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Sequel to The Dow of Orange Ribbon
A HOVE STORY BY AMELIA E BARR
Copyricht 1900 by Amelia E Uarr
j CHAPTER X Continued
I am not very uneasy for her if
Arenta is in trouble she will cry it
-out and call for help on every hand
During this conversation Annie was
5n a reverie which it in no way touch
ed She was thinking all the time of
3ier cousin George and of the singular
abruptness with which his love life
liad been cut short and it was this
train of thought which led her to say
impulsively
t Uncle it is my desire to go to
Philadelphia
The earl looked at her with incredu
lity What nonsense Annie he
exclaimed For you a journey to
Philadelphia would be an arduous un
dertaking and one without any rea
sonable tmotlve
Oh indeed Do you call George
Washington an unreasonable motive
I wish to see him
I wish the journey were an easier
one
To be sure the roads and the cold
will be a trial but then my uncle you
can give them to me as God gives
trials to his beloved He breaks them
up into small portions and puts a
nights sleep between the portions
Can you not also do this
You little Methodist answered
the earl with a tender gleam in his
eyes I see that I shall have to give
you your own way Will you go with
us George
Yes I desire to see Washington I
wish to see the greatest of Ameri
cans
This was the initial conversation
which- after some opposition and a
little temper from madame the count
ess resulted in the Hyde family vis
iting Philadelphia
A handsome house handsomely fur
nished had been found and madame
had brought with her the servants nec
essary to care for it and for the fam
ilys comfort
In a week she had come to the con
clusion that Joris was disappointed
which indeed was very much the case
He could hear nothing of Cornelia He
had never once got a glimpse of her
lovely countenance and no scrutiny
had revealed to him the place of hor
abode
A month passed in unfruitful search
ing misery and Hyde was almost
hopeless The journey appeared to be
altogether a failure and he said to
Annie I am ashamed for my selfish
ness in permitting you to come here
I see that you have tired yourself to
death for nothing at all
She gave her head a resolute little
shake and answered Wait and see
Something is coming Do you know
that I am going to Mrs Washingtons
reception to morrow evening I shall
see the President Cousin you are to
be my cavalier if it please you and
my uncle and aunt will attend us
I am devotedly at your service
Annie and I will at least point out to
you some of the dazzling beauties of
our court the splendid Mrs Bingham
the Miss Aliens and Miss Chews and
the brilliant Sally McKean
The next evening Joris had every
reason to feel proud of his ccusin
The touch of phantasy and flame in
her nature illumined her face and no
one could lcok at her without feeling
that a fervent and transparent soul
gazed from her eyes so lambent with
soft spiritual fire This impression
was enhanced by her childlike gown
of white crape over soft white silk
it suggested her sweet fretless life
and also something unknown and un
seen in her very simplicity
Mrs Washingtons parlors were
crowded that night The earl at once
or iyjm
J see I shall have to give ycu your
own way
presented his niece to Mrs Washing
ton and afterward to the President
who as a guest of Mrs Washington
was walking about the rooms talking
to the ladies present For a few min
utes he remained in conversation with
tho party then he went forward and
Hyde turning with his beautiful
charge met Cornelia face to face
They looked at each other as two
disembodied souls might mtV nd
look after death reproaching ques
tioning entreating longing Hyde
flushed and paled but could not for
his very life make the slightest effort
at recognition or speech Cornelia
who had seen his entry was more
prepared She gave him one longv
look of tonder reproach as she passed
but she made no movement of recog
nition If she had said one syllable
if she had paused one moment if she
had shown in any way the least de
sire for a renewal of their acquaint
ance Hyde was sure his heart would
have instantly responded As it was
they had met and parted in a moment
and every circumstance had been
against him For it was the most
natural thing in life that he should
after his cousins interview with
Washington stoop to her words with
delight and interest and it was
equally natural for Cornelia to put the
construction on his attentions which
every one else did
Hyde wandered through the parlors
speaking to one and another but ever
on the watch for Cornelia He saw
her no more that night She had
withdrawn as soon as possible after
meeting Hyde and he was so miser
ably disappointed so angry at the un
propitious circumstances which had
dominated their casual meeting
that he hardly spoke to any one as
they returned home
The next day Annie asked Do
you remember the Rev Mr Damer
rector of Downhill Market
Very well He preached very tire
some sermons
His daughter Mary was at the
ball last night
What is Mary Damer doing in
America
She is on a visit to her cousin
who is married to the Governor of
Massachusetts He is here on some
state matter and as Miss Damer also
