Coalgate Record. (Coalgate, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 1, 1910 Page: 3 of 8
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BY mBRfON HOUGH
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J''y il nnd If h accepts Tyler’s of-
fer It means that Texas ana Oreicon must
be ottflet) to tis Union Ho plans to learn
the Intentions of Knsl&nd with —sard to
Mexico through Baroness Von Rlts secret
spy and reputed mistress of the Knalish
ambassador Pakenhatn
4 CHAPTER II
By Special Dispatch
In all eras and all climes a woman of
threat irrnius or beauty has dona what aha
rhoaa — Oulda
'’Nicholas' said Calhoun turning
to mo suddenly but with bis Invari-
able kindliness of tone "oblige me to-
night I have written a message here
You will tee the address — " -
"I have unavoidably beard this
lady's name" 1 hesitated
"Yon will And the lady's name above
the seal Take her this message from
me Yes your errand Is to bring the
least known and most talked of wom-
an In Washington alone unattended
save by yourself to a gentleman’s
apartments to his bouse at a time
past tbe hour of midnight! That gen-
leinan Is myself! You must not take
any answer in tbe negative"
As I eat dumbly holding this sealed
document In my band be turned to Dr
Ward with a nod toward myself
”1 choose my young aide Mr Trlst
here for good reasons He Is Just
back from six months In the wilder-
ness and may be sby but once be
bad a way with women so they tell
me— and you know In approaching
the question ad femlnam we operate
per boralnera"
I)r Ward took snuff with violence
as be regarded me critically
"1 do not doubt tbe young man's sin-
ferity and faithfulness” said be "1
was only questioning one thing"
"Year
'iris age"
Calhoun rubbed bis chin "Nlcho-
las" he said "you heard me 1 have
no wish to encumber yon with useless
Instructions Your errand Is before
you Very much depends upon it as
you have heard All I can say is keep
your head keep your feet and keep
your heart!"
The two older men both turned
now and smiled at me In a manner
not wholly to my liking Neither was
this errand to my liking
It was truoi I waa hardly arrived
home after many months In the west
hut 1 had certain plans of my own for
that very night and although as yet 1
had made no definite engagement with
my fiancee Miss Elisabeth Churchill
of Elmburst farm for meeting her at
the great ball this night such cer-
tainly was my desire and my Inten-
tion Why 1 had scarce seen Elisa-
beth twice in the last year
"He might be older" said Calhoun
at length speaking of me as though I
were not present "And tla a hard
game to play if once my laejy Helen
tabes It Into her merry head to make
it so for him Hut if 1 sent one shorter
or stature and uglier of visage and
with less art In approaching a crino-
line — why perhaps he would get no
urther than hor door No he will
Svc — he must serve!"
Me arose now and bowed to us
both even as 1 rose and turned for
my cloak to shield me from the raw
drizzle which then waa falling In the
streets '
So thla then waa my errand My
mind still tingled at Its unwelcome
quality Ur Ward guessed something
of my mental dissatisfaction
"Never mind Nicholas" said he as
we parted at tbe street corner where
he climbed Into the rickety carriage
which bis colored driver held await-
ing him- "Never mind 1 don't my-
self quite know what Calhoun want
but be would not ask of you anything
personally Improper Do his errand
thon It la pail of your work In any
case—" and I thought 1 aaw him grin
In the dtm light— "you may have a
night which you will remember"
There proved to he truth la what he
said
I
CHAPTER III
In Argument
The egotism of women Is always for
two— Mmei is BtaeL
The thought of missing my meeting
with Elizabeth still rankled In my
soul Had It been another man who
asked me to carry this message 1
must have refused Hut thla man wis
my master ray rhief la whose serv-
ice 1 had engaged
Ear myself hie agent I had aa 1
aay left the old Trlst homestead at
the foot of 8outh mountain In Mary-
land to seek my fortune In our capi-
tal city I had had some three or four
fears scrol-dlplomatlo training when
first met Calhoun and entered hie
ervloe aa assistant It was under
Jim that I finished my studies In taw
pleantimo 1 Use bis messenger In
very many quests bis source of lnfor-
piatton In many matters where be
bad no time to go into details
Stowage enough bad been aome of
Cm ekrcnmstance la which I found
myself thrust through thla relation
with n man so Intimately connected
for n generation with our public life
For atx months I bad been In Missis-
sippi and Texas studying matters and
men and now Just back from Natchi-
toches 1 felt that 1 had earned some
little rest
Vaguely In my conscience I felt
that after all my errand was Justi-
