I THE MAID sf MAIDEN LANE I
Sequel to “ The Bow of Orange Ribbon.”
A LOVE STORY BY AMELIA E. BARR
(Copyright. 1900. by Amelia E. Barr)
CHAPTER IV.—(Continued.)
At this moment Mrs. Hyde entered
the room, her fair face alight with
love. A servant carrying a tray full
of good things to eat, followed her;
and it was delightful to watch her
eager happiness as she arranged
meats, and sweetmeats, in tempting
order for the hungry young man. As
he ate, he talked to his father of
those things interesting to him.
"Pray,” asked Gen. Hyde, “what
can you tell me about the seat of
government? Will New York be
chosen?"
“Upon my word, sir, the opinions
are endless in number and variety;
but, in truth, there is to be some sort
of a compromise with the southern
senators, who are promised the capi
tal on the Potomac, finally, if they no
longer oppose the assumption of the
state debts.”
“And Joris, the ladles? What say
they on the subject?" asked Mrs
Hyde.
“Indeed, mother, some of them are
lamenting, and some looking forward
to the change. All are talking of the
social disposition of the beautiful
Mrs. Bingham. ‘She will have to
abate herself a little before Mrs.
"Washington,’ I heard one lady say;
while others declare that her asso
ciation with our republican court will
be harmonious and advantageous;
especially, as she is beloved in the
home of the president.”
“Our republican court! The defi
nition is absurd!” said Gen. Hyde,
“court pre-supposes both royalty and
nobility!”
“We have both of them intrinsic
ally, father.”
‘‘In faith, George! you will find,
that intrinsic qualities have no social
value. What people require is their
external evidence. Now I am sleepy.
I will talk to you more on these sub
jects in the morning. Good night!”
He put his hand on his son’s shoulder
and looked with a proud confidence
into the bright face, lifted to the
touch.
TJien George was alone with his
mother; but she was full of little
household affairs; and he could not
bring into them a subject so close
and so sacred to his heart. “I will
speak to my mother in the morining,"
he thought. “To-night her mind is
full of other things.”
But in the morning Mrs. Hyde was
still more interested in “other
things.” She had an architect with
her, her servants were to order, her
house to look after. So he ate his
breakfast rapidly, and went out to the
new stables. He expected to find the
General there, and he was not disap
pointed. There was much to interest
! them; men were busy draining and
building stone walls; plowing and
sowing, and digging and planting.
Yet, in the midst of all this busy
life, George detected in his father’s
manner an air of melancholy. Pres
ently he asked, “How goes It with
your law books, George?”
“Faith, sir, I must confess, very in
differently. I have no senses that
way.”
“Consider, George, that not only
this estate, but also the estate of your
Grandfather Van Heemskirk must
eventually come to you. Much of
both has been bought from confiscat
ed properties, and it is not improb
able that claimants may arise who
will causeB you trouble. How neces
sary, then, that you should know
something of the laws affecting land
and property in this country.”
'My grandfather is in trouble. I
forgot to tell you last night, that his
friend, Elder Semple, is dead.”
“Dead!”
“Yes, sir.”
For a few minutes General Hyde
He watched his son’s angry carriage.
remained silent, then he said with
l much feeling, “Peace to the old Tory!
He was once very kind to me and
my family. Who told you this news?"
“I was walking on Broadway with
young McAllister and Doctor Moran
stopped us and sent word to Elder
McAllister of the death of his friend.”
J“Was Doctor Moran his physi
cian?”
‘Tea, sir. I had the honor of spend
:g an evening at Doctor Moran’s
juse this week; and if you will be
eve me, sir, he has a daughter that
lames every other beauty.”
“In love again, George?”
“This time desperately and really,
l love. It has come to this—I wish
i marry Miss Moran, and I never
ished to marry any other woman.”
“You have forgotten— And by
! heaven! you must forget Miss Moran.
She is not to be tflought of as a
wife—for one moment.”
“Sir, you are not so unjust as to
make such a statement without giv
ing me a reason for it.”
"Giving you a reason! I.ook eajt,
and west, and north, and south—all
these rich lands were bought with
your Uncle William's money. He
made himself poor to make me rich.
