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The Bow of Orange Ribbon
A ROMANCE OF NEW YORK
By AMELIA E BARR
Author of Frlond Olivia 8 Thou and tho Other OnEto
Copyright 1880 by Dodd Mead and Comoanv
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CHAPTER XIII
The Turn of the Tide
The great events of most lives
occur In epochs After Hydes and
Kathcrlnes marriage there was a
long era noticeable only for such
vicissitudes as were incident to their
fortune and position But in May
A D 1774 the first murmur of the
returning tide of destiny was heard
For the trouble between England and
her American colonies was rapidly
culminating and party feeling ran
high not only among civilians but
throughout the royal regiments Re
cently also a petition had been laid
before the king from the Americans
then resident in London praying him
not to send troops to coerce his sub
jects in America and when Hyde en
tered his club some members were
engaged in an a angry altercation on
this subject
The petition was flung upon the
table as it ought to have been said
Lord Paget
You are right replied Mr Her
vey they ought to petition no long
er They ought now to resist The
Duke of Richmond spoke warmly for
Boston last night The Bostonians
are punished without a hearing he
said and if they resist punishment
1 wish them success Are they not
Englishmen and many of them born
have English
on English soil When
men submitted to oppression Neither
king lords nor commons can take
away the rights of the people It is
past a doubt too that his majesty at
the levee last night laughed when he
said he would just as lief fight the
Bostonians as the French I heard
this speech was received with a dead
silence and that great offence was
given by it
I think the king was right said
Paget passionately Rebellious sub
jects are worse than open enemies
like the French
My lord you must excuse me if I
do not agree with your opinions And
the fight has begun for Parliament
is dissolved on the subject
- It died laughed Hyde and left
us a rebellion for a legacy
Capt Hyde you are a traitor
Lord Paget I deny it My sword Is
my countrys but I would not for
twenty kings draw it against my own
countrymen then with a meaning
glance at Lord Paget and an emphatic
touch of his weapon except in my
own private quarrel
- Gentlemen said Mr Hervey this
is no time for private quarrels and
captain here is my Lady Capels foot
man and ne says he comes in urgent
speed
Hyde glanced at the message It
- o ioof onmrnnnd Ti Hervev Lady
Capel is at the death point and to her
requests I am first bounden
Lady Capel had been edath stricken
while at whist and was stretched
of the deserted
upon a sofa in the midst
ed tables yet covered with scattered
cards and half emptied teacups
At this hour it was evident that
above everything in the world the old
lady had loved her wild extravagant
grandson Oh Dick she whispered
Ive got to die We all have I have
left you eight thousand pounds all I
could save Dick Arabella is witness
to it Dick Dick you will think of
me sometimes
And Hyde kissed her fondly Ill
never forget you he answered
never grandmother Is there any
thing you want done Think dear
grandmother
Put me beside Jack Capel I won
derif I shall see Jack A shadow
gray and swift passed over her face
Her eyes flashed one piteous look into
Hydes eyes and then closed forever
And while in the rainy dreary Lou
don twilight Lady Capel was dying
Katherine was in the garden at Hyde
Manor watching the planting of seeds
that were in a few weeks to be living
things of beauty and sweetness
Little Joris was with his mother
running hither and thither as his
eager spirits led him
Katherine had heard much of Lady
Capel and she had a certain tender
ness for the old woman who loved her
husband so truly but no thought of
Jier entered into Katherines mind that
calm evening hour Then her maid
-with a manner full of pleasant ex
citement came to her and said
Here be a London peddler ma
dam and he do have all the latest
fashions and the news of the king and
the Americans
In a few minutes the man was ex
hibiting his wares to Katherine and
she was too much Interested in the
wares to notice their merchant par
ticularly There was a slow but
mutually satisfactory exchange of
goods and money and then the ped
dler began to repack his treasures
and Lettice to carry away the pretty
trifles and the piece of satin her mis
tress had bought Then alsd he
found time to talk to take out the
last newspapers and to describe the
popular dissatisfaction at the stupid
tyranny of the government toward
the Colonies
Katherine tras about to leave the
room when he suddenly remembered
scarf of great beauty which he had
not shown
I bought it for my Lady Suffolk
be said but Lord Suffolk died sud
den and black my lady had to wear
A singular look of speculation came
into Katherines face and as the ped
dler detailed with hurried avidity the
