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Sequel to The Bow of Orange Ribbon
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A HOVE STORY BY AMELIA E BARK
CHAPTER XI
Copyricht 1900 by Amelia E Barr
We Have Done With Tears and
Treasons
Hero Is a letter lrom Arenta re
peated the Doctor to his wife who
was just entering the room Come
Ava and listen to what she has to
iy Then Cornelia read aloud the
J pwing words
i My Deaf Friend Cornelia IE to
J -ay I could walk down Maiden Lane
if to day I could see you and talk to
you I should imagine myself in hea
ven For as to this city I think that
in hell the name of Paris must have
spread itself far and vide Do you
Yemciiber our learning in those happy
days at Bethlehem of the slaughter
of Christians by Nero Very well
right here in the Paris of Marat and
Robespierre you may hear constantly
the same brutal cry that filled the
Rome of the Caesars Death to the
Christians Famine anarchy mur
der are everywhere and I live from
moment to moment trembling if a
step comes near me
As to religion there is no longer
any religion Everywhere the Al
mighty is spoken of as the soi disant
God The monarchy is abolished and
yet ignorant are the leaders of the
people that when Brissot mentioned
the word Republic in Potions house
Robespierre said with a grin Repub
lic Republic Whats a republic
Spying and fear and death penetrate
into the most private houses above
all fear constant fear of every one
with whom you come in contact
I have told you the truth about our
condition because I have just had a
letter from my father and he talks of
leaving his business in Claos Bergens
care and coming here to lcok after
me You must convince him that he
could do me no good whatever and
that he might do me much harm Tell
him not to fear Arenta says not to
fear While Minister Morris is here
I have a friend that can do all that
can be done
Ask our good Domine to pray that
I may soon return to a country where
God reigns Never again do I wish
to spend one minute in a place where
there is no God for whatever they
may call that place its real name is
hell
Arenta Marquise de Tounnerre
Poor Arenta said the Doctor
when Cornelia had finished the
wretched epistle Suppose that yci
go and see Van Ariens and give him
all the comfort you can
Cornelia crossed the street and was
going to knock at the door when Van
Ariens hastily opened it When Cor
nelia told him her errand he was in a
hurry of loving anxiety to hear what
his child had written
I understand he said when he
had heard the letter She is fright
ened the poor little one But she
will smile and say it is nothing How
ever I yet think I must go to her
Do not urged Cornelia You may
see by Arentas letter that she does
not fear the guillotine Come over
to night and talk to my father and
mother
Well then I will come
Then he took both Cornelias hands
in his and looking earnestly at her
said
Poor Rem Impossible is it
Quite impossible sir she an
swered
I am very sorry he said sim
ply and let her hands drop In an
Van Ariens opened the door
hour or two to your house I will come
There is plenty to talk about
The next day Gornelia walked down
Broadway to Madame Jacobus house
It was closed and desolate looking and
she sighed as sue compared its old
bright spotless comfort with its pres
ent empty forlornncss The change
typified the change in her heart and
love
One exquisite day as they went up
Maiden Lane the Doctor said My
friend Gen Hewitt sails for England
to day and we will go and wish him
a good voyage So to the pier they
went and the Doctor left his carriage
and taking Cornelia on his arm
down to where the English packet
was lying
Soon Cornelia became conscious of
the powerful magnetism of some hu
man eye and obeying its irresistible
attraction she saw George Hyde stead
ily regarding her She was enthralled
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again by his glance and never for
one moment thought of resisting the
appeal it made to her With a con
scious tenderness she waved him an
adieu whose spirit he could not but
feel In the same moment he lifted
his hat and stood bareheaded looking
at her with a pathetic inquiry which
made her inwardly cry out Oh what
does he mean Then the Doctor
touched her
Why do you do that he asked
angrily
Because I must do it father I
J cannot help it I desire to do it
I am in a hurry let us go home
She turned away with a sigh The
Doctor drovq rapidly to Maiden Lane
and did not on the way speak a word
and Cornelia was glad of it Hence
forward she was resolved to love
without a doubt She would believe in
Joris no matter what she had seen
or what she had heard There were
places in life to which alas truth
could not come and this might be one
of them Though all the world blam
ed her lover she would excuse him
Now a womans intuition is like a
leopards spring it seizes the truth
if it seizes it at all at the first bound
and it was by this unaccountable
mental agility Cornelia had arrived at
the conviction of her lovers fidelity
She reflected that now he was so far
away it would be possible for her to
call upon Madame Van Heemskirk
She resolved therefore to call upon
Madame Van Heemskirk the following
