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THE MAID sf MAIDEN LANE
Sequel to The Bow of Orange Ribbon
A lOVE STORY BY AAEUIA E BARR
Copyright 1900 by Amelia E Barr
CHAPTER V Continued
After he had gone Mrs Adams pro
posed a walk In the lovely garden
and Hyde hoped then to obtain a few
words with her But Mrs Smith ac
companied them and Hyde found no
opportunity to get a word In on his
own affairs and then suddenly as
they turned Into the main avenue
Doctor Moran and Cornelia anpeared
Quite as suddenly Mrs Adams
divined the motive of Hydes early
visit she opened her eyes wide and
looked at him with a comprehension
so clear and real that Hyde was com
pelled to answer and acknowledge
her suspicion by a look and move
ment quite as unequivocal Yet this
instantaneous understanding contain
ed neither promise nor sympathy and
ho could not tell whether he had gain
ed a friend or simply made a con
feseion
Doctor Moran was evidently both
astonished and annoyed He stepped
out of his carriage and joined Mrs
Adams but kept Cornelia by his side
so that Hyde was compelled to escort
Mrs Smith And Cornelia beyond a
very civil Good morning sir gave
him no sign
When the party reached the steps
before the house door though Mrs
Adams certainly invited him to re
main he had come to the conclusion
that he was just the one person not
wanted at that time yet as he had
plenty of self command he completely
2iid beneath a gay and charming man
ner the chagrin and disappointment
that were really tormenting him and
mntil he was out of sight and hearing
lie rode slowly with the easy air of a
man was only sensitive to the
beauty of his surroundings and thor
oughly enjoying them
He kept this pace till quite outside
the precincts of Richmond Hill then
he struck his horse with a passion
that astonished the animal and the
aiext moment shamed himself Then he
hegan to talk to himself in those ellip
tical unfinished sentences which the
inner man understands and so thor
oughly finishes Such reflections
blended with pet names and apologies
to his horse brought him in sight of
the Van Heemskirk house and he in
stantly felt how good his grandmoth
ers sympathy would be He saw her
at the door leaning over the upper
half and watching his approach
I knew it was thee she cried
Now then what is the matter with
thee Disappointed wert thou last
night
No but this morning I have been
hadly used and I am angry at it
Tlen he told her all the circumstances
of his visit to Richmond Hill and she
listened patiently as was her way
with all complainers
In too great haste are thou were
her first words No worse I think of
Cornelia because a little she draws
back To want and to have thy want
that has been the way with thee all
thy life long Thy mother has taught
thee to expect too much If now
thou had fallen in love with Arenta
it had been a good thing
If I had not seen Cornelia I might
have adored Arenta but then Arenta
2ias already a lover
So And pray who is it
Of all men in the world the gay
feandsome Frenchman Athanase
tefif
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Hyde Answered With a Smile
Tounnerre a member of the French
embassy
And her father To such a mar
riage what will he say
Hyde stretched out his legs and
struck them lightly with his riding
whip Then with a smile he an
swered He will be proud enough in
his heart His daughter the Mar
quise de Tounnerre will be a very
great woman in his eyes
That is the truth I was glad for
thy mother to be a lady and go to
court and see the Queen
Indeed it is the common failing
and at present there is no one like
the French I will except the Presi
dent and Mr Adams and Mr Hamil
ton and say the rest of us are French
mad
Listen That is thy fathers gal
lop So early in the morning what is
lie coming for
He had an intention to go to Mr
Semples funeral
That is good Thy grandfather is
already gone
At this moment Gen Hyde entered
tSe room Hurry and excitement
were in his face though they were
well controlled He gave his hand to
Madame Van Heemskirk saying
Good morning mother You look
well as you always do Where is the
Colonel
He has gone to Elder Semples
house You know
I know well For a long time I
have purposed to call on the old gen
tleman and what I have neglected I
am now justly denied for I must leave
for England this afternoon at five
oclock and I have more to do than
I can well accomplish
George leaped to his feet at theso
words Sir he cried what has hap
pened
Your uncle is dying perhaps dead
I received a letter this morning urging
me to take the first packet Now
George you must come with me to
Mr Hamiltons office we have much
business to arrange there
So far his manner had been peremp
tory and decided but suddenly a
sweet and marvelous change occurred
He went close to Madame Van Heems
kirk and taking both her hands said
in a voice full of those tones that
captivate womens hearts
Mother mother I bid you a lov
ing grateful farewell You have ever
been to me good and gentle and wise
the very best of mothers God bless
you Then he kissed her with a
solemn tenderness and Lysbet under
stood that he believed their parting
to be a final one She sat down weep
ing and Hyde with an authoritative
motion of the head commanding his