town talk that had clung to her reputa
tion for so many years and he so
fully described the handsome cavalry
officer that was her devoted attendant
that Katherine could have no difficulty
in recognizing her husband even with
out the clews which her own knowl
edge of the parties gave her
Suddenly she turned and faced the
stooping man Your scarf take I
will not have it No and I will not
have anything that I have bought
from you All of the goods you shall
receive back and my money give It
to me Ycu know that of my husband
you have been talking I mean lying
You know that this is his house and
that his true wife am I
She spoke without passion and with
out hurry or alarm but there was no
mistaking the purpose in her white
resolute face and fearless attitude
And with an evil glance at the beau
tiful disdainful woman standing over
him the peddler rose and left the
house
CHAPTER XIV
The Bow of Orange Ribbon
Katherine sat down and remained
still as a carven image thinking over
what had been told her There had
been a time when her husbands con
stant talk of Lady Suffolk had pained
her and when she had been a little
jealous of the apparent familiarity
which existed in their relations with
each other but Hyde had laughed at
her fears and she had taken a pride
in putting his word above all her sus
picions
It was also a part of Katherines
just and upright disposition to make
allowances for the life by which her
husband was surrounded Hyde had
told her that there were necessary
events in his daily experience of
which it was better for her to be
ignorant They belong to it as my
uniform does he said they are a
part of its appearance but they never
touch my feelings and they never do
you a moments wrong Katherine
This explanation it had been the duty
both of love and of wisdom to accept
and she had done so with a faith
which asked for no conviction beyond
it
And now she was practically told
that for years he had been the lover of
another woman that her own exist
ence was doubted or denied that if it
were admitted it was with a supposi
tion that affected both her own good
name and the rights of her child Hyde
was the probable representative of an
ancient noble English family and its
influence was great if he really wish
ed to annul their marriage perhaps
it was in his power to do so
She was no craven and she faced
the position in all its cruel bearings
She asked herself if even for the
sake of her little Joris she would re
main a wife on sufferance or by the
tie of rights which she would have
to legally enforce and then she lifted
the candle and passed softly into his
room to look at him She slipped down
upon her knees by the sleeping boy
and out of the terror and sorrow of
her soul spoke to the Fatherhood in
heaven The boy suddenly awoke he
flung his arms about her neck he laid
his face close to hers and said
Oh mother beautiful mother I
thought my father was here
You have been dreaming darling
Joris
Yes I am sorry I have been dream
ing I thought my father was here
my good father that loves us so
much
Then with a happy face Katherine
with kisses sent him smiling into
dreamland again In those few tender
moments all her fears slipped away
from her heart I will not believe
what a bad man says against my hus
band against my dear one who is
not here to defend himself Lies lies
I will make the denial for him
And she kept within the comfort of
this spirit even though Hydes usual
letter was three days behind its usual
time On the fourth day her trust had
its reward She found then that the
delay had been caused by the neces
sary charge and care of ceremonies
which Lady Capels death forced upon
her husband She had almost a senti
ment of gratitude to her although she
was yet ignorant of her bequest of
eight thousand pounds For Hyde had
resolved to wait until the reading of
the will made it certain and then to
resign his commission and carry the
double good news to Katherine him
self Henceforward they were to be
together So this purpose though un
expressed gave a joyous ring to his
letter it was lover like in its fond
ness and hopefulness and Katherine
thought of Lady Suffolk and her emis
sary with a contemptuous indiffer
ence
ward was upon every face
Alas these are the unguarded hours
which sorrow surprises But no
thought of trouble and no fear of it
had Katherine as she stood before her
mirror one afternoon She was witch
ing Lettice arrange the double folds
of her gray taffeta gown when there
came a knock at her chamber door
Here be a strange gentleman ma
dam to see you from London he
do say
A startled look came into Kather
ines face she asked no question bur
went down stairs Soon she came
back slowly with a letter In her hand
8he was white even to her lips Fully
ten minutes elapsed ere she gathered
strength sufficient to break Its well
known seal and take In the full mean
ing of words so full of agony to her
