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Show I I The Bow of Orange R.ibbon A ROMANCE OF NEW YORK J , J J ' Anther e I 1 Bv AMELIA E. BAR.R. Friend Olivia," Then end the Other One. Eta. Dodd. Heed and Com pear. Cuyjrlitkt. net t $ ? 4 as uuk.iy sent to the country and iis ilrs'ftD tvelve or fifteen feet away owner iiid nut see it fur a year. from the boulder, upon which the boy Months later the little fellow visit- who Is it" places a tin can or hla a t ed his- grandparents at their country "duck." place anj found Esther, hla pet, grown He is guardian of the rock. Tho to a full Hedged heu. Strange to eay, other boys, pitching their ducks" at f while she evidently remembered him, the one on the rock, try to knock it she was shy for some time, and it was off. When a duck the la several days before tbe two were on player must try to recoverpitched it and get their former friendly terms. hack to the pitching line without beNow came a complication. As It ing tagged by the guardian of the was garden time and fresh, tender, duck" on the rock. Generally the There'a no one elve da'at touch It. rauae green things were springing up on players hover around waiting for a it takee a mueier hand An' you very likely break it If you every side, the chickens were all shut lucky pitch to knock the duck" off. didn't underaland: up In a great wire chicken yard. Roy when they grab their own ducka An when the weigh'a rlain' with a did not care to go there every time and nin to tbe line. The guardian a wh'M. an' whirring X aHua hoiie that I'll grow up aa amart he wanted to see Esther, and It would of the rock must replace bis dnek" aa gran'paw la. Aa then the honae gita quiet, 'cause never do to give her liberty, for ahe before he can tag anyone. The boy the folke all so to bed, who Is tagged of course takes hla Aa' there ain't no noise except the branches scrapin overhead. place as guardian of tbe rock and the End of tho Week. happens every Saturday. when all ths chorea la done. the day la reelin' aome'erea. an the atara is havin fun In the clear and an' distant e the mualcaky of tha aleiah belle aa they by we nave tended tn our labora: all the week we've done our beet. --Aa we feel that we're entitled to a night of hont'ai reel : Aa' maw ha a waahed the dlehea. an' tha hired niana fed the Block But the week's wtrk ain't quite flniehed' until gran'paw winde the clock. CHAPTER IV. (Continued.) There was something no frank and persuasive about the elegant stranger that Juris could not reiuee the courted 11119 asked for herself and her nefhe. And. havlug yielded, he yielded with entire truth aed confi- t - ' a-- . i we've finished up another week, an Tim haa learned the lock 'That chute It out an' starta ua fresh when gran'paw winda the clnrk. Star. game proceeds. Washington Odd Way to Lift a Glass. Yon can surprise people very much by laying your hand, with apparent arelenunesa. on a tumbler or wine glass nearly full of water and then lifting the glass, water and all, by raising your hand, with the Angers outstretched In order to prove that yon do not take hold of tbe glass in any way. Probably there will be some people whom you will not surThese will say, Oh, that's prise. easy, try to do the trick themselves and fall. The secret of succese Is this: Though your Angers are straight when you lift the glass, they must be bent downward sharply when you place your palm upon It. You must press your hand down rather Arrnly In orJoint between der to make an it and the rim of the glass, which should be wet to makethe Joint tighter. Now suddenly straighten your Angers and lift your hand. This motion of the Angers causes the Aesh of the palm to move in such a way ai to cause a partial vacuum, a auction which you can feel distinctly. The space between the water and your baud is made a little larger, and therefore the air In that apace Is rare-le- d or made thinner and exerts less pressure. Therefore, the greater air pressure outside, acting on the bottom and aides of the glass, forces it upward against your hand strongly enough to lift both glass and water when you raise your hand. This trick requires some practice before It can be done with certainty and had better not be attempted with a very thin or valuable glass or In a place where spilled water will do air-tig- barm. Above all, do Either and Her Collar, would be aure to destroy a lot of garden things. Roy's grandfather solved the problem. He took an old umbrella rib, bent it till It formed a circle, lashed the ends Armly together, and covered the hoop so formed with some strong muslin. In the center of this a hole was cut Jurt large enupgh to go over Esther's head. When Esther's head was popped through this bole she was a very much surprised and indignant hen, and ahe made an awful fuaa about 1L Still, she had to submit, for she could not get out of her strange collar, so after a time ahe became resigned to it. It kept Esther from going about picking the gardens, and ahe would not scratch because she could not see what ahe was scratching, and so her liberty did no barm. Royal Prince or