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Sequel to The Bow of Orange Ribbon
A HOVE STORY BY AAEUIA E BARK
Copyricht 1900 by Amelia E Barr
CHAPTER VI Continued
Well then who knows more on
that subject than Jorls Hyde Was I
not last year at Lady Betty Somers
splendid nuptials and at Fanny Pa
sets and the Countess of Carlisles
Indeed I maintain that in such a dis
cussion I am an absolute necessity
And I wish to know Madame Jacobus
w So Well then here we are at
Tier very door I know not what she
will say you must make your own
-excuses sir
As she was speaking they ascended
the white steps leading to a very
handsome brick house on the west side
of Broadway The door was opened
by a very dark man who was dressed
In a splendid and outlandish manner
a scarlet turban above his straight
black hair and gold hooped earrings
and a long coat or tunic heavily
broldered in strange devices
As soon as the front door closed
f Joris perceived that he was in an un
usual house The scents and odors of
strange countries floated about It
Strange tables of wonderful mosaic
t -work held Ivory carvings of priceless
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lands Gods and goddesses from the
yellow Gehenna of China and the ut
terablo idolatry of India looked out
with brute cruelty or sempiternal
smiles from every odd corner or gazed
-with a fascinating prescience from the
Iiigh chimney piece upon all who en
tered
When the door opened and Madame
Jacobus with soft gliding footsteps
entered Hyde understood how truly
the soul if given the wherewithal
builds the habitation it likes best
Once possessed of marvelous beauty
1 and yet extraordinarily interesting
she seemed the very genius o the
room and its strange suggestive be
longings
It was said that no man who came
-within his influence had been able to
m resist her power no man perhaps
A but Capt Jacobus and he had not re-
l A lr nA V VtntfY ltnan rtnni ant if
else over her a power greater than
3ier own He had made her his wife
be had lavished on her for ten years
he spoils of the four quarters of the
world and his worship of her had
only been equaled by her passionate
attachment to him Ten years of
love and then parting and silence
unbroken silence Yet she still in
sisted that he was alive and would
certainly come back to her She
kept his fine house open his room
ready and herself constantly adorned
tfor his home coming
She came in now with a smile of
welcome She was always pleased
that her fine home should be seen by
-those strange to it and perhaps was
particularly pleased that Gen Hydes
fn should be her visitor And as
oris was determined to win her
favor there was an almost instan
taneous birth of good will
Let me kiss your hand madarae
said the handsome young fellow lift
ing the jeweled fingers in his own
I have heard that my father had
once that honor Do not put me be
low him and with his words he
touched with his warm lips the long
white fingers
Her laugh rang merrily through
the dim room and she answered
You aro Dick Hydes own son noth
ing else I see that But where is
-Cornelia I thought she would come
with you
Even as she spoke Cornelia entered
There was a little flush and
burry on her face but oh how inno
cent and joyous it was
Am I late madame Surely your
clock is wrong
My clock Is never wrong
The assurance of her love
nelia Come now sit down and let
us talk of such follies as weddings
and wedding gowns
In this conversation Hyde trium
phantly redeemed his promise of as
sistance He could describe with a
delightful accuracy or Inaccuracy
the lovely toilets and pretty accessor
ies of the high English wedding
-feasts of the previous year And in
some subtle way he threw into these
descriptions such a glamor of ro
mance suck backgrounds of old
castles and chiming bells of noble
dames glittering with gems and vil
hage maids scattering roses of mar
tial heroes and rejoicing lovers all
moving In an atmosphere of song ad
-
sunBhine that the little party sat lis
tening entranced with sympathetic
eyes drinking in his wonderful des
criptions
Madame Jacobus was the first to
interrupt these pretty reminiscences
All this is very fine she said but
the most of it is no good for us The
satin and the lace and even the
gems we can have the music can
be somehow managed and we shall
not make a bad show as to love and
beauty But castles and lords and
military pomp and old cathedrals
hung with battle flags Such things
are not to be had here and In plain
truth they are not necessary for the
wedding of a simple maid like our
Arenta Lieutenant take Miss Moran
and show her my garden I tell you
it is worth walking through and
when you have seen the flowers
Arenta and I will give you a cup of
tea
With some hesitation yet quite
carried away by Hydes personal long
ing and impulse Cornelia went into
the garden with her lover Speechless
with joy Hyde clasped Cornelias
slender Angers and they went to
gether down the few broad steps
which led them into the green shad
ows of the trees Slowly as they
stepped they came at length to a
little summer house They sat down
there and in a few moments the seal
was broken and Hydes heart found
out all the sweetest words that love
could speak Cornelia trembled she
