The herald-advance., July 03, 1896, Image 6

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But 1m* baronet insisted that this
project might be very easily accom
plished, bml long since imagined it,
and now was certain of its success-—
entreated that Mrs. Willoughby would
not refuse lier coin-cut to its attempt,
tnd reminded her tint rejecting the
plan he had conceived. ltosa's first
born would be left to struggle with 11
world which did not. always bestow its
best rewards on those who most mer
ited them.
And Mrs. Willoughhy thought of
Sydney, out of employment and
wretched, and could but acknowledge
the truth that was in the words the
baronet had last spoken. And Sir
Loghlen promised Mrs. Willoughby
that he would not take his son beyond
her ach. The baronet would reside
in London, and with him. his niece
and her husband, if it should be com
pleted. as he had 110 doubt would be
the case, the marriage he so joyfully
contemplated.
"You would promise that he should
not be taken from me?" cried Mrs.
Willoughby. now fast yielding before
this last temptation.
"Never should he go beyond vour
sight," cried Sir Loghlen, growing
warmer and more urgent in his plead
ings as he felt convinced he would suc
ceed. "Consent, to all 1 ask. Our tate
is in your hands for it is not only of
the future of my own son that I
think the happiness of the other is at
stake for I would not separate the
two brothers."
"Tony, »or boy. he would also be
well cared for." thought Mrs. Will
oughby and then demanded of the
baronet how lie would contrive to
make acquaintance with th.j grand
sons.
And Sir I.oghten replied thnt noth
ing could be more easy he would re
turn in an hour or two with his niece,
and Mrs. Willoughby would have but
to say that, in former years, she aud
the ban.net had been acquainted.
"Let it all be as 1 would have it."
entreated Sir Loghlen. "Let Frances
and my son behold each other, and
heaven, who judges all intentions, and
who knows what are mine, will accom
plish the rest."
And Mrs. Willoughby wis greatly
troubled—knew not how to decide.
The baronet was, perhaps, right and
it might be that love for the other
would arise in the heart of each and
then, oh! then. Mrs. Willoughby would
believe that ltosa's pardon had de
scended to him who had
wronged her and poor, old Mrs. \N ill
oughby would then herself be able to
forgive.
Aud, with a joy at his heart greater
than it had ever known since those
days of his youth, when he had re
ceived a confession of her love for him
from the charming lips of Itosa Will
oughby. the baionet took his leave, for
an hour or so, of the mother of the tirst
and the only woman whom, in all his
life, he had ever truly loved.
How often had Sir Loghlen wished
that he had possessed the courage to
brave his father's anger and threats of
disinheritance, and that his marriage
with Kosa. had been as real as to that
unhappy and cruelly-deceived young
girl it liad appeared.
The baronet's carriage had rolled but
A few paces from Mrs. illoughby s
door, when it flashed across his mind
that even yet. he knew not what, name
had been given to his sou, nor what
had been the name of ltosa's second,
and lawfully-wedded husband.
Sir Loghlen. in his hurried and ex
cited interview with Mrs. Willoughby,
had forgotten to ask the name of that
sou about whom his heart had been so
deeplv interested.
About to order his coachman to re
turn the baronet then thought to him
self that it was not worth while, since,
in
an hour or so. he would behold the
young man. and from his own lips
learn his name.
Mrs. Willoughby. left to herself, had
seme difficulty in believing that she
had not been asleep and dreaming, so
strange did it seem to her that now,
after so very many years, she had, for
tho lirst time in her lite encountered
the man on whose head her curse had
always rested and that she had been
won so easily to pardon him.
1-4ut it was no dream she soon con
vinced herself. The baronet had been
there, accusing himself and imploring
that she would pardon him the wrong
he had inflicted 011 her child, aud he
had left her feeble and disarmed.
j^he had been won by the prospect of
fortune for her two grandsons, for Ixitli
wre equally dear to her heart, al
though the circumstances of his birth
and of his mother's wrongs had caused
for Sydney a compassion which, in its
display, had perhaps appeared a pref
erence in her love.
