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SYNOPSIS.
The story Is told by Nicholas Trist. His
chief. 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 the accepts
Tyler’s offer 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 Rltz, secret spy and reputed mistress
of the English ambassador, Pakenham.
Nicholas Is sent to bring the baroness to
Calhoun’s apartments and while search
ing for the baroness’ house a carriage
dashes up and Nicholas 1«> Invited to en
*«r.
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 Calhoun
everything. He gives her as security an
Indian trinket he intended for his sweet
heart, Elizabeth Churchill.
Elizabeth’s father consents to Nicholas’
proposal for her hand.
Nicholas Is ordered to leave at once for
Montreal on state business and decides
to be married that night.
Calhoun becomes secretary of state.
Tyler warns Pakenham that Interference
by England In the affairs of this conti
nent will not be tolerated. The west de
mands that the joint occupancy of Ore
gon with Great Britain cease, and has
rained the cry of “Fifty-four, forty or
Fight.’’
CHAPTER IX.
A Kettle of Fish.
Few disputes exist which have not had
their origin In women.—Juvenal.
1 saw the heavy face of Mr. Paken
ham go pale, saw the face of the Bar
oness von Rltz flash with a swift reso
lution, saw the eyes of Mr. Calhoun
and Mr. Tyler meet In firmness. An
Instant later, Mr. Tyler rose and
bowed our dismissal.
Mr. Pakenham drew apart and
engaged In earnest speech with the
lady who had accompanied him; bo
that meantime I myself found oppor
tunity for a word with Mr. Calhoun.
"Now,” said I, "the fat certainly Is
all in the fire!”
Mr. Calhoun took snuff.
“You don’t know women, my son,
and you don’t know men, either." The
thin white skin about his eyes wrin
kled.
"Certainly, I don’t know what arts
may have been employed In Mr. Cal
houn's office at half-past two this
morning." I smiled frankly now at
my chief, and he relaxed In turn.
"We had a most pleasant visit of an
hour. A delightful woman, a charm
ing woman, and one of Intellect as
well. I appealed to her heart, her
brain, her purse, and she laughed, for
the most part. Yet she argued, too,
and seemed to have some Interest —
as you see proved now. Ah, I wish I
could have had the other two great
motives to add to my appeal!"
"Meaning—?”
“Love—and curiosity! With those
added, I could have won her over; for
believe me, she is none too firmly an
chored to England. lam sure of that,
thought It leaves me still puzzled. If
you think her personal hold on yonder
gentleman will be lessened, you err,”
he added, In a low voice. "I consider
It sure that he is bent on her as much
as he Is on England. See, she has
him back in band already! I would
she were our friendl”
"Is she not?" I asked suddenly.
“We two may answer that -one day,''
said Calhoun enigmatically.
Now I offered to Mr. Calhoun the
note I had received from his page.
"This journey to-night,” I began;
“can I not be excused from making
that? There is a very special reason."
“What can It be?” asked Calhoun,
frowning.
“I am to be married to-night, sir,”
said I, calmly as I could.
It was Calhoun's turn now to be
surprised. "Married? Zounds! boy,
what do you mean? There is no time
to waste.”
“I do not hold It quite wasted, sir,”
said I with dignity. "Miss Elizabeth
Churchill and I for a long time —”
“Miss Elizabeth! So the wind is
there, ch? My daughter's friend. I
know her very well, of course. Very
well done, indeed, for you. But there
can he no wedding to-ntglit."
I looked at him In amazement. He
was as absorbed as though he felt em
powered to settle that matter for me.
A moment later, seoing Mr. Pakenham
taking his leave, he' stepped to the
side of the baroness.
"Mr. Trist,” said Me. Calhoun, “I
.beg you to hand, .the Baroness von
Rltz to her carriage, which will wait
at the avenue.” We were then stand
ing near the door, at the head of the
steps. ■ K
So now I tool; the lady’s sunshade
from her hand, and we two, making
Bdieux, passed down the shaded walk
toward thb avenue. >. : ' ;
“Y’ou are a good cavalier," she said
to me. "I find you not so fat as Mr.
Pakenham, nor so thin as Mr. Cal
houn. My faith, could you have seen
that gentleman this morning in a
wrAppcf—and in a fed*'worsted nigkt
cap!” •
•“But what did you determine?” .1
asked her suddenly. "What has ,my
chief said to cause you to fail poor
Mr. Pakenham as you did? I pitied
Tie'pooF'm*am"iir"sucE a*‘gruellng, and
wholly without warning!”
“Monsieur is droll." she replied eva
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“I am to Bo Married at Six.”
sively. "As though I had changed! I
will say this much: I think Sir Rich
ard will care more for Mexico and
less for Mexicans after this! But you
do not tell me when you are coming
to see me, to bring back my little
shoe. Its mate has arrived by spe
cial messenger, but the pair remains
still broken. Do you come to-night—
this afternoon?"
