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FtMiitnr J'.i' ''iillimm Im Invited to lie
niiui- H"iiciary of Ktali- In TIcr'n rale
Incl. Hi il(M'imk Hint if lio 111 1 ciitM 'IVxu.i
lllll (lll'Kdll Mill"! I (lllill'il III (In Union,
llci Mi'tnlx IiIh w ri'lar. Nlrholim 'J'iIhI, to
IIHk till- UHKHII'Hl on Ull. niy of tint
Jtiltlrh iiinlm's'iil'U', I 'ale nluilti. lo (Mil tit
IiIm iipiirtiriofit.". U'lilli- rfuivliliif- dr tin
Inirnni tx' Inline, a i'iiti1:ii' ilrlviM up anil
NIclinlaM It Invited to nnlcr. Tim occupant
lit I In liifinii'., mill nln iihUm Nicholas to
USHlst III I'Mltllll! IHIfHII'TM. N'IcIkiImh noti'.i
thai tin1 liarmicHK liax lout a bllppcr. Hlie
Klvi'M IiIm tii- ri'iiiatiiltiK clipper im 11
ilt'illi lli.it who will li'll Callinim what Im
wiuiih tu Know rcKimlltiK DiujImixI'h In
trntlotlK tnvvaril Jtexleu Am Hecurlly
Nli'hnliiH ule. h.-r a tilnlcet l.o Intended
for ills hwi'i'tlmarl. IMiriibnlli f'liiirehlll
Calhoun liiTotni Hi'in-tnrv of Htntc. II"
orders NI'ImiI.im to Muntii'al mi slain
liualni'SM ami tin- latter plan lo lie mar
rli'il Unit ultfht. The liaioneM tiava Bho
will tiv to pti'Vint tin' inarrliw. A
lrim!(i'ii 1 onitrniyinnii ivhom Nli'linlim
IISl.M III IIHHllU III I'll- Vti'ddltlK arriitiKi'-
iimnl.i rti'iiiN tin- baroiK'iiH' Kllpper to
Kllahcth, liy inltukii. ami tin weddliiK
In dei'larnl off Nicholas IIihN the li.unn
ijh In Monti oal, dio liaUni; mii'ceeilcd,
wlH'ici In- lailnl, In illHfovfilii lIiiKlaliil'H
IritpittloiiM icKiinllim Oickoii. Him tolW
lilm Unit the Hlii"-r lit- hail In liln im
ei'SHlnn contained a nolo from tin- attucliu
of Tomih to the ilrltlch ainliMKxailor. Hay
Ini- Hint If tin- United State 1II1I not an
nex Tcxnh wlllilti "0 ilan. who would loso
tiotli Tcxivh anil Oii'Kon Nlclinlan incuts
a naturalist. Von lllttcnliofen. who (,'lvcn
him Infoniinllon about Ori-goti. Tito
Jmroni'MH anil a HrltMi uiitshlti disappear
from Montreal Mmiiltatieoimly. Calhoun
onlrrH Nlchnlns to head a party of ct
tlern hoiinil for Oregon, fnlliniin etcltcs
tho Jralou.MV of Kmiii Yturilo anil therc
liy Kecurcii tlm HlRiitituio of tho Texan nt
tnrho to a triatv 'if antmMitlon. N'lcholaH
starts for Oregon. Mo wlim tho rare over
tho llrlllwh iiarly. A l!rltlnh wamhlp nr
rlvoa with tho iniroin-ijH an a imsHoiiKor.
film tolls Nlt'lioliiN that hIio placoil 11 unto
In tho nlliH'i?n'ili'li (Miiscil tho Ini'Mldni;
off of hlt unit 1 1'iKi'. nnil that :ilm Intonils
to return to Uaxlilnutou to repair tho
ilarniiKP f-lm has ilom . NU'liolas ili'i'ldes tu
follow her.
CHAPTER XXC-Contlnued.
Tin cnptaln stood at tin head ot tlio
front ti-run, Ids hand resting on tho
yoltc aii lie leaned against tho howctl
noelc ot one of Iho oxen. Tho men and
women were thin almost att tho heasta
which (lniBKCil the wngona. Theao lat
ter stood with lollItiK toiiRucnovon
tliiir. early in tho day, for water here
nbout was Bcarre and hitter to tho
taste. So. at llrst almost in silence,
wo made the salutations of the desert.
So, iircsenlly, we exchanned the news
of east and west.
