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SYNOPSIS.
Th# story U told by Nicholas Trtst. His
ehlet. Senator John Calhoun, offered the
portfolio of secretary of state In Tyler's
cabinet. Is told by Dr. Ward that his time
Is short. Calhoun declares that he Is not
ready to die, and If he accepts Tyler's of
fer It means that Texas and Oregon must
be added to the Union. He plans to learn
the Intentions of England with regard to
Mexico through Baroness Von Rlts, secret
spy and reputed mistress of the English
ambassador, Pakenham. Nicholas Is sent
to bring the baroness to Calhoun’s apart
ments and misses a meeting with hts
sweetheart, Elizabeth Churchill. While
searching for the baroness' house a car
riage dashes up and Nicholas Is Invited to
enter. The occupant Is the baroness, who
says she Is being pursued. The pursuers
are shaken off. Nicholas Is Invited Into
the house and delivers Calhoun's message.
He notes that the baroness has lost a
slipper. Nicholas Is given the remaining
slipper as a pledge that she will tell Cal
houn everything. He gives her as secur
ity an Indian trinket he Intended for
Elizabeth.
CHAPTER Vl.—Continued.
"After that, on guard!"
“Very well, on guard! Suppose Ido
not like this other woman?”
“Madam, you could not help It. All
the world loves her.”
“Do you?"
“With my life.”
“How devoted! Very well, on guard,
then!”
She took up the Indian bauble, turn
ing to examine It at the nearest can
dle sconce, even as I thrust the dainty
little slipper of white satin again Into
the pocket of my coat. I was uncom
fortable. I wished this talk of Eliza
beth had not come up. I liked very
little to leave Elizabeth's property In
another's hands. Dissatisfied, I turned
from the table, not noticing for more
than an Instant a little crumpled roll
of t>aper which, as I was vaguely con
scious, now appeared on Its smooth
marquetry top.
“But see," she said; “you are Just
like a man, after all, and an unmar
ried man at that! I cannot go through
the streets In this costume. Excuse
me for a moment”
i She was off on the Instant Into the
alcove where the great amber-covered
bed stood. She drew the curtains. I
beard her humming to herself as she
passed to and fro, saw the flare of a
light as It rose beyond. Once or twice
she thrust a laughing face between
the curtains, held tight together with
her hands, as she asked me some
question, mocking me, still amused—
yet still, as I thought, more enigmatic
than before.
“Madam,” I said at last, "I would I
might dwell here forever, but—you
are slow! The night passes. Come.
My master will be waiting. He is 111;
1 fear he cannot sleep. I know how
Intent he Is on meeting you. I beg
you to oblige an old, dying man!”
“And you, monsieur,” she mocked
at me from beyond the curtain, “are
Intent only on getting rid of me. Ars
you not adventurer enough to forget
that other woman for one night?”
At last she came out from between
the curtains, garbed more suitably for
the errand which was now before us.
A long, dark cloak covered her shoul
ders. On her head there rested a
dainty upflared bonnet, whose Jetted
edges shone In the candle light as she
moved toward me. She was exquisite
in every detail, beautiful as mind of
man could wish; that much was sure,
must he admitted by any man. I dared
not look at her.
She paused for an Instant, drawing
on a pair of the short gloves of the
mode then correct. “Do you know
why I am to go on this heathen er
rand?” she demanded. I shook my
head.
“Mr. Calhoun wishes to know wheth
er he shall go to the cabinet of your
man Tyler over there in that bam you
call your White House. I suppose Mr.
Calhoun wishes to know how he can
serve Mr. Tyler?”
I laughed at this. "Serve him!” I
exclaimed. "Rather say lead him, tell
him, command him!”
“Yes,” she nodded. I began to see
another and graver side of her nature.
“Yes, it is of course Texas.”
1 did not see fit to make answer to
this.
"If your master, as you call him,
takes the portfolio with Tyler, it is to
annex Texas,” she repeated sharply.
“Is not that true?”
Still I would not answer. "Come!”
I said.
“And he asks me to come to him
so that he may decide —”
This awoke me. “No man decides
for John Calhoun, madam,” I said.
