The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, April 7, 1911 Page: 3 of 10
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SYNOPSIS.
• Senator John Calhoun Is invited to be-
come secretary of state tn Tyler's cab-
inet. He declares that If he accepts Texas
and Oregon must be added to the Union.
He sends his secretary, Nicholas Trlst, to
ask the Baroness von Ritz, spy of the
British ambassador. Pakenham, to call at
his apartments. While searching for the
baroness' home, a carriage drives up and
Nicholas is invited to enter. The occupant
Is the baroneBs, an'd she asks Nicholas to
assist In evading pursuers. Nicholas notes
that the baroness has lost a slipper. She
gives him the remaining slipper as a
pledge that she will tell Calhoun what he
wants to know regarding England's in-
tentions toward Mexico. As security
Nicholas gives her a trinket he Intended
for his sweetheart, Elizabeth Churchill,
Tyler tells fakenham that joint occupa-
tion of Oregon with England, must cease,
that the west has raised the cry of "Fif-
ty-four Forty, or Fight." Calhoun be-
comes secretary of state. He orders
Nicholas to Montreal on state business,
and the latter plans to be married that
night. The baroness says she will try to
prevent the marriage. A drunken con-
gressman whom Nicholas asks to assist
In the wedding arrangements, sends the
baroness' slipper to Elizabeth, by mis-
take, and the wedding is declared off.
Nicholas finds the baroness in Montreal,
she having succeeded, where he failed, in
discovering England's intentions regard-
ing Oregon. She tells him that the slip-
per he had In his possession contained a
note from' the attache of Texas to the
British ambassador, saying that if the
United States did not annex Texas with-
in 80 days, she would lose both Texas and
Oregon. Nicholas meets a naturalist, Von
Rlttenhofen, who Rives him information
about Oregon. The baroness and a British
warship disappear from Montreal simul-
Rlttenhofen, who ffives him information
to ------
ppear f
taneously. Calhoun engages Von Bitten'
hofen to make maps of the western coun-
try. Calhoun orders Nicholas to head a
party of settlers bound for Oregon.
CHAPTER XXI.—Continued.
Her face was half hidden by her
fan, and her eyes, covered by their
deep lids, gave no sign of her
thoughts. The same cold voice went
on:
"You might, for Instance, tell Mr.
Polk, which is to say Mr. Van Zandt,
that if his name goes on this little
treaty for Texas, nothing will be said
to Texas regarding his proposal to
give Texas over to England. It might
not bo safe for that little fact gen-
erally to be known in Texas as it is
known to me. We will keep it secret.
You might ask Mr. Van Zandt if he
•would value a seat in the senate of
these United States, rather than a
(lynching rope! So much do I value
your honorable acquaintance with Mr.
Polk and Mr. Van Zandt, my dear
lady, that 1 do not go to the latter and
demand his signature in the name of
his republic—no, I merely suggest to
you that did you take this little treaty
for a day, and presently return it to
me with his signature attached, I
should feel so deeply gratified that I
should not ask you by what means
you had attained this most desirable
result! And I should hope that if you
could not win back the affections of a
certain gentleman, at least you might
win your own evening of the scales
with him."
Her face colored darkly. In a flash
she saw the covert allusion to the
faithless Pakenham. Here was the
chance to cut him to the soul. She
could cost England Texas! Revenge
made its swift appeal to her savage
heart. Uevengo and jealousy, han-
dled coolly, mercilessly as weapons—
those cost England Texas!
She sat, her fan tight at her white
teeth. "It would be death to me if it
were known," she said. Hut still she
pondered, her eye alight with somber
Are, her dark cheek red in a woman's
anger.
"But it never will be known, my
dear lady. These things, however,
must be concluded swiftly. We have
'not time to wait. Let us not argue
over the unhappy business. Let me
think of Mexico as our sister republic
and our friend!"
"And suppose I shall not do this
that you ask, senor?"
"That, my dear lady, I do not sup-
pose !"
"You threaten, Senpr Secretary?"
"On the contrary, I implore! Dear
lady, may we not conspire together—
for the ultimate good of three repub-
lics, making of them two noble ones,
later to dwell in amity? Shall we not
hope to seo all this continent swept
free of monarchy, held free, for the
peoples of the world?"
For an instant, no more, she sat and
,pondered. Suddenly she bestowed
upon him a smile whose brilliance
might have turned the head of an-
other man. Rising, she swept him a
ourtsey whose grace I have not seen
surpassed.