sons attendance went hastily out It
was then eleven oclock and there was
business that kept both men hurrying
here and there until almost the last
hour At four oclock Gen Hyde joined
his son He looked weary and sad
and began immediately to charge
George concerning his mother
We parted with kisses and smiles
this morning he said I leave her
in your charge George and when I
send her word to come to England
look well to her comfort And be
sure to come with her Do you hear
me
Yes sir
On no account even if she wishes
it permit her to come alone Promise
me
I promise you sir What is there
that I would not do for my mother
What is there I would not do to please
you sir
I ask you then to play with some
moderation I ask you to avoid any
entanglement with women I ask you
to withdraw yourself as soon as pos
sible from those blusterers for French
liberty or rather French license rob
bery and assassination Stand by the
President and every word he says
Every word is sure to be wise and
right Then taking out his watch he
rose saying Come it is time to go
to the ship My dear George
George could not speak He clasped
his fathers hand and then walked by
his side to Coffee House Slip where
the North Star was lying Before
either realized the fact the General
had crossed the narrow plank it was
quickly withdrawn and the North
Star with wind and tide in her favor
was facing the great separating ocean
George turned from the ship in a
maze He felt as if his life had been
cut sharply asunder and that his
mothers voice and presence would be
the best of all comfort at that hour
so late as it was he rode out to Hyde
Manor His mother opened the door
for him
I thought it was thy father Joris
she said but what Is there any
thing wrong Why art thou alone
There is nothing wrong dear moth
er Come I will tell you what has
happened
He gave her his fathers letter and
assumed for her sake the air of one
who has brought good tidings She
silently read and folded it
Ah Joris your father has always
longed in his heart for England Like
a weaning babe that never could be
weaned was he And thou too Wilt
thou become an Englishman Woe is
me I have planted and planned for
whom I know not
You have planned and planted for
your Joris I desire most of all to
marry the woman I love and live here
in the home that reminds me of you
wherever I turn
So true art thou So loving So
dear to me Oh I have thought ever
as I worked I shall leave my memory
here and here and here again for
never Joris never dear Joris while
thou art in this world must thou for
get me
Never Never oh never dear dear
mother
And that night they said no more
Both felt there would be plenty of
time in the future to consider what
ever changes it might have in store for
them
CHAPTER VI
Aunt Angelica
The first changes referred especially
to Hydes life and were not altogether
approved by him His pretense of
reading law had to be abandoned for
he had promised to remain at home
with his mother and it would not
therefore be possible for him to dawdle
about Pearl street and Maiden Lane
watching for Cornelia
Yet he was not happy about Corne
lia Since that unfortunate morning
at Richmond Hill they had never met
Vf
If sho saw him go up or down Jfalden
Lane she made no sign Several times
Arentas face at her parlor wtedow
had given him a passing hope but
Arentas own love affairs were Just
then at a very interesting point and
besides she regarded tb young lieu
tenants admiration for her friend as
only one of his many transient enthu
siasms
If there was anything real in it
she reflected Cornelia would have
talked about him and that sho has
never done
She did not understand that the
quality of love in its finest revelation
desires after its first sweet inception
a little period of withdrawal it won
ders at its strange happiness broods
over it is fearful of disturbing emo
tions so exquisite These are the birth
pangs of an immortal love of a love
that knows within itself that it is
born for eternity and need not to
hurry the three-score-and-ton years of
time to a consummation
Of such noble lineage was the love
of Cornelia for Joris Hyde His gra
cious beautiful youth seemed a part
or her own youth his ardent tender
glances had filled her heart with a
sweet trouble that she did not under
stand
Joris was moved by a sentiment of
the same kind though in a lesser de
gree I have thought of Cornelia
long enough he said one delightful
summer morning with all my soul I
now long to see her And It is not an
impossible thing I desire In short
there is some way to compass it
Then a sudden invincible persuasion
of success came to him he believed
in his own good fortune he had a con
viction that the very stars connived
with a true lover to work his will
And under this enthusiasm he galloped
He saw Arenta Van Arlens
into town took his horse to a stable
and then walked towards Maiden
Lane
In a few moments he saw Arenta
Van Ariens Ho placed himself direct
ly in her path and doffed his heaver
to the ground a3 she approached
Well then she cried with an af
fected air of astonishment who
would have thought of seeing you
Your retirement is the talk of the
town Where are you going
With you
In a word no For I am going to
Aunt Angelicas
Upon my hongr it is to your Aunt