Prlnceoa. Let all the children lit down in a ring for this game. One child beglna by saying to her neighbor: Good evening, royal princess (or prince). I. a royal princess, come from a royal princess to say that I not use a very thin have a monkey with purple eyea. The neighbor then says Good to his neighbor: evening, royal princess (or prince). I, a royal prince, come from a royal princess to say that I have a monkey with purple eyes and three seven-mil- e tails." So each player must do, repeating the exact words of his predecessor, right-han- d right-han- d right-han- d and adding some new bit of descrip- tion of his own but saying princess" or prince," according to whether he Is talking to a boy or girL If anyone makes a mistake he must be crowned with a dunce cap and dubbed the Prince, or Caterpillar's Coat. The fur or hair on the caterpillar was given by nature as a protection from other living creatures, particularly birds, who consider most small crawlers as food delicacies intended especially to gratify birdie's appetite. But there are not many birds who could swallow a crawler that wears a fur overcoat. It would stick in his throat, and if he did get It down, probably it wouldn't dlgesL Most caterpillars are brown or green, but some are dressed up in the grandest kind of v.ay In many colors and ornamental knobs, or, to use a big word, protuberances. A strange method of protection Is that given to the caterpillar that aftswallow-tail- " erward turns into a butterfly. Tbis cater pi Har has an opening in the skin back of the head that emits a jxiwerful odor, probably not powerful enough to knock a man down. but certainly strong enough to keel over a bird unless, maybe, it would have such a bad coid that it couldn't emell anything. A favorite way caterpillars have to resist an attack is to hurl their bodies from side to side, and some try to look fierce. Certain caterpillar escape the enemy by their resemblance to the color of their surroundings. One variety not only uses the color eftect, but la able to attach hla hind end to a branch and stretch himself out so that he looks like a twig. This fellow can stay rigid that way for a long time. Game of Bouquet. This la a Jolly game for a number of children to play. Sit down in a circle around your leader. Let the leader give each one a flower for hla name violet, daisy, sweet William, black-eyeSusan, etc. Then let her tell you a story mads up out of her own head, in which phe brings in every one of the fiower names. When ever a child hears his flower name mentioned he must get up, turn around, and alt down. Whenever the leader uses, the word bouquet" all the children must Jump up and change places, at which time the leader tries to capture a seat. Whoever gets left must then beI come leader. d The Wonderful "Egress." Sometimes the great P. T. Barnum Princese. advertised his circus so well .that Tbe boy or girl who gets through more people came to see it that bis the game without a mistake capturee tents would hold. Then the difficulty the prise. wss to get those who came in to more out so that he could get the This Game Is Lively. money others wanted to pay him. Some years ago "duck and a rock Knowing that he had roused the curiwaa one of the popular gamea among osity of the public to a high pitch he the younger boys, but of late It seems finally hit upon a plan to make room to have been forgotten. Any number for everyone. He ordered great signs of boys can participate. Select a painted announcing This Is the wwy large atone for tbe rock and each to the Egress! Many following tbe boy must have a cobblestone or half directions of the signs, sstisfled their a brick for his duck. curiosity and so made room for othTbe boy who last finds hla duck," ers. Do you know wbst the "Egress" or cobblestone, Is It. A line is Is? One-Horne- d Lifting a Glass of Water. Class, for even If it dues not drop you may break It by mere pressure and cut your hand. Besides, thin glasses are very apt to have little nicks in the edge which will both cut you and poll the trick by letting in air. The glass must be a small me, as THE FUIiNY CORK SPIDER. It has to be well covered by the palm of your band. An egg cup or a wine glass with a stem is best If you use a tumbler which, being small In diameter, will probably be not very tall you will have to hold it In the other hand or set ft on an Inverted tumbler or a block of wood In order to get room to bend your Angers down properly. The trick seems especially difficult because the hand is Hat and the glase nearly full of wairr, but these are the very things that make it possible. You .oannot lift the glass with your Angers bent unless, of course, you actually eke bold of it as it is the atralgbt-nln- g of the Angers that causes tbe auction. Yon cennot lift an empty glass unPerhaps you have read In hooks of then bend them In tbe middle natll less It is a very small one. The longer natural history about spiders whieh they crack. Do not break them clear tbe apace under your hand Is, the do not make weba, as most sensible through, but on one aide only, so that