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fi V YiS i r J 1 he Bow ot Orange liibboii J A ROMANCE OF NEW YORK J r t By AMELIA K BARR J Author ef Friend Olivia YLJ and tha Other One Eto Copyright 1880 by Dcdd Meed and Company 44Mm444H4M44 CHAPTER XIV Continued I will give it to him again With uny own hands I will give it to him -once more Oh Richard my lover my husband Now I will hajten to seo thee She reached London the next night -and weary and terrified drove at once to the small hostlery where Hyde lay Katherine he cried and his -voice was as weak and as tearful as that of a troubled child Here come I my dear one Oh how you love me Kathei e She took from her bosom tin St Nicholas ribbon I give it to thee again At the first time I loved thee now my husband ten thousand times more I love thee As I went through the papers I found it And between their clasped hands it lay the bit of orange ribbon that had handseled all their happiness It is the promise of everything I can give thee my loved one whls perod Kafiierine It is the luck of Richard Hyde Dearest wife thou hast given me my ife back again CHAPTER XV Turning Westward It was a hot August afternoon and Hyde sat at an open window at Hyde Manor He was pale and wasted from his long sickness but there was spec ulation and purpose in his face and ho had evidently cast away the mental apathy of the invalid As he sat thus a servant entered and said a few words which made him turn with a glad expectant manner to the open door and as he did so a man of near sixty years of age passed through it a handsome lordly looking man who had that striking personal re semblance to Hyde which affectionate brothers often have to one another Faith William you are welcome home How delighted I am to see you Tis twelve years since we met Dick And Hyde Manor is a miracle I expected to find it mouldy and mossy On the contrary it is a place of perfect beauty And it is all my Katherines doing She is my angel I am unworthy of her goodness and beauty Why then Dick I may as well tell you that I have also found a treasure past belief of the same kisdo Hi ct Dick I am married and have two sons There was a moments profound si lence and an inexplicable shadow passed rapidly over Hydes face but it was fleeting as a thought and ere the pause became strained and pain ful he turned to his brother and said I am glad William With alL my heart I am glad I was married very quietly and have been in Italy ever since I was told that you had left the army That is exactly true When I heard that Lord Percys regiment was designed for America and against the Americans I put it out of the kings power to send me on such a busi ness Indeed I think the Americans have been ill used and I find the town in a great commotion upon the matter The people of New York have burned eiBgies of Lord North and Gov Hutch inson and the new troops were no sooner landed than five hundred of them deserted in a body Hydes white face was crimson with excitement and his eyes glowed like stars as he listened That was like New York and faith if I had been there I would have helped them Why not go there I owe you much for the hope of which my hap piness has robbed you I will take Hyde Manor at its highest price I will add to it fifty thousand pounds Indemnity for the loss of the succes sion You may buy land enough for a duchy there and found in the New World a new line of the old family Dick my dear brother out of real love and honor I speak these words Indeed William I am very sensible of your kindness and I will consider well your proposition I think in- deed that my Katherine will be in a transport of delight to return to her native land Almost with the words she entered clothed in a white India muslin with carnations at her breast The earl bowed low and then kissed her cheeks and led her to a chair which he placed between Hyde and himself Katherine was predisposed to emi gration but yet she dearly loved the home she had made so beautiful Dur ing Hydes convalescence also other plans had become very hopeful and pleasant and they could not be cast aside without some reluctance It was on a cold stormy afternoon in February when the Urns were white with snow Hyde sat by the bjg wood fire re reading a letter from Joris Van Heemskirk whicb also in closed a copy of Josiah Qulncys speech on the Boston Fort JB1H Kath erine had a piece of worsted work in her hands It was at this moment Lettico came in with a bundle of newspapers They he brought by Sir Thomas Swaffhams man sir with Sir Thomas compli ments there being news he thinks you would like to read sir Hyde opened the papers with eager curiosity and read the news from America I must draw my sword again Katherine he said as his hand im pulsively went to his left side I thought I had done with it forever but by St George Ill draw it In this quarrel The American quarrel Richard No other could so move me Every good man and true wishes them well Are you willing Only to be with youonly to please you Richard I have no other happi ness Then it is settled The earl buys Hyde as it stands we have nothing except our personal effects to pack Write to night to your father Tell him that we are coming in two weeks to cast our lot with America When Joris Van Heemskirk received this letter he was very much excited by its contents He was sitting in the calm evening with unloosened buckles in a cloud of fragrant tobacco talking of these things Then he put on his hat and walked down his garden He was standing on the river bank and the meadows over It were green and fair to see and the fresh wind blew into his soul a thought of its own un trammeled liberty He looked up and down tlie river and lifted his face to the clear sky and said aloud Beauti lul land To be thy children we should not deserve if one inch of thy soil we yielded to a tyrant Truly a vaderland to me and to mine thou hast been Truly do I love thee Then with his mind Liade up