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Show Mournful errand, end, having finished the half bottle of champagne he hod ordered, and smoked another cigar, he In turned In end slept soundly. thirty-fou- r hours from the time of starting, he alighted from the train A ROMANCE OF NEW YORK town Oopyrlctat, WO sad ISM by Robert Bonner's Boas to the smell manufacturing where hls sisters family lived, which X was on a branch line. It was a place By AMELIA E. BAR.R. Silas of some five or sis thousand InhabitCHAPTER I. the death of his brother-in-law- , X Author af Friend Olivia, "L Thou and tho Other One," Eto. There Is only one thing to be Baldwin, the husband of hla deceased ants, and seemed bustling. He noX OupjFritrbt, UM, by Dodd. Mood oad OoBimsy. done." said Mra. Harold Stagg, as the sister Eleanor, who had died a dozen ticed, ae he drove along from the Woutcome of some minutes of reverie, years before, at the time her young-ca- t station, what he took to be a town-hal- l r child waa born, leaving beside that and a public library, an academy of liitl.-during which she sat tapping one of made too of expectaCHAPTER II. (Continued. ji.' her feet nervously on the carpet and baby boy, another son. and a daughter music, and a soldiers' monument Of all earthly Ikii'g!" said Mm. tion. Hut die kept her own counsel, and staring Into space with a harassed ex- with the came came aa her own. Tnere was water power, and on favorGordon. A letter from licit poor child, In pression In her dark blue eyes, "ws 1 bese children bad continued to live able site appeareJ a row of factories. doubled and matter debated the has She Katharine Van lleemsklrk. in Illinois with their father, a civil There were to the newer portion of must take them in." her l:iu:l until the hands ot the gix-.i- l more wit tlian I cxpectud. So h to the employ of a large man- the town, and around them clustered i engineer cioek ere it hour to tbe of to la kind It you rising quickly to ine. rnme Wuy, exeeedingy lather wont Jot her n concern. Harold had not a lanes of tenement houses. fa:husufacturing of Thun she fine laid down her her suggest it, Emma, replied then, upon my word, I will go to her. seen them 1 since his sister's funeral, Eeyond, where there was more sugsewii.d and said, Mother, want to band. The same Idea had occurred owe. at interested waa f!apr Hyde walk in tho garden. When I come to him, but he had refrained from though he had never failed to re- gestion of country In the surroundTon will go tomorrow?" he asked; 1 will finish." his nephews and niece at ings, were the residences, most of buck, tank my putting It Into words, for he realised member and would it be lioyund good breeding Christmas time, and he had duly re- them farm That Is well. Joanna, too, has let houses, three burden the of that establishing to accompany you?" her wink fall down to her lap. Go. orphaned children In the house would ceived to acknowledgement of his though here and there Queen Anne Indeed, nephew, I think it would. both of fall almost entirely on bis wife. The gifts which were Invariably liberal or Old Colonial edifices had taken you, and get tbe fine air from morning 1 will Be patient; the river." penned the place of the ancient order of additional expense would be a very remittances three carefully call upon our fair neighbor." Katherine was not what Thii ! mall consideration; the Important epistles, the handwriting of which had things. Here had evidently been the for waa damp, next The morning but assent was wished, but factors in the case were the rare, wor- steadily Improved from year to year. town or village before manufactures there bad been heavy rain during tbe possible, and nothing attack of pneumonia had carried had invaded It, and the commingling strolled the slowly girls ry and responsibility necessary In- An off Silas Baldwin; Harold bad not of old and new had produced the efnight; but Capt Hyde would nut let down the walks together. He volved. hsvs doubtless would her or promise. forego hli aunt forgot But the gardens When they reached the river bank a deemed It bis duty to propose the known that he was 111 until he re- fect of transition. A negro woman wan pollnhlng tbe boat rowed soltwo with English himself after a time, had his ceived the telegram, which was signed and stretches of landscape were not by plan over and of the door, brass ornaments her yet blotted out and the air was full that diers. stopped Just below them, and wife not done so, but this spontaneous ly Eleanor, announcing Ita spotless threshold she passed with- lay roeklug on her oars. Then an offof the perfume of the spring blosoffer gratified him, and, moreover, father had died the day before. out question or delay. soms. brother-iu-Iaw- 's In the stern rose and Katherine Emicer Harold knew of hla belief him confirmed in that the enough A few minulea she waited alone In saw back from bis In response to Harold's request moat affairs confident to was feel one ma filag and Cupt. Hyde of that the kindest