Tell me now' what child is left to
your uncle?”
“Only his daughter Annie, a girl of
fourteen or fifteen years.”
“Well, then, sir, what is you duty
to Annie Hyde?”
“I do not conceive myself to have
any special duty to Annie Hyde.’’
"Upon my honor, you are then per
versely stupid! When your uncle
wrote me that pitiful letter which in
formed me of the death of his last
son, my first thought was that his
daughter must be assured her right
in the succession. There is one way
to compass this. You know what
that way is. Why do you not speak?”
"Because, sir, if I confess your evi
dent opinion to be just, I bind myself
to carry it out, because of its justice.”
"Is it not just?”
“It might be just to Annie and very
unjust to me.”
“No, sir. Justice is a thing abso
lute; it is not altered by circum
stances. What are you going to do?"
“I know' not. I must think—”
“I am ashamed of you! In the
name of all that is honorable, what is
there to think about? Have I a son
with so little proper feeling that he
needs to think a moment when the
case is between honor and himself?”
“Sir, you are more cruel and un
reasonable than I could believe pos
sible.”
“The railings of a losing lover are
not worth answering. A man mad In
love has some title to my pity.”
“And, sir, if you were any other
man but my father, I would say ‘Con
found your pity!’ Our conversation is
extremely unpleasant, and I desire
to put an end to it. Permit me to
return to the house.”
“Let it be so. I will see you to
morrow in town.”
He stood in the center of the road
way watching his son’s angry car
riage and his rapid, uneven steps.
“He is in a naked temper, without
even civil disguise,” he muttered,
“and I hope that he will keep away
from his mother in his present unrea
son.”
His mother was, however, George’s
first desire. He did not believe she
would sanction his sacrifice to Annie
Hyde. When he reached the house
he found that his mother had gone to
the pond to feed her swans, and he
decided to ride a little out of his way
in order to see her there. Upon the
soft earth the hoofs of his horse were
not audible, but when he came within
her sight, it was wonderful to watch
the transformation of her counte
nance. A great love, a great joy,
swept away like a gust of wind, the
peace on its surface, and a glowing,
loving intelligence made her instant
ly restless. She called him with
sweet imperiousness, “George! Joris!
Joris! My dear one!” and he an
swered her with the one word ever
near, and ever dear, to a woman’s
heart—“Mother!”
“I thought you were with your
father. Where have you left him?”
“In the wilderness. There is need
for me to go to the city. My father
will tell you why. I come only to see
you—to kiss you—”
“Joris, I see that you are angry.
What has your father been saying to
you?”
“He will tell you.”
“Money, is it?"
“It is not money. My father is gen
erous to me.”
"Then some woman it is?"
“Kiss me, mother. After all, there
is no woman like unto you.”
She drew close to him and he
stooped his handsome face to hers
and kissed her many times. Her
smile comforted him, for it was full
of confidence, as she said:
“Trouble not yourself, Joris. At
the last, your father sees through
my eyes. Must you go? Well, then,
the Best of Beings go with you!”
She lifted her face again and
George kissed it, and then rode rapid
ly away.
He hardly drew rein until he reach
ed his grandfather’s house. The
ticking of the tall house-clock was
the only sound he heard at first, but
as he stood irresolute, a sweet, thin
voice in an adjoining room began to
sing a hymn.
“Grandmother! Grandmother! !
Grandmother!!!” he called, and be
fore the last appeal was echoed the
old lady appeared.
“Oh, my Joris!” she cried, “Joris!
Joris! I am so happy to see thee.
But what, then, is the matter? Thy
eyes are full of trouble.”
“I will tell you, grandmother." And
he sat down by her side and went
over the conversation he had had
with his father. When he ceased
speaking, she answered:
“To sell thee, Joris, is a great
shame, and for nothing to sell thee is
still worse. This is what I think:
Let half of the income from the earl
dom go to the poor young lady, but
thyself into the bargain, is beyond
all reason. And if with Cornelia
Moran thou art in love, a good thing
it is ; so I say.”
“Do you know, Cornelia, grand
mother?”
