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THE MAID af MAIDEN HANE
Sequel to The Bow of Orange Ribbon
A IiOVE STORY BY AMEUIA E BARB
Copyrlcht 1900 by Amelia E Barr
CHAPTER VIII Continued
Without a pause without an erasure
this letter had transcribed itself from
Cornelias heart to the small gilt edged
note paper but she found it much
more difficult thing to answer the re
quest of Rem Van Arlens She was
hurt and agitated and withal a little
sorry for Rem and she was also in a
hurry for the letter for Joris was
Raiting as she wished to send both
by the same messenger Finally she
wrote the following words not notic
ing at the time but remembering
afterwards what a singular soul re
luctance she experienced how some
uncertain presentiment vague and
dark and drear stifled her thoughts
and tried to make her understand or
at least pause
My Dear and Honored Friend
Your letter has given me very
great sorrow You must have known
for many weeks even months that
marriage between us was impossible
It has always been so it always will
be so I grieve at your going away I
pray that your absence may bring you
some consolation Do not I beg you
attempt to call on my father With
out explanations I tell you very sin
cerely such a call will cause me great
trouble for you know well a girl
must trust somewhat to others judg
ment in her disposal Please to con
sider your letter as never written
With a sad sense of the pain my words
must cause you I remain for all time
your faithful friend and obedient serv
ant Cornelia Moran
Then she rang for a lighted candle
and while waiting for its arrival neatly
folded her letters Her white wax and
seal were at hand and she delayed
the servant until she had closed and
addressed them
You will take Lieut Hydes letter
first she said Mr Van Ariens
note you can deliver as you return
As soon as this business was quite
out of her hands she sank with a
happy sigh into a large comfortable
chair let her arms drop gently and
closed her eyes to think over what
she had done She was quite satis
fied She was sure that no length of
reflection could have made her decide
differently She bad Hydes letter in
her bosom and she pressed her hand
against it and vowed to her heart
that he was worthy of her love and
that he only should have it Oh
there is nothing I would alter in him
even at the cost of a wish Joris
Joris and she let the dear name
sweeten her lips while the light of
love brightened and lengthened her
eyes and spread over her lovely face
a blushing gnw
The tea tray was brought in at five
oclock but Dr Moran had not re
turned and there was in both wom
ens hearts a little sense of disap
pointment Mrs Moran was wonder
ing at his unusual delay Cornelia
feared he would be too weary and
perhaps too much interested in other
matters to permit her lover to speak
But even bo she thought Joris
can come again To night is not the
only opportunity
When the doctor came Cornelia was
bo thoughtful for the weary mans
comfort so attentive and so amusing
that he found it easy to respond to
the happy atmosphere surrounding
him So an hour passed and Cornelia
began to listen for the sound of
Hydes step upon the flagged walk
With her work in her hand making
laborious stitches by a drawn thread
she sat listening with all her being
Half past eight She looked up and
caught her mothers eyes and the
trouble and question in them and
the needle going through the fine
muslin seemed to go through her
c
Began to listen for Hydes step
Sieart At nine the watching became
Unbearable She said softly I must
-go to lied I am tired Her move
ment in the room roused the doctor
thoroughly He stood up stretched
Jris arms walked to the window and
booking out said It is a lovely
night but the moon looks like storm
Oh and he turned quickly with
the exclamation I forgot to tell you
that I heard to day that Gen Hyde re
turned on the Mary Pell this morn
ing bringing with him a child
A child said Mrs Moran
A girl then a little mite of a
creature Mrs Davy told me the
Captain carried her in his arms to
the carriage which took them to Hyde
Manor
Then Cornelia said a hasty good
night and went to her room She
was sick at heart she trembled
something in her life had lost Its
foothold and a sudden bewildering
terror she knew not how to explain
took possession of her
She buried her face in her pillow
and wept bitterly Alas Alas -Love
wounds as cruelly when she fails as
when he strikes
CHAPTER IX
i
Misdirected Letters
The night so unhappy to Cornelia
was very much more unhappy to
Hyde He had sent his letter to her
before eleven in the morning and if
Fortune were kind to him he expect
ed an answer soon after leaving
Madame Jacobus When noon passed
and one oclock struck he rang for
some refreshments
At 3 there was a knock at his door
and he went hastily to answer it Bal
thazar stood there with the longed
for letter in his hand He felt that he
must be quite alone with it So he
turned the key and then stood a mo
ment to examine the outside He
kissed the superscription and kissed
the white seal and sank into his