Angelicas I desire to go most of all
Now I understand You have found
out that Cornelia Moran is going
there
I assure you that I did not know
Miss Moran was going there To tell
the very truth I came into town to
look for you
For me And why pray
I want to see Miss Moran If I
cannot see her then I want to hear
about her I thought you of all peo
ple could tell me the most and the
best Now pray do not disappoint
me
Listen We meet this afternoon at
my aunts to discuss the dresses and
ceremonies proper for a very fine wed
ding
To be continued
How He Got It
Some recent developments at Jeff
ferson City have recalled a story
that used to be told about a former
Buchanan county representative to
the legislature Before his election to
the legislature he was chronically
broke When he returned from Jef
ferson City he exhibited 500 in good
crisp greenbacks Some of his friends
jollied him about his prosperity
You didnt have a cent when you
went to the legislature did you
Jones said one of them
Not a blamed cent said Jones
As a matter of fact I lent you half
your railroad fare didnt I
I believe you did
Well you were down in Jefferson
City about forty days You got 5 a
day Now what the gang wants to
know is how you managed to save
500 out of a total income of 200
Come closer whispered Jones
and Ill tell you how I did it I had
my washing done at home Kansas
City Journal
What Killed Him
Wife with newspaper to husband
Here is another forcible temperance
letture Reads Young Spillers got
into a boat and shoved out into the
river and as he was intoxicated he up
set the boat fell into the river and
was drowned Now sir addressing
her husband if he had not drunk
whisky he would not have lost his life
Husband Let me see He fell into
the river didnt he
Wife Of course he did
Husband Didnt die unlit ho fell
in
Wife James you are positively
sill Of course he didnt die until ha
was drowned
Husband Then It was the wtei
tuat killed him Stray Stories J
SWIFT PASSES ON
PIONEER PACKER DIES FROM
SURGICAL OPERATION
WOUNDS BLEED INTERNALLY
Hemorrhages Continue for Several
Days Producing Death at Last The
Vast Business He Built Up and De
veloped
CHICAGO Gustavus Franklin Swift
president of the Swift Packing com
pany died at his home 4S48 Ellis ave
nue early Sunday of Internal hemor
rhages resulting from a surgical oper
ation performed several days ago Mr
Swift was G3 years old
The hemorrhages resulted from an
operation for an infection of the gall
bladder performed March 22 He had
given every indication of recovery and
all danger was considered passed In
fact so hopeful was everyone includ
ing himself that his son Herbert L
Swift who had been summoned from
Boston left on Saturday night to re
turn to the east This son was Inter
cepted at Harrisburg Pa by a tele
gram announcing his fathers death
Mr Swift had been suffering for
some time with bladder trouble and a
week ago an operation was determin
ed upon to give him relief It was not
expected that the operation would
prove especially dangerous
Gustavus Franklin Swift began his
business career as a butcher and died
leaving a fortune estimated at from
7000000 to 10000000 This fortune
was made in forty five years He was
born at Sandwich Mass in June 1839
He opened a small butcher ship in his
native town hut removed to Boston
when he was less than o0 where he
remained until 1S73 coming then to
Chicago
In that city he engaged in the same
business and developed the department
of shipping live cattle to eastern
markets In 1877 he evolved plans for
the first refrigerating car and dressed
meats instead of live animals were
shipped to eastern cities He was the
pioneer in this kind of business and it
was not long before others saw the
advantages of his method and imitated
him
Mr Switt was not only the oldest
packer at the time of his death but
was the originator of the method
that made many large fortunes From
the small plant started in 1877 has de
veloped a great corporation with
branches in St Louis Kansas City
St Joseph Omaha St Paul and Fort
Worth Texas and with distributing
offices in every important city and
town in the United States and with
representatives in the leading cities of
Europe Asia and Africa Its employes
number 22607 Upon its capital stock
of 25000000 the sales of 1902 ex
ceeded 200000000
Mr Swift was the father of eleven
children nine of whom survive him
Louis F Edward F Helen L wife of
Edward Morris Charles H Herbert
L George H Ruth M wife of Ernest
E Eversy Gustavus Franklin jr and
Harold H all of whom live in Chicago
Mr Swift trained all of his sons in
the packing business His oldest son
Louis t Swift is vice president of the
company and all the other sons hold
responsible positions in it
FRUIT GROWERS COMBINE
Southern California Association is
Formed
LOS ANGELES Cal The Fruit
World will on Saturday announce the
impending amalgamation of a major
ity of the fruit growers and shippers
in Southern California into a co-operative
combination modeled somewhat
upon the lines of the Deciduous Fruit
exchange of Sacramento and the Rai
sin Growers association of Fresno
The amalgamation will involve a
combination of capital amounting to
more than 1000000 By this amalga
mation the bitter warfare that has ex
isted between the growers and the in
