a a biii 111 i iinww I I i it' IE ! m m w SYNOPSIS. Tlic ntory In told by Nlcliolan Trlst. Hln chlif. Senator John Cnllimin, offered tho poitfollo of KPi'rctnry of ntntc In Tyler's cabinet, la told by I)r Ward tlmt Ills tlmo la short. Cnlhntin ileclnrcn tlmt lie la not ready to dlo, nnd If ho accpntH Tyler'n of fer It tnoniiH tlmt Tcxna ntid OroRon must lie nddrd to the Union. He platiH to learn tho Intentions of Ktutlnnd with rPKiird to Mexico through Itarnne.sa Von Illtz. Berrct iy and reputed inlHlrcns of the ICimllah ninlmssnclor, Pnlicnham. Nlctitilna la sent to brltiR tho barnncsa to Calhoun's apart menlH and idIrspb a meeting with hln weetlieiirt, Elizabeth Churehlll. Whilo enrolling for the linrnnrM lintiao a car rlftRo dnnhen up and Nicholas Is Invited to ntor. Tho occupant Is tho baroness, who tmys hIip Is bring pursued. The pursuers aro Blmlen off. Nicholas In Invited Into tho hotiRo and delivers Calhoun's tnc.isai;o. Ho notes that the baroness has lost a nllppcr. Nicholas In Riven tho remaining Upper as a pledRo that alio will tell Cal- noun everything, lie kivob nor ns socur- ty an Indian trlnltet ho Intended for Kll Ir.nbntb. Kllxntieth'n father consents to IMcJioms' proposal for her liana. CHAPTER VII. Continued. It was not now to mo, of course this pageant, although It novcr lacked br Interest There wcro In tho throng representatives of nil America no It wob then, a strango, emtio blending of ronnoment und vulgarity, of enso and poverty, of luxury and thrift. A certain nir of gloom at this tlmo hung ovor official Washington, for tho minds of nil wcro still oppressed by tho memory of tlmt fatal accident tho explosion of tho great cannon JPcacomnkcr" on board tho war vcb ol Princeton which had killed Mr. TIpBhur, our secretary of stato, with others, nnd had, nt ono blow, como so near to depriving this government of Its head nnd his official family; tho Dumber of prominent lives thus ended or endangered being appalling to con template It was this nccldont which bad called Mr. Cnlhoun forward at a national Juncturo of tho most oxtremo dollcacy nnd tho utmost Importance. In spite of tho general mourning, howovor, the informnl receptions at tho Whlto Houso wero not wholly dis continued, nnd tho administration, un settled ns It was, and fronted by tho gravest of diplomatic problems, mado such show or dignity nnd oven cheer fulness as It might I considered It my duty to pass In tho long procession nnd to shako tho hand of Mr. Tyler. That done, I gazed about tho great room, carefully scan ning tho different Httlo groupB which wero accustomed to form after tho ceremonial part or tho visit was over. I saw many whom I know. I forgot them; for In a rnr cornor, whero a flood or Hght enmo through tho trail ing vines thnt shielded the outer win dow, my anxious eyes discovered tho object or my quost Elizabeth. It seemed to mo I had novor known hor so fair aB she was that morning In tho grcnt cast room or tho Whlto House. Ellzaboth was rather taller than tho average woman, nnd of that oplcndld southern flguro, slender but etrong, which makes perhaps tho best ropresontatlvo or our American beau ty. Sho was very bravoly nrrayed to day In her best pink-flowered lawn, mndo wide and full, ns was tho custom of tho tlmo, but not so clumsily gath ered nt tho waist as some, nnd so serving not wholly to conceal her natural comeliness of flguro. Her bon net sho hnd removed. I could see tho sunlight on tho ripples of her brown hair, nnd tho shadows which inv abovo her eyes as Bho turned to face mo, and tho Blow pink which crept Into her chocltB. Dignified nlwnys, nnd reserved, was Ellzaboth Churchill. Hut now I hope it was not wholly conceit which led mo to reel that perhaps tho warmth, the glow or tho air, caught whllo ri ding under tho open sky, tho sight of the many budding roses of our city, tho scent or tho blossoms which oven then enmo through tho lattice tho mooting even with mysoir, so lately returned something nt least or this had caused an awakening In hor girl's heart Something, I say, I do not fcnow whnt, gave her greeting to mo more warmth than was usual with her. My own hoart, eager enough to break bounds, answered In kind. Wo stood blushing like children nn nnr hands touched forgotten In that as Bomblago or Washington's pomp and circumstance. "How do you do?" wns all I could find to sny. And "How do you do?" was all 1 could catch for nnswor, al though 1 saw, In a fleeting way, a gllmpso of n dlmplo hid in Elizabeth's cheek. 