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In the city the business of the day VM over; but at the open doors of many of the shops little groups of ap­ prentices In leather aprons were talk­ ing, and on the broad steps of the City Hall a number of grave-looking toen were slowly separating after a very satisfactory civic session. They were all noticeable men. but Jorls Van Beemsklrk specially so. His bulk was OO rn-P?)* thnt It SPPWfl WS If he ITUlst bare been built up; it was too much to expect that he had ever been a >aby. He had a fair, ruddy face, and large, firm eyes, and a mouth that was at once Btrong and o wwet. And tie was also very handsomely dressed. The long, stiff skirts of his dark-blue ooat were lined with satin, his breeches were of black velvet, his ruf­ fles edged with Flemish lace, his ehoea clasped with silver buckles, his cocked hat made of the finest beaver. With his head a little forward, and his right arm across his back, he Walked slowly up Wall street Into Broadway, and then took a northwest­ erly direction towards the river bank. His home was on the outskirts of the city, but not far away; and his face lightened as he approached it. Councillor Van Heemskirk's father Ml -built the house and planted the garden, and he had the Dutch rever­ ence for a good ancestry. Often, he sent bis thoughts backward to remember how he walked by his father's side, or leaned against his mother's chair, as they told him the tragic tales of the •Id Barneveldt and the hapless De Witts; or how his young heart glowed to their memories of the dear father­ land, and the proud march of the Ba- tavlan republic. "Good evening, Mr. Justice. Good evening, neighbor," and he stood a minute, with his hands on his garden gate, to bow to Justice Van Gaasbeeck / end to Peter Sluyter, who, with their wires, were going to spend an hour er two at Christopher Laer's garden. "Men can bear all things but good days," said Peter Sluyter, when they had gone a dozen yards in silence; "since Van Heemskirk has a seat In the council room, it is a long way to hie i"" "Come, now, he' was very civil, ttuyter. He DOWS like a man not aeed to make a low bow, that is all." •"Well, well, with time, every one gets into his right place. In the city Hall, I may yet put my chair beside his, Van Gaasbeeck." > . *?3o say I, Sluyter, and for the pres- qat it is all well as it is." This little envious fret of his neigh­ bor lost itself outside Joris Van Heem­ skirk's home. Within it, all was love end content. Madam Van Heemskirk was a little woman, with clear-cut features, and brown hair drawn back­ ward under a cap of lace very stifle starched. Her tight-fitting drqse of blue taffeta was open in (sdnt, and looped up behind in order/to show an elaborately quilted pettidbat of light blue camblet. Her whit'I wool stock­ ings were clocked with blue, her hlgh- S.'il&i-sfeoes cut very loy, and clasped with small silver buckles. From her trim cap to her trig shoes she was a pleasant and comfortable picture of a happy, domestic woman; smiling, peaceful, and easy to live with. | When the last duty of the day wis finished, she let her bunch of keys fall with a satisfactory "all done" jingle, that made her Joris look at her with a Bmile. Then he asked: "Where is Joanna and the little one? And Brain should be home ere this." 1 am not uneasy, Joris. They were to drink a dish of tea with Semple, and Bram promised to go for them. And, see, they are coming; but Bram is not with them, only the elder." Elder Alexander Semple was a great man In his sphere. He had a reputa­ tion both for riches and godliness and was scarcely more respected in the marketplace than he was in the Mid­ dle Kirk. And there was an old tie Ibsitvv v.oxi til© Hsj tiploB iind the Van Heemskirks--a tie going back to the 4ays when the Scotch Covenanters and • (the Motherland Confessors > clasped hands as brothers in their Churches jundej^the cross." Then one of the fiemples had fled for life from Scot­ land to Holland, and been sheltered to the house of a Van Heemskirk; and from generation to generation the ! friendship had been continued. So there was much real kindness and s very little ceremony between the fami­ lies, and the elder met hie friend Jorls With a pleasant "good evening," and sat down in front of the blazing logs. Joanna tied on her white apron, and, at a word from her mother, began to take from the cupboards various Dutch