t r M I uwuuuuf.jJjUunuuuuji.miiii.j.uii 1r , , M, , I , CHAPTER 1. The Makers of Mapc. Tlirro Ih Bciirccly a slnKln cnimo In which a woman Is not cnvriKt-il In soino way romoutltiK llto stilt. Juvenal. "Tliun you offer mo no hope, doc tor?" The gray mnnu of Dr. Samuel Ward waved lllto a Hhllng creat as ho made atmwer: "Not the Hort of liojio you ask," A moment later he milled: "John, 1 am iifdmtncil or ou." Tlio cynlrnl smile of the man I called my chief still remained upon IiIh lips, the same drawn look of suf fering still remained upon his gaunt features; hut lu his blue eyo 1 saw a glint which piovcd that Iho answer or his old friend had struck out uomo unused spark of vitality from tlio deep, cold Hint of his heart. "I never know you lor a coward, Calhoun," went on Dr. Ward; "nor nny of your family. 1 give you now tho honeflt of my personal acquain tance with this generation of tho Cal liounB. I ask something more or you than falnt-hcartednoBS." Tho keen eves turned immi him again with tho old llauio of Hint which ii generation had known a genera tion, for tho most part, of enemies. I "Did not Saul fall upon his own Bword?" naked John Calhoun. "Ilnvo not devoted leaders from the start of tho world till now sometimes rid tho Bccno of the lesponslblo HgurcB In Jost fights, tho men on whom blnmo rested for failures?" "Cowards!" rejoined Dr. Ward. ''Cowards, every ono of them! Woro there not other Bwords upon which thoy might have fallen those of their enemies?" "It In not my own hand my own oword, Sain," said Calhoun. "Not that. You know as woll as I Hint I urn nlrcady marked and doomed, even as tt sit at my tablo to-night. A walk of wot night here In Washington n turn along tho Heights out there when tho winter wind Is keen yes, Snni, 1 Beo my gravo boforonie.closo enough; but how can I rest easy In that gravo ?, Man, wo havo Hot yet dreamed how Croat n country this may be. We must havo Texas. Wo must havo also Oregon. Wo must have" "Free?" Tho old doctor shrugged liia shoulders and smiled at tho arch pro-slavery exponent. "Then, slnco you mention It, yes!" (rotortcd Calhoun fretfully. "Hut I whnll not go into tho old argument or Ithoso who say that black is white, that soutlj Is north. It Is only for my 'own raco that I plan a wider America. Hut then" Calhoun rnised a long, ithln hand. "Why," ho went on slow 'ly, "I havo just t6ld you that I havo Ifnlled. And yet you, my old friend, 'whom I ought to trust, condemn me to Hvo on!" "Yes," ho said, at length, "I condemn jyou to fight on, John;" and he smiled Igrimly. "Why, look at you, man!" ho broke Emt fiercely, after a moment. "Tho ypo and picture or combat! Good bono, flno bono and hard; a hard head and bony, Uttlo cyo, set deep; strong, fwlry muscles, not too big fighting musclCB, not dough; clean limbs; utrong fingers; good arms, legs, neck; wldo chest " "Then you glvo mo hopo?" Calhoun Washed a smllo at him. "No, sir! ir you do your duty, thero !b no hopo for you to live. If you do tot do your duty, thero is no hopo for you to dio, John Calhoun, for moro jthon two years to come perhaps llvo years six. Keep up this work an you must, my friend and you dlo as Burely as though I shot you through as you sit thoro. Now, Is this any comfort to you?" A gray pallor overspread my mas- tor's face. That truth is welcome to no man, morbid or sane, sound or 111; Jjut bravo men meet It as this ono did. "Tlmo to do much!" ho murmured to himself. "Tlmo to mend many broken vcssoIb, In those two years. Ono moro fight yes, lot us havo It!" Dut Calhoun tho man was lost onco moro In Calhoun tho visionary, tho fanatic statesman. IIo summed up, as though to himself, something of tho ultuatlon which then existed at Wash ington. "Yes, tho coast Is clearer, now that Webster Is out of tho cabinet, but Mr. TJpshur'B denth last month brings In now complications. Had ho remained our secretary or state, much might havo boon dono, It was only last Oc tober ho proposed to Texas a treaty of