A
THE MAID sf MAIDEN HANE
Sequel to The Bow of Orange Ribbon
A HOVE STORY BY AMEMA E BARR
Copyrlcht 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
ho ato he talked to his father of
those things interesting to him
Pray asked Gen Hyde what
can you tell me ahout the seat of
government Will New York he
chosen
Upon my word sir the opinions
aro 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 Jorls the ladies 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 pro supposes both royalty and
nobility
We havo 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 sons shoulder
and looked with a proud confidence
into the bright face lifted to the
touch
Then 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
theni men were busy draining and
jiuilding stone walls plowing and
V -owing and digging and planting
Yet in the midst of all this busy
life George detected in his fathers
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 cause 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
tiieGz5Sf
X He watched his sons angry carriage
remained silent then he said with
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
Was Doctor Moran his physi
cian
Yes sir I had the honor of spend
ing an evening at Doctor Morans
Hiouse this week and if you will be
lieve me sir he has a daughter that
shames every other beauty
In love again George
This time desperately and really
in love It has come to this I wish
to marry Miss Moran and I never
Wished to marry any other woman
You have forgotten And by
heaven you must forget Miss Moran
She is not to be thought 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 Look east
and west and north and south all
these rich lands were bought with
your Uncle Williams 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 A nnie 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 sons 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 Georges
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 womans
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 grandfathers 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 morO
than once A great beauty I thlnK
her and Doctor John has money
plenty of money and a very good
family aro 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
clsses and golden daffodils he called
a slave woman and bade her carry
them to the Semple house and lay
them in and around his friends 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 friends
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 Joris 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
r n I i 1 1 - jSktJ
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 youths 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 fathers 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 Miss
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
ters 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 I
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 I had forgotten the incident
I can vouch for all you say for I 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 tbje 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
ministers personal remarks After
singing the first hymn he opened the
Bible and chose for his text Acts xx
And after the uproar had ceased
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FENCES JUST GO
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT WILL
TAKE DECISIVE ACTION
REMOVAL NOTICES EXPECTED
No Further Dilly Dallylng on the
Question Congress Failed to Act
and Now the Secretary of the Inte
rior Will Do So
WASHINGTON Notices will go out
in a few days to owners of fences un
lawfully maintained on the public do
main that these must be removed at
once and no excuse offered for the
purpose of further delay will be ac
cepted by the interior department un
der whose direction this order will
he made and executed The order will
affect a large number of cattle own
ers throughout the west and south
west where millions of acres of pub
lic lands have been kept under these
prohibited fences for many years
Mr Hitchcock secretary of the in
terior is determined that there shall
be no further dilly dallying on this
proposition It is known that the pres
ident is in thorough accord with the
secretary and spports him in his de
termination to put an end to the abuse
that has grown into a public scandal
within the last few years So long
as congress was in session and a show
of an effort was being made to have
the grazing and leasing law passed
the secretary was disposed to be le
nient in the matter of enforcing the
anti fence law Congress failed to take
action through the inability of the
cattle owners to agree upon any bill
that met the approval of the secretary
of the interior and there is nothing
left now but to enforce the law passed
in 1885 prohibiting the maintenance
of any fence on the public domain
The order for final removal of the
fences was issued in April last year
The cattlemen throughout the country
presented protests and appeals for an
extension of time in which to comply
with the order The president grant
ed an extension until July 1 The cat
tlemen represented their willingness to
get together on an acceptable leasing
bill and action was further deferred
until the opening of congress All dur
ing the last session representatives of
the cattle owners were in Washington
seeking the passage of a bill allowing
the leasing and fencing of the public
ranges It was impossible to secure
an agreement upon any measure and
congress adjourned without action
The officials of the interior depart
ment are now convinced that the cattle
owners were not anxious to secure TJie
passage of a leasing law but werp
sparring for delay with the hope of
bringing pressure sufficient to induce
further postponement of the fence re
moving order
The orders for removal of fences
will be directed to owners of herds
that are now maintaining these unlaw
ful enclosures If the order is not
complied with in a reasonable length
of time the interior department will
take whatever summary action is nec
essary for the enforcement of the law
There are thousands of acres of pub
lic lands enclosed by these fences in
Nebraska Wyoming Kansas and oth
er western states and territories
Question of Citizenship
WASHINGTON D C The supreme
court Monday advanced to the October
term the case of Isabella Gonzales a
Porto Rican woman who was detained
by the immigration authorities at
New York last August on the ground
that she was liable to become a public
charge She attempted to sue out a
writ of habeas corpus on the ground
that she was not an alien but the
writ was dismissed and she now ap
peals the case to the supreme court
to determine whether as a native of
Porto Rico she can be held under the
immigration laws applicable to aliens
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 Wwangsi 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
Bird and Rockefeller
NEW YORK The annual meeting
of the directors of the Missouri Pa
