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Sequel to •* The Bov/ of Orange Ribbon.”
A LOVE STORY BY AMELIA E. BARR
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(Copyright, 1*KK), by Amelia E. Barr)
CHAPTER II.—(Continued.)
About six o'clock Areuta Van
Ariens made a personal response to
her friend's message. She was all ex
citement and expectation. Who do
you think called on me this after
noon. No less a person than Madame
Kippon. Gertrude Kippon is going to
be married. She is going to marry a
French count! And madame is be
side herself with the great alliance.”
“Our drawing-rooms, and even our
streets, are full of titles,” said Cor
nelia; “I think it is a distinction to
be plain master and mistress.”
“That is the truth; even this hand
some dandy, Joris Hyde, is a lieuten
ant.”
“He was in the field two years. He
i* told me so this afternoon. I dare
* say, he has earned his title, even if he
is a lieutenant.”
“Don't be so highty-tighty, Cor
nelia. I have no objection to military
titles. In fact, I rather lean to of
ficial titles of every kind.”
Then Arenta, having arranged her
ringlets, tied her sash and her sandals,
the girls Went down to the parlor.
Dr. Moran, Rem Van Ariens, and
Lieut. Hyde were present. The latter
was handsomely dressed in a dark
blue velvet coat, silver-laced, a long
white satin vest and black satin
breeches. His hair was thrown back
wards and tied with the customary
black ribbon, and his linen and laces
were of the finest quality. He met
Cornelia as he might have met a prin
cess; and he flashed into Arenta’s
•eyes a glance of admirrtion which
turned her senses upside down, and
“Dear Arenta, we shall have so
much more time, to-morrow. Come to
morrow.”
But Arenta was not pleased. She
left her friend with an air of repressed
injury, and afterwards made little re
marks about Cornelia to her brother,
which exactly fitted his sense of
wounded pride.
“Ever since she was a little girl,
eleven years old, I have loved
her,” said Rem; “and she knows it.”
“She knows it; that is so. When I
was at Bethlehem, I read her all your
letters, and many a time you spoke in
them of her as your ‘little wife.’ Come,
come, we must go to our rooms, for
that is our father I hear moving about.
In a few minutes he will be angry,
and then-”
She did not finish the sentence;
there was no necessity; Rem knew
what unpleasantness the threat im
plied, and he slipped off his shoes and
stole quietly upstairs. Arenta did not
hurry, though the great Flemish clock
on the stair-landing chimed eleven as
she entered her room.
“After all,” she mused, “the even
ing was a possibility. It was a door
on the latch—I may push It open and
go in—who can tell? I saw how
amazed he was at my beauty when I
first entered the parlor—and he is but
a man—and a young man who likes
his own way—so much is evident.”
Then she heard her brother moving
about the floor of the room above her
and a shadow darkened her face. She
had strong family affections, and she
was angry that Rem should be trou
bled by any man or woman, living.
The fresh sea wind and the bright sunshine.
inaue ner ieei, ior a moment or two,
as if she could hardly breathe.
Upon Arenta’s brother he had not
produced a pleasant impression. With
out intention, he had treated young
Van Ariens with that negative polite
ness which dashes a sensitive man,
and makes him resentfully conscious
that he has been rendered incapable
oi doing himself justice. And Rem
tried in various ways to introduce
some conversation which would afford'
him the pleasure of contradiction. He
failed to consider that his barely
veiled antagonism compelled from the
doctor, and even from Cornelia and
Arenta, attentions he might not other
wise have received. So Hyde easily
became the hero of the hour, he was
permitted to teach the girls the charm
ing old-world step of the Pas de
Quatre, and afterwards to sing with
them merry airs from Figaro, and sen
timental airs from Lodoiska.
S’ortunately, some of Dr. Moran's
neighbors called early in the evening.
4 Then whist parties were formed. But
though Cornelia was all sweetness and
graciousness; though Rem played well
and Lieut. Hyde played badly; though
Rem had thp satisfaction of watching
Hyde depart in his chair, while he
stood with a confident friendship by
Cornelia’s side, he was not satisfied.
