The Canadian Valley News. (Jones City, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1911 Page: 3 of 4
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SYNOPSIS.
John Calhoun becomes secretary of
■taie In Tyler's cabinet with the fixed de-
termination to acquire both Texas and
Dregon. Nicholas Trist, his secretary, Is
»em with a message to the Baroness von
Rltz, spy and reputed mistress of the
~ ‘ inister, Pakenliam. Trist en-
d assists her In
She agrees to
that she
counters the baroness an<
pin;
British
the
escaping from pursuers.
•ee Calhoun, and as a pledge
will tell him what he wants to k:
warding the Intentions of England towa
Mexico, ahe gives Trist a slipper,
mate of which has been lost. Trist is
0ered to
e wants to know re-
ird
a slipper, the
- jst. Trist is or-
Montreal on state business, and
be married to Elizabeth
arranges to be married to Elizab
Churchill before departing. The baroness
■ays she will try to prevent the marriage,
k drunken congressman, who Is assisting
Trist In his wedding arrangements, blun-
deringly sends the baroness’ slipper to
Eiizubeth instead of the owner, and the
marriage is declared off. Nicholas finds
the baroness in Montreal, she having suc-
ceeded, where he failed, in discovering
England’s intentions regarding Oregon.
Bhe tells him the slipper he lmd, con-
tained a note from the Texas attache to
Pakenham, saying that if the United
Btates did not annex Texas within 80 d
j not annex
■he would lose both Texas and Oregon.
--------- jrders Trist to head a party
bound for Oregon. Calhoun excites tht
Calhou
nd _
Jealousy of Senora Yturrlo, and thereby
■ecures the signature of the Texas at-
tache to a treaty of annexation. Nicholas
arrives in Oregon. Eater the baroness ar-
rives on a British warship. She tells
Nicholas that a note Bhe placed in her
• Upper caused the breaking off of his
marriage, and that she Intends to return
to Washington to repair the wrong.
Nicholas follows her. He 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
She tells him the
Trist breaks Pakenhai
rss* apartment
for his price, and the ba
" ‘ ‘ he
true
story
am’s key
Pakenht
of . he:
ke;
mm.
?r life,
to -the
calls
baroness’ apartments. Pakenharr
ds price, and the baroness refuses to
He insults her. She compels him
pay. He Insults her. She compels
to apologize, holds him up in ills
light, and he declares that she is pu. ___
a lily. The treaty Is signed by Paken-
ham. The baroness gives the treaty to
Calhoun and tells him she got It for
Nicholas. Calhoun Invites the baroness to
* diplomatic ball at the White House.
CHAPTER XXXVI.—Continued.
Beautiful she surely was. Her ball
gown was of light golden stuff, and
there was a coral wreath upon her
hair, and her dancing slippers were
of coral hue. There was no more stri-
king figure upon the floor than she.
Jewels blazed at her throat and caught
here and there the filmy folds of her
gown. She was radiant, beautiful, ap-
parently happy. She came mysterious-
ly enough; but I knew that Mr. Cal-
houn's carriage had been sent for her.
I learned also that he had waited for
her arrival.
As I first saw Helena von Ritz, there
stood by her side Dr. Samuel Ward,
his square and stocky figure not un-
dignified In his dancing dress, the stiff
gray mane of his hair waggling after
its custom as he spoke emphatically
over something with her. A gruff
man. Dr. Ward, but under his gray
mane there was a clear brain, and
In his broad breast there beat a large
and kindly heart.
Even as I began to edge my way to-
ward, these two, 1 saw Mr. Calhoun
himself approach, tall, gray and thin.
He was very pale that night; and I
knew well enough what effort it cost
him to attend any of these functions.
Yet he bowed with the grace of a
younger man and offered the baroness
an arm. Then, niethinks, all Washing-
ton gasped a bit. Not all Washington
Knew what had gone forward between
tfiese two. Not all Washington knew
what that couple meant as they
marched in the grand procession that
night—what they meant for America.
Of all those who saw, I alone under-
stood.
So they danced; he with the dig-
nity of his years, she with the grace
wHich was the perfection of dancing,
the perfection of courtesy and of dig-
nPy also, as though she knew and
valued to the full what was offered to
hr now' by John Calhoun. Grave,
sweet and sad Helena von Rltz
6eemed to me that night. She was
wholly unconscious of those w'ho
looked and whispered. Her face was
pale and rapt as that of some devotee.