c far-the beat parlor, charmed with Its left shoulder his cloak, in order to disSilas had left very little if anything driven to Mr. Baldwins house, the unselfish women in the world. and then scents, 6 air and Eastern to the way of property. the bow of orange ribbon on his lank Individual whose vehicle he had To play begin She is It said, Harold," your duty, Madam Van Ileemakirk welcomed her. breast. And with, Silas had been handicapped at engaged eyed him with an air of conwith a somewhat tragic air. In her heart she waa pleased at the Katherine went back to the house le the the time of his marriage by cer- doling curiosity, and said, under hie le There le mine. what your duty visit She thought privately that her tain debts contracted by hla father, breath, as though the corpse might merry as a bird. She chatted of We no at of other It way looking Jorla had been a little too strict. And this and of that and sang snatches of who had died ajddenly, leaving hla still be within hearing: must send for them .at once." Mrs. Gordon'! praise of Katherine and songs, old and new. 'And all the time The funeral was yesterday," affairs in confusion, which debts he dee lncon-liablSo seems It to me," he said, her declaration that ahe waa to honor bound to pay. .Then, her heart heat out Its. own glad refelt Yea, I supposed so. I I'll start myself cidedly. without the dear creature's frain, "My bow of orange ribbon, my It waa decidedly a relief to Harold too, he had been to the habit of linkfunfor be In time the shall scarcely seemed to the fond mother the bow of orange ribbon!" whatever he could save from his that, without any fault on hla own eral, hut there'll be a lot of things to ing most proper and natural of feelings. the development of various part, he had escaped the ceremony. salary te attended to afterward, and the patents, In for Do but let me see her an hour, CHAPTER III. he waa an Inventor of He had telegraphed hla niece that he one whom no have children they diverse mechanical may You know my madam, she said. Joy In the House. appliances, no one should start at once. can call upon. Then I can bring them locere admiration. Is not that her Honored gentleman, when will you cf which had proved profitable. HarMight you be related to the proEast myself. voice T I vow, she sings to perfection! pay me my money?" old had on more than one occasion, fessor?" Inquired his conductor, enIt will be excessively Inconveni- both since and previous to his sisters couraged by the And what a alagular melody I Please The speaker wee an old men, promptness of the ent, of course, continued Mrs. Stagg, death, advanced him money for this reply. dressed In a black coat buttoned to the le set wide the door madan. till staring Into distance. The two purpose. He liked and It Is the brave eong of the breve ankles, and a cap of silk and fur, from For an Instant Harold was puzzled; respected his boys we can send to boarding school. brother-in-law- , me of Zealand, when from tbe walla beneath which fell a fringe of gray were but then he remembered that hla brother-in-laalthough they I will write to Mr. Sampson f Leyden they drove away the Span- hair. The inquiry was addressed to had been connected wltn the acquainted, and there was litto see If he has any vacancies slightly no attention He In madam stood the paid open Capt Hyde. tle to common between them In point faculty of one of the Western coliards;" and for next term. I shall have to put ef tastes. But Harold's strict sense door, and called to her daughter, whatever to It, but, gayly humming a leges for a few years as an Instructor them all In the blue suite. The bare of rectitude had been watched the of stave Marlbrook, attracted in physics and mechanics; Well, then, Katharine, begin again early hence, Idea, though, of having three pairs of by the resolute stand which Silas had doubtless, the prefix to hls name. ernah of wagona and pedestrians. In fee eong of The Beggars of the Sea.' over boots all the moment to muddy tramping At the second verse, Mrs. Gordon order to find a suitable of taken as to the Yes, he married my sister, he anhouse on my new carpets and polish- what his father necessity sad repaying roee and said, Indeed, madam, I find cross the narrow street had swered. he owed, ed floors and destroying all the fresh- teen "Honored gentleman, when will you I want to know!" said the man. my good breeding no match against willing to believe last some day ness of the chintzes and the furniture his sister's nch singing. And the tune la won pay me my moneys? husband would devise a "I want to know!" he repeated, givla my beloved blue suite, makes me machine that would be worth a mint ing a flick to the The second Inquiry elicited still less animal he derful; It hea the ring of trumpets, feel positively 111. There's no help for of and the roar of the wavee la it Pray attention. money. Harold had himself found was driving, which, In point of many I do not wish to make you more It though, that I can see, except to It an