There was an air of weariness and
constraint in the room, and the little
stir of departing visitors did not hide
it. Rem approached his sister and
said, ‘‘it is time to go home.” Arenta
l&'looked at her friend; she expected to
“be asked to remain, and she was of
fended when Cornelia did not give her
the invitation.
"I expected you would ask me to
stay with you, Cornelia.’’
“I think it is best for you to go
home with Rem. Otherwise he might,
in his present temper, find himself
near Becker’s, and if a man is quarrel
some he may always get principals and
seconds there. In the morning Rem
will, I hope, be reasonable.”
[ “I thought you and 1 would talk
l things over to-night. I like to talk
over a new pleasure.”
"I have always thought Cornelia a
very saint,” she muttered, "but Love
is the great revealer. f wonder if she
is in love—to tell the truth, she was
past finding out. 1 cannot say that 1
saw the least sign of it—and between
me and myself. Rem was unreason
able; however, 1 am not pleased that
Rem felt himself to be. badly used.”
And she said her prayers, and fell
calmly asleep, to the flattering thought,
"I would not much wonder if, at this
moment, Lieut. Hyde is thinking about
me.”
In reality, Lieut. Hyde was at that
moment in the Belvedere club, singing
the "Marseillaise," and listening to a
very inflammatory speech from the
French minister. But a couple of
hours later, Arenta's "wonder" would
have touched the truth. He was then
alone, and very ill satisfied; for, after
some restless reflections, he said im
patiently:
“I have again made a fool of myself.
I have now all kinds of unpleasant feel
ings. and when I left that good doc
tor's house I was well satisfied. His
daughter is an angel. 1 praise myself
for finding that out.
Then he rose, threw off his velvet
and lace, and designedly let his
thoughts turn to Arenta. "She is
pretty beyond all prettiness," he said
softly as he moved about. "She dances
well, talks from hand to mouth, and
she gave me one sweet glance, and I
think if she has gone so far—she
might go further.”
CHAPTER III.
Hyde and Arenta.
Seldom is Love ushered into any life
with any pomp of circumstance or cer
emony; there is no overture to our
opera, no prologue to our play, and.
the most momentous meetings occur
as if by mere accident. A friend de
layed Cornelia a while on the street,
and turning, she met Hyde face to
face; a moment more, or less, and
the meeting had not been. Ah, but
some Power had set that moment tor
their meeting, ami the delay had been
intended, and the consequences fore
seen !
In a dim kind of way Hyde realized
this fact as ho sat the next day with
an open book before him. He was not
reading it; he was thinking of Corne
lia. Soon he closed his book with. Im
patience, and went to Prince's and
bought a little rush basket filled with
sweet violets. Into their midst he
slipped his visiting card, and saw the
boy on his way with the Bowers to
Cornelia ere he was satisfied they
would reach her quickly enough. Then
turning aimlessly into Pearl street, he
saw Cornelia.
She was dressed only in a little
morning gown of Indian chintz, but in
such simple toilet had still more dis
tinctively that air of youthful modesty
which he had found so charmingly tan
talizing.
Cornelia was going to the “Univer
sal Store" of Gerardus Duyckinck, and
Hyde begged to go with her. He said
he was used to shopping, and, could
tell the value of laces, and knew how
to choose a piece of silk, or match the
crewels for her embroidery; and, in
deed, pleaded his case so merrily, that
there was no refusing his offer. And
how it happened lovers can tell, but
after the shopping was finished they
found themselves walking towards the
Battery, with the fresh sea wind, and
the bright sunshine, and the joy of
each other’s presence all around them.
Now Love has always something in
it of the sea, and the murmur of the
tide against the pier, the hoarse voices
of the sailor men, the scent of the salt
water, and all the occult unrecog
nized, but keenly felt life of the ocean,
were ministers to their love, and for
ever and ever blended in the heart
and memory of the youth and maid
who had set their early dream of each
other t5 its potent witchery. Time
went swiftly, and suddenly Cornelia
remembered that she was subject to
hours and minutes. A little fear came
into her heart, and closed it, and she
said, with a troubled air, “My mother
will be anxious. I had forgotten. I
must go home.” So they turned north
ward again.
