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Sequel to The Bow of Orange Ribbon
A liOVE STORY BY AAEIIA E BARB
CHAPTER VII
Copyrieht 1900 by Amelia H Harr
Arentas Marriage
For a few weeks Uydes belief that
the very stars would connive with a
true lover seemed a reliable one
Madame Jacobus attracted at their
first meeting to the youth soon gave
him an astonishing affection She put
aside her nephews claims with hardly
-a thought and pleased herself day by
day in so managing and arranging
events that Hyde and Cornelia met as
a matter of course Arenta was not
however deceived she understood
every maneuvre but the success of her
own affairs depended very much on her
aunts cooperation and generosity and
so she could not afford at this time to
interfere for her brother
But I shall alter things a little as
-soon as I am married she told her
self I will take care of that
Arentas feelings were in hind and
measure shared by several other peo
ple Dr Moran held them in a far bit
terer mood but he also environed by
circumstances lie could neither alter
aior command was compelled to sat
isfy his disapproval with promises of
a future change For the wedding
Arenta Van Ariens had assumed a
great social importance Arenta her
self had talked about the affair until
all classes were on the tiptoe of ex
pectation The wealthy Dutch fami
3ies the exclusive American set the
3iome and foreign diplomatic circles
were alike looking forward to the
splendid ceremony and to the great
breakfast at Peter Van Ariens house
and to the ball which Madame Jacobus
was to give in the evening
One morning as Dr Moran was re
turning home after a round of dis
agreeable visits he saw Cornelia and
Hyde coming up Broadway together
They were sauntering side by side in
all the lazy happiness of perfect love
and as he looked at them the sorrow
of an immense disillusion filled him to
the lips He believed himself as yet
to be the first and the dearest in his
childs love but in that moment his
eyes were opened and he felt as if he
liad been suddenly thrust out from it
and the door closed upon him
He did the wisest thing possible
he went home to his wife Where is
Cornelia Ava he asked the question
with a quick glance round the room
as if he expected to find her present
Cornelia is not at home to day
Is she ever at home now
You know that Arentas wed
ding
Arentas wedding Bless my soul
of course I know I know one thing
at least that I have just met Cornelia
and that young fop George Hyde com
ing up the street together as if they
two alone were in the world They
never saw me they could see nothing
Jjut themselves
Men and women have done such a
thing before John and they will do
it again Cornelia is a beautiful girl
and it is natural that she should have
a lover
It is very unnatural that she should
choose for her lover the son of my
worst enemy
I am sure you wrong Gen
When was he your enemy
could he be your enemy
When was he my enemj
Hyde
How
Ever
since the first hour we met And you
want me to give Cornelia to his son
Yes you do Ava I see it in your face
You stretch my patience too far Can
I not see
Can an angry man ever see No
lie cannot You feed your own sus
picions John I think Rem Van
Arenta lifted the pearls
Ariens has as much of Cornelias lik
ing as George Hyde and perhaps
neither of them have enough of it to
win her hand All lovers do not grow
to husbands
Thank God they do not But what
you say about Rem is only cobweb
stuff She is too friendly too pleas
antly familiar I would like to see her
more shy and silent with him
Dinner is waiting John and
whether you eat it or not Destiny
will go straight to her mark Love is
destiny and the heart is its own fate
Did I not know thee John the very
pnoment that we met
She siidke softly with a voice sweet
er than music and her husband was
touched and calmed He took the
hand she stretched out to him and
kissed it and she added
Let us be patient Love has rea
sons that reason does not understand
and if Cornelia is Hydes by predes
tination as well as by choice vainly
we shall worry and fret all our op
position will come to nothing In a
few days Arenta will have gone away
and as for Hyde any hour may sum
mon him to join his father in Eng
land and this summons as it will in
clude his motner he can noither evade
nor put off Then Rem will have his
opportunity
To bo patient to wait to say
nothing it is to give opportunity too
much scope
Time and absence against any love
affair that is not destiny And if it
be destiny there is only submission
nothing else But life has a maybe
in- everything dear a maybe that is
just as likely to please us as not
Then Doctor John looked up with a
smile You are right Ava he said
cheerfully I will take the maybe
Maybes have a deal to do with life
Yet take my word for it there is I
think no maybe in Rems chances
with Cornelia
We shall see I think there is
Rem with the blunt directness of
his nature watched with jealous dis
like and often with rude impatience
the familiar intercourse which his
aunts partiality permitted Hyde He
was indeed often so rude that a less
sweet tempered a less just youth than
George Hyde would have pointedly re
sented many offences that he passed
by with that noble not caring which
is often the truest courage
But wrath covered carries - fate
Every one was in some measure con
scious of danger and glad when the
wedding day approached Even Aren