Mr. Polk himself stood apart, and
plainy enough saw this little matter
go forward. When Mr. Calhoun ap-
proached with the Raroness von Ritz
upon his arm, Mr. Polk w’as too much
politician to hesitate or to inquire. He
knew that It was safe to follow where
John Calhoun led! These two con-
versed for a few moments. Thus, I
fancy, Helena von Ritz had her first
and last acquaintance with one of our
politicians to whom fate gave far
more than his deserts. It was the
fortune of Mr. Polk to gain for this
ctuntry Texas, California and Oregon
—not one of them by desert of his
own! My heart has often been bit-
ter when I have recalled that little
scene. Politics so unscrupulous can
not always have a John Calhoun, a
Helena von Ritz, to correct, guard and
guide.
After this the card of Helena vor
Ritz might well enough Indeed been
full had she cared further to dance,
fihe excused herself gracefully, say-
ing that after the honor which had
been done her she could not ask more.
Still, Washington buzzed; somewhat
of Europe as well. That might have
been called the triumph of Helena von
Ritz. She felt It not. But T could see
that she gloried in some other thing
I approached her as soon as pos-
sible. “! am about to go,M she said.
"Say good-bye to me now, here. We
shall not meet again. Say good-by to
me now', quickly! My father and I are
*oing to leave. The treaty for Ore-
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eon is prepared. Now I am done. Yes.
Tell me good-by."
“I will not say It,” said I. "I can
not.”
She smiled at me. Others might
see her lips, her smile. I saw what
was In her eyes. “We must not be
selfish,” said she. "Come, I must go.”
"Do not go," I Insisted. "Walt.”
She caught my meaning. "Surely,”
she said, ”1 will stay a little longer
for that one thing. Yes, I wish to Bee
her again. Miss Elizabeth Churchill. I
hated her. I wish that I might love
her now, do you know? Would—would
she let me—If she knew?”
“They say that love Is uot possible
between women,” said I. “For my
own part, I wish with you.”
She interrupted with a light tap of
her fan upon my arm. “Look, Is not
that she?”
I turned. A little circle of people
were bowing before Mr. Polk, who
held a sort of levee at one side of the
hall. 1 saw the tall young girl who
at the moment swept a graceful
curtsey to the president. My heart
sprang to my mouth. Yes. It was
Elizabeth! Ah, yes, there flamed up
on the altar of my heart the one Are,
lit long ago for her. So we came now
to meet silently, with small show, In
such way as to thrill none but our two
selves. She, too, had served, and that
largely. And my constant altar fire
had done Its part also, strangely, In
nil this long coll of large events. Love
—ah, true love wins and rules. It
makes our maps. It makes our world.
Among all these distinguished men,
these beautiful women, she had her
own tribute of admiration. I felt rath-
er than saw that she was in some pale
(limy green, some crepe of China, with
gent speech. I turned to see Helena
von Ritz gazing with wistful eyes at
Elizabeth, and 1 saw the eyes of Eliza-
beth make some answer. So they
spoke some language which I suppose
men never will understand—the lan-
guage of one woman to another.
I have known few happier moments
In my life than that. Perhaps, after
all, I caught something of the speech
between their eyes. Perhaps not all
cheap and cynical maxims are true,
at least when applied to noble women
Elizabeth regained her wonted color
and more.
"I was very wrong In many ways,
I heard her whisper. For almost the
first time I saw her perturbed. Helena
von Ritz stepped close to her. Amid
the crash of the reeds and brasses,
amid all the broken conversation
which swept around us, I knew what
she said. Low down In the flounces of
the wide embroidered silks, I saw
their two hands meet silently, and
cling. This made me happy.
Of course it was Jack Dandridge
who broke In between us. "Ah!” said
he, "you jealous beggar, could you not
leave me to be happy for one minute?
Have you come back, a mere heathen
and proceeded to monopolize all our
ladies. I have been making the most
of my time, you see. I have proposed
half a dozen times more to Miss Eliza-
beth, have I not?"
“Has she given you any answer?" I
asked him, smiling.
"The same answer!”
"Jack,” said I. ”1 ought to call you
out.”
“Don't,” said he. “I don’t want to
be called out. I am getting found out.
That's worse. Well—Miss Elizabeth
may I be the first to congratulate?”
