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THE AUID sf MAIDEN LANE
Sequel to The Bow of Orange Ribbon
A HOVE STORY BY AMELIA E BARR
Copyright 1900 b Amelia E Barr
CHAPTER IX Continued
I care not for such things I am
a poor lord if Cornelia be not my
lady Grandfather will you seo Doc
tor Moran for me You can speak a
word that will prevail
I will not my Joris If thy father
were not here that would be differ
ent He is the right man to move in
the matter
I will see Cornelia for thee said
JVIadamo Van Heemsklrk I will ask
the girl what she means And she
will tell me the truth Yes indeed if
into my house she comes out of it
she goes not until I have the why
and the wherefore
Then good by Grandmother you
will speak for me And she smiled
and nodded and stood on her tiptoe
while Joris stooped and kissed her
Very near the great entrance gates
of Hyde Manor he met his father and
mother walking George threw him
self off his horse with a loving im
petuosity and his mother questioned
him about his manner of spending
the previous day How could thou
help knowing thy father had landed
she asked Was not the whole city
talking of the circumstance
I was not in the city mother I
went to the postofflce and from there
to Madame Jacobus She was Just
leaving for Charleston and I went
with her to the boat
Well go forward when thy fath
er and I have been round the land
wo will come to thee Thy cousin
Annie is here
That confounds me I could hardly
believe it true
She is frail and her physicians
thought the sea voyage might give
her the vitality she needs We will
talk more in a little while Go eat
and dress by that time we shall be
home
But though his mother gave him a
final charge to make haste he went
slowly The thought of Cornelia had
returned to his memory with a sweet
strong insistance that carried all be
fore it He wondered if she was suf
feringIf she thought he was suffer
ing if she was sorry for him
Poor Cornelia She was at that mo
ment the most unhappy woman in
New York She had excused the
ten words he might have written
3esterday She had found in the un
expected return of his father and
cousin reason sufficient for his neg
lect hut it was now past ten oclock
of another day and there was yet no
word from him The tension became
distressing She longed for her
father for a caller for any one to
break this unbearable pause in life
Yet aho could not giro up hope A
score of excuses came into her mind
she was sure he would come in the
afternoon He must come Then as
hour after hour slipped away she
was compelled to drop her needle
Mother she said I am not well
I must go upstairs She had been
holding despair at bay so many hours
she could bear it no longer
The next morning she called Bal
thazar to her and closely questioned
him It had struck her in the night
that the slave might have lost the let
ter and be afraid to confess the acci
dent But Balthazars manner and
frank speech was beyond suspicion
He told her exactly what clothing
Lieut Hyde was wearing how he
looked what words he said and then
with a little hesitation took a silver
Your behavior has been brutal
crown piece from his pocket and add
ed he gave it to me When he took
the letter in his hand he looked down
at it and laughed like he was very
happy and he gave me the money
for bringing it to him that is the
truth sure Miss Cornelia
She could not doubt it There was
then nothing to be done but wait in
patience for the explanation she was
certain would yet come But oh with
what leaden motion the hours went
by For a few days she made a pre
tense of her usual employments but
at the end of a week her embroidery
frame stood uncovered her books
were unopened her music silent and
she declared herself unable to take
her customary walk Her mother
watched her with unspeakable sym
pathy but Cornelias grief was dumb
it made no audible moan and pre
served an attitude which repelled all
discussion As yet she would not ac
knowledge a doubt of her lovers faith
his conduct was certainly a mystery
but she told her heart with a pas
sionate iteration that it would posi
tively be cleared up
So the world went on but Cornelias
heart stood still and at the end of the
third week things came to this her
father looked at her keenly one morn
ing and sent her Instantly to bed
She has typhoid or I am much
mistaken he said to the anxious
mother Why have you said nothing
to me
John John What could I do
She would not hear of my speaking
to you I thought it was only sorrow
and heart ache
