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Sequel to The Bow of Orange Ribbon
A LOVE STORY BY E BARR
Copyright 1000 by Amelia E Ilarr
CHAPTER XI Continued
Dogs he remember how he was
hurt
He declares hi3 men mutinied bo
cause instead of returning to New
York he had taken on a cargo for the
East India company and that the
blow was given him by his first or sec
A ond mate He vows he will get well
tf and find his ship and the rascals that
tole her and 1 should not wonder if
he does Ho has will enough for any
thing Madame desires to see you
Cornelia Can you go there with me
in the morning
I shall be glad to go Madame is
like no one else
She is not like herself at present
She has but one thought one care
one ond and aim in life her hus
band
Cornelia was taken to the dim un
canny drawing room by Ameer and
left among its ill omened gods and
odd treasurotrove for nearly half an
hour When mad am e at length came
to her she looked ten years older Her
wonderful dark eyes glowing with a
soft tender fire alone remained un
touched by the withering hand of anx
ious love They were as vital as ever
they had been and when Cornelia said
so she answered That is because
my soul dwells in them and my soul
is always young 1 have had a year
Cornelia to crumble the body to dust
but my soul made light of it for loves
sake Did your father tell you how
much Capt Jacobus had suffered
Yes madame
Poor Jacobus Till I bo key cold
dead 1 shall never forget my first
sight of him in that dreadful place
and then she described her overwhelm
ing emotions when she perceived he
was alike apathetic to his pauper con
dition and to her love and presence
There never came a moment during
the whole visit when it was possible
to speak of Hyde Madame seemed
to have quite forgotten her liking for
the handsome youth it had been swal
lowed up in her adoring affection for
her restored husband
One morning however the
topic was introduced I
had a visit from Madame Van Heems
Icirk yesterday afternoon she said
and the dear old Senator came with
her to see Capt Jacobus While they
talked madame told me that you had
refused that handsome young fellow
her grandson What could you mean
by such stupidity Miss Moran
Her voice had just that tone of in
difference mingled with sarcastic dis
approval that hurt and offended Cor
nelia She felt that it was not worth
while to explain herself for madame
had evidently accepted the offended
grandmothers opinion and the mem
ory of the young Lord was lively
enough to make her sympathize with
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f I never considered you to be a
flirt she continued and I am aston
ished I told Madame Van Heemskirk
that I had rot the least doubt Doctor
Moran dictated the refusal
Oh indeed answered Cornelia
with a good deal of spirit and some
anger you shall not blame my father
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I have been thoughtless selfish
He knew nothing whatever of Lord
Hydes offer until I had been subjected
to such insult and wrong as drove me
to the graves mouth Only the mercy
of God and my fathers skill brought
me back to life
Yes I think your father to be won-
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her affairs to ask for the particulars
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madame flew to his room to see
whether his want had received proper
attention Cornelia sat still a few
moments her heart swelling her eyes
filling with the sense of that injustice
harder to bear than any other form of
wrong She was going away when
madame returned to her and some
tning in her eyes went to the heart of
vthr lder woman
5 have been thoughtless Cornelia
selfish I dare say but I do not wish to
be so Tell me my dear what has
happened Did you quarrel with
George Hyde And pray what was it
about
We never had one word of any
kind but words of affection He
wrote and asked me if he could come
and see my father about our marriage
on a certain night I answered his
letter with all the love that was in
my heart for him and told him to
como and see my father that very
night Ho never came He never sent
me the least explanation He never
wrote to me or spoke to me again
If what you have told me be so-
and I believe it is then I say Lord
George Hyde is an intolerable scoun
drel
I would rather not hear him spo
ken of in that way
Very well I would rather have a
man intolerably rude like my nephew
Item than one like Lord Hyde who
speaks well of everybody Upon my
word I think that is the worst kind
of slander
I think not
It is for it takes away the reputa
tion of good men by making all men
alike But this that or the other 1
saw Lord Hyde in devoted attendance
en Lady Annie Give him up totally
I have done so answered Cornelia