“You may advance facts, but he will
decide.” Still she went on.
“And Texas not annexed is a men
ace. Without her, you heathen people
would not present a solid front, would
you?”
“Madam has had much to do with
affairs of state,” I said.
She went on as though I had not
spoken:
“And If you were divided in your
southern section, England would have
all the greater chance. England, you
know, says she wishes slavery abol
ished. She says that —”
I “England says many things!” I ven
’ tured.
“The hypocrite of the nations!”
flashed out this singular woman at me
suddenly. “As though diplomacy need
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AUTHOR, or THE MISSISSIPPI BUBBLE
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be hypocrisy! Thus, to-night Sir Rich
ard of England forgets his place, his
protestations. He does not even
know that Mexico has forgotten its
duty also. Sir, you were not at our
little ball, so you could not see that
very fat Sir Richard paying his bored
devoirs to Dona Lucrezia! So I am
left alone, and would be bored, but
for you. In return—a slight jest on
Sir Richard to-night—l will teach him
that no fat gentleman should pay even
bored attention to a lady who soon
will be fat, when his obvious duty
should call him otherwise! Bah! 'tis
as though I myself were fat; which is
not true.”
“You go too deep for me, madam,’’
I said. "1 am but a simple messen
ger.” At the same time, I saw how
admirably things were shaping for us
all. A woman’s jealousy was with us,
and so a woman's whim!
“Madam,” said I, my hand at the
fastening of the door, “we have ex
changed pledges. Now we exchange
places. It is you who are the mes
senger, not myself. There is a mes
sage in your hands. I know not
whether you ever served a monarchy.
Come, you shall see that our republic
has neither secrets nor hypocrisies.”
On the Instant she was not shrewd
and tactful woman of the world, not
student, but once more coquette and
woman of Impulse. She looked at me
.,
**ls Th#» My Only Howard?” She Asked.
with mockery and Invitation alike in
her great dark eyes, even as I threw
down the chain at the door and
op-ned it wide for her to pass.
“Is that my only reward?" she
asked, smiling as she fumbled at a
glove.
In reply, I bent and kissed the fin
gers of her ungloved hand. They
were so warm and tender that I had
been different than I was had I not
felt the blood tingle in all my body
in the Impulse cf the moment to do
more than kiss her fingers.
Had I done so—had I not thought of
Elizabeth —then, as in my heart I still
believe, the flag of England to-day
would rule Oregon and the Pacific;
and It would float to-day along the
Rio Grande; and It would menace a
divided north and south. Instead of re
specting a strong and Indivisible Union
which owns one flag and dreads none
in the world.
* ,
CHAPTER VII.
Regarding Elizabeth.
Without woman the two extremities of
this life would be destitute of succor and
the middle would be devoid of pleasure.—
Proverb.
In some forgetten garret of this
country, as I do not doubt, yellowed
with age, stained and undlstlnguish
able, lost among uncared-for relics of
another day, there may be records of
that Interview between two strange
personalities, John Calhoun and
Helena von Rltz, in the arrangement
of which I played the part above de
scribed. I was not at that time privi
leged to have much more than a
guess at the nature of the Interview.
Indeed, other things now occupied my
mind. I was very much In love with
Elizabeth Churchill.
Of these matters I need to maJi«
some mention. My father’s planta
tion was one of the old ones in Mary
land. That of the Churchills lay
across a low range of mountains and
In another county from us, but our
families had long been friends. I had
known Elizabeth from the time she
was a tall, slim girl, boon companion
ever to her father, old Daniel
Churchill; for her mother she had lost
when she was still young. The Church
ills maintained a city establishment in
the environs of Washington itself, al
though that was not much removed
from their plantation in the old state
of Maryland. Elmhurst, this Wash
ington estate was called, and it was
well known there, with its straight
road approaching and its great trees
and its wide-doored halls —whereby
the road itself seemed to run straight
through the house and appear be
yond—and its tall White pillars and
hospitable galleries, now in the spring
time inclosed in green. I need not
state that now, having finished the
business of the day, or, rather, of the
night, Elmhurst, home of Elizabeth,
was my Immediate Mecca.
