the
clear atmosphere of Katherines
home
In the middle of the afternoon of
the day before the marriage there
was the loud rat-tat-tat of the brass
knocker announcing a visitor It was
Mrs Gordon and she nooded and
laughed in a triumphant way that
very quickly brought Katherine to her
side My dear I kiss you You are
the top beauty of my whole acquaint
ance Then in a whisper Richard
sends his devotion And put your
hand in my muff there is a letter
And pray give me joy I have just
secured an invitation I asked the
councillor and madam point blank for
It Faith I think I am a little of a
favorite with them How is the
young Bruce My dear if you dont
make him suffer I shall never forgive
you Alternate doses of hope and
despair that would be my prescrip
tion
Katherine shook her head
On my wedding day as I left Rich
ard this he said to me My honor
Katherine is now in your keeping
By the lifting of one eyelash 1 will
not stain it
My dear you are perfectly charm
ing You always convince me that I
am a better woman than I imagine
myself I shall go straight to Dick
and tell him how exactly proper you
are Really you have more perfec
tions than any one woman has a right
to
To morrow if I have a letter ready
you will take it
I will run the risk child Now
adieu Return to your evergreens
and ribbons And so lightly hum
ming Katherines favorite song she
left the busy house
i
Before daylight the next morning
Batavius had every one at his post
The ceremony was to be performed in
the Middle Kirk and he took care
that Joanna kept neither Dominie de
Ronde nor himself waiting
Katherine looked for Mrs Gordon
in vain she was not in the kirk and
she did not arrive until the festival
dinner was nearly over Batavius was
then considerably under the excite
ment of his fine position and fine fare
He sat by the side of his bride at
the right hand of Joris and Kather
ine assisted her mother at the other
end of the table
To be continued
Sails for Skaters
Considering the number of persons
in this country that indulge in skat
ing it is somewhat of a surprise to
see how few of them have ever used
a skate sail or in fact have ever
heard of such a thing However in
the last few years this sport has be
come better known and it is not an
uncommon sight to see dashing hith
er and thither among the dark forms
of the skaters the glistening sails of
the skate sailors
To the onlooker it seems at the first
glance that the sailor must certainly
lose his balance and topple over so
sharply does he lean backward
against his sail but so strong is the
force of the wind exerted against it
that this expected fall is seldom a
reality When it does happen the un
fortunate is usually a novice
There are but few requisites for the
enjoyment of this pastime First
and of the most importance is a pair
of sharp skates A few yards of cot
toe cloth and some small poles fur
nish the rest of the material From
these any person can with a little care
fashion a sail that will furnish him
with many a happy hour Country
Life in America
The Merest Trifle
Cholly I find that its the twifles
that worry me most in the world
dont you know
Miss Pepprey Yes Ive noticed
that you think about yourself entirely
too much for instance
Must is a great peacemaker as
well as a peace disturber
WILL BE NO JREVISION
STRONG WORDS BY SENATOR
HALE OF MAINE
There Will Be No Meddling With or
Emasculation of the Present Tariff
Whether Under the Guise of Reci
procity or Reform
Senator Hale of Maine one of the
most influential men on the Republi
can side of the Senate chamber
says
Neither this winter nor the next
nor the winter thereafter unless Con
giess loses its head will any revision
of the tariff be made The results of
the Dingley tariff act have been so
generally happy that it Is difficult to
understand the cry which is set up in
certain quarters not by the people
generally in favor of a revision
The Dingley act has given the peo
ple of the United States more rev
enue more business more trade anu
more prosperity than any bill ever en
acted The people understand this
and the late election shows that with
certain exceptions entire content ex
ists under present conditions It would
be the height of folly now to try to
disturb these conditions
The free traders including almost
all the Democratic leaders and the
uneasy weak kneed Republicans who
are howling for revision and reciproc
ity would do well to take notice of
what will happen provided they get
their way It is absolutely safe to
say that no tariff revision can take
place except at the end of a long ses
sion after a bitter and protracted
fight which in itself will disturb near
ly all and destroy some of our indus
tries
The outcome will be if any new
bill is passed a practictlly Democratic
tariff The combination on important
schedules in the tariff between the
uneasy Republicans and the entire
Democratic force in Congress will in
sure not a Republican measure but
a Democratic one Nor can any par
tial or limited revision be made with
out entering into the construction of
an entire bill and in fact there can
never be any change in certain
articles without entering upon the
whole subject of tariff revision
Besides this if it were possible
no concessions on single articles in
the tariff would for a moment stop the
free trade and Democratic agitation
for entire revision An eminent Demo
cratic leader has said that there will
be no rest until the infamous policy
of protection is broken down and
destroyed
I am sure that what I say repre
sents the general sentiment of the
Republican party throughout the
country It is the fashion of certain
newspapers and a few prominent Re
publicans to say that revision is need
ed and that we will enter upon it in
the next Congress but wherever the
issue has been made whether In New
England or elsewhere this proposi
tion has gone to the wall It was
tried in Massachusetts with failure as
the result
In the main a cry for revision