In return, Mr. Calhoun bowed to her
•with dignity and ease, and, lifting her
'hand, pressed it to his Hps. Then, of-
fering her an arm, he led her to his
carriage. 1 could scarce believe my
eyes and ears that so much, and of so
much importance, had thus so easily
been accomplished, where all had
deemed so near to the Impossible.
CHAPTER XXII.
But Yet a Woman.
Woman turns every man the wrong side
out,
And never gives to truth and virtue that
•Which siinpleness and merit purchaseth.
—Shakespeare.
On the day following my last Inter-
view with Mr. Calhoun, I had agreed
to take my old friend Dr. von Ritten-
hofen upon a short journey among
the points of interest of our city, In
BT EMERVON HOUGH
AUTHOR or THE MlWIftflPPI BUBBLE
IUWTRAK10N? Iry MAGNUS G.KJETTNER-
COPYBIOHT 1909 BO M"MEf)RlLL OOMPAWV
"But May I Not See Your Father and Have My Chance Again?"
order to acquaint him somewhat with
our governmental machinery and to
put him in touch with some of the
sources of Information to which he
would need to refer in the work upon
which he was now engaged. We had
spent a couple of hours together, and
were passing across the capitol, with
the intent of looking in upon the de-
liberations of the houses of congress,
when all at once, as we crossed the
corridor, I felt him touch my arm.
"Did you seo that young lady?" he
asked me. "She looked at you, yess?"
I was in the act of turning, even as
he spoke. Certainly had I been alone
I would have seen Elizabeth, would
have known that she was there.
It was Elizabeth, alone, and hurry-
ing away! Already she was approach-
ing the first stair. In a moment she
would be gone. I sprang after her by in-
stinct, without plan, clear in my mind
only that she was going, and with her
all the light of the world; that she
was going, and that she was beautiful,
adorable; that she was going, and that
she was Elizabeth!
As I took a few rapid steps toward
her, I had full opportunity to see that
no grief had preyed upon her comeli-
ness, nor had concealment fed upon
her damask cheek. Almost with some
resentment I saw that she had never
seemed more beautiful than on this
morning. The costume of those days
was trying to any but a beautiful
woman; yet Elizabeth had a way of
avoiding extremes which did not ap-
peal to her individual taste. Her frock
now was all in pink, as became the
gentle spring, and the bunch of sil-
very ribbons which fluttered at her
belt had quite the agreeing shade to
finish in perfection the cool, sweet pic-
ture that she mada
"Elizabeth!"
Seeing that there was no escape,
she paused now and turned toward
me. I have never seen a glance like
hers.
"How do you do?" she remarked.
Her voice was all cool white enamel.
She was there somewhere, but I
could not see her clearly now. It
was not her voice. I took her hand,
yes; but it had now none of answer-
ing clasp.
"Elizabeth," I be^an; "I am Just
back. I have not had time—I have
had no leave from you to come to see
you—to ask you—to explain—"
"Explain?" she said evenly.
"But surely you cannot believe that
I—"
"I only believe what seems credible,
Mr. Trist."
1 pulled from my pocket the little
ring which I had had with me that
night when I drove out to Elumhurst
in my carriage, the one with the sin-
gle gem which I had obtained hurried-
ly that afternoon, having never before
that day had the right to do so. In
another pocket I found the plain gold
one which should have gone with the
gem ring that Bame evening. My hand
trembled as I held these out to her.
"I prove to you what I mean. Here!
I had no time! Why, Elizabeth, I waa
hurrying—I was mad!—I had a right
to offer you these things. I have Btlll
the right to ask you why you did
not take them? Will you not take
them now?"
She put my hand away from her
HERE ARE GOOD SOUPS
(RECIPES FOR THREE VAR1ETIEJ
GIVEN IN DETAIL.
FAMOUS DOCTOR'S
PRESCRIPTION.
gently. "Keep them," she said, "for
the owner of that other wedding gift
—the one which I received."
Now I broke out. "Good God! How
can I be held to blame for the act of
a drupken friend? You know Jack
Dandridge a8 well as I do myself. I
cautioned him—I was not responsible
for his condition."
"It was not that decided me."
"You could not believe it was I who
sent you that accursed shoe which be-
longed to another woman."
"He said it came from you. Where
did you get it, then?"
