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Show 0 !nut. Btu, ? J p5 lfvclvea. 1 A ,he bisque one of th, ROMANCE OF NEW YOUK Z I By AMELIA E. BARR. otoK ,st 0, of be ta It from K Othsr Copyright, 1884 hy Dodd, Mead and Company, xvi. Band Urong. ake of atmosphere thundery flCt or hopes and doubts, looking iVties and fearfulKatherine Richard and the Idyllic peace and fjfcelr Norfolk house. free:!on!1's of nt "L Thov ,lvle Trl"d CHAPTER -- the banks of this hundred years after this, your descendants shall wander trcilluBes and cut hedges ! WalkS and 8ay What a our dear great, great giandmother had!" And Katherine laughed at his and touched his sword, and merry usked, is It the old sword, my Riehard? uZho ?d SWOrd Kate y 8wcet. of Orange Hibbon I te Bow J choPPei srrpoa OiEto. Joris dure the suspense. as he was walking restlessly about an" " 2ir Well? he asked. lndeed a11 fortune fittpd 08! masse Broadway w ien reet anddown 80 t0 th Hall, where we made an entrance.City .n exquisite April morning And you got the arms 6alled up New York bay we got all we "Faith, in his took daughter w util , 1 Joris The arms were divided amongwent for!the peo)cka murmuring Mijn Katrljntje, of the Jtrijntje! Ach, mijn kind, ;;Vhere were the English soldiers? andthes Jll" Indeed, they were shut up in bar. after ti i are HJde racks. Some of their officers were In he burnt i m "mijn won; church, others waiting for orders from around L the little lads arms the governor or mayor." rfit t - t J in 9 Glovi ite kid ior. t J ' patronage 'ring ia t admired Hyde, and happy to fas very proud her home and to have The lltfle Jfler "mother. of her heart in adt possession it had aiways glovea, inches, is Inthe ? t lacing ribbon, hours things had fallen easily into place. Joris taand Hyde sat talking of the tf5f L and B. Little Joris bis grandfathers shoulder, ,, Lysbet and Katherine were and M trunks full of fineries e( oi of a regiment. things. f0Ur o ground irtable oclock, as Katherine ie were dressing, Joanna and arrived. j and all their family with a . met his brother-in-lajuiy cordiality, and Batavlus oi imoking amicably with him, discussed the proposed Very soon Hyde If he were willing Batavius, it at ;ltr such a family a man has, waving his hand com the six children, he toward :jy .jve aome prudence and considIt is a fixed principle with to meddle with the business of inrered, Is made the hips i graceful is made i is alwa; the ma and blue ck velvet all seaso: ,yople. m go not yourself to the fight, j, said Joris, "plenty of young ce there, longing to go, who oirms and no clothes; send in ice one of them. j my fixed principle not to la the affairs of other people, Ith a clr are sacred to me." rk gorea e principles you read the speeches of over the and Hancock and Quincy? cks and u heard what Col, Washington and Joinr: ling ovei are la., end from i ad the e! the Assembly? these men are discontented! ng which they have not got, nt They are troublesome and I enter. They expect the century after them. Now, I, dually fulfil my obligations r.er and a citizen, I am con-never make complaints, 1 ant more liberty. You may the Holy Scriptures that no called rfaJ req 3 yard: I Itches i 1 i sea of rebellion. rose, and with left the room. a long-draw- Joris said "Enough you have spoken, l None are so blind as those 1 not see. then, father, I can see what j way of mine own business; a a fixed principle with me not lie with the business of other it marshaled the six children ir two nurses in front of him, tied off with Joanna upon his 1; persuaded that he bad done 1 great credit, and acted with -- son wisdom. Kit morning was the Sabbath, broke in a perfect splendor of i They ail walked to church r,and Hyde thought how beauts pleasant city was that Sab ' sorning. rtne and Hyde and Dram were Lysbet were slow them. Suddenly the Joris and Ing atmosphere was troubled by tiling clamor of a trumpet A blast waa accompanied by the of a horses hoofs, and the down Broadway like one 9ugo of life and death, and pause until he had very neap bed Malden Lane, sat point a tall, muscular man tha horse by the bridle and "What news?" Mws! great news! Thero I battle, a massacre at ' running fight from Concord t01! Slay mo not!" But, as he !h bridle free, he threw a jt conta nlng the official ac the affair at Lexington, to Ix 'J nlrer, J then thounht of church, though biH were ringing? The txthcrtMi round the man with JJ'tuiil. and in ominous silence the tidings of the massacre Wun. 'he destruction of stores 'J'fd, the quick gathering of the the hills and dales around And itiixbury, the retreat of nder their harassing flro, ' ? 