chair with a sigh of delight to read It
In a few moments a change beyond
all expression came over his face
perplexity anger despair cruelly as
sailed him It was evident that some
irreparable thing had ruined all his
hopes He was for some moments
dumb This trance of grief was fol
lowed by passionate imprecations and
reproaches wearing themselves away
to an utter amazement and incredul
ity He had flung the letter to the
floor but he lifted it again and went
over the cruel words forcing himself
to read them slowly and aloud
Your letter has given me very
great sorrow let me die if that is
not what she says very great sor
row You must have known for
weeks even months that marriage
between us was impossible am 1
perfectly in my senses It always
has been and always will be why tis
heart treason of the worst kind Oh
Cornelia Cornelia And she grieves
at my going away and bids me on
no account call on her father and
takes pains to tell me the No is ab
solute and I am not to blame her
Oh this is the vilest treachery It is
Rem Van Ariens who is at the bottom
of it May the devil take the fellow
I shall need some heavenly power to
keep my hands off him I will never
wonder again at anything a woman
does Was ever a lover so be
trayed
Thus his passionate grief and an
ger tortured him until midnight
Then he threw himself upon his bed
and his craving suffering heart at
length found rest in sleep from the
terrible egotism of its sorrow
Never for one instant did he im
agine this sorrow to be a mistaken
and quite unnecessary one Not
taking Rem Van Ariens seriously into
his consideration and not fearing his
rival in any way it was beyond all
his suspicions that Rem should write
to Cornelia in the same hour and for
the same purpose as himself And
that she should be forced by circum
stances to answer both Rem and him
self in the same hour and in the very
stress and hurry of her great love
and anxiety should misdirect the let
ters were likelihoods outside his
consciousness
It was far otherwise with Rem The
moment he opened the letter brought
him by Cornelias messenger in that
very moment he knew that it was not
his letter He understood at once the
position and perceived that he held
in his hand an instrument which if
affairs went as he desired was likely
to make trouble he could perchance
turn to his own advantage These
thoughts sprang at once into his re
flections but were barely enter
tained before nobler ones displaced
them As a Christian gentleman he
knew what he ought to do without
cavil and without delay and he rose
to follow the benignant justice of his
conscience Into this obedience how
ever there entered an hesitation of a
second of time and that infinitesimal
period was sufficient for his evil
genius
Why will you meddle it asked
It will be far wiser to let Hyde take
the first step If the letter he has
received is so worded that he knows
it is your letter it is his place to
make the transfer and he will be
sure to do it
And he hesitated and then sat
down and as there is wickedness
even in hesitating about a wicked act
Rem easily drifted from the negative
to the positive of the crime contem
plated
I had better keep it he mused
and see what will come of the keep
ing
He suffered in this decision suf
fered in his own way quite as much
as Hyde did He saw clearly that
Cornelia had never loved him that
his hopes had always been vain and
he experienced all the bitterness of
being slighted and humbled for an
enemy
He felt a sudden haste to escape
himself and seizing his hat walked
rapidly to his fathers office Peter
looked up as he entered and the
question in his eyes hardly needed
the simple interrogatory
Well then
It is No I shall go to Boston
early in the morning
I have Just heard that Gen Hydo
came back this morning He Is now
the Right Honorable the Earl of
Hyde and his son is as you know
Lord George Hyde Has this made a
difference
It has not Let us count up what
Is owing to us After all there is a
certain good in gold
That is the truth In any adver
sity gold can find friends
Then the two men spent several
hours in going over their accounts
and during this time no one called
on Rem and he received no message
When he returned home he found af
fairs just as he had left them So
far so good he thought I will let
sleeping dogs lie Why should I set
them baying about my affairs I will
not do it and with this determina
tion in his heart he fell asleep
But Rems sleep was the sleep of
tired flesh and blood and heavy as
lead And the waking from such sleep
if there is trouble to meet Is like
being awakened with a blow He
leaped to his feet and the thought
y fvik
be well disposed to let all old affairs
drop quietly and if so he mused
Cornelia will not be so dainty and
I may get Yes where I got No
Hyde spent a miserable night and
a sense of almost intolerable deser
tion and injury awoke with him
I must get into the fresh air he
said I am faint and weak I must
see my mother
He rode rapidly through the city
and when he reached his Grandfather
Van Heemskirks house he saw him