blushed she smiled she suffered her
self to be drawn close to his side
and at last in some sweet untrans
lated way she gave him the assur
ance of her love
Arentas voice petulant and not
pleasant broke the charm Tea is
waiting she said and Rem is wait
ing and my aunt is tired and you
two have forgotten that the clock
moves Then they laughed and
laughter is always fatal to feeling
the magical land of love was sudden
ly far away and there was the sound
of china and the heavy tones of
Rems voice dissatisfied if not an
gry and Arentas lighter fret and
they stood once more among fetishes
and forms so foreign fabulous and
fantastical that It was difficult to
pass from the land of love and all
its pure delights into their atmos
phere
It would have been harder but for
Madame Jacobus Her smile quick
and short as a flash of the eyes re
vealed to Hyde her intention of favor
and without one spoken word these
two knew themselves to be of the
same mind And in parting she held
his hand while she talKed saying
at last the very words he longed to
hear
We shall expect you again on
Thursday Lieutenant
He answered only Thank you
madame but he accompanied the
words with a look which asked so
much and confessed so much that
madame felt herself to be a silent
confidante and a not unwilling accom
plice
As for Hyde no thought that could
mar the sweetness and joy of this for
tunate hour came into his mind
Neither Rems evident hatred nor
Arentas disapproval nor yet Cor
nelias silence troubled him Even the
necessary parting from Cornelia was
only a phase of this wonderful glad
ness for Love never fails of his
token and though Arentas sharp eyes
could not discover it Hyde received
the silent message that was meant
for him and for him only That one
thought made his heart bound and
falter with its exquisite delight for
him only for him only
He was hardly responsible for his
actions at this hour for when a swift
gallop brought him to the Van Heems
kirk house he quite unconsciously
struck the door some rapid forceful
blows with his riding whip His
grandfather opened it with an angry
face
I thought it was thee he said
Now then In such lordly fashion
whom didst thou summon dog or
slave was it
Joris flung himself from his horse
and clasped his grandfathers hand
I did wrong he said warmly but
I am beside myself with happiness
and I thought of nothing but telling
you
Lysbet divined the joy In her grand
sons face and she said softly as he
seated himself at the open window
where his grandfathers chair was
placed
It is Cornelia
Yes it is Cornelia She loves me
The most charming girl the sun ever
shone upon loves me It is incredi
ble It is amazing What do you
say
1 say that thou hast chosen a good
girl for a wife God bless thee an
swered Lysbet with great emotion
Van Heemskirk smiled bnt was si
lent and Hyde stooped forward
gently moved his long pipe away from
his lips and said Grandfather
speak You know Cornelia Moran
I have seen her Thy grandmother
says she is good Well then the love
of a good beautiful girl is something
to be glad over Not twice in a life
time comes such great fortune But
make up thy mind to expect much op
position Doctor John and thy father
were ever unfriends Thy father has
other plans for thee Cornelias father
has doubtless other plans for her I
know not how the little Cornelia can
dare to disobey him
She has said yes to mo and be
fore heaven and earth she will stand
by it
Say that much And of thyself
art thou sure
I know not what you mean sir
said Hyde vaguely troubled by his
grandfathers words
I think thou knowest well what I
mean Thy taer has told thee that
thy duty and thy honor aro pledged to
Annie Hyde
I never pledged Never
But as in thy baptism thy father
made vows for thee so also for thy
marriage he made promises Noble
birth has responsibility as well as
priviloge For thyself alone it is not
permitted thee to live from both the
past and the future there are demands
on thee
Grandfather of one thing I am
sure I will marry Cornelia Moran
oven if I run away with her to the ends
of the earth
Run away with her To be sure
That Is in the blood and the old man
looked sternly back to the days when
Hydes father ran away with his own
little daughter
With some anger Lysbet answered
his thoughts What are thou talking
about What art thou thinking of
Joris relit his pipe
Many good men have run away with
their wives Remember one May
night when thou and I sat by the
Collect in the moonlight and thou
gave me this ring What did thou
say to me that night
Tis years ago Lysbet and if I
have forgotten
Forgotten The words thou said
that night have been singing in my
heart for fifty years and yet if thou
must be told some of those words
were about running away with thee
for at the first my father liked thee
not
Lysbet My sweet Lysbet I have
not forgotten For thy dear sake I
will stand by Joris though in doing
so I am sure I shall make some un
friends
Good my husband I take leave to
say that thou art doing right
Well then said Hyde if my
grandmother stand by me and you
also I have no fear
Then he rose saying I must ride
onward My mother will not sleep
until she sees me
Then they walked with him to the
door and watched him leap to his
saddle and ride into the twilight trem
