| Show am 4 t t the 0 bow ow of orange A ribbon dibbon A ROMANCE OF NEW by AMELIA E BARR BARP BAR R P author of Trl olivia 1 thou and the other one eto Copy copyright richt 1889 by dodd idesa anil and company I 1 CHAPTER I 1 IX X continued one la is wanting of tho the dozen mother at the last cake baking with the dish of cako cake sent to joanna it went back it has haa not come for it you might go katherine Kather lne I 1 like riot not that my sets are broken katherine blushed scarlet this was the opportunity she wanted she wondered it if her mother suspected the want but lysbeth Lys bets face expressed only a little worry about the missing damask slowly though her heart beat almost at her lips she bhe folded away her work the nights were yet chilly though the first blooms wore were on the trees and the wadded cloak and hood were not far out ot of season as to cause remark As aa she came downstairs down stairs the clock struck seven there was yet an hour and she durst not wait so long at the bottom of the garden while it was early in the evening and this singular leluc reluctance tance to leave home assailed katherine Kather lne it if sho she had bad known that it was to be forever her soul could not have more sensibly sensibly taken its farewell of all the dear familiar objects of her dally daily life about her mother this feeling culminated she found her cap a little out of place and her lingers fingers lingered in the lace and stroked fondly her hair and pink cheeks until lysbet felt almost embarrassed barr assed by the tender but unusual show of affection now then go my katherine Kather lne to joanna give my dear love tell her that very good were the cheesecakes cheese cakes anti and the krul lers and that tomorrow to morrow I 1 will como come over and see the now carpet they have bought and while she spoke she was retying hood and admiring as she did so the fair sweet face in its quil tings of crimson satin and the small dimpled chin resting upon the fine bow she tied under it then she followed her to the door a and nd watched her down the road until she bho saw her meet dominie van linden and stand a moment holding his hand A message in es I 1 am going tor for my mother sh she 0 said as she firmly refused his escort then with madam your mother I 1 will sit until you return he be replied cheerfully and katherine Kather lne answered that will be a great pleasure to her sir air 11 A little farther she eha walked but suddenly remembering that the dominies visit would keep her mother in tho the house and being made restless by the gathering ot of the tha night shadows she aho turned quickly and taking the very road up w ich ch hyde had come the night nell challenged him she entered the garden by a small gate at its foot which was waa intended for tho the gardeners uso use the lilacs had not much lollage but in the dim light her dark slim figure was undistinguishable lipkind them longingly and anxiously tle looked up and down the water way A mist was gathering it and there were no boats in the channel except two pleasure lops already tacking to their proper piers the dauntless had bad been out of sight for hours there was not the splash of an oar and no other river a aund at that point but the low pecullar peculiar wish h h of the turning tide all her senses were keenly on the alert suddenly there was the sound of oars and the measure was that of steady powerful strokes she turned her face southward and watched like a flash a boat shot out of the shadow a long swift boat that came like a fate rapidly and without hesitation to her very feet richard quickly left it and with a few strokes it was carried back into the dimness of the central channel then he turned to the lilac trees Kather lne my love my wife my beautiful wifel my true good bearil enow now at last my own nothing shall part us again katherine Kather lne never again I 1 have come for you come at all risks for you only five minutes the bla beat can wait are you ready 1 I know not richard sly my father my mother ay I 1 my iy hus husband bandl I 1 say that also beloved am I 1 not first it if one word I 1 could send them they suspect me riot not they think you are gone it will kill my father you shall write to them on the ship there are a dozen fishing boats near it we will send the letter by one no of them my wife do you need more persuasion she had no times time to consider richard was wooing her consent with kisses and entreaties her own soul birgel her not only by the joy of his presence but by the memory ot of the anguish she had bad endured that day in the terror ot of bis big desertion she clung to her husbands arm she lifted her face to his she said bald softly but clear aly y 1 I will go with you richard V 6 TI t you I 1 will go where to I 1 care nol noi 1 all they stepped into the boat and hyde said oars not a word was spoken boken lie ile held her within his left irm arm close to his bis side and partially covered with hla his military cloak all the pait was waa behind her she had done what was waa irrevocable for joy or tor for it orrow her place was evermore at ilar hr husbands husband side ilde richard knew eat very doubt and fear had van ihl when her hand stole into hla his hand when she slightly lifted her face saal whispered richard curing that same hour jerls WAS in be town council there had been a I 1 stormy and prolonged session on the quartering act all the way home he was pondering the question and when he found dominie van linden talking to lysbet he gladly discus discussed sea it over again with him lysbet sat beside them knitting and listening until after nine joris jerls did not notice the absence of hla his laughter daughter she went to joannas said lysbet calmly still in her own heart there was a certain uneasiness katherine had never remained all night before without sending some message or on a previous understanding to that effect in the morning jerls rose very ear early Y and went into the garden generally this service to nature calmed and cheered him but he came to breakfast from it silent and cross ile he reached his store in that mood which apprehends trouble and finds out annoyances that under other circumstances cum stances would not have any attention ile he was threatening a general reform in everything and everybody when a man came to the door it if you are jerls van heemskirk I 1 have a letter for you I 1 got it from the dauntless ss last night when I 1 was fishing in the bay without a word jerls took the letter turned into his office and shut the door it was writing and hold held the folded paper in his hand and looked stupidly at it the truth was forcing itself into his mind and the slow coming conviction was a real physical agony to him through a mist he made out these words my fattier father and my 1 mother I 1 have gone with my husband I 1 married richard