8ho never showed It aavo when pleased. I lmvo never soon a dlmplo ilko that or Elizaboth's. Absorbod, wo nlmost forgot Aunt Dotty Jennings stout radiant snub nosed, arch-browed and curious, Eliz abeth's chaporon. On tho whole, I was glad Aunt Dotty Jennings was thoro. "Aunt Dotty," said I, as I took her nana; "Aunt uotty, have wo told you, Ellzaboth and I?" I saw Ellzaboth straighten in por ploxlty, doubt or horror, but I wont on. "Yes, Ellzaboth and I " "You dear children!" gurgled Aunt Betty. "Congrntulato us both!" Idoraandcd, and I put Elizabeth's hand, covered with my own, into tho short and chub by Angers of that estimable lady. 54-40 FIOHT BYEMERFON HOUGH AVTHOR. OF THE MlftPIftflPPI BUBBLE ILUOTRATIONf ter MAGNUS G.ICET11ER- COPYRIOHT I909 y SODar-MERRl!.!. COrfPAlW a, . . . . . 13 i i mm mmmmmmmmmmm-mmm "Nicholas," Sho Said, Whonovor Ellzaboth attomptcd to opon her lips I opened mlno boforo, and I so overwhelmed dear Aunt Betty Jen nings with protestations or my regard for hor, my Interest in hor family, hor other nieces, her chickens, her kit tons, her homo I so quieted all hor questions by assertions and demands and exclamations, and declarations that Mr. Danlol Churchill hnd given bis consont, that I Bwear for tho mo mont.oven Elizabeth bolloved that what I had said was Indeed truo. At least, I can tcstiry sho mado no ror mal denial, although tho dlmplo was now rrlghtoncd out or Bight. Admlrablo Aunt Dotty Jennings! Sho forestalled every assertion I mado, herself bubbling and blushing In sheer delight Nor did sho lack In chnrlty. Tnpplng mo with her fan lightly, sho exclaimed: "You roguo! I know that you two want to bo alone; thnt Is what you want. Now wn going away Just down tho room. You will rldo homo with us after a tine, I am sure?" Adorablo Aunt Betty Jennings! Elizabeth and I look it her com fortablo back for somo moments be roro I turned, laughing, to look Ellza both In tho oyca. "You had no right " began she, hor race growing pink. "Every right!" said I, and managed to find a plnco for our two hands un der cover of tho wldo flounces of her figured lawn as wo stood, both blush ing. "I havo every right I have truly Just seen your father. I havo ! Just como rrom him." Sho looked nt mo Intently, glowing, happily. "I could not wait any longer," I went on. "Within a week I am going to havo an ofllco or my own. Let us wnlt no longer. I havo waited long enough. Now" I babbled on, mid sho listened. It wns Btrango place enough for a be trothal, but thcro at least I said tho words which bound mo; and In tho look Ellzaboth gavo mo I saw her an swer. Her eyes woro wide nnd straight and solemn. Sho did not smllo. As we stood, with small opportunity and perhaps less Inclination for much conversation, my oyes chanced to turn toward the main cntrnnco door of tho east room. I saw, pushing through, a certain page, a young boy of good family, who was employed by Mr. Cal houn as mcBsongcr. He know mo perfectly well, ns ho did nlmost ovory ono elso In Washington, and with pre cocious Intelligence his gazo picked mo out In all that throng. "Is It for mo?" 1 asked, as ho ox tended his mlsslvo. "Yes," bo nodded. "Mr. Calhoun told mo to find you nnd to glvo you this at once." I turned to Ellzaboth. "ir you will pardon mo?" I said. Sho mado way for me to pass to a curtained window, and there, turning my back and using such secrecy as I could, I broke tho seal. Tho messago wbb brier. To bo equal ly brlof 1 may say simply that it asked mo to bo ready to start ror Canada that night on business con nected with tho department of stato! "Come To-Nlght." Of reason or explanations It gave none. I turned to