Now, as readily may be seen, I was
obliged again to hesitate. There were
good reasons to keep my lips sealed.
I flushed. The red of confusion which
came to my cheek was matched by
that of indignation in her own. I
could not tell her, and she could not
understand, that my work for Mr. Cal-
ihoun with that other woman was
work for America, and so as sacred
and as secret as my own love for
her. Innocent, I still seemed guilty.
"So, then, you do not say? I do not
ask you."
"I do not deny it."
"You do not care to tell me where
you got it."
"No," said I; "I will not tell you
where I got it."
"Why?"
"Because that would involve another
woman."
"Involve another woman? Do you
think, then, that on this one day of
her life, a girl likes to think of her—
her lover—as involved with any other
woman? Ah, you made me begin to
think. I could not help the chill that
came on my heart. Marry you?—I
could not! I never could, now."
"But you loved me once," I said
ban ally.
"I do not consider it fair to mention
that now."
"I never loved that other woman. I
had never seen her more than once.
You do not know her."
"Ah, Is that It? Perhaps I could tell
you something of one Helena von
Rltz. Is it not so?"
"Yes, that was the property of
Helena von Ritz," I told her, looking
her fairly in the eye.
"Kind of you, indeed, to involve me,
as you say, with a lady of her prece-
dents!"
"I hardly think any one is quite just
to that lady," said I slowly.
"Except Mr. Nicholas Trist! A beau-
tiful and accomplished lady, I doubt
not, in his mind."
Still I went on stubbornly: "But
may I not see your father and have
my chance again? I cannot let It go
this way. It is the ruin of my life."
But now she was advancing, drop-
ping down a stop at a time, and her
face was turned Btraight ahead. The
pink of her gown was matched by the
pink of her cheeks. I saw the little
working of the white throat wherein
some sobs seemed stifling. And bo
she went away and left me.
CHAPTER XXIII.
Success In Silk.
As things are, I think women are gen-
erally better creatures than men.—S. T.
Coleridge.
It was a part of my duties, when in
Washington, to assist my chief in bis
personal and official correspondence,
which necessarily was very heavy.
This work we customarily began about
nine of the morning. On the following
day I was on hand earlier than usual.
I was done with Washington now,
done with everything, eager only to
be off on the far trails once more.
But I almost forgot my own griefs
when I saw my chief. Over him hung
an air of utter weariness; yet, shame
to my own despair, energy showed In
all his actions. He greeted me with a
smile which strangely lighted his grim
face.
"We have good news of Bome kind
this morning, sir?" I inquired.
In answer, he motioned me to a
document which lay open upon his
table. It was familiar enough to me.
I glanced at the bottom. There were
two signatures!
"Texas agrees!" I exclaimed. "The
Dona Lucrezia has #on Van Zandt'B
signature!"
I looked at him. His «rwn eyes were
swimming wet! This, then, was that
man of whom it is only remembered
that he was a pro-slavery champioft.
"We are certain to encounter oppo-
sition. The senate may not ratify,"
said he. "I am perfectly well ad
vised of how the vote will be when
this treaty comes before it for rati-
fication. We will be beaten, two to
one!"
"Then, does that not end it?"
"End it? No! There are always
other ways. If the people of this coun-
try wish Texas to belong to our flag,
she will so belong. It Is good as done
to-day. Never look at the obstacles;
look at the goal! It was this intrigue
of Van Zandt's which stood in our
way. By playing one intrigue against,
another, we have won thus far. Wd
must go on winning!"
He paced up and down the room,
one hand smiting the other. "Let Eng.
land whistle now!" he exclaimed ex-
ultantly. "We shall annex Texas, in
full view, indeed, of all possible con-
sequences. There can be no conse-
quences, for England has no excuse
left for war over Texas. I only wish
the situation were as clear for Ore-
gon. And now comes on that next
nominating convention, at Baltimore."
"What will it do?" I hesitated.
"God knows. For me, I have no
party. I am alone! I have but few
friends in all the world"—he smiled
now—"you, my boy, as I said, and Dr.
Ward and a few women, all of whom
hate each other."
I remained silent at this shot,
which came home to me; but he
smiled, still grimly, shaking his head.
"Rustle of silk, my boy, rustle of silk
—it is over all our maps. But we
shall make these maps! Time shall
bear me witness."
"Then I may start soon for Ore-
gon?" I demanded. •
"You shall start to-morrow," he an«
swered.
