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Show HH. The Bow of Orange Ribbon f H A ROMANCE OF NEW YORK H Dy AMELIA E. DAR.R. B J Author of'FtUnd Oil vlfk.""!. Thou ani (! Other On,"Eo. BBl X Copyright, lffis, by Dodd, Uead nd Company. J H 4-M-'r-5 H CHAPTER XI. (Continued.) HHg And It was during this liotir of trial HH to Miriam, that Jorls ai talking to HHJ Lysbct ot her. It did him good to put HHJ his fears Into words, for Lysb't's HHJ assurances wcro comfortablo; mid aa HHJ It had been a day full of feeling, ho HHJ was weary and went earlier to his HHJ room than usual. On the contrary, HHJ Lysbct was very wakeful. Slio car HHJ rlcd her sewing to tho candle and sat HHJ down to think. HHJ In tho midst of her reflections, HHJ Itram rctumod. She had not expect- HHJ od him so early, but the sound of his HHJ foot was pleasant. Ho camo In slowly, HHJ and, after somo pottering. Irritating HHJ delays, bo pushed his father's chair HHJ tack from the light and with a heavy HHJ sigh sat down In It. HHJ "Why sigh yon so heavy, Dram? HHJ Every sigh still lower sinks tho HHJ HHJ "A light heart I shall never have HHJ again, mother. For mo thero Is no HHJ hopo. So qulci and shy was my HHJ HHJ "Oh, indeed! Of all tho coquettes, HHJ tho quiet, shy ones aro tho worst." HHJ "No coquette is Miriam Cohen. My HHJ lovo llfo is at an end, mother." HHJ "When began It, Dram?" HHJ "It was at tlio time of tho duel. I HHj loved her from tho first moment. O HHJ mother, mother!" HHJ "Docs sho not love you!" HHJ "I tlilnk bo; many sweet hours wo HH havo had together. My heart was full HH HH "Well, then, my son, bo not easy to HH loso thy heart Try onco more." HH "Useless It would be. Miriam Is HH not one of those who say 'no' and HH thon 'yes.'" HH "Nearly two years you havo known HH her. That was long to keep you In HH hopo and doubt. I think sho Is a HH ooquetto." HH "You know her not, mother. Vory HH few words of lovo havo I dared to say. HH Wo have been friends. I feared to HH- loso all by asking too much." HH "Then, why did you ask her to- HH olghtT It would havo been bettor had HH your father spoken first to Mr. Co HH HH "I did not ask Miriam to-night. She HH spared mo all sho could. This Is what sho said to mo, 'Dram, dear Dram, I HH, ' fear that you begin to lovo me, be- HH. ;i causo I think of you very often. And HHfr, w my grandfather has Just told me that Hji I am promised to Judah Dclasco of HKn London. In tho Bumincr ho will como Ki hero and I shall marry him.'" r "What said you thon?" H "Oh, I scarco know! Dut I told hor Bv bow dearly I loved her and I asked m j her to bo my wlfo." j "And sho said what to thco?" " i t "'My father I must obey. Though he B. ,-told mo to slay myself, I must obey i blm. Dy tho God of Israol, I havo Br jj promised It often.'" H II "Sho Is a good girl. I wish that you v ) hAl won her, Dram." And Lysbet put U down hor work and went to her son's K-f"i j sldo; and with a great sob Dram laid B his hoad ngalnst hor breast. K "As ono whom his mother comfort- Hf thr" Oh, tondor and wonderful con- HHf solution! It Is tho mother that turns HB tho blttor waters ot llfo Into wine. B Dram talked bis sorrow over to his f mother's lovo and pity and sympathy; B ' and when sho parted with him, long f i aftor the midnight, sho said cheer Bs fully, "Thou bast a bravo soul, mljn BBl. soon, mljn Dram; and this trouble Is BHV not all for thy loss and grief. A swcot BHV. memory will this beautiful Miriam bo HH as long as thou 11 vest; and to have HH lorod well a good woman, will inako HH Uioo always a better man for It." CHAPTER XII. BBl H" London Life. t Tho trusting, generous letter which , ," Jorls had written to his son-in-law , airlvod a few days beforo Hydo's do- - I parturo for London. HJj I Hydo know well tho Importance of HE ' Kathcrlno'B fortune. It enabled him HH i to faco his relatives and friends on H a vory much bettor footing Uian ho HH , had anticipated. So ho was no longor HftT averso to mooting his former compau- ft Ions; oven to thorn, a rich wife would HH excuse matrlnmony. HHJ Ills first social visit was paid to his HB mntornal grandmother, tho lowagor BB t Lady Capel. Ho found ter In tho ' most careless dishabille, wlglcss and BH. ', anpalnted, and rollod up comfortably i i in an old wadded morning gown that HBi had seen years of snuffy scrvlco. Dut H oho had outlived hor vanity. Hydo had E chosen tho very hour In which shu had nothing whatever to amuso her, and H;- bo was a vc elcomo Interruption. H, And, upon i whole, ho llkod her K-, So she heard tho rutno ot Hyde's t aword and tho clatter of his feet on Hi itho polished stairs, with a good deal H of satisfaction. "I have him hero and Hl) I shall do my best to keep him horo," Hli