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She calculated her letter would
reach Cornelia about the end of Sep
tember and she thought how pleasant
ly the hope it brought would brighten
her life And without permitting Hyde
With clothing of every description
to suspect any change in his love af
fair she very often led the conversa
tion to Cornelia and to the circum
stances of her life Hyde was always
willing to talk on this subject and
thus she learned so much about Aren
ta and Madame Jacobus and Rem
Van Ariens that the people became
her familiars
Certainly the letter sent to Cornelia
sped on its way all the more rapidly
and joyfully for the good wishes and
unselfish prayers accompanying it The
THE MAID af MAIDEN liANE
Sequel to The Bow of Orange Ribbon
A LOVE STORY BY AMELIA E BARB
Copyricht 1900 by Amelia E Barr
CHAPTER XII Continued
Poor little fish answered Annie
They could not cry out or plead with
you or beg for their lives idealise
they wore dumb and opened not their
mouths they were wounded and
strangled to death
Dont say such things Annie How
can I enjoy my sport if you do
I dont think you ought to enjoy
sport which is murder You have your
wherry to sail is not that sport
enough I have heard you say noth
ing that floats on fresh water can beat
a Norfolk wherry
Then Hyde and Mary had a game of
battledore and she watched them toss
lug the gayly painted corks until amid
their light laughter and merry talk she
fell asleep And when she awakened
it was sunset and there was no one in
her room but her maid She had slept
long but In spite of its refreshment
she had a seme of something uneasy
Then she recalled the story Mary
Darner had told her and because she
comprehended the truth she was in
stantly at rest The whole secret was
clear as daylight to her She was pos
itive Rem Van Ariens was himself the
thief of her cousins love and happi
ness and the bringer of grief almost
of death to Cornelia She said to
herself I shall not be long here and
before I go away I must put right
loves wrong
She would write to Cornelia Her
word would be indisputable Then
she would dismiss the subject from
her conversations with Mary until
Cornelias answer arrived nor until
that time would she say a word of her
suspicions to Hyde In pursuance of
these resolutions the U awing letter
to Cornelia left Hyde Manor for New
York the next mail
To Miss Cornelia Moran
Because you are very dear to one
of my dear kindred and because I feel
that you are worthy of his great love
I also love you Will you trust me
now There has been a sad mistake
I believe I can put it right You must
recollect the day on which George
Hyde wrote asking you to fix an hour
when he could call on Doctor Moran
about your marriage Did any other
lover ask you on that day to marry
him Was that other lover Mr Van
Ariens Did you write to both about
the same time If so you misdirected
your letters and the one intended for
Lord Hyde went to Mr Van Ariens
and the one intended for Mr Van
Ariens went to Lord Hyde Now you
will understand many things
Can you send to me for Lord Hyde
a copy of the letter you intended for
liim When I receive it you may con
tent your heart Delay not to answer
this why should you delay yoitr hap
piness I send you as love gifts my
thoughts desires prayers all that is
best in me all that I give to one high
in my esteem and whom I wish to
iJace high in my affection This to
your hand and heart with all sincer
could entertain it was not the fault
of Joris This was the assurance that
turned her joyful tears into gladder
smiles and that made her step light
as a bird on the wing as she ran down
the stairs to find her mother for her
happiness was not perfect till she
shared it with the heart that had
borne her sorrow and carried her
grief through many weary months with
her
In the first hours of her recovered
gladness she did not even remember
Rems great fault nor yet her own
carelessness These things were only
accidentals not worthy to be taken
into account while the great sweet
hope that had come to her flooded
like a springtide every nook and cor
ner of her heart In such a mood how
easy it was to answer Annies letter
She recollected every word she had
written to Hyde that fateful day and
she wrote them again with a tenfold
joy
CHAPTER XIII
The Return of Joy
Now it is very noticeable that when
unusual events begin to happen in any
life there is a succession of such
events and not unfrequently they ar
rive in similar ways At any rate
about ten days after the receipt of
Annies letter Cornelia was almost
equally amazed by the receipt of an
other letter a piece of paper twisted
carelessly but containing these few
pregnant words
Cornelia dear come to me Bring
me something to wear I have just
arrived saved by the skin of my
teeth and I have not a decent gar
ment of any kind to put on Arenta
A thunderbolt from a clear sky
could hardly have caused such sur
prise but Cornelia did not wait to talk
about the wonder She loaded a maid
with clothing of every description and
ran across the street to her friend
Arenta saw her coming and met her
with a cry of joy and as Van Ariens
was sick and trembling with the sight
of his daughter and the tale of her