“1 am glad,” said I, with Just
"She Is Beaufcfull” I Heard the Lady At My Arm Whisper.
skirts and sleeves looped up with l slight trace of severity, "that you
pearls. In her hair were green leaves, ! have managed again to get into the
simple and sweet and cool. To me-) good graces of Elmhurst. When I last
she seemed graver, sweeter, than
when I last had seen her. I say, my
heart came up into my throat. All I
could think was that I wanted to take
her into my arms. All I did was to
stand and stare.
My companion was more expert In
social maneuvers. She waited until
the crowd had somewhat thinned
about the young lady and her escort.
I saw now with certain qualms that
this latter was none other than my
whilom friend Jack Dandridge. For a
wonder, he was most unduly sober,
and he made, as I. have said, no bad
figure in his finery. He was very
merry and just a trifle loud of speech,
but, being very Intimate In Mr. Polk’s
household, he was warmly welcomed
bfr that gentleman and by all around
him.
''She is beautiful!" I heard the lady
at my arm whisper.
"Is she beautiful to you?” I asked.
"Very beautiful!" I heard her catch
her breath. “She Is good. I wish I
could love her. 1 wish, I wish—”
I saw her hands heat together as
they did when she was agitated. I
turned then to look at her, and what
I saw' left me silent. "Come," said I
at last, “let us go to her.” We edged
across the floor.
When Elizabeth saw me she
straightened, a pallor came across her
face. It was not her way to betray
much of her emotions. If her head
was a trifle more erect. If Indeed she
paled, she too lacked not In quiet self-
possession. She waited, with wide
straight eyes fixed upon me. I found
myself unable to make much lntelli-
saw you, I was not Bure that either of
us would ever be Invited there again."
"Been there every Sunday regularly
since you went away," said Jack. "I am
not one of the family In one way, and In
another way I am. Honestly. I have
tried my best to cut you out. Not that
you have not played your game well
enough, but there never was a game
played so well that some other fellow
could not win by coppering It. So J
coppered everything you did—played
it for just the reverse. No go—lost
even that way. And I thought you
were the most perennial fool of your
age and generation."
I checked as gently as 1 could a
joviality which I thought unsuited to
the time. "Mr. Dandridge," said 1 to
him, "you know the Baroness von
RRz?"
“Certainly! The particeps criminis
of our bungled wedding—of course 1
know her!”
"I only want to say," I remarked,
“that the Daroness von Ritz has that
little shell clasp now all for her own,
and that I have her slipper again, all
for my own. So now-, we three—no,
four—at last understand -one another,
do we not? Jack, will you do two
things for me?”
“All of them but two.”
“When the Baroness von Ritz In-
sists on her Intention of leaving us—
just at the height of all our happiness
—I want you to hand her to her car-
riage. In the second place, I may
need you again—”
"Well, what would any one think of
that!” said Jack Bandridge.
I never knew when these two left
us In the crowd. I never said good-
by to Helena von Ritz. I did not
catch that last look of her eye. I re-
member her as she stood there that
night, grave, sweet and sad.
I turned to Elizabeth. There In the
crash of the reeds and brasses, the
rise and fall of the sweet and bitter
conversation all around us, was the
comedy and the tragedy of life.
"Elizabeth,” I said to her, "are you
not ashamed?"
She looked me full in the eye "No!”
she said, and smiled.
I have never seen a smile like Eliz-
abeth’s.
EPILOGUE.
’Tis the Star Spangled Banner; O. long
may it wave.
O’er the land of the free, and the home
of the brave!
—Francis Scott Key.
On the night that Miss Elizabeth
Churchill gave me her hand and her
heart forever—for which I have not
yet ceased to thank God—there began
the guns ot Palo Alto. Later, there
came the fields of Monterey, Buena
Vista, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Cheru-
busco, Mollno del Rey—at last the
guns sounded at the gate of the old
City of Mexico Itself. Some of that
fighting I myself saw; but much of
the time I was employed In that man-
ner of special work which had en-
gaged me for the last few years. It
was through Mr. Calhoun's agency
that 1 reached a certain Importance
in these matters; and so I was chosen
as the commissioner to negotiate a
peace with Mexico.
This honor later proved to be a
dangerous and questionable one. Gen.
Scott wanted no interference of this
kind, especially since he knew Mr.
Calhoun’s Influence In my choice. He
thwarted all my attempts to reach the
headquarters of the enemy, and did
everything he could to secure a peace
of his own, at the mouth of the can-
non. I could offer no terms better
than Mr. Buchanan, then our sec-
retary of state, had prepared for me,
and these were rejected by the Mexi-
can government at last. I was or-
dered by Mr. Polk to state that we
had no better terms to offer; and as
for myself, I was told to return to
Washington. At that time I could not
make my way out through the lines,
nor. In truth, did I much care to do so.