0lt nd disorganized, they a Web , rcfiii;,, n Boston, if klie and stern In his Hram stood by the reader, it i bkrf e w way! and IV ft IP i. " bride ti9c,ty a J rid t,rRht m yd" turned to the reader. Ism1'11 ,H'nt brows, and the , "Well, air, wbat la he asked. ia Je i Jab hundred aland of Hall; there are men to take them. Let ua scnt anawered him. Piead, no one knew how; Fmrtui out from the ehurchca ' rwut0 inJ "n tn,,r I'Tis ss siHn t early a thou' Wh6re arms WCnt yU wlth the "To a room In John street. There they were stacked, the names of the men enrolled, and a guard placed over them. And now, mother, we will have some dinner; the soldier loves his mess. But events cannot be driven by wishes; many things had to be settled before a movement forward could be made. Joris had his store to let, and the stock and good-wil- l to dispose of. Hydes time was spent as a recruiting officer. In company with Willet, Sears and McDougall, Hyde might be seen enlisting men, or op ganizlng the "Liberty Regiment then raising. Every day's events fanned the temper of the city, although it was soon evident that the first fighting would be done in the vicinity of Boston. For, three weeks after that memorable April Sunday, Congress, in session at Philadelphia, bad recognized tne men in camp there as a Continental army, the nucleus of the troops that were to be raised for the defense of the country, and had commissioned Col.1 Washington as commander-inchie- f to direct their operations. Then every heart was in a state of the greatest expectation and excitement In June the Van Heemskirk troops were ready to leave for Boston nearly six hundred young men, full of pure purpose and brave thoughts, and with all their Illusions and enthusiasms undlmmed. The day before their departure, they escorted Van Heemskirk to bis house. It would have been hard to find a nobler looking leader than Joris. And the bright young lads who followed him looked like his sons, for most of them strongly resembled him In person; and any one might have been sure, even If the roil had not shown It that they were Van Brunts and Van RIpers and Van Rensseiaers, Roosevelts, Westervelts and Terhunes. Katherine and Lysbet had made the flag of the new regiment an orange flag, with a cluster of twelve blue stars above the word liberty. It was Lysbet's hands that gave it to them. But few words were said. Lysbet and Katherine could but stand and gaze as heads were bared, and the orange folds flung to the wind, and the inspiring word liberty saluted with bright, upturned faces and a ringing shout of welcome. It was to be the last evening at home for Joris and Bram and Hyde, and everything was done to make it a happy memory. There had been some expectation of Joanna and Batavius, but at the last The moment an excuse was sent. child is sick, writes Batavius; but I think, then, it is Batavius that is afraid, and not the child who Is sick, said Juris. After supper Bram went to bid a and. as Joris and Lysfriend good-by- , bet iat In the quiet parlor. Elder Semple and his wife walked In. The elder was sad and still. He took the hands of Juris in his own and looked him steadily in the fare. "Man Juris." he said, "whats sending you on sic a errand? Joris amilod. and grasped tighter his friend's hand. "So glad am I to see you at last, elder. As In you came, daft-lik- e was thinking about you. Iet us brothers. If I part good friends and " back come not certain "Tut, tut! You're sure andsavo the Ill sac and to conic hack; I until then. quarrel I hue wl you case in tilings, anent came to apeak If o' the warst. to tell you that or any wife your touch your to one wants In your house, or a brick a bairns, I H stand flower In your garden plat. shilling the to lut by all thats yours, them. harm shall nune and I "? have a friend, then. 1 have you shall I Alexander. Never this hour I regret." each other: The old men bent to m- their ryes. in were tear, there out speaking, they and gratl klndnes. and faithfulness of 'rd4 power the tude beyond walking Hyde and Katherine In the sweet in Uio garden, lingering and June twilight by the lilac hedge won my wife. Oh They have organized an "Injun band The thousand boys upon our atreet; I'm sure no Indiana In the land Our Indians can boat They all come out And whoop it up The biggest copper Can't keep those indeed yes!" He drew it partially from its sheath, and mused a moment. Then he slowly untwisted the ribbon and assol of bullion at the hilt, and gave It Into her hand. 1 have a better hlt ribbon than tlmt," he said, "and, when we go into the house, I will retrim my sword." ohe thought little of tho remark at the time, though she carefully put the tarnished tassel away among her dearest treasures; hut it acquired a new meaning in the morning. The troops were to leave very early, and, soon aftor dawn, she heard the clatter of galloping horses, and the calls of the men as they reined up at their commanders door. They rose from the breakfast table and looked at their wives. Lysbet gave a little sob, and laid her head a moment upon her husbands breast. Katherine lifted her white face and whispered, with kisses, Beloved one, go. Night and day I will pray for you, and long for you. My love, my dear one!" Katherine