It Is midnight beloved Katherine
and in six hours I may be dead Lord
Paget spoke of my cousin to me in
such terms as leaves but one way out
of the affront I pray you If you
can to pardon me You I shall adore
with my last breath Kate my Kate
forgive me If this comes to you by
strange hands I shall be dead or
dying Kiss my son for me and take
my last hope and thought
These words she read then wrung
her hands and moaned like a creature
thathad been wounded to death Oh
the shame Oh the wrong and sor
row How could she bear It What
should she do Capt Lennox who
had brought the letter was waiting
for her decision If she would go to
her husband then he could rest and
return to London at his leisure If
not Hyde wanted his will to add a
codicil regarding the eight thousand
pounds left him by Lady Capel For
he had been wounded in his side and
a dangerous inflammation having set
in he had been warned of a possible
fatal result
Katherine was not a rapid thinker
She had little either of that instinct
which serves some women instead of
all other prudences The one thought
that dominated all others was that her
husband had fought and fallen for
Lady Suffolk All these years she
had been a slighted and deceived
woman
To London I will not go she de
cided There is some wicked plan
for me The will and the papers are
wanted that they may be altered to
suit it I will stay here with my child
Even sorrow great as mine is best
borne in ones own home
She went to the escritoire to get the
papers When she opened the sense
less chamber of wood she found her
self in the presence of many a tortur
ing tender memory In an open slide
there was a rude picture of a horse
It was little Joris first attempt to
draw Mephisto and it had been care
fully put away The place was full of
such appeals Among them was a ring
that Hydes father had given him his
mothers last letter a lock of his sons
hair her own first letter the shy
anxious note that she wrote to Mrs
Gordon Then she began to arrange
the papers according to their size and
a small sealed parcel slipped from
among them
She turned it over and over in her
hand and the temptation to see the
love token inside became greater
every moment
If in this parcel there is some love
pledge from Lady Suffolk then I go
not nothing shall make me go If in
it there is no word of her no mes
sage to her or from her if her name
is not there nor the letters of her
name then I will go to my own A
new love one not a year old I can put
aside I will forgive every one but
my Lady Suffolk
So Katherine decided as she broke
the seal with firmness and rapidity
The first paper within the cover made
her tremble It was a half sheet
which she had taken one day from
Brams hand and it had Brams name
across it On it she had written the
first few lines which she had the right
to sign Katherine Hyde It was
indeed her first wife letter and
within it was the precious love token
her own love token the bow of
orange ribbon
She gave a sharp cry as it fell upon
-e desk and then she lifted and
kissed it and held it to her breast as
she rocked herself to and fro in a
passionate transport of triumphani
love
To be continued
NEW GUTTA PERCHA TREE
Valuable Discovery Recently Made in
the Valley of the Amazon
Up to quite recent date the world
has relied on the rubber tree for its
supply of gutta percha and on ac
count of the limited area in which this
plant grows the product has been ex
ceedingly expensive A short time ago
a gutta percha merchant in the Guia
nas in examining the Amazon region
in South America found the balata
tree growing in abundance near Para
and on the Amazon and its tributaries
for thousands of miles The Brazilians
had no knowledge of its gum-producing
properties and were found cutting
down the trees for firewood and build
ing material A concession was bought
and the practical work of producing
gutta percha for the market begun
There is practically no limit to the
supply of gutta percha on the Amazon
and it can be produced at a fraction
of the cost of rubber The method of
bleeding the balata tree is entirely
different from that used to extract the
gum of the rubber tree and only ex
pert bleeders it is said can be
employed The trees yield many times
as much sap as the rubber trees and
one man can gather as much gutta
percha in a day as twenty man can
extract from the rubber tree Each
tree will average three and a half
pounds and one competent bleeder
can prepare forty to fifty pounds r
day The gum is fermented and then
dried in the sun after which it is
ready for shipment
Fully Covered
A woman on the death of her hus
band telegraphed to a distant friend
Dear Joseph is dead Loss fully
covered by insurance
Nothing more completely baffles one
who is full of trick and duplicity than
straightforward and simple integrity
In another Coltoa
OUR HOME MAEKETS
PURCHASING POWER 18 THE
BASIS OF ALL PROSPERITY