week She expected the old lady
might treat her a little formally per
haps even with some coldness but she
thought it worth while to test her
kindness
One morning Mrs Moran said Cor
nelia I wish you to go to William
Irvins for some hosiery and Kendals
cottons
Very well mother I will also look
in at Fishers and it was at Fishers
that she saw Madame Van Heemskirk
Good morning madame said Cor
nelia with a cheerful smile
Good morning miss Step aside
once with me A few words I have
to say to you and as she spoke she
drew Cornelia a little apart from the
crowd at the counter and looking at
her sternly said
One question only why then did
you treat my grandson so badly A
shameful thing it is to be a flirt
I am not a flirt madame And I
did not treat your grandson badly
No indeed
Pray then what else You let a
young man love you you let him tell
you so you tell him yes I love you
and then when he says marry me
you say no Such ways I call bad
very bad Not worthy of my Joris are
you and so then I am glad you said
no
Madame you are very rude
And very false are you
Madame I wish you good morn
ing and with these words Cornelia
left the store Her cheeks were burn
ing the old ladys angry voice was in
her eais she felt the eyes of every
one in the store upon her and she
was indignant and mortified at a meet
ing so inopportune Why had Joris
lied about her Was there no other
way out of his entanglement with
her
She could arrive at only one con
clusion Annies most unexpected ap
pearance had happened immediately
after his proposal to herself He
was pressed for time his grandpar
ents would be especially likely to em
barrass him concerning her claims
and of course the quickest and surest
way to prevent questioning on the
matter was to tell them that she had
refused him And then after this
explanation had been accepted and
sorrowed over there came back to her
those deeper assurances those soul
assertions which she could not either
examine or define but which she felt
compelled to receive He loves me
I feel it It is not his fault I must
not think wrong of him
One day at the close of October she
put down her needlework with a lit
tle impatience I am tired of sewing
mother she said and I will walk
down to the Battery and get a breath
of the sea I shall not stay long
On her way to the Battery she was
thinking of Hyde and of their fre
quent walks together there and ere
she quite reached the house of Ma
dame Jacobus she was aware of a
glow of fire light and candle light
from the windows She quickened her
steps and saw a servant well known
to her standing in the open door She
immediately accosted him
Has madame returned at last
Ameer she asked joyfully
Madame has returned home he
answered She is weary she is not
alone she will not receive to night
The mans manner usually so
friendly was shy and peculiar and
Cornjiia felt saddened and disappoint
ed She walked rapidly home to the
thoughts which this unexpected ar
rival induced They were hopeful
thoughts leaning however she direct
ed them toward her absent lover
She went into her mothers presence
full of renewed expectations and met
her smile with one of unusual bright
ness
Madame Jacobus is at home said
Mrs Moran before Cornelia could
speak She sent for your father
just after you left the house and I
Suppose that he is still there
Is she sick
I dont know I fear so for the
visit is a long one
It was near ten oclock when Doctor
Moran returned and his face was
sombre and thoughtful the face of a
man who had been listening for hours
to grave matters tnd who had not
been able to throw off their physical
reflection
Cornelia at once asked
Is madame very ill
She is wonderfully well It is her
husband
Captain Jacobus
Who else She has brought him
home and I doubt if she has done
wisely
What has happened John Surely
you will tell us
There is nothing to conceal I
have heard the whole story a very
pitiful story but yet like enough to
end well Madam told me that the
day after her sister-in-laws burial
James Lauder a Scotchman who had
often sailed with Captain Jacobus
came down to Charleston to see her
He declared that having had occasion
to go to Guys hospital in London to
visit a sick comrade he saw there
Captain Jacobus He would not admit
any doubt of his identity but said the
Captain had forgotten his name and
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She waved him an adieu
everything in connection with his past
life
Oh how well I can imagine
madames hurry and distress said
Cornelia
She hardly knew how to reach Lon
don quickly enough But Lauders
tale proved to be true Her first action
was to take possession of the dement
ed man and surround him with every
comfort He appeared quite indiffer
ent to her care and she obtained no
shadow of recognition from him She
then brought to his case all the medi
cal skill money could procure and in
the consultation which followed the
physicians decided to perform the
operation of trepanning
But why Had he been injured
John
Very badly The hospital books
showed that he had been brought
there by two sailors who said he had
been struck in a gale by a falling
mast The wound healed but left
him mentally a wreck The physi
cians decided that the brain was suf