“It would be my delight, madam,
but there are two reasons —”
"One, then.”
"I ain going to Montreal to-night,
for one.”
She gave me a swift glance, which
I could not understand.
“So?” she said. “Why so soon?”
“Orders." said I briefly. “But per
haps I may not obey orders for once.
There Is another reason.”
"And that one?”
"I am to be married at six.”
I turned to enjoy her consternation.
Indeed, there was an alternate white
and red passed across her lace! But
at once she was in hand.
“And you allowed me to become your
devoted slave,” she said, “even to the
extent of calling upon a man in a red
nightcap; and then, even upon a morn
ing like this, when the birds sing so
sweetly and the little flowers show
pink and white —now you cast down
my most sacred feelings!”
The mockery in her tone was per
fect. I scarce had paused to note it.
I was absorbed in one thought—of
Elizabeth.
“I might have told you," said I at
last, “but I did not myself know it
until this morning.”
“My faith, this country!” she ex
claimed with genuine surprise. “What
extraordinary things it does! I have
just seen history made between the
lightings of a cigarette, as it were.
Now comes this man and announces
that since midnight he has met and
won’the lady who is to rule his heart,
and that he is to marry her at six!”
“Then congratulate me!” I de
manded.
“Ah,” she said, suddenly absorbed;
“It was that tall girl. Yes, yes, I see,
I see! I understand! So then! .Yes!”
"But still you have not congratulated
me."
"Ah, monsieur,” she answered light
ly, “.one woman never congratulates a
man when he has won another! What
of my own heart? Fie! Fie!” Yet
she had curious color in her face.
“f do not credit myself with sudh
fatal charms," said I. "Rather say
what of my little clasp there. I prom
ised that to the tall girl, as you know.”
“And might I not wear it for an
hour?”
“I shall give you a dozen better
some time,” said I; “but to-night—’’
“And my slipper? I said I must
have that back, because I caniot hop
along with but one shpe all ,mj- life.”
■' That you shall have as soon as I
can get to my rooms at gr.owni-s hotel
yondef. A messenger shall bring it to
you at tjnee. Tihie will indeed 1 be
short -for ‘«e, 'First. ~the flipper -;for
madam. Then the license for myself.
Tien the' minister. Then u : -frTenii.
Then a carriage.. Five miles to.. El
mhurst, and the train for tie north
starts at eight. Indeed, as you say,
the methods of this country are some-
times hurried. Madam, cannot you
use your wits In a cause so worthy as
mine?”
I could not at the time understand
the swift change of her features. "One
woman's wits against another’s!" she
flashed at me. “As for that"—she
made a swift motion to her throat.
“Here Is the trinket. Tell the tall
lady it Is my present to you. Tell
her I may send her a wedding present
—when the wedding really Is to hap
pen. Of course, you do not mean
what you have said about being mar
ried in such haste?"
"Every word of It," I answered.
"Has she fortune?”
“I do not know.”
“Have you fortune?"
“God knows, no!”
"You have but love —and this coun
try?”
“That is all."
"It is enough,” said she, sighing.
"Dear God. it is enough! But then” —
she turned to me suddenly—“l don’t
think you will be married so soon,
after all. Wait.”
"Ah, then you forbid our banns?”
“If you challange me,” she retorted,
“I shall do my worst."
“Then do your worst!” I said. "All
of you do your joint worst Y’ou can
not shake the faith of Elizabeth
Churchill in me, nor mine in her. Oh,
yes, by all means do your worst!”
“Very well,” she said, with a catch
of her breath. “At least we both said
—‘on guard!’”
“I wish I could ask you to attend at
our wedding,” I concluded, as her car
riage approached the curb; “but it is
safe to say that not even friends of
the family will be present, and of
those not all the family will be
friends.”
She did not seem to see her car
riage as it paused, although she pre
pared to when I opened the
door.
What sat on her face was perplexi
ty, wonder, amazement, and something
else, I know not what. Something of
her perfect poise and confidence, her
quality as a woman of the world,
seemed to drop away. A strange and
childlike quality came into her face,
a pathos unlike anything I had seen
there before. She took my hand me
chanically.
“Of course,” said she, as though she
spoke to . herself, “it cannot be. But,
dear God! would it not be enough?"
I did not understand her speech. I
stood and watched her carriage as it
whirled away. of my great
need for haste, mechanically I looked
at my watch. It was one o’clock.
Then I reflected that it was at 11 of
the night previous that-J had first met
the Baroness von Ritz. Our acquain
tance had therefore "lasted some 14
hours. •• • ;
CHAPTER X.