bling over the misty meadows trink
ling with dews And a great melan
choly fell over them and they could
not resume the conversation Joris
re lit his pipe and Lysbet went soft
ly and thoughtfully about her house
hold duties It was one of those hours
in which Life distills for us her vague
melancholy wine and Joris and Lys
bet drank deeply of it
To be continued
THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE
Another Instance Which Proves It
Cannot Run Smooth
Darling said Wilberforce Percy
Poot as he reached out to clasp Ma
thild Pembrooks tailor made form in
the embrace of his silver fox overcoat
to shield her from the icy blast have
you tried real hard to love me as I
should be loved Recollect dearest
I have been coming up this same ave
nue for two sweet delightful months
How joyous life has seemed to me
during all that time Mathild Ma
thild cannot you love me as I yearn
to be loved
I am trying hard oh so hard
Percy
Say It again pet Percy sounds so
sweet to my ears from your lips I
am so glad my name is Percy
Percy there are dark rings about
my eyes every morning I am trying
so hard to love you No one but a lov
ing woman who tries to keep her loved
one In mind knows the suffering I
have gone through I am growing thin
trying to think about you all the time
Percy
And when your mind turns to
Percy your own Percy what do you
really think about dream of my life
light of my soul
Oh Percy I I cannot think then
I seem to have nothing to think about
when I think of you The tailor
made form reached out its arms with
a deep sob But the silver fox over
coat turned away and it3 owner hid
his pallid lips under the otter lined
collar
Percy the broken hearted disap
peared in the darkness
Somewhat Different
Diggsby Hello there Hardupp Are
you trying to raise a beard
Hardupp Not necessarily Im try
ing to raise the price of a shave
GET A VACATION
HOLIDAYS ARRANGED FOR EN
LISTED MEN
TWO VACATIONS EACH YEAR
The Civil Service Commishsion Gives
Out a Statement Regarding Appoint
ment of Laborers In Various Depart
ments
WASHINGTON The men of the
battleship squadron are to be given a
net leave of ten days when the ves
sels are docked for repairs in about
a month and a half This squadron is
made up of Kearsarge Alabama Illi
nois Massachusetts Indiana and Iowa
The men on Maine also will be given
Bimllar leave
When the vessels of the squadron
reach the mouth of Chesapeake bay
from the south where they have been
during the winter they are to be re
viewed by Admiral Dewey and Rear
Admiral Taylor the chief of the bu
reau of navigation after which most
of them will proceed to the northern
navy yards for docking and repairs
The department feels the men are en
titled to this vacation after their long
winter work Hereafter it will be the
aim to allow the enlisted men two rea
sonable long vacations each year one
after the winter and another after the
summers work is finished Incident
ally the officials think the double va
cation will tend to diminish desertions
The Civil Service commission grve
out the following statement as to the
working of the recently established
iegulations of the appointment of la
borers in the departments
Regulations to govern the appoint
ment of unclassified laborers in the de
partments in accordance with the pres
idents order of July 3 1902 have been
adopted for four departments as well
as for the Smithsonian institution and
the government printing office
Officers charged with the execution
of the system agree that it affords re
lief from applications for appointments
based on other considerations than the
needs of the service In determining
the relative fitness of applicants phys
ical qualifications are probably the
most important Physicians of the
force of tlie commission rate each ap
plicant on his physical condition Age
is another element affecting the gen
eral rating of applicants as are also
industry and adaptability
The Treasury department is one of
those in which the system has been
longest established Its register and
board of March 4 was headed by six el
igibles entitled to preference by reason
of their military or naval service of
vhom five have already been appointed
The twenty four eligibles next in line
have general averages running from 95
to 93S0 per cent On physical condi
tion they are rated at 98 and only four
of them are over 40 years of age These
are followed by sixty the lowest hav
ing a general average of 9110 and all
having a rating of 95 on physical con
dition Only nine of these sixty are
over 40 years of ago The entire reg
ister contains 220 names of persons
with a general average of 70 or more
GUARD AGAINST TEXAS FEVER
Governor Bailey of Kansas Shuts Out
Southern Cattle
TOPEKA Kan Governor Bailey
has issued a proclamation against
cattle south of the state line This
is owing to the alleged existence of
Texas fever
The live stock sanitary commission
is considering means of suppressing
the foot and mouth disease which has
made its appearance in herds at Con
cordia this state
Santa Fe Merger Denied
NEW YORK E P Ripley presi
dent of the Santa Fe being question
ed as to the possibility of a merger
between the Atchison and Rock Island
said I wish to deny in the most
positive and circumstantial manner
