The Hennessey Clipper (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 27, 1911 Page: 3 of 8
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BY CMERVON HOUGti
AUTHOR, or THE MI5\FIWIHPI BUBBLE
IUWTRATIONJ bv MAGNUS G.KTTTNfcR.
COPYRIGHT 1909 fyy EODBJ-MEKHILL COKPANy
SYNOPSIS.
John Calhoun becomes soi-retary of
stat. in Tyler's cabinet with th<' ttxtd de-
terminal ion to acquire both Texas and
Orrgon. Nicholas Trist, his secretary, is
sent with a message to tin* Baroness von
Ritz. spy ami reputed mistress of the
Br lisl. minister, Pakenlmui. Trist en-
counters Hie baroness and assists her in
escaping from pursuers. She agrees to
sei- Calhoun, and as a pledge that she
will Kll Mm what he wants to know re-
garding lite Intentions of England toward
Mexico, she gives Trist a slipper, Lite
mute of which has been lost. Trist is or-
dered to Montreal 011 state business, and
arrang''s to be married to Elizabeth
Chun hill b- fore departing. The baroness
says she will try to prevent the marriage.
A drunken congressman, who is assisting
Trist in ills wedding arrangements, blun-
deringly si-nds tlie baroness' slt|>I"'i' to
Elizabeth Instead of tlie owner, and the
marriage is declared off. Nicholas llnds
the !■ tonesa in Montreal, she having suc-
ceeded. where he failed, in discovring
England's Intentions regarding Oregon.
Sin- tells blrn the slipper he had. con-
tained a note from the Texas attache to
pjtkenham, s&ying that if the United
States did not annex Texas within 30 days
she would lose both Texas and Oregon.
Calhoun orders Trist to head a party
bound for Oregon. Calhoun excites the
Jealousy of Senora Yturrlo. and thereby
Beeures the signature of the Texas at-
tache to a treaty of annexation. Nicholas
arrive s in Oregon. Later the baroness ar-
rives on a British warship. She tells
Ni( holas that a note she placed In her
slipper caused the breaking off of his
marriage, and that she intends to return
to Washington to repair the wrong.
Nicholas follows her. tie learns on the
way that Polk has been elected and
Texas annexed, and that there Is to be
war with Mexico. The baroness tells
Trist that in return for a compromise of
the Oregon boundary on the forty-ninth
degree, she has sold herself to Pakenliam.
She tells him the story of her life.
Trisf breaks Pakenham's key to the
baroness' apartments.
CHAPTER XXXIV.—Continued.
Pale and calm, she reappeared at
the parted draperies. I lifted the
butts of my two derringers into view
at my side pockets, and at a glance
from her, hurriedly stepped into the
opposite room. After a time I heard
her open the door in response to a
second knock.
I could not see her from my station,
but the very silence gave me a pic-
ture of her standing,v pale, forbid-
ding, rebuking the first rude exclama-
tion of his ardor,
"Come now, is he gone? Is the place
safe at last?" he demanded.
"Enter, my lord," she said, simply.
"This is the hour you said," he be-
gan; and she answered:
"My lord, it is the hour."
"But come, what is the matter,
then? You act solemn, as though this
were a funeral, and not—just a kiss,"
I heard him add.
He must have advanced toward her.
Continually X was upon the point of
stepping out from my concealment,
but as continually she left that not
quite possible by some word or look
or gesture of her own with him.
"Oh, hang it!" I heard him
grumble, at length; "how can one tell
what a woman'll do? Damn it,
Helen!"
"'Madam,' you mean!"
"Well, then, madam, why all this
hoighty-toighty? Haven't I stood
flouts and indignities enough from
you? Didn't you make a show of me
before that ass, Tyler, when I was at
the very point of my greatest coup?
You denied knowledge that I knew
you had. But did I discard you for
that? 1 have found you since then
playing with Mexico, Texas, United
States all at once? Have I punished
you for that? No; I have only shown
you the more regard."
"My lord, you punish me most when
you most show me your regard."
"Well, God bless my soul, listen at
that! Listen at that—here, now, when
I've—madam, you shock me, you
grieve me. I—could I have a glass of
wine?"