I had clad myself as well as I could
in the fashion of my time, and flat
tered myself, as I looked In my little
mirror, that I made none such bad
figure of a man. I was tall enough,
and straight, thin with long hours
afoot or in the saddle, bronzed to a
good color, and If health did not show
on my face, at least I felt It myself in
the lightness of my step, in the con
tentedness of my heart with all of
life, in my general assurance that all
In the world meant well toward me
and that everything in the world
would do well by me.
As to Elizabeth Churchill, it might
have been in line with a Maryland cus
tom had she generally been known as
Betty; but Betty she never was called,
although that diminutive was applied
to her aunt, Jennings, twice as large
as she, after whom she had been
named. Betty Implies a snub nose;
Elizabeth’s was clean cut and straight.
Bqtty runs for a saucer mouth and a
short one; Elizabeth’s was red and
curved, but firm and wide enough for
strength and charity as well. Betty
spells round eyes, with brows arched
above them as though in query and
curiosity; the eyes of Elizabeth were
long, her brows long and straight and
delicately fine. A Betty might even
have red hair; Elizabeth’s was brown
in most lights, and so liquid smooth
that almost I was disposed to call it
dense rather than thick. Betty would
seem to Indicate a nature Impulsive,
gay, and free from care; on the other
hand, it was to be said of Elizabeth
that she was logical beyond her kind
—A trait which she got from her
mother, a daughter of old Judge Henry
Gooch of our superior court. Yet,
disposed as she always wan to Lo
logical In her conclusions, the greet
characteristic of Elizabeth wan se
renity, cols. 1) -lon and charity.
With all t'-is, ihere appeared some
times at the punace of Elizabeth’s na
ture that fire anj. htness and impul
siveness which she got from her fa
ther, Mr. Daniel Churchill. Whether
she was wholly reserved and reason-
able, or wholly warm and Impulsive,
I, long as 1 had known and loved her,
never was quite sure. Something
held me away, something called me
forward; so that I was always baf
fled, and yet always eager, God wot.
I suppose this is the way of women.
At times I have been Impatient with
It, knowing my own mind well enough.
At least now. In my tight-strapped
trouser* and my long blue coat and
my deep embroidered waistcoat and
my high stock, my shining buots and
my tall beaver, I made my way on my
well-groomed horse up to the gates
of old Elmhurst; and as I rode I pon
dered and I dreamed.
But Miss Elizabeth was not at home.
It seemed. Her father, Mr. Daniel
Churchill, rather portly, and now Just
a trifle red of face, met me Instead. It
was not an encounter for which 1 de
voutly wished, but one which I knew
It was the right of both of us to ex
pect ere long. Seeing the occasion
propitious I plunged at once In medias
res. Part of the time explanatory,
again apologetic, and yet again, I
trust, assertive, although always blun
dering and red and awkward, I told
the father of my Intended, of my own
wishes, my prospects and my plans.
He listened to me gravely and, it
seemed to me, with none of thj-t en
thusiasm which I would have wel
comed. As to my family, he knew
enough. As to my prospects, he quet>
tioned me. My record was not un
familiar to him. So, gaining confi
dence at last under the insistence of
what I knew were worthy motives,
and which certainly were irresistibls
of themselves, so far as I was con
cerned, I asked him if we might not
soon make an end of this, and, taking
chances as they were, allow my wed
ding with Elizabeth to take place at
no very distant date.
“Why as to that, of course I do not
know what my girl will say,” went on
Mr. Daniel Churchill, pursing up hi*
lips.
"Oh, of course—-that,” I answered;
“Miss Elizabeth and I —”
“The skeesicks!” he exolaimed. "I
thought she told me everything.”
“I think Miss Elizabeth tells ho one
quite everything,” I ventured. "I con
fess she has kept me almost as much
in the dark as yourself, sir. But I
only wanted to ask If, after I have
seen her to-day, and if I should gain
her consent to an early day, you would
not waive any objections on your owh
part and allow the matter to go for
ward as soon as possible?”