And without doubt Tc.ny would have
been angry with his grandmother if he
flftd not believed in her preference for
his brother, for he never put himself
In
comparison with Sydney, whom he
considered altogether a superior be
t&£-
But Mrs. Willoughby well knew that
Although in physical beauty Sydney
ttlgh surpass his brother, they were
most perfectly equal in their estimable
Qualities of miud ami heart.
And the baronet had promised that
would not separate the brothers,
Mrs. WiUouiglJUy believed that
11! I ill
so
basely
great happiness was now in her old
age about to arrive to her and to re
main with her for the little time thafr
she had yet to dwell on earth.
CHAPTER XII.
I'nwelcoine Visitor*
The brothers had returned lwm»» and
both had been unsuccessful in their
search.
Sydney was not to have the appoint
ment for which lie had last applied,
and Tony had again been unable to ol
tain any information concerning the
seal from which, at first, he had hoped
so much.
Both entered their grandmother's
presence with the most cheerful looks
it was now possible to them to as
sume.
But while Sydney's was a very sorry
attempt at cheerfulness. Tony's face
wore a pleased expression which might
readily have deceived more scrutiniz
ing eyes than were his grandmother's
as to the true feeling at his heart.
And besides. Mrs. Willoughby had
had an accident with her spectacles,
which wan the cause that Tony now
produced and presented to her a new
pair which he had bought for her.
Mrs. Willoughby said that Tony was
a dear, considerate boy, and so, indeed,
he was.
"Will they do gra'mother?" inquired
Tony, as he fixed the glasses to the old
lady's nose.
"Beautiful, beautiful!" was the re
sponse. "I see as well as when I was
a young girl of sixteen—in fact, bet
ter!" she added, seriously "for with
these I can see to read the very soul of
my dear, good boys, who were always
so generous to their old grandmother—
always bringing her some nice little
present."
And then she embraced Sydney, say
ing to herself that, with all the money
he could bring, it. would be quite possi
ble that Sir Loghlen O'Meara'3 niece
might be far more worthy to
become
the wife of her handsome and gentle
manlv-looking grandson. And when
Mrs. Willoughby had released Sydney,
Now." said her youngest grandson,
it is my turn "—and hugged the old
lady so violently that she was glad to
escape from his clutches.
And. while smoothing her cap, whose
border Tony had sadly ruffled, she
laughingly told him that he was more
like a young .bear than a respectable
human being.
Aud Tony laughed, too. and said he
did not know what should make him
so rough, for he had been brought up
very tenderly.
And now, observing Sydney, "Always
those sad looks, dear boy! Why are
you always so very wretched, and,
seemingly, so hopeless?" said Mrs.
Willoughhy.
"To-day, at least, grandmother," Syd
ney replied, "1 have good reason to be
miserable. The situation which I had
hoped to obtain
"Bother the situation!" broke in Mrs.
willoughby.
And her grandsons looked wonder
ingly at her, as, removing her new
spectacles from her nose, and placing
them carefully in their case, she said,
rather haughtily. "Who wants any of
their old situations? l'eople will have
to come and ask you for situations, 1
expect!"
"What do you mean?—whatever are
you talking about, grandmother,
dear?" demanded Tony, staring
with all his eyes, and wondering if his
Grandmother wns joking, and if ho
was expected to laugh, as he always
did, when lie cou see that the old
lndv was under an impression that
she had said something very funny.
To be Continued.
I'ncle Sam's Unique Rnm
A well known French writer on narnl
affairs says that the "Ammen Itam."
the Katahdin. is a vessel that is sure
to command more than usual interest
among those who have to take thought
for the lighting ships of the future,
because she is protected from gun-fire
in a manner which is almost perfect.
This vessel, which is now lying at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, has been
visited by many foreign naval ex
perts as well as by non-combatants,
who 50 to see her out of mere curios
ity. The upper part of her hull, the
deck, is convex in form, and when
sell is at sea, with her green color, she
will remind one of an immense whale
with a smokepipe protruding from its
back. The French writer alluded to
says that a ship of form and construc
tion analogous to the Katahdin would
possess, at an equal speed, many and
great advantages over the armored
battle ship of to-day, hampered with
its enormous superstructures she
could not only inflict the most serious
injuries upon her enemy with her
great ram bow, but she could get suf
fluently near to a hostile vessel to
launch her torjedoos without danger
from the enemy's artillery. In trials
she has shown that when under way
her hull is so protected by the waves
as to be practically invulnerable shell
might ricochet on her deck, but, ex
poding above that, they would probab
ly do little If any damage —New York
Tribune.