leaning over the half door smoking
his pipe He drew rein then and the
old gentleman came to his side
Why art thou here he asked Is
thy father or Lady Annie sick
My father at home
That is the truth Where wert
thou not to know this
I came to town yesterday morn
ing 1 had a great trouble I was
sick and kept my room
And sick thou art now I can see
that said Madame Van Heemskirk
coming forward What is the mat
ter with thee my Joris
Cornelia has refused me I know
now how it it that no woman will
love me Am I so very disagreeable
Thou art as handsome and as
charming as can be and it is not
Cornelia that has said no to thee
it is her father Now he will be sorry
for thy uncle is dead and thy father
is Earl Hyde and thou thyself art
a lord
To be continued
PUT LINCOLN IN OFFICE
Only Two Survivors of the Illinois
Electors
As the Hon William Pitt Kellogg
former senator from Louisiana and
Judge Lawrence Weldon of the Court
of Claims gave each other cordial
greeting in the lobby of the Shore
ham yesterday the interesting fact
was recalled that these two men are
the only survivors of the Illinois elec
tors who in 1860 were chosen to cast
the vote of that state for Abraham
Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin
Yes said Gov Kellogg Judge
Weldon and I alone are left of the
eleven who in that historic campaign
delivered the vote of Illinois to Lin
coln The full list of electors from
our state was Leonard Swett John
M Palmer Allen C Fuller William
B Plato Lawrence Weldon William
P Kellogg James Stark James C
Conklin H P H Bromwell Thomas
G Allen and John Olney Several of
these notably John M Palmer and
Leonard Swett became famed after
ward throughout the nation
Gen Palmer won fame -in the war
and led the Fourteenth corps in the
Atlanta campaign He was also gov
ernor of Illinois from 1869 to 1873
United States senator in 1892 and in
1896 was the candidate of the gold
Democrats for president
This same year of the Lincoln
campaign continued Gov Kellogg in
further reminiscent vein Richard
Yates was elected governor of Illi
nois As war governor he gave
Grant the opportunity that made him
the greatest general in history Yates
was re elected to the gubernatorial
office in 1S62 and from 1865 to 1871
he served as United States senator
His son is now governor of Illinois
Washington Post
NO TAKM EEYISION
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DEFINES
HIS POSITION
He Cannot Perceive in Existing Con
ditions Anything That Calls for
Changes in Duty Schedule Prior to
Presidential Election of 1904
All doubt as to the attitude of the
administration regarding the ques
tion of tariff revision has been remov
ed by the events of the past few days
Before starting on his Western tour
President Roosevelt had decided to
make known in the most emphatic
and unmistakable manner his views
as to the advisability of any immedi
ate alteration of the Dingley law
schedules Prefatory to the- speech
of the President himself at Minneapo
lis on the 4th of April was the speech
of Secretary Shaw at Peoria III
March 31 and the speech of Secre
tary Root before the Home Market
club in Boston April 2 The two
cabinet officers served admirably in
preparing the way for the official
declaration of the President At Peo
ria Mr Shaw pronounced against
any and all interference with the
tariff now or in the near future He
declared that in his judgment no con
dition exists which would justify any
attempt at tariff changes and he took
pains to make it perfectly clear that
such a thing as partial tariff revision
is impossible Once the subject is
taken up the whole tariff must be re
vised Secretary Root held practi
cally the same ground in his Boston
speech
Last and most important of all
President Roosevelt at Minneapolis
defined his position and that of the
Republican party in vigorous opposi
tion to tariiT revision either as a rem
edy for trusts or for any other rea
son He did not contend nor does
any protectionist that the existing
tariff schedules are sacred and must
be forever left untouched The law
as it stands contains many
tions and inequalities and these
will some day be corrected according
as changed and changing conditions
shall suggest But not now Stabil
ity said the President is the vital
need of all industry and all business
and the tariff schedules should not be
changed until it shall have become
certain that the advantage to be
thereby gained will outweigh the
damage inflicted upon business by
tariff changes No such condition
now exists and the evils that are
complained of would be aggravated
rather than corrected if the reckless
disturbers of business stability were
permitted to precipitate upon the
country a protracted period of tariff
tinkering
The President has spoken plainly
and wisely The country will wel
come and approve what he has said
Tariff tinkering foolishness was mak
ing some headway among a class of
Republicans posing as reformers and
it was full time the President declar
ed himself It is settled once for all
that the Republican party will stand
by and not apoligize for its vital doc