annexation." "Yea, and found Toxns none so oager," frowned Dr. Ward. "No; and why not? You and I know woll enough. Sir Richard l'akcnhnm, tho English plenipotentiary hero, could tell If ho liked. England Is busy In Texas. Texas owes largo funds to England. England want Texas as a colony. Thoro Is llro under this smoke talk of Texan dividing into two gov ernments, ono, at least, under ICng land'B gentlo und unselfish caro! "And now, look you," Calhoun con tinued, rising, nnd pacing up and down, "look what la tho ovldonco. Van Zandt, charge d'affaires In Wash- BYEWOcRWN HOUOSi AXJITMOl ftP TIBf? Ti5ClfV.'S''EiV vivrisiTCir -w WSSSM IJUQSS G.IffifiKER. ---.--.-, - Wri( "I Don't Pretend to Know ington for tho Republic of Texas, wroto Secretary Upshur only a month before Upshur's death, and told him to go carefully or ho would drive Mexico to icnumo tho war, and bo cost Texas tho friendship of England! Ex cellent Mr. Van Zandt! I at least know what tho friendship or England means. So, ho nsks us ir wo will pro tect Texas with troops and ships In case she does sign that ogreeinont or annexation. Cunning Mr. Vnn Zandt! IIo knows what that answer must bo to-day, with England ready tonight us for Texas and Oregon both, nnd wo wholly unready for war." "But, John, another will have to mnko It, tho ono way or tho other," said his friend. "Yes!" The long hand smote on tho tnble. "President Tyler has offered you Mr. Upshur's portfolio as secretary of stato?" "I have not yot ncceptcd," said Cal houn, "ir I do, It will bo to bring Texas and Oregon Into this Union, one slave, tho other Tree, but both vast, and or a mighty futuro for us. That done, I resign at onco." "Will you accept?" Calhoun's answer wns first to pick up a paper from his desk. "See, here is the dispatch Mr. I'akenhnm bi ought from Lord Aberdeen of tho Ilritlsh ministry to Mr. Upshur just two days heforo his death. Judge whether Aberdeen wants liberty or territory! In effect ho roasserts England's right to Interfere in our affairs. We foucht ono war to dlsprovo that. England has sam enough on this continent. And Englnnd has meddled enough." Calhoun and Ward looked at each other, sober in their realization of the gravo problems which then beset American statesmanship and Amer ican thought. Tho old doctor wbb first to break tho silence. "Then do you accept? -Will you servo again, John?" "Listen to mo. ir I do accept, I shall take Mr. Upshur's and Mr. NcIhou'h place only on ono condition yes, If I i do, licro is whnt I shall say to Eng land regarding Texas. I shnll show her what a Monroo doctrine Is; shall I snow her tlint while Texas is smnll and wenk. Texas and this republic aro not. This is whnt I havo drafted ns a possiblo reply. I shall tell Mr. I'aken hnm that his chief's avowal of Inten tions has mado it our imperious duty, in BPir-dcfcnso, to hasten the nnnexa tlon ot Toxns, cost what it may, mean what it mny! John Calhoun does not shilly-shally. "That will bo. my answer," repeated my chief at last "Yen, I shall have Texas, as I shall havo Oregon, settled beroro I lay down my nrms, Sam Ward. No, I am not yet ready to die!" Calhouu's old llro now Hamad In all his mlon. "Tho altuatlon 1b extremely dim cult," said hlB friendly slowly. "It must bo dono; but how? Wo aro as a nation not ready for war. You as n Btatcsman aro not adequate to tho politics of all this. Whero Is your political party, John? You havo nono. You hnvo outrun nil parties. It will bo your ruin, that you havo been honest!" CaLUoun turned on him swiftly. V i IUVw 1ST mk 0$ fe:S ' CHRl Jwllh ltVltiMi W -' VVII Now All You Mean." "You know as well as I that moro politics will not serve. It will tako somo extraordinary measure you know men and, perhaps, women." "Yes," said Dr. Ward, "and a pre cious silly lot they aro." Calhoun nodded, with a thin smllo. "As It chances, I need a man. Ergo, and very plainly, 1 must use a wom an! "Thero are two women In our world to-day,' said Calhoun "As to Jack son, tho old fool was