dainties, and East Indian Jars of fruits and sweetmeats, and a case of crystal bottles, and some fine lemons. She was a fair, rosy girl, with a kind, eheerful face, a pleasant voice, and a •mile that was at once Innocent and bright Her fine light hair was rolled high and backward; and no one could have Imagined a dress more suitable to her than the trig dark bodice, the quilted skirt, and the white apron she wore. Her father and mother watched her with a loving satisfaction, and Elder Sample was quite sensible of Joan­ na's presence, and of what she was doing. At this point Katherlne Van Heems­ kirk came into the room, and the elder •Sightly moved his chair and said, "Oome awa', my bonnie lassie, and Tet as ha« a look at you." And Katherlne laughingly pushed a stool towards the firs, and sat down between the two •en on the hearthstoae. She was the daintiest little Dutch maiden that ewer latched a shoe--very diminutive, With a complexion like a sea-shell, print blue eyes, and such a quantity ; . Long before supper was over. Madam Van Heemskirk had discov­ ered that this night Elder Semple had a special reason for his call, and when the meal was finished, and the girls gone to their room, she was not aston­ ished to hear him say, "Joris, let us light another pipe. I hae something to speak anent--Sit still, guidewlfe, we shall want your word on the mat* ter." "On what matter, elder?" "Anent a marriage between my son Neil and your daughter Katherine." The words fell with a sharp dis- not unkindly, hut rs If they were more than common words. They were followed by a marked silence, a silence which in no way disturbed Semple. He knew his friends well, ana therefore he expected it, Jorls at last Baid slowly, "For Kath­ erlne the marriage would be good, and Lysbet and I would like it. However, we will think a little about it; there is time, and to spare. One should not run on a new road. Say what you think, Lysbet" "Neil is to my mind, when the time comes. But yet the child knows not perfectly her Heidelberg. And there is more; she must learn to manage a house of her own. So In time, I say, it would be a good thing. We have been long good friends." "We hae been friends for four gen­ erations, and we may safely tie the knot tighter now. The land between this place and my place, on the river­ side, is your land, Joris. Give it to Katherine, and I will build the young things a house; and the furnishing and plenishing we'll share between us." "There is more to a wedding than house and land, elder. A young girl should be wooed before she is mar­ ried. You know how it is; and Kath­ erine, the lfttle one, she thinks not of such a thing as love and marriage." "Wha kens what thoughts are under curly locks at seventeen? You'll hae noticed, madam, that Katherine has come mair often than ordinar' to Sem­ ple House lately?" "That is so. It was because of CoL Gordon's wife, who likes Katherlne. She Is teaching her a new stitch In her crewel-work." "Hum--m--m! Mistress Gordon has likewise a nephew, a vera hand- suiue 1'd.d. i hae sucu thai ht: La.ktis a deal o' interest in the crewel-Stitch likewise. And Neil has seen it too-- for Neil has set his heart on Kather­ ine--and this afternoon there was a look passed between the young me dinna like. We'll be haeing ayifial- lenge, and twa fools playin&»dt mur­ der, next." ^ "I am glad you sralfe, elder. Thank you. I'll turn youjrwords over in my heart." But V^f Heemskirk was un­ der a certaiiy'constraint; he was be­ ginning ^understand the situation, to jjfctf^in what danger his darling might be. He was apparently calm; but an angry fire was gathering in his eyes, and stern lines settling about the lower part of his face. "My Lysbet is the finest lady in the whole land. Let her daughters walk in her steps. That is what I want Now, there is enough, and also there Is some one coming." "It will be Nell and Bram"; and, as the words were spoken, the young men entered. "Again you are late, Bram"; and the father looked curiously in his son's face. It was like looking back upon his own youth; for Bram Van Heemskirk had all the physical traits of his father--his great size, his com­ manding presence and winning ad­ dress, his large eyes, his deep, sonor­ ous voice and slow speech. With the advent of Bram and Nell, the consultation ended. The elder, grumbling at the chill and mist, wrapped himself In his plaid, and leaning on, his son's arm, cautiously