Only sorrow and heart ache Is
not that Vugh to call typhoid or
any other Jth What is the trou
ble Oh Lneed not ask I know it is
that young Hyde What is left us
now is to try and save her dear life
said the miserable father Suffering
we cannot spare her She must pass
alone through the Valley of the
Shadow but It may be she will lose
this sorrow in its dreadful paths
This was the battle waged in Dr
Morans house for many awful weeks
One day while she was in extremity
the doctor went himself to the apothe
carys for medicine As he came out
of the store with it In his hand Hyde
looked at him with a steady implora
tion He had evidently been waiting
his exit
Sir he said I have heard a re
port that I cannot I dare not be
lieve
Believe the worst and stand aside
sir I have neither patience nor words
for you
Your daughter Oh sir have some
pity
My daughter is dying
Then sir let me tell you that your
behavior has been so brutal to -her
and to me that the Almighty shows
both kindness and intelligence in tak
ing her away and with these words
uttered in a blazing passion of indig
nation and pity the young lord crossed
to the other side of the street leaving
the doctor confounded by his words
and manner
There is something strange here
he said to himself the fellow may be
as bad as bad can be but he neither
looked nor spoke as if he had wronged
Cornelia If she lives I must get to
the bottom of this airair
With this admission and wonder
the thought of Hyde passed from his
mind for at that hour the Issue he
had to consider was one of life or
death And although it was beyond all
hope or- expectation Cornelia came
back to life But she was perilously
delicate and the doctor began to
consider the dangers of her convales
vonee
Ava he said One evening when
Cornolia had boon downstairs awhile
It will not do for the child to run tho
risk of meeting that man He spoke
to me once about her and was out
rageously impudent There is some
thing strange in the affair hut how
can I move in it
It is impossible Can you quarrel
with a man because he has deceived
Cornelia You must bear and I must
bear
The best plan is to remove Cor
nelia out of danger Why not take
her to visit your brother Joseph at
Philadelphia He has long desired
you to do so Make your arrange
ments as soon as possible to leave
New York
You are sure that you are right in
choosing Philadelphia
Yes while Hyde is in New York
Write to your brother to day and as
soon as Cornelia is a little stronger I
will go with you to Philadelphia
CHAPTER X
Life Tied in a Knot
One morning soon after the New
Year Hyde was returning to the
Manor House from New York It was
a day to oppress thought and tighten
the heart and kill all hope and energy
There was a monotonous rain and a
sky like that of a past age solemn
and leaden and the mud othe roads
was unspeakable He was compelled
to ride slowly and to feel in its full
force as it were the hostility of Na
ture
But when he reached home and his
valet had seen to his masters refresh
ment in every possible way Hyde was
at least reconciled to the idea of liv
ing a little longer At least there was
Annie Annie was always glad to see
him and he had a great respect for
Annies opinions
He heard her singing as he ap
proached the drawing room and he
opened the door noiselessly and went
in He did not in any way disturb
her She ceased when the hymn was
finished and sat still a few moments
realizing as far as she could the
glory which doth not yet appear Then
he stood up and she came towards
him Hyde placed her in a chair be
fore the fire and then drew his own
chair to her side
Cousin she said I am most glad
to see you Everybody has some work
to do to day
And you Annie
In this world I have no work to
do she answered My soul is here
for a purchase when I have made it I
shall go home again You know what
my father desired and what your
father promised for us both
Yes Did you desire it Annie
I do not desire it now I shall
marry no one I will show you the
better way Few can walk in it but
Dr Roslyn says he things it may be
my part my happy part to d so
Hydo looked at her with an intenso
Interest He wondered if this angelic
littlo creature had ever known the
frailties and temptations of mortal life
and she answered his thought as if
he had spoken it aloud
Yes cousin I have known all
temptations and come through all
tribulations My soul has wandered
and lost its way and been brought
back many and many a time and
bought every grace with much suffer
