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The Bow of Orange Ribbon
By AMELIA E BARR
Author of Friend Olivia I Thou and the Other OnEto
Copyright 1868 by Dodfl Mead and Company
A ROMANCE OF NEW YORK
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CHAPTER XVI
For Freedoms Sake
It was this thundery atmosphere of
coming conflict or hopes and doubts
of sundering ties and fearful looking
forward that Richard and Katherine
Hyde -came from the idyllic peace and
beauty of their Norfolk house
It was an exquisite April morning
when they sailed up New York bay
once more Joris took his daughter in
his arms murmuring Mijn Katrijntje
Katrijntje Ach mijn kind
kind
He gave Hyde both hands he
called him mijn zoon he stooped
nd put the little lads arms around
his neck
Lysbet had always admired Hyde
and- she was very proud and happy to
have him in her home and to have
him call her mother The little
Joris took possession of her heart in
a moment
In a few hours things had fallen
naturally and easily into place Joris
-and Bram and Hyde sat talking of the
formation of a regiment Little Joris
leaned on his grandfathers shoulder
listening Lysbet and Katherine were
oinpacking trunks full of fineries and
pretty things
About four oclock as Katherine
-and Hyde were dressing Joanna and
Batavius and all their family arrived
Hyde met his brother-in-law with a
gentlemanly cordiality and Batavius
was soon smoking amicably with him
-as they discussed the proposed mili
tary organization Very soon Hyde
-asked Batavius If he were willing
to join it
When such a family a man has
he answered waving his hand com
placently toward the six children he
must have some prudence and consid
eration It is a fixed principle with
me not to meddle with the business of
-other people
If you go not yourself to the fight
Batavius said Joris plenty of young
anen are there longing to go who
3iave no arms and no clothes send in
your place one of them
It is my fixed principle not to
meddle in the affairs of other people
and my principles are sacrsd to me
Have- you read the speeches of
Adams and Hancock and Quincy
Have you heard what Col Washington
said in the Assembly
Oh these men are discontented
Something which they have not got
they want They are troublesome and
conceited They expect the century
will be called after them Now I
who punctually fulfil my obligations
as a father and a citizen I am con
tented I never make complaints I
never want more liberty You may
Tead in the Holy Scriptures that no
Sood comes of rebellion
Bram rose and with a long drawn
whistle left the room Joris said
sternly Enough you have spoken
Batavius None are so blind as those
who will not see
Well then father I can see what
is in the way of mine own business
and it is a fixed principle with me not
to meddle with the business of other
people
And he marshaled the six children
and their two nurses in front of him
and trotted off with Joanna upon his
arm fully persuaded that he had done
himself great credit and acted with
uncommon wisdom
The next morning was the Sabbath
and it broke in a perfect splendor of
sunshine They all walked to church
together and Hyde thought how beau
tiful the pleasant city was that Sab
bath morning
Katherine and Hyde and Bram were
together Joris and Lysbet were slow
ly following them Suddenly the
peaceful atmosphere was troubled by
the startling clamor of a trumpet A
second blast was accompanied by the
rapid beat of a horses hoofs and the
rider came down Broadway like one
on a message of life and death and
made no pause until he had very near
ly reached Maiden Lane
At that point a tall muscular man
seized the horse by the bridle and
asked What news
Great news great news There
has been a battle a massacre at Lex
ington a running fight from Concord
to Boston Stay me not But as he
shook the bridle free he threw a
handbill containing the official ac
count of the affair at Lexington to
the inquirer
Who then thought of church though
the church bells were ringing The
crowd gathered round the man with
the handbill and in ominous silence
listened to the tidings of the massacre
at Lexington the destruction of stores
at Concord the quick gathering of the
militia from the hills and dales around
Reading and Roxbury the retreat of
the British under their harassing fire
until worn out and disorganized they
had found a refuge in Boston
Joris was white and stern in his
emotion Bram stood by the reader
with a face as bright as a bride
grooms Hyde turned to the reader
who stood with bent brows and the