Ellzaboth and held out tho messago from my chief. Sho looked at It. Her oyo3 widened. "Nicholas!" sho exclaimed. "Elizabeth," said I, turning to her Bwirtly, "I will agreo to nothing which will send mo away from you again. Listen, then" I raised a hand as Bho would havo spokon. "Go homo with your Aunt Dotty n3 soon as you can. Toll your father that to-night at bIx I shall bo thero. Do ready!" "What do you moan?" sho panted. I saw her throat flutter. "I mean that wo must bo married to-night beforo I go. Doforo eight o'clock I must bo on tho train." "When will you bo back?" she whis pered. "How can I tell? When I go, my wlfo shall wait thcro at Elrahurst, In stead of my sweetheart" Sho turned nway from mo, contem plative. She, too, was young. Ardor nppcalcd to her. Life stood beforo her, beckoning, as to me. What could the girl do or say? I placed her hand on my nrm. Wo otarted toward the door, Intending to pick up Aunt Jennings on our way. As wo advanced, a group boforo us broko apart I stood aside to mako way for n gentleman whom I did not recognize. On his arm thero leaned n woman, a beautiful woman, clad In a costume of flounced nnd rippling vel vet of royal blue which mado hor tho most atrlking figure In tho great room. Hers was a personality not easily to bo overlooked In any company, her fnco ono not readily to bo equalled. It was tho Daroncss Helena von Hltz! Wo met face to face. I presume It would have been too much to nsk even of her to suppress tho sudden flash of recognition which sho showed. Atllrst sho did not boo that I was accom panied. She bent to mo, as though to adjust her gown, and, without a chnngo in tho expression of her fnco, spoke to me in an undertono no ono elso could hoar. "Wait!" sho murmured. "Thero Is to bo n meeting" She had tlmo for no moro as Bho swept by. Alas, that mere momonts should spell ruin as well ns happiness! This now woman whom I had wooed and round, this now Ellzaboth whoso hand lay on my arm, saw what no ono elso would havo scon that little flash of recognition on tho fnco of Helona von Rltz! Sho heard a whlspor pass. Moreover, with a woman's uncanny facility in detail, sho took In ovory item 01 tno otner a costume. For my soir, I could sco nothing or that cos tume now savo ono object a barbaric brooch or doublo sholls and beaded rastonlngs, which clasped tho light laces at hor throat Tho baroness had perhaps slept as Httlo as I tho night beforo. If I showod tho ravages of 1033 of Bleep no moro than Bho, I was fortunnto. Sho was radiant, as sho passed for ward with hor escort for placo In tho lino which had not yot dwindled away. "You Boom to know that Indy," said Elizabeth to mo gontly. "Did I so scorn?" I nnswored. "It is professional of all to smllo In tho oast room at a reception," said L "Then you do not know tho Indy?" "Indeed, no. Why should I, my dear girl?" Ah, how hot my faco was! "I do not know," said Ellzaboth. "Only, In a way she resembles a cer tain lady of whom we hnvo heard rather more than enough here lu Washington." "Put nsldc silly gossip, Elizabeth," I said. "And, please, do not quarrel with mo, now thnt I am so happy. To night" "Nicholas," she said, leaning JitBt a Httlo forward nnd locking her hands moro deeply In my arm, "don't you know tho little brooch you were going to bring me an Indian thing you Bald It should be my my wedding prosent? Don't you remember thatY Now, I was thinking" I stood blushing red as though de tected In tho utmost vlllnlny. And tho girl at my side saw that written on my race which now, within tho very moment, It had become her right to question! I turned to her suddenly. "Elizabeth," said I, "you Hhall havo your Httlo brooch tonight, ir you will promlso mo now to be ready und wait ing for me nt alx. I will havo tho license." It seemed to me that this new self or Elizabeth's warmer, yielding, adorable was slowly going away from mo again, nnd that her old seir, nono tho loss sweet, nono the less alluring, but moro logical and questioning, had taken Its old place again. She put both her hands on my arm now and looked mo