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A ROMANCE OF NEW YORK
By AMELIA E BARR
Author o Friend Olivia Thou and the Othr OnEto
Copyright 1866 by Dead Mead and Company 4
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CHAPTER X Continued
Joris was so -wrapped up In his
Brief that he did not notice Brain was
Buffering also Bram got the brunt
of the worlds wonderlngs and Inqui
ries People who did not like to ask
questions felt no such delicacy
with Bram Joris could in some de
gree control himself he could speak
of the marriage with regret but with
out passion he had even alluded in
some cases to Hydes family and ex
pectations The majority believed
that he was secretly a little proud of
the alliance But Bram was aflame
with indignation first if the mar
riage were at all doubted second if
it were supposed to be a satisfactory
one to any member of the Van Heems
Trirlc family
Hydes brother officers held high
festival to their comrades success To
-every bumper they read the marriage
notice aloud as a toast and gave a
kind of national triumph to what was
a purely personal affair Joris read it
with dim eyes and then lit his long
Gouda pipe and sat smoking with an
air of inexpressible loneliness Lys
fcet read it and then put the paper
carefully away among the silks and
satins In her bottom drawer Neil
Semple read it and re read it It
seemed to have a fascination for him
and for more than an hour he sat
musing with his eyes fixed upon the
fateful words Then he rose and went
to the hearth There were a few
sticks of wood burning upon it but
they had fallen apart He put them
together and tearing out the notice
lie laid it upon them It meant much
more to Neil than the destruction of
a scrap of paper and he stood watch
ing it long after it had become a film
of grayish ash
Bram would not read it at all He
was too full of shame and trouble at
the event and the moments went as
if they moved on lead But after tea
he gathered a great nosegay of nar
cissus and went to Isaac Cohens He
went into the store and she seemed
to know his footstep He had no need
to speak she came at once from the
mystery behind the crowded place
Into the clearer light
Their acquaintance had evidently
advanced since that anxious evening
when she had urged upon Bram the
Intelligence of the duel between Hyde
and Neil Semple for Bram gave her
the flowers without embarrassment
and she buried their sweet face in
their sweet petals and then lifted it
with a smile at once grateful and
confidential
Then Bram told her all the little
things that had grieved him and they
talked as dear companions might talk
It was not more than an hour ere
Cohen came home He looked quickly
at the young people and then stood
by Bram and began to talk courteous
ly of passing events Miriam leaned
listening against a magnificent
apostles cabinet in black oak
Against its carved and pillared back
ground her dark drapery fell in
almost unnoticed grace but her fair
face and small hands with the mass
of white narcissus in them had a
singular and alluring beauty She
affected Bram as something sweetly
supernatural might have done It was
an effort for him to answer Cohen
he felt as if it would be impossible for
Wm to go away
But the clock struck the hour and
the shop boy began to put up the
shutters and the old man walked to
the door taking Bram with him
Then Miriam smiling her farewell
passed like a shadow into the darker
shadows beyond and Bram went
Tiome wondering to find that she had
cast out of his heart hatred malice
fretful worry and all uncharitable
ness
CHAPTER XI
At Hyde Manor and Bram and Miriam
In Hyde Manor House there was
that stir of preparation which indi
cates a departure Hyde and Kather
Ine were taking a hasty meal together
Hyde was in full uniform his sword
at his side his cavalry cap and cloak
on a chair near him They both rose
together Katherine bravely smiling
away the tears and looking exceeding
ly lovely in her blue morning gown
trimmed with frillings of thread lace
and Hyde gallant and tender but
still with the air of a man not averse
to go back to lifes real duty He took
Katherine in his arms kissed away
her tears made her many a loving
promise and then lifting his cap and
cloak left the room Evidently he
had quite recovered his health and
strength for he sprang very easily
into the saddle and gathering the
reins in his hand kept the restive
animal in perfect control
A moment he stood thus the very
Ideal of a fearless chivalrous hand
some soldier the next his face soft
ened to almost womanly tenderness
for he saw Katherine coming hastily
through the dim hall and into the
clear sunshine and in her arms was
his little son She came fearlessly to