paper in his hand Well sir what is
to be done he asked
There are five hundred stand of
arms in the City Hall there are men
enough here to take them Let us
go
A loud cry of assent answered him
The news spread no one knew how
Taut men poured out from the churches
and the houses on their route and
their force was soon nearly a thou j
sand strong Joris could hardly en
dure the suspense About 2 oclock
as he was walking restlessly about
the house Bram and Hyde returned
together
Well he asked
Oh indeed all fortune fitted us
We went en masse down Broadway
into Wall street and so to the City
Hall where we made an entrance
And you got the arms
Faith we got all we went for
The arms were divided among the peo
ple
Where were the English soldiers
Indeed they were shut up In bar
racks Some of their officers were In
church others waiting for orders from
the governor or mayor
And where went you with the
armn
To a room in John street There
they were stacked the names of the
men enrolled and a guard placed over
them And now mother we will have
some dinner the soldier loves his
mess
But events cannot be driven by
wishes many things had to be set
tled before a movement forward could
be made Joris had his store to let
and the stock and good will to dispose
of Hydes time was spent as a re
cruiting officer In teompany with
Wlllet Sears and McDougall Hyde
might be seen enlisting men or or
ganizing the Liberty Regiment then
raising Every days events fanned
the temper of the city although it
was soon evident that the first fight
ing would be done in the vicinity of
Boston
For three weeks after that memor
able April Sunday Congress in ses
sion at Philadelphia had recognized
tae men in camp there as a Continen
tal army the nucleus of the troops
that were to be raised for the defense
of the country and had commissioned
Col Washington as commander-in-chief
to direct their operations Then
every heart was in a state of the
greatest expectation and excitement
In June the Van Heemskirk troops
were ready to leave for Boston near
ly six hundred young men full of
pure purpose and brave thoughts and
with all their illusions and enthusi
asms undimmed
The day before their departure they
escorted Van Heemskirk to his house
It would have been hard to find a
nobler looking leader than Joris And
the bright young lads who followed
him looked like his sons for most of
them strongly resembled him in per
son and any one might have been
sure even if the roll had not shown
it that they were Van Brunts and Van
Ripers and Van Rensselaers Roose
velts Westervelts and Terhunes
Katherine and Lysbet had made the
flag of the new regiment an orange
flag with a cluster of twelve blue
stars above the word liberty It was
Lysbets hands that gave it to them
But few words were said Lysbet and
Katherine could but stand and gaze
as heads were bared and the orange
folds flung to the wind and the in
spiring word liberty saluted with
bright upturned faces and a ringing
shout of welcome
It was to be the last evening at
home for Joris and Bram and Hyde
and everything was done to make it
a happy memory
There had been some expectation of
Joanna and Batavius but at the last
moment an excuse was sent The
child is sick writes Batavius but I
think then it is Batavius that is
afraid and not the child who is sick
said Joris
After supper Bram went to bid a
friend good by and as Joris and Lys
bet sat in the quiet parlor Elder
Semple and his wife walked In The
elder was sad and still He took the
hands of Joris in his own and looked
him steadily in the face Man Joris
he said whats sending you on sic a
daft like errand
Joris smiled and grasped tighter
his friends hand So glad am I to
see you at last elder As in you came
I was thinking about you Let us
part good friends and brothers If I
come not back
Tut tut Youre sure and certain
to come back and sae Ill save the
quarrel I hae wi you until then I
came to speak anent things in case
o the warst to tell you that if any
one wants to touch your wife or your
bairns a brick in your house or a
flower in your garden plat Ill stand
by all thats yours to the last shilling
I hae and nane shall harm them
I have a friend then I have you
Alexander Never this hour shall I
regret
The old men bent to each other
there were tears in their eyes With
out speaking they were aware of
kindness and faithfulness and grati
tude beyond the power of words
Hyde and Katherine were walking
in the garden lingering in the sweet
June twilight by the lilac hedge and