fairly in tho faco, whero tho color still proclaimed some sort of guilt on my part, although my heart was clean and Innocent as hers. "Nicholas," Bho said, "como to night Drlng mo my Httlo Jewel and bring" "The minister! ir I do that, Eliza beth, you will marry mo then?" "Yes!" sho whispered Boltly. Amid all tho din and babblo or that motley throng I heard tho word, low ns It was. I havo never heard a volco llko Elizabeth's. An Instant later, I knew not qulto how, her hand was away rrom my arm, In that or Aunt Dotty, and they wero passing toward tho main door, leaving mo standing with Joy and doubt mingled In my mind. (TO DE CONTINUED.) HELPED SENATOR TO VICTORY Political Opponents Made Mistake When They Raked Up a Story They Thought Would Hurt. Senator Chamberlain d Washington, who recantly made his first extended speech in congress, on conservation, has reminded nn old friend 01 Cham berlain's own experiments In conser vation. "When Chamberlain was running 1 tho sonnte," said this friend, "tho op position went over his record with a Hue tooth comb to find something in jurious to him. Ono day ono of tho strikers rushed in and announced that ho had it. Chamberlain was president rt a bank when he was a young man; it busted nnd was a horrible wreck. 'Dig It up quick," announced tho campaign manager The story was looked up and was truo. Tho bank had failed, and thero wcro almost no nssets. They wero Just ready to put out tho story when nn old friend of Chamber lain's enmo nlong nnd advised against it "Won't do you any good," he In sisted. "Tako my word for it." But tho campaign managers had to do something, nnd bo tho story of tho busted bank was given out and got duo publicity In nil tho anti-Chamber-lnln papers. Next day tho Chamberlain committee gavo out a statement signed by nil tho directors nnd n lot of depos itors of tho bank. It said: "It Is truo that Mr. Chamberlain was president of tho bank when !t failed. At that tlmo 1 j was n man of somo property. Ho had novor been actively connected with tho bank management, and when ho lenrned that It was closed nnd hopelessly In solvent ho turned over his entlro prop erty and personally paid nil depos itors." Whereupon tho nntl-Chnmberlaln people Btnrted hunting ror a now roor back, and when election day camo tho man whoso bank hnd failed Inglorious ly was triumphantly elected senator. Our Lack In Humor. ArtcmuH Ward said that a comic paper wnj no worso for having a Joko In It now nnd then, and his words hnvo ovor slnco been quoted ns em bodying tho gospel of wit nnd humor. Tho great ' form of American mirth Is tho Joko. "It Ib to laugh" that's our creed in n sentenco, Misplaced cap itals, awkward spelling, Impossible grammar, Infinite lucongrulty of situa tion, endless wordplay, grotesquory or notion nnd character, heightened by pictures equally funny, these nro tho things that make ub laugh. Wo aro quick to catch tho point of a cartoon, to enjoy tho exaggeration or a carica ture. But to smllo at tho mock-serious, to bo amitBcd by satire, Is a re finement as yot boyond u MUST GO ON ACTION WILL 8H0W IUST WHERE THE MEMBERS STAND. HITCHCOCK PRESENTS A BILL He Introduces a Resolution Which Provides for the Disposition of the Majority and Minority Reports by Vote. Washington. The house of repre sentatives cannot escnpe going on rec ord on tho Halllnger-Plnehot contro versy. This wan mndo evident when Representative Hitchcock of Nebras ka Introduced a resolution calling for the discharge of the house committee on agriculture from further considera tion of the majority and minority re ports on the llnlllnger-PIuehot Investi gation. The reports went to this committee after Introduction in the house an 1 were In a fair way to slumber there In definitely, with no opportunity for the house to decide whether the Hal linger whitewash should stand or not, ns demanded by the democrats and by Representative .Madison In minority reports, ho should be removed from olllce as Incomretent and an unfaith ful public servant. Mr. Hitchcock's resolution mnkes certain an expression of sentiment