his side and lifted the sleeping child
to him He stooped and kissed it and
then kissed again the beautiful
mother and calling happily back
ward Good by my love God keep
you love good by he gave his
horse his own wild will and was
soon lost to sight among the trees of
the park
Katherine stood with her child in
her arms listening to the ever fainter
beat of hoofs Her husband had gone
back to duty his furlough had expir
ed their long leisurely honeymoon
was over But she was neither fear
ful nor unhappy Hydes friends had
procured his exchange into a court
regiment He was only going to
London and he was still her lover
She looked forward with clear eyes as
she said gratefully to herself So
happy am 1 So good is my husband
So dear is my child So fair and
sweet is my home
Katherine would not have been hap
py had the estrangement between
herself and her parents continued a
bitter or a silent one She did not
suppose they would answer the letter
she had sent by the fisherman Hudde
so immediately after her arrival at
Jamaica Katherine wrote to her
mother and without waiting for re
plies she continued her letters regu
larly from Hyde They were in a
spirit of the sweetest and frankest
confidence
She asked her advice with all the
faith of a child and the love of a
daughter and she sent through her
those sweet messages of affection to
her father which she feared a little
to offer without her mothers media
tion
But when she had a son and when
Hyde agreed to the boy being named
George she wrote a letter to him
The letter full of love starred all
through with pet words and wisely
reminding him more of their own past
happiness than enlarging on her pres
ent joy made his heart melt He
could do no business that day He felt
that he must go home and tell Lysbet
only the mother could fully under
stand and share his joy He gave her
the letter with a smile and then
walked up and down while she read
it
Well Joris a beautiful letter this
is And thou has a grandson of thy
own name a little Joris Oh how I
long to see him Would God he was
here
The face of Joris was happy and
his eyes shining but he had not yet
much to say He walked about for
an hour and listened to Lysbet who
as she polished her silver retold him
all that Katherine had said of her
husbands love and of his goodness to
her At last he rose and went into
the garden and she watched him wan
der from bed to bed and stand look
ing down at the green shoots of the
early flowers About three oclock he
came into the house with a firm quick
step
Lysbet thinking I have been
thinking of Katherines marriage
Better than I expected it has turned
out
I think that Katherine has made a
good marriage the best marriage of
all the children
Dost thou believe that her hus
band is so kind and so prudent as she
says
No doubt I have
See then I will send Katherine
her portion It is for her and her
children Can I trust them with it
Katherine is no waster and full
of nobleness is her husband Write
thou to him and put it in his charge
for Katherine and her children And
tell him in his honor thou trust en
tirely and I think that he will do in
all things right
Lysbet
What then Joris
The drinking cup of silver which
my father gave us at our marriage It
was given to my great grandfather
when he was mayor of Middleburg
His name also was Joris To my
grandson shall I send it
Oh my Joris much pleasure would
thou give Katherine and me also Let
the little fellow have it I will tell
Katherine But thou too write her
a letter for little she will think of
her fortune or of the cup if thy love
thou send not with them
And Joris had done all that he pur
posed and done it without one grudg
ing thought or doubting word And
Hyde was not indifferent to such
noble trust He fully determined to
deserve it
As Joris sat smoking that night he
thought over his proposal and then
for the first time it struck him that
the Middleburg cup might have a
peculiar significance and value to
Bram When Lysbet sat down with
a little sigh of content beside him and
said A happy night is this to us
Joris he answered God is good
always better to us than we trust him
for I want to say now what I have
been considering the last hour some
other cup we will send to the little
Joris for I think Bram will like to
have the Middleburg cup best of all
Always Bram has been promised
the Guilderland cup and the server
that goes with it
That is the truth but I will tell
you something Lysbet The Middle
burg cup was given by the Jews of
Middleburg to my ancestor because
great favors and protection he gave
them when he was mayor of the city
Bram is very often with Miriam
Cohen and
Then Joris stopped and Lysbet
waited anxiously for him to finish the
