Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1911)
, , 7HT ! I AUTHOR. OF THE MIBIPPI WSSE 1 I JR SlSI na. KLV "ijbiniili 1 ibin mm an mi hi 11 mum h minimum iiimnsniii miisriiimisaii misiui iirmrmTTTirTTTfrii Ej itajr MB$2x$ ni. t ' Si t :? i H SYNOPSIS. John r'nlliium lii'ciinii'rt nrriptury or ntiilo In Tyler's i.i'ilmt Willi the llxitl iln torinlniKloil M M. .p.llc- IidIIi TVvm UIHl Oirgnii. Nicholas Tint, his m-iTi'liiry. In Mlll Willi II Hld-miK"' t" thi IIuioiiomj von Illl. spy ami reputed mlstims of Hip IIiIIIhIi minister, I'liUi'iihiuii Trim en loiiiilcrH the Imrinii'fM mill iihhIMh her In I'tll'linlm: fllllll plllHlllTN. Hill' IlKP'Orl t ! (.'nlliouii, mill aw a pledge tlmt "' will IHI lilin wlml ho swmts t lumw n jrnrdlng tho IntontliJiiM of Kiirilmiil Inward .Mexico. nIiu given Trial 11 iillppcr, the mute of Wllll'll Iihh Ix en IrtMl. Tumi In oi ilcrcd (0 Mnnlieiil on state liliMlmsi. ami arranges to ho Minified to l.ll.ubi'tli Churchill heroic tli'piirtlNK Tin- baroness niiyH Hhu will try to pievent the inuirlaKU A drunken eoiiKrenninii. who li assisting Trial In His weililliiK iiirnngeiiieiilH. hum (lorlngly Hend.'i the hnmm st" sllppur to KliZ.ihrtll Inmpnil of the owner, and the murrliige Is de. lined oil Nh linl.is Duds lliu bitumens In Miinlienl, she having sin reeded, wheie he failed. In dl.'ieoverliiK litiKlaiiil'H Intentions regiinllng Oregon Him tells lit in the Hllpper he had, 1011 talnrd n note from the Texas iitmeho to I'alietihiun, saying that If tho United Mates did not annex Texan within ."W days Mliu would lose hiith Texas and Oicgnn 'Ciillmun oiderH Trim to head a party bound for Oregon, t'alhonn excites the Jealousy of Hennr.i Ylurilo. and therohy hccurcH the HlKiialtiro of tho Texan nt taeho to a treaty of annexation Nicholas inrrlvos In Oregon, Later tho haronen.i ar il Ivi'H on a llrltish warship Hhe tells Nicholas that a note site plared In her !Hllper i'iiiihciI the hi caking off of hlii ,111111 rlage, and that Mie Intends to return to Washington to lepalr I ho wrong iNlehohiH follows her. lie learnt on the way that rolls Iihh been elected and TeviiH annexed, and that Ihero hi to he 1 war with Mi'lni The biirnnesn tells .Trial that In leliirn for a coinpionilno of 'tho Oregon boundary on tho foiiy-nlnth .degree. hIiu hits .told hernnlf to l'lihenhain Hhe tolls hhu tho story of her life. Trial breaks I'altetihanrH Icev to tho Iiiiioiioms' apartments. I'nkmiliiirn calls 'for his price, ami tho hainncsii refuses to limy. Hi Insults her, Hhu compels him to apologize, holds 1 1 1 tn up In his true light, and he declares that nhn 1m pure iir a Illy. Tho treaty In hIkiici! by I'nkun I111111. Tho haroneua kIvc.i tho treaty to Calhoun and tells 111 1 1 1 Bho Kt It for Nicholas. CHAPTER XXXV. Continued. Mr. Calhoun Is commonly credited 'with hnvliiK brought about thin treaty, land with bnviiiR boon author of Itti tontiH. So ho wn, but only In tho Blngulnr wny which in those foregoing Iiugos I have rclutctl. States liavo their price. Texas was bought by 'blood. Oregon ah, wo who own It ought to iirfyo It. None of our country In half ho full of romance, none of It Is half no clean, as our great and bodeful far northwest, still young in Its dnys of destiny. "Wo should In time have had all of Oregon, norhnps," said Mr. Calhoun; "at least, thnt Is tho talk of these fierce politicians." "Hut for this fresh outbreak on tho southwest t'liero would luivo been a bettor chance," said Helena von Hltz; "but I think, as nintteiH aro today, you would bo wlno to accept this com promise I have seen your men .tuurchlug, thousands of thorn, tho grandest sight of this century or any other. They give full base for this compromise. Given another year, and your rifles and your plows would .innlio your claims still better. lJut ithla is today" "Hollove me, Mr. Calhoun," I broko in, "your slgnaturo must go on this." "How now? Why no noxious, my son?" "Hecnuso It is right!" Calhoun turned to Helena von Ultz. "Has this been presented to Mr. Hu chnnnn, our secretary of state?" ho 1 usked. "Certainly not. It has been shown 'to no one. I havo been hero in Wash ington working well, working In no crot to secure this document for you. 