I heard her ring for Threlka, heard
her fasten the door behind her as she
left, heard him gulp over his glass.
For myself, although I did not yet dis-
close myself, I felt no doubt that I
should kill Pakenham in these rooms.
I even pondered whether I should
shoot him through the temple and cut
off his consciousness, or through the
chest and so let him know why he
died.
After a time he seemed to look
about the room, his eye falling upon
the littered floor.
"My key!" he exclaimed; "broken!
Who did that? I can't use it now!"
. "You will not need to use it, my
lord."
"But I bought it, yesterday! Had I
given you all of the Oregon country
it would not have been worth £20,000.
What I'll have to-night—what I'll take
—will be worth twice that. But I
bought that key, and what I buy I
keep."
I heard a struggle, but she repulsed
him once more in some way. Still
my time had not come. He seemed
now to stoop, grunting, to pick up
something from the floor.
"How now? My memorandum of
treaty, and torn in two! Oh, I see—
I see," he mused. "You wish to give
it back to me—to be wholly free! It
means only that you wish to love me
for myself, for what I am! You minx!"
"You mistake, my lord," said her
calm, cold voice.
"At least, 'twas no mistake that I
offered you this damned country at
risk of my own head. Are you then
with England and Sir Richard Paken-
ham? Will you give my family a
chance lor revenge on these accursed
heathen—these Americans? Come, do | pious!" he sneered. "Something's be-
that, and I leave this place w ith you, I hind all this. I know your record.
and quit diplomacy for good. We'll
travel the continent, we'll go the world
over, you and I. I'll quit my estates,
my family for you. Come, now, why
do you delay?"
"Still you misunderstand, my lord."
"Tell me then what you do mean."
"Our old bargain over this is bro-
ken, my lord. We must make an-
other."
His anger rose. "What? You want
more? You're trying to lead me on
with your damned courtezan tricks!"
I heard her voice rise high and
shrill, even as I started forward.
"Monsieur," she cried, "back with
you!"
Pakenham, angered as he was,
seemed half to hear my footsteps,
semed half to know the swinging of
the draperies, even as I stepped back
in obedience to her gesture. Her wit
was as quick as ever.
"My lord," she said, "pray close
yonder window. The draft is bad,
and, moreover, we should have se-
crecy." He obeyed her, and she led
him still further from the thought of
investigating his surroundings.
"Now, my lord," she said, "take
back what you have just said!"
"Under penalty?" he sneered.
"Of your life, yes."
"So!" he grunted admiringly; "well,
now, I like Are in a woman, even a
deceiving light-o'-love like you!"
"Monsieur!" her voice cried again;
and once more it restrained me in my
hiding.
"You devil!" he resumed, sneering
now in all his ugliness of wine and
What woman of the court of Austria
or France comes out with morals? We
used you here because you had none.
And now, when it comes to the settle-
ment between you' and me, you talk
like a nun. As though a trifle from
virtue such as yours would be
missed!"
"Ah, my God!" I heard her murmur.
Then again she called to me, as he
thought to himself; so that all was as
It had been, for the time.
A silence fell before she went on.
"Sir Richard," she said at length, "we
do not meet again. I await now your
full apology for these things you heve
said. Such secrets as I have learned of
England's, you know will remain safe
with me. Also your own secret will
be safe. Retract, then, what you have I the breathing of them both, where I
said, of my personal life!" I sloo<l in 'he farther corner of my
"Oh, well, then." he grumbled, "I
you know my past. Tell me. do you
see me now? I'nglrd me, Sir Rich-
ard! Look at me! Covet me! Take
me!"
Apparently he half rose, shuffled
toward her and stopped with a stifled j
sound, half a sob, half a growl.
1 dared not picture to myself what
he must have seen as she stood front-
ing him, her hands, as 1 imagined, at
her bosom, tearing back her robes. ]
Again I heard her voice go on, chal-1
lenging him. "Strip me now, Sir1
Richard, if you can! Take now what
you bought, if you find it here. You
cannot? You do not? Ah, then tell |
me that miracle has been done! She
who was Helena von Ritz, as you j
knew her, or as you thought you knew j
her, is not here!"
