jWttv .? A ' v. , . , a- . - T t """ JIMJlLMfflUmjUIIB mmi IP I IIIIWnBBn JjlJIIMIII IEBggMEaiI.IJIMHBg in mi IJJIM i !! II II IIM IUIIIB ! i 1 1 -, Hwri BY EMERSON HOUCM JS f nlSSjfev I I UUUTRATI0N5 hv "MAGNUS CKETTNER- I I J$3 WSGBffiJSH S3 SYNOPSIS. Joint r'nijiuun liiM'tiiin'H rtpcri'l.'iry of Willi- in Tylrr'ti ciililtii't wit It tln llxril tlti ti'iiiilrmtlon lei ni'MiiIro both Ti'vitM ami On-Kon Nlt'lintitM Tiist, IiIh nei-retury. Ih miiI with .1 ini:iu;r lo tln Iliiioiu-.-t.'t von Hllz, niy mill rcputi-il mltttii'HH of the JlrltlHli inlnlttli'i-, I'uUriiliiiin TrlHt cn rminters tlic liumiii'HH mill iinrtl.iiM Imr In I'Hr.'UllttK (ruin lllll-Hlll'IH Hln ii;trui-M lo !! Ciilliniin, ami iim 11 ili'(li;u Unit nln will tell liltn wluit In' uiuiiM to liiiuw ro iMtilliii; tin' liiti'iitloiiH nr Cnclanil (ou.v.-d Alcxlf'ii, Hlii! civi'M TilBt 11 hIIiii.t. tlin iiiiiti- ol wlili h Ims liii'ii IriHt Tilht Ih or ili'iril to ,Mmiti"iil 1111 Hliiiu busmen, anil uirmiKi'M tn Im iiiiil'ilml to 1 : 1 1 7. : 1 1 1 1 1 Cliiinlilll liifori' ilii.irtliiK Tlii' lini-iini'HH hiih In- will Itv to priin llii' nun 1 l.ici' . ilninkcti cntiKii'xxiiimi, who In iisfIhMiik TiM Iii Iiim wi'itilini; miniiKi'iiM'iith. lilun ili'HiiKly bi'IkIh tint burum'tiT hl'pper tn KMziitx'tli Insictnl of tln owner, mill tlm liuirrluKi' Ih ilcolttivil off Nlrliolni HiiiIm tin' tmroties In .Mont rr-ii I, Hint Imvlim' hiic I'i'i'ili'il. wlicro lin foiled. In iIIhciivitIiir IOiikIiiihI'm IntciillniiH it'i;milliiK Oregon. Hlii- ti'llu him tho nlliicr lio 1 1 11 1 1, riiii tiiliicil 11 nolo fioni Iim Ti'nhh iittiii'lii tn lNlUl'llillllll, HuylllK' I tilt t If tlli I Till I oil tltuti'H 1II1I lint 11 inn) V 'I'nxiiM within & iluys Hlii' wnulil liiio linth Texas n oil Oregon, ('ullioiin onlcT.M Trial to lieinl n party liniinil for Uri'Knn. Ciillioiin excites tho Ji'iilntiHy of ycnurn Yturrlo. mill thereby M" nrt'H tlm slKiiiitiiri of the Texas ut liu'lic to 11 treaty of anui'Mitloii NltiinliiH nrilvin in Oregon. I.uter tln liuronrHH itr iImm on 11 llrllliili warship. HI10 tclli Is'IcIkiIiih Hint 11 note she pliircil In lii-r NllppiT IlllHPlI till) IlK'llklllK off of lila jiuiiiIiikc. mnl t tin t ln IiiIi'iiiIm to return tn W.iHlilliKton to leltiilr tlm wiotiK. NIcliotiH follow'H Iht Mi1 Icmim on tho wii.v tlmt I'olk linti lici'ti I'li-i'toil mill Texas nnnoMMl, nml Hint lliw In to lie jwir Willi Mcxli'o. Tin' li.'ironi'iis tclln Trlst tlmt In ri'tnrn for a eoniprnnilHo of tlic On-Knn lioiiiHlary on tlio forty-nlntli 'ili-Kree. kJh lias Hold licrnelf lo rnUenlimn. Hlin t-ll lit 111 the ntorv of Iter lift). Trim lirenkH riilenliatn'H key to the linronr.MH' iiparlmenttt. I'nkenluini enlla for IiIh prlec. nml the bin one refiiiex to pny. Hit InmiltM lirr. Hhe eonipplB lilm to apologize, hold him up In hM trim 'llKht. mid he deelnres Unit nln li pure uh a Illy. Tho treaty In hIkhciI by I'akon liaru. CHAPTER XXXV. Tho Proxy of Pakenhnm. A man enn not possess unytliliiK Hint Is ln'iter than a koihI woniun, imr nnythlni; 'that Ih worse than n had one. SlinonldtM. Whoa I roarhutl tho central part of tho city, I did not hasten thonco to Kliuhurst mansion. Instead, I re turned to my hotel. I did not now care to geo any of my frlenda or even to tuko up mattem of IiiifIiiuhh with my chief. It Is not for 1110 to tell what feellnKB camo to me when I left Helena von Ititz. Sleep such aH I could rhIh, reflec tions such as were Inevitable, occu pied 1110 for all that nlRht. It wan mld-mornliiK of the following day when finally I once moro sought out Mr. Calhoun. He had not expected me, hut re ceived mo gladly. It seemed that he hud gone on about his own plans and with his own methods. "Tho Senora Yturrlo Is doing me the honor of an early morning call," he began. "She is with my daughter in another part of tho hoiiKO. As there Is matter of somn 'Importance to come up, I shall ask you to attend." lio dUpatchcd a servant, and pres ently the lady mentioned Joined us. She was a pleasing picture enough In her robe of black laces and sulphur colored silks, but her face was none too happy, and her eyes, it seemed to mo, bore traces either of unrest or tears. .Mr. Calhoun hnuded her to a chair, whore she began to use hor lan guid but effective Tan. "Now, it gives us tho greatest re gret, my dear senora," began Mr. Cal lioun, "lo