dependent shippers will end and the
past losses resulting from the ruinous
competition will be converted iuti
profits
Gives 5000000 to Pittsburg
PITTSBURG Pa Andrew Carne
gie had added 1530000 to his library
donations in Pittsburg On Friday he
made it known through W N Frew
president of the board of trustees that
he would donate 1400000 in addition
to the 1750000 already given by him
to provide means for an addition to
the present Carnegie library and
li0000 for the building of the new
east end branch library This new
gilt of Mr Carnegie makes his con
tribution to the greater institution
5000000
Porto Ricans Fete Miss Roosevelt
SAN JUAN P R Miss Alice
Roosevelt Govenor Hunt and their
party returned Monday morning hav
ing visited the towns on the north
coast Miss Roosevelt was received
with great enthusiasm everywhere
the inhabitants vieing for the honor ot
having her act as their guest Much
of the trip was made on horseback
which Miss Roosevelt said she greatly
enjoyed She will sail for New York
Tuesday on the Coamo
THE PHILIPPINES
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Senator Dietrich Talks on the
Question
HASTINGS Neb Senator Dietrich
arrived in this city from Washington
Thursday night and took up his quar
ters at the Bostwick hotel His busi
ness interests demand that he remain
here for some time Speaking of tho
Philippine islands the senator said
My opinion regarding the Philippine
situation does not vary from those de
livered In the senate on February 13
I advocate now as I did then that
there should be inaugurated a sys
tem of protection which will further
tho growth and development of tho
interests of the islands This has par
ticular application to such industries
as do not and cannot compete with
similar industries in the United States
As to the Philippine tariff bill I will
say that I am sorry it did not pass
though the reason for its failuio is
easy to understand Had there been
an investment of American capital
made in these islands as is now in
Cuba there is no question in my
mind that more strenuous efforts
would have been put forth and that tho
passing of the bill would have re
sulted To me this is unquestionablo
proof that the interest manifested in
behalf of Cuba was purely mercernary
fathered by those who have much
capital Invested in that island Talk
about sympathy with distress and
moral obligation Nonsense Why
there never was a time since the
American occupation of Cuba that
there has existed there one tonth the
poverty and distress which at this
moment exists in portions of the Phil
ippine islands yet neither press nor
people are heard to cry out because of
these undesirable conditions
Mr Dietrich said that he had not
considered the Nebraska revenue bill
with sufficient minuteness to express
an opinion but in regard to Nebraska
affairs ho expressed his regret that a
generous appropriation had not been
made for the establishing of an ex
perimental farm in the western por
tion of the state Conditions there
havo independent characteristics
which demand particular attention for
their proper development There is
nothing in the power of the legisla
ture to do which can add more to the
material welfare of the state than tho
establishment of such a farm
HE PLANS A MUSEUM OF ART
J Pierpont Morgan Will Make Gift to
the Nation
NEW YORK There is excellent au
thority lor stating that J Pierpont
Morgan is planning to build a splen
did art museum and present it to the
American nation the World says The
most valuable of his treasures are now
abroad scattered over continental Eu
rope and England
This much can be aam ueimitely
said one of Mr Morgans menus
That Mr Morgan has not made his
vast collections with a view to keeping
them secluded for the personal enjoy
ment of himself and friends
He is planning to house all his col
lections in some one place and it is
very likely that the great museum ot
art which he will establish will be of
fered as a gitt to the American na
tion
SUNDAY SESSION OF SENATE
The French Deputies Hold Three
Sittings
PARIS The senate and chamber ot
deputies each held three sittings Sun
day in order to complete the budget
before the end of this month so as to
avoid the necessity of additional pro
visional credits The senate complet
ed its work including the adoption of
an additional dutj of 25 cents per 100
kilograms on crude petroleum but re
jecting the clause passed by the cham
ber asking the government to prepare
a law creating a state monopoly of
petroleum refining The budget did
not return to the chamber of deputies
Sunday night in time tor it to take ac
tion on the senates amendments
ARBITRATION IS THE REMEDY
Bishop Spauiding Sees the End of All
Strikes
PEORIA 111 Bishop Spauiding
who has just returned from his labors
on the anthracite strike commission
in an interview in this city gave it as
his opinion that the period of strikes
in the United States has passed for
ever and that arbitration would be
used to settle all labor difficulties in
the future
The bishop thinks that the prece
dent established by the commission
will do much to bring about this state
of affairs
Mexican Packers Progress
MEXICO CITY Alberto Terrazas of
the wealthy and powerful Terrazas
