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Show at least reconciled to the Idea of living a little longer. At least there was THE MAID sf MAIDEN l!ANE Sequel to The Cow of Orange Ribbon. A IOVE STORY (Copyright, IWOl bv CHAPTER JJC (GDntin-ei- .j I .am I care sot tax bugs inines. a poor lw d, It Cornelia no not si Hoc-- , lady. Giandtatber, will ou see tor Moran tor me? You .can bpeak .a . , .word that will pncvaiL" "I will not, my jors. IX thy father tirere not here, that would be differ-ep- t He la the rigU man to move in .the matter." I will Bee Cornelia for thee, said 1 will as Madame Van Ilecinskiik. the girl what she means. And aoe will tell me the truth. Yea, Inneed, it into .my Louse she comes, oat of it she goes not until 1 have too why, and the wherefore." Grandmother, you "Then good-bywill speak tor me?" And sue smiled and nodded, and stood on her tipLoe while Joris stooped and kissed her. Very near the great entrance gates of Hyde Manor he met his tatner and mother walking. George threw himself off his iioise with a loving Impetuosity, and his mother questioned him about his manner of spending the previous nay. How could tnou help knowing thy father had landed?" she asked. "Was not tne whole city talking of the circumstance? 1 1 was not in the city, mother. went to the pcstoiilce and irom there to Madame Jacobus. She was just leaving lor Charleston, and 1 went with her to the boat." "Well, go forward; when thy father and 1 have been round the land, we will come to thee. Thy cousin Annie is here." That confounds me. I could hardly believe it true." "She la frail and her physicians thought the sea voyage might give her the vitality she needs. We will talk more in a little while. Go, eat and dress, by that time we shall bu home." But though his mother gave him a final charge "to make haste," he went slowly. The thought of Cornelia had returned to his memory with a sweet, strong insistance that carried all beHe wondered If she was suffore If she thought he was sufferfering was sorry for him. If she ing it Oiirwmt-t- h vw r tftw woman AfllEMA E. BAKR BY o in meat the most unhappy New York. She had excused the ten words" be might have written yesterday. She had found In the unexpected return of his father and cousin reason sufficient for his neglect; but It was now past ten o'clock of another day, and there was yet no word from him. The tension became She longed for her distressing. father for a caller for any one to break this unbearable pause in life. Yet she could not give up hope. A core of excuses came into her mind ; she was sure he would come in the afternoon. He must come. Then as hour after hour slipped away, she was compelled to drop her needle. "Mother," sne said, 'Tam not well. 1 must go upstairs. She bad been holding despair at bay so many hours he could bear It no longer. The next morning she called Balthazar to her and closely questioned him. It had struck her In the night, that the slave might have lost the letter and be afraid to confess the accident But Balthazar's manner and frank speech was beyond suspicion. He told her exactly what clothing Lieut Hyde was wearing, how he looked, what words he said, and then with a little hesitation took a silver Amelia . Barr) u her usual employments, but at the end cf a week her embroidery frame slocd uncovered, her books were unopened, her music silent, and rhe declared herself unable to take her customary walk. Her mother watched her with unspeakable sympathy, but Cornelia's grief was dumb; it made no and ble moan, and preserved an attitude which repelled all discussion. As yet Bho would not acknowledge a doubt of her lover's faith; his conduct was certainly a mystery, but she tcid her heart with a passionate iteration that it would positively be cleared! up. Eo the world went on, hut Cornelias heart stood still, and at the end of the th rd week things came to this her lather looked at her keenly one morning and rent her Instantly lo bed. "She has typhoid, or I am much mistaken," he raid to the anxious mother. "Why have you said nothing to ins?" "John! John! What could I do? She would not hear of my speaking to you. I thought it was only sorrow e and Annie. Annie was always glad to Lee him, and he bad a great respect for Annies opinions. He heard her singing as he approached the drawing room, and be opened the door noiselessly and went n. He did not In any way disturb her. She ceased when the hymn was finished and sat still a few moments, realizing, as far as she could, the glory which doth not yet appear. Then he stood up and she came towards him. Hyde placed kcr In a chair before the fire, and then drew his own chair to her side. "Cousin, she said, "I am most glad to see you. Everybody has some work to do "And you, Annie?" "In this world I have no work to My soul Is here do," she answered. tor a purchase; when 1 have made it I shall go home again. You know what my father des'red. and what your father promised, for ns both?" Yes. Did you desire it, Annie?" "I do not desire It now. 1 shall marry no one. I will show you the to-day-." to alL to promises to His business is to do so ad lib. increasing daily X TZ Of Of and X to to to to to ...FRANK ERATH'S BREAD... to ft ft m to to to to to Is superior to tlie Royal and has no equal In this county. kf TEINMAN heart-ache.