'I do this well, I will bo frank with you I do this for Mr. Trlst. He is my friend. I wIeIi to say to you that he lhas boon a fallhful " I saw her face whiten and her lips Bhut tight, fiho swayed a little art 8ho stood. Dr. Ward was at her side nnd assisted her to a couch. For tho first tlmo tho splendid courngo of Holona von Rita seemed to fall her. ,Sho sank back, whlto, unconscious. "It's theso dnmnod Btays, John!" bo igan Dr. Ward flercoly. "She has faint lod. Horc, put her down, so. Wo'll jbring her around In a miniito. Groat 'Jovo! I wnnt her to hoar us thank Jhor. It's splendid work oho has dono f 71 yjllUV 1 1 1 "Witt tf JlJilllJIulltt J nam &v L "I Am But a Woman," She Said, "Out it Chances That I Have Been Able to Do This Country Perhaps Some-thing of a Favor." 4 j Tho jfor us. Hut why?" . When, prosently, under tho nilnlstra itlons of tho old physician. Helena ivon Rltz recovered her consciousness, ibIio aroso, fighting desporately to pull jherself together and got back her jsplendld courage. "Would you rotlro now, madam?" 1 asked Mr. Calhoun. "I havo sent for ,niy daughter." "No, no. It 1b nothing!" sho said. T'Forglvo mo, it is only an old habit of mine. Seo, I am qulto woll!" Indeed, in n few moments sho had regained something of that niagnlfl icont energy which was her heritage. 'As though nothing had happened, sho ,nroso nnd walked swiftly across tho room. Her eyes were fixed upon tho .great map which hung upon tho wnlls a strango map It would seem to us to-day. Across this sho swept a whlto llinnd. "I saw your men cross this," sho ;sald, pointing nlong tho courso of tho igrent Oregon Trail whoso detailed plu and thoso who rulo them peoplo still will win." Sho spread out her two hands top nnd bottom of tho map. "All, all, ought to bo yours from tho Isthmus to tho lco, for the sake of tho peoplo of tho world. Tho people but In tlmo they will havo their own!" Wo listened to her silently, credit ing her enthusiasiu (o her sex, her race; but what sho said has remained in ono mind nt least from that day to this. Well might part of her speech remain In tho minds to-day of peoplo and rulers alike. Are wo worth tho price paid Tor tho country we gained? And when wo shall bo worth that price, what numerals shall mark our territorial lines? "Mny I carry this document to Mr. Pnkenhnm?" asked John Calhoun, at last, touching tho paper on tho tabic. "Pleatio, no. Do not. Only bo suro that this proposition of compromlso will moot with his acceptance." "I do not qulto understand why you do not go to Mr. Iluchanan, our secro tary of state." "Because- I pay my debts," she said simply. "I told you that Mr. Trlst and I were comrades. I conceived It might bo soiuo credit for him In his work to havo been tho menna of do ing this much." "Ho shall havo that credit, madam, bo suro of that," said John Calhoun, lie held out to her hi.