held her husband's hand till they stood at the open door. Then he looked into her face, and down at his sword, with a meaning Bmile. And her eyes dilated, and a vivid blush spread over her cheeks and throat, and she drew him back a moment, and passionately kissed him again; and all her grief was lost in love and triumph. For, wound tightly around his sword-hilt- , she saw though it was brown and faded her first, fateful the Bow of Orange Ribbon. a letter 5, A. D. JMC,.) dated victed. There were those who excused the officers harshness on the ground that he belonged to the old school the school that looked upon the rank and file as dogs but the fact remained that he was not popular with either his officers or his men. AfTairs In the Indian country were at peace when the post commander at Fort Brown applied for and secured a long leave of absence, and Major Davis was ordered to take charge in his place. It was a frontier post with a small garrison of old veterans, and there was no call for red tape or rigid discipline. The best drill master in the army could not have taught those men anything new, and the officers felt that they had a right to loaf a little when warm weather set In. The United States was In no danger of invasion from a foreign foe, and the red man had had enough of war to last him for two or three years, when Major Davis arrived and assumed command. An hour later. he began to issue general orders, and a groan of discontent was heard throughout the garrison. Then began what was characterized time. The lines a3 a of discipline were rigidly drawn and the drills were frequent and exacting. The finger of the martinet pointed In many directions, and the men who growled went to the guard house on a July e bric-a-bra- n GOT THE BRIDES GARTERS. Eight Fair Ones Gladdened by the Lucky Talisman. Riverside Drive fashionable The district is tittering over the originality of a young bride last week, whose wore gifts to her eight bridesmaids a received single Each girl garters. bri-iwas deep In argarter. The f'ne hefoie wedding, when rangements one of the Danish servants told her of a popular superstition In her native land. The maid said the very essence for bride and of good luck, both be by accomplished brlesmaid, might tho bride giving the left garter to her cereattendant after the wedding belle Drive Riverside mony. The delightful, the superstition thought and being somewhat "faddish," she decided to try the Danish talisman. "But." cried the girl. "I have eight bridesmaids and only one left garter!" This predicament she confided to her fiance, blushing prw!tlly as she spoke the unmentionable word. Tho man solved the problem in a moment. He told her to wear eight pairs of garters for eight days, and on the wedding In day to wear all left eight garters. rebridesmaid might each this way ceive an acclimated garter, teeming was with good luck. The ceremonywhite-robe- d the before and flourishing, bride slipped luto her going-awagown she called her faithful to a retiring room. hr "here is your gift. said, she "Girls," Then she unclasped eight left garters nd earl1 lmr slH t r St encircled her A still talisman. gu received wa the usher, worse dilemma asked the bridesmaids what their Th"3f bridal glfi "T0; e At all military posts there are a few favored men men who suffer now and then from old wounds or have performed their brave deeds, and ars tacitly allowed to take things easy. Such a man was private Tom Gorman at Fort Brown. Two bullets had been fired into him as he rode with dispatches across the plains one night, and though not incapacitated as a soldier he was given light duty and coddled up a bit. The coddling ceased soon after the majors arrival. He was on the lookout for such men. They were returned to duty, and even given extra duty, and the mild protests of captains and lieutenants were met with the formal reply: This Is a military post, not p.tal; and no man, unless e0U8ed the doctor at sick call, will be ex empt from duty." In a month the major was a man. He realized the fact and gloried in it Private Gorman returned to duty with a complaint, and subsequent events proved tbat the martinet had b special eye on him. He was twice reprimanded during company drill one day, and following that he was placed on sentry duty and took his post at midnight In a rain storm. It was an inside post, and of no consequence. Tho wounded man took the chance of getting under shelter for a Bhort time. The major went the rounds that night, caught him derelict and saw him bustled off to the guard house. The affair was looked upon as seriously as If the Sioux warriors were at the gate of the fort in war paint. Instead of be ng in their lodges fifty well-hate- d fn requires infor- mation. This I can say: conscientiously Doans Kidney Pill caused a general ImIn my provement health. They brought great relief by lessening the pain and correcting the action of the kidney accretions." Doans Kidney Tills for sale by all dealers. Price, 60 cents. Foster-Mil-burCo., Buffalo, N. Y. n , Knocking. "Thats noise?" 