the river bank All Hydes business
was arranged he was going into the
fight without any anxiety beyond such
as was natural to the circumstances
While he was away his wife and son
were to remain with Lysbet If he
never came back ample provision had
been made for his wife and sons wel
fare but and he suddenly turned to
Katherine as if she had been con
scious of his thoughts the war will
not last very long dear heart and
when liberty is won and the founda
tion for a great commonwealth laid
why then we will buy a large estate
somewhere upon the banks of this
beautiful river A hundred years after
this your descendants shall wander
among the trelllages and cut hedges
and boxed walks and say What a
sweet taste our dear great great
grandmother had
And Katherine laughed at his merry
talk and touched his sword and asked
Is it the old sivord my Richard
The old sword Kate my sweet
With it I won my wife Oh indeed
yes He drew it partially from its
sheath and mused a moment Then
he slowly untwisted the ribbon and
tassel of bullion at the hilt and gave
it Into her hand I have a better
hilt ribbon than that he said and
when we go into the house I will re
trim my sword
She thought little of the remark at
the time though she carefully put the
tarnished tassel away among her
dearest treasures but it acquired a
new meaning in the morning The
troops were to leave very early and
soon after dawn she heard the clatter
of galloping horses and the calls of
the men as they reined up at their
commanders door
They rose from the breakfast table
and looked at their wives Lysbet
gave a little sob and laid her head a
moment upon her husbands breast
Katherine lifted her white face and
whispered with kisses Beloved one
go Night and day I will pray for
you and long for you My love my
dear one
Katherine held her husbands hand
till they stood at the open door Then
he looked into her face and down at
his sword with a meaning smile
And her eyes dilated and a vivid
blush spread over her cheeks and
throat and she drew him back a mo
ment and passionately kissed him
again and all her grief was lost in
love and triumph For wound tightly
around his sword hilt she saw
though it was brown and faded her
first fateful love token the Bow of
Orange Ribbon
Postscript
Quotations from a letter dated July
5 A D 18S5
Yesterday I went with my aunt to
spend the Fourth at the Hydes They
have the most delightful place a
great stone house in a wilderness of
foliage and beauty and yet within
convenient distance of the railroad
and the river boats Kate Hyde said
the house is more than a hundred
years old and that the fifth generation
is living in it I am sure there are
pictures enough of the family to ac
count for three hundred years but
the two handsomest after all are
those of the builders They were very
great people at the court of Washing
ton I believe I suppose it is natural
for those who have ancestors to brag
about them and to show off the old
buckles and fans and court dresses
they have hoarded up not to speak of
the queer bits of plate and china and
I must say the Hydes have a really
delightful lot of such But
the strangest thing is the household
talisman It is not like the luck of
Eden hall it is neither crystal cup
nor silver vase nor magic bracelet
nor an old slipper But they have a
tradition that the house will prosper
as long as it lasts and so this pre
cious palladium is carefully kept in
a locked box of carved sandalwood
for it is only a bit of faded satin that
was a love token a St Nicholas Bow
of Orange Ribbon
The End
GOT THE BRIDES GARTERS
Eight Fair Ones Gladdened by the
Lucky Talisman
The fashionable Riverside Drive
district is tittering over the original
ity of a young bride last week whose
gifts to her eight bridesmaids were
garters Each girl received a single
garter The bride was deep in ar
rangements before the wedding when
one of the Danish servants told her of
a popular superstition in her native
land The maid said the very essence
of good luck both for bride and
briesmaid might be accomplished by
the bride giving the left garter to her
attendant after the wedding cere
mony The Riverside Drive belle
thought the superstition delightful
and being somewhat faddish she
decided to try the Danish talisman
But cried the girl I have eight
bridesmaids and only one left garter
This predicament she confided to her
fiance blushing prettily as she spoke
the unmentionable word The man
solved the problem in a moment He
told her to wear eight pairs of garters
for eight days and on the wedding