In answer to this he arose from his
chair and stood looking out of the
window, his back turned to me. I could
not call his reception of my suggesr
tion enthusiastic; but at last he
turned.
“I presume that our two families
might send you young people a sack
of meal or a side of bacon now and
then, as far as that is concerned,” he
said.
I could not call this speech joyous.
"There are said to be risks in any
union, sir,” 1 ventured to say. “I ad
mit I do not follow you in contemplat
ing any risk whatever. If either you
or your daughter doubts my loyalty
or affection, then 1 should say certain
ly it were wise to end all this; but —”
and I fancied I straightened percepti
bly—“l think that might perhaps be
left to Miss Elizabeth herself.”
After all, Mr. Dan Churchill was
obliged to yield, as fathers have been
obliged from the beginning of the
world. At last he told me I might
take my fate in my own hands and
go my way.
Trust the instinct of lovers to bring
them together! I was quite confident
that at that hour I should find Eliza
beth and her aunt in the big east
room at the president’s reception, the
former looking on with her uncompro
mising eyes at the little pageant which
on reception days regularly went for
ward there.
My conclusion was correct. I found
a boy to hold my horse in front of
Gautier's cafe. Then I hastened off
across the intervening blocks and
through the grounds of the White
House, in which presently, h.vlng
edged through the throng in the ante
chambers, I found myself in that inane
procession of individuals who passed
by in order, each to receive the limp
handshake, the mechanical bow and
the perfunctory smile of President
Tyler—rather a tall, slsnder-limbed,
active man and of very decent pres
ence, although his thin, shrunken
cheeks and his cold blue-gray eye
left little quality of magnetism in hia
personality.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Over-Zealous In Care.
Some years ago the captain of cne
of his majesty’s ships, while In quar
antine at Auckland, New Zea!an_ ow
ing to one slight case of fever, re
ceived some valuable carrier pigeon*.
He gave hia colored servant strict or
ders to take great care of theng A
few days afterward the captain, wish
ing to make use of the birds, inquired
of his servant if he had taken care of
them. “Oh, yes,” replied he; “me
hab taken berry great care <>f deza.
Day no fly away, ’cause I hab clipped
dare wings 1”
GOOD THINGS
An Interesting Item Clipped From the
Burlington, North Carolina, News
of Recent Date.
“Say, Mr. Farmer, don’t you remem
ber three years ago you couldn't get
a doctor, you couldn’t tell a thing
about the markets, you couldn't have
a social gathering, you couldn't have
a talk with your neighbor—in fact,
you couldn't commune or converse
beyond your household, without stop
ping your teams and losing a half,
and probably a whole day, in riding
in after what you wanted.
“You don’t have to do that now,
do you? No, sir; you can just step
to the telephone. You don’t have to
stop your team, don’t have to dress,
don't have to lace the inclemency of
the weather for 5, 10 or 15 miles, and
say, did you ever sell that load of
produce before you loaded it on your
wagon? There was a time when you
couldn't, and your wife, life is not
shut in for her now as it once was,
is it?”
Well, how did all this happen ?
Why, Dußant being a telephone
man and Crowson a newspaper man.
and both Alamance enthusiasts, they
just yoked up together and went for
the backbone of the county, viz.; the
farmers. They talked, they wrote,
they persuaded, and then some of the
farmers took hold. “You can’t keep
a good thing down’’ and “once tried
never forgotten.” Then the farmers
did some talking themselves, just ask
one of the hoys who has a telephone
Would you give it up, Bill, for twice
what it has cost you?
Where does Alamance stand in
farmers’ line development? “Why,
Bill, there's no county in the South
that could hold it alight. She’s on a
little mountain ali her own.” Has
the development stopped? Well, 1
guess not.
We have four hundred and eighty
farmers’ stations in this county.
Three years ago wo had practically
no rural telephone comiectidfi. And
we have just begun. The thing hasn’t
started. The rural teelphone system
in Alamance county is going to be
the biggest thing in it.