greater change In the air prsssnre spiders are supposed to do, but lie In they will bend and form your spiders Jointed legs as the picture show. gov can make by the motion of your welt for tbeir prey and do other Place your spider on a table top and Ungers. which things. The spider will see that be looks quite lifeyou I am going to tell about does unspider-lik- e like. A Hen With a Collar. Now get some water In a teaspoon things, too, and I am quite sure One of our readers who lives In the Induce one to make and shake a drop of water on each of never can that you little Auffy s yellow city received his leg Jolnte. They will Immediately ohlck for an Easter present. He kept a web. Of course It is not a real spider, but begin to move and your aplder will It about the house for some time, and ft grev so fast that one could almost von can have even more fun with It appear to have suddenly come to life. Of course It will not race madly see It get larger. At last it quits lost than you could with a real one, proAll its daintiness and became a vided you could persuade it to come across the table or dance, but If the stubby-festh-re- d toothpicks be of tough wooda and out of Its web and play with you. scrawny, coarse-voiceGet an old cork ofNt small else and the top of the table smooth, it wlH nuisance, but in little owner the tnothplcke. wiggle a good deal and aatonlih an thought as much of It as ever. It was some --toothpicks. Btlck v each end of the eork, and your friends who see the trick. too big to have slmiil tha house and two Du but hear me, sir. 1 have done uothfng contrary to the custom of people in my condition, and I assure you that with all my soul I love your daughter. No man ran love her bet- ter." Wbst say you? How, then, do 1 1 who carried her mljn wide laninietje in these arms before yet she could say to me, 'Fader!' His wrath had been steadily growing, and suddenly striking tie desk a ponderous blow with his doseJ hand, he said with an unmistakable passion, "My daughter you shall not' have. God In heaven to himself take her ere such sorrow come to her and me! Sir, you are very uncivil; but to be pialn with you, I am determined to marry your daughter if 1 ran compass the matter in any way. It Is now, tieu, open war between us; and so, dr. your servant. Stay. To me listen. Not one guilder will I give to my daughter. kve her? dence. . Oder Semple was greatly pleased He gave fcls friend's complaisance. Jorla full credit for hla victory over hla national prejudice, and he did hla very best to make the concession a waa pletsaut event. In this effort be greatly assisted by Mrs. Gordon. She set herself to charm Van Heemsklrk. as she had set herself to charm Van Heemsklrk on her previous vidt, and she succeeded so well, that when "Sir Roger dc Coverley" wss cafieil. Juris rose, offered lier his hand and to the delight of every or.e present, ld the dance with her. It was a little triumph for the elder. Indeed, he was so Interested lu listening to the clever way In which "the basnle woman flattered Van Heemsklrk" that he was quite oblivious of ths gathering wrath In his son's fare, and ths watchful gloom In Dram's eyas, as the two men stood together. Jealously observant of Capt. Hyde's attentions to Katherine. Without any wards spoken on the subject, there was an understood compact between thus to guard tbe girl from any private conversation with him; and yet two men with hearts full of suspicion and Jealousy were not a match for one with a heart full of love. In a mom ant, In the Interchange of their hands in a danre, Katherine clasped titly a little note, and unobserved hid It behind the rose at her breast. The loving girl thought It no wrong to put It there; ahe even hoped that one kind of blessing or sanction might come through such sacred keeping, and ahe went to sleep whispering to herself: "Happy I am. Me he loves; me he lores; me only he loves; me forever be lovea! at Ma-da- a If"To un CHAPTER V. The Beginning of Strlfa. dear Dick, 1 am exceedingly concerned to find you in emh a taking moping about a Dutch schoolgirl! Pshaw! I bad a much better My of you. I love her beyond every-(Ltiand that 1 am likely so to love her all my life. Upon my word, Dick, love may live an age If you don't marry 1L Let me make you understand that I wish to marry it." Oh, Indeed, air! Then the church door stands open. Go In. I suppose the lady will oblige you so far. Pray, dear aunt, give me your advice. What la the first step to be taken? "Go and talk with her father. The girl you think worth asking for; but It is very necessary for you to know what fortune goes with her beauty. If her father refuses to give her to me That la not to be thought of. You come of a noble race. You are not far from the heritage of a great title and estate. If you ask for her fortune, you offer far above its equivalent, sir. Well, this suspense Is intolerable, and not to be borne. I will go and end 1L Give me your good wishes. I shall be Impatient to hear the re- Pinion g, sult" At Van Heemsklrk' store Capt. Hyde asked for the councillor and was taken to bis