cific railway was held Tuesday for the
election of officers and the executive
committee The list of officers re
mains the same with the addition of A
C Bird formerly of the Chicago Mil
waukee St Paul road who was elect
ed a vice president of the Misouri Pa
cific The only change in the execu
tive committee was the election of
John D Rockefeller jr to succeed
General Louis Fitzgerld
tJUll 1
EXTRA CONGRESS
Roosevelt May Call the Lower House
Together
WASHINGTON It can be stated
by authority that President Roosevelt
is considering the advisability of call
ing an extra session of the Fifty
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 7000000 and
the plan is to irrigate about 700000
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
comply 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 450000 on surveys and
other examinations which will oo
carried on in all the spates and ter
ritories included within the provisions
of the law
INDIANS WANT TO BUY LANDS
Canadian Senecas Want to Settle in
Oklahoma
GUTHRIE Okla Silas Smith and
Henry Captian chiefs of the Seneca
Indians in the United States have
spent the past week at Pawhuska
Okla the capitol of the Osage Indian
nation where in conference with
Governor Bigheart of the Osages
plans were discussed for the purchase
of Osage lands by a tribe of Seneca
Indians 1500 in number now resid
ing on a reservation in Canada
The Indians on the Canadian res
ervation desire it is stated to come
to the southwest to be near their
brothers in this country The Senecas
here number only 250 as far as
known No definite conclusion was
reached
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
Insane Lover Slays Girl
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
Omaha Road is Booming
ST PAUL Minn The gross earn
ings of the Chicago St Paul Minne
apolis Omaha road for 1902 as
shown by the annual report issued
Tuesday were 11907525 an increase
of 711121 operating expenses and
taxes 74S3254 net earnings 1424
271 The ratio of operating expenses
and taxes to gross earnings was 6284
per cent Passenger earnings increas
ed 438704
NEW DORPS OLD TAVERN
3uilt in 1665 and Has Been Continu
ously Occupied
Some weeks ago at a meeting of
the hoard of aldermen it was said by
Borough President Cromwell that
Fraunccs tavern was the oldest
hostelry in Greater New York There
Is at least one much older than Frauu
ces It Is the old Black Ilorso tav
ern at New Dorp S I The present
proprietor is Patrick Curry who
bought the place seventeen years ago
Tills tavern was built in J6G5 and 1ms
been doing business at the same stand
constantly since that date The orig
inal swinging sign representing a
black horse was taken down somo
years ago when the iron rings by
which it was suspended had been
worn through by constant swinging
for over 200 years The sign Is full
of bullet holes where It has been
used as a target at various times Tho
outline of the black horse can be dis
tinguished only with difficulty as tho
curves of that noble animal have
laded away Mr Curry preserves this
as a most cherished possession in the
sitting room of the hotel The original
crossbeams of the ceiling are still vis
ible in many of the rooms In others
they have been incased with smooth
boards a strange blending of the mod
ern and the ancient Built before the
era of machinery when every kind of
timber was most plentiful and when
tho only tools were the adze the jack
saw the hammer and the plane this
old building at the crossroads may bo
good for at least another century
New York Times
MADE A SHREWD CALCULATION
How Senator Vest as a Boy Got Out
of a Tight Place
Senator Vest came Into the Senate
chamber feebly he loaned on his
man servants arm But ho was in
good spirits and there was soon gath
ered about him a little group of states
men
Senator Vest began to evoke memo
ries of his boyhood
Once he said a crowd of us a
crowd of us boys played soldiers
There were two camps Eacli camp
had a fort with a high mud wall and
when you put your head up above this
wall bang bang bang a volley of
stones came at you
We had strict military rules and
to disobey the captains orders was a
crime no one would have been guilty
of Therefore when I was told to go
outside the fort and pace off the dis
tance from our camp to the pump
close by the enemys lines I did so
though I was badly frightened Stones
fell all about me and though I paced
my way to the pump correctly I quite
forgot to count my steps So when
on my return the captain asked me
what the distance was I was embar
rassed But in a moment I had a hap
py thought
How far captain would you say
it was I asked
Oh about seventy five paces the
captain answered
That is exactly right said I It
is seventy live exactly
The Poor Man and the Beggar
Please sir said the tattered beg
gar give me a few coins I havent
a cent havent eaten a thing to day
and have no place to sleep
The well dressed man stopped
sharply regarded the beggar a mo
ment and then said
My man my luncheon to day cost
another fellow 1S5 and now Im
Avalking from here to Seventy second
street because I havent a nickel My
rent bill of 780 ih due to morrow
Im 1000 overdrawn at tiie bank a
man that owes me 20000 killed him
self yesterday my yacht auto dia
monds and paintings are all mort
gaged and my wife is suing for a
divorce Now sir who is the worse
off
The beggar took a nickel from his
clothes and handed it silently to the
man
The well dressed man looked aston
ished Then he threw a 5 bill at the
tattered mendicant and walked away
New Yor Press
The Way to the Valley
The way is long to the Valley of Rest
Down the dim uncertain years
But well reach the valley when God
thinks best
And enter its shadows sweet and ble3t
Where is never a rain of tears
Well forget the gloom of the weary
way
Where the thorns grew red along
With answers sweet to the prayers we
pray
The Spirit of Peace will speak that day
And thr sigh will be the song
And deep in the beautiful Valley of
Rest
We shall pass from the storm swept
sod
With tired hands folded above- tho
breast
We shall s ay to the Silence how God
knew best
And dream in the Light of God
Atlanta Constitution
Air Baths
Air baths are all the rage in fash
ionable Berlin just now We all know
what necessary factors light and air
are for the maintenance of health The
Berlin air baths have the great ad
vantage of being pleasant as well as
healthful and many of the society
women of the German capital have
taken them up Even the tiniest chil
dren are taken to these baths as
well as young girls and more elderly
women
The main object of course is the
exercise of both the muscles and the
lungs at the same time and the non
descript kind of bathing dress worn
allows the women a delightful sense
of freedom while practicing their gym
nastic feats or playing at gardening
in the grounds It is scarcely neces
sary to add that the garden is kept
as secluded as possible Surrounded
by high walls it is situated in a quiet
locality just outside the city