Money Distributed Among Work Peo
ple Flows Most Quickly Into Circula
tion and in Proportion as Wages Are
High or Low Times Are Good or Bad
In estimating the prosperity of the
country for the year just closed which
the prominent commercial agencies
say was the best which the United
States has ever experieiiced and in
forcasting the Immediate future which
they think is bright with promise they
do not fail to emphasize a point which
has been made by the Press often and
which we consider of great importance
in taking the measure of the possi
bilities of our foreign trade It is the
result on our imports of the tremend
ous purchasing power of the American
market since its restoration to health
by the Dingley law Not only have
the returns of the American wage
earners increased enormously the
value of the farmers crops been
doubled to two and a half billions
from the period of extreme depression
in the Cleveland hard times the sav
ings banks deposits advanced to more
than two and three quarter billions
from 1747000000 in 1894 and all di
vidends and profits been multiplied on
home industry and business but the
people of the United States have made
so much money at home that they
have been able to buy and are buying
from abroad as they never bought be
fore
In 1895 fiscal year when our mar
kets were more open to the world un
der the Wilson law but when we were
short of money because our own in
dustries had been leveled by foreign
competition our imports of merchan
dise were 732000000 In 1900 they
were 84900000 In 1902 they were
903000000 Furthermore since the
close of the last fiscal year June 30
1902 there have been extraordinary
increases in our imports so that the
present fiscal year ending June 30
1903 cannot fail to show many mil
lions more of gain in imports Nor
can there be any doubt that the fall
In the value of our exports for 1902
was due in a large measure to the very
conditions of our own prosperity The
home demand for many of our own
products was so strong with such high
prices commanded for them that In
numerous instances after the home
demand was satisfied there was noth
ing left to sell abroad Especially
was this the case owing to crop fail
ures a year ago last summer with
agriculture Exports of agriculture
were ninety millions less in the fiscal
year than in the previous period a
particular shrinkage occurring in corn
of which the American supply was
urgently required in this country stim
ulating prices so high that they were
prohibitive of export business
Yet though our exports of agricul
ture fell by ninety millions there was
a loss in total exports of only ten mil
lions more than that The value of
our mining exports increased from
38000000 to 39000000 There was
a decline in the value of exports of
manufactures to 404000000 from
412000000 in 1901 and from nearly
434000000 in 1900 Here again how
ever this was largely due to the fact
that in some lines of manufacture no
tably steel there was so much home
business that domestic producers could
not even fill their orders for Ameri
can consumption much less ship their
product for sale abroad This de
mand as the commercial agencies em
phasize still exists and orders are
booked so far ahead that the pros
perity of the first half at least of this
new year is a secured fact
One other factor of prosperity to
which we have given frequent refer
ence is made prominent in the annual
reviews of the commercial agencies It
is as to the relation of higher wages to
prosperity There is a feeling in spec
ulative Wall street that the unprece
dented advances in wages must check
earnings and so produce business de
pression or a fall in earnings But
they repeat our frequent reminder that
it is a fact that goes without saying
that the money which flows most
quickly into general circulation and
which applies the promptest purchas
ing power to the American market is
the money paid to wage earners week
by week and month by month and as
uniformly spent by them With the
swelling of wages of the people of the
United States the purchasing power
ot the home market goes on increasing
and the power to take foreign goods
imported as well and Presperity in
1903 marches out with a solid front
New York Press
NOT A FARMER IN IT
Agricultural Interests Totally Unrep
resented in the Recent Reciprocity
Convention
Last week a convention was held in
this city to forward a scheme to se
cure reciprocal trade relations be
tween this country and the Canadian
provinces It was attended by a num
ber of business men and manufactur
ers from various parts of the coun
try and several ambitious politicians
who are very anxious for advancement
In public life There were also a num
ber of Canadian statesmen generally
lawyers holding public positions nice
gentlemen to meet good talkers and
with the ability to make the worse
appear the better cause
Of course the Americans present de
