Show 41 I 1 the bow of orange ribbon mon I 1 A ROMANCE or OF NEW by BV AMFLIA AMELIA LIA E DARR DAPP f author ot of braend olivia 1 11 thou and nd tho tk mothr ortch on etc eo I 1 f iwa by dodd mend mead kad company CHAPTER X continued cods was so 40 up in hla his grief that lie he did not notice bram was waa suffering buffering also alfo uram dram sot got the brunt of the worlds horld a mondo rings and inqui ties rles people u ho did not like to ask joria questions felt no such delicacy with A ith biam borla could in some defree control himself lie he could speak ot of te t e marriage nurr lage ith regret but with mith out passion pa aslon lie ho hat hal even alluded in some borne cases to alyde a family and ex the majority believed tl blat at he be was 4 as secretly a little proud of the alliance but brain was aflame uh ith indignation first it if the mar ariage were at nil all do isted second it it were supposed to bo be a satisfactory one to any member of the van kirk famil I 1 I 1 I 1 glydes brother officers held high festival to their comrades comrade a success to every eiery bumper they read tho the marriage notice aloud as a toast and gave a kind of national triumph to what nhat was a personal affair jerls read it with dim eyes arid and then lit his long gouda pipe and sat bat smoking with an all air of inexpressible loneliness L labet abet read it and then put the paper cam carefully fully away aay among the bilks and gatins satins in tier her bottom drawer nell semple read it and re read it it teemed seemed to have a fascination for him and for more than an hour lie he eat bat ni musing using mith a ath his big eyes fixed upon the fateful words then he rose and went to the hearth there were mere a few sticks of wood burning upon it but they had fallen apart ile he put them together and tearing out the notice be ild it upon them it meant much more to nell than the destruction of 4 scrap of paper and he stood watch atoll ing it long after it had become a film ft grayish ash dram bram would not read it at all lie nas too full of shame and trouble lit at the event and the moments went as it they moved on lead but atter after tea he gathered a great nosegay of narcissus and went ent to isaac cohen is ile he went into the store and she bile seemed to know his bis footstep lie he had no ned to speak she came at once from the mastery behind the crowded place into the clearer light I 1 air acquaintance had bad ei evidently adian advanced ced since that anxious evening when ben she had bad urged upon dram bram th the a intelligence of the duel between HI de and nell semple tor for dram gave her the flowers without embarrassment ard sho she burled buried their sweet face in their sweet pc tall and then lifted it with ith V a smile at once grateful and I 1 confidential then brant bram told her all the little things that had grieved him and they tallied talked as dear companions might talk it m waa as not more than an hour ere cohen came home lie he looked quickly at lie ie judg loung people and then stood by am and began to talk courteous ly of passing events miriam leaned listening against a magnificent apostles apostle s cabinet in black oak against its ita carved and pillared background her dark drapery fell la in almost unnoticed grace but her fair face and small bands with the mana mama of white abit 0 narcissus in them had bad a singular and alluring beauty she affected affect eJ dram as something sweetly supernatural might have done it was ar an effort for him to answer cohon cohen be felt as if it would bo be impossible for him to go away put pat the clock struck the hour and t the b a a shop bop hoy boy be beon bean on to put up the shutters abutters and the old man walked to the door taking dram brain with ill him then miriam smiling her farewell fai ewell passed like ithe a shadow into the darker shadows beyond nod and bram went home wondering to find that she had bad oat cast out of his heart hatred malice fretful worry and all uncharitable ness CHAPTER XI at hyde manor and dram bram and miriam in hyde manor house there was waa that stir of preparation which enill cates a departure hyde and katherine were taking a hasty meal together aide was as in full uniform his sword at his side aide hla his cavalry cap and cloak on a chair near him they both rose together Ha therine bravely smiling away the tears pars and looking exceeding ly lovely in her blue morning gown trimmed with fril frilling lins of thread lace and tilde gallant and tender but still with the air of a roan man not averse to go back a life i real duty lie he took katherine katherane lne in his bis arms kissed biased away her tears made her meny many a loving promise and then his bin cap and cloak left the room evidently he be had quite recovered his health and strength for he sprang vey ye y trally luto the saddle and gathering tho the reins in his hand band kept the animal in perfect