Now fell long silence I could hear !
admit I've had a bit of wine to-day. I
don't mean much of anything by it.
But here now, I have come, and by
your own invitation—your own agree-
ment. Being here, I find this treaty
regarding Oregon torn in two and you
gone nun all a-sudden."
"Yes, my lord, it is torn in two. The
room. I had dropped both the der- I
ringers back in my pockets now. be- j
cause I knew there would he 110 need i
for them. Her voice was sofler as j
she went 011.
"Tell me, Sir Richard, has not that
miracle been done?" she demanded, 1
"Might not in great stress that thief
upon the cross have been a woman? i
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"What Do You Mean? Have You Lied to Me? Do You Mean to Break Your
Word—Your Promise?"
rage of disappointment. "What were
you? Mistress of the prince of
France! Toy of a score of nobles!
Slave of that infamous rake, your
husband! Much you've got in your
life to make you uppish now with
me!"
"My lord," she said evenly, "retract
that. If you do not, you shall not
leave this place alive."
In some way she mastered him,
even in his ugly mood.
"Well, well," he growled, "1 admit
nation of my soul; but I will not go
on. I recant!"
"But, good God! woman, what are
you asking now? Do you want me to
let you have this paper anyhow, to
show old John Calhoun? I'm no such
ass as that. I apologize for what I've
said about you. I'll be your friend, be-
cause I can't let you go. But as to
this paper here, I'll put It in my
pocket."
"My lord, you will do nothing of the j "
kind. Before you leave this room
love affair; but I swear you drive me
out of my mind. I'll never find anoth-
er woman in the world like you. It's
Sir Richard Pakenham asks you to be-
gin a new future with himself."
"We begin no future, my lord."
"What do you mean? Have you lied
to me? Do you mean to break your
word—your promise?"
"It is within the hour that I have
learned what the truth is."
"God damn my soul!" I heard his
curse, growling.
"Yes, my lord," she answered, "God
will damn your soul in so far as it is
that of a brute and not that of a gen-
tleman or a statesman."
I heard him drop into a chair. "This
from one of your sort!" he half whim-
pered.
"Stop, now!" she crieii. "Not one
word more of that! I say within the
hour I have learned what Is the truth.
I am Helena von Ritz, thief on the
cross, and at last clean!"
"God A'mighty, madam! How
consideration moving to it was not [ me- Richard, am I not clean? 1
valid. But now I wish you to amend ""tig Ills body into a seat, his
that treaty once more, and for a con- I arm across the table. I heard his J
sideration valid in every way. My groan.
lord. I promised that which was not ! God! Woman! What are you?" j
mine to give—myself! Did you lay a he exclaimed. "Clean? By God, yes, j
hand on me now, I should die. If I as a lily! I wish I were half as white I
you kissed me, I should kill you and ) myself
myself! As you say. I took yonder [ ®'r Richard, did you ever love a
price, the devil's shilling. Did I woman?'
on, I would be enlisting for the dam "One other, beside yourself, long
ago."
"May not we two ask that other
miracle of yourself?"
"How do you mean? You have beat-
en me already."
"Why, then, this! If I could keep
my promise, I would. If I could give
you myself, I would Falling that, I
may give you gratitude. Sir Richard,
I would give you gratitude, did you
restore this treaty as it was, for that
new consideration. Come, now, these
savages here are the same savages
who once took that little island for
you yonder. Twice they have defeat-
ed you. Do you wish a third war?
You say England wishes slavery abol-
ished. As you know, Texas is wholly
lost to England. The armies of
America have swept Texas from your
reach forever, even at this hour. But
if you give a jpew state in the north
to these same savages, you go so far
against oppression, against slavery—
you do that much for the doctrine of
England and her altruism in the
world. Sir Richard, never did I be-
lieve in hard bargains and never did
any great soul believe in such. I
own to you that when I asked you
here this afternoon I intended to
wheedle from you all of Oregon to 54
degrees, 40 minutes. I llud In you
done some such miracle as in myself.
Neither of us is so bad as the world
has thought, as we ourselves have
thought. Do, then, that other miracle
for me. Let us compose our quarrel
and so part friends."