THE OLD-TIME FOtKTII
How Oar Father* and tJrundfather*
Celebrated the Day,
Our forefathers of three generations
ago had a much more pleasant method
of celebrating the glorious Fourth than
the advanced and cultured urcliiu of
to-day employs in paying tribute to
his dear old Uncle Samuel. O11 Satur
day next the nation will be plunged
in a hysterical vortex of booming,
snapping, thundering, cracking aud
crashing sound. Perhaps if the bold
signers of the Declaration of Inde
pendence could have known what they
were intlictiug upou posterity they
might have paused before affixing
their signatures to that noble docu
ment.
Contrasted with the violent celebra
tion of t.lds up-to-date age, the Fourth
July of sixty, seventy or one hun
dred years ago presents a peaceful
picture of hearty patriotism more in
keeping with the real sentiment of the
event than the present blustering fash
ion. I
For instance, here is the way the
people of ?ermnntown, l'a., celebrated
the Fourth of July of 181«S. There
were three cannon in the little town
which had done service both in Hie
Revolution and in the War of 18-12.
Several days before the Fourth the
ladies of the place boiled hams, roast
ed sucking pigs whole, baked pies by
the dozen and biscuits by the hundred,
made all manner of cake generously
lied with jam, aud on the morning of
the great day deposited the good things
with the proprietor of the best tavern
n town. It was the province of thar
important man to feed all the men
and boys of the place and surround
ing country with the provender sup
plied by their wives and daughters.
Huge tables, rough but solid, were
set 011 the village green, as there were
110 buildings in those days large
enough to accommodate such a great
congregation of people. Early in the
morning the young men of the place
had tired off the cannons two or three
times/as official notice that the Fourth
of July had come again. Powder was
none too cheap then, and it was need
ed for more practical purposes than
making an noise, so the salutes were
few in number.
1
At the noon hour the whole commu
nity of the town met at the green where
mine host of the tavern had already
heaped up the tables with the good
things provided. There were speeches
and a prayer, and then the work of the
day began Benches
were
placed on
all sides of the tables, and the eaters
sat as closely as possible. There was
not room enough for ail, and when
one had eaten his till his place was
immediately taken by some hungry cit
izen who had patiently been waiting
his turn. The war heroes of the Rev
olution and of 1S12 were given tirst.
chance at the provender aud also the
seats of honor at the heads of the
tables.
Tho Lmllen Did Not Dine,
None of the ladies dined with the
men. it was not cons ilv red proper.
They stood in groups near the tavern.
Orator of (he Dny
gowned in their best and making
polite comments on the diners. In the
late afternoon, wlieu all the men
had eaten their till, there was a
ball iu the public house, and it was
here that the ladies really enjoyed
tfeft day. Tb«y danced right merrily
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until well on toward midnight, when
the candles, the musicians aud the
dancers were all exhausted.
In the -50s there was a change in
the method of celebratiug he Fourth.
The countr' was more prosperous,
and its patriotism had taken a more
vainglorious turn. The town of New
burg-ou-t lie-Hudson gave a great
Fourth of July celebration in the year
1K.TI. It was gotten up by an am
bitious tradesman v I10 had contracted
the political fever, and desired to rep
resent his district in Congress He
subscribed $50 to a celebration fund,
and after enlisting all the ladies of the
place in the scheme, he promised to
make good any amount that might, be
needed after the other townspeople
had been canvassed for contributions.
The ladies began the work weeks be
fore the Fourth. Committees were
appointed, and each member was to
call u|M)ii a certain number of her
friends for contributions. One lady
promised to contribute "a large loaf
of block cake nicely frosted for the
center of the main table, two large
boiled hams and six dozen soda bis
cuits." Furthermore, she said she
would help set the tables and give
the use of her silver spoons and cake
basket. This was a prize contribu
tion. Another lady whose husband
had already subscribed $10 promised
for the event six loaves of cake, six
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dozen biscuits and also enough cut
flowers from her garden to decorate
the tables. She also tendered the ser
vices of her coachman for the day
and the use of her farm horses for
conveying the provisions to the ban
quet grounds, a grove about two uiihis
from the village.