he went into the house In a few minutes Elder Semple came In He looked exceedingly worried and although Joris and he avoided politics by a kind of tacit agreement he could not keep to kirk and com mercial matters but constantly re turned to one subject a vessel lying at Murrays wharf which had sold her cargo of molasses and rum to the Committee of Safety Joris let the elder drift from one grievance to another and he was just in the middle of a sentence contain ing the opinion of Sears and Willet when Brams entrance arrested it He walked straight to the side of Joris Father we have closed his majes tys custom house forever We Who then Bram The Committee of Safety and the Sons of Liberty Semple rose to his feet trembling with passion Let me tell you then Bram you are a parcel o rogues and rebels and if I were his majesty Id gibbet the last ane o you Patience elder Sit down Ill speak No councillor Ill no sit down un til I ken what kind o men Im sitting wi Oot wi your maist secret thoughts Wha are you for For the people and for freedom am I said Joris calmly rising to his feet Too long have we borne injus tice Bram my son I am your com rade in this quarrel He spoke with fervent but not rapid speech and with a firm round voice full of magical sympathies Ill hear nae mair o such folly Gie me my bonnet and plaid madam and Ill be going I hope the morn will bring you a measure o common sense He was at the door as he spoke but ere he passed it he lifted his bonnet above his head and said God save the king God save his gracious majesty George of Eng land Joris turned to his son To shut up the kings customs was an overt act of treason Bram then had fully com mitted himself and following out his own thoughts he asked abruptly What will come of it Bram War will come and liberty a great commonwealth a great coun try In the meantime Semple fuming and ejaculating was making his way slowly home However before he had gone very far he was overtaken by his son Neil now a very staid and stately gentleman holding under the government a high legal position in the investigation of the disputed New Hampshire grants He listened respectfully to his fath ers animadversions on the folly of the Van Heemskirks but he was thinking mainly of the first news told him the early return of Katherine He was conscious that he still loved Katherine and that he still hated Hyde So Neil was somber and silent His father was uncertain as to his views and he did not want to force or hurry a decision Next morning when the elder reached the store the clerks and por ters were all standing together talk ing He knew quite well what topic they were discussing with such eager movements and excited speech But they dispersed to their work at the sight of his sour stern face and ho did not intend to open a fresh dispute by any question Apprentices and clerks then showed a great deal of deference to their mas ters and Elder Semple demanded the full measure due to him Something however in the carriage in the faces in the very tones of his servants voices offended him and he soon discovered that various small duties had been neglected Listen to me lads he said angrily Ill have nae politics mixed up wi my exports and imports Neither king nor Congress has aught to do wi my business and if there is among you ane o them fools that ca themselves the Sons o Liberty Ill pay him what ever I owe him now and he can gang to Madam Liberty for his future wage He waa standing on the step of his high counting desk as he spoke and he peered over the little wooden rail ing at the -men scattered about with pens or hammers or goods in their hands There was a moments silence then a -middle-aged man quietly laid down the tools with which he was closing a box and walked up to the desk The next moment every one in the place had followed him Sem ple was amazed and angry but he made no sign of either emotion He counted to the most accurate fraction every ones due and let them go with out one word of remonstrance But as soon as he was alone he felt the full bitterness of their desertion and he could not keep the tears out of his eyes as he looked at their empty places At this juncture Nell entered the store Heres a bonnie pass Neil every man has left the store I may as weel put up the shutters There are other men to be hired They were maistly at auld stand bys auld married men that ought to have had malr sense The married men are the trouble makers the women have hatched and nursed this rebellion If they would only spin their webs and mind their knitting But they willna Neil and they never would If theres a pot o re bellion brewing between the twa poles women will be dabbling in it They have aye been against lawfu authority The restraints o paradise was tyranny to them And they get worse and -worse it isna ane apple would do them the noo theyd strip the tree my lad to its vera topmost branch You ought to know father I have small and sad experience with them Sae I hope youll stand by my side We twa can keep the house thegither If we are a right the gov ernment will whistle by a womans talk Did you not say Katherine was coming back I did that See there again Hyde has dropped his uniform and sold a that he has and is coming to fight in a quarrel thats nane o his Heard you ever such foolishness But it is Katherines doing theres little doot o that Hes turned rebel then Ay has he Thats what women do Politics and rebellion Is the same thing to them Well father I shall not turn rebel Oh Neil you take a load off my heart by thae words I have nothing against the king and I could not be Hydes comrade To be continued GESTURES IN GENERAL USE Motions That Are Common to All Na tions of the Earth Certain gestures are absolutely identified with certain feelings To shake ones fist is to threaten to hold up ones finger is to warn To In dicate thought we place the tips of the fingers on the forehead to show concentrated attention we apply the whole