trine of protection to all labor and all
industry
T300D LUCK TO HIM
That Is How the Free Traders Feel
Toward Gov Cummins
Democratic and free trade editors
seem to be greatly gratified at the
pronounced tariff reform flavor of the
latest speech of Gov Cummins They
profess to see in it two things which
are most pleasing first a marked
tendency toward lower duties and in
creased foreign competition and sec
ond the well defined prospect of a
serious split in the Republican party
on the question of tariff protection
The New York Evening Post says
Gov Cummins of Iowa stands by
his tariff guns Fresh from commun
ings at the White House he tells the
Republicans of his state that he is
more determined than ever to work
for the Iowa idea of cutting down
tariff duties and of abolishing alto
gether those that are taken advantage
of for the awful object of enhancing
domestic prices unduly especially by
means of combinations aiming at mon
opoly There is an irrepressible conflict
forced upon the Republican party
Gov Cummins believes and he favors
making the fight with bold initiative
instead of being put feebly on the de
fensive Therefore he proposes to
retain the tariff reduction plank in
WJ - L lt M44L
tho Iowa platform this year and to
demand its insertion in the national
platform of 1904 We wish him good
luck but both ho and President
Roosevelt have yet much to learn
about the protectionist old man of the
sea who is firmly planted on tho
partys shoulders and clutching its
throat
Very naturally the Evening Post
wishes the Iowa iconoclast good
luck Anybody anywhere whoso
knife is out for tariff ripping is sure
to secure a blessing and a benediction
from the enemies of American labor
and Industry
Greatest of All Buyers
For the first time in our history
manufacturers materials have In the
month of February 1903 constituted
more than half of the total imports
Twenty one years ago the proportion
of manufacturers material was 339
per cent of the total of imports In
February the percentage had reached
513 In that montli our manufactur
ers bought of foreigners 42000000
worth of materials to be converted
into finished products by American
labor The total of this class of im
portations for the fiscal year ending
June 30 1903 will be at least 450
000000 or 35000000 more than in
1902 This does not indicate the
need of any change in our tariff sys
tem looking toward increased pur
chases from tho outside worli We
are already the most liberal buyers of
foreign commodities of any nation on
earth Lower tariff duties would re
sult in our buying much more of fin
ished products in which American
labor would have no part but they
would undoubtedly diminish the quan
tity which we buy of material used in
manufacture Better leave the tariff
as it is
How to Kill Trusts
The tariff is the mother of trusts
St Paul Globe
Yes on the same principle that
woman is the mother of measles A
woman has children and children
have measles
The tariff is the mother of certain
Reached Van Heemskirks house
of his loss and the shame of it and
the horror of the dishonorable thing
he had done assailed him with a bru
tal force and swiftness He was
stunned by the suddenness and the
inexorable character of his trouble
And he told himself it was best to
run away from what he could not
fight As soon as he was well on
the road to Boston he even began to
assume that Hyde full of the glory
of his new position would doubtless
A SURPLUS OF HOT AIR SURE TO CAUSE TROUBLE
frSISL Sh fsM
industries and they under the man
agement of commercial genius are
the mothers of certain trusts Kill
the industries and you will kill the
trusts sure All this can be found in
all editions of that famous work the
American Business Primer first page
New York Sun
Very Little Difference
We would like to have some good
and kind Polk county politician point
out wherein the speech recently de
livered by Mr Cummins differs from
the speech delivered at about the
same time by Edward Shepard the
head of Tammany hall as far as the
tariff is concerned Cedar Rapids
Republican
One was a Republican speech and
the other Democratic That is the
main difference Des Moines Regis
ter and Leader
Should Be Spent at Home
Secretary Wilson says this country
last year paid 122000000 for im
ported sugar In his opinion that vast
sum ought to be expended at home to
support the growing American in
dustry and he is confident that we
will at no distant day produce our own
sugar and have a surplus for expor
tation Huntington Ind Farmers
Guide
Good Investment for Bryan
William Jennings Bryan says he
has contributed 17000 something to
the cause of Democracy He may
have meant that many silver dollars
or mere words In either case his con
tribution seems to have been a reck
less waste for the cause though a
good investment for his own pocket
Camden Post Telegram
All at Sea
The Democratic party is fading
away rapidly about time for it to be
thinking of getting its life insured
Thats impossible
Too hazardous a risk eh
Not only that but I dont believe
theres any one who can make out its