have Oen. Almonte nml your husband return to their own country. Wo have valued tholr presenco hero very much, and 1 regret tho disrup tion of tho friendly relations between our countries." She mndo any sort of gesture with her fan, and ho went on: "It Is the regret also or all, my dear lady, that your husband seems so shamelessly fo '.have abandoned you. I am qtilto ,uwaro, If you will allow me to be so ifrank, that you need some llnnnclal iisslstnnco." "My country is ruined," said she. "Also, senor, I nm ruined. As you say, 1 have no means of llfo. 1 have not iiven money to secure my passage home. That Sonor Van JCandt " "Yes, Van Zandt did much for us, through your agoncy, senora. Wo have benefited by that, and I there fore regret he proved faithless to you personally. I am sorry to tell you that lio has signified his wish lo Join our ,army against your country I hear also that your lato friend, .Mr. Polk, lias forgotten most of his promises to ,yo!i." "Illm I hate also!" she broko out "Ho broko his promise to Sonor Van .Kamlt, to my husband, to mo!" Calhoun smiled In his grim fashion ''I am not tuirprlsed to hear all that, tiny dear lady, for you but point out ,ft known characteristic of that gentle iinau. lie tins madn mo many promises .which ho has forgotten, nnd offered lino oven of into distinguished honors which he never meant mo to nccept iHut, since 1 havo boon personally re .uponsiblo for many of theso things (Which linvo gono forward, I wish to 'innlco what personal amends 1 can, nnd over I shall thank you for tho j;ood which you have dono to this Icountry. nellovo mo, mndnm, you ihorvcd your own country also in no 111 .manner. Tills situation could not 'linvo been proventcd, and It Is not your fault. I beg you1 to boliovo that. Had you and I been loft alone- there would havo been no war." "Hut I am poor, I have nothing'" alio rejoined There was Indeed much In her sit uation to excite sympathy. It had been through her own act that nego tiations between England and Texas were broken off. All chance of Mex ico to regain property in Texas was lost through her Itilluenco with Van Xantlt Now, when all was done, hero she was, deserted even by those who had been her nllles In this work. "My tloar senora," said .lohn Cal houn, becoming lesn formal and moro kindly, "you Khali have funds sulllclent to make you comfortable at least for a time niter your return to Mexico. I nm not authorized to draw upon our exchequer, nnd you, of course, must prefer nil secrecy In' those mat tors. I regret that my personal for tune Is not so largo as It might bo, but, in such measure as I may, I shall assist you, because I know you need assistance. In return, you must leave this country. Tho (lag Is down which once floated over tho house of Mexico here." SI10 hid her laco behind her fan, nnd Calhoun turned aside. "Senora, havo you ovor seen this slipper?" ho asked, suddenly placing upon the table tho little shoo which for a purposo I had brought with me, nnd meantime thrown upon the table. She flashed a dark look, and did not speak. "One night, some time ago, your husband pursued n lady across this town to get possession of that very slipper and Its contents! There was In the too of that little shoo a mes sage. As you know, we got from It certain Information, anil therefore de vised cortain plans, which you have helped us to carry out. Now, as per haps you have had some personal ani mus against tho other lady In these same complicated affairs, I havo taken ! the liberty of sending a special mes senger to ask her presence here this morning. I should like you two to meet, and. If that bo possible, to part with such filendshlp as may exist in the premises." I looked suddenly at Mr. Calhoun. It seemed ho wan planning without my aid. "Yes," he said to me, smiling, "I have uc'lected to mention to you Hint the Haroness von Illtz also Is here, In another apartment of this place. If you please, I shall now send for her also." Ho signaled to his old negro at tendant. Presently the latter opened the door, and with a deep bow an nounced tho Haroness von KHz, who ontered, followed closely by Mr. Cal houn's lnseparablo friend, old Dr. Ward. The dlfferonco In breeding between theso two women was to bo seen at a glance. Tho Dona hucrezla was beau tiful In a way, but lacked the thor