fering from pressure and that trepan
ning would relieve if it did not cure
Imagine now what a trial was be
fore madame It was a difficult matter
to perform the operation for the pa
tient could not be made to understand
its necessity and he was very hard to
manage Then picture to yourselves
the terrible strain of nursing which
followed though madame says it
was soon brightened and lightened by
her husbands recognition of her
After that event all weariness was
rest and suffering ease and as soon
as he was able to travel both were
determined to return at once to their
own home He is yet however a
sick man and may never quite recover
a slight paralysis of the lower limbs
To be continued
The Right Place to Begin
When the political history of Mary
land is written there will be a para
graph or two for the McComas Mudd
feud It is now in progress bitter
and unrelenting McComas was a
United States senator until March 4
last and Mudd is a Representative
in Congress Both are Republicans
In the old days though they were
bosom friends McComas was the
leader and Mudd a follower One
day they were dining together
Sydney asked McComas how old
is your boy
Sixteen replied Mudd proudly
My my said McComas I didnt
think he was so old but I tell you
Sydney when the time comes Ill do
something handsome for that boy
Mudd leaned over the table Mac
he said when you want to do any
thing for the Mudd family you forget
the boy and begin with the old man
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
Women and the Looking Glass
How much time does a woman spend
before her looking glass A German
estimates that a girl of six to ten
spends an average of seven minutes a
day before a mirror from ten to fif
teen a quarter of an hour is con
sumed daily and from fifteen to twen
ty twenty two minutes Ladies from
twenty to twenty five occupy twenty
five minutes from that age to thirty
they are at least half an hour at
their toilete Thence there is a de
cline in coquetry From thirty to thirty-five
the time occupied comes down
o twenty four minutes from thirty
five to forty it is only eighteen min
utes from forty to fifty twelve min
utes and from fifty to sixty only six
minutes A woman of seventy has
thus spent 5S62 hours before the glass
la other words eight months count
ing nlfjht and day
1904 TARIFF ISSUE
HOW TO TEST THE QUESTION OF
REVISION
Should the Republicans Stand for
Business Stability and the Demo
crats Urge the Abandonment of
Protection Which Would Win
Referring to the Let-well-enough-alone
doctrine advocated by Secre
tary Root in his Boston speech the
Minneapolis Journal says
But if times continue good the doc
trine of leaving things to themselves
will be just as good in 1905 as now
and that sort of postponement cannot
be kept up very long if the tariff is to
be revised by its friends
There is probably not one man In
a thousand in the United States that
does not expect to see a business and
industrial reaction in this country
sometime within the next ten years
and many expect it within the next
five When that reaction comes it
will be too late to talk about having
the tariff altered by its friends The
people are more likely to be in a
mood to have it altered with a broad
ax by its enemies
This question can be tested and it
will very likely be so tested in a
simple and direct manner Thus
Let the National Republican conven
tion next year resolve that
Tariff stability is a vital need of
all business industry trade and com
merce Therefore as the country is
now in a highly prosperous condition
any revision of the tarff at this time
is uncalled for unwise and unwar
ranted
Then let the National Democratic
convention next year assert its plat
form that
The existing protective tariff is a
robbery and a tax it obstructs busi
ness it shelters monopoly it permits
combinations of producers to plunder
the consumers it makes the rich rich
er and the poor poorer Therefore the
tariff should be immediately repealed
and in its place a tariff for revenue
only should be enacted
Going before the country upon the
tariff issue thus sharply and clearly
defined which party would carry the
Presidential election in 1904 From
present indications that issue is likely
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FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY
The President Not in Favor of In
ternal Tariff Favoritism
Let well enough alone was a
sentiment that appealed to the pros
perous people of this prosperous na
tion in thecampaign of 19U0 Go on
letting well enough alone will be
the talk in 1904 President Roosevelt
recognized this when he said in Min
neapolis
In making any readjustment there
are certain important considerations
which cannot be disregarded If a
tariff law has on the whole worked
well and if business has prospered
under it and is prospering it may be
better to endure some inconveniences
and inequalities for a time than by
making changes to risk causing dis
turbance and perhaps paralysis in
the industries and business of the
country
The tariff speech of the President is
a direct sequel to his able review of
the subject of the trusts He points
out that the question of revising the