easy matter to make money, or years and anatomy, was quite In keeplet as go at once to your daughter's. Insist on their going up the back rather, hla efforts to do so had been ing with himself. "At work are they; but. If you mind expenses, captain," and Cohen, follownow, they stain." She spoke now rapidly and early crowned with auccesa, which couldnt have waited Pity, not that, yon are welcome indeed." ing the impulse of his anxiety, laid for you. The incisively. Having definitely settled waa chiefly due to hla own sagacity professor ' is planted yonder, Then she led the way to the largo liv his hand upon hla debtor's arm. Hyde he that the children were to be taken In, and strict attention to business. In added, pointing with hls off the across tog, or dining, room, where Katherine turned In a rage, and flung minuet" whip as was bent upon formulating she the year of hla sister's marriage he the fields, t'other side of the river. stood at the table cleaning the silver touch with a passionate oath. Then At this announcement, made by thi soon as Jew left him and walked slowly possible, the necessary ar- had organised a hanking house which May be youd like to drive round that first negro violin, there was a sodden logons and cups and plates that tbe Her agile housekeeper's towards his store and home. y waa one of the moat prominent way," he said, reining in hls horse adorned the greet oak eldebonrd. silence; and Nell rose, and with a low rangement!. foresaw a thousand complica- and cilnd calmness soon recovered the He firms In New York with a sudden Jerk. bow offered the tips of his fingers u prosperous Talnt more Joanna, who wee darning some line which had been lost tions which her energy yearned to city. his unsat during than a mile off your beat rose who beautiful rose made and her the blushing linen, girl, respects lafactory Interview with with and solve. Capt Hyde. No; Im In a hurry to see the livwith perfect composure. She had very W grapple take them. had By a little computation, he man A not himself, for to Nell's Why not put Eleanor Into tha You can't do much for a man was Veil . pare-rooing. must little liking, either for Mrs. Gordon the wise of a frets Eleanor time that dark, beauty this stately by and the two boys Into the figured fool;" and, having come set off by his black velvet suit and after hes In the ground," he added or her nephew; and many of their to folly about ho Silas little fourteen, eighteen, InIf would this decision, he entered his house play room, you think they and Harold, his namesake, twelve. No philosophically. ways appeared to her utterly foolish with the Invocation for Its peace and powdered hair and gold buckles. And the blue suite? You could no lovelier contrast could have faced jure them comfortable there.1 easily photograph! of them had been reI dont know hut what you're right and not devoid of sin. But Katherine make on his lips. than Katherine Van Heemsklrk; him ao I never was a great hand at trembled and blushed with pleasure prosperity for mister. ceived several that they yean own children And what would my Bora there was e little stir in the so and excitement, nd Mrs. Gordon street that dellrately fresh, so radiantly fair, do for a play room, I should like to must have grown beyond recognition. visiting graveyards myself. Tidy somesense of peculiar she looked In her light blue rots and know? own two children were mere In- place, though, ours. Git up, Sandy; watched hor with a certain kind of No, no, I am not going to His more than usual, which can thing rose curious delight Her hair waa combed make Itself felt In the busiest thor- white lace stomacher, with a pink have little Harold and Foalea com- fants, and the Introduction Into hls the gentlemans In a hurry. I suppose backword, plaited, and tied with a rib- oughfare and Coblen went to the at her breast fort Interfered with, now that every- household of hls nephews and niece in this hot weather Taln't easy to Nell had a natural majesty in his would confront him with all sorts of keep em," he continued, wishing, apbon; her arms bare to tho shoulders, door and looked out. la working amoothly in my Katherine supplemented It thing educational problem! that he had not parently, to find a satisfactory explahor black bodice and crimson petti-eoblue three the the suite .In The Great Christopher" had come carriage; nursery. with a natural grace. Aa ahe was In Baldwins will be expected to face for another decade. nation for what would have seemed neatly . shielded with a linen to anchor Capt Batavlus de Vries. in themselves by of making Nell a profound art the But Harold Stagg was not the sort of tc him a breach of courtesy, in the abvery apron; and polled in one hand ahe If There was quite a crowd on the connecting rooms; and they catch held a beautiful silver flagon covered wharf. Some were attracted by curi- courtesy, the door opened and Mrs. anything there will be some chance of man to balk when a resolution had sence of extenuating circumstances. with raised