The daily Alaskan., 1907-06-29
A Story of Old
 New York
TOriginll I

ants once lived, now being torn down
 to make way for business blocks. One
 of the last to be demolished was the
 Van Genkm horse, originally built In what was then the country. In the early part of the nineteenth century this rouse was already more than loo ycuIs old. Passing the door way. with windows at each side and an archcI one Qbove-a universal con structfou during tha seventeenth and eighteenth ceuturics-uuc would enter large square apartment from which staircase. ruGui.g at right angles led t5 the second story. Directly opposite the door. bet5ceu the first and second angle. was a window of stained glass. Only tue family occupying the house knew that it was stained, because a curtain was always kept over It. WhT this was done uo one seemed to know.
 It was a tradition of the family that
 the window must bn kept covered.
 One hot summer uiEhl-il was about Isg0-Ame van Genl.im and Robert
 Wrvu. a young naval officer who had
 seen service in the war of 1872, were sitting tu this apartment which was
 the living room ol the family. Miss van Geuam was tur sole prospective
 heir to her parents estate. and they
 had set their hearts on her marrying Hubert van GenG.u a descendant of another branch of the family. who possessed a farm on fine northern end of Manhattan Island. already prom.s- ng ta be uf considerable value. In- deed. today ft Is worth millions. But Anua's heart had been exchanged for
 tha. Of young Lieutenant Wryn, Uud the match with her relative was re. puIs.ye tu her. Nevertheless. having been brought up Go obey her parents in
 such matters. as girls were iu those
 days. she had DO thought of refusing
 them In this Instance Besides. she realized the importance 0t doubling
 tGe family wealth and knew that Wryu
 had nothing but his pny n the navy
 one evening Wryu was pleading a hopeless cause. Anne was firm in her
 determination to carry out the plan
 laid down for her
 "I have used every argument" said
 Wryu at IusL "uud have no more to ur.lg forward We sail. if the wind Is fuir tomorrow for the Mediterranean. auI when | retwu-.I hope ] never
 shall return you will belong to an .rhgr'
 ..Iu have not used every argI- n.ar" said the girl! "There is one .nat Is known only to the members of .ls family. and that Is only tra- l...a."
 What Is itT
 "rlat d Van GeuliIu shall not marry a N.u GenEiu.'
 "Eul wLyT
 "I don't know. Two Van Ganls.n 1 brothers came to America century and a half ago. Something occurred between them to give rise to thIs tgI- l IlInn."
 There was a pause in tle conversa- | aau. The lieutenant was thinking l how he might use this Information to advantage. the gtr, broodIug over hay- l a.g to act contrary to her wishes. A s..rm was gathering without "Uu. rrr a breath or air." Anne e&- claimed. swinging her fan. "lm going up ,he staircase to open | .ha window"
 "lou can't"
 "I can try"
 Wryu went mp to the window and 1 began a series of jerks to open it He failed to do so. but the curtain that covered It. old and rotten, suddenly came umDlug down. Satisfying him ! self that the window wus screwed to ] ,be easing. he gave mp tae attempt and raio.ucd Miss Van Geukm. Tine storm broke with great yio- leuce. The front door stood ajar and
 a gust of wind blew 1t wide open, at | the same time eXJiuguisbiug every candle m a cauds.abra standing on @ table. There came a vivid flash of l lightning.
 l The lovers were facing the window and saw sight that froZe the very marrow in their bones In the glass l N.as a figure of a man in the old Dutch
 costume of two centuries before. He
 was falling backward with a poniard . n. his side. from the wound of which surted red stream Before him
 stood the man who had slain him. ! The portraits of both men hung on the
 walls in the Van GeuEiu manor house. 1 They were the two brothers who came ] to America when Manhattan Island WAS sold by the Indians to the white | men. The one who was slain was the ancestor of Anna. the one who slew him the ancestor of Herbert van Gen. | ku. There was but an iustauts IT, l Illumination. then darkness. Anne
 snraug into the arms of Robert Wryn. 1 The next morning the sun shoue | brightly. Wvu went to the manor
 house to take leave before sailing of l Anne van Geukiu. The curtain had 1 not been put again over the stained
 window. aud he was surprised to see
 nothing of the scene that had turned the scales in his favor tue night be 1 fore. Instead were simply colored