sentence but he only puffed puffed
and looked thoughtfully at the bowl
of his pipe
What mean you Joris
I think that ho loves her
Well
That he would like to marry hor
Is she so fair I
A beautiful face and gracious
ways she has Like her the beloved
Rachael must have been I think
Why do you not stand with Bram as
you stood with Katherine
Little use it would be Joris To
give consent in this matter would be
a sacrifice refused Be sure that
Cohen will not listen to Bram no
nor to you nor to me nor to Miriam
Say to Bram I am willing and
Cohen will say to him Never never
will I consent If you keep the Jews
cup for Bram and Miriam always
you will keep it yes and they that
live after you too
At the very hour Joris and Lysbet
were discussing the position of their
son with regard to Miriam Cohen the
question was being definitely settled
at another point For Joris was not
the only person who had observed
Brams devotion to the beautiful Jew
ess Cohen had watched him with
close and cautious jealousy for many
months but he was far too wise to
stimulate love by opposition and he
did not believe in half measures
When he defined Miriams duty to her
he meant it to be in such shape as
precluded argument or uncertainty
and for this purpose delay was neces
sary But it happened that after
some months of negotiation a final
and satisfactory letter had come to
him by the same post as brought
Katherines letter to Joris Van
Heemskirk
He read its contents with a sad sat
isfaction and then locked it away
until the evening hours secured him
from business interruption Then he
went to his grandchild
She looked so pretty and happy and
careless that for some time he did
not like to break the spell of her rest
ful beauty Then he said in slow
even tones My child listen to me
This summer my young kinsman
Judah Belasco will come here He
comes to marry you You will be a
happy wife my dear He has mon
eys and he has the power to make
moneys and he is a good young man
I have been cautious concerning that
my dear
There was a long pause He did
not hurry her but sat patiently wait
ing with his eyes fixed upon the book
in her hand
I do not want to marry grand
father I am so young I do not
know Judah Belasco
You shall have time my dear It
is part of the agreement that he shall
now live in New York
Put from your heart or fancy any
other young man Have you not
thought of our neighbor Bram Van
Heemskirk
He is good he is handsome I
fear he loves me
You know not anything If you
choose a husband or even a shoe by
their appearance both may pinch you
my dear Judah is of good stock
Of a good tree you may expect good
fruit
Bram Van Heemskirk is also the
son of a good father Many times you
have said it
Yes I have said it But Bram is
not of our people My dear will you
take your own way or will you obey
the word of the Lord
My father I will keep the promise
that I made you I will do all that
you wish
Cohen bowed his head solemnly
and remained for some minutes after
wards motionless His eyes were
closed his face was as still as a paint
ed face Whether he was praying or
remembering Miriam knew not But
solitude is the first cry of the wound
ed heart and she went away into it
She was like a child that had been
smitten and whom there was none to
comfort But she never thought of
disputing her grandfathers word or
of opposing his will
To be continued
DEAD MAN MAKES TROUBLE
Presence in Spirit Form Obnoxious to
His Successor
A colored family in Almagro has
recently been broken up because of
the nightly appearance of the wifes
former husband says the Danville
Va correspondent of the Richmond
Dispatch The fact that the man in
question has been dead a year or
two does not seem to affect in the
least his desire to look upon the hap
piness of his former helpmeet He
invades the privacy of the womans
chamber much to the annoyance of
her present husband He made one of
his frequent visits the other night He
was dressed entirely in white and
came and stood at the foot of the
bed
The living husband decided that the
dead man had the best right to the
womans presence and he dived
through the window carrying the
sash with him The woman tvho
seems to have preferred the living to
the dead followed his example The
pair spent the night thinly clad un
der the stars
And now there will be a divorce
suit the man refusing longer to live
with a woman whose dead husband
visits her in the night
A Suggestive Amendment
A wealthy brewer in Montreal built
a church and inscribed on it This
church was erected by Thomas Mol
son at his sole expense Hebrews xii
Some college wags altered the inscrip j
tion so as to make it read This
church was erected by Thomas Mol
son at his souls expense He brews
XX
MUST BE NATIONAL