ing But God is always present to
help while quest followed quest and
lesson followed lesson and goal suc
ceeded goal ever leaving some evil
behind and carrying forward some oi
those gains which are eternal But
why do you look so troubled and re
luctant
Before Hyde could answer the Earl
came into the room and the young
man was glad to see his father
My dear George the earl said I
am delighted to see you I was afraid
you would stay in the city this dread
ful weather Is there any news
A great deal sir I have brought
you English and French papers
I will read them at my leisure
Lfs T1 l w
He opened the door noiselessly
Give me the English news first What
is it in substance
The conquest of Mysore and Ma
dras Seringapatam has fallen and
Tippoo has ceded to England one half
of his dominions and three millions
of pounds Faith sir Cornwallis has
given England in the east a compen
sation for what she has lost here in
the west
To make nations of free men is
the destiny of our race replied the
earl
Perhaps so for it seems the new
colony planted at Sydney Cove Aus
tralia is doing wonderfully and that
would mean an English empire in the
south
Yet I have just read a proclama
tion of the French assembly calling
on the people of France to annihilate
at once the white clay footed colos
sus of English power and diplomacy
Anything else
Minister Morris is in tho midat at
horrors unmentionable The otner
foreign ministers have left Franco
and the French government is desert
ed by all the world yet Mr Morris re
mains at his post though he was late
ly arrested in the street and his house
searched by armed men
But this is an insult to the Ameri
can nation Why does he endure it
He ought to return home
Because he will not abandon his
duty in the hour of peril and difficulty
I think Minister Morris is precisely
where he should be saving the lives
of American citizens many of whom
are trembling to day in the shadow of
the guillotine
I hear that Madame Kippons
daughter whom Mr Morris rescued
at the last hour has arrived in New
York and yesterday I met Mr Van
Ariens who is exceedingly anxious
concerning his daughter the Marquise
de Tounnerre
Is she in danger Poor little Aren
ta What will she do
To be continued
MISTAKES OF GREAT PAINTERS
Accuracy of Detail Not a Great Point
with Them
There has been a lot of talk of late
about the blunders of novelists Here
are a few of the principal mistakes of
great painters
The painters of two or three cen
turies ago seem to have troubled but
little about strict accuracy of detail
In many cases their mistakes cannot
be attributed to mere ignorance and
some writers have attempted to show
that they regarded pictures in a differ
ent light from that in which we do
Raphael represents Apollo playing
the violin and has a red lobster in his
Miraculous Draught of Fishes
A well known Dutch painter show3
us Abraham preparing to sacrific his
son by blowing out his brains with a
pistol In another Dutch picture one
of the wise men is represented offering
to the Divine Infant a model of a
Dutch man-of-war
Durer painted Adam and Eve ex
pelled from the Garden by an angel
in a dress trimmed with flounces
Ucello wishing to represent a cham
eleon makes it a marvelous beast half
camel half lion
In a famous picture of Adam and
Eve in the Garden of Eden we see in
the background a hunter in full cos
tume shooting ducks
Paul Veronese places several Bene
dictine monks among the priests at the
marriage in Cana of Galilee Tintor
etto represents the Israelites gather-
ing manna armed with guns and Pous
sin has a picture of St Jerome seated
in front of a clock
A picture of Sir Cloudesley Shovel
shows us the famous admiral wih a
Roman cuirass and sandals and an
eighteenth century wig Household
Words
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER RODMAN
TO GOVERN MIDWAY ISLANDS
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The first American governor of Mid
way Island Is Lieutenant Commander
Hugh Rodman TJ S N who has just
been appointed Naval Governor of
that isolated and barren spot of
American soil in the middle of the
Pacific Notice of his appointment
was received by him from the secre
tary of the navy a few days ago
One of the most peculiar things
about his governorship is that there
are now no inhabitants at Midway
However it is expected that there will
be a population on the island by the
time the new governor reaches his do
main The population of Gov Rod
mans domain is expected to arrive
there by the steam schooner Grace