ta had grown a little weary of the
prolonged excitement she had pro
voked for everything had gone so
well with her that she had taken the
public very much Into her confidence
And as if to add the last touch of
glory to the event just a week be
fore Arentas nuptials a French armed
frigate came to New York bearing
dispatches for the Count de Moustier
and the Marquis de Tounnerre was
selected to bear back to France the
Ministers message So the marriage
Avas put forward a few days for this
end and Arenta in the most unexpect
ed way obtained the bridal journey
which she desired and also with it
the advantage of entering France in
a semi public and stately manner
I am the luckiest girl in the
world she said to Cornelia and her
brother when this point had been de
cided They were tying up dream
cake for the wedding guests in
madames queer uncanny drawing
room as she spoke and the words
were yet on her lips when madame
entered with a sandal wood box in
her hands
Rem she said go with Cornelia
into the dining room for a few min
utes I have something to say to
Arenta that concerns no one else
As soon as they were alone madame
opened the box and upon a white vel
vet cushion lay the string of oriental
pearls which Arenta on certain occa
sions had been permitted to wear
Arentas eyes flashed with delight
With an intense desire and interest
she looked at the beautiful beads but
madames face was troubled and som
ber and she said almost reluctantly
Arenta I am going to make you an
offer This necklace will be yours
when I die at any rate but I think
there is in your heart a wish to have
it now And as you are going to what
is left of the French court I will give
it to you now if the gift will be to
your mind
There is nothing that could be
more to my mind dear aunt You
always know what is in a young girls
heart
First listen to what I say No
woman of our family has escaped cal
amity of some kind if they owned
these beads My mother lost her hus
band the year she received them My
Aunt Hildegarde lost her fortune as
soon as they were hers As for my
self they very day the became mine
our Uncle Jacobus sailed away and
he has never come back Are you
not afraid of such fatality
No I am not What power can a
few beads have over human life or
happiness To say so to think so
is foolishness
I know not Yet I have heard that
both pearls and opals have the power
to attract to themselves the ill for
tune of their wearers
Do you believe such tales aunt I
do not I snap my fingers at such
fables
Give them to you I will not Aren
ta but you may take them from the
box with your own hands
The madame left the room and
Arenta lifted the box and carried it
nearer to the light And a little shiver
crept through her heart and she
closed the lid quickly and said irri
tably
It is my aunts words She is
always speaking dark and doubtful
things However the pearls are mine
at last and she carried them with
her downstairs throwing back her
head as if they were round her white
throat and as was her way spread
ing herself as she went
All fine weddings are much alike
It was only in such accidentals as
costume that Arentas differed from
the fine weddings of to day
New York was not then too busy
making money to take an interest in
such a wedding and Arentas drive
I through Its pleasant streets was k
kind of public invitation For Jacob
Van ArlenB was one of a guild of
wealthy merchants and they wers at
their shop doors to express their
sympathy by lifted hats and smiling
faces while the women looked from
every window and the little children
followed their treble voices heralding
and acclaiming the beautiful bride
Then came the breakfast and the
health drinking and the speech
making and the rather sadder drive
to the wharf at which lay La Belle
France Then the anchor was lifted
the cable loosened and with every
sail set La Belle France went dancing
down the river on the tide top to the
open set
Van Ariens and his son Rem turned
silently away A great and evident
depression had suddenly taken the
place of their assumed satisfaction
They had outworn emotion and knew
instinctively that some common duty
was the best restorer The same feel
ing affected in one way or another all
the watchers of this destiny Women
whose household work was belated
had used up their nervous strength in
waiting and feeling were now cross
and inclined to belittle the affair and
to be angry at Arenta and themselves
for their lost day And men young
and old went back to their ledgers
and counters and manufacturing with
sl sense of lassitude and dejection
Peter had nearly reached his own
house when he met Doctor Moran
The doctor Avas more irritable and de
pressed He looked at his friend
and said sharply You have a fever
Van Ariens Go to bed and sleep
To work I will go That is the
best tiling to do My house has no
comfort in it Like a milliners or a
mercers store it has been for many
z 1
Ti J
It is the curse of Adam
weeks He suddenly stopped and
looked at the doctor with brimming
eyes In that moment he understood
that no putting to rights could ever
make his home the same His little
saucy selfish out dearly loved Arenta
would come there no more and he
found not one word that could ex
press the tide of sorrow in his heart
Doctor John understood He remain
ed quiet silent clasping Van Ariens
hand until the desolate father with a
great effort blurted out
She is gone And smiling also
she went
It is the curse of Adam answered