tariff is in no wise related to the trust
issue In his Milwaukee speech he
told about certain physicians who
could cure diseases but were not so
sure about saving the life of the pa
tient It is easy to put the corpora
tions trusts and otherwise out of
business by making lines hard
enough But that is not the remedy
obviously
The President would above all
preserve the protective principle
which has done so much to strengthen
the position of the American working
man at home He would approach
with caution such changes as are sug
gested from time to time with due
reference to their importance to the
nation as a whole Evidently Roose
velt is not in sympathy with the New
England idea which is to let in
everything free that New England
wants to buy and slap a high duty on
crarthlng that New England wants
to sell As a President for the whole
country Roosevelt mi3t appeal to
those who live outside the provinces
which are fortunately only a small
portion of the United States Helena
Mont Record
PROTECTION FOR COAL
How Its Removal Has Injured the Far
West
The fleet of vessels engaged to bring
coal from Australia to this country
numbers sixty seven There is not tho
slightest possibility that the effect of
this will be to reduce the price of the
fuel to consumers It will be to give
the dealers a bigger profit and to give
to a foreign country the benefit of a
market that should have been left to
home enterprise This fleet will un
load at San Francisco In the North
west there is coal enough to supply
the California demand and would still
be enough were the demand far great
er Formerly Washington supplied
much of this coal The demand has
been lessened by the adoption of oil
burning methods but still remains con
siderable Now it will bo filled by
Australia Ships can afford to carry
coal at a low rate to port3 into which
they have infrequently sailed In bal
last Thus the wild furore to take the
duty off something has deprived this
coast of an important protection The
public mind awoke to lively conception
of this necessity when the strike and
the hoggishness of the retailers had
sent prices of coal in the East to a
figure where the poor were in danger
of freezing Statesmen smote their
swelling breasts and vowed that they
would remedy these conditions Then
they took the duty off coal to the det
riment of Pacific coast interests for
which they have as little care as for
the interests cf Patagonia and their
consciences ceased to cause them
pangs The removal of this duty
could have no possible bearing upon
the evils it was sought to cure All
that it could do it has done It has
struck a blow at the Pacific coast it
has diverted money to Australia and
it has not had a single beneficent ef
fect
This part of the country is in favor
of protection and it would include
coal The East has no Australian com
petition to fear The agitators who
favor fooling with the tariff want lunv
ALPHONSE AND GASTON
ffigL lwArARY fT
I r MRN00LS fc
r mrifi wir7 f iv
m r a a diSMm
to be presented In such an event
watch the Republican mugwumps fall
over each other in their hurry to
get back into the Republican ranks
A few of them might rush in the op
posite direction but for every such
deserter a score of business Demo
crats who are making money and want
the tariff let alone would be found
quietly voting the Republican ticket
The country is in no hurry to be torn
up again by tariff experiments
ber on the free list too The explana
tion of this is easy The East has no
lumber worth mentioning Tacoma
Ledger
Always Looking for Cheapness
The free trader always approaches
men from the standpoint of the pro
ducer only They are advised to vote
for cheapness with the implied prom
ise on the free traders part that all
other things shall remain as they are
But they never do remain as they are
If an era of cheapness comes upon a
country everything becomes cheap in
cluding labor and the product of the
manufactories The result is that
while everything is cheap and theore
tically within the reach of the poor
est the ability to buy is so curtailed
that the sum total of profits is reduced
and poverty ensues We are to have
another campaign upon the tariff and
there will be nothing new injected into
it but the specious claim that the tariff
is responsible for the trusts and this
is not new The result of this next
contest will depend altogether upon
whether men are short sighted or far
sighted Whether they are capable
of learning from experience so recent
that it seems impossible that any
could forget Cedar Rapids Republi
can
Of Course
It is a curious fact and one worth
keeping in mind that the same free
trade papers that so cordially ap
proved the sentiments expressed in
the speech of Gov Cummins in Des
Moines at the Republican county con
vention are greatly disgruntled at the
speech of President Roosevelt in Min
neapolis three weeks later Gov Cum
mins declared that tire tariff ought to
be immediately torn up both by direct
legislation and by reciprocity in com
peting products while President Roose
velt declared that for at least two
years to come or until after the elec
tion oZ 1904 the tariff should he left
entirely alone Ergo the free trade
papers were delighted with Gov Cum