sufferings Cornelia persuaded him to
go to sleep and leave Arenta to her
care Poor Arenta she was ill with
the privations she had suffered she
was half starved and nearly without
clothing but she did not complain
much until she had bsen fed and
bathed and dressed as she said
like a New York woman ought to
be
You know what trunks and trunks
full of beautiful things I took away
with me Cornelia she complained
well I have not a rag left I have
nothing left at all
Your husband Arenta
He was guillotined
Oh my dear Arenta
Guillotined I told him to be quiet
I begged him to go over to Marat but
no his nobility obliged him to stand
by his order and his king So for
them he died Poor Athanase He
expected me to follow him but I could
not make up my mind to the knife
Oh how terrible it was Then she
began to sob bitterly and Cornelia let
her talk of her sufferings until she
fell into a sleep a sleep easy to see
still hunted by the furies and terrors
through which she had passed
For a week Cornelia remained with
her friend and Madame Jacobus joined
accompanied by Joris Van Heemskirk
entered the room and Cornelia was
glad to escape She knew that Aren
ta would again relate all her experi
ences and she disliked to mingle them
with her renewed dreams of love and
very ship might have known it was the ner
bearer of good tidings for if there
had been one of the miglj V -angels
whose charge is on the grea5 deep at
the helm of the Good Intent she could
not have gone more swiftlv and surely
to her haven One morning nearly a
week in advance of Annies calcula
tion the wonderful letter was put into
Cornelias hand The handwriting was
strange it was an English letter what
could it mean
Let any one who has loved and been
parted from the beloved by some mis
understanding try to realize what it
meant to Cornelia She read it through
in an indescribable hurry and emo
tion and then in the most natural and
womanly way began to cry There
was only one wonderful thought she
She will talk and talk said Cor
nelia to her mother and then there
will be tea and chocolate and more
talk and I have heard all I wish to
hear about that dreadful city and the
demons who walk in blood Senator
Van Heemskirk came in with her
father as I left
I hope he treated you more civilly
than madame did
He was delightful I courtesied to
him and he lifted my hand and kissed
it and said I grew lovelier every
day and I kissed his cheek and said
I wished always to be lovely in his
sight Then I came home because
I would not just yet speak of George
to hira
Arenta would hardly have given
jsnssitiatftnaastieantmr
you any opportunity I wonder at what
hour she will release Joris Van
Heemskirk
It will be later than it ought tc
be
Indeed it was so late that Madame
Van Heemskirk had locked up lier
house for the night and was troubled
at her husbands delay even a little
cross
An old man like you Joris she
said in a tone of vexation sitting
till nine oclock with the last runaway
from Paris a cold you have already
and all for a girl that threw her senses
behind her to marry a Frenchman
Much she has suffered Lysbet
Much she ought to suffer And I
believe not in Arenta Van Ariens suf
fering
I will sit a little by the fire Lys
bet Sit down by me My mind is full
of her story Bitter fears and suffer
ing she has come through Her hus
band was guillotined last May and
from her home she was taken no
time to write to a friend no time to
save anything she had except a string
of pearls which round her waist for
many weeks she had worn Hungry
and sick upon the floor of her prison
she was sitting when her name was
called for bead after bead of her
pearl necklace had gone to her jailor
only for a little black bread and a cup
of milk twice a day and this morning
for twenty four hours she had been
without food or milk
The poor little one What did she
do
When in that terrible iron arm-
Arenta Jefferson de Tournnerret
chair before those bloody judges she
says she forgot then to be afraid She
had no dress to help her beauty but
she declares she never felt more beau
tiful and well I can believe it They
asked her name and my Lysbet think
of this childs answer I am called
Arenta Jefferson de Tournnerre she
said and at the name of Jefferson
there were exclamations and one of
the jurymen rose to his feet and asked
excitedly What is it you mean Jef
ferson The great Jefferson The
great Thomas Jefferson The great
American who loves France and Lib
erty It is the same she answered
and then she sat silent asking no
favor so wise was she and Fouquier
Tlnville looked at the President and
said Among my friends I count this
great American and a juryman
added When I was poor and hungry
he fed and helped me and he bowed
to Arenta as he spoke When ques
tioned further she answered I adore
Liberty I believe in France I married
a Frenchman for thomas Jefferson
told me I was coming to a great nation
and might trust both its government
and its generosity They were all ex-
them as often as possible and tremely polite to her and gave her at
ally the half distraught woman rerov
ered something of her natural spirits
and resolution Of course with many
differences She could not be the same
Arenta she had outlived many of ber