oughbred quality which conies In the highest types of womanhood. Aflllct ed by nothing but a somewhat mer cenary or personal gtlef, she showed her lack of gamenoss In adversity. On the other hand, Helena von Hltz, who had lived tragedy all her life, and was now In tho climax of such tragedy, J. "Yes, Van Zandt Did Much for was s.nillliig and debonair as though alio had never boon anything but wholly content with llfo! She was robed now In somo light llhny green material, caught up hero nnd there on the shoulders and secured with silk en knots. Her while neck showed, hor arms wore partly bare with the short sleeves of tho time. She stood, composed and easy, a figure fit for any company or any court, and somewhat shaming our little assembly, which never was a court nt all, only a pri vate meeting in the ofllce of n dis credited ami disowned leader In a re publican government. Her costumo nnd hor bearing were Helena von Ult.'H answer to a woman's fate! A deep color flamed in hor cheeks. She stood with head erect and lips smiling brilliantly. Her curtsey was grace Itself." Our dingy little ofllco was glorified. "I Interrupt you, gentlemen," she be gan. "On tho contrary. I am sure, my dear lady," said Dr. Ward, "Senator Calhoun told mo ho wished you to meet Senora Yturrlo." "Yes," resumed Calhoun, "I was Jii3t speaking with this lady over somo matters concerned with thin little slip per." lie smiled us he hold It up gin gerly between thumb and linger. "Do you recognize It, .Mndam Haroness?!' "Ah, my little shoe!" she exclaimed. "Hut see, It bus not been well cared for." "It traveled In my war bag from Oregon to Washington," said 1. "Per haps bullet molds and powder flasks may havo damaged It." "It still would serve as a little post ofllce, pei haps," laughed the baroness. "Hut I think Its days are done on such errands." "I will explain something of these errands to tho Senora Yturrlo," said Calhoun, 'i wish you personally to say to that lady, If you will, that Senor Yturrlo regarded this little re ceptacle rather as official than person al post." Kor one moment these two women looked at each other, with that on their faces which would be hard to describe. At last tho baroness spoke: "It la not wholly my fault, Senora Yturrlo, If your husband gave yoi? cause to think I here was more than diplomacy between us. At least. I can say to you that It was tho sport of It alone, tho Intrigue, If you please, which Interested mo. 1 trust you will not accuse me beyond this." A stifled exclamation came from the Dona hucrezla. 1 havo never seen more sadness nor yet more hatred on a human face than hers displayed. I have said that she was not a thorough bred. She uroHo now, proud as over, It Is true, but vicious. She declined Helena von Kltz's outstretched hand, and swept us a curtsey. Adlos!" said she. "I go!" Mr. Calhoun gravely offered her an arm; and so with a rustle of her silks there passed from our lives one un happy lady who helped to make our map for us. , Tho baroness horsolf turned. "I ought not to remain," she hesitated. Us, Through Your Afjoncy, Sonora." "Madam," said Mr. Calhoun, "wo can not tfparo you,yet." She flashed upon hint a keen look, 'it Ih a young country," said she, "but it raises statesmen. You foolish, dear Americans! One could have loved you all." "Kh, what?" said Dr. Ward, turn ing lo her. "My dear lady, two of us are too old for that; and as for the other--" He did not know how hard this chance remark might smile, but as usual Helena von Hit, was brave and smiling. "You arc men," she said, "such as we do not have In our courts or lCu rope. Men and women - that Is what this country produces." "Madam," saiil Calhoun, "I myself am a very poor sort of man. I am old, and I fall from month to mouth. 1 cannot live long, at best. What you see In me Is simply a purpose .1 pur pose to accomplish something for my country n purpose which my country Itself does not desire to see fulfilled. Republics do not reward us. What you say shall be our chief reward, r have asked you here also to accept the thanks of all of us who know the intricacies of the events which have gone forward. Madam, we owe you Texas! 