At the gates of her home they stood
a moment, and there Hyde touched
her hand and said, “I have never, in
all my life, been so happy. It has
been a walk beyond hope, and beyond
expression!” And she lifted her face,
and the smile on her lips and the light
in her eyes answered him.
Cornelia trembled as she opened
the parlor door; she feared to look
into her mother’s face, but it was as
serene as usual, and she met her
daughter’s glance with one of infinite
affection and some little expectancy.
This was a critical moment, and Cor
nelia hesitated slightly. Then she
said with a blunt directness which put
all subterfuge out of the question:
“Mother, I have been a long time,
but I met Lieut. Hyde, and we walked
down to the Battery; and I think 1
have stayed beyond the hour I ought
to have stayed, but the weather was
so delightful”
“The weather is very delightful and
Lieut. Hyde is very polite. Did he
speak of the violets he sent you?"
“I suppose he forgot them. Ah, there
they are! How beautiful! How
fragrant! I will give them to you
mother.”
“They are your own. my dear. i
would not give them away. Take your
flowers and put them in water—the
young man is very extravagant, I
think. Do you know that it is quite
nbon, and your father will be home in
a little while?”
And tjiere was such kind intent,
such a divining sympathy in the sim
ple words, that Cornelia's heart grew
warm with pleasure, and she felt
that her mother understood, and did
not much blame her. She went with
some haste to her room, and, forget
ting all else, sat down and permitted
herself to enter the delicious land ol
Reverie. She let the thought of Hyde
repossess her, and present again and
again to her imagination his form, his
face, his voice, and those long caress
ing looks she had seen and felt, with
out seeming to be aware of them.
(To be continued.)
PHOTOGRAPH WINS A CASE.
Bright Idea That Was Worked by
Clever Lawyer.
A Philadelphia lawyer tells the story
that a picture of Fanny Davenport
once won a case for him. His client
was suing the Pennsylvania Railroad
company, of which Wayne MaeVeagh
was counsel, for $7,500 damages for
the death of her husband. "Just a few
days before the case was to have come
up she happened into my office and an
nounced that she had married again.
'Good Lord, madam,’ I gasped, 'why
couldn’t you have waited until your
case came up? it’s next to impossible
for me to get. damages for you now.
She said she didn't care very much,
and went out, seeming very happy.
"Well, it just happened that I had a
photograph of Fanny Davenport on my
desk, and when the next day Wayne
MaeVeagh happened into my office to
discuss quite another matter he picked
up the photo and admired it. 'Who's
your friend?’ he asked.
"1 had a sudden inspiration and I
said: 'Why, that's the lady who is
suing your company for $7,500.’
“ The deuce you say,’ said he. 'Hand
some woman, isn't she?’
“ 'She is. indeed." 1 replied.
“ ‘H—m!' he exclaimed, looking at
the picture closely. 'A deuced hand
some woman, I should say. A deuced
handsome woman.’ There was a slight
pause. 'What'll you take to settle this
case?’ he asked.
"I thought of my client's second
marriage, and I fixed the figure at
$5,000. The deal was consummated
and the case never came to court."—
New York Tribune.
A BIG FIRE LOSS
CINCINNATI SUFFERS A GREAT
CONFLAGRATION.
DAMAGE IS TWO MILLIONS
Flames Rage for Nearly Twelve Hours
—Half a Square in Heart of City is
Totally Destroyed—Pike Theater
and Scores of Offices Burned.
CINCINNATI.—This city was visited
witn a fire Thursday that destroyed
one-half of a square iu the center of
the business district and caused a loss
of over $2,000,000.
The fire departments of Covington,
Newport and other Kentucky towns
came promptly to the assistance of the
local firemen, but It took twelve hours
before their combined efforts got the
Are under control. Crews were at
work all the time on the roofs of sur
rounding buildings, and a general con
flagration was narrowly averted.
It was perhaps the greatest scare
the city ever had. as it was thought at
one time that the entire business sec
tion was doomed and such would have
been the case if there had been a
high wind.