means a new tariff built on anti-Republican
lines Generally speaking if
you scratch a reviser you find under
neath a free trader
Unless the Republican party has
lest heart and faith in its fundamental
policies there will be no meddling
with and no emasculation of the pres
ent tariff whether under the guise of
reciprocity or reform In the long fu
ture if a general revision is demand
ed the Republican party will not be
afraid to undertake it
FRYE OPPOSES REVISION
Would Spoil Prosperity and Cause
General Business Depression
Special to Xew York Times
Washington Nov 25 Senator
Frye of Maine does not sympathize
with the agitation in favor of tariff
revision Speaking of this question to
day he said
Talk of tariff revision is absurd
The country is in the midst of great
prosperity Why should we spoil it
by entering upon legislation which
would disarrange business relations
and certainly cause depression over
the country There is no demand for
it in New England I suppose there
may be people in Massachusetts who
want some changes but they always
have a few cranks in Massachusetts
The Republican who ran for Congress
on a revision platform was twice de
feated in a Republican district
It is equally absurd to propose tar
iff revision as a means of regulating
the trusts Suppose we should at
tempt to reduce the tariff on articles
made by trusts Smaller concerns
engaged in similar business would
be affected by the new rates just the
same as the trusts themselves What
would be the result Small concerns
would be most severely harmed and
some of them would be driven out
of business entirely while the trusts
could better stand under tne new con
ditions and would have a greater mon
opoly than ever
Senator Frye thinks it probable the
Senate will complete such amend
ments to the Sherman anti trust law
as to correct the most obnoxious of
the evils connected with the trusts
I like the ideas put forth in the
Pittsburg speech of Attorney General
Knox said he There is no hope
of restricting trusts by an amendment
to the constitution If such an
amendment should receive the neces
sary votes in the Senate and House it
could never be ratified by the states
It would be regarded as too great an
invasion of the rights of the states
It Is Democratic Doctrine
Again we see the Democrats aided
by the free traders and tariff tinkers
within the Republican party trying to
overthrow the protective tariff Thoy
make the attack Indirectly by claim
ing that they seek to kill the trusts by
cutting off protection from trust mado
goods Feeding free trade poison to
cure the truatevll as Speaker Hen
derson says That protection fosters
trusts is Democratic doctrine which
Is not borne out by the facts but
which nevertheless Is being embrac
ed by certain Republicans thus play
ing into the hands of the Democrats
They seek to feed the trusts free
trade poison but the most of the poi
son would get into the system of
American industry and make the
American workman sick or kill him
The President says we must be care
ful to leave ample protection to the
workingman and see that industry re
ceives no sudden jolts He must
know that constant changes or threat
ened changes In tariff schedules will
frighten manufacturers and cause
them to curtail their product thus
throwing the workman out of a job
Free trade and tariff tinkering Is
Democratic doctrine and should be
left to the Democrats Portland
Ore Chronicle
REEDS LAST MESSAGE
Important Expression by the Ex
Speaker on Trusts and Tariffs
In an article contributed to the
North American Review for Decem
ber ex Speaker Thomas B Reed adds
materially to the sum of human
knowledge and assists greatly to
ward a clearer understanding of the
tariff and trust problem No man
who writes for publication surpasses
Mr Reed in the faculty of logical
analysis and the plain presentment of
facts and conclusions Certainly no
one succeeds better in the avoidance
of the hysterical and the adherence
to the sane and level headed method
The spirit of prudence moderation
and conservatism rules throughout
Mr Reed is not a believer in quack
remedies for a condition that calls
for nothing more radical than pa
tience and common sense Trusts are
with us So have they always been
in one form or another It is only
because we are more prosperous than
ever before that the trusts are more
numerous and bigger than ever be
fore Mr Reed is of the opinion that
the trust problem will solve itself
that those will survive which deserve
to survive and those will perish
which deserve to perish that legis
lation of any sort at present offers no
solution of the problem
Least of all tariff legislation On
this point Mr Reed is most convinc
ing Tariff tinkering as a trust rem
edy could not possible prove any
thing but mischievous and hurtful He
closes by saying
We ought to let the tariff alone
we ought to defend it against all com
ers for the good of the nation We
are doing more than well and need
not hunt for disaster That will come
in due time
The surest way to hasten disaster is
to tinker the tariff in any way or in
any form whatsoever whether by di
rect legislative action by swapping
trade privileges or by te creation of
a tariff commission Ah these are
good things if let alone
A Dangerous Flirtation
3 II S S i iW il 111
Coincidence to Be Avoided
Democratic papers are calling at
tention to the fact that since 1837 Mc
Kinley was the first president to have
a Congress in sympathy with him dur
ing the middle of his presidential
term and now President Roosevelt
has the same advantage Of course
they give us good advice and we
can neither be too thankful for the
same nor too careful not to follow it
It might not be amiss to say to
them in a spirit of kindness that if
the people ever forget the hardships
of 1S93 9G and again entrust Demo
crats with the government they
should be careful not to get at the
same time a Congress composed of
calamity howlers and a President