illusions She took but little interest
for a while in the life around her
Rem she did talk about but chiefly
because he was going to marry an Eng
lish girl an intention she angrily de
plored
I am sure she said Rem might
have learned a lesson from my sad
fortune What does he want to marry
a foreigner for He ought to have
prevented me from doing so instead
of following my foolish example
No one could have prevented you
Arenta You would not listen even
to your father
Oh indeed it was my fate We
must all submit to fate Why did you
refuse Rem
He was not my fate Arenta
Well then neither is George Hyde
your fate Aunt JacoDus has told me
some things about him She says he
is to marry his cousin You ought to
marry Rem
As she said these words Van Ariens
once the papers which permitted her
to leave France The next day a little
money she got from Minister Morris
but a very hard passage she had
home
After all it was a lie she told
Joris
To be continued
IT WAS HIS LAST MASH
Young Ladys Remark Too Much for
Elderly Gallant
A handsome gentleman of 60 who
looks much younger and still retains
an eye for the beautiful in the fair
sex and a tender fluttering of the
heart when the ladies glance his way
got into a street car in company with
his son a grown young man A
striking feature of the elderly gallant
is an extremely long and full goatee
and big flowing mustaches The gen
tleman found a seat directly oppo
site two unusually attractive young
ladies immediately beside whom the
son found his seat
In a few moments the girls were
glancing often at the old gentleman
and chattering together in great glee
The gentleman hugged himself men
tally but restrained his emotions In
the presence of his son On leaving
the car the son said
Say Governor Ive got a good one
on you
Well what is it my son
Why one of those girls next to
me said What a funny looking
thing that old maa is over there To
which the other replied Yes isnt
he He looks like a goat
That was the old mans lasf
mash
Progressive
GilesBy the way what became oi
that fellow Skinnem who was in the
coal business here last winter
Miles Oh he sold out about a
month ago and went to Arizona Last
I heard of him he was in jail for rob-
marx
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DUE TO PE0TECTI0IS
FACTS REGARDING DOMESTIC
PLATE GLAS3 MANUFACTURE
In Spite of Wages Twice as High as
in England and Three Times as
High as in Belgium the Cost to the
Consumer Has Been Greatly Low
ered
A Republican member of Congress
from Minnesota has forwarded to the
American Economist a postal card
which has been circulated all over the
State of Minnesota and has been
printed in many newspapers It has
also found its way into print outside
of Minnesota the Republican of
Springfield Mass having recently
used It as the text of an editorial ad
verse to protection The postal card
emanates from a Minneapolis business
house and Is as follows
If there was no duty to be paid on
imported plate glass based on to
days market an ordinary store front
would cost 100 f o b Minneapolis
The same store front with the present
tariff added costs 275 the consumer
being obliged to pay 175 extra for
duty which is the protection given
to the trust As plate glass is manu
factured entirely by machines no
skilled labor entering therein and
machines are operated about as cheap
in America as in Europe it must be
clear to any one that the trust is not
entitled to such enormous and unrea
sonable protection as it has at pres
ent at the expense of the consumers of
plate glass Your truly
Foreman Ford Co
This is the customary form of argu
ment chosen by free traders as a rea
son for urging the removal of the pro
tective tariff from all competitive im
ports In the case of plate glass there
is a semblance of truth on the surface
of the statement that if there was no
duty to be paid a store front which
now costs 275 would cost 100 in Min
neapolis Undoubtedly the store front
would be cheaper without a tariff than
with a tariff to begin with But how
long Avould It stay cheaper That is
the question Twenty five years ago
before a protective tariff had helped
to establish that industry we imported
all our plate glass It sold then at an
average of 250 per square foot To
day the average price per square foot
is forty cents With the cost of labor
in the United States twice as high as
creased from 308797 square feat In
1898 to 1590350 square feet in 1900
The American railroads strangely
In sympathy with foreign production
help along the dumping ground and
cut price game bj charging 25 cents
per 100 pounds moro on plato glas3
shipped from Pittsburg to Minneapolis
than on plate glass shipped from Ant
werp in Belgium to Minneapolis that
Is they charge twenty five cents per
100 pounds more for a haul of 1000
miles than for a haul of 5000 miles
See testimony before the Inter Stato
Commerce Commission January 1903
They are charging precisely the same
rate on domestic glass that they
charged when the selling price was
four or five times higher than It Is
This rank robbery and discrimination
is an additional reason why domestic
plate glass makers need a protective
tariff to enable them to compote with
foreigners