fied even though at some cost to my
own wishes and my own pride The
farther I walked In the dark along
Pennsylvania avenue Into which final-
ly I ewuhg after I had crossed Rock
bridge tbe more I realised that per-
haps this big game was worth playing
In detail and without quibble aa the
master mind should dictate
I was Indeed young — Nicholas Trlst
of Maryland six feet tall thin lean
always hungry perhaps a trifle freck-
led n little sandy of hair blue 1 sup-
pose of eye although I am not aura
good rider and good marcher I know
aomethlng of an expert with tbe
weapons of my time and people fond
of n hone and n dog and a rifle — yes
and a glass and a girl if truth be told
I was not yet SO In spite of my west-
ern travels At that ags the rustle of
silk or dimity the suspicion of ad-
venture tempts the worst or the best
of us I fear Woman!— the very
sound of the word made my blood
leap then I went forward rather
blithely as I now blush to confess
"If there are maps to be made to-
night" said I "the Baroness Helena
shall do her share In writing on my
Knock nt the Third Door In
chiefs old mahogany desk nnd not
on her own dressing case"
That was an idle boast though
made but to myself I had not yet
met the woman -
CHAPTER IV
The Baroness Helena
Woman Is seldom merciful to the man
who la timid — Kdwsrd Bulwer L-ytton
There was one of our dim street
lights at n central corner on old Penn-
sylvania avenue and under It after
a long walk 1 paused for a glance at
the Inscription on my sealed docu-
ment 1 bad not looked at It before In
the confusion of my somewhat hur-
ried mental processes In addition
to the name and street number In Cab
houn's writing I read tMa memo-
randum: "Knock at the third door
In the second block beyond M street"
- 1 recalled the nearest cross street
but I must confess the direction still
seemed somewhat cryptic Puzzled 1
stood under tbe tamp shielding the
face of the note under my cloak to
keep off the rain aa I studied It
Tbe sound of wheels behind me on
the muddy pavement called my atten-
tion nnd I looked about A carriage
came swinging up to tho curb where
I stood It was driven rapidly and
aa U approached the door swung open
I heard n quick word nnd the driver
pulled up hie horses 1 aaw the light
shin through the door on n glimpse
of white satin I looked again Yea
It won n beckoning hand! The negro
driver looked at me Inquiringly
Ah well 1 suppose diplomacy under
the stars runs much the asm la all
ages I have said that I loved Elisa-
beth but also said I waa not yet SO
Moreover I was n gentleman and
hero might be n lady In need of help
1 need not Bay that in n moment I was
at the aide of the carriage Its occu-
pant made no exclamation of surprise
in fact she moved hack upon the
other aide of the seat In the darkness
as though to make room for me!
A dark framed face whose outlines
I could only dimly see In the faint
light of the street lamp leaned to
ward mo The samo email hand ner-
vously reached out aa though in re-
quest I now very naturally stepped closer
A pair of wide and very dark eyes
was looking into mine I could now
see her face There was no smile
upon her Ups I bad never seen her
before that waa sure— nor did 1 over
think to see her Uko again I could
aay that even then even In the half
light Just n trifle foreign tbe face
somewhat dark but not too dark
the lips full the eyes luminous the
forehead beautifully arched chin and
cheek beautifully rounded nose clean-
cut and straight thin hut not pinched
There was nothing niggard about her
She was magnificent — a magnificent
woman I aaw that she had splendid
Jewels at her throat In her ear— a
necklace of diamonds long hoops at
diamonds and emeralds used as ear-
rings! a sparkling clasp which caught
at her white throat the wrap which
she had thrown about her baU gown—
the Socond Block Beyond M Street
for now I saw she was In full evening
dress I guessed she had been an a(-
tendant at the great ball that ball
which I had missed with so keen n re-
gret myself— the ball where 1 had
hoped to dance with Elisabeth With-
out doubt she had lost her way and
was asking the first stranger for In-
structions to her driver
My lady whoever she was seemed
pleased with her rapid temporary
scrutiny With n faint murmur
whether of Invitation or not 1 scarce
could tell she drew back again to the
farther side of the seat Before I
knew how or why I was at her side
Tbe driver pushed shut the door and
whipped up ble team
Personally 1 am gifted with but
small Imagination In n very matter
or fact way I had got Into this car-
riage with n strange lady Now In a
sober and matter or fact way It ap-
peared to me my duty to find out the
reason for this singular situation
"Madam" I remarked to my com-
panion "in what manner can I be of
service to you thla evening?"