-? long, thin, bloodless hand. "Madam," ho said, "I have been mis takon in many things. My life will bo writ ton down as failure. I have been misjudged. But at least It shall not bo said of mo that 1 failed to rover onco a woman such as you. All that I thought of you, that first night I met you, was moro than true. And did I not toll you you would one day, ono way, find your reward?" Ho did not know what ho said; but I knew, and I spoko with him In tho sllonco of my own heart, know ing that his speech would bo tho same wero his knowledge oven with mluo. "To-morrow," went on Calhoun, "to morrow evening there Is to bo what wo call a ball of our diplomacy nt tho Whlto House. Our administration, knowing that war In soon to bo an nounced In tho country, seeks to mako n little festival hero at tho capital. Wo whlstlo to koop up our courago. Wo listen to music to mako us for got our consciences. To-morrow night wo danco. All Wushlngton will bo thoro. Baronoss von Rltz, n card will como to you." Sho swept him a curtsey, nnd gavo him a smllo. "Now, ns for mo," ho continued, "I nm nn old man, nnd long ago danced my last danco in public. To-morrow night all of us will bo at tho Whlto House Mr. Trlst will bo thoro, and Dr. Ward, and a certain lady, a Miss KltBahoth Churchill, madam, whom I shall bo glad to havo you meet. You must not fall us, dear lady, because I am going to nsk of you ono favor." Ho bowed with a courtesy which might havo como from gonorntlons of ono younger man, took her hands and kissed them. Now our ling floats on tho Columbia nnd on tho Rio Grande. I am older now, but when I think of that scene, I wish that flag might float yet freer; nnd though tho price wore war itself, that It might lloat over a cleaner nnd a nobler people, over cleaner nnd nobler micro, more sensible of tho splendor of thnt hciitago of prlnclplo which should bo ours. nn old aristocracy. "If you pleaso, ipath waB then unknown to our geog- madam, I ask you to honor mo with iiaphorB. "I saw thorn go wost along your hand for my first danco In years that road of destiny, I told mysolf my last danco In all my life." that by vlrtuo.of their courago thoy I Impulslvoly 6ho hold out both hor had won this war. Somotimo thero will hands, bowing her head ns sho did so ono in tho second seasou of Mr. Polk's coin tlio great war between your peo-1 to hldo her faco. Two old gray mon. I oomowhat confused and dlscordaut ad CHAPTER XXXVI. The Palo Alto Ball. A beautiful woman plrnso.s tho eye, a Kood uniimn pleases tho heart; ono Is a Jowol. tho other a treasure. Napoleon I. On tho evening of that following day In May, tho sun hung rod nnd round over a distant unknown land nlong tho Rio Grande. In that country, no iron trails as yet had come. Tho mag ic of tho who, so recently nppllcd to tho scrvico of mnn, was as yet thoro unknown. Word traveled slowly by horses and mules nnd carts. There camo small news from thnt far-off country, half tropic, covered with palms nnd crooked dwarfed growth of mosquito nnd chnparral. Tho long horned cattle lived In theso donso thickets, tho spotted Jnguar, the wolf, tho ocelot, tho Javellnn, many small er creatures not known in our north ern lands. In the loam nlong tho strenm tho door loft their tracks, min gled with thoso of tho wild turkeys nnd of countless wntor fowl. It wns a far-off, unknown, unvalued land. Our flag, long past tho Sablno, had halted at tho Nueces. Now it was to advanco across this wild region to tho Rio Grnndo. Thus did smug James Polk keep his promises! Among thoso tangled mosqulte thickets ran sometimes long bayous, mndo from tho overflow of tho greater rivers rcsacas, ns tho natives call them. Tall palms sometimes grow nlong tho bayous, for tho country is half tropic. Again, on tho dryer ridges, thoro might bo tailor dotnehed trees, heavier forests palo alto, tho natives call them. In somo such plnce as this, whoro tho trees wero tall, thoro was llrod tho first gun of our war in tho southwest. Thoro wero strnngo noises heard horo in tho wit dornoss, followed by lessor noises, nnd by human groans. Somo facos that night wero upturned to tho moon tho snmo moon which swam so glori ously over Washington. Taylor camped closer to tho Rio Grande. Tho fight was next