picked his way home by the light of a lantern. Van Heemskirk put aside his pipe, nodded gravely to his son, and went thoughtfully upstairs. In his own room he sat down on a big oak chest; and, as he thought, his wrath slowly gathered. Semple knew that gay young English officers were coming and going about his house, and he had not told him until he feared they would Interfere with his own plans for keeping Nell near to him. He remembered that Semple had spoken with touching emphasis of his longing to keep his last son near home; but must he give up his darling Katherlne to further this plan? "I like not it," he muttert-ed. "God for the Dutchman made the Dutch­ woman. That is the right way; but I will not make angry myself for so much of passion, so much of nothing at all to the purpose. That is the truth. Always I have found it so." Then Lysbet, having finished her second locking up, entered the room. She came in as one wearied and trou­ bled, and said with a sigh, as she un­ tied her apron: "Joris, the elder's words have made trouble In my heart What did the man mean?" "Who can tell? What a man says, we know; hut only God understands what he means. But I will say this* Lysbet, and it is what I mean: If Semple has led my daughter into the way of temptation, then, for all that is past and gone, we shall be un­ friends." "Give yourself no kommer on that matter, Joris. Hove not some of our best maidens married Into the Eng­ lish set? There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring." 'Mean you that our little daughter should marry some English good-for- nothing? Look, then, I would rather see her white and cold in the dead- chamber. I will have no Englishman among the Van Heemskirks. There, let us sleep. To-night I will speak no more." But madam ooold not sleep. She was quite sensible that she had tacitly encouraged Katherine's visits to Sem­ ple House, even after she understood that Capt Hyde and other fashion­ able and notable persons were fre­ quent visitors there. Lysbet Van Heemskirk saw no reason why her younger children should not move with the current, when it might set them among the growing aristocracy of the New World. She tried to recall Katherine's de­ meanor and words during the past day, and she could find no cause for alarm in them. She could not remem­ ber anything at all which ought to make her uneasy; and what Lysbet did not see or hear, she could not imagine. Yet the past ten h<fars had really been full of danger to the young girl. Early In the afternoon, some hours before Joanna was ready to go, Kath­ erlne was dressed for her visit to Semple House. It stood, like Van Heemskirk's, at the head of a garden sloping to the river; and there was a good deal of pleasant rivalry about these gardens, both proprietors hav­ ing impressed their own. individuality upon their pleasure grounds. The space between the two houses was an enclosed meadow; and this af­ ternoon, tho grass being warm and dry and full of wild flowers, Kather­ ine followed the narrow footpath through it, and entered the Semple garden by the small side gate. Near this gate was a stone dairy, sunk be­ low the level of the ground--a deli- ciously coo!, clean spot even in the hottest weather Passing it, she saw that the door was open, and Madam bemple was busy among its large, shallow, pewter, cream-dishes. She was beating some rich curd with eggs and currants and spices; /ind Kather­ lne, with a sympathetic smile, asked delightedly: "Cheesecakes, madam?" "Just cheesecakes, dearie." "Oh, I am glad! Let me fill some of these pretty little patty-pans." "I'll do naething o' the kind, Kath­ erlne. You'd be spoiling the bonnie silk dress you hae-put on. Go to the house and sit wi' Mistress Gordon. She was asking for you no' an hour ago. And, Katherlne, my bonnie las­ sie, dinna gie a thought to one word that black-eyed nephew o' hers may say to you. He's here the day and gane to-morrow, and the lasses that heed him will get sair hearts to them- sel's." The bright young face shadowed, and a sudden fear came Into Madam Semple's heart as she watched the girl turn thoughtfully and slowly away into the house. * (To be continued.) COLORED INKS IN TATTOOING. English Expert Now Does Work In Many Colors. In an article on the subject of tat- f » » i T v - t v c M i i ' g , t h e m a r v e l o u s results obtained by an English expert are thus described: "U«/tll comparatively recently only