Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-02-26

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! bitter or silent ere. She did not
suppose they would answer the letter
she lad sent by the fisherman Hurdle,
| so, Immediately after her arrh... al
Jamaica, Katherine wrote to her
mother; and, without waiting for re,
plies, she continued her letters regu-
larly from Hyde. They were in a
spirit of the sweetest and frankest
confidence.
| She asked her advice with all the
! faith of child and the love Of
daughter; ard she sent through her
those sweet messages of affection to
her father. which she feared little
to offer without her mothers media
| ton.
But when she had son, and when
Hyde agreed to the boy being named
| George, she wrote letter to him.
The letter, full of love, starred all
through with pet words, and wisely
reminding him more of their own past
happiness than charging on her pres
ent Joy, made his heart melt. He
could do no business that day. He felt
that he must go home and tell Lysbet,
| only the mother could fully under
| stand and share his Joy. He gave hen
| the letter with smile, and then
walked up and down while she read
| it.
We'll, Joris, beautiful letter this
| Is. And thou has a grandson Of thy
| own name-a little Joris. Oh, how |
long to see him! Would God he was
| here!"
The face Of Joris was happy and
his eyes shining; but he had not yet
much to say. He walked about for
an hour and listened to Lysbet. who,
a. she polished her silver, retold him
all that Katherine had said of her
| husbands love and of his goodness to
her. At last he rose and went into
the garden and she watched him wan.
| der from bed to bed, and stand look
ing down at the green shoots of the
early flowers. About three o'clock he
came into the house with firm, quick
| step.
"Lysbet, thinking have been
| thinking Of Kathe;ine's marriage.
| Better than l expected, 1t has turned
| out"
Il think that Katherine has made a
good marriage-the best marriage of
all the children"
'Dost thou believe that her hus-
hand is so kind and so prudent as she
says?"
"No Gorbt I have"
See, then, | will send Katherine
her portion. 1t is for her and her
children. Can trust them with it,"
Katherine is no waster, and full
Of nobleness is her husband. Write
thou to him, and put it In his charge
for Katherine and her children. And
tell him in his honor thou trust en-
tirely. and think that he will do in
all things right"
'Iysbet"
"What then, Joris?"
.'The drinking-cup OF silver, which
my father gave us at our marriage. 1t
was given to my great grandfather
when he was mayor of Middleburg.
His name. also, was Joris. To my
grandson shall send it?"
"Oh, my Joris, much pleasure would
thou give Katherine and me also! Let
the little fellow have it. | will tell
Katherine. But thou, too, write her
letter; for little she will think of
her fortune or of the cup il thy love
thou send not with them"
And Joris had done all that he pur-
posed and done it without one grudg.
ing thought or doubling word. And
Hyde was nc: Indifferent to such
noble trrst. He fully determined to
deserve It,
AS Joris sat smoking that night he
thought over his proposal, and then
for the first time 1t struck him that
the M,ddleburg cup might have
peculiar significance and value to
Bran. When Lysbet sat down with
little sigh of content beside him and
said. "A happy night is this to us,
Joris," he answered. God is good;
always better to us than we trust him
for. | want to say now what | have
been considering the last hour-some
other cup We will send to the little
Joris, for think Bran will like to
have the Middleburg cup best of ALL"
always Bran has been promised
the Cumberland cup and the server
that goes with it."
THAT Is the truth; but | viii tell
you something, Lysbet. The Middle
burg cup was given by the Jews OF
Middleburg to my ancestor because
great favors and protection he gave
them when he was mayor of the city.
Bran is very often with Miriam
Cohen and"
Then Jorls stopped and Lysbet
waited anxiously for him to finish the
sentence; but he only pulled. pulled
and looked thoughtfully at the bowl
of his pipe.
What mean you, Joris?"
II think that he loves her."
"well?"
THAT he would like to marry her."
lis she so fair?"
"a beautiful face and gracious
ways she has. Like her. the beloved
Rachael must have been, think.
Why do you not stand with Bran as
you stood with Katherine?"
Little use 1t would be. Joris. To
give consent in this matter would be
a sacrifice refused Be sure that
Cohen viii not listen to Bran: no.
nor to you, nor to me, nor to Miriam.
Say to Bran. 4 am willing and
Cohen will say to him, Never, never
will consent II you keep the Jews
cup for Bran and Miriam. always
you will keep It; yes, and they that
live after you, too"
At the very hour Joris and Lysbet
were discussing the position Of their
son with regard to Miriam Cohen, the