day to wear all left eight garters In
this way each bridesmaid might re
ceive an acclimated garter teeming
with good luck The ceremony was
flourishing and before the white
robed bride slipped into her going
away gown she called her faithful
bridesmaids to a retiring room
Girls she said here is your gift
Then she unclasped eight left garters
that encircled her silk hose and each
girl received her talisman A still
worse dilemma was when the ushers
asked the bridesmaids what their
bridal gifts were They answered
Something lucky
In the Zoo
They stood in front of the elephants
watching the two big animals mov
ing restlessly about The man was
of aldermanic proportions of gener
ous girth well fed apparently and
also well satisfied with himself The
boy was a little bit of a chap whe
clung to his fathers hand quite des
perately It was evident that the boy
was enjoying his first visit to the zoo
His questions were many The last
one he asked in the elephant house
was
Daddy do you think that elephant
is as heavy as you
MILES IS AT HOME
THE GENERAL TALKS OF HIS
TRIP ABROAD
HAS BEEN AWAY FIVE MONTHS
His Observation Particularly of the
Japanese Army and Navy Through
Northern China to Siberia Notes of
the Journey
NEW YORK Lieutenant General
Nelson A Miles commanding the Uni
ted States army his wife and party
arrived here Monday on the Lucania
They have been abroad five months
and in that time have been around
the world
One feature of the trip across the
Atlantic for the general was the send
ing of a Marconigram to King Edward
VII February 9 When the Lucania
was eighty miles from the Marconi
station at Crook Haven General Miles
sent the following message
Midocean greeting with best
wishes for happiness and health to
his majesty and the royal family
To which the following reply was
received by cable on the arrival of
the Lucania Monday
1 have submitted your message to
the king I am commanded by his
majesty to thank you for your good
wishes and to say for him that it af
forded him much gratification to re
ceive it at Windsor
KNOLLYS
With the general were Colonel and
Mrs M P Maus Henry Clark Rousea
of New York F B Wilborg of Cin
cinnati Mrs Miles and Sherman Hoyt
Colonel Whitney was with the party
when they left this country but return
ed some weeks ago
To his interviewers General Miles
said
I have been abroad for five months
I left September 11 for the Pacific
coast and there made an inspection
of the forts and coast defenses from
Puget Sound to Southern California
On October 1 we sailed on the
transport Thomas We stopped at
Honolulu the Sandwich islands and
then sailed for Guam We touched
at the island then continued to the
Philippines We spent a month there
I examined the military situation and
visited the principal stations and forts
and inspected the troops There were
no serious hostilities at that time The
20000 troops there were in fine shape
We then Avent to Nagasaki Hong
Kong and Canton
The Japanese army is very well
equipped and disciplined so is the
navy When I was there they were
discussing the question of raising a
large fund for the equipment of the
navy In the army they have most
modern appliances The Japanese are
efficient in their system The system
of inspection and routine is much the
same as ours They pay a great deal
of attention to drills physical condi
tion and gymnastic exercise Tne corps
of the Tokio academy numbers about
as many cadets as we have at West
Point and it is a well constructed and
efficient corps
Continuing the general said the par
ty went from Japan to Port Arthur and
thence to Pekin
I remained there a short time We
have there a small detachment of
troops the legation guard at the cap
ital Everything there is quiet We
were accorded an audience by the em
oeror and the dowager empress They
received us with a great deal of cour
tesy and attention We saw the
troops of the Chinese army and the
troops of the allied forces which are
still there
General Miles party went through
northern China to Siberia passing
through Manchuria en route and on to
Moscow
HE RETURNS TO MISSOURI
Cole Younger Goes to the Scenes of
His Earlier Life
ST PAUL Minn Cole Younger the
pardoned bandit left St Paul and Min
nesota Saturday for his old home in
Missouri which he has not seen in
twenty seven years when he left it to
participate in the memorable North
field bank raid which resulted in his
arrest and imprisonment
Younger had planned to leave St
Paul Monday but he received a tele
gram Saturday afternoon stating that
