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THE MAID af MAIDEN liANE
Sequel to Tlie Bow of Orange Ribbon
A HOVE STORY BY AMEMA E BARR
Copyricbt 1900 by Amelia E Barr
CHAPTER II Continued
About six oclock Arcnta Van
Ariens made a personal response to
her friends 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
told me so this afternoon I dare
say he has earned his title even if he
is a lieutenant
Dont be so hlghty 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 Arentas
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 ouietlv upstairs Arenta did not
rs
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
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The fresh sea wind and the bright sunshine
mad 3 her feel for a moment or two
as iC she could hardly breathe
Upon Arentas brother he had not
produced a pleasant impression With
out ntention 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
or doing himself justice And Rem
tried in various ways to introduce
sonre conversation which would afford
him the pleasure of contradiction He
failed to consider that his barely
veiled antagonism compelled from the
do tor and even from Cornelia and
Arenta attentions he might not other
wise have received So Hyae easn
the hero of the hour he was
permitted to teach the girls the charm
ting old world step of the Pas de
Quatre and afterwards to sing with
them merry airs from Figaro and sen
timental airs from Lodoiska
Fortunately some of Dr Morans
neighbors called early in the evening
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 the satisfaction of watching
IWvde depart in his chair while he
stood with a confident friendship by
Cornelias 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 borne Arenta
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 Beckers 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 I would talk
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 I wonder if she
is in love to tell the truth she was
past finding out I cannot say that I
saw the least sign of it and between
me and myself Rem was unreason
able however I 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 Arentas 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 p w all kinds of unpleasant feel
ings ai when I left that good doc
tors house I was well satisfied His
daughter is an angel I 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 moraent more or less and
the meeting had not been Ah but
some Power had set that moment for
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their meeting and the delay had been
Intended and the consequences fore-
In a dim kind of way Hyde realized
this fact as he sat the next day with
an open book before him He was not
readinc it he was thinking of Corne
lia Soon he closed his book with im
patience and went to Prlnce a 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 flowers to
Cornelia ere he was satisfied they
would reactt 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
TTvii hejrzed to eo 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 others 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 sailor men the scent of the salt
watt and all the occult unrecog
nized it 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 eacb
other to 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 mothers face but it was as
serene as usual and she met her
daughters glanco 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 I
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 1
would not give them away Take your
flowers and put them in water the
young man is very extravagant 1
think Do you know that it is quite
noon and your father will be home in
a little while
And there was such kind intent
such a divining sympathy in the sim
ple words that Cornelias 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 oi
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
Clever Lawyer
A Philadelphia lawyer tells the story
that a picture of Fanny Davenport
nncfi won a case for him His client
was suing the Pennsylvania Railroad
company of which Wayne MacVeagh
was counsel for 7500 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
couldnt you have waited until your
case came up Its next to impossible
for me to get damages for you now
She said she didnt 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
MacVeagh happened into my office to
discuss quite another matter he picked
up the photo and admired it Whos
your friend he asked
I had a sudden inspiration and I
said Why thats the lady who is
suing your company for 7500
The deuce you say said he Hand
some woman isnt she
She is indeed I 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 Whatll you take to settle this
case he asked
I thought of my clients second
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SENATE ISGALLED
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SUM
MONS A SPECIAL SESSION
TO CONVEHE ON THURSDAY
Upper House to Report on Day Follow
ing Adjournment To Settle Canal
and Cuban Treaties Senators Re
quired to Make Up for Statehood
Debate
WASHINGTON The president on
Monday issued the following proclama
tion
By the President of the United
States of America A Proclamation
Whereas Public interests require
that the senate should convene in ex
traordinary session therefore I Theo
dore Roosevelt president of the
United States of America do hereby
proclaim and declare that an extra
ordinary occasion requires the senate
of the United States to convene at the
capltol in the city of Washington on
the 5th day of March next at 12
oclock noon of all which persons who
shall at that time be entitled to act
as members of that body are hereby
required to take notice
by
Given under my hand and the seal
of the United States at Washington
the 2d of March in the year of our
Lord 1903 and of the independence
of the United States the 127th