wished to see Washington ho brought
her with him
I was a mere lad when I saw her
last Is she passable
She is extremely handsome My
aunt heard that she is to marry a
Boston gentleman of good promise
and estate I dare say it is true
It was so true that even while they
were speaking of the matter Mary was
writing these words to her betrothed
Yesterday I met the Hydes The
young lord got out of my way Did he
imagine I had designs on him I
look for a better man I may see a
great deal of them in the coming
summer and then I may find out At
present I will dismiss the Hydes I
have met pleasanter company
Annie dismissed the subject with
tne same sort of impatience It seen
ed to no one a matter of any import
ance
Hyde was shaken confused lifted
on his feet as it were but after an
other day had passed he had come to
one steady resolution he would
speak to Cornelia when he next met
her no matter where it was or who
was wun her
For nearly a week he kept a con
scious constant watch Its insisting
sorrowful longing was like a cry from
Loves watch towers but it did not
reach the beloved one or else she
did not answer it One bright morn
ing he resolved to walk through the
great dry goods stores where the beau
ties of the gay Quakers bought their
choicest fabrics in foreign chintzes
lawns and Indian muslins He was
getting impatient of the bustle and
pushing when he saw Anthony Cly
mer approaching him The young
man was driving a new and very spir
ited team and as he with some diffi
culty held them he called to Hyde to
come and drive with him After an
hours driving they came to a fomous
hostelry and Clymer said Let us give
ourselves lunch and the horses bait
and a rest then we will make them
show their mettle home again
The young men had a luxurious
meal and more good wine than they
ought to have taken
The champ and gallop of the horses
and Clymers vociferous enjoyment of
his own wit blended and for a mo
ment or two Hyde was under a physi
cal exhilaration as intoxicating as the
foam of the champagne they had been
drinking In the height of this mere
tricious gaiety a carriage driving at a
rather rapid rate turned into the
road and Cornelia suddenly raised
her eyes to the festive young men
and then dropped them with an
abrupt even angry expression
Hyde became silent and speechless
and Clymer was quickly infected by
the very force and potency of his com
panions agitation and distressed sur
prise Beth were glad to escape the
others company and Hyde fled to the
privacy of his own room that he
might hide there the almost unbear
able chagrin and misery this unfor
tunate meeting had caused him
Where shall I run to avoid my
self he cried as he paced the floor
m an agony of shame She will nev
er respect me again She ought not
I am the most wretched of lovers
For some days sorrow and confus
ion and distraction bound his senses
he refused all company would neither
eat nor sleep nor talk and he looked
as white and wan as a spectre A
stupid weight a dismal sullen still
ness succeeded the storm of shame
and grief and he felt himself to be
the most forlorn of human beings At
length however the first misery of
that wretched meeting passed away
and then he resolved to forget
It is all past he said despairingly
She is lost to me forever Alas alas
Cornelia Though you would not be
lieve me it was the most perfect love
that I gave you
Cornelias sorrow though quite as
XiH
profound was different in character
Her sex and various other considera
tions taught her more restraint but
she also felt the situation to be alto
gether unendurable for despite all
reason despite even the evidence of
her own eyes Cornelia kept a reserve
And in that pitiful last meeting there
had been a flash from Hydes eyes
that said to hor she knew not what
of unconquerable love and wrong and
sorrow a flash swifter than lightning
and equally potential It had stirred
into tumult and revolt all the plati
tudes with which she had tried to
quiet her restless heart made her
doubtful pititul and uncertain of all
things even while her lovers reckless
gaiety seemed to confirm her worst
suspicions And she felt unable to
face constantly this distressing dubi
ous questioning so that it was with
almost irritable entreaty she said
Let us go home mother
I have desired to do so for two
weeks Cornelia answered Mrs Mo
ran I think our visit has already
been too long
My Cousin Silas has now begun to
make love to me and his mother and
sisters like it no better than I do
I hate this town with its rampant af
fected fashion and frivolities Mother
let us go home at once Lucinda can
Itll I I
Had a luxurious meal
pack our trunks to day and we
will
leave in the morning
Can we go without an escort
Oh yes we can Lucinda will wait
on us she too is longing for New
York and who can drive us more
carefully than Cato I am at the end
of -my patience I am like to cry out
I am so unhappy mother
My dear we will go home to-morrow
We can make the journey in
short stages Do not break down now
Cornelia It is only a little longer
I shall not break down if we go
home And as the struggle to resist
sorrow proves the capacity to resist it
Cornelia kept her promise As they
reached New York her cheerfulness