"1 am fortunate that you are n gen-
tleman" she said In n low and soft
voice quite distinct quite musical in
quality and marked with Just the
faintest trace of soma foreign accent
although her English was perfect
1 looked again at her Yea her hair
waa dark that was sure U swept up
In n great roll about her oval brow
Her eyes too must be dark 1 con-
firmed Ye -as n passed tamp gave
me aid— there were strong dark brows
abovs them Her nose too waa Pa-
tricias: her chin curving Just strongly
enough but not too full nnd hlsUy
cleft n sign of power they say
A third gracious tamp gave me s
glimpse of her figure huddled beck
among her draperies and I guessed
her to be about of medium height A
fourth tamp showed me her hands
small firm white also I could catch
n glimpse of her arm as It lay out-
stretched her fingers clasping a fan
8o 1 knew her arms were round and
taper hence all her limbs and figure
finely molded because nature does
not do such things by halves nnd
makes no bungles in her symmetry
of contour when she plans n noble
specimen of humanity Here was n
noble specimen of what woman
may be
1 was not In such n hurry to sak
again how I might b of service In
fact being somewhat surprised and
somewhat pleased I remained silent
now for n time and let matters adjust
themselves which Is not n bad course
for any one similarly engaged
She turned toward me at tost de-
liberately her fan against her 11m
studying me And I did as much ta-
king advantage as I could of the pass-
ing street tamps Then all at once
without warning or apology ah
smiled abowlng very even and white
teeth
She smiled There came to me from
the purple-colored shadows some sort
of deep perfume strange to me 1
frown at tbe description of such
things and such emotions but I swear
thkt as I sat there a stranger I felt
swim up around me some sort of am-
ber shadow edged with purple — the
shadow ae I figured it then being
this perfume curious and alluring!
It was wet there in tbe street Why
should I rebel at this stealing charm
of color or fragrance — let those name
it better who can At least I sat smi-
ling to myself In my purple-amber
shadow now In no very special hurry
At last I could not In politeness
keep this np further
"How may 1 serve the baroness?"
said I
She started hack on the seat aa far
ns she could go
"How did you know?" she asked
"And who are you?"
I laughed "I did not know and
did not guess until almost as I began
to speak: but If It comes to that I
might say I am simply an humble
gentleman of Washington here I
might be privileged to peep In at am-
bassadors' balls — through tbe wta
dows at least"
"But you were not there— yon did
not see me? I never saw you In my
life until this very moment — how
then do you know me? 8peak! At
once!" Her satlna rustled 1 knew
she was tapping n foot on the carriage
floor
"Madam" I answered laughing at
her ty thin amber purple shadow
with flecks of scarlet and pink by
thla perfume which weaves webs for
me here In this carriage I know yon
The light Is poor hut It Is good
enough to show one who can be no
one else but tbe Baroness von Rlts"
I was In the mood to spies an ad-
venture which had gone thus far Of
course she thought me crated and
drew back again In the shadow but
when I turned and smiled she smiled
In answer— herself somewhat puzzled
"The Baronets yon Rlts cannot be
disguised" I -said "not even If she
wore her domino"
She looked down at tbe little mask
which hung from the silken cord and
flung It from her
"Oh then very well?" she said “If
you know who I am who are you
and why do yon talk In this absurd
way with me n stranger?"
"And why madam do you take me
up a stranger In this absurd way at
midnight on the streets of Washing-
ton?—! who am engaged on business
for my chief?"