office. Is there "Your servant captain. any thing 1 can oblige you In, sir?" Jorla asked the question because the manner of the young man struck him as uneasy and constrained; and h thought Perhaps he baa come to burrow money. He was not, there-or- e astonished when ('apt. Hyde answered: Sir, you can, Indeed, oblige me, ar.d that In a matter of the greatest moment s If money It be, captain, at once may tell you, that I borrow not, and lend the devil with your guilders! Dirty money made in dirty traffic" You lie." "Sir, you take an Infamous advantage. You know, that, being Katherine's father, 1 will not challenge you. "Christua! roared Juris, "challenge me one hundred limes. A fool I would be to answer you. Life my God gave to me. Well, then, only my God shall from me take 1L Bee you tbese arms and band? In them you will be as the child of one year. Ere beyond my reason you move me, go! and he strode to the door and flung It open with a passion that made every one In the store straighten towards the two men. White with rage, and with hla hand upon hla sword-hilt- , Capt. Hyde stamped his way through the crowded tore to the dusty street. Then It truck him that he had not asked the name of the man to whom Katherine was promised. He swore at himself for the omission. Whether he knew him or not, he was determined to fight him. Now he must see Katherine before her father had any opportunity to give any ordera regarding him. Is the meantime Jorla waa suffering as only such deep natures can suffer. Capt. Hyde'a proposal and hla positive assertion that Katherine loved him, had fallen upon tbe father'a heart with the force of a blow, and the terror of a ahock. After Hyde's departure, ha shut the door of hla office, walked to tha window, and stood there some minutes, clasping and unclasping his large baads, ilka a man full of grief and perplexity. Ere king ha remembered his friend Semple. This trouble concerned him also, fur Capt. Hyde was in a manner ills guest; and, If he were Informed of the marriage arranged between Katherine and Nell Semple, he would doubtless feel himself bound In honor to retire. Juris found Semple and In a few short, strong sentences, put the case before him. When girls are auld My certie! enough for a lover, they are a match for any gray head. I'm thankin' man that 1 wasna' put In charge o' any o' them. I shall hae to speak my mind to Niel, and likewise to Col. Gordon; and you canna put off your duty to your daughter an hour longer. Dear me! To think. Juris, o' a man being able to sit wi' the councillors o' the nation, and yet no match fur a lassie o' seventeen!" As they walked homeward, the elder talked, and Jorls pondered, not what was said, hilt the thoughts and purposes that were slowly forming In hla own mind. When the evening meal waa over Joris rose, and laying his hand on Katherine's shoulder said, There la something to talk about. Sit down, Lysbc t ; the door shut close, and listen to ine. It wan Impossible to mistake the stern purpose on her husband's face, and I.ysbet silently ulteyed the order. Katherine, katrijntje, mijn kind, this afternoon there coini-- to the store the young man Capt. Hyde. To thy tat her he said many III words. To linn thou shall never speak again. Thy promise give ro tne." Site sat silent, with dropped eyes, and cheeks as red as the pomegranate flower at her breast. Mijn kind, speak to me. Weeping bitterly, she rose and wpnt to her mother, anil laid her head upon I.) stud's shoulder. ''Look now. Juris. One must know the 'why' and the 'wherefore.' What mean you? Whlsh. mijn kindje!" No more "This I mean, I.ysliet. meetings with the Englishman will I have. No love secrets will I hear. Danger is with them; yes, and sin, too. "Mijn kindje, listen to me thy father. It is for thy happy life here, it is for t iy eternal life, 1 speak to thee. This man for whom thou art weeping Is not good for thee. Mijn beste klnje, not 1 I Sir, It Is not money in particular." So?" It la yonr daughter, Katherine." Then Jorls stood up. and looked steadily at the suitor. Ills large, amiable face bad become in a moment hard and stern; and the light In his eyea waa like the cold, sharp light that falla from drawn steel. My daughter Is not for you to name. Sir, It la a wrong to her. If Like to like, you apeak her name. that la what I say. Your wife seek, captain, among your own women. My daughter is to another man promised." Loolj you, councillor, that would be monstroui. Your daughter loves me. It Jorla turned white to the lips. is not the truth," he answered In a low, huaky voire. By the sun In heaven. It la truth! Ask her. Then a great scoundrel are you, nnflt with honest men to talk. Ho! Yes, your sword pull from Its scabbard. Strike. To the heart, atrike no. Leas wicked would be the deed than the thing yon have done." There was something very Impree lve In the angry sorrow of Jorls. Yet Hyde persevered In his solicitation. . Thy with if I caa Thea he told her of the pro vis lea node for her future. Ho reminded her of Nell's long affection, and addabout thy own house, ed, I will take tho flrat atep. Near