a monogamist, and still is. Not so much so Jim Polk of Tcuncssce. Nover does he np pear In public with eyes other than for tho Dona Lucrezla of tho Mexican legation! Now. one, against the other Mexico against Austria " Dr. Ward raised his eyebrows In perplexity. "That Is to say, England, and not Austria," went on Calhoun coldly. "The ambassadress ot' England to Amorlcn was horn In Budapest! So I say, Austria; or perhaps Hungary, or some other country, which raised this strange representative who has made some stir in Washington hero thoso last few weeks." "Ah, you mean tho baroness!" ex claimed Dr. Ward. "Tut! Tut!" Calhoun nodded, with the samorold, thin smile. "Yes," he said, "I mean Mr. Pakenham's reputed mistress, his assured secret agent and spy, tho beautiful Daronesn von KHz!" He mentioned a name thon well known In diplomatic and social lire, when Intrigue in Washington. If not open, was nono too woll hidden. "Oay Sir Richard!" he resumed. "You know, his ancestor wns a brother-in-law of tho duke of Wellington. He hlmseir seems to have absorbed somo or tho great duke's fondness for the fair, Hefore ho came to us ho wns with England's legation in Mexi co. Twus there he first met the Dona Lucrezla. 'TIs said ho would havo remained in Mexico had it not been arranged that sho and her hus band. Senor Yturrlo, 3houid accompany Gen. Almonte In tho Moxlcan ministry hero. On these conditions, Sir Rich ard agreed to accept promotion ns minister plenipotentiary to Washing ton!" "That was nine years ago," com mented Dr. Ward. "Yes; and it was only lust fall that ho was made envoy extraordinary. Ho is at least an extraordinary envoy! Near DO yonrs of age. he sroms to for get public doconcy; he forgets even tho Dona Luciozla, leaving her to tho ndmlration of Mr. Polk and Mr. Vnn Zandt, and follows off nfter the sprightly Baroness von Rltz. Mean time, Senor Yturrlo also forgets tho Dona Lucrezla, and proceeds also to follow after tho baroness although with less hopo than Sir Richard has tasto! Tho Baroness von Rltz has brains and beauty both. It la sho who ia England's real envoy. Now, I be Hove sho knows England's real Inten tions ns to Toxas." Dr. Ward screwed his, lips for a long whistle, us ho contomplnted John Calhoun's thin, determined fnco. "I do uot caro at present to Bay moro," wont on my chlof; "but do you not see, granted certain motives, Polk might come Into power pledged to tho extension ot our southwoBt borders " "Calhoun, are you inml?" cried bin friend. "Would you plungo this coun try Into war? Would you pit two peo ples, lllto cocks on a lloor? And would ou use women In our diplomacy?" uilliotin now wan no longer tho I ft lend, tho humanllnrliiu. IIo was tho relentless machine; the idea; tho sin gie purpose, which to the world at ' luruc lie lirul been nil him lifi iti ,-nn. I i ess. in cabinets on this or the other ' 1,rve Wnat Swamp-Root Will Do Tor You Bldo of the throne of American power. ' ,;'cn'l 0. Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bingham He spoke coldly as lir- went on: ,c"' .' Y, for ft amplo bottle. It will "111 these matters It in not a qu T'!!nf nn'on?' J0" rW,H a,w rccc,vc tlon ot means, but of result!,. If war ! ?,, "v?f rn!.,m1,I information, telling comes, let It come; although I hope it , will uot como. As to the line of wom entell me, why not women? Why nnythlng else but women? It is only playing life ngalnst lire; one variant against another. That is politics, my, friend. 