There Is to day no news of the qual
ity which wo then communicated.
They l;nev nothing of Oregon. 1
knew nothing of the east. A national
election had been held, regnrding
which I knew not even tho nnmos of
tho candltlntcn of either party, not to
mention results. All I could do was
to guess and to point to tho inscrip
tion on the white top of tho foremost
wagon: "Klfty-Four Forty or Fight!"
"Is Folk elected?" I asked tho cap
tain of the train.
IIo nodded. "lie shore is," raid ho.
"Wo'ro romin' out to take Oregon.
What's the news?"
My own grim news was that Oregon
was ours and must ho ours. I shook
hands with a hundred men on that,
our hands clasped In stern nnd silent
grip. Then, after a time, 1 urged
other questions foremost In my own
mind. Had they seen a siqall party
east-bound?
Yes, I had answer. They had passed
this light outfit enst of Ilrldger's post.
There was ono chanco in n hundred
they wight got over tho South pass
that fall, for they were traveling light
nnd fast, with good animals, nnd old
Joo Meek was sure ho would make It
through. The women? Well, 0110 was
n preacher's wife, another an old
Gypsy, and another tho most beautiful
woman ever seen on the trail or any
whore else.
Then they began to queatiou me re
garding Oregon. How wbb the lnnd?
Would it raise wheat nnd corn and
hogs? How was tho weather? Was
there much game? Would It take
much labor to clear a farm?
Of course it enmo to politics. Yes,
Texas had been annexed, somehow,
not by regular vote of tho senato.
There was somo hitch nbout that. My
leader reckoned thore was no regular
treaty. It had Just been dono by joint
resolution of the house dono by Ty
ler and Calhoun, just In tlmo to tnko
tho feather out of old Polk's cap! Tho
treaty of annexation why, yes, It was
ratified by congress, and everything
ulgncd up Marclt A, just one day be
fore Polk's inaugural! Polk was on
tho warpath, nccordlng to my gaunt
leader. There was going to bo war
us sure as shooting; unless wc got all
of Oregon.
"Do you scon that wrltln' on my
wagon top?" nsked tho captain. "Fifty
Four Forty or Fight. That's us!"
And so they went on to toll us how
this cry wn8 spreading, south nnd
west, and over tho north as well; al
though the Whigs did not daro cry it
quite so loudly.
And to at last wc parted, each tho
better for tho Information gained, each
to rosumo what would to-day seem
practically an endless Journey. Our
farowells wero as careless, as confi
dant, us had been our greetings. Thou
Hands of miles of umiottled country
lay oast nnd west of us, nud nil
around us, our cmplro, not then won.
I mndo tho journoy across tho South
pass, thu onow being now beaten down
on tho trails more than usual by tho
west-bound animals uud vehicles. Of
all theso now coming on, nono would
cot farther west that Fort Hall that
BY EMERSON HOUGH
AUTHOR- OF THE MI&PIWXPPE BUBBLE
UMMTRATIOW by NAGNUJ G.IJBTINER
COPVniOHT I909 frf DOSUM'-MERmi-L. COMPAtW
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"Fifty-Four Forty or
year. Our own party, although over
tho Rockies, had yet the plains to
cross. I was glad enough when wo
staggered Into old Fort Laramlo In
tho midst of a blinding snowstorm.
Winter had caught us fair and full.
I had lost tho race!
Here, then, I must winter. Yet I
learned that Joo Meek had outfitted
at Larnmlo almost a mouth earlier,
witli now animals: had bought n little
grain, nnd. undor escort of a cavalry
troop which had come west with tho
wagon train, had stnrtcd cast in time,
perhaps, to mako it through to tho
Missouri. In a rnco of 1,000 miles, tho
baroness had already beaten mo al
most by a month! Further word was,
of courso, now unobtainable, for no
trains or wagons would como west
so lato, and thero wero then no stages
carrying mail across tho great plains.
Thero was nothing for mo to do ex
cept to wait and oat out my heart at
old Fort Laramie, in tho society of In
dians and trappers, half-breeds and
traders. Tho winter seemed years In
length, so gladly I mako Its story
brief.
It was now tho spring of 1S1C, and I
was In my second year away from
Washington. Glad enough I was when
In tho llrst sutiBhlno of spring I
Btnrted east, taking my chances of
getting over tho plains. At Inst, to
mako tho long journey also brief, 1
did reach Fort Leavenworth, by this
time a flvo months' losor in the trans
continental race.