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
By the president
JOHN HAY Secretary of State
Such a proclamation has been ex
pected for some days as it was known
that the administration was determin
ed to leave no stone unturned to se
cure the ratification of the Cuban and
canal treaties
Only one protest has so far been
filed with the state department by
European powers against the ratifica
tion of the Cuban treaty At the
same time polite but pointed in
quiries have supplemented the note
filed by the British ambassador from
France and other European beet sugar
producing countries
In advance of the consummation of
the treaty of course no open threat
could be made but events are shaping
themselves so as to warrant the ex
pectation by the officials here that Eu
rope will retaliate against what it
calls the unjust discrimination against
European goods
It is now known that the inquiries
referred to have not been confined to
Washington but also have been direct
ed to President Palma and have add
ed much to the difficulty he is under
in securing favorable action in the
Cuban congress
R J GATLING ENDS BUSY LIFE
Famous Inventor of Gun Dies at an
Advanced Age
NEW YORK R J Catling invent
or of the Catling gun died here
Thursday at the home of his son-in-law
Hugh E Pentecost
Dr Gatling died very suddenly in
the arms of his daughter Mrs Pente
cast At 115 Dr Gatling returned
home fiovi a trip down town on busi
ness to the office of the Scientific
American Being S4 years of age
and accustomed to resting after any
Physical effort he told his daughter
he would lie down Shortly after
ward he commenced to breathe heav
ily and a physician was called and
he administered strychnine but to no
avail and Dr Gatling died in his
daughters arms a few minutes after
ward
M
MAY PAY MEXICAN DEBT
Itimillionaire Offers Diaz 50000-
000 to Square National Account
MEXICO CITY President Diaz has
received a communication from Pedro
iAlvarado a multimillionaire mining
man of Parral Mex offering to con
tribute 50000000 for the payment of
Mexicos foreign debt
Several weeks ago Alvarado wrote
vto 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
viewed in another way direct to Presi
dent Diaz
Kansas Seeks New Forest
TOPEKA Kan President Roose
velt will be asked to set aside 75000
acres in Finney county as a forest re
serve If the president grants the re
quest pine trees will be planted The
Kansas congressional delegation in
Washington will lay the matter before
the president this week
Divinity of the Savior
PRINCETON N J President F L
Palton 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 Delitzsch of Berlin
concerning the divinity of the Savior
Dr Patton said that while the theory
marriage aim i - - ol evolution might not be considered
S5 000 The deal was consummated
I inconsistent with belief m the incarna
and the case never came to court-
New York Tribune - 1 tion of Christ
HOUSE ADOPTS A NEW RULE
Design Is to Further Limit Power of
the Minority to Obstruct
WASHINGTON The republican
managers in the house have devised
another rule to still further feduco
the minoritys power to filibuster and
on Monday it wus ordered favorably
reported by the committee on rules
It adopts methods of sending to
conference general bills with senate
amendments which has been pursued
with reference to appropriation bills
MWWWKWWWMW wlfc gW HI
thus cutting off general rolls calls
and by a further provision cuts out
the demand for the previous question
on conference reports thus eliminat
ing a roll call on each report
The rule Is as follows
Resolved that immediately on the
adoption of this order or at any time
thereafter the speaker may lay be
fore the house the bill H B 12199
to regulate the Immigration of aliens
Into the United States now on the
speakers table and the senate
amendments thereto having been
read the question shall be at once
taken without debate or intervening
motion following question will the
house disagree to the senate amend
ments en bloc and ask a conference
with the senate And if this motion
shall be decided in the affirmative
the speaker shall at once appoint con
ferees without Intervention of any
motion
If the house shall decide the motion
in the negative the effect of said vote
shall be to agree to said amendments
and further that for the remainder
of this session whenever conference
report shall have been presented and
read there shall be ten minutes of de
hate and at the end of that time the
previous question shall be considered
as ordered on agreeing to said
port
FOUR NEW BATTLESHIPS
re-
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 Tho
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 3200000 each
and the cruisers 12750000
The battleships are to be of 12000
tons displacement and the cruisers of
9500 tons There is a provision that
not more than two of these vessels
shall be built by one establishment
and for the building of any or all of
them in the government yards in case
of a combination to deprive the gov
ernment of the benefit of fair compe
tition
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT
Decrease Durina Month of February
5969665
WASHINGTON D G The month
ly statement of the public debt shows
that at the close of business February
28 1903 the public debt less cash in
the treasury amounted to 937972
898 which is a decrease as compared
with January 31 of 59C9GC5 The
debt is recapitulated as follows In
terest bearing debt 914541420 debt
on which interest has ceased since ma
turity 1230510 debt bearing no in
terest 390744438 total 1312510-
3GS
This amount however does not in
clude 884725009 in certificates and
treasury notes outstanding which are
offset by an equal amount of cash on
hand held for redemption
EX NE3RASKAN IN TROUBLE
Lewis S Irwin Taken to Milwaukee
to Answer to Forgery
TOLEDO O Lewis S Irwin was
on Monday taken to Milwaukee to an
swer to a charge of forgery He has