And then she felt a sudden anger at
herself so much so that as she walk
ed home she kept assuring her heart
with an almost passionate insistence
I have not given him up I will not
give him up I believe in him yet
CHAPTER XII
A Heart That Waits
Late summer on the Norfolk
Broads And where on earth can the
lover of boats find a more charming
resort Close to the Manor of Hyde
the country home of Earl Hyde in Nor
folk there was one of these delightful
Breads flat as a billiard table and
hidden by the tall reeds which border
ed it But Annie Hyde lying at the
open window of her room in the Manor
House could see its silvery waters
and the black sailed wherry floating on
them and the young man sitting at
the prow fishirg and idling among
the lilies and languors of these hot
summer days
An aged man sat silently by her a
man of noble beauty whose soul was
in every part of his body expressive
ana impressive a fiery particle not
always at its window but when there
infecting and going through observers
whether they would or not
There had been silence for some
time between them and he did not ap
pear disposed to break it but Annie
longed for him to do so because she
had a mystical appetite for sacred
things and was never so happy and so
much at rest as when he was talking
to her of them
Dear father she said finally I
have been thinking of the past years
in which you have taught me so
much
It is better to look forward An
nie he answered The traveler to
Eternity must not continually turn
back to count his steps for if God
be leading him no matter how danger
ous or lonely the road He will pluck
thy feet out of the net
As he spoke these words Mary
Darner entered and she laid her hand
on his shoulder and said My dear
Doctor Roslyn after death what then
we are not all good what then
He looked at her wistfully and an
swered I will give you one thought
Mary to ponder the blessedness of
heaven is it not an eternity older than
the misery of hell Let your soul
fearlessly follow where this fact leads
it for there is no limit to Gods
mercy
Then he rose and went away and
Mary sat down in his place and Annie
gradually came back to the material
plane of everyday life and duty In
deed Mary brought this element in a
very decided form with her for she
had a letter in her hand from an old
lover and she was much excited by
its advent and eager to discuss the
particulars with Annie
It is from Capt Seabright who is
now in Pondicherry she explained
He loves me Annie He loved me
long ago and went to India to make
money now he says he has enough
and to spare and he asks me if I
have forgotten
There is Mr Van Ariens to con
sider You have promised to marry
him Mary It is not hard to find the
right way on this road I think
Of course I would scorn to do a
dishonorable or unhandsome thing
But is it not very strange Willie Sea
bright should write to me at this
time How contradictory life is I
had also a letter from Mr Van Ariens
by the same mail and I shall answer
them both this evening Then she
laughed a little and added I must
take care and not make the mistake
an American girl made under much
the same circumstances
What was it inquired Annie
languidly
She misdirected her letters and
thus sent No to the man whom of all
others she wished to marry
As Mary spoke a soft brightness
seemed to pervade Annies brain cells
and she could hardly restrain the ex
clamation of sudden enlightenment
that rose to her lips
Mary she said what a strange
incident Did you know the girl
I saw her once in Philadelphia Mr
Van Ariens told me about her She is
the friend of his sister the Marquise
de Tounnerre
I am sorry for that unfortunate
American girl
So am I She is a zvcat beamy
Her name is Cornelia Moran and her
father Is a famous physician in N9w
York
And this beauty had two lovjers
Yes an Englishman of noble birth
and an American They both loved her
ad she loved the Englishman They
must have both asked her hand on the
3amo day and she must have an
swered both letters in the same hour
and the letter she Intended for the
man she loved went to the man she
did not love Presumably the man
she loved got the refusal she intended
for the other for he never sought her
society again and Mr Van Ariens
old me she nearly died in conse
quence
And what became of the two lov
ers Mary
The Englishman went back to
England and the American found an
other girl more kind to him
I wonder what made Mr Van
Ariens tell you this story
He talked much of his sister and
this young lady was her chief friend
and confidante
When did it happen
A few days after his sisters mar
riage
Then the Marquise could not know
of it and so she could not have told
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Your servant ladies
her brother However in the wor1d
could he have found out the mistake