Mixed Duties, .
Most women forgive'-£? liberty, rather
than a slight.—Colton.
When I crossed the, .White House
grounds and found my V'ay'to the spot
where I had left my.horse, I discov
ered my darky boy lying on his back,
fast asleep under a tree, the bridle
reins hooked over his upturned foot
I' Ijjifr.
I wakened him, took the reins and
was about to mount, when at the mo
ment I heard my name called.
Turning, I saw emerge from the
door of Gautier's little cafe, across
the street, the tall figure of an erst,
while friend of mine, Jack Dandridge
of Tennessee, credited with being the
youngest member in the house of rep
resentatives at Washington—and
credited with little else.
Jack Dandridge, It may be said, was
originally possessed of a splendid con
stitution. Nearly six feet tall, his full
and somewhat protruding eye was as
yet only a trifle watery, his wide lip
only a trifle loose, his strong figure
only a trifle portly. Socially he had been
well received In our city, and during
his stay east of the mountains he had
found occasion to lay desperate suit
to the hand of none other than Miss
Elizabeth Churchill. We had been
rivals, although not enemies; for Jack,
finding which way the wind sat for
him, withdrew like a man, and cher
ished no ill will. When I saw him
now, a sudden idea came to me, so
that I crossed the street at his invita.
tlon.
"Jack,” I exclaimed, grasping him
by the shoulder, “you are the man I
want. You are the friend that I need
—the very one.”
"Certainly, certainly,” he said; “but
please do not disarrange my cravat.
Will you have a Dream with me? I
construct them now with three addi
tional squirts of the absinthe.” He
locked his arm in mine.
"You may have a Dream,” said I;
“but for me, I need all my head to
day. In short, I need both our heads
as well.”
Jack was already rapping with the
head of his cane upon the table, to call
an attendant, but he turned to me.
“What Is the matter? Lady, this
time?”
“Two of them.”
“Indeed? One apiece, eh?"
“None apiece, perhaps. In any case,
you lose.”
"Then the names—or at least one?"
I flushed a bit In spite of myself.
"You know Miss Elizabeth Churchill?”
He nodded gravely. “And about th«
other lady?”
"I cannot tell you much about her,”
said I; “I have but little knowledgs
myself. I mean the Baroness von Ritz.
I must be quick. I have in my pos
session—on the bureau in my littls
room at my quarters in Brown’s hotel
—a slipper which the baroness gav*
me last night—a white satin slipper—”
Jack finished the remainder of hia
glass at a gulp. “Good God!” he re
marked.
“Quite right,” I retorted hotly. "Ac
cuse me! Anything you like! But
go to this address with It”—I scrawled
on a piece of paper and thrust It at
him—“then get a carriage and hasten
to Elmhurst drive, where it turns in
at the road. Wait for me there, just
before six.”
He sat looking at me with amuse
ment and amazement both upon hia
face, as I went on:
“Listen to what I am to do in the
meantime. First I go post-haste to
Mr. Calhoun’s office. Then I am to
take his message, which will send me
to Canada, to-night After I have my
orders I hurry back to Brown’s and
dress for my wedding.”
The glass in his hand dropped to
the floor in splinters.
“Your wedding?”
“Yes, Miss Elizabeth and I con
cluded this very morning not to wait
I would ask you to help me as my
best man, If I dare.”
“You do dare,” said he. “You're all
a-fluster. Go on; I’ll get a parson—•
how’ll Dr. Halford do?—and I'd take
care of the license for you if I could —•
Gad! sorry it's not my own!”
“You are the finest fellow in the
world. Jack. I have only one thing
more to ask” —I pointed to the splin
tered glass upon the floor — “Don’t
get another.”
“Of course not, of course not!” he
expostulated. His voice tyas Just a
trifle thickened. We left now togeth
er for the license clerk, and I intrusted
the proper document in my friend's
hands. An instant later I was out
side, mounted, and off for Calhoun’s
office at his residence in Georgetown,
At last, as for the fourth time I
flung down the narrow walk and
looked down the street, I saw his well
known form approaching. He walked
slowly, somewhat stooped upon hia
cane. He raised a hand as I would have
begun to speak. “You will take the
railway train at eight. You will be
joined by Dr. Samuel Ward, who will
give you a sealed paper, which will
contain your instructions and the
proper moneys. He goes as far as
Baltimore.”
“You would be the better agent,’’
he added presently* “If this love silli
ness were out of your head. It Is not
myself you are serving, and not my
party. It is this country you are
serving." ► *•’ * *
“But, sir—" I began.. ;.
His long thin hand was imperative.
"Go on, then, with yout*’Ved'ding, if
you will, and if you can; but see that
you do not miss the train at eight!”
(TO BE CONTJ^UJunj
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