“Well, then, I have seen her: mort
than once. A great beauty I think
her, and Doctor John has money—
plenty of money—and a very good
family are the Morans. Now, then,
thy grandfather Is coming: thy trou
ble tell to him. Good advice he will
give thee.”
Senator Van Heemskirk, however,
went first Into his garden and gath
ering great handfuls of white nar
cisses and golden daffodils, he called
a slave woman and bade her carry
them to the Semple house and lay
them in and around his friend's cof
fin.
With these preliminaries neither
Joris nor Lysbet interfered; but
when he had lit his long pipe and
seated himself comfortably In his
chair, Lysbet said:
“Where hast thou been all this
afternoon?”
"I have been sealing up my friend’s
desk and drawers until his sons ar
rive. Very happy he looks. He Is
now one of those that know.”
"I wonder, Joris, if in the next life
we shall know each other?”
“My Lysbet, in this life do we know
each other?”
“I think not. Here has come our
dear Jorts full of trouble to thee, for
his father has said such things as I
could not have believed. Joris, tell
thy grandfather what they are."
And this time George, being very
She had gone to feed her swans.
sure of hearty sympathy, told his tale
with great feeling—perhaps even
with a little anger. His grandfather
listened patiently to the youth’s im
patience, but he did not answer ex
actly to his expectations.
"My Joris,” he said, “so hard it is
to accept what goes against our
wishes. If Cornelia Moran you had
not met, would your father’s desires
bo so impossible to you? Noble and
generous would they not seem—”
“But I have seen Cornelia, and I
love her.”
“In too great a hurry are you. Mls^
Moran may not love you. She may
refuse ever to love you. Beside this,
in his family her father may not wish
you. A very proud man is Doctor
John.”
“Faith, sir, I had not thought of
myself as so very disagreeable.”
“No. Vain and self-confident is a
young man. See, then, how many
things may work this way, that way,
and if wise you are you will be quiet
and wait for events. Now I shall just
say a word or two on the other side.
If your father is so set in- his mind
about the Hydes, let him do the jus
tice to them he wishes to do; but it
is not right that he should make you
do it for him.”
“He says that only I can give An
nie justice.”
“But that Is not good sense. When
the present earl dies, and she is left
an orphan, who shall prevent your
father from adopting her as his own
daughter, and leaving her a daugh
ter’s portion of the estate? In such
case, she would be In exactly the
same position as if her brother had
lived and become earl. Is not that
so?”
(To be continued.)
THIS HOLDS THE RECORD.
Southern Men Tell of Some Wonder
ful Railroad Traveling.
A group of railroad men were talk
ing about the fastest rides they ever
experienced, says the New Orleans
Times-Democrat. One man in relat
ing his experiences, said: “Across
bayous and through marshes we rush
ed like mad. When we reached the
Rigolets the most remarkable think I
ever saw took place. The train was
traveling so fast it sucked the water
up behind it as it rushed across the
trestle, and I could hear the fishes
groan as we flew over this neck of
the gulf. Most remarkable thing 1
ever saw in the way of fast runs.”
And he lapsed into silence.
“I am glad you reminded me of that
run,” said another member of the
group. “1 had forgotten the incident.
I can vouch for all you say, for ( was
on the back end of the last coach,
and the water which was sucked in be
hind the train by the vacuum almost
washed me overboard, but I held on
all right, and when we made the cross
ing and the waters had receded, I
picked up on the platform of the rear
coach tlje finest bunch of fish I ever
saw. They were no doubt the fish
you heard groaning.”
Too Personal.
Mrs. Nexdoor—Our church choir re
signed in a body last Sunday morn
ing.
Mrs. Homer—Why, what was the
trouble?
Mrs. Nexdoor—They objected to the
minister’s personal remarks. Aft«
singing the first hymn he opened th*
Bible and chose for his text, Acts, xx.:
“And after the uproar had ceased,”
&c.
EXTRA CONGRESS
ROOSEVELT MAY CALL LOWER
HOUSE TOGETHER?
THERE IS WORKER IT TO DO
President Is Determined to Hsve the
Cuban Treaty Effective—Irrigation
Works Ordered—Other Matters
From the National Capital.