his sister was seriously ill at Lees
Summet Mo and he decided to leave
at once He cannot under the con
ditions of the pardon return to Min
nesota He said he intended to locate
in Dallas Texas and would probably
go into the stockraismg business
Mont Pelee Still Belching
NEY YORK Captain Ebert of the
German steamer Catania which arriv
ed Sunday from Brazil reports that
on Tebruary 4 while passing the island
of Martinique he made an observa
tion of Mont Pelee Much smoke was
issuing from the crater and great
quantities of lava was flowing down
the mountain and into the sea causing
big clouds of steam to rise from the
surface of the water
VALUABLE MAIL PACKAGE LOST
Letters Containing 50000 in Cammer
cial Paper Missing
INDIANAPOLIS Ind A packago
of letters containing upwards of 50
000 In commercial paper was lost by
the poBtal authorities from a pouch
on the Pennsylvania train leaving
Louisville at midnight January 31
and running to Chicago via Indianap
olis
The postal authorities have failed
to produce the missing package The
loss was first made known by com
plaints coming to the Indianapolis
postoffice irom towns along the line
Twenty one complaints have been
made and nearly all speak of letters
loBt with commercial paper in them
The theory at present at the post
office is that the package was left in
a pouch through the carelessness of
an employe after it was thought to
have been emptied No suspicion
rests on any one of wrong doing and
no attempt has been made to cash
any of the missing checks
The Child Saving Institute of Omaha
The child Saving Institute of Omaha
is distinguished from other organiza
tions in that this institution in some
cases allows parents and relatives to
know where the children are placed
Some years ago an appeal was made
to another society to take charge of
a little girl nine years of age whose
mother had died in Omaha The
grandmother of the child who was 70
years of age and very feeble was
anxious to know where the little girl
would be placed This society said
No you can never know her loca
tion The grandmother was anxious
to receive occasionally little letters
that her granddaughter might write
Being refused an appeal was then
made to the Child Saving Institute of
Omaha and the little girl was placed
in a home near Fullerton Neb since
which time she has written many com
forting letters to the old lady in her
declining years It does not appear
to this institution that any harm was
done to the child nor any one else in
allowing her grandmother to know
her whereabouts There aro many
similar cases
MR BRYAN IN NEW YORK
Not a Candidate for President or Any
Other Office
NEW YORK Many women were
present to hear William Tannings
Bryan sneak before the Womens
Democratic club in Brooklyn Monday
afternoon
Among other things Mr Bryan
said
I am just as much interested in
public affairs as ever but I am not a
candidate for president or any other
office
I regard the obligations that rest
upon the private citizen as imperative
as those imposed upon the public of
ficial
I have felt that I can no more es
cape from the work that I am now
trying to do than a man in the pen
itentiary can escape the work imposed
upon him
I am not going to change my views
on public questions and I am still pre
pared to give reasons for my faith
New Greek Letter Fraternity
WASHINGTON D C A new secret
leteter fraternity named the Sigma
Nu Phi designed to embrace chapters
in all the law schools of the United
States has filed articles of incorpor
ation here Members of other fra
ternities will not be admitted The
membership will be confined entirely
to undergraduates of law schools and
alumni associations and their facul
ties It is proposed ultimately to own
a fraternity house in Washington and
to publish a paper here The incor
porators are members of the faculty
and under graduates of the National
University School of Law
UNION PACIFIC LOSES CASH
Court Decides that 800000 Must Go
to Government
BOSTON Mass In the United
States circuit court Thursday Judge
Colt decided that the entire fund in
dispute between the federal govern
ment and the Emergency Loan
Trust company should go to the
United States The amount is 600
000 now in the hands of the Amer
ican Loan Trust company of Bos
ton
The decision is believed to finally
settle the long controversy between
the United States and the Union Pa
cific railroad for which the trust
company acted as referee
Monster Aerolite Falls
SALT LAKE Utah A special to
the Tribune from Bingham Utah
says
A large meteor struck the earth in