to begin by tho lagoon called tho Rcsnca do la Palmn. But that night nt the capital that samo moon told us nothing of all this. Wo did not. hear tho guns. It was far from Palo Alto to our ports of Gal- I veston or Now Orleans. Our cocknded nttny mndo its own history In Its own unreported wny. Wo nt tho Whlto IIouso ball that night also mndo history in our own un recorded wny. As our army wns lidd ing to our confines on tho southwest, fo thero wero othor, though Bocrot, forces which' ndded to our territory In tho far northwest. As to this nnd ns to tho moans by which it camo about, I havo nlrondy boon somewhat plain. It was a. goodly company that as sembled for the grand ball, tho first ministration. Social matters had started off dour enough. Mrs. Polk was herself of strict religious practice, and I Imagine it had taken somowhnt of finesse to get hor consent to theso festivities. It was called somotitnos tho diplomat's ball. At least there was diplomacy back of It. It was moro nccldont which sot thin celebra tion upon (ho very evening of tho bat tle of Palo Alto, May 8, 18IC. By ten o'clock thoro were many In tho great room which had been mndo ready for tho dnnclng, nnd rather a bravo company it might havo been called. We had at least tho splendor of tho foreign diplomats' uniforms for our background, and to this wo added tho bravest of our nttlre, each ono In his own Indlvldunl fashion, I fear. Thus my friend Jack Dandrldgo wns wholly resplendent In a new waist coat of his own devising, nnd an even ing coat which almost swept tho floor as he executed tho evolutions of his western style of dancing. Other gen tlemen were, porhnps, more grave nnd stnld. Wo had with us at least ono man, old In govornm'ent service, who dated the silk stockings and kneo breaches of un cnrller generation. Yot another wore tho whlto powdered queue, which might havo been moro suited for his grandfather. Tho young er men of tho day wore their hair long, in fnshlon quite different, yet this did not detract from the distinc tion of some of the faces which ono might havo seen among them somo of them to sleep nil too soon upturned to tho moon In another and yet moro bitter war. aftermath of this with Mexico. Tho tall stock was still in cvldenco at that time, nnd tho ruffled tiilrts gave something of a formal and old-fnfchloncd touch to tho nssembly. Such as thoy wore, In their somowhat varied but not uninteresting nttlre, tho best of Washington were present. In vitation was wholly by card. Somo said that Mrs. Polk wrote these Invi tations In her own hand, though this wo mny be permitted to doubt. Whatever might hnve been said na to tho democratic nppearanco of our gentlemen In Washington, our women wero nlwnys our great reliance, nnd iheso nt least never failed to meet tho approval of tho most sneering of our foreign visitors. Thus wo had pres ent that night, ns I remember, two young girls both later to becomo fan, ous in Washington society; tall and slender young Teroso Chnlfnnt, later to become Mrs. Pugh of Ohio, nnd to recelvo at tho hands ot Don mark's minister, who knelt beforo her nt n later public bnll, that Jew eled clasp which his wlfo had bado him present to tho most beautiful woman he found in America. Horo also was Miss Harriet Williams of Georgetown, later to becomo tho sec- ond wlfo of that Baron Bodlsco of 1 Russln who had represented his gov- J eminent with us since tho year 1S38 a tall, robust, blonde lady she later grow to be. Brown's hotel, homo of many of our stntesnien nnd their la dles, turned out a full complement. Mr. Clay was there, smiling, though I fear none too hnppy. Mr. Edward Everett, as it chanced, wbb with us at that time. Wo had Sam Houston of Texas, who would not, until he ap peared upon tho floor, relinquish