Joseph Shaefer and John Kennan
were seriously injured by falling walls,
but both will recover. Captain
O'Keefe, with seven firemen, was
caught on the roof of one of the
buildings, and all came near perish
ing when the flames broke out under
them, but they were rescued in the
nick of time, and it is not believed
any lives were lost.
About 1:20 Thursday morning flames
were discovered in the cellar of George
Joffe’s grocery building on Fourth
street, between Vine and Walnut. An
hour later there was an explosion, sup
posed to conte from some liquors in
storage, and the flames soon after
ward shot up through the roof of the
six story stone front building, and
from that time on for several hours
the fire was beyond control.
The Pike building was totally de
stroyed, including the offices of tho
United States Express company, the
lAdams Express company. White'B res
taurant, owned by Maynard & Kerr;
George Joffe’s grocery, John B. Mar
tin’s restaurant, Empson's confection
pry, Henry Strauss’ cigar store and
the offices of the Pike Theater com
pany on the first floor, the Pike thea
ter auditorium and green rooms and
other offices on the second floor and
all of the offices on the third, fourth
and fifth floors.
The Seasor Good building, adjoining
the Pike building on the west, at the
corner of Vine and Fourth streets,
was badly damaged.
CONSUL SAWTER IS AFRAID.
He Decides to Not Accept Post Be
cause of the Yellow Fever.
GUAYAQUIL. Ecuador. — United
States Consul General Sawter and
Mrs. Sawter, who arrived here Febru
ary 25, via Payta, Peru, have started
on their return to the United States,
on the steamer which brought them
south. Mr. Sawter, it is alleged, be
came afraid-of the yellow fever when
he saw the consulate where Thomas
Nast, the former consul general, died
December 7 of the fever.
Strong winds have caused an over
flow of the Allans! river. Some dam
age has been done to the railroad line
to Quito, but traffic will be resumed
in a few days.
CORBETT AND HANLON FltiHT.
Mill is a Fast and Furious One and
is Decided a Draw.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.—After
twenty rounds of tho fastest fighting
ever seen in San Francisco, Referee
Graney decided the bout between
Young Corbett of Denver and Eddie
Hanlon of San Francisco a draw.
Young Corbett clearly demonstrated
to the crowd present that he lias not
gone back, as some sporting writers
would have the public believe.
MAY PAY MEXICAN DEBT.
Multimillionaire Offers Diaz $50,000,
000 to Square National Account.
MEXICO CITY.—President Digz lias
received a communication from Pedro
Alvarado, a multimillionaire mining
man of Parral, Mex.. offering to con
tribute $50,000,000 for the payment of
Mexico's foreign debt.
Several weeks ago Alvarado wrote
to Minister of Finance Joseph Ives
Limantour offering to pay off the pub
lic debt of Mexico. The offer was de
clined at the time, but it has been re
newed in another way, direct to Presi
dent Diaz.
Presidential Nominations.
WASHINGTON—The president on
Wednesday sent the following nomina
tions to the senate:
Postmasters: Nebraska—Dennis H.
Cronin, O'Neill.
South Dakota—Evan J. Edwards,
Bowdle.
Frank C. Campbell, Ohio, assistant
attorney general.
MEAT TREATED WITH BORAX.
Germany Against It if It Comes
From This Country.
BERLIN.'—In the relchstag Wed
nesday Herr Oriel, editor of tho
Deutche Tages Zettung, urged the
government to enforce with the ut
most stringency the regulations
against meat treated with borax, espe
cially against meat so treated in tho
United States.
Home Secretary Von Posadowsky
Wehner remarked that the American
house of representatives had passed
a bill prohibiting the export of, im
port. of or internal trade in adulter
ated food or foods treated with un
wholesome ingredients. A motion to
except borax from this prohibition had
been voted down in that house.
The secretary added that the gov
ernment was determined to strictly en
force the regulations until borax was
proved to be injurious by Indisputable
scientific authority.
CORNER STONE OF SEA WALL.
Great Ctructure to Protect Galveston
From Tidal Waves.
GALVESTON, Tex.—The corner
stone of the $125,000 sea wall was laid
Monday with impressive ceremonies
and a parade of citizens and marines
and officers from the United States
battleships at anchor in the harbor
here. The work of the wall has pro
gressed satisfactorily since its begin
ning last October.