As to tho baroness, sho had long
since left Fort Leavenworth for the
east. I followed still with what speed
I could employ. I could not reach
Washington now until long nftor tho
first buds would bo out nud tho ercop
ers growing grcon on tho gallery of
Mr. Calhoun's residence. Yes, green
also on all tho lattices of Klmhurst
mansion. What had happened thero
for mo?
CHAPTER XXXI.
The Payment.
What ninn seeks In lovo I woman;
what wonuiu seeks In nun Is love.
Moussayo.
When I reached Washington It wns
Indeed spring, warm, sweet spring. In
tho wldo nvenuo tho straggling troes
wero dolnir thoir best to dignify tho
city, and llowcrs wero blooming every
where. Wonderful enough did ull this
seem to mo nfter thousands of miles
of rudo scenery of baro valloys and
rocky hills, wild landscapes, sen oft
en through cold and blinding storms
amid peaks and gorges, or on the
drear, forbidding plains.
Used more, of late, to theso wlldor
scones, I felt awkward and still half
savage. I did not at once seok out
my own friends. My llrst wish was
to get in touch with Mr. Calhoun, for
I know that so I would most quickly
nrrivo at tho heart of events.
IIo was away when I called at his
residence on Georgetown Heights, but
nt last 1 heard the wheels of his old
omnibus, and presently ho entered
with his usual companion. Dr. Sam
uel Ward. When they saw mo thore,
then Indeed 1 received n greeting
which repaid mo for many things!
Fight! That's Us!'
This over, wo all thrco broko out In
laughter at my uncouth appearance.
I was clad still In such clothing ns I
could pick up in westorn towns as I
hurried on from tho Missouri east
ward; and I had as yet found no tlmo
for barbers.
"Wo have hnd no word from you,
Nicholas," said Mr. Callioun presently,
"slnco that from Laramie, in tho fall
ot eighteen forty-four. This is in tho
Bpring of eighteen forty-six! Mean
time, wo might all have been dead
and burled and nono of us tho wiser.
What a country! Tis moro enormous
thnu tho mind of nny of us can grasp."
"You should travel across It to learn
that." I grinned.
"Many things havo happened slnco
you left. You know that I am back
In tho senato onco moro?"
I nodded. "And nbout Texas?" I
began.
"Texas Is ours," said he, smiling
grimly. "You havo hoard how? It
was a hard light enough a bitter, sol
ilsh, sectional light among politicians.
Hut there is gofng to be war. Our
troops crossed tho Sahlno moro than
a year ago. They will cross tho KIo
Grando before this year Is done. Tho
Mexican minister has asked for his
passports. Tho administration has
ordered Gen. Taylor to advance. Mr.
Polk is carrying out annexation with a
vengeance. Seeing a chanco for moro
torritory, now thut Texas Is safe from
England, ho plans war on helpless
and deserted Mexico! Wo may hear
of a battlo now at any tlmo. Hut tho
war with Mexico may yet mean war
with England. That, of courso, en
dnngera our chanco to gain all or any
of Hint groat Oregon country. Tell
me, what havo you learned?"
I hurried on now with my own news,
briefly as I might. I told them of tho
ships or England's navy waiting lu
Oregon waters; of tho growing suspi
cion of tho Hudson bay peoplo; of tho
changes In tho management ut Fort
Vancouver; of tho change also from n
conciliatory policy to ono ot half hos
tility. 1 toiu tiicm of our wagon
trains going west, and of tho strength
or our frontiersmen; but offset this,
Justly ns I might, by giving facts nlso
regarding the opposition theso might
meet.
"Precisely," said Calhoun, walking
up and down, his head bont. "Eng
land is preparing for war! How
much aro wo prepared? It would cost
us tho revenues of a quartor of a cen
tury to go to war with her to-day. It
would cost us 50,000 lives. We would
need nn army of 250,000 mon. Where
fa all that to como from? Can wo
transport our nrmy there In time?
Hut had all this blustor ceased, then
we could havo deferred this war with
Mexico; could Imvo bought with coin
what now will cost us blood; and
wo could also havo bought Oregon
without tho cost of cither coin or
blood. Delay was what we needed l
All of Oregon should havo been ours!"
"Hut, surely, this Is not all news to
you?" I began. "Havo you not seen
tho Haroness von Hltz? Has she not
mada her roport?"
"Tho baronoHS.'" qucrlod Calhoun.