increased and when they turned into
Maiden Lane she clapped her hands
for very joy
She ran upstairs to her own dear
room laid her head on her pillow sat
down in her favorite chair opened her
desk let in all the sunshine she could
and then fell with holy gratitude on
her knees and thanked God for her
sweet home and for the full cup of
mercies he had given her to drink
in it
When she went downstairs the mail
had just come in and the Doctor sat
before a desk covered with news
papers and letters Cornelia he
cried in a voice full of interest here
is a letter for you a long letter It
is from Paris
She examined the large sheets
closed with a great splash of red wax
bearing the de Tounnerre crest It
had indeed come from Paris the city
of dreadful slaughter yet Cornelia
opened it with a smiling excitement
as she read
It is from Arenta
io be continued
NEW PHASE IN PHOTOGRAPHY
Artists New Go to Patrons Instead of
Waiting a Call from Them
It is no longer regarded as the
proper thing in society to go to a
phonograph gallery to have ones pic
ture taken Leaders of the smart set
at the east have decreed that the ar
tists shall come to the houses of the
sitters although an extra charge is
involved in the new arrangement
The men who do this at home work
must be artists of the first class
These pictures in the home have revo
lutionized one fashion Formerly a
woman would wear all her jewels an1
take her stand before the camera in
her most pretentious frock but now
these display pictures are tabooed and
the woman dresses simply A favor
ite pose with one photographer has
the subject in a picture hat with bare
shoulders and wearing a simple string
of pearls
More recent even than the dash
ing hat and glistening shoulders is
the photographing of young matrons
with their children In England these
pictures are in great vogue and the
woman who poses wears a house gown
suggestive of the calm of the nursery
The photograph of the lovely count-
ess of Warwick with her daughter was j
one of the most popular in England j
Lady Warwicks arms were entwined i
about the pretty child and the picture
was sold just the same as those of
Ellen Terry Edna May and other j
brities Another woman who is f
tographed always with her child is
Rachel countess of Dudley wife of
the lord lieutenant of Ireland The
f countess is one of the great English
beauties
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AS TO STANDING PAT
LATEST ASPECT OF THE TARIFF
REVISION QUESTION
The Plain Speaking of President
Roosevelt Secretaries Root Shaw
and Others Has Wrought a
Marked Change in the Situation and
Outlook
The changes that have occurred in
the situation and outlook regarding
tariff revision during the past few days
are the subject of careful comment by
a member of the cabinet in the Wash
ington correspondence of the New
York Tribune of April 7 If the
speeches of Secretaries Shaw and
Root March 31 and April 3 respective
ly were read and approved by the pres
ident bpfore they were delivered
and nobody doubts that they were
the meaning and the intent of the
Presidents speeches at Milwaukee
and Minneapolis become all the clear
er His purpose obviously was to
throw the entire weight of adminis
tration influence against the supreme
folly of talking tariff revision at this
time Secretaries Shaw and Root de
livered powerful addresses designed to
prove that changes in the Dingley
law schedules in the direction of lower
duties or no duties are not called for
by any of the conditions of industry
and trade on the contrary the coun
trys interests will be best served by
letting the tariff entirely alone at
least until after the national election
of 1904
Right upon the heels of these public
declarations by his two secretaries
came first the speech of President
Roosevelt at Milwaukee on the gen
eral subject of trusts in which he
took the ground that a remedy for
trust evils must not be sought for in
tariff revision The same week at
Minneapolis the president flred his
big broadside against any and all
forms of tariff tinkering If Secre
taries Root and Shaw left any part of
the ground uncovered in their
speeches the President certainly cov
ered it at Minneapolis In the lan
guage of the cabinet officer quoted by
the New York Tribune the President
went direct to the territory where
the Iowa Idea is supposed to prevail
In both speeches he struck straight
out from the shoulder and he rang
the bell twice
In the same week Senator Allison
gave out an authorized interview in
which he said No tariff revision
and incidentally took occasion to say
tnac in nis judgment reciprocity in i
competitive products was a dream
that has little chance of ever being
realized Senator Frye the acting
Vice President declared himself in
equally positive terms About the
same time William Jennings Bryan
was delivering a speech at Des Moines
in which he praised Gov Cummins
warmly for his progressive tariff
ideas and welcomed him to the Demo
cratic fold
All this is interesting history It
means much to the Republican party
and the country It means says the
cabinet officer quoted by the Tribune
that Tariff reformers masquerading
under the guise of Republicans will
have to become classified under an