- " to to to to ttif "Only rorrow and heart-ache- ! Is rot that encugh to call typhoid or any other death? What la the trouble? Oh, 1 need not ask, I know It is that young Hyde. What is left us now, is to try and save her dear life." said the miserable father. "Suffering we cannot spare her. She must pass alone through the Valley of the Shadow; but it may be she will lose this sorrow in its dreadful paths." This was the battle waged in Dr. Moian's bouse for many awful weeks. One day, while she was In extremity, the doctor went himself to the apothecary's for medicine. As he came out of the store with it in his hand, Hyde looked at him with a steady implora-tlon- . He had evidently been waiting his exit. Sir!" he said, "I have heard a report that I cannot, I dare not believe. Believe the worst and stand aside, sir. I have neither patience nor words for you." "Your daughter? Oh, sir, have some ' 0 to vi i to ft to to to vi iXt to to to to to vi vi vi He opened the door noiselessly, better way. Few can walk In it, but Hr. Roslyn says, he thinks it may be my part my happy part to do so." vi Hyde looked at her with an Intense Interest He wondered if this angelic vi little creature had ever known the frailties and temptations of mortal life vi and she answered his thought as If vi he had spoken it aloud: I have known all "Yes, cousin, temptations, and come through all vi tribulations. My soul has wandered and lost Its way, and been brought back many and many a time, and pityr bought every grace with much suffer- vi "My daughter Is dying. Then, sir, let me tell you, that your ing. But God Is always present to behavior has been so brutal to her, help, while quest followed quest, and and to me, that the Almighty shows lesson followed lesson, and goal suc- vi both kindness and intelligence in tak- ceeded goal, ever leaving some evil tii ing her away and with these words behind, and carrying forward some of vi uttered in a blazing passion of Indig- those gains which are eternal. But nation and pity, the young lord crossed why do you look so troubled and re- i to the other side of the street, leaving luctant? li Before Hyde could answer, the Earl 4 the doctor confounded by his words came into the room and the young and manner. iXt There is something strange here," man was glad to see his father. he said to himseir; the fellow may be My dear George, the earl said, I vi as bad as bad can be, but he neither am delighted to Bee you. 1 was afraid looked nor spoke as if he had wronged you would stay iu the city this dreadvi Cornelia. If she lives I must get to ful weather. Is there any news? A great deal, sir. 1 have brought the bottom of this an air." t ith this admission and wonder, you English and French papers. iU I will read tnem at my leisure. the thought of Hyde passed from his mind, for at that hour the issue he Give me the English news first What had to consider was one of life or is it in substance?" The conquest of Mysore and Madeath. And although It was beyond all hope or expectation, Cornelia came dras. Seringapatam has fallen, and back to life. But she was perilously Tippoo has ceded to England f delicate, and the doctor began to of his domiuicns and three millions consider the dangers of her convales-venc- of pounds. Faith, sir, Cornwallis has given England in the east a compenhe said one evening when sation for what she has lost here In "Ava, Cornelia had been downstairs awhile, the west" To make nations of free men is it will not do for the child to run the risk of meeting that man. He spoke the destiny of our race, replied the to me once about her, and was out- earl. Perhaps so, for it seems the new rageously Impudent. There is something strange in the affair, but how colony planted at Sydney Cove, Aus- can I move in it? tr&lia, is (h..ng wonderfully, and that It Is impossible. Can you quarrel would mean an English empire in the with a man because he has deceived south." Yet, I hare just read a proclamaCornelia? You must bear and I must tion of the French assembly, calling bear." The best plan is to remove Cor- on the people of' France to annihilate colosnelia out of danger. Why not take at once the white, her to visit your brother Joseph at sus of English power and diplomacy. He has long desi.-eAuything else?" Philadelphia? "Minister Morris Is In the midst of you to do so. Make your arrangements as soon as possible to leave horrors unmentionable. The other New York. foreign ministers have left France, You are sure that you are right In and the French government Is desertr cd by all the world, yet Mr. Morris rechoosing Philadelphia? "Yes while Hyde Is in New York. mains at his post, though he was lateWrite to your brother and as ly arrested in the street and his house soon ns Cornelia is a little stronger, I searched by arned men. ''But this is nn Insult to the Ameriwill go with you to Philadelphia. can nation! Why dees he endure it? lie ought to return home. CHAPTER X. "Because he will not abandon his duty in the hour of peril and difficulty. eh Life Tied in a Knot One morning soon after the New I think Minister Morris is precisely Year, Hyde was returning to the where he should be, saving the lives Manor House from New York. It was of American citizens, many of whom in the shadow of a day to oppress thought, and tighten are trembling the guillotine. kill all hope and energy. the heart, and I hoar that Madame Klppons eh There was a monotonous rain and a sky like that of a past age solemn daughter, whom Mr. Morris rescued eh and leaden and tlu mud of the roads at the last hour, has arrived in New was unspeakable, lie was compelled York; and yesterday I met Mr. Van eh to ride slowly and to fed in its full Arlens. who is exceedingly anxious dh force, as it were, the hostility of concerning his daughter, the Marquise eh de Tounnerre. But when he reached home and his "Is she in danger. Poor little Aren-ta- l What will she do? valet had seen to his master's refreshment In every possible way, Hyde was (To ja jontinued.) ft to to to i'i to to to to to ft ft $ one-hal- to to to to to to to 'GET THE HABIT t S TE I N AND TRADE AT . to to WAINS f e. o clay-foote- d $ d to-da- "Your behavior has been brutal." crown piece from his pocket and added, he gave it to me. When ho took the letter in his hand he looked down at It and laughed like he was very happy; and lie gave me the money Sot bringing it to him; that is the truth, sure. Miss Cornelia." She could not doubt it. There war then nothing to lie done but wait In patience for ihc explanation she was certain would yet come. But, oh. with what leaden motion the hours went br! 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