tho striped blanket which distinguished him though a splendid figure of a man ho appeared when ho paced forth In evening dress, a part of which was a waistcoat embroidered In such fancy as might hnve delighted tho oyo of his erstwhile Indian wlfo had sho been thoro to seo It. Here and thero, scattered about the floor, thore might have been seen many of tho public figures of America nt that time, men from north nnd south nnd east nnd west, and from many other nntlons be side our own. Under Mrs. Polk's soclnl administra tion, wo did not wnltz, but our ball began with n stately mnrch, renlly a grand procession, In Its wny distinctly interesting, in scarlet and gold nnd bluo and silks, nnd nil tho flowered clrcumstnnco of broendes and laces of our ladles. And after our march wo hnd our own polite Virginia reel, mer ry ns nny dance, yet Btntcly too. I was late In nrrlvlng that night, for It must bo romembcred that this wns but my second day in town, nnd I had had small chanco to tnko my chiofs advice, and to make myself prosent ablo for nn occnslon such ns this. I wns fresh from my tailor, nnd very new mndo when I entored tho room. I enmo Just In tlmo to seo what I was glad to seo; thnt Is to say, tho koop lng of John Calhoun's promise to Helena von Rltz. It was not to bo denied that thoro had boon talk regarding this Indy, nnd that Calhoun knew it, though not from mo. Much of it was Idlo talk, based largely upon her mystorlous life. Beyond that, n woman beautiful as alio has many enemies among hor box. Thoro wero dark glancos for hor that night, I do not deny, before Mr, Cal houn changed thorn. For, howovor John Calhoun wns rated by his ono inles, the worst of thoso know woll his austcroly spotless privato llfo, and his scrupulous concern for decorum. (TO BE CONTINUED.) We know o no other medicine which has been so suc cessful in relieving the suffering of women, or secured so many genuine testimonials, as lias Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. In almost every community you will find women who have been restored to health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound. Almost every woman you meet has cither been benefited by it, or knows some one who has. In the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn, Mass., are files con taining over one million one hundred thousand letters from women seeking health, in which many openly state over their own signatures that they have regained their health by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has saved many women from surgical operations. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is made ex clusively from roots and herbs, and is perfectly harmless. The reason why it is so successful -is because it contains ingredients which act directly upon the female organism-, restoring it to healthy and normal activity. Thousands of unsolicited and genuine testimonials such as the following prove the efficiency of this simple remedy. Coloma, "Wisconsin. "For thrco years I "was troubled with female- weakness, irregularities backache, and hearing down pains. I saw an ad vertisement of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and dceided to try it. After taking several bottles I found it wns helping me, and X must say that I am perfectly well now and can not thank you enough for what Lydia 12. Pink ham's Vegetable- Compound has dono for me." Mrs. Johu AVcntlaud, It. F. D., No. If, Box CJO Coloma, "Wisconsin. Women who are suffering from those dis tressing ills peculiar to their sex should not lose sight of these facts or doubt the ability of Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound to restore their health. wtm THEN HE WENT. Mr. Boro (looking) Gracious! Its nearly ten o'clock. Miss Caustiquo (suppressing a yawn) Aro you qulto euro it's not eleven? Horrors! "Sho is always doing something original." "Yes, but her latest stunt, If It bo comes a fad, will upset society." "Why, what Is It?" "Sho has employed a nurse to look after her poodlo and Insists on look.ag after her baby herself." Tho Plcararo of Living in tho Country or Hmall Town is Greatly Knhauced by a tcrr City Conveniences, tho Most Kvawary nnd Comfort Glvlnj; of which is u Sail factory Gu Supply. Gat to Llsht with. Gu to Cook with. G11 for Laundry purpose. Cm to heat water for tho bath and other uici. Gas to operalo a ga engine tor pumping and other purpose. . You can liavo nll,thcH5 con veniences cheaply ana automatically 07 in stalling tho mm Will noil aerr.M tour Inmrwict f ril.i. Onlh.marketuTtMOj.art, nan tu.n i3.vai id at. in iiti daC4.btnro.rrtorief.Chur?UM. bchcnlf. CollofM. HoiplUlt II will l'7ou tnlnrtitliil. Wrtl ui odj NOW poit-nrd. DtnOmiHTIXGatlCHTmaCO. 41 WitM llrut, (lti.lt, Mki. Attmlin rnpMlIM I. rkattn KWJGm Beautiful Post Cards Free. Send 2o Mump for flvn samples of our very best Gold ICmbosscvl rtlrtliday, Flow er and Mntto Post Cnnls; beautiful colors tind loveliest ilcbluns. Art Post Card Club, 131 Jackson St., Topeltu, Kan. Even Her Mother. Hor Mother I feel, Mr. Owens, .that I can trust my daughter to you. Owens You enn indeed, madam; everybody trusts mo. Tf n dose of ITftmlins Wizard Oil taken nt nisht will prevent your havinc a hnd rold in the morninR. isn't it a good idea to have it ready to lake tho moment you feel the cold cotninu? Between Women. "How exasperatlngiy clover Bho Is?" "Yes, but how consolingly homoly!" -Puck. RHEUMATISMahdGOUT PROMPTLY RELIEVED BY SsAFE8cEFPECTIVE50 8c$ I. 1 DRUGGISTS. OR 03 HENRY ST. BnoOKLYN.N.V. . MMMBmaxnMnnjtsaiaMBMMaaMaaMVMVBHHisr fl K.wT.rk,X.wTorl,ttI..r4UAT...r251dSt,lTMt I Lewis' Single Hinder straight 5c ciptr. You pay 10c for cigars not so good. All tho rules that glitter are not eolden rulen. A Country School for Girls IN NEW YOItK CITY. Hut feature ot country and rlty life. Out-of-door sport on school park of K6 acres near the Hudson Ulror. Acadeoilo Courso l'rlmarj Class toOrndnatlon. Music and Ait. mas turns ua uibt muios Beatrice Creamery Co. Pays tba highest price for CREAM "aSISaSSl Thompson's Ey Water A READER CURES HIS CONSTIPATION-TRY IT FREE Glmplo way for any family to retain the good health of all Its members. Tim editors of "ITcnlth Hints" and "Questions nnd Answi-rs" liavo ono ques tion Hint Is put to thorn moro plten than uny other, and which, strungely enouKh, thoy llnd tho most difficult to answer. That Is "How can 1 euro my constipa tion'" Dr. Caldwell, nn eminent specialist In diseases of tho stomach, liver and bowels has looked tho wholo Held over, has prac tised tho specialty for forty years and Is convinced that, tho Ingredients contn Jnert In what Is called Dr. Caldweirs Byrup l'epsln has tho best claim to attention from ronstlpntcd peoplo. Its success In the cure of stubborn con tlpatlon hao done much to displace the uso of salts, wntcrs, stronp cathartics and such thlnjrs. Syrup I'epsin, by train Inu thu stomach and bowel muscles to again do tholr work naturally, ami with Its tonic Ingredients Btrunuthenlng' tho nerves, brings about n, lusting euro. Among Us strongest supporters uro Mr. John arnvellno ot 93 Milwaukee Ave., Detroit. Mich.. Mr. J. A. Vernon of Okla homa City and thousands of others. It enn bo obtained of any drusglst at flfty cents nnd ono dollar a bottlo, or If you want to try It first a freo sample bottle can bo obtained by writing tho doctor, Kor tho free samplo address Dr. W, H. Caldwell. 01 Caldwell building, Moutl cello, IlL fr n i W jS 1 if mi -;a.v -'j'jk.V', , --. :,i,iisr. - K-sraf.;tMttraBsavgw't-'- j.)Wtiiai'(r & t -