GENUINE PROTECTION IS THAT
OR IT IS NOTHING
The Doctrine Is One of Broad and
General Application and Must Not
Be Made an Instrument of Favorit
ism to Special Sections or Interests
The article Protection a National
Doctrine in Guntons Magazine for
December Is worthy of thoughtful
perusal by all who are in search of
Information and argument relative to
protection its aims its scope and its
effects upon the material prosperity
of the people of this country In this
presentment of the subject Prof Gun
ton has completely succeeded in dem
onstrating alike the fallacy and the
folly of considering protection as an
instrument of favoritism to special
sections or interests The doctrine
he urges must be one of broad and
general application to the nation as
a whole to all industries all inter
ests It is either that or it is nothing
It will fail and deserves to fail Ex
actly in point is the extract from a
recent address by Gen William F
Drnper the head of the great textile
machinery plant at Hopedale Mass
a distinguished business man a cap
tain of industry a clear thinker and
forceful writer on economic subjects
Well and truly Gen Draper declares
When the Republican party ceases
to be a Protectionist party it will be
beaten and deserves to be as if the
people wish to try another free trade
experiment the Democratic party is
the proper one to conduct it
And it will be so Just as surely as
the Republican party deserts the bed
rock of its economic faith just as
surely as it proceeds to undermine
protectiou either through special
tariff legislation at the behest of cer
tain sectional interests which clamor
for free raw materials or through a
system of swapping trade privileges
whereby one industry is arrayed
against another industry and a large
degree of foreign competition is bar
gained for just so surely will the Re
publican party ride to a fall No
political party can retain public con
fidence for any length of time after it
has begun to exhibit the worst of all
party weaknesses that of distrust in
the soundness of its own cardinal
faith
Against the folly and the fallacy of
free raw materials and special treat
ies Prof Guntons guns are double
shotted and accurately trained New
England small talk and selfishness
come in for some effective broadsides
and so does the shortsighted and
short witted policy of forcing our
products upon other countries by
means of special trade privileges in
stead of on the sound and lasting
basis of superior excellence or great
er cheapness while at the same time
showing gross favoritism and unfair
ness toward certain industries select
ed for slaughter in order that certain
other industries may have an unjust
advantage
1902 RECORD BREAKER
Extraordinary Showing of Prosperity
for the Year Just Closed
With this our last number of the
year 1902 we would briefly call at
tention to the years record of un
paralleled progress and prosperity In
spite of the great coal strike the
result of which is still serious we
have passed through a year of busi
ness activity of commercial expan
sion of trade movements and both
Individual and national success in
production and earnings and conse
quent enjoyment of the necessaries
and comforts and luxuries of life such
as was never before known
Our almost record breaking crops
uill all be marketed at good prices
Our iron and steel production has
been the largest in our history our
pig iron output reaching 18000000
tons almost three times that of 1894
Our railway earnings have surpass
ed all previous years Our bank
clearings have again broken the rec
ord
Our postal insurance telegraph and
telephone business have been larger
than ever before
Our imports for the first time in our
history will approximate 1000000
000 while our exports though not
quite equal to one or two preceding
years owing to the failure of last
years corn crop and the extraordi
nary home demand for manufactures
are yet most satisfactory
We have earned more lived bet
ter and saved more than ever before
in our history
It has been the merriest Christmas
and will be the happiest New Year
that was ever enjoyed by any people
on earth
Not all are quite happy for the mil
lennium has not yet come The hand
ful of antis are discouraged and dis
heartened while the tariff smashers
see no hopes of a materialization of
their ideas And yet even these mal
contents and pessimists know that
they are better off in every material
way than they ever were before
It is the fifth full successive year
that we have enjoyed this constantly
increasing prosperity It dates from
the going into operation of the Ding
ley tariff law With every laborer
employed full time at larger and
larger wages has come increased de