hand To rub the hands is everywhere a sign of joy and to clap them a sign of enthusiasm It would be easy to multiply examples Af firmation negation repulsion are all indicated by motions that every one understands It is the same in quite as great a degree with nationalities in spite of the original diversity of the races that make them up The mimetic cnar acter results at once from race from history and from climate The gesture of the Englishman is fierce and harsh he speaks briefly brusquely he is cold positive force ful His salutation is cold and accen tuated but his handshake is loyal The gesture of Germany is heavy good humored and always ungraceful Many of the Slav people are unwilling to look one in the face and they have a false gesture The Spaniard and the Portuguese although dwelling in a Southern land gesticulate little their language is rythmic slow solemn they are grave their salutation is a little theatrical The Italian is lively mobile intel ligent gay his language is harmo nious sonorous warm and luminous like his countrys sky The salutation of the Italian is quick and full of feeling his gestures colored and ex aggerated Won the Old Man Sir he said to her father this is a practical world The spirit of commercialism cannot be throttled by the tender bonds of sentiment Per haps you have noticed this I cannot say I have replied the stern parent but that neednt detain you Of course not said the youth with an affable smile What I was about to say is that while I am sitting up courting your daughter I feel that it would be no more than fair to offer to pay for the gas I assist in consum ing Good said the old man And how about the coal Do you expect me to throw that in Certainly not cried the youth Ill gladly throw in the coal Sless you I worked my way through college tending a furnace And the old man smiled approv ingly The real difference between men t3 energy A strong will a settled pur pose an invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the distinction between great men and little men Fuller IN LINCOLNS BIRTHPLACE Woman Living in New EngleLnd Whose Father Was Born in the Historic Log Gabin Stories of the Early Days Lincoln has been dead thirty eight years Most of those who personally knew him have also passed on into silence and like Washington he has become in the popular mind a sort of mystical figure associated with a bygone age of dramatic heroism a patron saint Although New England loved Lin coln as much as any other section of the country did when it came to know him yet he was always regarded as a characteristic product of the pioneer country and although efforts not alto gether successful have been made to show that he was of Hingham ances try never till now has Massachusetts been conscious of the presence in this locality of any living connection be tween the immortal rail splitter and our own soil Nevertheless for seventeen years one of the environs of Boston has har bored a woman who makes the proud boast that her father and Abraham Lincoln were first cousins that both- their bill of fare the greater part of the time JMy grandparents Levi Hall and Martha Hanks- both died of the milk sick in Indiana in 1818 about the same time that Lincolns mother Nancy Hanks and her uncle and aunt Sparrow died All were burled to gether in rude coffins construced by Thomas Lincoln who was now a wid ower with two small children After Lincoln became President someone erected a monument over his mothers grave in the Wilderness but Aunt Roseanne told me that the selection of the grave for the monument must have been mere guesswork since none of the graves had ever been marked and there was no means of identifying any one of them Coming to the subject of the migra tion of the survivors of the three fami lies from Indiana to Illinois Mrs Moore says Joseph Hanks who taught Thomas Lincoln Abes t father the carpenters tell me stories of her early life In the pioneer days in Illinois One story was In regard to a fresh et such as used to come almost yearly to those who lived along the river bot toms eighty years or so ago Grandma went several miles down the rlvor on a raft ono day to the mill to have some corn ground leaving the chil dren in the log house The river had been threatening to rise for several days but the children well knew from former experiences that if the river invaded the house they were to climb up on the roof for safety The river rose while grandma was away and she toiled laboriously to get home as soon as she could When she got nearly home she found ever thing afloat and as she passed a treo that was well submerged she thought she heard a cry from the branches She paddled to the tree and there found her baby John Hanks afloat in his cradle which had been washed through the door of the cabin and had drifted were born in the same rude log cabin in Kentucky but three months apart in 1809 and that she herself is a grandniece of Lincolns mother the famous Nancy Hanks She is Mrs Nellie M Moore who was born not many years before the outbreak of the civil war in the then exceedingly primitive town of Frank ford Mo and has been for three months past a resident of East Pep perell Mass where her husband Charles W Moore is engineer in a mill Miss Hall for that was Mrs Moores maiden name spent only the first thir teen years of her life in Missouri hav ing been sent to a Kentucky boarding school at that age She was married and lived in Louisville for some years later removed to Cincinnati and after the death of her husband came East married Mr Moore a native of Massa chusetts and they lived for seventeen years in Atlantic a part of Quincy un til they removed to Pepperell When asked to define her relation ship to the martyred President Mrs Moore said My father William S Hall was a son of Martha Hanks sister of Nancy Hanks who married Thomas Lincoln and became the mother of Abraham Lincoln So you see my father was first cousin and I was