Doctor John bitterly to bring up
daughters to love them to toil and
save and deny ourselves for them and
then to see some strange man of
whom we have no certain knowledge
carry them off captive to his destiny
and his desires Tis a thankless por
tion to be a father a bitter pleas
ure
Very thoughtfully the Doctor went
on to William street where he had a
patient a young girl of about Aren
tas age very ill A woman opened
the door a woman weeping bitterly
To be continued
THE POLICE OF NICE
They Are Accommodating but They
Like to Talk
The policemen of Nice differ radi
cally from their colleagues in Paris
They are not so business like and
they want to talk things over If you
ask a Paris police officer for a direc
tion he will say briefly Two streets
ahead of you first turning to the
left Not so the Nice policeman I
asked one the other day if he could
tell me where the Rue Lamartine
was
Why certainly Do you see that
church with the two towers
Yes Is it on the Rue Lamartine
No that is the Church of Notre
Dame and opposite to it is-
Ah I see it is the Rue Lamar
tine
Oh no that is the Avenue Notre
Dame Well you see two streets this
side of that avenue is
The Rue Lamartine
Oh no that is the Boulevard Du
bouchage Well you go up that boule
vard for two blocks and then you turn
to the left Hello Henri how are
you Wait a minute till Im through
with this man Want to talk to you
Lemme see Where was 1 Oh yes
going up the boulevard Well you go
up there for two blocks and turn to
the left and there you are at the Rue
Lamartine
Thank you
Dont mention it Glad to be of
serviee to you A very good day to
you Et autremain And the po
liceman turns and begins a conversa
tion with his friend Henri while a
Tiolent dispute breaks out between
two cabbies to which he pays no at
tention at all Jerome Hart In San
Francisco Argonaut
HOES FOR PUPILS
SECRETARY WILSON PUTS PLAN
IN OPERATION
K POPULARIZE AGRICULTURE
r
Children in Public Schools to Be
Taught Hnw to Plant Baiup War
vest and Maraket Crops and to
Understand Plant Lire
WASHINGTON Secretary Wilson
of the department of agricultutre has
conceived the idea of instructing the
pupils of the schools of Washington
along the iines laid down by a very
great naturalist to a thorough under
standing of plant life and the uses to
be desirevd therefrom The secretary
ever since he came to Washington has
been trying to elevate and develop the
department over which he presides
There has never been a time when he
failed to get the best results from his
department and his forcefulness and
praticability have shown themselves
throughout the department in the new
propositions he has originated As a
result of his new thought he has now
a class of forty girl pupils from the
Washington normal school receiving
instructions under several of the ex
perts of the department as to the plant
ing and reaping of seeds The secre
tary believes that every school teacher
should have some elementary knowl
edge of agricufure and horticulture an
hopes that when the class that he has
selected graduates t will be thoroughly
well acquainted with all the essential
elements of practical agriculture and
horticulture and to be able to diffuse
knowledge to the pupils under them
What we most need just now is
teachers who are competent to teach
the great lessons of plant life to the
classes in the elementary grades said
Secretary Wilson To inculcate in the
minds of our boys a love and knowl
edge of growing things will tend to
lead more joung men to complete the
elementary studies thus begun in the
greatest agricultural colleges which
now nearly every state in the union
maintains The tendency has been too
alarmingly marked of our young men
and Avomen in the rural districts to for
sake their homes and seek pursuits in
our cities The backbone of our pros
perity is in reality in agriculture
Upon tho farmer we depend for our
food products and should not drift into
a purely commercial nation dependent
upon others for our breadstuffs as is
the case with England for instance
I am thoroughly convinced that the
only plan lies through teaching the
young in our elementary schools in a
practical manner the use of the hoe to
use an expression which covers the
point I am endeavoring to make
Take my own state Iowa how could
it one of the great agricultural states
of the union better expend money
than in diffusing practical knowledge
in the minds of the boys and giris
on agricultural and horticultural mat
ters At the great normal school at
Cedar Falls for example the teach
ers there could be taught upon agri
cultural subjects and they in turn
when they go forth to teach could dif
fuse their knowledge among the very
young pupils I know of no money
that Iowa or any other state for that
matter could possibly expend which
would produce such returns as to train
all teachers in a practical way the ele
ments of agriculture and horticulture
They would thus be equipped in an
important branch of knowledge The
agricultural colleges of the country
could supply competent instructors to
the normal schools and it would also
be well to have such instructors in the
secondary schools
PRESIDENT ENTERS PARK
Retires to Natures Solitude for Six
teen Days Holiday
CINNABAR Mont President
Roosevelt is in the fastnesses of Yel
lowstone Park and for the next six
teen days expects to enjoy complete
rest and cessation from public duties
He will be in almost daily commu