figures, which with patient osity; others, by the hope of a good Gordon and Capt Hyde entered. The getting them out of the house before been taken, or to let himself be wor(To be continued.) labor ahe had brought Into ehinlng re- Job on the rargo; others, again, not latter took in the exquisite picture In the children are exposed. Parsons,' ried by apprehensions of future diffl a moment, and there was a fire of Jeal- ahe said to the serrant who had an- cultles. Moreover, he knew that here AS INTERPRETED BY JACOB. lief. averse to a little private bargaining Conversation was easily maintained. for any curious or valuable goods tho ousy In his heart when he saw Neil swered the bell, I wish you to send again he would be able to rely upon Madam Van Heemeklrk knew the pedi- captain of the Great Christopher" lead his partner to her seat, and with Nolan," referring to the chore man hla wife. She was sure to have de- Little Student Givee Original Definithe deepest respect kiss her pretty on the various questions tion of the Word Stile. gree or the history of every trey or had for sale. the first thing morning cided views them. ere he Alresigned would themselves. fingers She was a conscientious that present in young sad reminiscence A Haley end story an cup, Hastnett to Joanna Van Heemsklrk had had a Inquire why But he was compelled to control ready, to Mr. Simpson's boarding woman, and in obedience to the new hour passed away very pleasantly In- message from her lover, Capt. de sent not for mattresses the the have Indeed. Then Mrs. Gordon, after bid- Vries, and she was watching for his himself, as he waa ceremoniously bedrooms In the blue suite, as they school, she had suggested a happy education ahe had begun her day's to Madam and Councillor troduced with the boys; work by teaching the class a memory , madam good-byan effusive ding arrival. There wee no secrecy In her Van Heemsklrk by his aunt, who with promised. Mr. Haley told me him- method ofshedealing would be able to settle gem." Her next step was to dissect turned suddenly and said, Pray allow lore affaire, and It waa amid the Joy she added to her husband, doubtless self. effusiveness declared "ilf a as charming with other arose, the they equal points gem aforesaid, and discover just to show me a should house in be the many and smiles of the whole household yoru daughter the that they how much of its hidden meaning had facility. ornaments In your parlor. Tho glimpse that she met her affianced husband. was very uneasy to Intrude so fsr, but. week ago. In councillor," ahe pleaded, T C had has made me very Harold Stagg was quite content, as Accordingly, he ensconced himself been absorbed by her young hopefuls. Impatient to They were one of those loving, sen- am faith, a woman, and I find the news but see them morn particularly." to hla wife the comfortably In the smoking compart- The poem under discussion was not as to leave well used, sible couples, for whom It Is natural of a wedding beyond my nature to re- settlement of all household details. ment of the train, and lit hla cigar one filled with lofty purpose, being Tho moment the parlor door had to predict a placid and happy life, and been abut. Mrs. Gordon lifted Hath' the first worda of Batavlus seemed to sist" He reserved the exercise of his own with a tranquil mind, thinking with merely a vivid little couplet that dealt (To be continued.) trine's face between her palms, and assure it: fondness of hls with a certain little man authority for serious emergencies, said from whom cear he bad not Who walked a crooked mile, him to Emma, seemed It that when have principle! gone well, Joanna, My affairs And found a crooked sixpence Ih n parted more than half a doxen faith, child, I am almost run off as they generally do; and now I ahall DEPEW TELLS SOMETHING NEW. were Involved. my head with all the fine things I have build the house, and we ahall he marhe took In the do- C- -is In the seven years they had been Close by a crooked stile." The only part Latest Story Put Forth by tha New I wonder. said the teacher, If listened to for your sake. Do you ried." mestic affairs was to pay the bills married. What a fortunate fellow he York Senator. know who sent mo hero?" waa to have such a wife! She was so any of my little buys can tell me what he which I ahall Just say with promptness, Joanna laughed. great M. Depew says Senator I think, madam, Capt. Hyde. well afford to do, as he was energetic, so kinJ, so wrapped up In a 'sixpence' is?" a word or two, also, about that, Bata- that this Is Chauneey hla latest and he guaran- could Psba! Why don you blush, and vlus." Apparently the class waa a unit In and had a live and flourish- Mm; and then ao clever, too, and such wealthy, tees It to he new. He told It to a matter of not knowing sixpences vivathe a stammer, and lie about It? Now, Capt. was relief hostess, to a him It business. delightful sprightly, two or was word the come, ing Come, Hyde wishes to see you; when can said so long ago. KatriJlntJe. mljn