WASHINGTON.—It can be stated
by authority that President Roosevelt
is considering the advisability of call
ing an extra session of the Kilty
eighth congress.
When he was informed that it was
the intention of the senate to so
amend the Cuban reciprocity treaty
as to render a decision upon it by
the house of representatives neces
sary to make it effective, he inform
ed some members of the senate that
he would hold himself free to call an
extraordinary session of congress in
order to secure action upon it. No
definite time was mentioned by the
president for the meeting of the ex
traordinary session.
It is added, however, that. Mr.
Roosevelt does not think it at all like
ly that the senate will continue its
present attitude. The belief of the
president and of his advisers is that
the senate will take definite action
upon both the Panama canal and
Cuban reciprocity treaties at the
present extraordinary session. As
surances to that effect have been re
ceived from the leaders of the senate.
The president believes, it also can
be said, that this work of the senate
will have been accomplished by the
next week.
Secretary Hitchcock of the Interior
department has granted authority for
the acquisition of necessary property,
rights of way, etc., prior to the con
struction of irrigation works in five
localities.
These projects are: Wyoming,
Sweetwater dam; Montana Milk
river; Colorado Gunnison tunnel; Ne
vada, Truckee; Arizona, Salt river
reservoir.
The estimated cost is $7,090,000 and
the plan is to irrigate about 700,000
acres of arid land. In addition there
to the Gray Bull reservoir project is
to be taken up Immediately.
The construction remains subject
to the feasibility of obtaining the nec
essary rights and the adjustment of
private claims in such manner as to
edmply with the act approved June
17, 1902.
The authority granted relates to
the projects upon which examina
tions have been made in sufficient de
tail to justify estimates of cost and
results. Several others, in other
states, are as well advanced as re
gards Investigation and it is expected
that further recommendations can
be made after the close of the com
ing field season.
The secretary has authorized the
expenditure, during the present calen
dar "year, of $450,000 on surveys, and
other examinations which will oe
carried on in all the states and ter
ritories included within the provisions
of the law.
IMPERIAL TROOPS DEFEATED.
Chinese Rebels Victorious, Killing
Some High Officials.
VICTORIA, B. C.—The steamer
Tosa Maru, which arrived Friday
night, brought news of further en
gagements between the Chinese gov
ernment forces and the Wwangsl re
bellions, in which the imperial troops
were defeated, with loss, some high
officials being among the slain.
The governor of Hunan has tele
graphed to the Chinese government
to the effect that the rebellion has
reached a most dangerous state and
he requests the governmetn to mob
ilize troops in other provinces as a
precaution against emergencies.
Favored Annexation of Canada.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.—A private dis
patch from Washington received Fri
day night says Major Bittinger is re
called as consul general to Montreal,
directly due to an interview advocat
ing annexation of Canada to the
United States which he recently gave
to a Montreal newspaper. The inter
view was based on utterances in con
gress of Mr. Dermott, who is strong
ly in favor of a union. Great Britain,
according to this dispatch, entered a
protest, and the remarks of the con
sul general were considered of suffi
cient importance for his recall.
Denver Has $100,000 Fire.
DENVER, Colo.—The Evans block
at t«he corner of Fifteenth and Law
rence streets in this city was gutted
Wednesday morning by a fire that
broke out in the basement bakery of
the Hurlbut company’s store. The
total loss is estimated at $100,000.
The Hurlbut Grocery company’s stock,
valued at $.r>0,000, was destroyed.
Other stores in the block whose stores
were damaged are those of W. S. San
derson & Co.,
THE VENEZUELA INCIDENT.
Instruction* to Its Washington Minis
ter by Argentine Republic.
WASHINGTON — The following
statement was given out Wednesday
night at the Argentine legation:
Recent publications referring to the
note of instruction sent by the Ar
gentine government to its minister in
Washington. Dr. Garcia Merou, in re
g"rd to some of the features of the
Venezuela incident, gave the errone
ous impression that Argentina asked
for an alliance with the United States
and that its proposal was rejected by
the secretary of state.