Do you think the girl herself found it
out
That is inconceivable answered
Mary She would have written to
her lover and explained the affair
Certainly It is a very singular in
cident I want to think it over how
did Mr Van Ariens find it out
I wonder
Perhaps the rejected lover
fided in him
What did Mr Van Ariens
about the matter What did
con
say
ne
think Why did he tell you
We were talking of the Marquise
The story came up quite naturally I
think Mr Van Ariens felt sorry for
Miss Moran Of course he did Will
you listen to Capt Seabrights letter
I had no idea it could affect me so
much
But you loved him once
Very dearly
Well then Mary I think no one has
a double in love or friendship If the
loved one dies or goes away his
place remains empty forever We
have lost feelings that he and he only
could call up
At this point in the conversation
Hyde entered brown and wind blown
the scent of the sedgy water and the
flowery woods about him
Your servant ladies he said gay
ly I have bream enough for a dozen
families Mary and I have sent a
string to the rectory
To be continued
The Northwest Territory
The Canadian government has is
sued a census bulletin which gives
statistics as to agriculture in Alberta
Assiniboia and Saskatchewan which
united comprise the Northwest terri
tory The total area of these terri
tories is 190903117 acres Of this
area 7599 per cent is unimproved
Field crops exclusive of hay occupy
53 per cent of the improved land but
only a fair beginning has been made
with fruit trees and vegetables The
area of land in wheat oats barley
rye corn peas potatoes and other
field roots in 1S91 was 194773 acres
an increase in decade of 333 per
cent
New Method in Photography
Katatypy the new method in pho
tography is described as follows
Over the finished negative is poureU
a solution of hydro superoxide This
leaves after the evaporation a uni
form layer of peroxide of hydrogen
Soon the silver of the plate works
upon this peroxide and produces a cat
alytic dissolution wherever there is
silver while in the places free from
silver the peroxide remains By this
means an invisible picture of hydro
superoxide is produced upon the plate
This picture can be printed from the
plate directly upon common paper to
which the image is transferred
Danger of Gas Poisoning
The modern method of mixing coal
gas with water gas greatly in
creases the amount of carbon
monoxid in the gas supplied for il
lumination Hence an alarming in
crease in the numb er of cases of car
bon monoxid poisoning has recently
been noticed
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He was a veteran of the Civil War
a bravp and fearless soldier and his
grandchildren knew that such another
grandfather had never lived Every
sunny day you could see him in his
wheel chair or limping painfully along
Tod and Tucker trying to help on one
side and Marthy and Emmy on the
other It troubled them not a little
that grandfather who was the bravest
of the brave and the truest gentleman
on the whole earth should wear
clothes that were shiny and frayed and
had been worn for many many years
Fcr themselves they did not care they
had never done anything to merit fine
clothes
But grandfather had done so much
had been so faithful and brave and
true and he should be clad iv fine
raiment it seemed to them By hard
work they had managed to gather
enough nickels and dimes together to
buy the wheel chair from a second
hand furniture man It wasnt good
enough for grandfather but it was
the very best they could do
It was all Mrs Monroe the chil
drens mother and grandfathers only
daughter could do to keep the four
pairs of feet covered and the four little
bodies from suffering from the cold
She worked hard and long but she
never complained not even when
father left her suddenly to go to the
Beautiful Country where we shall all
meet some day when we are called
away
His four grandchildren were not the
old mans dily admirers by any
means He was always the center of
an interested group of hoys and girls
who listened with rapt attention to his
wonderful tales of the war The po
licemen all knew and shook hands
with him the firemen always touched
their caps to him and the car con
ductors smiled at him as they dashed
by Grandfather thought it was only
common politeness for he greeted
everyone because he had joy in his
heart if his body was warped and
bent
Grandfather had been shot in try
ing to carry an important message
through the lines he was the only
one who volunteered to carry the mes
sage for it was a terribly dangerous
undertaking
What did it matter now that he
had failed then Was it not just as
brave a deed as though he had been
successful He was the only man in
the regiment brave enough to under
take it The Monroe children knew