abo thought "Why should a proper Hll young fellow Uko Dick bury himself JMBJi fttlro In tho fens tor a Dutch woman? Hj In short, sh has had enough, and too H much, of him. Ills grandmother has H i a prior claim, I hopo, and then Ara- H bella Suffolk will holp me. I foresee H talschlet and amuhoment Well Dick, j, yoa rascal, so you have had to leave H , . America! I expected It Oh, sir, I H ' are heard all about you from Ade- j j Witde! You are not to he trusted, H I "either among men or women. And H ; ; , pray where Is the wlfo you mado such H jf '. fracas about? Ih she In London H' I tvlth you?" I ' u "No, madam; s!io preferred to remain re-main at Hyde, and I havo no happiness happi-ness beyond her deslro." "Hero'B llnrnol Hero's constancy! And you hnvo been married a whole year! I am struck with admiration." "A wholo year a year of divino hnpplnvss, I aesuo you." "Lord, sir! You will bo tho laughing laugh-ing stock of tho town If you talk In such fashion. They will havo you In tho playhouses. Pray let us forget our domestic joys a llttlo. You can mnko n good flguro In tho world; and as your cousin, Arabella Suffolk Is staying with me, you will bo tho propcrcst gallant for her when Sir Thomas Is at tho House. Hero comes Arabella, and I am anxious you should mako a flguro In her eyes," Arabella came In vory quietly, but sho seemed to tako possession of the room ns sho entered It She had a bright, piquant faco, a tall, graceful form, and thtt air of high fashion which Is perhaps qulto as captivating. Arabella mado Hydo a pretty, mocking mock-ing courtesy, and ho could not help looking with somo lntorcst at tho woman wo-man who mluht havo been his wife. Kathcrino was Ignored In tho conversation con-versation that followed, nnd Hydo did not feel any deslro to bring oven her namo Into such a mocking, jeering, perfectly heartless conversation. He was content to laugh and let tho hour go past In (Urn-Hams of criticism and persiflage. A couplo of hours pnsscd; and then It becamo evident, from tho pawing nnd snorting outsldo, that his horso's pntlenco was quito exhausted. Hydo went away In an excitement of hopo nnd gay anticipations. A momentary gianco upward showed him Lady Cnpel and Lady Suffolk at tho window, watching him; tho withered old wo-mnn wo-mnn In hor soiled wrappings, the youthful beauty In all tho bravery of her white and gold poudesoy. Ho mado them a saluto, and then, In a clamor ot clattering hoofs, ho dashed through tho square During tho next six months society mado an Idol ot Capt Hyde, and, If ho was not at Lady Arabella's feet, ho was certainly vory constantly at her stde. Hydo loved his wife, lovod her tenderly ten-derly and constantly; ho folt himself to bo a bettor man whenever bo thought of her and his llttlo son, and ho thought of them very frequently; and yet his eyes, his actions, tho tones of his volco dally led his cousin, Lady Suffolk, to Iraaglno hw-BClf tho om-pross om-pross of his henrt and life. Unfortunately, Unfortun-ately, his military duties wero only on vory raro occasions any restraint to him. His days wcro mainly spent in dangling after Lady Suffolk and other fair dames. And It must bo romembored that tho Kngllsh women ot that day wore such as England may well hopo never to seo again. In tho higher classes thoy married for monoy or position, nnd gavo themselves them-selves up to Intrigue. Thoy drank deeply; they played high; they very Bcldom went to church, for Sunday was tho fashlonablo day for all kinds ot frivolity and amusement. And as tho men ot any generation aro Just what tho women mako them, England Eng-land nover had sons so profligate, so profano and drunken. Tho clubs, especially Drooke's, wero tho nightly scenes ot Indescrlbablo orgies. Gambling Gam-bling was tnclr serious occupation; duels woro ot constant occurrence Such a llfo could not be lived except ex-cept at frightful and generatly ruinous oxpenso. Hydo was soon embarrass-od. embarrass-od. Towards Christmas bills began to pour In, creditors becamo lmpor-tunato, lmpor-tunato, and, for tho first tlmo In his llfo, creditors really troubled him. Tho tncomo from Hydo Manor had never been more than was required for tho expenses ot tho placo; and tho Interest Inter-est on Katherlno's monoy had gono, though ho could not tell how. Ho was dostltuto of ready cash, and ho foresaw that ho would havo to borrow somo from Lady Capel or somo othor accommodating friend. Ho returned to barracks ono Sunday Sun-day afternoon, and was moodily thinking think-ing over tboso things, when his orderly order-ly brought him i letter which had arrived ar-rived during bis absence. It was from Kathorlno. His faco flushed with delight as bo read It, so sweet and tender and iuro was tho