A certain event not written In his-
tory Influenced me to remain for a
time at the little village of Gaudalupe
Hidalgo. Here, In short. I received
word from a lady whom I had for-
merly known, none less than Senora
Yturrlo, once a member of the Mexi-
can legation at Washington. True to
her record, she had again reached In-
fluential position In her country, using
methods of her own. She told me
now to pay no attention to what had
been reported by Mexico. In fact, I
was approached again by the Mexican
commissioners, Introduced by her!
What was done then Is history. We
signed then and there the peace of
Gaudalupe Hidalgo, in accordance
with the terms originally given me
by our secretary of state. So, after
all, Calhoun’s kindness to a woman In
distress was not lost; and so, after
all, he unwittingly helped in the end-
ing of the war he never wished be-
gun.
Meantime, I lmd been recalled to
Washington, but did not know the
nature of that recall. When at last I
arrived there I found myself disgraced
and discredited. My actions were re-
pudiated by the administration. I my-
self was dismissed from the service
without pay—sad enough blow for a
young man who had been married less
than a year.
Mr. Polk’s Jealousy of John Calhoun
was not the only cause of this. Cal-
houn's prophecy was right. Yet, none
the less, after his usual fashion, Ic ;
wras not averse to receiving such credii
as he could. Ho put the responsibility
of the treaty upon the senate! It was j
debated hotly there for some weeks, i
and at last, much to his surprise and j
my gratification. It was ratified!
The north, which had opposed this j
Mexican war—that same war which
later led inevitably to the Civil War
now found itself unable to say
much against the great additions
to our domain which the treaty had
secured. We paid fifteen millions, In
additiou to our territorial Indemnity
claim, and we got a realm whose
wealth could not be computed. So
much, it must be owned, did fortune
do for that singular favorite, Mr. Polk.
And, curiously enough, the smoke had
hardly cleared from Palo Alto field
before Abraham Lincoln, a young
member In the house of congress, was
Introducing a resolution which asked
the marking of "the spot where that
outrage was committed." Perhaps It
was an outrage Many still hold it
so. Rut let us reflect what would have
been Lincoln's life had matters not
gone just as they did.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
INSURRECTO LEADER NAMES EX
ECUTIVE ADVISERS
ESTABLISHES CAPITAl
President and Cabinet Confer Aboul
Peace Negotiations, But are Not
Overly Anxious For Peace
Juat at THia Time
Juarez, Mex.—Mexico’s provisional
government became an established
fact Thursday with the naming by
Francisco I. Madero, Jr., provisional
president, of his cabinet officers and
the establishment of a capital at th«
captured city of Juarez.
The cabinet Is as follows:
Dr. Vasquez Gomez, minister of for-
eign relations
Gustavo Madero, minister of finance,
Venuestiano Carranza, minister ot
war
Erederlco Gonzales Garza, minister
of the interior.
Pino Suarez, minister of justice.
Juan Sanchez Azcona, secretary to
the president.
Secretary of War Carranza will have
charge of the railways and telegraphs
PRESIDENT DIAZ OF MEXICO.
President of Mexico, whose resigna-
tion General Madero, insurrecto leader,
demands as a condition precedent to
cessation of hostilities and the estab-
lishment of peace.
and his first act was to grant permis-
sion for the repair pf the Mexican
Northwestern railroad. A gang of
men immediately set to work repair-
ing the torn-up roadbed south of Jua
rez.
The first conference of Provisional
President Madero and his cabinet took
up a plan for procedure for peace ne-
gotiations, looking toward their re-
sumption, but no announcement was
forthcoming in regard to it.
In fact tlie rebel chiefs are now dis-
inclined to spread any peace talk.
They SHy it has a disconcerting effect
on revolutionist activity in other parts
of the republic, and military opera-
tions, they believe, should bo contin-
ued as vigorously as ever until u def-
liite peace agreement is signed. It is
doubtful if any armistice will ever be
agreed lo again.
les.ra. MedlcfneCo.j
Tuft’s Pills
The dyspeptic, the debilitated, whether from
excess of work of mind or body, drink or ex-
posure In mm
MALARIAL REGIONS,
will find Tutt's Pills the most genial restora-
tive ever offered the suffering Invalid.