"How do you mean, madam?"
"Let us divide our dispute and stand
on this treaty as you wrote it yester-
day. Sir Richard, you are minister with
extraordinary powers. Your govern-
ment ratifies your acts without ques-
tion. Your signature is binding—and
there it is, writ already on the scroll.
See, there are wafers there on the
table before you. Take them. Patch
together this treaty for me. That will
be your miracle, Sir Richard, and
'twill be the mending of our quarrel.
Sir, I offered you my body and you
would not take it. I offer you my
hand. Will you have that, my lord?
I ask this of a gentleman of England."
it was not my right to hear the
sounds of a mart's shame and humilia.
tion; or of his rising resolve, of his
Veformed manhood; but I did hear it
all. I think that he took her hand
and kissed it. Presently I heard some
sort of shuffling and crinkling of pa-
per on the table. I heard him sigh,
as though he stood and looked at his
work. Ills heavy footfalls crossed the
room as though he sought hat and
stick. Her lighter feet, as I heard,
followed him, as though she held out
both her hands to hint. There was a
pause, and yet another; and so, with
a growling half sob, at last he passed
out of the door; and he closed it soft-
ly after him.
When I entered, she was standing,
her arms spread out across the door,
her face pale, her eyes large and dark,
her attire still disarrayed. On the
tnble, as I saw, lay a parchment mend-
ed with wafers.
Slowly she came and put her two
arms across my shoulders. "Mon.
sieur!" she said, "Monsieur!"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
NEWS OF INTEREST TO
000 OKLAHOMA READERS
THE IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF
A WEEK.
Prepared for Our Busy Readers Who
Want the Whole News In
Little Space.
Big Gas Flow at Cleveland-
Cleveland, Okla.—Several more
good oil wells were drilled in the field j
south of here the past week. The!
Wright'man's well is making dose to
500 barrels per day. An unlimited gas i
supply has been found. Four wells I
are producing; .'10,000,000 cubic feet of:
gas from the deep sand This is the!
only place in the state where the deep
sand gas is found in such quantities.
The discovery of this great gas field
is having its effect upon the business
interests of the city. Several manu-
facturers from southern Kansas,
where the gas supply is weakening,
have been here the past few days
looking over the local field.
More Oklahoma Negroes Leave.
<lutbrie. Okla.—The exodus of Ok-
lahoma negroes to Canada to Join the
« olony in Alberta continues. Twenty-
'wo farmers from near Fallis, in Lin-
coln county, left here the other day
over the Santa Fe railroad to be fol- j
lowed later by their families, repre-i
sinting in all about 200 people. The
men expect to take claims, build'
homes and start the crop making irn-j
mediately. It is understood that a Ca-
nadian colonization company is fi-
nancing the negro farmers for the
first season.
Sapulpa High School Burned.
Sapulpa. Okla.—The Sapulpa high
school building costing $ IS,000, was
almost totally destroyed by fire. The
walls were left standing, but will prob
ably have to be torn down, it was said, j
Fire Chief Stagg and a number of the
firemen came near losing their lives |
when a portion of the blaizng roof
foil on thorn while they were fighting
the fire, while standing on the fire
escape on the third floor.
Crow Neck Dead.
Clinton, Okla—Crow Neck, a big
medicine man of the cheyenne tribe,
died as a result of tuberculosis. Re-
fore death he shut himself within a
canvas enclosure where he sang songs
and went through a performance In
accordance with the tribal religious
belief of the Cheyennes. The attend-
ing excitement caused hemorrhage of
the lungs and instant death.
Okmulgee Knocks Out "Blue Laws."
Okmulgee, Okla. -The city council!
which in an effort at reform soirn1'
time ago. passed an ordinance pro-,
hibiting Sunday baseball, backed up!
on the proposition by amending the
ordinance so that, it permits baseball
to be played. In addition the council
let the bars down to other amuse-
ments on the Sabbath day, between
the hours of 2 to 0 p. m.
Youth Ends His Own Life.