group of friends at the Chamber of that Emma took such a vital Interest cious, amusing. When he had offered when they met them all but Jacob. Commerce banquet Tuesday night "I can tell you, teacher, what a sixyou oblige him so much?" to the himself to her, although he admired what'a the matter now, that "I was walking down Wall street to- In everything appertainingwelfare of her I know not To come to Madam melsjc. afbelieved Is, he said. and be to her It is nine little pence and ability adornment once?" come sanitary you never day," he said, hastening to keep an their home. Although they had re-- fectionate, he had not expected to be- Indian clubs, and you roll a ball at Semples is forbidden me by my was standing at the open Important business engagement Katherine hen j father.' large and m.g- - come so happy. She was not exact- them, and they all fall down. I apparently watching the I wal topiw1 hy a man wh0 W: Has your father for- window, The teacher helped Jacob discrimiOh, Indeed! the care. Incl- - ly the style of woman he had pictured establishment nlficent honey-bee- s among the locust blooms, Pardon me, senator, hut I see you j bidden yon to walk down your garden would be In nate between ninepins and sixpence, not been al to himself his better-hal- f hod to refurnishing dent befar but something really perceiving have been taking an active part In this to the river bank?" hla more youthful days, ere he had and continued tho analysis. Mrs. Si him. yond them a boat on the river at the state election, and I am anxious to lowed to harass And what does 'stile' mean?" she No, madam." had strong convictions In regard to made money, and when he was living end of the garden. So the question of learn what you think of the result "Then, if Capt Hyde pare about I Batavlus tourhed very lightly her and reillngs and to modest lodging a quiet and some- asked. and Again there was a silence curtains carpets 'I am naturally much pleased by that could bachelor. he felt, and again Jacob what crucial in other and oclock, he might see you there? the disposed sentimentally points dados, physical consciousness. A far sweet the election of Gov. Odell, 1 replied. Three?" decoration which are so apt to He had been a great deal of a reader came to the rescue. house er. a far more peremptory voice celled waa In a But there the big slump "Stile," he announced, "la a Fedora a husband's Judicial determin- then of poetry, especially and InThe word was a question more than her; but she answered: Republican vote in the city and Odell's requirebefore a final choice is arrived terested In pictures and music, and hat, an' tan shoes, an' whits pants. an aasent but Mra Gordon assumed There Is nothing the matter, Bata- plurality was very small. I was ahold ation the assent And did not allow Kath vlus. 1 am well. I am happy. And that this might havt a serious slguifl-canc- e at. She was, moreover, a rigid dis- it had delighted him to dream of a My big brother Gus has It for Sunon the subject of plumb- snug domestic hearth sanritfied and days." arlne to contradict It And I prom- now I will go Into the garden to make for tho future of our great par- ciplinarian ised to bring him a token from yon ing, keenly apprehensive of sewer gas, cheered by the presence of one who me a fine nosegay," and sha walked ty. Whose Wife? aa to the importance of would sympathize with and encourage ho was exceedingly anxious about that slowly out of the door and stopped or "I replied that I did not think so, and eloquent Richard Hello, Bob, got back from other and matter.1 appllaneea for ita In- him to artistic tastes. The memory stooped st every flowerbed, while Jo- and, remembering my appointment traps of this. If he ever thought of it, did your vacation? Had a good time this looked Katherine thoughtfully anna watched her. ought to get rid of my questioner, hut terception. not disturb him; he was contentedly Robert I should say I had. were servants finished hut None around. There was a small Chinese Out of sight of the window, Kath- he persisted: In her household, where happy, hls business ran smoothly and 1 suppose you haven't heard I found cabinet on the table. She wont to It erine ran rapidly to the end of the You greatly relieve my mind,' he tolerated a nice little wife up in the mountains. esand took from a drawer a bow of garden, and, parting the Ulae bushes, said. So you are sure you ara pleased everything was conducted with a view prosperously . he enjoyed his fine Richard Did you find out who lost and consideration tablishments the and of her effect, to eagle elegance orange ribbon. Holding it doubtfully stood flushed end panting on the river with the result of the election!' was swift to detect the smallest they gave him to the social world. her? Boston Transcript. eye la her hand, ahe said, My St. Nicho- bank. Capt Hyde's pretty craft shot I 'Quite so,' responded. " 'Then you will be glad, I know, to Infringement of her precise and elab- If Emma's tastes were not precisely las ribbon.' Into