Dollar from San Francisco chartered
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LIEUTENANT COMMANDER HUGH RODMAN
to take material and men with which
to erect the necessary buildings for a
cable station at Midway
Lieutenant Commander Rodman is
a native of Kentucky and entered the
Naval Academy in 1875 Since then
he has seen eighteen years sea serv
ice in the navy and was for six years
engaged in the coast and geodetic sur
vey and in other scientific work His
scientific equipment is admirable both
his tastes and his opportunities having
lain in that direction For tho last
year he has been in command of the
United States steamer Iroquois at the
Honolulu station and since the recall
of Capt Whiting the commander of
the naval station at that point with
headquarters at Honolulu
THE TIDE OF IMMIGRATION
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In the minds of the police and the
secret service officials not to speak
of the immigration authorities and po
litical economists who are aware of
the situation the Sicilian question is
fast becoming as pressing as the Chi
nese immigration question was on the
Pacific coast two decades ago
This year the immigration promises
to overtop all records The bulk of
the immigrants are from the southern
part of Europe The Italians includ
ing Sicilians lead all other nationali
ties
The Sicilians are the principal
source of trouble to the secret serv
ice for they do most of the manufac
turing and passing of counterfeit mon
ey in this country The police say
they are the hardest class of people
they have to deal with for the Mafia
is all powerful with all the Sicilians
coercing those who are not affiliated
with it quite as potentially as those
who are known to be members of that
secret organization
The immigration statistics for the
month of March have just been made
Has Lost American Accent
The new Lady Yarmouth now on
her way to England carries with her
an accent to which she was almost a
total stranger a couple of months ago
The former Miss Thaw born in Pitts
burg used to speak like the average
girl from the west or middle west but
his lordship has changed all that Un
der his tutelage Lady Thaw has ac
quired an accent which is said to be
an excellent imitation of that com
monly heard in London drawing rooms
so that her new acquaintances there
will be only reminded of her American
origin occasionally
Ground Hog Study Important
Col Wamsley of Randolph county
Va was excused from jury duty to
which he had been drawn on an origi
nal and unique excuse The colonel
keeps a ground hog and is testing its
reliability as a weather prophet and
coming to court in Elkins would
greatly interfere with his study of the
natural history of ground hog Col
Wamsley claimed that science would
probably lose more by breaking into
his course of study than justice would
gain by his jury service and he was
accordingly excused from serving on
the jury
public and they indicate what many
publicists public officials and students
of sociology affirm is bound to be
come a menace if not checked ere
long The number of arrivals at New
York last month was 9166G or 14178
more than in March 1902 which was
the record for that month
If the same ratio is maintained for
the next eleven months the popula
tion of the United States will be in
creased by more than one million
through immigration in a year What
this means may be comprehended
when it is stated that since 1820 the
total number of immigrants coming
here is twenty one million
Italy furnished the greatest number
of immigrants last month as for some
time past with a total of 30765 or
more than one thousand a day
The bulk of the Italian immigrants
come from the southern part of Italy
and Sicily the part known in the
school geographies as the boot
It begins to look as if we are feeling
the weight of the boot New York
Herald
New Cure for Drunkenness
According to Dr Forbes Winslow
the best cure for inebriety is sugges
tion Throw the drunkard into a
hypnotic state give him cold water
suggest that it is whiskey and the
medium believes Do this often
enough and a complete cure is effect
ed and the quondam drunkard prefers
spring water to beer The influence
thus exerted is a purely hypnotic one
The suggestion acts on the sub-conscious
mind of the patient and grad
ually becomes part of his nature Hys
terical people and those suffering from
severe brain diseases are not amen
able to the influences of suggestion
Made an Effective Answer