when ho be was ill and tonight he came lor for me when I 1 left home I 1 knew riot not I 1 was to go only five minutes I 1 had in gods name this Is the truth always at the end of the world I 1 shall love you forgive me forgive me fijn fader fijn your child KATHERINE HYDE ile he toro tore the letter into fragments dragmen ts but the next moment he picked them up folded them in a piece of paper and put them in his pocket then he went to mrs gordons she had antle antic ir abed the visit and was in a measure ure prepared for it with a smile and outstretched hands she rose from her chocolate to meet him you see I 1 am a terrible sluggard councillor she laughed but the colonel left early for doston boston this morning and I 1 cried myself into another sleep and will you have a cup of chocolate madam I 1 came not on courtesy but for my daughter where is my katherine truth air I 1 believe her to be where every woman wishes with her husband her hus husband bandl I 1 who then indeed councillor that is a question easily answered my nephew capt hyde at your service when were they married in faith I 1 have forgotten the precise date it was in last october who married them it was the governors chaplain the rev mr somers a relative of my lord somers a most estimable estl maMa and respectable person I 1 assure you C col ol 01 gurdon gordon and capt earle and my self were the witnesses twice over deceived I 1 have been tb then in short sir air there was no help for it and if you will take time to reflect I 1 am sure that you wilt will be reasonable 1 I know not I 1 know not 0 my katherine my 1 I pray you sit down councillor you look taint faint and ill I 1 protest to you that katherine Kath erino is happy and grieving will not restore your loss for that reason I 1 grieve madam nothing can give me back my child come sir air every one has his bis calamity and upon my word you are very fortunate to have one no greater than the marriage of your daughter to an agreeable man of honorable profession and noble family CHAPTER X popular opinion then joris went home on his bis road he met dram bram full of the first terror ot of hla his sisters disappearance ile he told him all that was necessary and sent him back to the store and see you keep heep a modest face and make no great matter of it he said de be riot not troubled nor elated it belongs to you to be very prudent I 1 will not have katherine made a wonder to gaping women lysbet was still a little on the defensive but when she saw joria coming home her heart turned sick alck with fear thee joris dinner wit will I 1 not be ready for two hours art thou sick Kather katherine lne she has bar gonel gone gone and where then with that englishman in the dauntless they have gone then he told her all mrs gordon had bad sald said and showed her the fragments of letter the mother kissed them and put them in I 1 her bosom and as she did so BO she said softly it was a great strait carls well well wall me also alao must pus pass through it the dominie van linden hag bait gone gona to examine the records ind and then if she his lawful wife be in the newspapers I 1 must advertise the marriage if it if she his lawful wire wife be say not if it in my hearing say not it if ot of my katherine Kather lne W when h en a girl runs away from her ho home m e with her husband she went keep that in mind when people speak to thee what kind of a husband will he be tu to her well then I 1 think not bad of him nearer home there are worse men I 1 think my katherine Kather lne Is happy and happy with her I 1 will be though the child child in her joy I 1 see not while they were eating an early dinner joanna cabe in sad and tearful what ther is the matter with thee asked lysbet with great composure 0 mother my my sister katherine 1 I thought perhaps thou had bad news of latavius Bata vius thy sister katherine hath married a very fine gentleman and she Is happy for thou must remember that all the good men to do not come from dordrecht Dord recht 1 I am glad that thai so you take it I 1 thought in fit very great sorrow you would be see that you do not say such words to ti any one joanna very angry I 1 will bo be if I 1 hear them Bat aylus also he must be quiet on this matter 0 then Data latavius vius has many things of greater moment to think about ot of katherine Kather lne he never approved and the talk there will be he will not like it before from boston lie he cornea comes back I 1 shall be glad to have it over joanna many will praise katherine for she to herself has done well and when back she comes at the governors she will visit and with all the great ladles ladies and not one among them will bs be so lovely as katherine Kather lne hyde and it if joanna had bad been ln in madam semples Sem parlor a few hours later sho she would have had a most decided illustration of Lys lysbeth bets faith in the popular verdict madam was sitting at her tea table talking to the elder who had bad brought home with him the full supplement to joannas story nell had heard nothing ile he had been shut up in his office all day over an important suit and was irritable with exhaustion though he was doing his best beat to keep himself in control cont iol and when madam his mother said pointedly im fearing nell that the bad news has made you ill you arena at a like he asked without m much uch interest what bad news the news anent katherine Kather lne van liem what of her he asked you hear bear site she ran awa last night wl capt hyde stole awn awa wl him on the dauntless she would have the right to go with him I 1 have no doubt said nell with guarded calmness do you really think she was his wife it if she went with him I 1 am sure she was lie ife dropped the words with an emphatic precision and looked with gloomy eyes out of the window gloomy but steadfast as it if ho he were trying to face a future to lo which there was no hope but it if she isna persisted madam in a moment nell let slip the rein in fit which he had been holding himself and in a slow intense voice answered 1 I shall make it my business to find out it if katherane Kather lne is married god bless her if she is not I 1 will follow hyde around the world until I 1 cleave bleave his false heart in two his passion gathered with its utterance lie he pushed away his chair and put down his cup so indifferently that it missed the table and tell fell with a crash jerls tried to put the memory of katherine Kather lne away but he be could not accomplish com a miracle the girls face was ever before him ile he felt her caressing fingers linked in his own and as he walked in his house and his garden her small feet pattered beside him for as there are in creation invisible bonds that do not break like mortal bonds so also there aro are correspondences subsisting between souls despite the separation ot of distance to be continued |