mins and displeased with President
Roosevelt Of course they were
Standing Together
The Republicans of Michigan seem
to be standing together all right and
G O P gains are reported in Ohio
These straws would indicate a rather
chilly wind ror democracy in the cam
paigns of the near future Sioux City
Journal
TROUBLES OF TWO ARTISTS
Why Both of Them Have Aversion to
Badly Warmed Halls
A concert company in which Mr
Soeboeck was tho pianist had been
playng In somo of tho smaller towns
during February and had suffered con
siderable Inconvenience through In
sufficiently heated halls One evening
after an unusually cold experience
Seeboeck related an incident which
had occurred on a tour some months
previous The violinist of tho com
pany had received notlco of tho time
of departure at such a late hour that
In tho haste of packing he neglected
to Include In his wardrobe his dress
trousers The omission was not dis
covered until an hour before tho con
cert Naturally ho was greatly- dis
concerted upon realizing that ho
would be forced to appear in dress
coat and gray trousers In this
dilemma ho called Seeboeck Into con
sultation Both men were nearly of a
size and Seeboeck hit upon tho plan
of both using tho same trousers per
forming a lightning change between
appearances The plan was adopted
Seeboeck appearing first As quickly
as possible after reaching his dressing
room he divested himself of his trous
ers and the violinist donned them
with equal haste The first selection
of the violinists was long difficult and
was so well received that an encore
was demanded It was then that I
fully appreciated the criminal neglect
of improperly heating halls said See
boeck When the time for my next
appearance arrived and with It my
trousers l was in a half frozen condi
tion Some consolation however was
to bo derived from the thought that
the violinist was shivering In the
dressing room during my number
which also received an encore But on
the whole it was a wretched evening
Eight times wo alternately wore and
went without those trousers If tho
audience had known the cost of that
performance in physical discomfort to
at least two of the performers I be
lieve it would have been evsn more
appreciative than It was though I
could have well dispensed with sev
eral of the encores accorded tho vio
linist
TIRED OF THE MONOTONY
Why George Grossmiths Butler Was
Leaving His Service
Many and various and weird are the
reasons given by servants for wanting
a change of place Here is a tale told
by George Grossmith which adds a
rare and wondrous instance to tho
long and eccentric list
His butler who had been with him
for nearly twenty years went to him
one day and said
If you please sir I want to leave
Mr Grossmith was sorry and asked
the man his reason
I would rather not say sir was
the mysterious reply
This was uncomfortable and Mr
Grossmith pressed tho question again
Come he said you have been
with me for so long and have never
complained before Surely I have al
most a right to know why you wish
to leave Your secrecy is unpleasant
and I must really beg of you to tell
me your reason for leaving my ser
vice
The butler thought a moment and
then said
Well sir as you insist I must tell
you But I dont want to A pause
The fact is sir Ive been with you
for close upon twenty years and Im
tired of the sight of you and all your
family
Success of the Solemn Ass
Look about you gentle reader and
consider the solemn ass in every walk
of life Who so respected so admired
so influential He never takes sides
He never is partisan He goes along
with knitted brows his thoughts too
deep for utterance Smaller men may
abandon themselves to hasty inclina
tions to rash preferences to robust
views He never does If he speaks
at all it is with such profundity and
circumlocution and complexity that
the most recondite cryptogram ever
rescued from a pyramid would seem
to burst of innocent and childish can
dor in comparison Yet he wears fine
raimenr every day He enjoys the re
spect and confidence of the communi
ty He prospers The oil of opulence
anoints him He is the incarnation
of success Washington Post
The Little Weak Child
My little son my little son
Jn heaven canst thou rest
And which of all his children doe3
The High God love the beat
Thou art too wak to stand all day
And glorify his name
Ah pray him let thee stray awhile
And play some foolish gasie
Thou are too young to know him great
So whisper to him this
Thou art just big enough sometimes
To hold and fold and kiss
Anita Fitch in Century
Cutting It Short
How would you like your hair cut
sir asked the barber with the scis
sors or clippers
Both replied the victim Use
the scissors on my hair and the clip
pers on your conversation
Yields AIJ to Preach the Vord
F M Messenger a mill agent in
Grosvenordale Conn at 15000 per
year has given up his work to preach
the holiness doctrine
Forty Years Continuous Service
John H Benton has seen forty years
of continuous service in the United
States bureau of pensions at Wash
ington
Worlds Longest Glacier
The Hispar pass in the Himalayas
has the longest glacier in the world
It Is ninety miles in length
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