mands for our varied products even
greater than can be supplied or trans
ported
What a tariff lesson it is to oe
sure No need to read Adam Smith
or John Stuart Mill No need of tar
iff commissions or hearings before the
Ways and Means committee or com
mercial conventions or lengthy es
says
Each mans bank book tells the
whole story and there never beforri
were so many bank books with such
large balances as now Never beforo
were so many millions sent home to
tho old countries by those who bavo
come to make their home here In this
land of work and wages This very
fact alono disproves the statements
that cost of living has increased more
than wages Millions upon millions
of increased wages have been granted
during the last two months added to
the many increases of recent years
And happily for all we have decided
to let well enough alone for two or
three years at the least American
Economist
THE COAL DUTY
Good Reasons Why the Tariff on An
thracite Should Not Be Removed
In connection with President Roose
velts recommendation that the duty
on anthracite coal be summarily
abolished the following communica
tion from Capt William W Bates an
eminent authority on all matters per
taining to the American merchant
marine should be found both perti
nent and instructive
Editor The American Economist
It has been stated that one reason for
putting the duty on coal such as
shipped from England to California
was that it was carried by returning
ships in the grain trade at ballast
rates and unfairly competed with
the coal produced by our Pacific
states But we should add to this
that the British coal from its first ex
portation has been monopolized in
carriage by British ships through the
discrimination policy of British under
writers Insurance on this coal to be
carried by American ships would
cost greatly in excess of the rate by
British ships if such insurance could
be obtained at all at Lloyds The
object of this discrimination was pro
tection of the British ship To take
off the duty of sixty seven cents per
ton would add somewhat to this pio
tection by raising the freight Now
that the British ship needs protection
more than ever and we have none in
this coal trade and we are great
friends of the British shall we not
help them
William W Bates
It would appear that in urging the
removal of the duty on anthracite
coal the President acted without due
consideration of two important facts
First that the duty of sixty seven
cents per ton on Welsh anthracite
arriving at Pacific coast ports as bal
last was at the time the Dingley tar
iff was passed regarded as necessary
for the proper protection of the coal
producing interests of the Pacific
coast That protection is as neces
sary now as it was five and a half
years ago and its removal would un
doubtedly be injurious to the coal
mining industry of the Pacific coast
states Being brought over as ballast
the delivery of Welsh coal involved
practically no cost of transportation
It could therefore be sold at so low a
price as to compete injuriously with
domestic coal Hence the imposition
of the duty Even more than it was
five and a half years ago that duty is
to day justifiable and necessary for
under its protection coal mining
operations have greatly increased on
the Pacific coast until at this time
the industry employs many millions of
capital and pays wages to many thou
sands of men
Second as so clearly shown by
Capt Bates the removal of the duty
would amount to a direct gift or sub
sidy to the British ship owner who
would be thereby enabled to add at
least a part of the sixty seven cents
a ton to his freight charges and still
sell the coal at a lower price than is
at present possible We have done
much by unwise navigation laws and
regulations to crush out our shipping
and promote the shipping interests
of other countries but it would seem
to be straining matters a little too far
to put up still another bar against
domestic shipping and then to ask the
coal producers of the Pacific coast to
pay the cost
The two reasons cited to say noth
ing of the unwisdom of using the
tariff as a factor in labor disputes
would seem to be sufficient to dis
suade Congress from concurring in
the recommendation of the repeal of
the duty on anthracite coal
Declined With Thanks
Democratic Approval
The Dubuque Telegraph Democrat
ic thanks Mr Cummins for his inter
pretation of the idea for the reason
that there will now be no further ex
cuse for any high protection Iowa
newspapers which may hereafter af
firm that it does not imply that the
tariff now affords shelter to monopoly
Sioux City Journal --
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City
SOUTH OMATIA
CATTLE There was only a small run