that any project between the Atchison
and Rock Island or any control of
either by the other is under discus
sion or contemplation
Counts Death Causes Sensation
PARIS The news of the death of
Count Zborowski caused a sensation
here where he was one of the best
known automobilists The count haa
long been a prominent society figurf
but his dashing performance during
the Paris Vienna races advanced him
to the front rank of automobilists
Although ill placed owing to his poor
machine and lack of experience he
went to the front beat all the cracks
except Henry Fournier and finished
second
Cattle in Poor Condition
MULLEN Neb Catrtle in this sec
tion are all looking thin on account of
so much snow this winter Nearly
everyone ran out of hay but every
body is feeding lots of grain so they
do not look for much loss It is a
common sight to see eight and ten
horse teams loaded with grain go out
to the different ranches The time for
loss however is about the middle of
the month but if they all feed plenty
of grain they wont lose any
SHOT BY ROBBERS
Bert Forney of Council Bluffs Killed
Instantly
COUNCIL BLUIFS la Bert For
ney was shot and instantly killed in
this city Friday night by two robbers
Forney was sitting in his saloon at
1028 West Broadway just east of the
Northwestern depot at 1030 playing
a game of cards with James Chaney
There was no one else In or about the
place at the time
The two holdup men entered the rear
door of the place and the first the oc
cupants knew of their presence was the
command Hold up your hands In
stead of complying Forney made a
move as if to draw a revolver from his
hip pocket and the robbers immediate
ly opened fire The first shot went
wide of the mark passing through the
stove near which Forney and Chaney
were sitting the ball imbedding itself
in the woodwork of the building
Chaney rolled off his chair on tho
fioor as though shot and the robbers
paid no further atention to him For
ney however jumped up and started
to run for the front dcor The rob
bers fired two more shots at him both
of which took effect with the excla
mation Oh my God Forney fell
and apparently expired instantly at
least he was dead when the first per
sons reached his side and was not
heard to speak again after making the
one exclamation The body fell partly
In the room occupied by tho saloon and
partly in a hallway into which a side
door opens Forneys revolver was
found on the floor under his body but
it had not been dischagred
Immediately after the shooting tho
two robbers ran out the back door
making no effort to take anything from
the saloon After passing out the door
they disappeared as completely as
though the earth had swallowed them
up not the least trace of them having
been secured
Immediately after their departure
Chaney ran out and gave the alarm
Among the first to respond was Sher
iff Cousins who had been standing
only a block away and being attracted
by the shots had already started for
the scene The police were also noti
fied at once but neither they nor the
sheriff have been able to secure the
least clue as the identity of the mur
derers or their whereabouts Coroner
Treynor was also among the early ar
rivals and had the body of Forney
taken to Cutlers undertaking rooms
Chaney was so badly frightened that
he was able to give only a meager de
scription of the murderers He says
one of them was short and thick set
the other somewhat taller Both were
shabbily dressed wore black slouch
hats handkerchiefs partly over their
faces and had no overcoats
FRISCO GETS THE BIG FIGHT
Jeffries and Corbett Will Pummel Each
Other There in August
SAN FRANCISCO Cal The Yose
mite club of this city has been award
ed the heavyweight championship bat
tle between James J Jeffries and
James J Corbett in a competitive bid
ding affair that hardly developed a
contest
The bout will be held the latter part
of August and the club will either
guarantee the fighters 20000 in cash
or allow them to take 70 per cent of
the gross receipts but not both
On or before May 15 the principals
will make the selection and arrange
such other details as may suggest
themselves in the meantime
LOOK FOR NEW CUBAN TREATY
Havana Citizens Are Overjoyed at Rec
iprocity
HAVANA Instructions were cabled
to Minister Quesada at Washington
Monday to sign the amended reciproc
ity treaty in behalf of President Pal
ma
The utmost satisfaction is expressed
at the completion of the treaty and the
opinion is general that the United
States congress will not fail to ap
prove it Those here who recently
declared Cuba had no use for deferred
reciprocity are now pleased at the
outlook and the time is regarded as
opportune for closing a prominent
tieaty covering political relations
here This it is expected will he soon
accomplished
Aerography Proves Satisfactory
WASHINGTON D C Wireless tel
egraphy tests between Washington
and Annapolis with an experimental
apparatus have resulted so satisfac
torily that Rear Admiral Bradford
chief of the bureau of equipment has
ordered twenty more sets of instru
ments with which vessels and shore
stations will be equipped
Troops Return from Islands
SAN FRANCISCO The transport
Thomas arrived in this city from Ma
nila on Friday with Brigadier General
F D Baldwin and Brigadier General