family of Chihuahua is here to re
main six months and will devote his
time to establishing a plant of the In
ternational Packing company A mil
lion dollars will be expended on build
ings Other plants will be erected at
Torreon and at Chihuahua City The
buildings will be on lines similar to
those of the Chicago stock yards and
packing houses
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W0EK AMID DANGERS
EMPLOYES IN DYNAMITE FAC
TORY IN CONSTANT PERIL
Trivial Accident Likely at Any Time
to Cause Fearful Explosion Men
Seem to Become Used to Their Sur
roundings
Dynamite factories are In full
swing near Dover and Fannlngdale
N J and the men who work Ju them
seem well content with their danger
ous occupation They wear rubber
soled shoes and their tools are cov
ered with rubber or uro made of
wood so as to avoid the possibility
of friction and consequent accident
As a further safeguard the various
utensils In which the deadly explo
sive is mixed or manipulated are
lined with lead and a mishap is of
rare occurrence Nevertheless these
men know that tho fabrication of
dynamite constitutes a work of dan
ger and many of them develop
nerves when they are new at the
business This trouble wears off
nuickly or as in some instances not
at all and the victim is seized with
nervous chills and tremors whenever
a loud noise is heard in the factory
Finally ho is obliged to give up his
position and seek work of a more
congenial nature
The men are paid from 2 to 225
per day and the labor is not particu
larly heavy nor are the hours as long
as those of other workmen No smok
ing is allowed from the moment they
enter the factory until they leave
and only men of quiet steady habits
are engaged A spirit of good com
radeship seems to exist between the
workers and when opportunity pre
sents itself they talk to each other in
the most friendly way But woe be
tide one of their number who earns
for himself the sobriquet of Butter
Fingers a term applied to individu
als who allow things to slip from
their hands to the floor He is sure
to earn the enmity of his companions
This is due to the fact that some
times a slight jar such as is caused
by the dropping of even a small sub
stance will precipitate an accident
and the culprit who evinces such
carelessness more than once may as
well resign gracefully before he is
frozen out by his fellows
Tho dynamite workers are a very
intelligent body of men Many of
them possess a comprehensive knowl
edge of chemistry and can tell visit
ors to the factory all about the des
tructive agent which they handle
under the direction of scientists
One of these workmen a middle
aged Swede claims Alfred Nobel the
inventor of dynamite as a relative
What he does not know about explo
sives is not worth knowing He talks
of the properties of nitro glycerino
with the fluency of one who has made
an exhaustive investigation of the
subject and he says that he devotes
every spare moment to experimental
physics Why a man of his type
should elect to remain in a dynamite
factory in the role of an ordinary
workman is a problem which he
alone can solve But evidently he
likes his job in the nitro glycerine
department and he talks enthusi
astically of the resmts achieved by
his distinguished relatves in
vention not only in war
fare but in the works of peace such
as the mining operations of New
Yorks rapid transit underground
system which will presently do so
much to facilitate travel and traffic
Men of various nationalities work
side by side in these New Jersey fac
tories and when representatives of
the different countries were asked if
they minded the element of danger in
their daily labors they answered in
the negative and a few of the more
communicative workers expressed the
opinion that there was more chance
of being killed in Philadelphia by a
trolley car or automobile than by an
explosion at their post of duty
Philadelphia Ledger
HE GAVE THE PARTICULARS
How a North Dakota Man Described
a Piece of Land
In making a deal last year said
a Detroit speculator I came into
possession of the deed to a certain
piece of land in North Dakota The
value of the real estate was put at
600 and I paid taxes on it in January
and in February I wrote to the post
master of the nearest town to send
me particulars concerning my hold
ings I sent him 2 for his trouble
said the speculator according to the
Detroit Free Press and he earned
the money He wrote back
Went over to see your land
Cussed poor road all the way
Cussed poor road back again
Most of your land is under water
What aint under water is afflicted
with drought
Youve either got to wet it all up
or dry it all out
Cant burn up or run away
Keep your taxes up and pray to
the Lord
Glad you sent me 2 instead of the
deed
If you want any further particu
lars Ill ship you a barrel of water
Quick Work
The Chilean battleship Libertad a
sister to the Constitution launched at
England was but
ten months in building The contract
for the unfinished Missouri was let
more than four years ago and 3he is
but 400 tons larger It is claimed for
the Libertad and we think with
much show of truth says Scientific
American that she is for her size
11800 tons the most powerful fight
ing ship afloat
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