pended reciprocity in the name of the
people whom they represented as cry
ing for it a fool Congress was
standing in the way We notice that
when men want anything badly them
selves they always demand it in the
name of the people If the American
people favored all tho wild sefcemez
these wind jammers credit thom with
the country would have been wrecked
years ago That It Is still doing busi
ness and fairly prosperous Is pretty
good evidence that people are not such
visionaries as these gentlemen cred
ited them with being
There was one peculiarity about this
convention which was claimed to rep
resent the people There was not
an Individual Invited or present who
represented the producing interests of
the country Not a farmer was In at
tendance and yet forty of the eighty
millions of people in the country live
on farms No one spoke for them ex
cept in the way of using their Industry
as a bait to Induce the Canadians to
grant concessions to manufacturers
The farmer was to bo sacrificed that
the manufacturer and dealer might
become more prosperous Canadian
grain dairy products cattle sheep
hogs wool and fruit were to be admit
ted free and in return the Canadians
would reduce their tariff on agricul
tural implements and manufactured
goods and the export duty on timber
It is a beautiful plan and formulated
along the lines that so many short
sighted business men have always ad
vocated Their cry is give us free raw
material and we will manufacture
goods for the world What tho pro
ducers of what they term raw ma
terial are to do under such conditions
they do not specify The condition of
the 40 millions of producers is a mat
ter of indifference to them The last
experience the country had with free
raw material and protected goods de
stroyed their home market and gave
them nothing in return Yet they have
such short memories that they are
anxious to try it again Many years
ago Solomon referred to a class of
people who might be brayed in a mor
tar and yet would not learn wisdom
We have the same kind with us to day
They make it a point to attend all
reciprocity conventions for which
their peculiar characteristics eminent
ly fit them The Michigan Farmer
The Winning Hand
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The Value of Production
One of the reasons why the Ameri
can consumer is able to pay so much
more for goods than most foreigners
is because the manufacturers of the
United States are not subjected to re
pressive measures They are practi
cally encouraged to let production ex
pand As a consequence the resources
of the country are energetically devel
oped and there is a larger share for all
those who assist in their production
That this is true the statistics of con
supmtion abundantly attest and be
ing true the people have a right to ac
count themselves prosperous n5 mat
ter how domestic prices may compare
with those which obtain in other coun
tries
The only persons who have anything
to complain of are the foreigners who
are the victims of the dumping
process and they will be fully justified
in taking any steps which may put an
end to the practice That they are
likely to do so is suggested by the vig
orous objections to dumping which
find their way into print in free trade
England Although the gospel of
cheapness is preached by British econ
omists it is noteworthy that they are
beginning to realize that when it ob
tains at the expense of the domestic
producer it is dearly paid for by all
classes Production is the mainspring
oi prosperity and anything that
strikes a blow at it must prove detri
mental to a country This is a truth
which sophistry cannot disguise even
in Great Britain where cheapness is
extolled but where it is nevertheless
clearly recognized that the cheapness
which proves destructive to domestic
industry is undesirable It is only the
American free trader who still suffers
from the hallucination that it is wise
for the consumer to seek to profit at
the expense of the producer San
Francisco Chronicle i
Tariff Reform
Representative Richardson of Ten-
nessee minority leader of the House
of Representatives in an interview in
the Washington Star Ind is quoted
as saying You will never have tariff
reform to suit the people so long as
the manufacturers virtually sits in
committee and writes the schedule
We all remember a tariff reform
when the importer sat in committee
and wrote all of the schedules except
what the Sugar Trust wrote This re
form made the people sick and will
probably keep the Democrats out of
power for quarter of a century
No Call for Them
There aient any free public soup
houses operating in unrentable busi
ness rooms this winter and glory be
there isnt any call for them Terre i
Haute Tribune
Onlv Frnm th Ont cio
J WW
What is prosperity asks the Chi
cago News Prosperity is a condition
which Democrats can view only frcm
the outside Oswego Times 1
HOW SNAKES SNARE BIRDS