The rate in the Dingley tariff on all
sizes of plate glass from 24x30 Inches
up is precisely the rate in the Wilson
Democratic free trade tariff of 1894
On these sizes the existing rate of
duty is 2 to 15 cents per square foot
lower than the McKinley tariff rate of
1S90
As to trust monopoly in plate glass
production the case is very different
from what it is generally supposed to
be Three years ago the Pittsburg
Plate Glass company produced about
72 per cent of our domestic plate
glass Then there were but three in
dependent factories To day that
number has increased to twelve and
the percentage of the Pittsburg com
pany has been cut down to probably
less than GO per cent of the total out
put To day six sevenths of the plate
glass used in this country is supplied
by domestic labor and industry To
the extent of six sevenths the republic
is doing its own work in the produc
tion of plate glass and is employing
thousands of American Avorkmen at
wages twice as high as the wages paid
in England and more than three times
as high as the wages paid in Belgium
And the price of plate glass to day is
about one sixth what it was prior to
the establishment of the industry in
the United States through the opera
tion of a protective tariff
If the enormous discounts which
European makers grant on exports to
this country were abolished if the
selling price for export were the same
that it is for local consumption in
Europe instead of being one half and
if American railroads were not in a
111 TAfs JL
DOMESTIC TRADE THE REAL KING
1c is in Great Britain and three times
as high as it is in Belgium the exact
figures in support of this statement
may be found in the testimony taken
before the Industrial Commission in
December 1900 abolish the protec
tive tariff and who would make the
plate glass consumed in the United
States Answer It would be made
in countries where wages are one half
or one third what they are in the
United States Either that or the
American wage rate would have to be
reduced to one half or one third of
what it now is
It is after all almost wholly a
question of wages The Minneapolis
postal card seeks to convey the im
pression that the labor cost in plate
glass making is a minor quantity
practically a negligible quantity since
jne wont is aone entirely oy ma
Chines This is a flagrant perversion
f the truth The wage cost in plate
glass manufacture is 48 per cent of
the total cost of production as sworn
to before the Industrial Commission
We have said that in the absence
flf a protective tariff the selling price
uf plate glass in the United States
would probably be reduced to begin
with How long would lower prices
remain after all the mills making plate
glass in this country were closed up
Before we had any mills the foreigners
charged us five or six times what we
now pay for plate glass They did the
same thing with tin plate before pro
tection gave us our tin plate mills
They would do it again if home pro
duction were crushed out of existence
by the removal of the tariff
Just now the foreigners are selling
plate glass very cheaply in the United
States All the foreign factories are
operating on an agreed plan where
i nder great discounts are granted on
ixports to the United States For ex
ample while the discount on Belgian
polished plate glass sent to England is
10 per cent off the list price on Bel
gian glass exported to the United
I States the discount is 40 and 5 per
cent making a difference in price of
58 per cent In France the local price
af polished plate glass is at least 100
per cent higher than the price obtain
ed for the same glass when shipped to
um5 a biage coacn j the UDited States They make this
Giles In other words he evoluted country their dumping ground by
frorn a light weighman to a highway means of cut prices and our imports
I of plate glass in consequence in-
conspiracy to help foreigners capture
this market by charging considerably
less to haul plate glass from Antwerp
to Minneapolis than from Pittsburg to
Minneapolis in short if there was a
fair field and no favor there would be
little ground for complaint as to the
influence of the tariff on the market
price of plate glass As the case stands
there is little ground for complaint
so far as any tariff protected trust is
concerned There is an abundance of
competition in plate glass production
that have taken place in wages and
the cost of raw materials current
prices of plate glass would not seem
to be excessive or unreasonable This
country is making its own plate glass
and it a ill keep on doing it Ameri
can Economist
Not Very Broad Ground
It is probably a demonstrable fact
that any treaty of reciprocity that
could be negotiated would injure some
industries in the United States The
question is whether we would derive
compensating benefits to an extent
sufficient to warrant the sacrifice On
this question radical differences of
opinion are hound to exist even
among protectionists The preponder
ance of opinion in the Senate and no
doubt throughout the country is
clearly against the ratification of these
treaties The Cuban treaty appears to
be the only one which has any real
righting chance for ratification and
rhe fate of that as we have said 13