In fact the dispatch of Dr. Drago,
minister of foreign relations of the
Argentine republic, aimed only to ex
plain to his diplomatic agent In Wash
ington the views of his home govern
ment relative to the collection of pub
lic debts of American states by Euro
pean nations and instructed him to
convey these views to Secretary Hay,
expressing the hope that the doctrine
of International public law set forth
by the Argentine government should
prove acceptable to the United States.
Taking into consideration the real
character of many of the obligations
contracted by the governments of (he
minor South American republics, the
Argentine government has felt that
there is great danger to the peace of
the continent if the compulsory de
mand for immediate payment of pub
lic debts, or national obligations, is to
be accepted in silence, without dis
crimination, as a right of the stronger
powers of Europe to control and dom
inate the weaker and struggling states
of Central and South America.
On this point the Argentine minis
ter of foreign relations in his note re
marks that the capitalist who supplies
any money to a foreign state always
takes into consideration the re
sources of the country.
The compulsory and Immediate de
mand for payment at a given mo
ment of a public debt by means of
force would not produce other than
the ruin of the weaker nations and
the absorption of their government al
together by the powerful nations of
the earth.
We do not pretend, neither can we
either pretend, that these nations shall
occupy an exceptional position In
their relations with European powers,
who have the undoubted right to pro
tect their subjects as amplv as In any
other part of the globe, against any
injustice they may have been victims
of. The only thing the Argentine re
public maintains is the principle, al
ready accepted, that there cannot be
European territorial expansion In or
oppression of the people of this con
tinent, because their unfortunate finan
cial condition might oblige one of
them to put off the fulfillment of its
obligations. The principle which wo
maintain is that a public debt cannot
give rise to an armed intervention,
and much less to the territorial oc
cupation of the soil of the American
nations by any European power.
Complying with his Instructions,
Minister Merou left a copy of this
communication with the secretary of
state. In his reply, Mr. Hay did not
express assent or dissent to the doc
trine of public law set forth In the
note of the Argentine minister of for
eign relations. He referred the min
ister to the messages of December 3,
1901, and December 2, 1902.
Progress of the Honduras Scrap.
PANAMA, Colombia.—Cable ad
vices received from Honduras by way
of Salvador say that the departments
of Copan, Gracias, Intibucot, La-Paz,
Comayaqua and Paralso are in the
hands of the troops of General Bon
illa, the president-elect of Honduras,
who is marching on Santa Barbara.
The forces of President Sierra of
Honduras, It is added, occupy the cap
itals of the departments of Teguir
galpa, Choluteca and Valle.
Insane Lover Slays Girt.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.—Miss Julia
Toombes, aged 23. was shot by Wil
liam Stevens Morse Sunday, a rejected
lover, who during the past three
months has been twice in an insane
asylum. Morse fired four shots at her
while she was on her way to church
and every shot took effect.
Second Trial Frees Boy.
GLASGOW, Mont.—John Hayfleld,
1G years old, was acquitted Saturday
on his second trial of killing William
Palmer. The jury disagreed at the
former trial. There had been a dif
ference between Hayfleld’s father and
Palmer, who were neighboring ranch
men. During an altercation between
the two young Hayfleld, who was hunt
ing, was said to have taken a shot at
Palmer, killing him instantly.
Watch for Conscience Fund.
WASHINGTON—The secretary of
the treasury has received a unique con
science contribution in the shape of a
watch with a gold tilled case. The
watch came in a package, postmarked
Pittsfield, Mass. The sender says in
an accompanying letter:
“Such as 1 have 1 give unto you for
the conscience fund. The money I
gave for the watch is more than I con
sider I owe the government.’’
(K
New* From the 8tatlon* and College*.
Professor H. T. French has been
made director of the Idaho Experi
ment Station.
Prof. A. T. Wlancko, Instructor of
agriculture In the University of Ne
braska, has resigned, and will go to
the Indiana Experiment Station.
Professor R. S. Mackintosh, assist
ant horticulturist of the Minnesota
station, has been elected professor of
horticulture in the Alabama Agricul
tural College.
Cornell University Is about to lose
Its old professor of chemistry, G. C.