been in jail here for some time await
ing an officer from Milwaukee Ir
win asserts his innocence He was
fifteen years a legal practitioner in
Nebraska where he was also promi
nent in politics For some time he
was a state treasury inspector Ir
win offered no objection to return
ing to Wisconsin but will probably
be brought back as a witness in a
murder trial here as he was made
one of the confidants it is said of
Albert Wade just convicted of first
degree murder and who seeks a new
trial
CORBETT AND HANLON FIGHT
Mill is a Fast and Furious One and
is Decided a Draw
SAN FRANCISCO Cal After
twenty rounds of the 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 has not
gone back as some sporting writers
would have the public believe
SYMPATHY OUT OF PLAC
The Only Way to Offer Help In 8omo
Instances Is to Buy a Pie
Out West a few years ago whilo
journeying around with a friend of
mine I overheard a conversation
which goes to show that sympathy Is
often misplaced said Cie roving
man and the moral is ult by any
means a bad one The quick way In
which tho man turned on his friend
who had offered him an abundance of
sympathy so far as sympathy can bo
extended by mere words was very
amusing and showed that the fellow
was quick witted and unusually bright
despite the fact that he had fallen
Into a rather rough road
Tho young man had been out We3t
for some time He had gone out there
with the Idea that ho could win a for
tune but Instead of finding tho way
to success a smooth one It was rather
rough and rocky marred by thorns
to prick the feet pitfalls and all that
kind of thing Put in plain unpoetlc
language he was run down at the heel
and bagging at the knee In order
to make a living he had been forced
to become a pie merchant on a small
scale He was in this business when
we found him and had a small mov
able stand on the corner of two
streets in a well known mining town
My friend recognized him at a glance
and rushed up to greet him The fel
low seemed to be just a little embar
rassed and my friend thought it would
bo the proper thing to do to offer a
little sympathy
Sorry to see you situated as you
are old fellow and In this business
said my friend feelingly
D your sympathy Buy a pie
was the quick rejoinder of the vender
and in a few moments we had left
him shrieking out his wares to men
who passed that way
1 At least he convinced my friend
that there are moments in a mans
life when the mere sympathy of the
mouth no matter how earnest or how
fervent the words can not meet tho
requirements of the case and that the
real and only way to offer help in
such instances is to buy a pie
RULE WORKED BOTH WAYS
And if Anything the Darky Had the
Best of It
At a country fair a free for all horse
show was organized Among the ear
ly entries was a small beast ridden
by a voluble individual who pulled
from his pocket a long document and
commenced to entertain the crowd by
reading the pedigree of his steed He
was the center of attraction until a
colored man rode in mounted upon a
splendid black large glossy and
symmetrical
Without waiting for an invitation
from the rider the crowd soon gath
ered about the beautiful horse and
many questions were asked which the
negro modestly answered Soon the
white man and his diminutive quad
ruped were left practically by them
selves and the rider found himself
smarting from wounded pride He
watched the new arrival for a short
time and then rode over
Where is your horses pedigree
he roared
I dunno boss I reckon he haint
got none lies des plain hoss
Oh well darn a horse without a
pedigree shouted tho disgruntled
white man and he swung the precious
record of his own animal over his
head proclaiming what it was and
how long it was Then he started to
ride away The negro looked at the
little beast over his shoulder rolled
his eyes and retorted Yes darn a
hoss without a pedigree is it Well
darn a pedigree widout a hoss Dats
whut I says
Two Birds
The birds there are that I do love
The turkey and the eagle
One walks the earth one soars above
The clouds supreme and regal
The turkey too can fly but he
Aims not at elevation
Some safe limb of an apple tree
Best suits his liumblo station
By night there from his wiiy ioc
The fox hes safe and slumbers
All undisturbed by any woe
That mortal dreaming cumbers
By day in orchard wandering
He humbly seeks his living
Unconscious of the joy hell bring
To gourmands on Thanksgiving
And while the eagle pinion borne
Doth cleave the vaulted azure
He gobbles up the golden corn
And gobbles forth his pleasure
And daily adding to his girth
For man his chief attraction
So Jills this bird of solid worth
His role with satisfaction
Each in his sphere has rightful fame
The eagle lirst in favor
As emblem of the nations aim
The turkey for his llavor
But while the eagles chief renown
Lies in his life a winner
The turkeys still when dead and bcawn
Served for Thanksgiving dinner
Senator Perkins Idea
Senator George C Perkins of Cali
fornia has some unusual ideas regard
ing the election of United States
Senators and on account of these bo
refused to listen to the appeals of his
friends to go to California during the
recent senatorial fight there
I regard the members of the leg
islature said he as the jury of the
people so far as the election of sena
tors is concerned Before the elec
tion of the legislature I made a cam
paign which extended the length and
breadth of my state I told the people
that I was a candidate for re election
and I made my promises to them
They elected a Republican legislature
and by so doing made that legislature
their jury When opposition appeared
to my re election my friends urged mo
to leave Washington and personally
conduct my case before the legisla
ture but I do not think it is right for
benators to try to inhuence the action
of legislatures so I remained in
Washington In other words I re-
t fused to tamper with the jury