nication with Secretary Loeb at Cin
nabar but nothing except of the ut
most importance will be referred to
him In company with John Bur
roughs the naturalist who accompa
nied him from Washington he will
closely study the nature of the various
animals that inhabit the park
The president has looked forward to
this outing some time and was in a
particularly happy frame of mind when
he led the cavalcade into the park
Every trail leading into the preserve
is closely guarded and no one will be
allowed to disturb his solitude His
headquarters will be at the home of
Major Pitcher the superintendent of
the park
Promise to Keep Order
VIENNA Advices from Mitrovitza
say the sultans Albanian commission
has had a satisfactory conference with
the Albanian leaders who promised to
maintain order and send home the Al
banians who had assembled in the
neighborhood thereby assuring at- any
rate temporary peace It is reported
from Sofia that another attempt has
been made to destroy a bridge of the
Constantinople Salonica railroad by
the use or dynamite
SEIZED PROPERTY
Colombians Forcibly Appropriate Our
Mules
WASHINGTON D C Tho diplo
matic exchanges between the United
States legation at Bogota and the de
partment of state In Washington
which will appear in the forthcoming
volume of foreign relutions of tho
United States discloses that numerous
complaints were made by American
citizens during the revolution in Co
lombia of the action of the military
authorities of that government In ap
propriating their mules and other prop
erty Mr Beaupre the American
charge at Bogota in the absence of
Minister Hart writing to tho state
department concerning the rights of
citizens of the United States as to ex
propriation of property cited a caso
that came under his personal observa
tion An America citizen who had
dined with him found upon going to
look after two animals which he had
purchased that the saddles and bridles
had been taken by a government of
ficial who had left a receipt fixing the
value of the articles taken at 1000
pesos where it was estimated the
American citizen would be obliged to
pay 5000 to duplicate his lost articles
Speaking of this Mr Beaupre said
There are a dozen stores in Bogota
selling the saddles and hudreds of
saddles are for sale and then asked
Whence the urgent immediate and
pressing emergency that would justify
the forcible expropriation of the sad
dles etc from the Americans Con
tinuing he observed Certainly under
the system of arbitrarily fixing the
value of such property it is much
cheaper to get it this way and the day
of payment is indefinitely postponed
but I cannot believe it consistent with
the guaranties of public treaties nor
the laws of nations It is altogether
probable that in the majority of cases
tho reasons for expropriation are
no more valid nor just than these in
the case just cited Necessarily with
the financial distress of the govern
ment it is almost impossible to col
lect claims large or small and the
government has announced to many
and to one American at least whom
I know and who has had a large
amount of property seized that no pay
ments would be made until the close
of the war
Assistant Secretary Hill in a com
munication to the United States lega
tion at Bogota said
The declaration of the minister of
war that all foreigners should be
deemed public enemies cannot but be
regarded as gratuitously offensive and
this government must remonstrate
against such characterization of its
citizens availing themselves of the
conventional rights of visit and so
journ in Colombia It should have
been made the occasion of instant and
vigorous protest
The attitude of this government to
ward the seizure by Colombia of prop
erty of Americans for military purposes
is shown by the following instructions
sent by Dr Hill as acting secretary
of state to the American legation at
Bogota
You will the Coombian gov
ernment that this government will hold
it responsible for any proven cases of
seizure of American property for mil
itary purposes without due compensa
tion
FAMOUS CALCULATOR IS DEAD
William Vallance Gives Way to Strain
and Dies in Hospital
TRENTON N J William Val
lance the famous lightning calculator
who could do any sum in mathemati
cal calculation mentally and with but
an instants hesitation is dead aged
30 years About a week ago he was
taken to the state hospital suffering
from a severe mental strain believed
to be the result of his work and fig
ures
Vallance could duplicate the feats
of any of the lightning calculators and
then beat them all by stating instantly
any desired date in history He could
not tell how he knew history but
would rattle off fact after fact with
out ever making a mistake He could
give instant answers to such arith
metic questions as multiply SO 178
by 4G41 and problems in algebra
were his delight
Laying Cable to Manila
LONDON The cable steamers An
glaim and Colonia sailed Wednesday
to lay the remaining sections of the
commercial Pacific cable from San
Francisco to Manila It is expected
that the cable from Honolulu to Manila
by way of Midway island and the
island of Guam will be completed by
July 4
Eulogizes the Late Yung Lu
PEKIX The empress dowager has
issued an edict eulogizing the late
Yung Lu and conferring on him post
humous honors similar to those con
ferred oh Li Hung Chang
General Jones is Dead
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