She tapped again with her foot oo
the carriage floor "Tell me who yoe
are!" she said
"Once a young planter from Mary-
land yonder sometime would-be law-
yer here In Washington It la my mis-
fortune not to be m distinguished
la fame or beauty that my name Is
known by all so I need not tell you
my name perhaps only assuring you
that I am at your service If 1 may be
useful"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Begging ter Toothpicks
"Hold-up men of all kinds have
stopped me on the highways and by-
ways of the city but tbe limit was
reached the other night" says C H
Peckham
1 had Just left the theater when t
man touched my arm
"‘My friend be said wlU you
please stake me to n wooden tooth-
pick r
"So dated was I that t m taken
off my guard
"‘Watt here 'and PR go la
tho Gtllay and get yon n haiVui
"1 did and he accepted thee with
profiles thanks
“fife getting' so now ho
'that a gentleman can't even pick t
n match In a hotel unless ho is pee-
ing S3 n day for a fifty -oeat yoomj"
Kansas City Mo-— At the Interna-
tional headquarters of tbs Brother-
hood of Boilermakers Iron Shipbuild-
ers and Helpers the fight for the final
passage of tho federal locomotive In-
spection bill is being unceasingly
waged and upon the opening of con-
gress In December the International
officers are prepared to submit new
data in favor of the proposed safety
law During the last five years In the
United States according to reports of
tbe railroads themselves there were
7711 boiler disasters while In Great
Britain according to figures furnish-
ed by the board of trade railway de-
partment the number of boiler dis-
asters for tbe same period were but
47 While the number of persons
killed In Orest Britain through loco-
motive holler disasters were but your
for ths same period In the United
States 265 lives were sacrificed In
this country the number of Injured
was 2066 while under the English
system of government Inspection for
the same length of time bnt 62 per-
sons were injured
Boston— For the first time in Massa-
chusetts litigation affecting strikes a
bequest has been made for the Impris-
onment of labor leaders as a penalty
for disobeying n decree of the court
Engraving firms In Boston have naked
tbe superior court to Inflict thla pun-
ishment upon certain officers of the
local engravers union for alleged dis-
regard of the court’s Injunction
against picketing The Judge Issued
an order returnable this week The
outcome sill be watched with interest
by friends of organised tabor nnd
those maintaining the employers'
tight to open shop
Baltimore' Md — Gov Crothers has
come out In open advocacy of convict
labor In the construction of public
highways and will recommend tbe
adoption of such a plan in his mes-
sage to the next legislature He doea
not favor however the removal of
long-term prisoners or those held for
serious offenses from the penitentiary
for thla work By using short-term
convicts he can foresee a great saving
to the state In its road work
Boston — Boston electrical workers
union 104 the linemen ta to make an
effort to have men of the construction
force promotedto vacancies which oc-
cur In the operating force of the fire-
alarm branch of the Boeton fire it-
partmenL The construction men are
the most experienced men of the Une
It Is stated yet cp to date no promo-
tion to the operating force has been
made from its ranks
New York — During the last year
the Inspectors of the bureau of mer-
cantile inspection in New York city
have caused the arrest of 358 proprie-
tors for illegally employing children in
business offices and stores Of these
229 were convicted which may be pat
down as significant of the fact that
the unlawful employment of children
will soon be numbered among the
things that were
Dallas Texas — The new convict re-
form bill recently signed by tbe gov-
ernor of Texas provides for the abol-
ition of tbe leasing of state convicts
to contractors It calls for working of
convicts only on farms owned by the
state Texas will spend about 12000-
000 for land and equipment No con-
tract for convicts will be renewed nnd
all contracts must be terminated with-
in 18 months
New Tork — The strike of drivers
and helpers was formally declared off
and it waa announced at strike head-
quarters that the men will return to
work nt once The close of tbe sttike
was brought about by tbs New Jer-
sey strikers who voted to accept tbe
terms upon which the companies of-
fered to take back the men
Washington— The total number of
federated trade unions In Austria nt
the end of 1909 was 4450 consisting
of 62 central or national unions 27 dis-
trict unions and 4371 local unions
In 1908 the total was 4619 of which
61 were national 48 district and 4519
local
Toronto Canada — The trade unions
this city have instituted for the winter
months n series of lectures la their
different onions along educational
lines Every anion will devote an
evening each month to n discussion
of lu trade
Ferro 1 Spain — The employee of
the English company which ta build-
ing the vessels of the new Spanish
navy struck The company threatens
to abandon its contract If the men do
not resume work
Sioux Falls 8 D — Tho Internation-
al Brotherhood of Painters and Dec-
orators recently organised n new lo-
cal union hero
Marshalltown la — The entire force