The wall will be three miles in
length and will give absolute protec
tion to the city, even from a stage of
water equal to the great and disastrous
tidal wave of the 1900 storm. The
funds for its construction were raised
by popular subscription to a bond
issue, most, of the money being sub
scribed by local men. The city has
been exempted from state taxes for
a period of eighteen years as assist
ance in the erection of the great wt 1
for its protection.
FOUR NEW BATTLESHIPS.
Naval Appropriation Bill Provides for
Building.
WASHINGTON.—Senator Hale,from
the committee on naval affairs, report
ed the naval appropriation bill.
The most Important amendment
recommended by the committee re
lates to the increase of the navy. The
entire house provision is stricken out
and in its stead provision is made for
four first class battleships of the gen
eral type of the Oregon and two first
class armored cruisers of the type of
the Brooklyn. The battleships are
to cost not exceeding $3,200,000 each
and the cruisers $2,760,000.
The battleships are to be of 12,000
tons displacement, and the cruisers of
9,500 tons. There is a provision thut
not more than two of these vessels
shall be built by one establishment,
and for the building of any or al! of
them in the government yards in case
of a combination to deprive the gov
ernment of the benefit of lair compe
tition.
MONEY FOR HAWAIIAN QUEEN.
Liliuokalani is to Be Paid $200,000
in Full Settlement.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The senate
committee on appropriations Monday
concluded consideration of the sun
dry civil appropriation bill. The
committee recommends increases
over the appropriations made by the
bill as it passed the house amount
ing to $3,279,701, bringing the total
up to $83,279,650. The following are
the principal items of increase:
Quarantine stations, $65,000; light
houses, beacons and fog signals, $1,
175,100; revenue cutter service, $360,
000; for payment to Queen LUiubka
lani of Hawaii, $200,000; armories
and arsenals, $283,000; for military
posts, $750,000; soldiers' homes, $126,
500; beginning of new buildings for
the agricultural department, $250,000.
Divinity of the Savior.
PRINCETON, N. J.—President F. L.
Pal ton of the Theological seminary
delivered a sermon before the stu
dents of theology on "The Person of
Christ.” The sermon was evidently
suggested by the recent discussion of
the views of Prof. Delit/.sch of Berlin
concerning the divinity of the Savior.
Dr. Patton s.dd that while the theory
of evolution rnl^ght not be considered
inconsistent with belief in the incarna
tion of Christ, it would not establish
the fact of the incarnation, and that
while revelation gave us a belief in
God it was only through Jesus Christ
that he could be revealed as a God of
love.
3aldy Smith Passes Away.
PHILADELPHIA—General William
Farrar Smith, better known as
Baldy” Smith, one of the prominent
figmes of the civil war, is dead at bis
home in this city. He was in his 80th
year. He entered West Point at the
agi' of 17 a id when the oi/il war
broke out was made commander of
'lie Th'ru Vermont regiment. He
rose rapidly and became one of the
leading figures in that struggle.
Berkshire Breeder* Meet.
The twenty-eighth annual meeting
of the American Berkshire Associa
tion was held in the office of the asso
ciation, Sprlngfleld, 111., January 28,
1993. The meeting was largely at
tended, members being present from
several states. The auditor’s and
treasurer’s reports showed that the
receipts for the year were $6,99G.80
and the disbursements $G,650.88. As
there was a balance on hand at the
beginning of the year of $1,399.45. the
balance in the treasury was $1,745.37.
The stock of the association that has
been held in blocks by individuals
was purchased by the association, and
a resolution was adopted hereafter re
stricting the holding of more than
one share of stock at $100.00 or four
shares at $25.00, by any one individual
or Arm. A committee was appointed
to make necessary arra-igements to
reduce the shares of stock to $25.00.
The following officers were elected:
President, Geo. S. Prine, Oskaloosa,
Iowa; vice-president, Geo. P. Weston,
Biltmore, N. C.; secretary, Frank S.
Springer, Springfield, 111.; treasurer.