doubtful It will be ratified if at all
chiefly because it is the persona de
sire of the President to have it rati
fied This it must be confessed is
not very broad ground for action on
an important question of public policy
Los Angeles Times
Has Had a Wholesome Effect
Altogether the effect of the tariff ut
terances of the President and mem
bers of his cabinet seems to have been
7holesome in Iowa There is a pros
pect that the Republicans of that State
will be able to meet upon common
ground at their coming convention
They should then exhibit a degree of
harmony in contrast with the Kil
kenny fight that the Democratic state
convention will repeat over the ap
proval of Bryans Kansas City plat
form New York Mail and Express
VT
SORROW ENOUQH FOR TWO
World Wise Stonecutter Proved Ho
Knew His Business
That a man may bb an artist In
any profession no matter how low
ly was brought to my attention In an
amusing manner last Hiimmor when
was visiting a little country town in
England said tho Tourist Girl
There was a stonecutter in tho
town whose reputation was great
among the people as a designer of
tombstones and a writer of appropriate
epitaphs to put upon tho stones One
day a disconsolate widow came to
him with a request for a headstone
for her departed husband which
should bear this inscription
My sorrow Is Greater Than I
Can Bear
Being a wise man aware of tho
frailties of the human heart he took
care to leave space on the atone ho
that more could be added at any time
A year later the widow made him
another visit She was about to re
marryand wanted him to efface the
Inscription on the stone and write a
more fitting one
No need for that maam was tho
reply I allays looks to contingencies
when theres widders left All thats
wanted to that Inscription Is just one
word put at the end of the others
in the space left there
And the revised epitaph read an
follows
My Sorrow is Greater Than I Can
Bear Alone
HAD AN EXCELLENT REASON
Youngster Tells Why He Thinka
Versifier Vas Wrong
Robert is a bright little chap of
five years We are the best of
friends said a neighbor and ho
otten runs In to see me He likes to
havo me read to him and is particu
larly fond of Gelett Burgesss
rhymes
The other day I happened to run
across this little verse and took it to
his home to read to him
Id rather have fingers than toes
Id rather have ears than a nose
And as to my hair
Im glad its all there
Ill be awfully sad when It goes
I read no further than the second
line Id rather have ears than a
lose when Robert burst out with
I wouldnt I wouldnt rather havo
ears than a nose
Wondering what possible reason
this small critic could have for disa
igreeing so emphatically with hia
friend Mr Burgess I ventured to
ask
Why is it Robert that you
rouldnt rather have ears than a
lose
Cause theyre harder to wash
Her Smile
Of all her smiles the dearest
Is that which takes its rise
Where love shines forth the clearest-
In and about her eyes
It sparkles there and wrinkles
Then slyly downward goes
While tiny little wrinkles
Nestle about her nose
Its sweetness unabating
At last it lightly slips
To where impatient waiting r
I kiss it on her lips
The Source of Supply
At last the doctor consented to
smile the nurse was already laugh
ing the shadow had lifted from tho
sickroom and everything was well
and after profusely bathing her eyes
Aunt Jennie came down to the break
fast table where her two small nieces
were seated wondering what had
turned the house to topsy turvy that
morning
Guess what I know girlies she
said gayly There is a little baby
brother upstairs He came this morn
ing when you were asleep What do
you think of that
Did he exclaimed the sharp eyed
Edith Then I know who brought
him
You do
Yes it was the milkman
and in view of the heavy advances so on hjs cart yesterday
It said
Said what asked Aunt Jennie in
astonishment
Why Families supplied daily
was the quick reply
Benevolence in Dictionary Terms
A benevolent woman made a tour of
Cherry Hill To every family who
could be induced to listen she said
something like this
The value of cleanliness ran nard
ly be over estimated It is well known
that fevers and diseases are far more
prevalent in countries where little at
tention is paid to hygiene This 13
especially the case in hot weather
when all kinds of germs multiply rap
idly The plentiful use of water is
one of the greatest preventives of dis
ease and by cleansing the pores oi
the skin of waste matter and dust and
dirt keeps the blood cool and clean
and much less liable to infection
A majority of the women listened
stolidly to the oration some smiled
others grunted But she persevered
in her self imposed mission and was
only routed by the shrill cries of a
dirty faced urchin who shrieked de
lightedly Hey fellers come an
hear the dopy lady wot swallowed the
diekshunary New York Press
Buncoing the Innocent Babe
Little Margery ran into the house
her eyes sparkling and her cheeks
flushed
Mama she cried mama can any
body be arrested for cheating a
baby
Why answered he mother wh7
do you want to know
Well said the little girl I saw
the lady next door fixing the babys
bottle for him and she put a lot of
water in it
Tyranny is always weakness Low
ell