control A moment ho he stood thus the very ideal of a fearless chivalrous band borne boma soldier the next his hie face softened to almost womanly tenderness or he ha saw caw katherine Kather lne coming hastily through gli the dim hall and into the clear sunshine and in her arms was kle little son she came fearlessly to MB his side aide and lifted the sleeping child to 0 o him ile he stooped and kissed it and then kissed apall tho beautiful mother and railing calling happily backward good bi my lay love god keep you rou love good by he be gave hi his horse home his hie own wild mill and was soon oon lost to sight eight among the treed of tb the park katherinc stood with mith her child in I 1 or er arms amis listening so 0 o tho the oi oer or fainter beat of licota ahr husband had bad gwo guo back to duta dut hla his furlough lad exair ed their long honeymoon was over but she rille as was neither fear ful fill nor unhappy hides friends bad procured his exchange exl iange into a court regiment lie was only going to 1011 don and lie ha was aa still her lover lovei sho she looked for forward viard with mith clear eyra as aa she elie sald said gratefully to hi lui se self f 1 I 1 so happy am it so tood is my husband hu 8 bandl so dear Is my child 1 so fair and soctt la is my home katherine Kather lne would mould not have been nap hap py had the estrangement between herself and her parents continued a bittar or a silent afloat one she did not suppose they would mould answer the letter sho she had sent by the fisherman budde go BO immediately after her anival at jamaica katherine Kather lne wrote va rote to her mother and without walling waiting for re plies piles she continued her letters regu barly from llyde they were mere la in a spirit of tho the sweet sweetest cst and frankest confidence 1 she asked her advice with mith all the faith of a child and the love or of a daughter arid and she clip sent through her those sweet messages t f affection to her father which sho she feared a little to without her mother a media tion but when she had a son bon and when hyde agreed to the boy being named george she wrote a letter to him the letter full of love starred all through with ith pet words and wisely reminding him more of their own past happiness than enlarging on her pres cut joy made his heart molt melt iio could do no business that day lie felt that a he must go home he and tell lombet only the mother could fully under stand bland and share bis big joy ile ho gave her the letter with a smile arid and then walked up and down domn while she read it well jerls a beautiful letter tit la in iii and thou then hat haa a ot thy own name a little jerls od oa how I 1 long 1 0 ti g to t 0 see him would god he was here i e r el the face ot of jolts was mas happy and life his eyes shining hut but he had not yet much to say eay lie ile walked about for an hour and listened to louet L I b el who as ad she eho polls he r silver 1 retold told bl dm all that kathelen Kat helln had I 1 1 l ID of f b her or husband a love and of NO go in CBS bof to her kt last ho he ruse rose and wint nt jno the garden and washed nate aul ml wati loozl raa ica from b bid ld to bod and bit ata id loola ing down at the green shaou of the early caily lowers about bout three 0 lock bo a come came into to the house with a fit i quick step Ly lysbet abet thinking I 1 bills been th ahing of katherine Kather lne a marriage dotter detler than I 1 expected it has turned out I 1 I think that katherine lias made a good marriage th the best beat marriage of all the children dost thou believe that h cr h bus us band Is so kind and so prudent as she says I 1 no doudt doubt I 1 have see then I 1 will mill send katherine Kath erlna her portion it Is tor for her and her children can I 1 trust them with mith it I 1 katherane Kather lne la Is no waster and full of 0 bleness nobleness ro Is her husband writs write thou to him and put it in his big charge tor for katherine Kather lne and her children and tell him in ills his honor boner thou trust entirely and I 1 think that he will do in all things light I 1 islet at et what then jolts the cup of silver which my father gme gave us at our marr marriage lage it was moo given to my gratt grandfather alen he be was mayor of middleburg ills ilia name il no ilo o was jolts to my 1 grandson friall I 1 send it oh my jerls much pleasure mould thou give katherine and me alsol also I 1 et the little fellow have it I 1 will mill tell katherine dut but thou too write her a letter tot tor little uhe she will think of her fortune or of the cap if thy love thou send bend not cot with them and jerls had bad done all that he pur par pose posed d and done it without one giuda ing thou thought git or doubting word and alyde was as not to such noble trust lie ile fully determined to deserve it As jerls borla sat eat smoking that night he ha thought over ills hia proposal and then for