of cattle and besides that tho quality
was rather Inferior Packers though
took hold In coo J Bhape and tho mar
ket ruled active from start to finish
everything being disposed of in gcod sea
son
Tho duality of tho cornfed steers on
sale was poorer than on any previous
day of the week and In fact thero wan
nothing offered that could be called Rood
Tho market though could be quoted
generally about steady although buyer
were not particularly anxious for the
kinds that wero offered
Tho cow market was quite brisk and
the prices paid were a little stronger
The demand seemed to bo actlvo for can
ners and cutters 03 well as for the bet
ter grades and tho cattle began mov
ing toward the scales at an early hour
Tho ble bulk of tho receipts consisted
of cow stuff but tho Bupply was none
too large to meet tho demand and tho
pcn3 were cleared In good season
Bulls veal calves and stags were all
easy to dispose of at yesterdays prices
Thero was not much change in tho
stockcr and feeder situation Supplies
wero very light and so also was the
demand Country buyers are all looking
for tho cattle of good quality so that
the Inferior grades aro almost unsalable
The market yestarday took qulto a big
drop on tho common kinds and tho few
that arrived the following day were
again oxtremely slow salo at still lower
prices
HOGS Thero was not a large run of
hogs and as reports from other points
wero favorable to tho selling Interests
prices Improved Tho advance as a gen
eral thing amounted to CUlOc The bulk
of tho medium weight hogs sold from
JG43 to 653 and choice heavy hogs sold
mostly from JG55 to JGG3 The light
weights went from JG45 down Trading
was not very brisk owing to tho fact
that buyers wero a little slow about
bidding the full strength of tho market
but as supplies were limited It did not
tako long for the bulk of the offerings
to change hands
SIIEBP Quotations Choice lambs
5405573 fair to good lambs JjOOTjjIO
choice native lambs 37oS C0f choice
yearlings 1C05500 fair to good year
lings 4COff450 choice wethers J415J0
440 fair to good JSTjIS choico ewes
S30C2415 fair to good J35CS390 feeder
lambs 300400 feeder yearlings J100It
350 feeder wethers 273fi323 feeder
owes J150S225
GET NO COAL FROM FRANCE
That Country Expresses a Desire to
Secure Some Here
PARIS United States Consul Gow
Uy says it is not likely that any French
coal will be shipped to the United
States as a result of the action of the
American congress in placing coal on
the free list The French mines are
unable to meet the demands of the
home market Many factories and
railroad are compelled to bring in
Welsh and Belgian coal of inferior
grades Coal sells normally at above
the present American rate so that
there is not sufficient inducement for
French producers to seek an Ameri
can market
Owing to a heavy demand the local
consulate has been gathing statistics
on American coal several French rail
roads having expressed a desire to se
cure some of the American better
grades of coal
NAVY RUNS SHORT OF FUEL
Supply of Coal at Some Stations is
Exhausted
WASHINGTON Shortage of coal is
causing some concern in the navy
The various navy yards are appealing
to the bureau of equipment for fuel
Arrangements were made for tha
shipment of coal from the depot at
New London Conn to the New York
navy yard where the fuel supply is
practically exhausted
Through the foresight of Rear Ad
miral Bradford the coal famine thus
far has not affected the navy iron
clad contracts having been closed be
fore the strike for the delivery of coal
to the navy at normal prices Unless
relief comes soon however the con
tractors may be unable to supply the
increased demand that Is existing
throughout the naval stations of the
country
France to Try for Pole
PARIS Dr Jean Charcot has an
nounced plans for an Arctic trip under
the auspices of the Academy of Sci
ence and the Ministry of Public In
struction A ship i3 now under con
struction at St Halo
The party will leave France on May
15 for Spitzbergen and then proceed
to St Josefsland The expedition will
be exclusively French
Lieutenant Bergen will probably be
a member of the party which will also
comprise several scientists Dr Char
cot says France has hitherto left Arc
tic exploration to foreigners but he
hopes to revive the French interest
Cuban Veterans Tnreaten
HAVANA An anonymous manifes
to was issued here saying the liberat
ing army of Cuba will not wait longer
than March 4 for the payment of the
soldiers but will unite and occupy
every town from Point Maysi to Cape
San Antonio pacifically General Go
moz and the other generis have ex
pressed themselves as being perfectly
satisfied with the attitude of the gov
ernment regarding the payment of the
army