"Thut utoruiy petrol that odvanew
1 rl)f. ' m 1 C rttii I
agent of eventn' Did she Indeed sail .
with the firltlsli ships from Montreal? I
Did you find her there In Oregon?"
"Yes. nnd lost hor thero! Sho started
east last summer, nnd boat me fairly
In the race. Has sho not inndu known
hor presence here? She told me sho
was going to Washington."
Mm shook IiIh hoail In surprise.
"Trouble now, I fear! Pakonham has
back his best ally, our worst antagon
ist." "That certainly is strange," said I.
"Sho had live months the start of mo,
and in that tlmo thero Is no telling
what she has done or undone. Surely,
sho la somewhere hero, In Washing
ton! She held Texas in her shoes. I
toll you she holds Oregon in hor
gloes today!"
1 atarted up, my story half untold.
"Whoro nro you going?" asked Mr.
Callioun of me. Dr. Ward looked at
me, smiling. "Ho docs not Inquire of
a eertnln young lady"
"I am going to find tho Haroness von
Hltz!" said I. I flushed red under my
tan, I doubt not; but I would not ask
n word regnrding Elizabeth.
Dr, Ward camo and laid a hand on
my shoulder. "Republics forget," said
he, "but men rrom South Carolina do
not. Neither do girls from Maryland.
Do you think so?"
"That 13 what I am going to find
out."
"How, then? Arc you going to Elm
hurst 113 you look now?"
"No. I shall Hud out many things
by first (hiding tho Haroness von Rlt-z."
And before they could make further
protests I was out and away.
I hurried now to a certain sldo
street, of which I have made mention,
and knocked confidently at n door I
knew. Tho neighborhood was asleep
in tho wnrm sun. I knocked a second
time, nnd began to doubt, but at last
heard slow footsteps.
There appeared at the crack of tho
door the wrinkled vlsago of tho old
serving woman, Threlka. I knew that
sho would bo thero in precisely this
way, because there was every reason
in tho world why it should not hnvo
been. Sho paused, scanning mo close
ly, then quickly opened tho door and
allowed mo to step inside, vanishing
as was hor wont. 1 henrd another
stop In tho half-hidden hallway be
yond, but this was not tho step which
I awaited; It was that of a man, slow,
feeble, hesitating. I stnrtcd forward
as a face appeared at tho parted cur
tains. A glad cry welcomed mo In
turn. A tall, bent form approached
me, and uu arm was thrown about my
shoulder. It wns my whilom frlond,
our ancient scientist, Van Rlttenhofcn!
I did not pauso to ask how ho hap
pened to bo there. It wns quite natur
al, slnco it was wholly Impossible. I
made no wonder at tho Chinese dog
Chow, or tho llttlo Indian maid, who
both came, stared, and silently van
ished. Seeing these, I know that their
strango protector must nlso have won
through safe.
"Ach Gott! Gosegnetcr Gott! I seo
you again, my friend!" Thus tho old
doctor.
"Hut tell me," I interrupted, "whero
Is tho mistress of this house, tho
Haroness von Rltz?"
Ho looked nt mo In his mild way.
"You meau my duughter Helena?"
Now at last I smiled. Ills daughter!
This nt least was too Incredible. IIo
turned and reached behind him to a
llttlo table. Ho held up before my
eyes my little blanket clasp ot shell.
Then I know that this last and most
Impossible thing also was true, nnd
that In somo way those two had found
each other! But why? What could
ho now mean?
"Listen now," he began, "and I shall
tell you. I wass in the street ono day.
Whan I walk alone, I do not much no
tice. Hut now, as I walk, boforo my
eyes on tho street, 1 sco what? This
this, tho Tnh Gook! At first, I see
nothing but It. Then I look up. Uo
foro mo lss a woman, young and beau
tlfttl. Ach! what should I do but take
her In my arms!"
"It was she; It was "
tTO m: CONTINUED.)
Fine Growth of Potatoes.
A rcmnrknblc potato has attracted
somo nttentlon nt Annbnnk, In Ayr
shire, Scotland. Amongst somu roso
buBhcs which Mr. Morran, the station
master, got from Franco, ono potato
plant nppoared, which ho allowed to
como to maturity. When It was dug
In tho autumn of last year It was
found that thero wero nt the root 48
potatoes which weighed fully 14
pounds. Tho potato Is of fine quality,
with shallow eyes and a beautiful
akin.