night, and a few strokes put it orate domestic rules. In appearance, similar to his own. she rertair.ly took Amusing Announcement There, there! I rsn really wait so at the binding stair. In a moment he lend me fifty cents. stand againsi them; on the conThe decision of the directors of the with and slim i.o was nervous, tall, she his had been a slump I said that there was at her side. He took her in longer. Some one Is already In was man she at Halle, in Germany, to disbrisk theater dark vivacious, perpetually fine trary, surprising eyes, fever of Impatience. Good-bagain, arms, and In spite of the small hands In the stock market that day and I a rapid utterance. She had Mm on Christmas ard hls birthday tinguish by means of red and white and r.ers, kissed have a him he to once more let could quarter. your covering her blushing face, only child; my service been married later than many of her with presents of rare illustrated edi- advertising posters between plays mother and Bister, and so. with many her with passionate affection, rowing New York Times. contemporaries, but she had been mak- tions in costly bindings, that she had that are fit for young persons to witcompliments, she passed chatting and with every kiss that she was the most wlta the aid of the booksell- ness and those that are not. Is causing ing up for it ever store by her display race wealNi for men In the endless adorable of women, and protesting laughing out of the house. ahe was prompt to applaud some amusement and er. social of energy. Katherine closed the best parlor, "on his honor as a soldier that he are too prone to forget the ordinary his wife was en- whatever he sent home to the picture that Pereelvlrg or die of his wife, make her would claims humanity. end lingered a moment In the ad. she details. llaroM line. Women are more ambitious to love It Is always better to enicede grossed by domestic felt that ahe had permitted Mrs. Gor- bachelor for her sake. With snrh gratifying thoughts of than men; not only do they wed the to make preparations for began Stagg on a to Insist than If dtmand a can blame And something who her for young girl don to make an appointment Harold heart, but they must share tb hla journey. Only an hour before, he Mb home ae companions. I lover, and a guilty sense of dlaubedi she listens and believes, whan listen that Is both just and merellssa. hls thoughts as welt hod received a telegram, announcing dined eatlsfylngly to spite of The Bow of Orange Ribbon : . mWflgtMMUWMWMWMWCBM MtMeWWMfWh ing end believing mean to her perfeeS Not women who have happiness? ever stood, trembling with love end Joy, close to tbe dear oaa'a heart. If and on tho very they be .hoal of life, they must remember still ihose moments of delight tbs little room, the drifting j lane, the fire-li- t Is linked with them. If that !oit, they be young and lovely, and have but to say, "It was yesterday," or, It ass last week, still better they will understand the temptation that waa oo great for Katherine to overcome. And. ss yet, nothing definite had been said to her about Neil Semple, and the arrangement made for her future, so that in effect, she was still ree. since Neil had not spoken. On the night of De Vries' return there was a great gathering at Van Heemskik's house. Conspicuous In the happy, chattering company, Lyibet Van Hecmskikrk bustled about, In the very whitest and silliest of lace caps. Very soon after sundown. Elder Semple and madam his wife arrived; and the elder, as usual, made a decided stir among the group whlcn he Joined No, no, councillor," he said. In an swer to the Invitation of Jorla to corns outside. No, no. 111 not risk my health, maybe my vera life, out on the stoop after sunset." Well, then, neighbors, well go in aide," said Jorla. Clean pipes, and a snowball (gin mixed stiff with sugar), or a glass of Hollands, wHl not 1 think, be amiss." The movement was made among some Jokes and laughter, and they gathered near the hearthstone. Katherine came and stood behind her fathers chair. She let her head fall down over hla shoulder, and h raised bis own to clasp it What it It then, mljn, Katrijntje kleintjo?" It la to dance. Mother says yes,1 If thou art willing." Then I say 'yes,' also. For a moment she laid her chee! against him, and the happy tears cami Into hla eyes, and he stroked her fac let Batavlus lead and her away. At that day there were hut few families of any wealth who did not own one black man who could play well upon the violin. Jorla possessed two, and they were both on hand, putting their own gay spirits Into the fiddle and the bow. And oh, how happy wars the besting feet and the beating hearts that went to the stirring strains! It was Joy and love and youth In melodious motion. The old looked on with thi gleaming, sympathetic eyes; young forgot that they were mortal. Miss Katern Van Heemsklrk and Mr. Nell Semple will now bah de honor of bilging de company wld de French MRS. HAROLD STAGG. I gray-haire- half-doze- to-b- w raw-bone- d to-da- at , ! |