on the part of the house. Tho committee on rules may pigeon-hole the Hitch cock resolution, but, ir It does so, It will still he lwssiblo to mako a mo tion to discharge the committee from further consideration of the measure. This would give the house a chunce to show where It stands on the contro versy and It would also give the coun try a chance to see Just eNactlj whero members stand. Impressive Funeral for Chilean. Washington. As an official tribute to the memory of Anlluil Cruze, late Chilean minister, and a mark of es teem to a friendly state, an Impressive stato and military funeral will be held. The services will he attended by the president, members of the cabinet, justices of the supreme court of the United States, tho entlro diplomatic corps, the foreign affairs committee of congress, the admiral of the navy, the chief of staff of the army, other officers and officials of the army and navy and officials of the state depart ment. $40 Picture Thought to be Van Dyke. Boston. The customs officials re fused to deliver to a local art dealer an oil painting which 13 said to have been pure-hated abroad for $40 and Is thought to be a famous Van Dyke stolen from a private gallery lu tier many. Tho painting was withheld nt the re quest of the (lonuun authorities until lis ownership has been fully estab lished. The missing Van Dyko repre sents a boy, and Is said to have been taken from 11 private art gallery In Berlin some years ago. British Spies on Trial. LeJpslc. The trial of the British officers. Captain Trench of the Uoyal marines and Lieutenant Brandon of tho Itoyal navy, who aro charged by tho German authorities with esplon ago upon flic fortifications at Dorkum has begun In the imperial court. The defendants admitted they were gathering military Information at the time of their arrest, n Augusta, Me. Severe criticism of tho national grange, Patrons of Hus bandry, is contained in the report of tho executive committee, submitted at tho annual meeting of tho Maine state grange here. The report was unani mously accepted. Scientists to Meet. Minneapolis. Elaborate arrange munts have been completed for tho an nual meeting or the American associa tion for the advancement of science, which is to be held next week at the University or Minnesota. Twenty seven elementary scientific societies will ho represented nt tho gathering and among tho participants . Hi tinny of the foremost scholars of the United States and Canada. Montgomery. Mrs Esther Doas of .Montgomery will eclcbrato hor 101th birthday on Christmas day. She was born In North Carolina on Dig Cold water creek, December Hath, 1!0R. Sho has been a resident or Montgomery for forty-two years and has a daughter living who Is 8." years old. Washington, 1). C. CongrosB has adjourned for tho holiday recess until January 1. Little business was done la either house on the day of adjourn ment, owing to the difficulty of keep ing enough members In their seats to Insure a quorum. On Trail of Sugar Fraud. Washington. Customs exports from the treasury and special agents of tho department of Justice are making an Investigation which promises to add another chapter to tho story 0 sugar tnists. An alleged abuEo of tho "drawback" privileges, principally at New York. Is under Investigation and ono official says tho revelations promlso to put tho government In position to rocovei nearly ns much ns lu tho underweight caBes when more than ?a,000,000 wat paid to tho treasury. THE CENSUS OF CANADA ITS GROWTH IN TEN YF.AR3 PAST. A census of tho Dominion of Canada will bo mado during 1011. It will Bhow that during tho past decado a remarkablo development has taken placo, and, when compared with tho population, n greater pcrcontngo of In creaso In Industries or all kinds that, has ever boon bIiowu by any country. Commerce, mining, agrlculturo nnr.' railways havo mado a steady march onward. Tho population will bo con siderably over 8,000,000. Thousands or miles or railway Hnca havo been construction olnco tho last census was taken ten years ago. This construc tion was mado necessary