5 gold piece a has She Oladys. bangle tbat was coined the year she was born and she wants to wear It "But that doesnt explain the again. "Shea battering It at hammering. the year wont ahow. Houston Post that "Whats Writ Aif dr le KTB HKMKDT To., ChlrNtn, ! urn or InfUiort), ind got oouim I 111. kll Mnipl M l HI N K. U XIUR1NB ud irt fr Trout Swallowed Water Rat. In the River Wey, England, a fisherman recently landed a fine trout graced without cause, and be calmly weighing two pounds and six ounces and deliberately made up bis mind and measuring sixteen inches in to kill the nmn responsible. It was He found the tall of a rat length. for this reason that he lingered near from its meuth and could protruding the fort. see the hind legs at the far end of Almost every morning the major its mouth. Upon opening the flak be rode down to the boiling spring, three found a water rat measuring tea large miles down the rough trail, end there Inches. were fifty places where he could be ambushed. The spot selected was a big rock alongside the trail, and Tom was on the watch there the morning There is scarcely anything after bis escape. It was seven o'clock before the less substantial; and almost hoofs of the echoes of the Iron-shoears, and his reached nothing more substantial horse majors an Instant later he was peering out Childish Ideas of Life. from behind the rock. VI curious and amusing mixture ot It was the major, alone on the trail. early piety and woridllness came to light in a city schoolroom one day when the teacher had asked the children to write on their pads of paper something about the profession or occupation In which they would like to engage when they became men tad women. One little girl wrote briefly but effectively: "I would desire to bo lady rider at a circus If It was tho Lord's will." Another little girl with equally mixed ideas wrote: "Mis sionary, hut It not that, millinery or clerk la candy store. Llpplncott's. TEA d TEA We dont know how good it can be, nor how bad it is some of us. trot Christening Ships With Wins, Christening ships with wine Is a survival of barbarism. In the olden days, when sacrifices were offered to an of angel! "Shes got the face of a nation. It No one was In sight In either direc- propitiate the gods was the practice to select some pertion. to splil bis blood over tho As the soldier made ready with his son, and prow of a new vessel. In course ot carbine the major let fall bis reins tlmo win was substituted for blood, and drew a letter from his pocket As In nearly be did bo a photograph fell from the and the custom holds good nation maritime every unnoticed the to letter stony highway by him. Queer as it may seem, curiPIsos Cure Is the best medicine we ever need osity about the photograph overbal- for ell affections of tbs throat end anced Tom Gormane thirst for re- 0, Eswu-iT- , Vanburen, lnd.. Feb. 10, 1800. venge for the moment, and be let the Japanese Alpine Club. The Japanese Alpine club, which Is iater be had the card In rebjg j,aD(j. jt was the picture of a little tho oldest In the world. Is also a accomascents and the a old five society, over ligious years girl not little thing and underneath plished by Its members are preluded "May our by a prayer which runs: was written "From Elsie to Papa." bo pure, and may the weather No soldier at Fort Brown had asked hearts bo fine. or could know whether their martinet oa tho honorable peak was a married man or not. They had Kennsdv Tumrit ItomaAr Is Dr, IHrlil III l'urd turn fu lM not discussed his home ties only bis llr Allaaf, Mllg X. 4, WfKl (mi a airlas. frprM, In factor discipline. Here was a new the case. Gorman crept bark to his How Webster Got Even. ambush with his eyes fixed on the Webster wrote after continDaniel face, and his own features began to ued provocation to the editor of a soften. newspaper which had referred to his "From Elsie to Fapa," he repeated affairs and especially to his over and over again. "Damn me, but private not paying his debts. He said: "It letter the He kid! got It must bo his Is trus that I have not always paid last night. Shes got the face of an my debts punctually, and tbat I owe angel, and when her mother tells her money. The cause of this Is that I that her father Is dead have not pressed those who owe me, Private Gorman found his heart In for payment. As an Instanro of this a but was not father, his throat. He I enclose your fatbors note, made to he was a lover of children. Hed have me thirty years ago, for money lent given three months pay to pick Elsie btm to educate his boys Rehobotb a kiss. up in his arms and give her Herald. Sunday There were dimples In her cheeks and a smile on her mouth. He hold the picture to his lips and whispered: one. "You aint to blame for it, little We make four different Whatever be la to