that if one is brave and does ones
very best failure is as honorable as
success
Margie Morris lived around the cor
ner from the Monroes in a much finer
house and her dresses were soft and
pretty and not at all like those Marthy
and Emmy wore
Please dress me plainer mother
she said more than once You see
I feel very gaudy beside Marthy and
Emmy and the rest and I wouldnt
like them to feel Im better dressed
Margie need not have worried about
her clothes however for the Monroe
children did not care although they
admired the dainty things she wore
It was grandfather they cared about
and Margie had no grandfather so
they gave her a share in theirs If
grandfather only had fine new clothes
and comforts like other old men they
would be happy indeed
Marthy said one of the newcom
ers in the neighborhood one day
why dont your grandfather wear his
soldier cap stead of that shabby old
felt hat
Marthy looked at Tod Tod looked
at Tucker and Tucker looked at Em
my Then Emmy answered bravely
Its oecause his sojer cap is moth
eaten
Then why dont you buy him a new
other hat persisted the newcomer
I should think youd be ashamed of
him
Emmy and Tod and Tucker and
Marthy had tears in their eyes by this
time when Margie cried suddenly to
the newcomer
I can beat you to the next corner
and off they started
I think it was just cruel I do
declared Margie at supper that night
Theyre just as poor as can be and
every cent has to buy food and their
dear old grandfather wont let them
buy anything for him I do wish I
could help them
I doubt if they would accept char
ity said her mother
Indeed they wouldnt said Margie
Big sister Mabel spoke up
Didnt he ever get a pension she
said
What is that asked Margie
Its money paid yearly by the gov
ernment to those who are disabled in
its service explained Mabel
The next day Margie asked Marthy
about it
We tried to once said Marthy
but grandfather always said his fam
ily thought more of him than the
government did for the pension was
never given him
Mabel says he ought to have one
said Margie thoughtfully Oh Marthy
I have an idea and if youll promise
not to tell till its time Ill let you
help
Cross my heart said Marthy sol
emnly Ill only tell grandfather
But hes the most important one
cried Margie You must keep it a
great secret
Marthy agreed and later two flushed
faces bent over a sheet of paper upon
which Marthy was writing at Margies
dictation
Nothing wonderful happened for a
long time though the two little girls
had many talks over their secret
it was necessary to have some help
and sister Mabel was asked for ad
vice
All the spring Margie and Marthy
acted very mysteriously but not a
word of explanation would they make
On Decoration Day Tod and Tucker
Marthy and Emmy brushed grand
fathers shabby suit helped him to his
wheel chair and started off in the
morning to the cemetery Grandfather
had never missed this yearly trip to
honor the memory of his dead com
rades many of whom had gone to the
Beautiful Country He would salute
beside the graves of the officers in
whose regiment he served with tears
in his brave old eyes and then he
would tell of their hardihood and
valor This day Margie joined the
ranks and other boys and girls too
till there was quite a procession Each
grave was visited and each name
who remembered
was read to grandfather
bered every man perfectly
As grandfathers chair was turned
towards home a shout in the woods
attracted the attention of the little
cavalcade and there was Margies
sister Mabel running toward them and
waving something high in the air
Margie and Marthy looked at each
other and gasped
A letter for the captain called
sister Mabel holding out a long en
velope with an official seal
Grandfather was too surprised for
words and his eyes were too dim to
see
Let Margie open it whispered
Marthy in his ear it was her idea
So grandfather asked Margie to
open it and open it she did right
there in the cemetery among the
graves of many of the brave soldiers
And what was it A document that
told of a pension for grandfather
And that meant enough money to keep
him clothed and comfortable all the
rest of his life
And Margie got it cried Marthy
anxious to give her friend all he
glory She wrote to the President
herself and he answered her letter
grandfather isnt it beautiful
Grandfathers eyes were dim with
tears of joy Slowly he rose from the
wheel chair and standing erect on his
crippled feet he saluted little Margie
in the stately way that he saluted his
generals grave
What cheering there was and what
a happy cavalcade danced home each
in turn pushing grandfathers chair
Margie never forgot that day and
her most valued possession is a beauti
ful letter from the President himself
thanking her for her interest in one
of the countrys heroes