SETTING A HIGH STANDARD
The handle of a new electric torch
is magnetized so that It will adhere to
nietal surfaces. leaving its user’*
hands free for work.
Heir to Money Is Missing
Canton, O.—The daughter of Hart
Lettleman Ih heir to his estate in this
city and will be several thousand dol
lor* richer if she can be found. When
the little g‘r! was two years old her
mother eloj ?ed from Cleveland, O., with
William Dcville and took the child
with her.
rescu'd From Niagara Falls
Niagara Calls, N. Y. — Fighting with
determination to end her life. Mrs.
Mllzaboth Hartley of Buffalo, 60 years
old. '-as reveued from death at the
IHuk of the cataract by Constable
Thomas Harrington, who fuced the
dpnwr of be in ’ carried over the falls
with the struggling woman.
Wages of Trainmen Increased
Harrisburg, Pa.—The wages of the
trainmen in the United States and Can-
ada have been increased $.17,000,000 in
& yenr, according to the report made
to the international convention of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen by
W. G. Lee, president of the Brother-
hood. This is the first statement to be
made of Ihe great wage-increasing
movement in 1010.
Two Meet Death
Pittsburg, Kan.—Two men met death
in mine accidents near Pittsburg. Wil-
liam Brown, u shot firer, was blown
lo pieces in the Pittsburg and Cher-
okee Coal company’s mine near Chic-
ope when a shot exploded.
Students Bare Arms
Columbia, Mo.—Approximately 700
students of the University of Missouri
were vaccinated following nn order
that, unvacclnaled persons would not
be allowed to ittend classes after next
Monday.
Child’s Idea of Goodness Set Forth
In Perfect Faith, Without
Irreverence.
All things are relative, and to the
child, gazing at life and its wonders
with eyes as yet undimmed by so-
phistication or sorrow, nothing is im-
possible, nothing unspeakable, noth-
ing too sacred to be discussed or too
difficult to be attempted. Not irrev
ereuce nor impertinence, but inno
cence prompts such speeches as that
recorded of the child of a popular
journalist by his devoted paternal
grandmother.
“Grandma," said the little boy, de-
lightedly addressing her, “do you
know' what’s going to happen? Papa
Buys that if we’re real, real good, he'll
take us to the circus!"
“That’s nice," smiled the young-
hearted adult between whom and the
eager youugliug no hint of age sepa-
ration mars perfect comradship. “How
good do we have to be?"
ri he embryo man, after a moment of
silent consideration: “Oh, as good tut
God, 1 guess!"
Too Much Like Work.
"The boss’s son is kicking."
"Why?"
"Says he's overworked. All he used
to do was tear the pages off the office
calendars once a month. Now he baa
to wind the eight-day clock, too."
FEED YOUNG GIRLS
Must Have Right Food While Growing.
Great care should be taken at the
critical period when the young girl la
Just merging Into womanhood that the
diet shall contain that which is up-
bul’ding and nothing harmful.
At that age the structure is being
formed and if formed of a healthy,
sturdy character, health and happiness
wiil follow'; on the other hand un-
healthy cells may be built In and a
6lek condition slowly supervene which,
if not checked, may ripen into a
chronic condition and cause life-long
suffering.
A young lady says:
“Coffee began to have such an etTeci
on niy stomach a few years ago that I
finally quit using it. It brought on
headaches, pains in my muscles, and
nervousness.
‘I tried to use tea in its stead, but
found its effects even worse than those
I suffered from coffee. Then for a long
time I drank milk at my meals, but at
last it palled on me. A friend came to
the rescue w'ith the suggestion that I
try Postum.
‘T did so, only to find at first, that I
didn’t, fancy it. But I had heard of so
many persons who had been benefited
by its use that I persevered, and when
I had It made right—according to di-
rections on the package—I found It
grateful in flavour and soothing and
strengthening to my stomach. I can
find no words to express my feeling
of what I owe to Postum!
“In every respect it haa worked a
wonderful Improvement — the head-
aches, nervousness, the pains In ray
rid** and back, all the distressing
symptoms yielded to the magic power
of Postum. My brain seems also to
share in the betterment of my phys-
ical condition; it seems keener, more
alert and brighter. I am. in short, in
better health now than for a long
while before, and I am sure I owe It
to the use of your Postum.” Name
given by Postum Company, BatU#
Creek, Mich.
“There’s a reason.”
Ever rend Ihe above letter? 4 new
our A|»|M-i«rN from time to time. They
• re aenolne, true, nod full of huwxa
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