1 want Pakenham. So, I must learn what Pakenham wants. Doen ( ho want Texas for Knglnnd, or the Hnroncss von Rltz for himself?" I Ward still sat and looked at him. j ".My God!" said he at last, bol'tly; but I Calhoun went on: "Why, who has made the n.aps of I tho world, and who has written pages I In Its history? Who makes nnd un makes cities and ompiros nnd repub lics today? Woman, and not man! ' Are you so ignorant and you a physi cian, who know tlioiu both? (hid, man, you do not understand jour own profession and yet you seek to conn- J Bel me In mine!" "Strange words from you, John," coinmeuted his friend, slinking his ' head; "not seemly for a man who otnnds where you stand today." "Strango weapons yes. If I could nlways use my old weapons of tongue ' and brain I would not need these per haps. Now you tell me my tlmo is ' short. I must fight now to win. I have never fought to lose. I cannot ' bo too nice in agents und instru ments." ! Tho old doctor rose and took a turn iin mill ilrtivii Hin llflln .i..,.. ...... ..i Calhoun's modest innnnirn i.t.i... ..... i tlon's capital, which then was not the i city It is to-day. Calhoun lollowed him with even steps "Changes of maps, my friend? Lis- ' ten to me. Tho geography of America ror tho next 50 years rests under a . little roof over in M street to-night a roof which Sir Richard secretly maintains. Tho map of tho United ' States. I toll vou. Is covomii win, down counterpano n deux, to-night. You ask mo to go on with my tight. I answer, first I must 11ml the worn an. Now, I say I havo found her, as j on know. Also, I have told you whero I have round her. Under a counterpane! Texns, Oregon, these : United States under si counterpano!" Dr. Ward sighed as ho shook his head. "I don't pretend to know now , all you mean." ; Calhoun whirled on him fiercely, ' with a vigor which his wasted frame did not indicate as possible. ,u,lilU llUi . UllllUi 44 , "Listen, then, and I will tell you what John Calhoun means John Cal- , hoiin, who has loved his own state, who has hated those who hated him, who .lias never prayed for those who dcspltofully used him, who has fought and will fight, since all Insist on that. It Is true Tyler bus offered me again to-day the portfolio of secretary of I state. Shall I take it? If I do, it ; means that I am employed by this ad- j ministration to secure tho admission I of Texns. Can you bellevo mo when 1 tell you Hint my ambition is for it j all all, every loot of now land, west 1 to tho Pacific, that we can get, slave or free? Can you believe John Cal houn, pi o slavery ndvocate and ora tor all his life, when he says that ho believes ho Is an humble instrument destined, with God's aid, and through tho use of such instruments as our human society affords, to build, not a wider slave country, but a wider Amorlcn?" "It would be worth the light of a few years more, Calhoun," gravely an swered his old friend. "I admit 1 had not dreamed this of you." "History will not write It or me, porhnps," went on my chief. "Hut you tell me to light, and now I shall light, and in my own way. I tell you, that answer shall go to Pakenham. And 1 tell you Pnkonhani shall not dure to tako offenso at me. War with Mexico wo possibly,, indeed certainly, shnll have. War on tho northwest, too, wo yot may hnvo unless" He paused; and Dr. Ward prompted him somo moments lator, us he still remained in thought. "Unless what, John? What do you mean still hearing the rustle of skirts?" "Yob! unless tho celebrated Har mless Holena vou Rltz says other wise 1" replied ho grimly. "How dignified a diplomacy havo wo hero! You plan wnr between two cmbnssles on tho distaff sldo!" smiled Dr. Ward. Calhoun, continued his walk. "I do not say so," ho mado nnswor; "but, If thero must bo war, wo may roflcct that war Is nt Its bCBt when woman Is In tho flold!" (TO Dlfi CONTINUED.) WOMAN TELLS STORY OF INTENSE SUFFERING At the age of about 40 years, I was at tacked with hemorrhage of the kidneys or bladder which continued for several jcars without a check. I finally took advantago of your generous offer and procured a earnplo bottlo of Swamp-Root. Relieving It helped me, I purchased a fifty-cent lot- wo, wmen convinced me that it was help ing me. Threes other bottles cured me. In two or threo years, over-work brought my ailment back, but ono bottlo stopped it. I feel as if I owo my life to vou for tho great blessing Dr. Kilmer'a Swamp-Root lias been to mo. 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