who hates the industries of his coun
try They then might expect to live
long enough to see another Democrat
in the White House
The Alternative
The Helena Mont Record of Au
gust 11 quotes Mr Leonard Lewis a
leading stockman of Meagher county
as saying In my opinion the pres
ent year has been one of the best and
most successful from a live stock
mans point of view which we have
ever had in this country
We are asked to abandon this condi
tion and return to the days of tariff
reform conditions of 1892 96 when
the New York newspapers were giv
ing out free food to the starving and
the governor of Massachusetts was
listening to mobs of unemployed
They were not then concerned as
to the price of beef They had had
enough money to buy bread Boston
Commercial Bulletin
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City
SOUTH OMAHA
CATTLE Receipts of cattlo were very
light so that It only took a compara
tively short time for practically every
thing In the yards to chango hands
Buyers took hold quite freely and tho
market was active from start to lln
ish
About the- usual proportion of tho re
ceipts consisted of cornfed steers and
somo of tho cattle showed considerable
quality As high as 530 was paid
which is the highest price in some little
time They were western cuttle but
were good and fat As a general thing
the market did not show much change
from Wednesday but soliers were call
ing 16 all the way from barely steady
to strong It was evident that packers
did nob like the Idea of paying ttie
prices asked but as they had to have
a few cattle the kinds that suited them
sold to good advantage while the kinds
that did not strike them as favorably
were hard to dispose of at steady prices
The cow market was active and strong
er from start to finish Buyers were all
out early and bought up everything
that was offered In good season The
prices paid looked all tho way from
strong to a dime higher Bulls veal
calves and stags also sold at fully as
good prices as were in force last Wed
nesday
There were very fow stockers and
feeders in the yards and not many were
wanted Speculators wero not looking
tor much of a demand the remainder of
this week and as a result they did not
want any cattle unless they could buy
them lower The market could probably
best bo described by calling It slow and
weak
HOGS There was a light run of hogs
hero and besides that about 18 cars were
consigned direct to local packers and
rot offered on the market Packers all
needed fresh supplies and the market
advanced right close to 10c Packers
started out bidding- only about a nickel
higher and a few hogs sold that way
so that the general market was 5J10c
higher The bulk of the sales went from
6 32 to JG37V
SHEEP Owing to the destruction of
the sheep barn by lire Christmas morn
ing the sheep that arrived were yarded
in the new hog division The pens are
well covered so that the sheep are given
as good protection from the weather as
though they were housed in the regular
barn The capacity is sufficiently large
to handle all the sheep that will arrive
for the next several months so that
patrons of the market will be given the
same service that they have always re
ceived
There were only six cars of sheep and
lambs on sale and the quality of the
most of them was rather inferior Three
cars of Mexican ewes that were in just
fair condition brought 365 and some
western ewes sold at 300 and western
wethers at 400 Considering the quality
the market was pronounced steady to
strong and everything sold In good sea
son
There were not enough feeders on sale
to tell anything about the market but
being so near the end of the week there
were not many buyers In sight
Quotations for fed stock Choice lambs
5003525 fair to good lambs J5Cr500
choice yearlings 400r4uO fair to good
yearlings 375 5400 choice wethers 300
400 fair to good 325g360 choice
ewes S350400 fair to good 300350
feeder lambs 30051400 feeder yearlings
3300S3E0 feeder wethers 2750323 feed
er ewes 1503225
KANSAS CITY
CATTLE Receipts 2000 head includ
ing 400 head Texans stronger native
steers 3255iGOO Texans and Indian
steers 30O425 Texas cows 230300
native cows and heifers 1501100
stockers and feeders 20O425 bulls
255400 calves 27512025
HOGS Receipts 50CO head strong to
5c higher bulk of sales e20ft645 heavy
G25fi50 packers Sfl10fI637 medium
025645 light 6171yigG35 Yorkers
C30fG35 pigs 5505005
SHEEP Receipts 1000 head stronger
muttons 300410 lambs 3C01i545
range wethers 300Si60 ewes 3001
420
MORE MONEY FOR MITCHELL
Leader of the Miners Will Have His
Salary Increased
INDIANAPOLIS A motion will be
submitted to the convention of the
United Mine Workers increasing the
salaries paid the president and secre
tary At present Mr Mitchell re
ceives 1800 and Mr Wilson 1500
The miners are looking forward to
securing increased pay for themselves
and want their executive officers to
share their profits
It is said the convention will be the
largest ever held by the miners ao
over 1200 delegates will be present
as against 1000 last year
Railroad Building in 1902
CHICAGO According to the Rail
road Gazette railroad building in tho
United States for 1902 aggregated
6026 miles a total not exceeded in
any year since 1888 Second track
sidings and electric lines are not in
cluded Oklahoma leads with 570
Texas comes second with 496 Arkan
sas is third with 371 and Indian Ter
ritory is fourth with 363 miles
Twenty thousand coal miners in the
Connellsville coke regions Pennsyl
vania will have their wages increase
8 per cent January 1
Simple Funeral for Bishop
LONDON The remains of the arclv
bishop of Canterbury were remove
from the archepiscopal palace at Lam
beth to Canterbury for interment
There was no display The body was
taken to the railroad station in a sim
ple hearse followed by carriages con
taining relatives of the deceased A
surpliced choir sang an anthem at the
station as the coffin was placed on
board the train