colors, Indigo blue (or India ink "JV" olack) and red were used in tattooing, but a Japanese increased the number by discovering a permanent brown, and Sutherland Macdonald has now added four more to the list, so that he works with no fewer than seven col­ ors altogether. The difficulty has been to get a color that will hold; any color can be pricked into the human skin, but those made from minerals will all set up, sooner or later, a state of in­ flammation of the skin and the color will be forced out again, leaving only an ugly scar to mark the spot. "But by careful experiments on his own body, experiments which have been going on for years now, he has been able to produce a very beautiful green, a permanent ultramarine blue, a lavender, and, most difficult of all, a rich yellow, all not only perfectly harmless to the most delicate skin, but colors that will hold, and by blend­ ing some of these together he is able to produce brilliant effects, which to the uninitiated would appear to be altogether impossible. "Tattooing in so many colors, with all their graduations of shading, Is a lengthy process--Mr. Macdonald will spend a matter of sixty or seventy hours In completing a design to cover a man's chest--not at a stretch, of course, but working two or three hours a day for twenty or thirty days." MONUMENT DID NOT 8UFFER. Well Washington Memorial Came Through Severe Ordeal. United States Attorney General Knox is a man much below the medi­ um in stature, says the New York Times. One day he met a Pittsburg crony, who was in Washington doing the sights. "Well, sir, do yon know," remarked the general, "that as long as I have lived in Washington I have had so little time to get about that I never visited the mounment until last week." "Did you go to the top?" "Oh, no. I contented myself with walking about the grounds and stand­ ing at the base and having my photo­ graph taken--anu a very good picture it was." "How did the monument bear the contrast?" jokingly inquired the friend. "Well, it didn't look nearly as In­ significant as you might imagine." Out of the Game. Samson, awaking to flnd himself shorn of his locks, wept bitterly. "Why so sad?" asked Delilah. "In­ deed, I always said you would look better with your hair short." "Oh, woman, woman!" moaned Samson. "Don't you know that this pimply shatters all my hopes of ever being full-back for the Beersheba University eleven?" Then at last came upon the woman the full realization of the evil she had wrought Then He Saw it. Von Blumer (roaring)--Who told you to put this paper on the wall? Decorator--Your wife, sir. Von Blumer--Pretty, isn't it?---Har­ per's Bazaar. Women are more ambitious in love than men; not only do they wed the heart but they must share %e thoughts as welL <?r , Mask Veils the Vogue. The well-dressed woman pays par­ ticular attention to the choosing of her veils. She realizes that an unbe- poming veil may entirely ruin her ap­ pearance. Just at present every wo­ man is wearing a veil that comes only to the nose. They are not universally becoming, but they are extremely use­ ful, as being put on under the hat, they keep the hair neat and are not so disarranged by the wind. The newest veils have enormous black and white chenille spots. They are quite the vogue; although in truth, the clearest veils are always the most becoming--a fact that is fully recognized by the well-dressed Parislenne. Gauze and chiffon veils are most used for motoring. A Military Blouse. k This military blouse is of deep red eloth with shoulder straps of red pip­ ed with black and passementerie or­ naments in black. Handiwork of Long Age. Quilting, the handiwork jand the fancy work of our great-,grandmam- mas and great-grandaunts, is once more being shown on the costumes of fashionably attired maids and ma­ trons. But it is to be doubted if the beau? ties of to-day are following in the footsteps of their feminine ancestors and creating the exqulsinte needle* work that is appearing on their smart eoats and gowns. r - ' V : • r - i * underneath handsome gowns are pro­ fusely decorated with this work of long ago, and so dre sleeves and many of the long cloakshave thickly quilted linings. Quilting once having been brought to the front as a style, means that we shall soon be having counterpanes and bedspreads with the bewitching work upon them of our foremothers. Quilting does not mean a mere run­ ning in and out of the needle and