us, and badly as hes used me, he loves you and you types: Schillings Best. tf r tinWK him, and I cant break your heart In V wnm trying to get even. Pm here to kill No Hurry. him. and I was going to do It when A remarkable story Is told of a he came back; but youre too sweet a clergyman abiding la a aouthwesters thing to be left fatherless: The major came riding back, his suburb of Iondon, who, concluding t brethren, eyes on the ground as If looking for sermon, said: "Yea, my some lost object. At the rock be baitthero Is a hell." and then, drawing out bis watch, added, "but wo will no ed. "If you hadnt lost It you would have go Into that Just now. been lying out there- - with a bullet Mrs. Window's Sootstn 8 fro I. through your heart!" whispered Gorit, aarai, rUMo Sw othlng, looked after rose the and he as man MMn,niiortiia,mrla4wMiu, SmSumio, to-da- lunga-W- M. sweet-face- d -- X- - TEA y p D8Wcrd-"Somethin- g lucky. '1,7. Si 1T who MaJ. Davis had the reputation of five days he was assisted to escape. being a martinet, and whenever a pri- He was furnished with a carbine and vate soldier found himself before a food, and he went into hiding within court martial he would make up his three miles of the fort mind that if the major had a voice He felt that be had been unjustly in the matter he was as good as con- treated and that he had been dis- In tbs Zoo. In front of the elephants, stood They animals mov-In- g watching the two big man was The about. restlessly of of sldermanlc proportions, and fed apparently, well girth, The himself. With satisfied well rhap. who So, was a little bit f to rme J,1h.l band qu te father's his back never came clung to was evident thBt the boy turned to Ts, cnUlntf his first visit to tb, ,oo he suddenly bn.-- .n The last (,n h(, If questions were many. wt Kalherln. as ihsmisht-h In the elephant bogie JnJ aked h' weiotts of hi" ear har ' not last very long. (uUi(Jll. "Irnddy. do you think that elephant Is as heavy as you? Hon for a great a Inrtf" wilt buy why then ,. oclock paiii 'dii "Yesterday I went with my aunt to spend the Fourth at the Hydes. They have the most delightful place a great stone house in a wilderness of foliage and beauty, and yet within convenient distance of the railroad and the river boats. Kate Hyde said the house is more than a hundred years old, and that the fifth generation is living in it. I am sure there are pictures enough of the family to account for three hundred years; but the two handsomest, after all, are those of the builders. They were very great people at the court of Washington, I believe. I suppose it is natural, for those who have ancestors, to brag about them, and to show off the old buckles and fans and court dresses they have hoarded up, not to speak of the queer bits of plate and china; and I must say the Hydes have a really But delightful lot of such the strangest thing is the 'household It Is not like the luck of talisman. Eden hall; it is neither crystal cup, nor silver vase, nor magic bracelet, nor an old slipper. But they have a tradition that the house will prosper as long as it lasts, and so this precious palladium is carefully kept In a locked box of carved sandalwood, for it is only a bit of faded satin that a St. Nicholas Bow was a of Orange Ribbon." (The End.) love-toke- 8 The street repairer came last week Italians, roller, brick and sand. And every urchin that could shriek. Turned out to join the Injun band. Postscript from at till 8; on the block youngsters straight With sound the air Is bursting full They have no use for paleface laws; The chieftain's name Is Sitting Bull, And all the little girls are squaws. love-toke- (Quotations Rev. Jacob D. Van Poren, of 67 Sixth street. Fond Du Lac., WIs, Presbyterian clergyman, says: "I had attacks of kidney disorders which kept me in the house for days at a time, unable to do anything. What 1 suffered can hardly be told. Complications sot In, the particulars of which I will be pleased to give In a personal interview to any one Our Indians. JT I could hardly enAbout 12 o'clock A VOICE FROM THE PULPIT. A martinet mile away. A court martial wai called and a good soldier disgraced. Private Gorman did not serve out bta icntence of thirty deys In the guard hnue. wh"n he had served disappearing major, And then, thrusting the photograph Into his breast pocket, he shouldered his carbine, gave himself a shake, and headed for the land of the outlaw and the deserter. Thomas Foye, in Bos- ton Globe, Possibly you may have observed that loll of gtrla marry during leap year who never married hefora. y--w Ancient Water Clocks, riato Introduced tb clepsydra Into Oreeco. It waa used by tho Romano also. Tho king of Persia la said to bavo presented Charlemagne with a water clock of bronze, Inlaid with gold. Water clocks were used up to ths seventeenth century. Even with tho Introduction of tho pendulum, water served "as the motor and tho pendulum as a regulator." |