D. W. Smith, Sprlngfleld, 111.; auditor,
Thomas Rees, Sprlngfleld, 111.; direct
ors, N. H. Gentry, Sedalla, Mo., and
Geo. F. Weston, Biltmore, N. C. The
hold-over directors are: Geo. 8. Prine,
Oskaloosa, Iowa; A. J. Love joy. Ros
coe, 111.; Geo. W. Jessup, Rockville,
Ind.; June K. King, Marshall, Mo.;
Geo. P. Millard, Seguin, Texas; D.
W. Smith. Springfield, 111., and Frank
S. Springer, Springfield, 111.
American Chester-White Record As
sociation.
Members of this association held
the annual meeting at Columbus, Ohio,
and enjoyed a good time. The Swine
Breeders’ Institute, which was held
under the auspices of the association,
organized under the name of Ohio
Swine Breeders’ Institute and elected
for president, I. T. Cummins, Xenia,
Ohio; vice-president, C. R. Betts, Stry
ker, Ohio; secretary-treasurer, Carl
Freigau, Dayton, Ohio; executive com
mittee, C. A. Kurtze, Indianapolis,
Ind.; E. S. Tusslng, Canal Winches
ter, Ohio; J. J. Snyder, Paris, Ohio.
Officers of the Record Association
elected were; President, F. P. Hardin,
l.iraa, Ohio; vice-president, W. H.
Pool, Delaware, Ohio; secretary and
treasurer, Carl Freigau, Dayton, Ohio.
Board of trustees, E. S. Tusslng, Ca
nal Winchester, Ohio; I. T. Cummins,
Xenia, Ohio; J. L. Beringer, Marlon,
Ohio; A. jL. Glover, Delaware, Ohio;
N. P. Kershner, An son la, Ohio; W. H.
Pool, Delaware, Ohio. Executive com
mittee, E. S. Tusslng, J. L. Beringer
I. T. Cummins.
The Michigan Peach Belt.
Peach growing in Michigan is con
fined to a strip about 10 miles wide,
adjoining the lake, and to sandy and
sandy loam soils. Our illustration
shows a number of peach orchards
planted In blocks. Some of the very
best peach soil Is very light in char
acter. This makes it very easy to
keep down weeds, as the weeder can
be run over such soil frequently and
with but little expense, as Is done in
the immense peach orchard of R. Mor
rill of Benton Harbor, Michigan. In
this peach belt are also raised apples,
pears, cherries, plums, currants, rasp
berries, blackberries and strawber
ries.
To Improve Illinois State Fair.
The Building and Grounds Commit
tee of the Illinois State Board of Agri
culture reports to that body the fol
lowing needs in the way of appropria
tions; For walks on the fair grounds
and coverings for same, $10,000; for
extension of coliseum building, $25,
000; for extension of Machinery Hall,
$25,000; for painting and repairs,
$5,000; for improving grounds, $5,000;
for a dairy building, $22,000; for
water mains, pipes and drainage,
$3,000; for an administration building,
$20,000. This is a total of $115,000.
The committee also declared that it
would render the women every assist
ance In their efforts to secure an ap
propriation for a woman’s building.
Daily Gain of Pigs.
At the Cook County Institute, recent
ly held at Arlington Heights, C. C.
Pervier talked on hog raising. He
said it had been his aim to make his
pigs gain one pound per day from
birth up to nine months of age, at
which time they are sold. He found it
very difficult to do this and at first
fell far short of his aim. but had now
reached the point aimed at. In one
period of 11 months he made his pigs
gain 328% pounds each, this being one
and one-half pounds less than the
number necessary to make it one
poiind per day.
Feeding the Pigs.
An Illinois raiser of awine jays:
We feed our pigs a good many pump
kins. They seem to like the seeds
best and eat them first. These seeds
act not only as food but also as med
icine. They are to some extent a
vermifuge. In the feeding of pigs a
good pasture is a thing of importance.
But many of the pastures used for
hogs are not good, ha\ ing too little
feed in them, and in them the hogs
have to work too hard to get a liv
ing. We have found rape one of the
best plants to grow in a hog pasture.
Some men’s affairs ouly get
straightened out after they get that
way themselves.