thread. No, indeed, it is a much more complicated affair, and in the olden times it meant bunches and garlands of flowers and animals and birds be­ ing worked upon bed quilting. ent forms. There is the ladybug with­ out a setting, but with a ring at the top, to wear as an ornament, and there is the ladybug in the center of the convenient gold wire pins, made after the design of the safety pin. They come in stick pins, and in large sizes they have a little ornamental work in gold surrounding them to make them large enough for small brooches. The little bug is made of a kind of transparent enamel which gives it a natural appearance. They are made the natural size, very small, and from that they graduate, as they are used for different purposes, up to the sixe of a Brazilian beetle. v--- "• ' rtaln-Proof Sultt. Jtafft-ttaoof materials come In several taiioi biyles, bo that u it> iiuiio post slble for a woman who doesn't find ready made just the garment she de*' sires to have one built to' snit her, flflys ths TPooh jngtos Tliuuot Tlsisi" arrangement affords an opportunity for more variety than would other* wise be the case, so that Instead of seeing a hundred rain coats all made, after the same fashion, it is seldom that one comes across duplicates. For ordinary street wear the rough effects are considered the correct thing in dress, zlbeline being in the lead, while a new, rough-finished vi* cuna is making a strong bid for favor. The use of plaids has brought about ft change In the style of suits, for nat­ urally these designs could not be treated in the same manner as the plainer cloths. Of Dark Blue Corduroy. The costume shown below Is of dark blue corduroy trimmed with strappings of the material piped with white silk. The yoke and stock of the Blaek Costumes Are Correct. The very elaborate black toilet will be as much in evidence this winter as It was last, for the light cloths are much less worn, and the fancy wools, as pretty as they are, do not approach a plain and solid color in point of elegance. Some of the thin black Stuffs, trimmed with fur or worn with large fur neck pieces and muffs, are used with good effect for fall and win­ ter calling costumes. I good perfume extract on a bit of pumice stone the bits slipped in bu­ reau drawers or among gowns In a wardrobe, will perfume belongings delightfully? A fairly sizable piece of black vet- veteen, perhaps a quarter of a yard, makes the most satisfactory brush for silk that can be had. It removes the dust perfectly and yet does not in* Jure the fabric. For the roung woman who sings and who occasionally finds herself hoarse at a critical moment the rem­ edy used by a famous prima donna is suggested--the white of an egg beat­ en to a stiff froth. This Is much bet­ ter than the oft-prescribed lemon juice, whose effect is but temporary. Toque of Blsek Fur Pelt! Nk Hi WEEKLY PANORAMA NILE ENGINEER TO BE PE£R. Sir John Aird, .Who Built Assouan Dam, Complimented by King. King Edward has publicly compli- ^ mented Sir John Aird, the head of the great engineering firm which has com- pleted the dam on the Nile at Assouan, ^ ^ and it is understood that he may be raised to the peerage in the next list of birthday honors. It is regarded aa ^ largely due to Sir John's unflagging in^ % dustry that the immense works have ^ been completed. It is estimated that the value of this improvement to Egypt in the way of ̂ increased area of cultivation, of check- ing of floods and of providing water ^ in the event of a low Nile will be not *0 less than $5,000,000 a year. By ^ means of this dam and the correspond- ^ ing works at Assiout nearly all the ^ land of Egypt which it is possible to p •• cultivate will be irrigated, the belt of Irrigation only ending abruptly where ^ the sand of the desert has not been The toque Illustrated Is of black fur felt, and two shaped black quills are its only trimming. £atest Jd&as from Paris popular and the blouse are of pale blue cloth with tiny bunches of grapes of the same color and apj>Uaue8 of scarlet and white. Lucky Ladybugs. Does every one know that ladybugs are considered "lucky" bugs? The ladybug as an ornament is quite new. The idea has been brought over from London by a jeweler who saw that the wearing of a ladybug is a fad in that great metropolis. Now one can get the pretty things made up in differ- The next time you have a bouquet of flowers to keep, add a very little camphor to the water in