CHAPTER XXIV.
The Whoahaw Trail.
(There are no pleasures where women
are not.—Marie de Romba.
In our own caravan, now pressing
on for the general movement west ol
the Missouri, there was material for a
hundred canvases. The world of ou*
great western country was then still
before us. A stern and warlike people
was resolved to hold it and increase
it. Of these west-bound I nmr waa
one. I felt the Joy of that thought )
was going west.
The old trail to Oregon was laid
out by no government, arranged by no
engineer, planned by no surveyor, sup-
ported by no appropriation. It sprang,
a road already created, from the earth
itself, covering 2,000 miles of our
country. Why? Because there was
need for that country to be covered
by such a trail at such a time. Be-
cause we needed Oregon.
We carried with us all the elements
of society, as has the Anglo-Saxon
ever. Did any man offend against the
unwritten creed of fair play, did he
shirk duty when that meant danger
to the common good, then he was
brought before a council of our lead-
ers, men of wisdom and fairness,
chosen by the vote of all; and so he
was judged and he was punished. At
that time there was not west of the
Missouri river any one who could ad-
minister an oath, who could execute
a legal document, or perpetuate any
legal testimony; yet with us the law
marched pari passu across the land.
We had leaders chosen because they
were fit to lead, and leaders who felt
full Bcnse of responsibility to those
who chose them.
At the head of our column, we bore
the flag of our republic. On our flanks
were skirmishers, like those guarding
the flanks of an army. It was an
army—an army of our people. With
us marched women. With us marched
home. That was the difference be-
tween our cavalcade and that Blower
and more selfish one, made up of men
alone, which that same year waa
faring westward along the upper
reaches of the Canadian plains. That
was why we won. It was becaus«
women and plows were with us.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
.One Is Clear Beef, Another Tomati
and the Third Corn—How to
Make a Tasty Scotch
8hortbread.
1 Clear Beef Soup.—A lean uppei
shank of beef and knuckle of veal ar«
used; these must be washed thorough-
ly and put Into enough cold water ta
cover, adding one onion, one Bmall
sliced carrot and one tablespoonful
of salt; let simmer until tender;
strain the meat from the liquid, uBlng
It for hash or croquettes. Put tha
liquid through a fine sieve and then
let stand in a cool place for 24 hours;
the fat may then be removed in ona
whole cake and replaced if all tha
stock is not used. By keeping tnii
covering of fat on the stock It will re
main sweet a much longer time. When
ready to serve, reheat, cutting the
cooked carrot in cubes, and adding a
spoonful of mlncod parsley, some cel-
ery, pepper and minced red sweet pep
per, which may be purchased by tha
can.
Tomato Soup.—Place two level ta.
blespoonfuls of butter in a frying pan,
and when melted stir in two level ta
blespoonfuls of flour and let brown;
then add one cupful of strained canned
tomato and a pinch of baking Boda;
when this mixture Is hot, pour in ona
pint of milk, stirring until cream;
and hot If it is more than this con-
sistency add more milk. Season witb
salt and pepper and serve.
Corn 8oup.—Melt one level table
spoonful of butter In the pan and then
stir in one rounding tablespoonful oi
flour, stirring until the butter and
flour are well mixed; then add two
cupfuls of sweet milk, or if there ia
soup stock at hand, use a cupful ol
this and one cupful of milk. Press
one cupful of chopped canned corn
through a coarse sieve and add to the
cream mixture, seasoning to suit witb
6alt and pepper.
8cotch Shortbread.—Four cupfuls ol
flour, one cupful of butter, half a cup-
ful of sugar and one egg. Beat the
butter and sugar to a cream, then beat
in the egg; gradually mix in the flour,
Turn the mixture out on a baking
board and knead carefully till a
smooth paste. Divide it Into two
pieces; make each piece into a smooth
round, pinch round the edges, prick
over the top with a fork, lay on a pa/
pered tin and bake in a moderate
oven for half an hour. Allow to lie on
the tin until cold. At serving time
break, but do not cut, into small
pieces.
IsE-RU
AILAround
mouse
Before broiling a steak duBt it with
salt and pepper and rub it with salad
oil. This will greatly Improve it.
Toast should always bo thin and
crisp. Cut the slices from a stale tin
loaf, and dry In the oven before
toasting them.
Tomatoes should be skinned before
being used for salad. To do this eas-
ily place the fruit in a basin and pour
boiling water on them.