There has recently been connected
with the Burlington Exchange thir
teen new stations. Besides these are
several other lines that will he con
nected very shortly. Mr. Farmer,
are you one of that bunch?
Old Alamance, the Burlington News
and the telephone, always.
OPPORTUNITY FOR PROFIT
Good Money Made by Southern
Farmers With Alfalfa Crop.
Washington.—The opportunities for
profit which the raising of alfalfa of
fers the farmers of the Southeast is
indicated by letters received by the
land and industrial department of the
Southern railway, showing increased
interest in the production of alfalfa
and highly profitable results in wide
ly separated districts.
Fort and Stone of Dunleith, Wash
ington county, Mississippi, owners of
a plantation in the delta, reported that
on twenty-eight acres seeded in the
fall of 1909 168. S tons were produc
ed at a cost of $593.05. They figured
this hay to be worth sls per ton in
the barn, though hay was selling from
S2O to $23 per ton. At this low rat
ing they received a profit of $1,940 on
the twenty-eight acres, the hay cost
i- g them only $3.47 per ton. Reports
from the delta show that about fifty
farmers are now growing alfalfa with
success, all having seeded their fields
in the last, three or four years.
J. W. Fisher of Newport in the
East Tennessee section, writes that
he is greatly pleased with results,
having averaged five tons per acre,
and finding a ready sale at $22 pet
ton, but ho has found the hay so
good that lie prefers feeding it to his
own stock to selling it. He has grown
alfalfa on the upland red calcareious
clay, general throughout East Ten
nessee. Success in growing alfalfa
is also reported by growers in South
ern Virginia, North Carolina and Ala
bama and the acreage devoted to al
falfa in all the Southeastern states is
growing steadily.
FACTS.
A splinter can be easily extracted
by pressing the wounded flesh down
on the mouth of a bottle nearly fill
ed with hot water. The suction will
draw the flesh down and the splinter
will come out.
The first and most important of
all rules for keeping the hands in good
condition is drying them thoroughly
after each washing. Every drop of
moisture should be absorbed by the
towel before it is released
An excellent tonic for tired nerves
is a cold bath and a half hour’s rest
Never neglect airing a sick room
twice a day—just before bedtime and
in the morning before breakfast is
brought.
A foot bath in water to which a
handful of common soda has been ad
ded will often relieve a headache,
especially if followed by a brisk rub.
A wakeful baby will often drop in
to a quiet and restful sleep after a
few sips of cool water —not cold. A
little sugar added to the water will
make it more palatable.
In removing stains from the hands
do not apply soap and water first, as
it will make the stain more obstinate
to remove. Use tomaeal moistened
with lemon juice or vinegar.
Well roasted potatoes hold heat so
well that they make a splendid poul
tice for quinsy throat when spread on
a cloth and applied to the neck. The
poultice should he removed as soon
as cold and another applied
Many men enjoy a dry smoke. Why
not a dry drink?
Drink Garfield Tea at night! It insures
normal action of liver, kidneys and bowels.
Too often sermons have too much
length and too little depth.—Judge.
A good way to keep well is to take Gar
field tea frequently. It insures good health.
Perhaps Mohammed went to the
mountain because it was cheaper than
spending his vacation at the seashore.
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Knew His Cue.
“She told him that she must not see
him any more.”
“What did he do?”
“Turned out the gas.”—Exchange.
As a Reminder.
His Wife —John, do you remember
what took place just three years ago
today?
Her Husband —What! Is this our
wedding anniversary?
His Wife —N-no. Three years agot
today you bought me a new hat.—
Harper’s Bazar.
Always Worrying.
The late John H. Barker, of Mich
igan City, who left a fortune of over
$3(1,000,000 to his 14-year-old daughter,
was strongly opposed to speculation.
“Do not speculate,” Mr. Baker onca
said in an address to young men.
"Speculators stand on shaky ground.
They know no peace.”
Mr. Baker smiled.
“In fact,” he said, “a speculator is
always worrying about the money
market, while his wife is always wor
rying about the market money.”
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Write Prof. Muuyon, 53rd and Jefferson
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solutely free.
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