policy Philadelphia Press
Dont Always Denounce Them
Some Republicans are denouncing
the manufacturers of America some
thing they did not do in 1896 when
they were accepting contributions to
assist in electing William McKinKy
and the establishment of American
protection De3 Moines Capital
A TIP TAKERS VIEW
Sec3 a Decline In the Great Ameri
can Habit
Tho bitter cry of tho victims of th2
tip nuisance is loud In tho land but
the recipients of tips havo usuallj
maintained a haughty silence Now
Mr James S Stemons a colored
waiter explains their point of view
in tho Independent
Waiters wages have everywhere
been reduced with tho growth of tips
so that tho tipper is merely making
good tho deficiencies of tho employer
But of lato there has also been a
great decline in tho volume of tips
so that the waiter underpaid and
confronted with tho loss of Ills per
quisite at the samo timo is flattened
between tho two rolls of a wringer
In a number of representative
hotels and restaurants in different
cities tho tips received by colored
waiters vary from nothing at one
place in Cleveland to a dollar and n
half a day in New York At the best
hotel in New Orleans they average
seventy five cents a day in Louisville
fifteen cents and In Philadelphia
from forty cents to a dollar The
usual range in tho South is low
In the North tho tendency Is for
the best hotels and restaurants tc
employ white waiters Where color
ed men aro employed they get much
lower wages
As a rule colored waiters draw
from 18 to 22 a montli in wages
and they aro lucky when they can
get 15 more in tips In most res
taurants the bulk of the business is
compressed within two or three
hours and ten cents is tho prevailing
fee In fact it is only the most
aggressive waiter who manages tc
average so much as fifty cents a day
in tips
The recipient of this tip takes it as
a matter of hard necessity not he
cause ho likes to The author of the
article quoted worked for three
years before he consented to accept
one and then it was forced upon him
But the tip will stay until tho patrons
of hotels and restaurants induce pro
prietors to pay living wages Such a
movement if Mr Stemons may he
credited will have the enthusiastic
support of the waiters whoso sup
posed exactions inspired the virtuous
resolves of the Anti Tipping league
SAYING PRAYERS IN ADVANCE
How Thoughtful Child Provided for
Seasons Enjoyment
Julian Hawthorne sometimes tells
an amusing story of the childhood of
his daughter Hildegarde
Once when Hildegarde was a lit
tle girl he will begin she was
elated over the fact that we wero
all going to spend the summer at tho
seashore Particularly was she elated
on the night before our departure
Her eyes shone her cheeks were
flushed and she could do nothing but
dance and clap her hands for joy
After she had gone to her room
I heard her chattering away like an
insane person for a long time I
peeped in and saw her on her knees
praying Over and orer again she
repeated the same prayer
Hildegarde I said what on
earth are you doing child
I am saying my prayers now for
all summer she answered so that I
wont have to waste any time on
them while we are away New
York Tribune
Bilkins and His Joke
Forty years ago Bilkins then a lad
saw it for the first time It was in
an old almanac which had been
printed before he was born The alm
anac credited it to a still older pub
lication Bilkins laughed when he
saw it To his immature mind it ap
peared funny Then he took it unto
himself for his own and every year
at the recurring season he has in
flicted it upon his friends
The other day while rain was fall
ing Bilkins in a waterproof coat and
under an umbrella met Silkins dash
ing along unprotected from the ele
ments Bilkins seized the oppor
tunity
Hello Silkins he cried Wheres
your umbrella Lent Ill bet Ha
ha
No howled Silkins Its stolen
you dodgasted idiot And he smote
Bilkins full sore
A policeman assisted Bilkins out of
the gutter While waiting for the
ambulance the officer said
Let this be a warning to you Re
member the man who jokes about an
umbrella and Lent borrows trouble
from people who are glad to let hiir
have it
True Love
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments Love is not Iovt
Which alters when it alteration finds
Or bends with the remover to remove
O no it is an ever fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never
shaken
It is the star to every wandering bark
Whose worths unknown although hi3
hight be taken
Loves not Times fool though rosy lips
and cheeks
Within his bending sickles compass
come
Love alters not with his brief hours and
weeks
But bears it out evn to the edge of
doom
If this be error and upon me proved
I never writ nor no man ever loved
Shakespeare
Theories and Facts
That a theory accords with the facts
does not necessarily prove it true Ac
cording to Poincore the eminent
French mathematician an infinite
number of theories only one of which
is actually true may be devised to ac
count for any given state of facts
Many Fraternities at Cornell
Cornell has twenty six fraternities