other came or welcomed back into
the ranks of the Democracy as Gov
Cummins has been by Bryan The
Republican party with Roosevelt at
its head will stand for no tariff revis
ion at least until after the next Presi
dential election This is the lesson to
be learned from the developments of
the last week
From the temper displayed by the
Iowa progressives it is evident that
the speeches of the President and Sec
retaries Shaw and Root have not
stamped out the Iowa idea so far
as the lesders in the revolt are con
cerned They still proclaim their
to clamor and work and plan
for the realization of their pet ambi
tion They want to go thundering
down the corridors of time as the res
cuers of the Republican party from
the dire dilemma of too much pros
perity as the Moseses who shall lead
that party out of the bondage of the
Pharaohs of the trusts and into the
promised land of a reformed tariff
and potential competition These
schemers for power and control de
clare it to be their fixed and unal
terable purpose to go before the na
tional convention in 1904 and demand
a downward revision of the tariff If
they have their way they will force
tariff revision as a dominant issue of
the campaign of next year in spite
of the demand of the President and his
advisers and the best brain of the
iyMa
tttgSSatiiyfSlgS
party that tariff revision shall be on-
tlrely kept out of that campaign finf
not taken up at all until after the elec 1
tion of 1904
But tho question is not what these
scheming leaders want bnt what the
people want To be a leader one must
have a following Can these Iowa
disturbers succeed Id winning the
people away from the President and
the great mass of the Republican
party Will the people follow them
in the direction of the pamp where Mr
Bryan stands reaching out his hands
in eager welcome It remains to be
seen We are inclined to think not
Encouraged by Bryan
Ic fs to be hoped that Gov Cum
mins of Iowa is entirely satisfied He
is one of the chief exponents among
Republicans of tariff revision There
are a few persons out his way who be
lieve in tearing things up and who are
followers of what has become to be
known as the Iowa Idea They
have been received with open arms
by Brother Bryan
Let us encourage Gov Cummins
said Mr Bryan at a Jeffersonlan ban
quet in Des Moines on Thursday
Fancy Bryan looking to Jefferson for
comfort Let us encourage him
for every word that he speaks In favor
of tariff reform or anti trust legisla
tion will have an educational in
fluence
While Bryan was speaking in Iowa
Senator Lodge and Secretary Root
were making addresses in Boston and
taking the ground that protection had
made the country great and that to
abandon it or to permit it to be ripped
up by tariff reformers or tariff re
visionists would result in a general
upheaval of business
Gov Gummins found no indorse
ment for his course among these Re
publican thinkers but from Mr Bryan
he received praise From which it
would appear that the Iowa idea is
exceedingly comforting to the Demo
crats
Praise from Bryan Certainly Gov
Cummins ought to be ready to retire
on his laurels now Philadelphia In
quirer
The Folly of Free Trade
A paper which is constantly agitat
ing itself over the evils of the pres
ent protective tariff in an article on
Englands food supply says that in
- He Has Been Told That His Broom Is a Nuisance
1S54 55 the United Kingdom was prac
tically growing enough wheat to feed
her population of 27000000 but in
1900 1901 only one fifth of the wheat
consumed by the population of 41300
0C0 was grown in the British isles the
other four fifths being imported from
foreign countries Admiral Free
mantle of the British navy recently
called attention to Great Britains de
pendence and helplessness in case of
war with the United States and warn
ed the British people of the perils in
cident to becoming a nation of middle
men witn constant decline in the
sources of domestic production
Great Britain ceased to raise its
own wheat when it adopted the policy
of free trade The agriculture of
Great Britain flourished as long as
there was a duty on British grown
wheat The value of its acres have
declined and fields which bore large
yields of wheat under high culture
have been put into grass The farms
have been abandoned and the cities
are crowded with population thou
sands of whom within the past few
1 t i i
uens nave marcneu m processions
in London asking for labor There is
no labor for them Great Britain buys
her bread a little cheaper in the
United SUtes and other countries but
bent on cheapness she has lost the
independence incident to her ability
to raise the wheat For a time she
controlled the markets of the world
for her textiles iron and other manu
facturers but in these things the
other nations have overtaken her and
now Great Britain helplessly deplores
the decline of her foreign trade com
pared with her great rivals the
United States and Germany Irish
World
A Priceless Jewel
LOVES THE PRAIRIES
Miss Anna Gray is Delighted With
Her Western Canada Home
is young lady form
Anna C Gray a
erly of Michigan She is now a resident
Canada and the following
dent of Western
lowing published In the Brown City
from a