I'owder was purchased by the am
bitious politician, and the village can
non was shot, off at regular intervals
•luring the morning of the Fourth, lie
also gave small change to the boys
of the town, and this was used to buy
peppermint candy and gingerbread.
Firecrackers were very expensive
things then, ami few boys cared to
indulge in the luxury of using them,
even if they had the financial means.
In the morning all the people who
had promised provisions had them car
ried to the vestibule of the church,
which was used is depot on that day.
Ti e streets leading to the church were
teeming that morning with servants
and housewives, all carrying baskets
tilled with the good things. From the
burch they were carted to the grove.
There, from early sunrise,young ladi«*s
I end young men were busy making
and setting the rude tables, also a
phn e for the orator of the day.
The latter had been invited from a
neighboring town because of his wide
repute for eloquence. He was a young
man, who won- his hair long aud af
fected an artistic indifference to the
common affairs of life, lie was also
eccentric in his dress, and in ordinary
conversation used nothing but the
•most ponderous language. He was
regarded as one of the coming men
of the day by the community and
himself.
How the ProcesiNlnn Formed.
At midday all the preparations at
the grove had been completed, and the
people gathered at the church for the
grand procession to the festival place.
A band composed of young men of
the village led the way, followed by
the three finest equipages to be had,
I in which sat the aged Revolutionary
heroes. The 1X12 veterans marched
next, and then came all kinds of
vehicles, from the heavy farm wagon
the light buggy, containing the
to
the others walked, and to
time of the band made a
World
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n the Green
in this strain was
of the day. After tlie
qiience the Joints of
Llink
ktaius 100
At the grove the ministi:
prayer, and then the
tician read the Dm'la rath
pendence in his tinest
catne the orator of the
course, took as his therm
aud the great and growi .:
Here is an example of t.».
refers to the sit 1 lis:
"Behold those iron-lit
armed with dauntless va
eased in a panoply that
force could shatter, and
for battle, stalk boldly
with one stroke of the
vibration that shall only
felt when the universe
primeval chaos. Then li
agination, to the veifero
continued huzzas that reir
to the boom of canuou
versa I ringing of church
announced to an intcuMM
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This -was considered
and the long-haired y u
talk lug
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the never »o he
that independence of kin^':
nrehical tyranny had b•
with trumpet tongue,
henceforth prevail and
every individual human
and of right ought to
free."
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delicacies were attacked,
dusk when the feast.
iu the village at night there
works provided by
which were consider^il
but which would be
y
average small boy of
Altogether this was ninK
finest Fourth of Tul.v
the history of the ply.v.^anfl
many pec pie ^Vlt1'r('!1llb,'lei,J
cafe
nerves w uld '1()U
see the customs prjvauM
vived.
fHK IS "H
to
Veiietni-lnnl*i»«
k
for the Un«U
Why the black man
black is a question
whl'M''
childhood, has
exercised
many of us. Our nui^9
us that it. was "h(H'a',s5 &
wo," which sounds at.
fairly clinching
once likes to
il
in„ear
into things and null..
conflictiug theories b» .•
ward by scientists
t()
j,aVe
peculiarity. Some
certain varieties
spent too
much
ot
1,1
0f
to the sun the moisture
preventing tlietn li'in ©ei
stead of basted -and S
1 more tanned by
b,0^t tbe
I hey orbed at
negro. The latest ''.^a
subject, A. It. Kean '.^8^1
uie.it to those of
a
tbat
ieldio*,
ture. His theory
of vegetable foot'••
i9
bon can be assinii
betrayed
"colored
sponsible. Once
tariauism, our
0f
grew, through l,rjc^larker,
ever darker and da
work
through
time, gone so
diet,' persisted
generations, would no*
change tho Ethiopl®0
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children and the very old folks. All Union.