F D Baldwin and Brigadier General
M C Foote 582 enlisted men of the
Twenty fifth Twenty seventh Thirty
first and Thirty sixth batteries of coast
artillery and the Fourteenth and Fif
teenth batteries of field artillery-
There were also 1S3 discharged sol
diers IIS casuals and thirty six sick
In tho world I fill up a placo which
may bo bettor supplied whon I have
made It empty Shakespeare
Money refunded for each package ot
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES If unsat
isfactory
Many who formerly smoked 10c cigars
nowumoke Lewis SJhgle Binder straight
3c cigar Tho best combination of tho beat
tobaccos Always reliable
If you would retain your friends
dont remind them of their faults
TKMOW CLOTHES AKK UKSIOnTLV
Keep thom whlto with Red Crons Ball BIu
All grocers Boll largo oz puckage 5 couti
An ounce of dialect is worth a
pound of royalties
Mother Grays Sweet Ioirdorg for Children
Successfully used by Mother Gray nursa
In tho Childrens Homo lu Now York euro
Constipation Feverlshnoss Bad Btomacb
Teething Disorders movo and regulate tho
Bowels and Dostroy Worms Over 30000 tes
timonials At all druggists 25o Samplo
FREE Address A 8 Olmated LeRoy N Y
Next to having wisdom yourself Is
the ability to profit by the wisdom of
others
The Best Results In Starching
can bo obtained only by using Defiance
Starch besides getting 4 oz more for nanio
monoy no cooking required
It Is not enough to be Industrious
so art the ants What are you indus
trious about Thoreau
LIVE STOCK BREEDERS
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of the Lincoln Importing Horse
company They have a large number
of Imported black Percherons Eng
lish Shires and German Coach stal
lions which they are offering a spocial
inducement to buyers in the way of a
discount of 20 per cent This com
pany has been in business In Lincoln
for sixteen years with the largest
and most convenient barns in tho Uni
ted States ono barn costing over 10
000 They own their own plant and
their guarantees and statements aro
well fortified both financially and
morally This Is a rare chance to buy
a first class stallion at a low price
Visit their barns or write them at
once
The discharge of every duly today
increases tho opportunities of tomor
row
To Care a Cold in One flay
Take Laxative Brotno Quinine Tablets All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure 20c
Stand up bravely to afillctions and
quit thyself liko a man Thomas
aKempis
Defiance Starch
should be in every household none bo good
besides 4 oz more for 10 cents than auy
other brand of cold -water starch
When a man loses all faith in hu
manity he may be said to be at the
end of his journey
If we will take the good we find
asking no questions we shall have
heaping measures The great gifts
are not by analysis Everything good
is on the highway Emerson
The Largest Ballroom
The biggest ballroom in the world is
not at any European court but at Gov
ernment house Melbourne At the
time it was designed the architect
consulted the governor of the period
as to its size Do you know any
thing about ballrooms in other parts
of the world asked the governor
Only the one at Buckingham palace
replied the architect Then build
our ballroom a third bigger than that
said the governor in lordly fashion
Melbourne folks may be proud of their
huge ballroom but it is a costly lux
ury to be governor
Disappearing Glaciers
Last week the federal government
of Switzerland made known the result
of a years observations on a matter
of great interest to tourists the slow
but steady wearing away of the gla
ciers Special attention was directed
to the glaciers of Valais and here it
has been ascertained that twelve have
decreased by three to sixteen meters
the latter figure having reference to
Findelem in Zermatt On the other
hand a glacier in the Simplon has
grown in size while another at Zan
fieuron has increased by twenty four
meters
SMILES
Good Cheer and Good Food Go To
gether
Improper feeding is the source of
most human ails Sick people dont
laugh much It is the healthy and
strong who see the sunny side of
everything Pure scientific food will
correct most ailments and bring
laughter and good cheer in place of
sickness and gloom
The wife of a physician of Dayton
O says Before I had finished tho
first package of Grape Nuts which I
got at the urgent request of a friend
of mine several months ago I was
astonished to find I was less nervous
over small matters and worried less
over largo ones laughed more readily
and was at all times more calm and
contented than I had ever been in ray
life I found also that the hollow
places in my neck and shoulders were
filling out and that astonished me as
I had always been very thin as
women with starved nerves are apt
to be
After a time I discontinued the
use of Grape Nuts for two months
and found the old symptoms return at
once I went back to the use of the
food again and feel well and strong I
can Increase my weight at will from
five to ten pounds a month by using
more or less of tho food Before I
was married I was for five years a
trained nurse and I have never in all
ray experience seen anything to act
as quickly and favorably as this sci
entific food Name given by Pos
tum Co Battle Creek Mich