Mich Banner are extracts
friendship letter written about March
15 to one of her lady friends in that
vicinity In this letter is given aumc
idea of the climate social educa
conditions of Alberta
tional and religious
berta the beautiful land of sunshine
and happy homes Over one hundred
thousand Americans have made West
ern Canada their home within the
past five years and in this year up
wards of 50000 will take up homes
there
Miss Gray took her leave for Dids
bury Alberta the home of her sister
and other relatives and friends on Jan
10 lest and after a two months so
journ in her western prairie home
she writes of it as follows I know
I shall grow to love the prairies We
have a beautiful view of the moun
tains and it seems wonderful to me to
see home after home for miles and it
is becoming thickly settled all around
us With the exception of the last
few days which have been cold and
stormy wo have had beautiful spring
weather ever since I came The days
are beautiful I call this the land of
the sun as it seems to be always
shlninc the nights are cold and
frosty On arriving here I was so
greatly surprised in every way Dids
bury Is quite a business little town
All tho people I meet are so pleasant
and hospitable They have four
churches in Didsbury the Baptist
Presbyterian Evangelical and Men
nonite The Evangelicals have just
completed a handsome church very
large and finely furnished costing
2500 They have a nice literary
society here meets every two weeks
They have fine musical talent here
Your friend Anna C Gray
Fever is as ornery as prize fighters
it wont break clean
IF TOU USE BAXZ BLUE
Get Red Cross Ball Blue tho best Ball Blue
Large 2 oz package only 5 cents
A long story of a hanging if well
written is very interesting
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure Price 75c
Marriage and divorce are represent
ed by a hitch and a kick-
Iowa Farms i4 fur aero Cash
balance crop till paid MQXH ALL Sioux City la
Money is pretty tight with the man
who has no loose change
The Klean Kool Kitchen Kind of stoves
ieep you clean and cool Economical and
always ready Sold at good stove stores
Painter Chartran and Mr Shaw
An interesting story is told in con
nection with the new Chartran portrait
of Secretary Shaw Chartran always
charges 6000 for his pictures but Mr
Shaw beat him down to 2500 while
the picture was being painted When
it was nearly completed the artist
turned to the secretary and asked him
who was to pay the 2500 he or the
government The secretary said that
the government was Quick as a flash
Chartran said it was worth 3000 and
swept his brush across one of the eyes
of the portrait Secretary Shaw looked
at it aghast He was winking at him
self from the canvass but he had lo
pay the 3000
General Bates Long Service
General John Coalter Bates who has
just taken up his residence in Chicago
as commander of the department of
the lakes has been in the army since
1861 when he joined the Eleventh in
fantry as lieutenant He served on
General Meades staff until the close
of the war and for thirty years was
stationed west of the Mississippi river
chiefly in the Indian country He
served in the Philippines
German Empress an Artist
It is not generally known that the
German empress is a sculptor and
painter of more than usual ability In
her husbands study at Potsdam there
is a most lifelike bust of the emperor
in bronze while several of the young
princes have also been reproduced in
marble Many sketches and paintings
by the empress adorn the walls of the
palace
A Tight Squeeze
Brazils Ark May 11th To be
snatched from the very brink of the
grave is a somewhat thrilling ex
perience and one which Mrs M O
Garrett of this place has just passed
mrougn
Mrs Garrett suffered with a
affection and had been
treated by the best physicians but
without the slightest improvement
For the last twelve months two
doctors were in constant attendance
but she could
only grow worse and
worse till she could not walk and
did not have any power to move at
all
She was so low
that for the
great
er part of the time she was perfectly
unconscious of what was coin-
about her and her heart broken
uaau ana inenus were
pecting her death
hourly
up all
The richest market in the world the and no one thought she could
priceless jewel of commerce is the
market of the United States The pro
tective tariff holds its treasure secure
to the American wage earners and all
the American people This is he
simple essence of protection It is
the cardiral principle of the American
tariff system which has been made
a national policy by the Republican
party which with the control of the
trusts will be the great issue on
which Mr Roosevelt will go to the
voters next year asking them to elect
him President of the United States
New York Press
ex-
The doctors had given hope
In this extremity Mr Garrett sent
for a box of Dodds Kidney Pills it
was a last hope but happily it did
not fail
Mrs Garrett used in all six boxes
of the remedy and is
completely
cured She says
I am doing my own work now and
feel as well as ever I did tw
Kidney Pills certainly saved
death
me from
Marconi should next
proceed to fin
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