Examine the bread pan three times
a week, in case crumbs left in should
become moldy. These would Bpeed-
ily affect the whole" contents of the
pan.
In making sauces use clarified fat
from the soup kettle as the medium
for cooking the flour, then beat in a
few tiny bits of butter to the finished
sauce for the flavor.
When cutting new bread heat your
knife by dipping it into a Jug of hot
water. In this way you may cut the
thinnest bread and butter from a new
loaf quite easily.
A porcelain sink can be quickly
cleaned with paraffin. Dip a flannel
lightly into the paraffin and rub the
sink till all the stains are removed,
then thoroughly wash it with soap
and soda water.
A damp room or cupboard may be
dried by keeping In It a Jar contain-
ing quicklime. The lime will absorb
the damp and keep the air dry and
pure. It must bo frequently renewed,
as it loses its power.
The China Closet.
The chance opening of a china
closet door showed a guest a partic-
ularly dainty arrangement of the con-
tents. The shelves were edged with
some of the better grade of paper
napkins with a destgn of roses. These
were folded square and attached to
the shelf so they fell over the edge
in points, about four Inches deep, and
quite near together. Whlto crepe pa-
per covered the shelves.
8andwich Filling.
Ten cents' worth of olives; 10
cents' worth of cream cheese; one
small can of pimentos. Pit the olives
and run all through fine blade of
meat cutter. Mix and spread between
slices of thinly buttered bread. Very
good.
Strong Butter.
When you have either butter or
lard that has become strong, take a
bit of saltpeter, about as much as
will lie on the point of a penknife,
and work It Into the butter or lard.
POR
IPYSPEPSI™
'j^TARRHOFSTOMAftll
Well"
I
' MI wish to
say that I
have used
Sloan's Lini-
ment on
lame lee that
has given me much trouble for six
months. It was so bad that I
couldn't walk sometimes for a
week. I tried doctors' medicine
and had a rubber bandage for my
leg, and bought everything that I
heard of, but they ail did me no
good, until at last I was persuaded
to try Sloan's Liniment The first
application helped it and in two
weeks my leg was well."—A. L.
Hunter, of Hunter, Ala.
Good for Athletes, v.
- Mr. K. Gilman, Instructor of .
athletics, 417 Warren St., Rox- j
bury, Mass., says:—"I have used \
SLOANS
LINIMENT
with great success in cases of ex-
treme fatigue after physical exer-
tion, when an ordinary rub-down
would not make any impression."
Sloan's Liniment
has no equal as a
remedy for Rheu-
matism, Neural-
gia or any pain or
stiffness in the
muscles or joints,
Pfloes,25o.,60o.&$1.00
Sloan's book on
home*, cattle, sheep
nnd poultry seut
(res. Address
Dr. Earl S. Sloan,
B< ton, Mass., U. S. A.
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For POULTRY AILMENTS.
If your chicks are worth 25 cents
buy & bottle of Mustang Liniment
and be ready. A few drops will over-
come Pip, Gapes, Roup, Canker, etc.
Mrs. Sadie Dunn, Idlewild, Fla., writes i
"I am using your Mexican Mustang Lin-
iment on my chickens. I had one chicken
with cenkerln the throat j I did not notice
lier at first. When I commenced to doctor
her I had no Idea that she would CTer live
it took me nearly three weeks but 1 eave
her. I have another now with sore her
and am using the Mustang on her."
25e. SOc. $ 1 a bottle at Drug & Cen'l Stores.
IF YOU HAVE,
no appetite, Indigestion, Flatulence, Sick
Headache, "all run down" or losing flesh, you
will find
Tuffs Pills
lust what ycu need. They tone up the weak
•tomach andlulld up th flagging energies.
QWAMP.1' not recommended for
0 VV rViyilr everything; but If you
"R HOT have kidney, liver or
bladder trouble It will be
found Just the remedy you need. At drug-
gists In fifty cent and dollar sites. Tou
may have a sample bottle of this wonder-
ful new discovery by mall free, also
pamphlet telling all about It
tddreas, Dr. Kilmer A Co., Blntrkamton, N. Y,
100 TfAKS 0l
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etc ramus
Penifs£veSafve
DATCtlTC Fortunes are made In patents. Pro-
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V-ttagerald * Co., Box K. -Washington. P. O.
W. N. U, DALLAS, NO. 14-191U
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