As He Understood It.
Jason Juby (telling of his trip to
Now York) An' another Jntorestln
sight wuz them thero curb brokers
doln' business.
Hiram Whiffle Seems to mo I once
heerd toll uv them fellers what do
thoy do?
Jason Juby Why, they buy all the
Beats in tho Btock exchango and then
eell 'cm again to suckers at a dollar
er two higher pries. Illustrated Sua
day Magazlao. . ,
Calumet has been
of $1,000 for any substance injurious to health
found in the baking prepared with it.
Docs not this and the fact that it complies with
all pure food laws, both State and National,
prove that Calumet is absolutely pure?
With the purity (jucstion settled then Calumet
is undoubtedly the beat Baking Powder. It
contains more leavening; power; it is more uni-
aw
ionn every
better results
Received Highett Awnrd
CALUMET
BAKING POWDER
Pure In
CHARITY AND CHEWING GUM
hlrnn.U.i Tltn, t-i.-l.. C- P..JI. !
widuilLJT llltll ntllUI OCCIIlb IJICUI.
able to the Generous Instincts
of tho Race.
According to a statement before a
meeting of tho Women's Foreign Mis
sionary society of the Presbytery of
Washington un interesting statement
regarding the money spent lor chew
ing gum nud that given to charity
wns made. The speaker was Mlsa
Mary W. Kerr of Harrlsburg. Pa., in
connection with tho topic of "Fren
zied Finance In Missions." In urging
tho society to bo more liberal In Its
contributions to charitable work, sho
said:
"For every JH.000 contributed to
charity, $17,000 is spent for chewing
gum."
Tho statement passed almost un
noticed except by u few, who huw tho
pertlnenco and logic of (he remark.
Perhaps Not.
An instructor lu a church school
where much attention was paid to
sacred history, dwelt particularly on
tlie phrase "And Enoch was not, for
God took him." So many times was
this repeated in connection with the
death of Enoch that he thought even
the dullest pupil would answer cor
rectly when asked in examination:
Stato In the exact language of tho
Hiblo what is said of Enoch's death.
Hut this was tho answer lie got:
"Enoch was not what God took him
for." Brooklyn Life.
Laundry work at home would bo
much moro satisfactory if the right
Starch wero used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it la usually neces
sary to use so much statch that tho
beauty and fineness or tho fabric is
hidden behind a pasto of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
nppcaranco, but also affects tho wear
ing quality of tho goods. This trou
ble can bo entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as It can be applied
much moro thinly because of its great- ,
er strength than other makes.
Dark Days Coming. '
"Say, Jim, here's a preacher In New
York who says men should sew, cook,
wash the dishes nnd get their own 1
breakfast."
"What's the uso of rubbing It In?
Guess wo all know wo'll have to pret
ty Boon."
Try Murine Eye Ilenirily for lied.
Watf-ry Kyes and Uninitiated Kyellds.
No HimirtliiK Just Kyo Comfort. Alu
rlno Hyo Halvo In Aseptic Tubes New
Hlzu 'ihv. Murine Eye. Remedy liquid
20c and 00c.
Seems to Be Wrong.
Howell Whatever Is la right.
Powell But suppose a follow soaks
you with his left?
Hamlins Wizard Oil is recommended In
itially physicians. It ii lined In many pub
lic mi n private hospitaK Why not keep
a bottle on hand in your own home?
He Was a Judge.
Geraldlne I am Just twonty-two.
Gerald Verdict set aside.
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more women's secrets than any other man or vromun in tho
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That few of theso women havo been disappointed in their ex
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all women treated by Dr. Pierco have been absolutely and
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cases treated were numbered by hundreds only. But when
that record applies to the treatment of more than half-a- mil
lion women, in a prnotico of over 40 years, it is phenomenal,
and entitles Llr. Pierce to the gratitude
specialists in tho treatment of women's
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School Boys' Garden.
An admirable scheme to havo a
school boys garden next year, has
been planned by the authorities of
Khning, N. Y. Last summer a hun
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vacant lots, and it is now proposed tf
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Tom I'm dead soie. I lost $3 to
day. I feci like somebody ought ta
kick me.
Teas (absently) Why don't you ask
father for my hand tonight bo's righl
In tho library.
Too Costly.
"When I want to Hatter a man I ask
lilm for advice."
"I take it lor granted that you nev
er want to flatter u lawyer."
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Ella He's very narrow.
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