by tho open ing up of tho new agricultural dis tricts in Western Canada, in which thero havo boon pouring yoar niter year an increasing number or Bcttlers, until tho present yenr will witness fiettloment of over 300,000, or n trlflo less than one-third or tho Immigration to tho United States during tho samo period with its 92,000,000 or popula tion. Even with these hundreds of thousands of newcomers, tho great majority or whom go upon tho land, thcro Is Btlll avallablo room for hun dreds or thousands additional. Tho conBUB figures will therefore show a great a vast Incrcnso In tho num ber of fnrniB under occupation, as woU ob In tho output of tho farm3. When tho figures of tho splendid immigra tion nro added to tho natural increase tho total will aurprlso even tho most optimistic. To tho excellent growth that tho western portion of Canada will Bhow may largely bo attributed tho commercial and industrial growth or tho eastern portion or Canada. All Canada is being upbullded, nnd lu thin transformation thoro is taking part tho peoplo from many countries, buJ only from thoso countries that pro Uuco tho strong and vigorous. As Bomo evidenco of tho growth or tho Western portion of Canada, in agricul tural Industry, it is Instructive to point out that over 100,000 home steads of 1C0 acres each havo been transferred to actual settlers In tho past two years. This means 25,000 squaro miles or territory, nnd then, when is added tho 40,000 ICO-acro pre emption blocks, thero is an additional 10,000 square miles, or a total of 35, 000 squaro miles a territory as largo as tho Stato or Indiana, and settled Within two years. Reduced to the producing capacity Imperative- on tho cultivation restriction or B0 acres or cultivation on each ICO-acro home stead within threo yenrs, thoro will bo within a year and a hair from now upwards or 5,000,000 additional acres rrom thlB ono source added to tho en tlro producing nrea or tho Provinces or Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al berta. In 1001, at tho tlmo or tho last census of Canada, successful agrlcul turo In tLo Provinces of Monltoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta was an experiment to many. Thcro wcro skeptics who could not bollevo that It wus possiblo to grow thirty forty nnd even firty bushels or wheat to tho acre, or that as high as ono hundred nnd thirty bushels or oats to tho aero could bo grown. Tho skeptics aro not to bo found today. Tho evidence of tho hundreds of thousands of farmers Is too overwhelming. Not only hnvo tho lands of western Cnnnda proven their worth In tho matter of raising all tho smaller field grains, but for mixed farming, nnd for cnltlo raising thcro Is no better country anywhere. Tho cllmnto Is perfectly adapted to all these pursuits as well as admlrablo for health. The Dominion government literature, descrlptlvo of tho country, Is what all that aro Interested should read. Send ror a copy to tho nearest Canadian government representative. PROOF POSITIVE WWmmTTmW 'Jto sJ&JV9Ti Buy This Is a good placo lor tlsli! Angler What can you catch her .' Boy I don't know, but It must bo a great placo for fish, becauso I nev er seen any of them leavo It Com 0 Cuts. Ill-Mannered Chicken. Little Robort, II years of ago, went n-Ith his grandmother to tho chicken nark to boo her feed tho chickens. ,V'hen tho Httlo onos Jumped upon th'i water dish nnd dipped their bills Into tho water, ho cried: "Oh, grand mother, they nro putting their feet on tho table." Cured. "Your son used to bo go round ihouldercd. How did you got him cured of It? Ho seems to bo so straight now." "Ho has become an nvlatlon enthu siast, and spends most or his tlmo watching tho bird-men." Aromatic Spirits. Mrs. Tarr Slstah Lobstock has Jest got a dlvo'co fum her husbnn'. Mrs. Wombat Don say? How much ammonia did do cou'tdonournnt her? Puck. Tho man who forgetB that ho was onco a boy Is almost as ecarco ns the womau who denies that sho U still a sin. S :Tr-4i, C L. mmm!"- mm, -v' ww'kmmwjmffiWWifll&i'Gtti Ti ir r . f a i vaViia rtl m nf.ii. u ; Bne.'VT". T a