Caldwell, who will retire with a pen
sion. He has been professor of chem
istry there since 1868.
The Arizona Agricultural College la
to have as professor of Animal Hus
bandry T. F. McConnell, who has been
engaged In the same department of the
Wisconsin Agricultural College.
Prof. H. A. Huston, for many years
director of the Indiana Experiment
Station, has resigned to take a posi
tion with the German Kali Works. He
is to have charge of their St. Louts
office.
Prof. John W. Gilmore has become
agriculturist at the Cornell Experi
ment Station. He has just returned
from the Philippine Islands, where he
had been engaged In agricultural work.
He taught agrlctulture in China for
two years.
Prof. Kenyon L. Butterfield has been
elected president of the Rhode Island
Agricultural College. He was for
merly superintendent of Michigan
Farmers' Institutes, and has been more
recently an Instructor in the Univer
sity of Michigan.
' Seed Corn for Illinois Farm Boys.
For the purpose of Interesting the
boys in the County Farmers' Institute
and Introducing Improved seed corn
Into the several counties, the Illinois
Farmers’ Institute offers to furnish a
package of seed corn, consisting of 500
grains of some pure bred variety
grown by a member of the Illinois
Corn Breeders’ Association, to any hoy
under 18 years of age, who will send
his name and address and four cents
to pay postage on corn to A. B. Hos
tetler, Secretary, Springfield, Illinois.
This Is done on condition that the corn
be grown by the boy as per the direc
tions upon the package and a sample
exhibited at the County Farmers’ In
stitute of the county In which the ap
plicant lives, and that prizes are of
fered for the same through the Coun
ty Institute. The breeder and donator
of the corn, the name of the variety,
the score card of the Illinois Corn
Growers' Association, to assist In se
lecting ten ears for exhibit, and the
directions for planting and keeping
record of same will all be printed on
the package containing the seed. Va
rieties suitable to the latitude of the
applicant will be sent to each onel
The County Institutes that have tried
this plan have aroused great Interest
In the Institute meetings and have en
couraged hundreds of boys to grow
butter corn, to attend the institute
meetings and to become Interested In
better methods of farming. All names
of boys desiring corn must be received
by the first of April, that all may get
the seed in time for planting.
Growing Cow Pea*.
From the Farmers’ Review: I have
been a subscriber to your paper for
some time and have never yet seen
any article from this, Alexander, coun
ty. I saw In your paper of Feb. 11 an
Inquiry as to how to grow cowpeas.
This depends on what variety is sown.
I would sow one bushel of the Whip
poorwill variety per acre, and sow
them In May; about the 20th Is a good
time. If I was sowing the cowpeas I
would not sow more than three pecks
to the acre. I have grown both varie
ties, but I prefer the Whippoorwill
variety to the Clay verities, as the
Bunch varieties are much more easily
handled. I would advise the reader,
of Madison county, to sow his peas
with wheat drill about May 20, and
cut the crop off for hay when about
half of the pea pods begin to get ripe
and then plow his land and sow it to
wheat. He will Just be his pea crop
ahead, as the roots of the peas benefit
the soil. I would prefer taking the
crop off to plowing It under. He will
find that the pea hay will be excellent
feed if he gets it cured in good shape
for any stock, either cattle or horses.
—A Reader, Unity, Alexander county,
Illinois.
A Doubtful Method.
At a farmers’ institute a speaker
said: “Ventilation is a subject of
much discussion and experimentation;
but no ventilator has ever been in
vented that will change with the
weather,—as is necessary In ventilat
ing a hen house. So, as the attendant
must do it, the simplest way will be
found the best, and this Is to depend
entirely upon the windows. On all
pleasant days in the winter, when
fowls are confined, the windows are
opened sufficiently to give the fowls
nearly as much sunlight and fresh air
as they would get out of doors. At
night the windows are closed, and the
fowls do not suffer for fresh air until
morning."
We very much doubt the soundness
of this advice. Open windows and
loors on some days are fruitful
sources of colds and catarrhal trou
bles. It is far better to adopt a scien
:ific method of ventilation and depend
on it whenever the poultry house has
* be tlehtlr closed.