employed In tbs lows Central railway
car and paint shops wont out on n
strike this week because two negro
laborers bad been employed - la tbe
shops However the men have other
grievances against the general shop
foreman whom they charge with
bringing men from bla former home
town in another state nnd giving them
Job In preference to resident em-
ployees Pittsburg — Of nil barrels mads In
the United States It ta said that 98
per cent are turned out by union
ocjcr
Ottawa Canada — The report of tbe
Canadian Department of labor tar
the fiscal year ended March 31 shows
that there waa an increase daring tho
year of nearly 70009 days la tbo num-
ber of working days lost through
strikes and lockouts as compared
with 1908-9 Tbo number of disputes
dealt with between employers and em-
ployees under the provisions of tbe
act of 1907 during tbs year was 3A
distributed among the Industries as
follows: Coal mining 9 metal min-
ing 2 railways 12 street railways
1 freight handlers 2 longshoremen
1 civic employees 1 Industries oth-
er than public utilities 1 Ths num-
ber of employees affected was 393561
Paris Francs — According to fig-
ures just issued by tbe tabor bursas
the number of strikes In Francs Is In-
creasing to an alarming degree In
September 1909 there were only 92
strikes this year 133 were recorded
The month of October shows n simi-
lar Increase over last year’s figures
A curious feature to that strikes bars
extended even to agricultural labor-
ers more than 20 baring taken place
Is October In tbs middle of tbs har-
vesting season Another cartons tact
Is ths long duration of tbs conflicts
Some of the strikes reported as still
going on In September bad been be-
gun more than six months before
Chicago— Clothing strikers decided
to settle down sod fight It eat with
tbe garment manufacturers Hundreds
of tbe strikers returned their strike
benefit vouchers to tho Joint commit-
tee after they learned that tbo com-
missary department will open food de- -pot
for tbe distribution of food nnd
other supplies A total of 18000 was
paid out In strike benefits Tbe strik-
ers went to mass meeting In various
parts of the west aide and n delega-
tion of secretaries and committeemen
sent out by the strike leaders paid out
the money
Richmond Ind — Ugly fighting fol-
lowed by several arrests took place
here aa the result of n strike of mold-
ere at the Robinson Machine works
Serious trouble Is threatened ad ths
company is firm in Its determination-
to conduct an "open shop" while the
men declare that only the disbarment
of non-union workers will - satisfy
them An unconfirmed report rotat-
ed to an alleged attempt to dynamite
the plant
Chicago — Ths executive board of
tbe International Union of Elevator
Constructors has called n general
strike 1 all employee of the Otis
Elevator company In the United
8tates nnd Canada This course was
taken to punish the company for bas-
ing employed machinists In the pines
of striking constructors nt Chicago
who asked for higher wages
San Francisco — San Francisco Ma-
rins Firemen Oilers and Water Tend-
era’ union has already sent 130009 to
the seamen striking on the great
takes nnd recently It decided to send
320000 more as soon as the strikers
say they need It In addition to this
sum tbs local decided to make frees
one to six assessments upon Its moot-
bershlp to help win tbo fight on too
great lakes
Warsaw Ind— With n ballet bole
through the bead tbe body of Ray
Mason n prominent tabor offlclal re-
siding In Kalamazoo Mich waa found
In n marsh on tbo outskirts of this
city where It evidently had been tar
more than n week Detectives bo-
lleve that Mason was ths victim of
hold-up men and was killed and
dragged to tbo marsh
Cleveland Ohio— Engineers’ arnica
J6 reports tbs establishment of the
eight-hour workday and fall union con-
ditions for engineer nt tbs B F
Stnrtevnnt blower works 7Tb strike
of tbo engineers and firemen nt tbo
hotel Somerset ta still on
Pullman Cal — At present this eky
seems destined to be n city of from
9000 to 8000 persons The car shops’
will employ from 1500 to 3000 seen
while dependent enterprises such no
stores laundries barber shops botds
etc will employ nt least 600 more
Boston — Boston - cigarmakers
union last week sent another check
for $1000 to tbe Tamp strikers ma-
king n total of 36600 which baa been
sent to tbo locked -out cigarmakers C
that cltjr by tbe members of tbo Bos-
ton union -
Washington — A cablegram from
Paris declares that tho new French
cabinet while not opposing tho princi-
ple of trades unionism will propose n
taw declaring strikes by employees la
tbe publie service and by state em-
ployees to be unlawful and providing
a penalty for persons engaged la mmk
movements
Minneapolis aflnn — The lab nr
onions sr coming to the relief of Us -northern
Minnesota fire sufferers ssd
are making good-stoed donations
which nr being turned In to the Irene
urer of tbo local fund -
Washington — On coal minor In
England according to tbo deportment
of commerce and tabor produce o 371
tons ta n year On coal miner la tbo
United Btatea produces 439 tons '
Boston — Julius Friedman Interna-
tional label agent of tbe capmakers
salon has begun a label notation
campaign ta Mate and Kjo
shir
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