the vase, and see how much longer Its freshness will be retained. Do you know that a few drops of Snowflake cloths are pleasing. The French knot still rules neckwear world. Cloth figures applied to lace are very modish. Instep length is correct for the skirt of the walking suit Heavy black taffeta makes some novel sporting skirts. Jjnwr-hnlr*# sHfr plush In white is much used for hat crowns. It's exceedingly smart to have your lace dyed to match your dress. Panne figures are Introduced Into some of the loveliest combination laces. Thanks to the fur folk, even the supposedly cheap squirrel is now Imi­ tated. Brown and burnt orange form one of the latest color combinations In high favor. Fleece-lined pique Is exhibited in a great variety of designs in white for winter shirt waists. Grape effect patterns in laces are so very much favored that it is almost impossible to get them. The most stylish plaid skirts are cut on the bias. A blue and green Combination Is the most favored plaid. SIR JOHN AlPDt MP fertilized by the alluvial deposits •"on?' the great and most famous of ancient rivers. BANKS IN GREAT COMBINE A s' i/ Immense Consolidation Recently Af)* ^ nounced In New York. A banking consolidation is an- nounced at New York which will bring into harmony the large insurance and ^ financial interests of the Mutual Life Insurance company, the Equitable Life Assurance society and the Morton Trust company. The united resources of the concerns interested foot up $1,* 0GQ,000,()00. The consolidation was brought about at meetings of the di» rectors of the National Bank of the United States, which was acquired some months ago by' the interests which control the Morton Trust com­ pany, and of the Western National bank. The new bank will continue under the management of V. P. Snyder, the Oreeslng for Vegetable Salad. A boiled dressing suited to a vege­ table salad is made of two tablespoon- fUls of butter, two tablespoonfuls of vinegar, two eggs, one teaspoonful of sugar, one-half teaspoonful of salt and two tablespoonfuls of French mustard. Melt the butter and let it cool. Then stir into it slowly the yolks of the eggs which have been previously mingled with the salt and sugar. Add the vinegar little by little and cook in a double boiler until the mixture thickens. Remove from the fire, stir until cool, add the mustard and lastly the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs and three tablespoonfuls of cream. • #. MLENT1NE p SNYDER / president of the Western, who has had so large a share in the remarkable sue* cess of that institution. Inopportune. fjA Several months ago the farmers of Berks county were complaining of the severe drought. One Sunday the pas­ tor of one of the rural churches prayed earnestly for rain, and just as the services were drawing to a close it commenced to fall rapidly. Two of the farmers, walking home together, got very wet, and the one, after a while, commented on the efficacy of the pastor's prayer. "Yes," replied the other, "but be lacks judgment'1 Gambling Casino for Corfu. Despite opposition at Athens, where the press was strongly opposed to the scheme, the municipal governmeat council of Corfu has ratified the con* tract which the mayor of Corfu made with a syndicate of European capital* ists to allow the establishment at Cor* fu of a gambling casino on an elabor rate scale. " .t" rx Germany Wants New TrWW • A representative of the German governmjent has been sent to Canada to ascertain what trees can be profit­ ably transplanted into Germany. He has already decided that white pine and cherry, spruce and black walnnt would flourish on German soil and ex* perimeots are to be made . trees. " , • < • . . . Khre* Collection of Pearfs. Next to Queen Alexandra, the young duchess of Marlborough, formerly Co&> suelo Vanderbilt, owns the finest set of pearls in England. The queen's col­ lection, is said to be the most , III existence anywhere. • v •. by- : ;•* - Ceetumee Been la One ef the Boxee at the New York Horse Shot* i .. * "f rnmmm "Table Cricket" the Latest'^ A rival to ping pong has beett launched in England in "table criCk* et" The bowling is done by means of a spring arrangemest. In the first public game Dr. 'W. G. Grace .'played. ; Advertising an EngllshT^Sw^. ; ' The corporation of Yarmouth, jpng» lane, has ordered 10,000 posters tohe JMM1! lnt advertising th® 4 , II i jit • ijskisfe" i&i-ar %.»:•!> i •' * • 1 • -'j- , ;y& ' vj