Peculiar Fascination Exercised by
Swinging Movement
Tho cobra ot tho capo fascinates
birds by coiling Itself on a branch
srectlng Its head and swinging to and
fro Sundowner states that tho
snake will go on fascinating and
keeping the bird twittering and unablo
to leavo the tree In which It Is for
hours and that If the bird Is driven
away It comes back This may bo a
yarn But from the curlouB fascina
tion which non terrifyrj objects such
as lark glitters havo for some birds
and their apparent inability to resist
hovering round the luro tho far great
er mesmerizing power of tho serpent
may be conjectured
Movement more or less regular Is
always part of the means of fascina
tion employed by tho snakes Their
fondness for music of any kind is not
extended to the sound of the human
voice singing which snakes clearly do
not appreciate at all They only caro
for instrumental music which in
cludes tho concertina torn ton and
jews harp But from experlmentn
made In this country it was evident
that they into the bagpipes best
Spectator
VELOCITY OF THE EARTH
Instruments Enable Scientists to Meas
ure It With Exactitude
In order to calculate the linear ve
locity of the earth in its orbit wo
must first know Its distance from tho
sun If wo can measure the earths
velocity the suns distance can be com
puted If the velocity can be deter
mined with great accuracy the result
ing value of the suns distance is pro
portionately precise
The methods of spectroscopy havo
been so far improved that we are with
in measureable distance of determin
ing the solar parallax by spectroscopic
observations
If any star near the zodiac be ob
served with the spectroscope at tho
two seasons when its longitude differs
from that of the sun by ninety de
grees we can deduce not only the ve
locity of the star along the lino join
ing star and earth but also tho mean
velocity of the earth m Its orbit
Spectroscopic observations of stellar
velocity in the line of sight are now so
good that the value of the solar dis
tance which may be had on the prin
ciple described is at least of the samo
order of accuracy as values derived
from older methods New York Sun
NOT THAT BRAND OF APPLE
Less Luscious Article Than That
Which Tempted Eve
As a Christmas gift to the Paris
branch of the J P Morgan Co tho
head of the great banking house sent
ten barrels of the finest American ap
ples A glimpse of these apples
prompted the remark that those
Frenchmen will feel now as though
they never knew how a real apple
tastes
In selecting these luscious gifts Mr
Morgan experienced all the irritation
of a Christinas shopper Useless to
say that he wanted the best Samples
were shown the great financier of one
particular apple which the dealer as
serted was the best on the market
The tenacity with which the dealer
clung to this iVffieuIar quality of ap
ple annoyed Mr Morgan and he said
sharply
If Eve nad tempted Adam with tLfc
apple that couple would still be in
Paradise
His Awful Blunder
The careless man perpetrated the
most awful blunder imaginable last
week It is really not a subject for
laughter and yet some of the mans
friends had to laugh when he discov
ered his mistake and they saw his rue
ful face o see the man was going
to send a friend a bunch of roses as a
Christmas greeting and at the sams
time he ordered a wreath sent to the
house of an acquaintance whose sis
ter had died the night before
The man is a sympathetic soul and
he was plunged in woe when he went
to the florists to leave his order be
cause of this friends distress so just
how he did it will never be known
but the card intended for the bunch
of roses was placed on the wreath
and that meant for the wreath was
placed on the roses and the former
went to the house of the dead marked
A Merry Christmas and the latter
went to the debutante marked With
deepest sympathy a mix up that was
ridiculous however little the subject
calls for laughter now wasnt it
Baltimore News
Greatly Petted Fire Horses
The horses of the New York fire
department receive more petting prob
ably than any other horses in the
world In nearly every engine house
each of the stalls bears the name of
the horse occupant occupying it
large black letters on aluminum mark
ing the quarters of Tom Harry
Dick or Major as the case may
be The firemen are proud of their
dumb friends and not only do every
thing possible to make them com
fortable when they are off duty but
take pleasure in providing them with
little luxuries and tidbits
Accounted for the Crowds
At the time of the recent Yale-Harvard
fotball game in New Haven the
nearly thirty thousand people present
so filled the streets of the Elm Cit
that there were crowds everywhere
The little daughter of the Mr
Mudie had come to town with her
mother When she saw these great
throngs of people all around her she
showed her early religious training by
exclaiming
What is it mamma Resrsrrectioa
day