neat eplstlo. "Sho wants to seo me. Oh, tho dear onol Not more than I want to seo hor. Fool, villain, that I am; I will go to hor. Kathcrino! Katui My dctr llttlo Kato!" So he ejaculated kj he paced his narrow quarters, and tried to arraugo his plans tor a Christmas Christ-mas visit ot his wlfo und child. He had determined to ask Lady Capel for a hundred pounds; and he thought It would bo the best plan to mako his request when she was surrounded sur-rounded by company, and under the plcasureablo excitement of a winning rubber. And If the circumstances proved adverse, then he could try his fortune In tho hours ot her morning retirement. Tho mansion In Berkeley Square was brilliantly lighted when ho approached ap-proached it. Sunday night was Lady Capel's great card night, tad the rooms wero full ot tables surounded by powdered and painted beauties Intent upon tho gamrt and the gold. The odor of musk was everywhere, and tho sound of tho tapping ot gold fus, and tho sharp, technical calls of tbe gamesters, ana tne hollow laughter of hollow hearts. . Not vory hopefully ho approached Lady Capel. Sho had been unfortun-ato unfortun-ato all the evening and was not amiable. ami-able. "Dick, I am angry at you. I havo a mind to banish you for a month." "I am going to Norfolk for two weeks, mndam." "That will do. It Is a worso punish-mont punish-mont than I should have given you. Norfolk! Thero Is only ono word between it and tho plantations. Qlvo mo your arm, Dick; I shall play no moro until my luck turns. Losing cards aio dull company." "I am very sorry that you havo been losing. I enme to nsk for tho loan of a hundred pounds, grandmother." "No, sir, I will not lend you a hundred hun-dred pounds; nor am I In tho humor to do anything olso you deslro." "I mako my apology for tho request I ought to have asked Kathcrlnc." "No, sir you ought not to have asked ask-ed Kathcrlnc, You ought to tal;o what you want Jack Capel took every shilling ot my fortuno and neither said, 'by your leavo,' nor 'thank you.' Did tho Dutchman tlo the bag too close?" "Councillor Van Hcomsklrk left It open, In my honor. When 1 am scoundrel enough to touch It, I shall not ccmo and seo you at all, grandmother." grand-mother." "Upon my word, a very pretty com-pllmentl com-pllmentl Well, sir, I'll pay you a hundred hun-dred pounds for It Whon do you start?" "To-morrow morning." "Mako It afternoon, and take caro of mo as far as your aunt Julia's. And I daresay you want money to-night. Hero aro tno keys of ray desk. In tho right hand drawer aro some rouleaus of fifty pounds each. Tako two." Tho weather, as Lady Capel said, was "so very Dcccmbcrlsh" that tho roads wero passably good, being frozen fro-zen dry and bard, and on tho evening of tho third day Hydo camo in sight of his home. His heart warmed to tho lonely place: and tho few lights in Its windows beckoned him far moro pleasantly than tbe brilliant llluuml-nations llluuml-nations ot Vauxhall or Almacks, or even tho cold splendors ot royal receptions. re-ceptions. Ho had given Kntherlno no warning of his visit. Ho wanted to seo with his own eyes, and hear with his own cars, tho glad tokens of her happy wonder. Tho kitchen tiro threw great lustres across the brick-paved yard; nnd the blinds In Katherlno's parlor wcro undrawn, un-drawn, and Its lira and cnndlo light shono on tho freshly laid tea tabic, and tho dark walls gleaming with bunches ot holly and mistletoe. Dut sho was not there. Ho only glanced Insldo tho room and then, with a smllo on his faco, went swiftly up-stnlrs. up-stnlrs. Ho had noticed tho light in tho uppor windows, and ho knew whero ho would find his wlfo. Dcforo ho reached tho nursery ho heard Katherlno's voice. Tho door was a llttlo open, and ho could seo every part ot tho charming domestic scone within tho room. A middle-aged woman waB quietly putting to rights the sweet disorder Incident to tho undressing ot tho baby. Kathorlno had played with It until they wero both a llttlo Hushed nnd weary and sho waB softly singing to tho drowsy child at her breast. Over and over, softer and slower, went the melody. It was evident that tho boy was asleep and that Kathcrino was going to lay him In his cradlo. Ho watched her do It; watched hor gently tuck In tho cover and stand for a moment to look down at tho child. Then with a face full ot lovo sho turned away, smiling, and qulto unconsciously camo toward him on tiptoes. With his face beaming, with his arms opened, he entered; but with btich a sympathetic understanding understand-ing ot the sweet need ot sltcnco and restraint, that thero was no alarm, no outcry, no fuse or amazement Only a whispered "Katherlne," and tho Bwlft rapture ot meeting hearts and lips. (To be couttnncd.) |