second cousin to the President My grandfather who married Mar tha Hanks was Levi Hall and they and Thomas and Nancy Lincoln were living together in the little log cabin in La Rue county Ky in 1809 when Abraham Lincoln was born there My father was born three months later in the same cabin When questioned as to the antece dents of the Hanks Lincoln and Hall families Mrs Moore says it is a tradi tion of all three families that they emigrated together from New England about 200 years ago to Pennsylvania from there to Virginia and later to Kentucky as they eventually did to Indiana and finally to Illinois and Mis souri She has been for some time engaged in investigating the possible early connection of the families with New England and intends to prepare a genealogy embodying the results of her labor Continuing her story of the vicissi tudes of the Lincoln Hanks and Hall families Mrs Moore says My aunt Rosanne Hall -who rode from her home in Maryland to Ken tucky behind her husband on his horse told me that there were Quakers among my ancestors as there are said to have been In the Lincoln family She also said that my great-grandfather was killed by tho Indians at the same time that Abraham Lincolns grandfather was while they were clearing the ground to plant corn on their arrival in Kentucky It was she who told me my father was born in the Lincoln log cabin Aunt Rosanne said that Abe Lin colns mother used to walk five miles to mill to have her corn ground or to buy a side of bacon which with corn meal mush or johnnycake comprised V trade just 1C0 years ago was ope of the first settlers in Illinois having gone there from Kentucky about 1820 It was his son the famous John t Hanks still living in Missouri who in 1830 induced Thomas Lincoln Dennis Hanks and my father to piill up stakes and also remove to Illinois where Abe was destined to achieve that fame that gained for him the Presidency Having arrived in Macon county 111 the party which numbered thir teen settled for a while My father and Abe Lincoln were in their 21st year and they with John Hanks Abes second cousin built the log cabin which some say was exhibited on Bos ton Common thirty years or more ago They also split the famous fence rails at that time samples of which did much to arouse the enthusiasm in the Illinois convention in 1SC0 which se cured the Presidential nomination for Lincoln After serving as major in the Black Hawk war in which Abe Lincoln was captain my father became one of the earliest settlers in Missouri and dur ing the greater part of his life kept a tavern first at Hannibal and -later at Frankford Frankford used to be visited by In dians sometimes and if they didnt find whisky before they arrived they were harmless and their presence caused no uneasiness But if they were drunk the news would quickly spread and school would be dismissed for the day After a while a brick schoolhouse was built one and one half miles from town and to get there we had to fight our way through wild animals and snakes for Missouri takes the blue ribbon for snakes At the brick school we were furnished with a horn and if wild animals or Indians were seen prowling about we blew the horn and the neighboring farmers got their guns and came to our rescue When I was a little girl Aunt Sally Abraham Lincolns stepmother used to visit us and she frequently put me to sleep in her arms but I never thought much about it till I was grown up and others reminded me of the distinction I had enjoyed I often visited around among the Hankses in my childhood too and my especial favorite was Grandma Hanks as we called John Hanks mother wife lived in what is now known as Quincy 111 I used to hold her skein of yarn for her when she wound it into a ball and during the operation she would about till it found lodgment in the top of the tree where his mother found it Another of her stories was about Guinea niggers I suppose you dont know what Guinea niggers were do yqu Well they were hot uncommon in the days when slaves were brought from Africa They were very small in stature and very unprepossessing in appearance and they were said to be cannibals Grandma said that in her youth she knew a young couple who bought a pair of Guined niggers One day their little child disappeared and it was never seen again They afterward found that the cannibals had eaten the child and they were hanged for it Grandma like most of the Hankses and Lincolns was an ardent Metho dist In her old age she always knit ted just so much on a stocking every week day One morning she was in dustriously engaged in the perform ance of her allotted stint when some of the younger folks came in with their best clothes on Why grandma What are you do ing somebody asked Only knitting she replied with some surprise What knitting on Sunday grandma Is this Sunday asked grandma in amazement When convinced that it was she unraveled every stitch she had done that morning in order- to atone as far as possible for her dese cration of the day Mrs Moore describes having seen with some amusement Abraham Lin coln making a political speech in Mis souri arrayed in a long and exceeding ly crumpled linen duster and a tall hat of ancient pattern She says that when Lincoln was nominated for Pres ident his humble relatives among the Hankses held up their hands with amazed incredulity and exclaimed with practical unanimity Abe Lincoln for President I dont believe it - There was always something queer about the Hankses she says for al though they were among the earliest settlers In Illinois and had their pick of 4fte land and plenty of it and soma of them had large productive farms yet every one of them turned out as poor as Jobs cat My mother owned slaves before the war but my father never did nor did any of the Hankses and for that rea son they were called poor whites by their neighbors who had slaves AH tne Hankses were stanch supporters ol the union during the civil war Bos ton Globe