the first arat time it struck him that tho the middleburg cup might have a pecullar peculiar significance and value to to dram brom when lysbet sat eat dom down a with a little sigh of content beside him and said bald A happy night la is this athla to us ue jerls he answered ana wred god la Is good at always IV ay better to us than we trust him for I 1 want to say eay now what I 1 have been considering the last hour bour some other cup me will send to the little jerls for I 1 think dram bram will like to have the middleburg cur cup best beet of all 0 always bram hie has been promised the Gull GuIl derland dorland cup and the server berver that hat koca goes with A ith it that la Is the truth but I 1 ill tell ou oil something lysbet the middle burg cup was given by the jews of middleburg to my ancestor because areat fao s and protection he gave gava them when ho be was mayor of the city brain Is very often with miriam cohen arld and then jerls stopped and lyet anxiously for him to nv 1 the sentence but he be only puffed puffed and looked thoughtfully at the bowl of ills his pipe what mean you 1 I think that he ha loves her well wel that he would mould like to marry ncr her la Is she eho so fair faira A beautiful face and gracious ways she ehe has like her tho the bolover rachael rachacl must have bavo been I 1 think why do you not stand m with ith bram as a you stood with katherine Kather lne little uso use it would he be jerls to ghe consert in this matter would bo be a sacrifice refused d do co sure that cohen will not listen to dram no nor to ou nor to nip me nor to miriam B S ty ly to dram I 1 am williw 1 and cohen coben will ill tay bay to him never never will mill I 1 consent if aou ou keep the jews cup for dram and Al miriam irlam always aou ou will alil keep it yes yea and they that live after ou oil too at tho the very cry hour jerls and lysbet ft e era re discussing tho the position of their son with bogard to mil lam cohen the question lon was being definitely settled lit at another point for jerls was not the only person who iio had observed dram bram devotion to the beautiful JONs egg cohen had bad vat vatcher clied him with close and cautious jealousy for many months but lie he was far too wise to stimulate love by opposition and he b did not belleve believe in half measures when lie he defined hiriams Mir iams duty to her he meant it to be in such shape as aa precluded argument or uncertainty ant tor for this purpose delay was mas naces necessary but it happened that after some boole months of a final and satisfactory letter had bad come to him by the same post as brought kath or I 1 no a letter to jerls van ile ho read its contents A with ith a sad sat lE faction and then locked cited it away un until til the evening hours secured him from business interruption thence then he went ment to his grandchild she looked so pretty and happy and careless that tor for some time he be did not like to break the spell of her restful beauty then he said bald in slow even tones my child listen to me this summer my young kinsman judah delasco belasco will come here no ho comes to marry aou ou you will be i happy wife ife my dear lie ile has mon eye eya and he has haa the power to make mak moneys and he be Is a good young roan man I 1 I 1 have been cautious concerning that my deal thero there was a long pause ITA ha did ahi not hurry burry her but sat waiting 1 with his bla ees fixed upon the bool book J in her bond band clr a 1 I do not want mant to graba father I 1 im am he BO young I 1 lAdo do hnot not know judah belasco ahi you that have bave emelyn lear it to la part of tho the en ie my shall now live in new york arit put from your heart llort i or anc any buxer ve you ot t ra ava 41 ilee I 1 ii X aboa ahoa Is good 6 Is h d me I 1 r I 1 I 1 a le ra 41 4 1 lu I 1 am not ans thing it you choos chiosey choosey 0 mus hubband huB W hand barid or eyen yan a i a b cit b their both ma may you I 1 W roy my dear judah la Is or of good stock i of OC a rood good treo tree ou may expect goodba goodr fruit 11 1 dram van al also the tha A son of oft i good father many times ou oil have said I 1 W I 1 yes I 1 havo have said it but dram la Is not of our people my dear will you take your own on way may or will mill ou obey the word woid of tho lord my father I 1 will mill keep the promise that I 1 made you I 1 will do all that you aibe cohen bowed bis big head solemnly and remained for iome bome minutes afterwards motionless ills eyes were closed his face was as as still as aa a painted face whether he bo was aas praying graying or miriam knew not dot but solitude Boll tude to la tho the first erst cry of the wounded heart and she went away into it IL she was nas like a child chila that had bad been smitten and wrom there was wag note nore to comfort dut she i ever bever thought of desput ng her grard grandfathers fathers word or of opposing his will to bo be continued |