Ardmore, Okla.—Charles Eaton, 17
years old, son of If. 10. Eaton, Santa
Fe agent at Dougherty, was killed
when he jumped from the top of a
moving car in the Dougherty yards
and fell under the wheels and was j
crushed. He was an expert telegraph!
operator but was too young to be giv-,
en a place.
Job for Ardmore Man.
Guthrie, Okla.—The report is that |
Charles Evans, superintendent of the ;
Ardmore public schools, is slated fori
the presdency of the Central Oklaho-
ma normal at Edmond under the new !
state board of education. Edwards!
has headed the schools of Governor!
Crace's home city for years.
ODD FELLOWS CONSOLIDATE.
Oklahoma and Indian Territory Grand
Lodges Are Merged.
Oklahoma City, Okla-—The consoli-
dation of the grand lodges of Oklaho-
ma and Indian territory. Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, was effected
here and officers elected Principal
officers are: A. N. Leecraft, Colvert,
grand master; Oliver C. lUack, deputy
grand master; C. A. Skeen, Wapan-
ucka. grand warden; J. C. Powers,
Oklahoma City, grand herald; Hates
13. Burnett, grand treasurer; G. \V.
Bruce, Guthrie, grand secretary; W.
B. Anthony. Marlow, grand n%*irshal.
The Daughters of Rfebekah, the wo-
man's auxiliary, also consolidated the
two gr;tnd jurisdictions of Oklahoma
and Indian territory. Principal of fl-
iers are: Mrs. Ella Ilarvlson, Wag-
oner, grand president; Mrs. Carrie
Stout, Perry, grand vice-president;
Mrs Stella LaFayette,Checotah,grand
warden; Mrs. Ida Beck. El Heno,
grand secretary; Mrs. Mary Mo
Neese, Marlow, grand treasurer.
Farmer's Home Destroyed by Cyclone.
Frederick, Okla. In a cyclone which
swept across the country two miles
southeast of this city, the home of B,
W. Hensley. a farmer, was demolished
and its occupants scattered about the
adjoining fields. James F. Smith of
this city, who was visiting at the
Hensley home, was killed when struc k
by flying timbers. Mr. Hensley his
wife and two sons, were more or lesg
seriously injured.
All the members of the family wero
in bed when with a roar the wind
came and the house was torn to
pieces. Some were whirled up bodily
in their beds and carried through tha
air. The ^torin blew up from the
northwest in a few moments and last-
ed not more than five minutes. It
was followed by a soaking rain.
Special Election at Enid, April 24.
Enid, Okla - The Enid city commis-
sioners named April 24 as the date
for holding the special election to
vote on the question of the city issu-
ing bonds aggregating $2.">,000 for park
purposes and drilling for oil and gas
and a proclamation accordingly call-
ing for the election was issued by
Mayor Randolph. Of the proposed Is-
sue, $ 10,000 will be used in improving
the park system and the remaining
$lf ,000 will be used for boring for oil
and gas in the vicinity of Enid.
we don't get on very well in our little i there shall bo two mlraplcs done. You
shall admit that one has gone on in
me; 1 shall see that you yourself have
done another."
"What guessing game do you pro-
pose, madam?" he sneered. He seemed
to toss the torn paper on the table,
none the less. "The condition is for-
feited," he began.
"No, it is not forfeited except by
your own word, my lord," rejoined
the same even, icy voice. "You shall
see now the fifst miracle!"
"Under duress?" he sneered again.
"Yes, then! Under duress of what
has often come to the surface in you,
Sir Richard. I ask you to do truth,
and not treason, my lord! She who
was Helena von Ritz is dead—has
passed away. There can be no ques-
tion of forfeit between you and her.
Look, my lord!"
1 heard a half sob from him. I heard
a faint rustling of silke and laces.
Still her even, icy voice went on.
"Rise, now, Sir Richard," she said,
"Unfasten my girdle, if you like! Un-
do my clasps, If you can. You say
Find Dead Negro in Tree.