'Twas not yonder lady, but yourself, who first advised or the dan ger that threatened us. Hers was, after all, a simpler task than yours, because she only matched faiths with Van Xantlt, representative of Texas, who had faith In neither men, women nor nations. Had all gone well, wo might perhaps havo owed you yet more, for Oregon." "Would you like Oregon?" j,ho nsked, looking at him with a full glance of her dark eyes. "Moro than my life! More than all my fortune!" His voice rang clear and keen as that of youth. "All of Oregon?" she asked. "All? We do not own all! Perhnps wo do not deserve It. Surely we could not expect It. Why, if wo got one half of what that fellow Polk Is claim ing, wo should do well enough that Is more than wo deserve or could ex pect. With our army already at wnr on the southwest, England, as we all know, Is planning to take advantage of our helplessness in Otegon." Without further answer, she held out lo him a document whose appear ance I, at least, rei ogni.ed. "I am but a woman," she said, "but It chances that I hae been able to do this country perhaps something of a favor. Your assistant. Mr. Trist, has done me In turn a faor. This much I will ask permission to do for him." Calhoun's long and trembling fin gers wero nervously opening tho doc ument. He turned to her with oyes blazing with eagerness. "It Is Ore gon!" He dropped back Into his chair. "Yes.' said Helena von Ilitz. blowly. "It Ms Oregon. It is bought and paid for. It Is yours!" So now they all went over that doc ument, signed by none less than Pakenhnm himself, minister plenipo tentiary for (Sreat Hrltaln. That docu ment exists to-day soniewhoro In our archives, but 1 do not feel empowered to make known its full text. I would 1 had never need to i.et down, as 1 have, tho cost of it. These others never knew that cost, and now they never can know, for long years since both Calhoun nnd Dr. Wurd have been dead and gone. I turned aside as thoy examined tho document which within the next few weeks was to be como public property. The red wafers which mended it and which &he smilingly explained at Calhoun's de mand wore, as I knew, not less than red drops of blood. In biiof, I may say that this paper stated that, In case the Putted States felt disposed to reopen discussions which Mr. Polk peremptorily hnd closed, Groat Hrltaln might be able to listen to a compromise on the line of tho forty-ninth parallel. This compro mise had three times been offered her by diplomacy of United States under earlier administrations. Great Hrit aiu stated that In view ol hor deep and abiding lovo for peace nnd her deep and abiding ndmlratlon for America, Bhe would resign her claim of all of Oregon down to the Colum bia; and more, she would accept tho forty-ninth parallel; provided sho might have froo navigation rights upon tho Columbia. In fact, this was precisely the memorandum of agree ment which eventually established tho lines of tho treaty as to Oregon between Great Hrltaln and tho United States. (TO UK CONTINUED.) Particular aa to Color and Quantity. Albert, nged four, heard his mother ask his grandma, who wan going shop ping, to buy her n bunch of little black kids- (curlers), at which Albort bognn crying, exclaiming: "I don't want a whole hunch of Httlo black ltlila. I only want mo littlo sis tor, and I want her whltw, llko mo." ".Madam," Bald Mr. Callioun, "wo wfl A Statement of Fact. 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"Archie," said his friend on the other end or the wire, "I called you up to tell you that I shall not be able to keep the appointment I made with you for eleven o'clock today." "I'm sorry," said Hutt, his tone a trifle chilly. "Yes; It's too bad," agreed tho other. There ensued nn ominous pause. "You know," remarked Hutt senten tlout'ly, "telephoning seems to bo a habit, a bad habit, in Washington. People are beginning to issue their invitations by telephone. They 'phone on the slightest provocation. They don't seem to know when not to tele phone. They even get you out of bed to talk to you on tho telephone." "I'm afraid I annoyed yon, nnd you're- bawling 1110 out," said the friend. "Oh, no!" contradicted Hutt In a louder lone. "My remarks are merely a few philosophical reflections Induced by the early hour of the morning." The Sunday Magazine. LEWIS' "SINGLE BINDER." A hand-mado cigar fresh from tho fable, wrapped in foil, thus keeping fresh until smoktul. 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