my house It shall be; and at ths feast of St. Nicholas thou shalt be married. Aad money, plenty of money, I will give thee; and all that la proper thy mother and thee shall buy. But no more, no more at all, si. alt thou see or peak to that bad man who haa so beguiled thee. Wilt thou these thlnga promise me? Me and thy mother?" "Richard I must see ones more. That la what I aak . Richard! Bo far la It? Well, thea, I will a easy make It as I can. Onco more, and for one hour, thou may see him. But 1 lay It on thee to tell him the truth, fur this and tor all other time. "Now may I go? He la sulgh. Hlv boat I hear at the landing; and ah stood up. Intent, hastening, with he fair head lifted, and her wet eyea fixed on the distance. Well, be It ao. Go. With the words she slipped from tho room; and Jorla called Baltu to bring him tome hot coals, and began to fill hla pipe. As tbe Virginia calmed and southed him, the sweetness of his nature waa at once la the ascendant; and he said, "Lysbet, come then, and talk with me about the child." She turned the keys In her piesi lowly, and stood by It with them in her hand. What haa been told thea, And who haa spoken? Jorla, Tongues evil and envluua, I am aure of tbaL Thou art wrong. Tho young man to mo spoke himself. He said, T love your daughter. I want to marry her.' Well, then, be did no wrong. And aa for Katrijntje. It la In nature that a young girl should want a lover. It Is In nature she should choose tho one she likes besL That la what I to-da- ay. "Yea, It Is In nature the child should but wajit this handsome stranger; with me thou wilt certainly say, 'Ho Is not fit for thy happiness; ha has not tbe true faith, he gamblea, ho lights duels, he la a waster, he lives badly, he will take thee far from thy own people and thy own home. She drew cloae to him, and laid her arm across his broad anoulden; and be took his pipe from his Ups, and turned his face to her. Kind and wise art thou, my husband; and whatever is thy wish, that Id my wish too. Right am I, and I know I am right 1 think that Nell Semple will bo a very great person. On tho judge's bench he will sit down yeL A good young man he may be, but he la a very bad lover; that Is tho truth. If a little leas wise he could only be! A young girl likes soma foolish talk. Little fond words, very strong they are. Thou thyself said thorn to mo. That la right To Net I will talk a little. A man must seek a good wife with more heart than he seeks gold. Yea, yes; her price above rubles is, At the very moment Jorie made this remark, the elder waa speaking for him. Neil was walking about the terrace, and he joined him. Yon are Mapping In a vera majestic way. Nell; what's in your thoughts, I wonder? T have a speech to make sir. My thought! were on tho law, which haa a certain majesty of Its own. "You'd better be thinking o' a If speech you ought to make you care about saving yourse)' wl Katherine Van Heemsklrk. You hao a rival, air. Capt. Hyde asked Van. Heemsklrk for hla daughter this afternoon, and an earldom In prospect Ibna a poor bait. Tak a word o advice now. You gre fond enough to plead for others, go and plead an hour for yonrsel.' Gertie! When I was your age. I was aye noted fur my persuading way. Your father, sir, never left a spare corner for a rival. (To be continued.) And Lawyer and Witness. Mr. H. was a sharp lawyer and Invariably retained in criminal eases, where Ills peculiar abilities were deemed likely to benefit his contributor to the client, writes the Weekly Bouquet. Old Mrs. widow of a small farmer, was remarkable for her plainness In speech and manner, and she waa one of the cute sort. The old woman was an Important witness for the prosecution In which H. defended the Her testimony bore lisnl upon the prisoner. and Jn the cross exam Inal ion 11. endeavered In tain to conliise or Irritate her. At leiigtn, turning abruptly to the witness, he exclaimed. "Madam, you have brass enough in yonr face to make a twelve-quar-t pail!" "Yes, replied the witness, "and you have got sass enough in your head to fill It!" s. The lawyer had done with that A certain I, evil-doe- wlt-nes- It Stopped the Gambling. story Is told of a certain rokmel In connection with an Inspection of a crack rifle corps which he commanded. Tbe inspection passed off satisfacthorp were no complaints, torily; and the regiment was evidently do I love thi-egood order. "My father! Hut," said the Inspecting genertl, "Do 1 low thee?" "I am bound to tell you. colonel, that "Yes. yes. rumors have reached me of gambling Dust thou, then, love me?" being carried on extensively among She put her arms round his neck, your officers. and laid her cheek against his. and "That may have been tbe case, sir. kissed him many times. aid the colonel, some months ago; "Wilt tliou go away and leave me, but I can assute you that nothing of and leave thy mother, in our old age? tbe kind Is In vogue now, because I've Katrijntje, my dear, dear child, what won all the ready money in the regifor me, and for thy mother, wilt thou ment, and I would not allow any do? gambling m credit. ? A good 1 |