Rev Dr James Rosedale of Syra
cuse N Y lectured on the Bible re
cently some of his comments indicat
ing considerable breadth of view Prof
I J Peritz of Syracuse university in
an interview referred to Dr Rose
dales lecture as unlettered and un
scholarly To this the doctor replies
by challengisG Prof Peritz to debate
the matter in question in any of the
following eleven languages Greek
German French Spanish Italian Pen
lish Russian Turkish Arabic Hebrew
and English
DENIAL 18 FALSE
FULL TEXT OF THE MANCHURIAN
DEMANDS
FORECAST PRACTICALLY RIGHT
Washington Holds Situation Improved
Russia Is Now Believed to Have
Given Up Intended Coup and to Be
Preparing for Evacuation
PEKING Minister Conger Mr
Townley the British charge and M
Uchida tho Japanese ministor have
have had several Interviews lately
with Grand Secretary Chlug on tho
Russian Manchurian negotiations
Prlnco Chlng at first was reserved
but subsequently discussed the ques
tion with greater freedom
Tho document embodying tho Rus
sian demands is lengthy and certain
portions are vague
Instead of absolutely prohibiting
the Chinese from opening tho now
ports and admitting foreign consuls
it makes Russias consent to such
steps obligatory which tho interested
parties construe as meaning tho same
thing
The Russian ambassadors assur
ances to Lord Lanscown that tho ne
gotiations concern Manchuria rlono
aro confuted by the text which
admits that the administration oC
Mongolia is to remain unchanged
and savs Russian interests are para
mount in North China and that only
Russians should be employed there
The clause particularly distasteful
to the representatives of the inter
ested powers is tho prohibition
against concession or leases of land
in the valley of the Liau river to
other powers which it is asserted
Russia would take extreme measure
to prevent
The scheme for the sanitary com
mission for New Chang provides that
the Russian consul and the Russian
customs officials shall be members
but does not refer to other consuls
WASHINGTON The Chinese mini
ster discussed the Manchurian situa
tion with Secretary Hay There is
good reason to believe that the ne
gotiations have taken a more favor
able turn and that the Russian coup
which was expected has been either
abandoned or indefinitely postponed
It is understood that this involved no
retreat on the part of the Russian
government from any position offi
cially taken
Certain inquiries woro addressed
by M Palson the Russian charge at
Peking to the Chinese government
respecting the Chinese purpose as to
Manchuria Tlio RiiBDlana bold that
those wore erroneously taken to be a
set of demands
FINANCIAL DOCTORS TO MEET
Session to be Held to Formulate a
Bill
WASHINGTON D C Senator Aid
rich chairman of the senate commit
lee on finance who is spending a few
weeks at Hot Springs Va has invited
Senators Allison of Iowa Piatt of Con
necticut and Spooner all republican
members of the finance committee to
visit him there for the purpose of con
ferring over the provisions of the fi
nancial bill to be introduced early in
the next session of congress They are
expected to reach Hot Springs Mon
day The conferrence will continue
for ten days or two weeks
It is expected that the bill formu
lated will be along the general lines
of the deposit bill of last session The
meeting at Hot Springs will not be offi
cial
AMERICAN CONSUL SENTENCED
German Judge Holds Official Guilty
of Disorderly Conduct
SOLNGEN Rhenish Prussia
United State Consul lindger was fined
30 marks on Friday by the judge of a
local court for disorderly conduct in
the courtroom where he was present
as a witness Mr Landger protested
that he was a United States official
and could not be fined in that manner
whereupon the judge sentenced him
to three days imprisonment for con
tinued disorderly behavior
Breakfasts With Cowboys
HUGO Colo President Roosevelt
was treated to a cowmans breakfast
here A mess tent had been erected
at the side of the track and when the
presidents train arrived breakfast
was ready It was partaken of
standing and then the president shook
hands with his guests The train
pulled out amidst a chorus of cow
boy yells
Decline Carnegies Offer
MONTREAL The city council re
scinded a resolution adopted in April
1902 accepting an offer of 150000
from Andrew Carnegie for a library
building
Government Buys Silver
WASHINGTON D C The treasury
department purchased 65000 ounces
of silver on account of Philippine coin
age at 544 cents an ounce The
amount offered was 415000 ounces