the vicinity of this place at 404
oclock Saturday morning The fall
nig body when it collided with the
earth caused windows to rattle and
the house to tremble while a sound
like a mighty clap of thunder awak
ened the inhabitants from their sleep
nnmBlM UnWrjMXSwr
Literature and Tobacco
Somohow or other wo associate to
bacco with literary mon but not all
writers aro lovers of the weed Goethe
hated tobacco Intensely and nover
lost a chance to attack It Hclnrlch
Heino had tho same dislike
Balzac who lived on black coffee
preached wisely to tho young about
the vko of smoking and Victor Hugo
and Dumas wore equally opposed to
tho practice But tho list of French
smokers comprises many great names
such as Alfred do Musset Eugene
Sue Paul de St Victor Prosper
and Baudelaire
Mme Dudcvant better known as
George Sand often indulged in a cigar
between the intervals of her literary
labors
The poet Bloomflcld wrote sweet
pastoral rnymes with a cloud of to
bacco smoko making a fog around hi
head Campbell Mooro and Byron
delighted in Its temperate use and
Tennyson was a great smoker
One of the quaint scenes in the
realm of letters is that of Carlylo and
his old mother sitting together by tho
chimney corner each smoking a
dark brown pipe and chatting earn
estly the while
Wanted a Sample Cigar
Let mo have a sample of those
said a woman after looking critically
at several boxes of cigars which the
salesman exhibited as Just tho thing
for him
The clerk put out one of the cigars
in a paper case and handed It over as
if giving away sample cigars was
quite customary
Thats the way women beat the
Jokesmiths said the salesman when
tfte woman had gone out You dont
see so many jokes nowadays about
women giving their husbands and
beaux bad cigars Well thats be
cause they get samples just as they
do in buying silks and ribbons and
try them on their men folks The he
in this case will smoke that cigar to
night If ho likes it she will bo In
to morrow to buy a box of them It
struck us as pretty cheeky when the
first request was made of us for a
sample cigar but now we are quite
used to it and it pays bringing us
quite a little steady trade
Disliked Publicity But
Young man the rising statesman
said to tho reporter newspaper no
toriety is exceedingly distasteful to
me but since you have asked me to
give you some of the particulars of
the leading events of my life I will
comply I do so however with great
reluctance
Here he took a typewritten sheet
from a drawer in his desk and handed
it to the reporter
I suppose of course ho added
you will want my portrait and al
though I dislike anything that savors
of undue publicity I can do no less
than comply with your wish
Here he took a large photograph
from a pile in another drawer and
gave it to the reporter
Anecdotal matter concerning my
self ho added you will find in thi3
printed leaflet as well as particular
of my hobbies and tastes When this
appears in print you may send me 25J
copies of the paper
Making Use of the Professor
A Vienna professor of considerable
fame used to take his midday meal at
a well known cafe in that city
One very wet day when leaving af
ter his usual meal the learned doctor
was astonished to find in place of his
own shabby headgear a real sparkling
Parisian hat He could only attribute
this to the delicate attention of some
kind friend and on reaching home ho
displayed his newly acquired chapcau
to his admiring family Next day
when at the cafe as usual he was ac
costed by a young man who politely
remarked
Doctor allow me to claim my hrt
and apologize for the apparent mis
take The fact was I had no umbrella
you had I did not know what to do
to prevent my hat from being spoiled
In the rain and as I knew it would not
hurt yours I borrowed it and now re
turn it with thanks
Washingtons New Senator
Levi Ankeny senator elect from
Washington to succeed George Turner
is a millionaire banker and farmer
Mr Ankeny is awkward and diffident
so it is quite unlikely that he will
take a prominent part in senatorial
deliberations It is generally believed
that but for the active and dexterous
campaign conducted by his wife he
could not have been elected senator
Mrs Ankeny is a daughter of ex-Senator
Nesmith
Editorial Idea
Our idea of an impossible feat is to
walk past a crowd of boys with snow
balls in their hands and looks digni
fied Atchison Globe
ff Next Week
Ae Maid gf
Maiden Lane
A Sequel to
The Bow of Orange Ribbon
By AMELIA E BARK
A most
charming tala
of the
American
Revolutionary
period