Tulsa, Okla.—The body of Dell Bon-
1 ner, a young negro cab driver of this
city who disappeared from here six
weeks ago, on tha same day that
•Tames Kates, a deputy game warden,
was found murdered at the base of
Turyey Mountain, five miles south-
west of this city, was found in a tree
Iiauging head down in an Isolated spot
five miles south of Bixby in Okmul-
I gee county. An investigation showed
that death had been caused by a gun-
shot wound and that the man had
j been dead for at least a month. The
I team and cab owned by Bonner have
been found several miles from the
scene, in care of a farmer, left there
j by an unknown man who said that the
J owner would call for the rig the next
| day. The rifle Bonner is known to
I have had the day he went hunting has
I not been found, and the stranger, too,
j has disappeared.
State to Observe Mothers' Day.
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Governor
I Oruce has issued a proclamation for
observance of .Mothers' day May 14.
To Fight Article 9.
Ardmore, Okla A special move-
ment has been started here to organ-
ize every voting precinct in the coun-
ty in an effort to eliminate article !),
section 9. of the state constitution
April 25. People hero generally sei'tn
to favor the proposed amendment.
After Hanraty Again.
McAlester, Okla. There has been
filed in the offlceof the city clerk a
petition addressed to the city council
of the city of McAlester "demanding
the removal" of Pete Hanraty as may-
or of the city. The petition contains
•104 names of voters.
Receives Award for Husband's Death.
Shawnee. Okla.—The superior court
awarded damages in the sum of $10,-
000 t<> Ethel May Tctnpleton for the
death of her husband, a Hock Island
switchman, who was killed in tha
yards at Haileyville a year ago. She
sued for $41,000.
Blackwell Votes Bonds.
Blackwell, Okla.—Bonds to tha
amount of $7.",000 for the erection of a
new high school and ward school
building were voted here by a heavy
majority. The proposition to vole
$1.1,000 for a city park also carried by
a fair majority.
U. S. Sailor Drowns at Tulsa.
Tulsa, Okla.—George Booz, a dis.
charged sailor from the United States
navy, was accidentally drowned in
Orcutt's lake near this city-
Safe Blowers Scared Away,
Fairfax, Okla.—Safe blowers at-
tempted the safe of the Badger Hud-
son Grain company at this place The
plans were already set for blowing
the safe open, but for some cause
were frightened away. Three sus-
pects were captured but were turned
loose on account of not finding suffi-
cient evidence against them. Some
fuse caps and a quantity of nitro-
glycecrine were found under a corner
of the building, and it is thought that
the safe-blowers intended to return
and make another attempt to blow
the safe.
Large Equipment Needed.
Little Robert, aged five, had often
watched his mother, who was a milli-
ner, sew the linings in hats. He was
walking along the boardwalk In Atlan-
tic City with his grandma one day.
"Just think, every one of those
clouds has a silver lining, Bertie," said
grandma.
"Gracious, but God must have a blf
needle," was Bertie's reply.
Wichita to Aid Big Heart.
Wichita, Kan.—Committees were
appointed by the local chamber of
commerce and commercial club to col-
lect funds and other aid for the resi-
dents of Big Heart, Okla , which was
almost destroyed by a tornado Big
Heart Is located in a section tributary
to Wichita and the local business men
wish to show their appreciation of this
fact. Messages were sent to Big
Heart asking how much money and
what ert of supplies would be needed.
Big Interurban Extensions Planned.
Oklahoma City, Okla.- Announce-
ment was made by John W. Shartel,
vice-president of the Oklahoma Rail-
way company, that the company lias
succeeded in arranging for a $IU,000,-
000 bond issue, and that extension of
the lines probably will be made to
Guthrie, Kl Reno and Norman before
the dose of the year Completion of
six miles of track will place the road
into Edmond, and this will have been
done by the latter part of next month.
One Dead in Auto Mishap.
Enid, Okla.—As the result of a mo-
tor car mishap three miles wes tof
here, John Myers, 25 years old, is
dead, and Walter Fields, Tom Cottar
and Joseph Mann are at University
hospital seriously injured. All live
at Ames, Okla., fifteen miles west of
here, and were returning from Enid
when the car, driven by Myers and go-
ing at a high rate of sped, ran off a
culvert three miles west of town. The
machine overturned and Myers was
killed.
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Sprague, G. E. The Hennessey Clipper (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 27, 1911, newspaper, April 27, 1911; Hennessey, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc105758/m1/3/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.