Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-11-11

hcr erruplc4 to the wind. she began a
relation If events which more or less
answered nv late unwelrurn" Queries
The death III the library. about
which her most per1,leXing memory
hung. took place when she was Il child
and her father held that high govern
mental poSitiSn which has reflected SO
much credit upon the family. Her IA
Their and the man who thus persisted
had been Intimate friends. They had
fought together in the war of 1872 and
received the same distinguished marks
of presidential approval afterward.
They were both members of an iInpor
tant commission which brought them
into diplomatic relations with England.
1t WAS while serving on this commits
sion that the sudden break occurred
which ended all intimate relations be-
tween them and created change in
her father that was equally remarked
at home and abroad. What occasioned
this break no one knew. Whether his
great ambition had received some check
through the jealousy of this SO called
friend-a SuppoSition which did not
seem possible as he rose rapidly after
this-or on account of other causes
darkly limited ut by his contemporaries,
but never breaking into open gossip.
he was never the same man afterwurl.
His children. who Used to rush with
effuSion to greet him. now Shrank into
corners at his step or slid behind half
open doors, whence they peered with
fearful interest ut his tail figure, pac-
ing In moody silence the halls of his
ancestral home or sitting with frOw1-
ing brows over the embers dying away
on the great hearthstOne of his famous
library.
Their mother, who was an invalid,
did not share these terrors. The IA
Their was ever tender of her, and the
only smile they ever saw on his face
came with his entrance into her dark
ened room.
such were Callista MOore's first
memories. Those which followed were
more definite and much more startling.
President Jackson, who had high
opinion of her fathers ability, advanced
him rapidly. Finally a position was
given him which raised him into ma
tiOnal prominence. AS this had been
tire goal of HIS ambition for years, he
was much gratified by this appoint
ment. and. though his smiles came no
more frequently, his frowns lghtened
and from being positively threatening
became simply mOrose.
why this moroseness should have
expected visit from his once dear but
long estranged companion in arms. his
daughter, even after long years of
constant brooding upon this subject.
dares not decide. If she could she
might be happier.
''The general was kindly man. sharp
Of face and of a tall. thin figure, but
with an eye to draw children and make
them happy with look. But his ef-
feet on the father was different From
the moment the two met in the great
hall below the temper of the host be-
trayed how little he welcomed this
guest. He did not fail in courtesy
the Moores are always gentlemen
but 1t was hard courtesy, which cut
while it flattered. The two children,
shrinking from its edge without know
ing what 1t was that hurt them. skunk
to covert and from behind the two pill
lars which marked the entrance to ths
library watched the two men rs they
walked up and down the halls discuss
ing the merits of this and that detail
of the freshly furnished mansion.
These two innocent but eager spies,
whom fear rather than curiosity held
In hiding, even caught some Of the SEN
fences which passed between the SO
called friends. and, though these neces-
sarily conveyed but little meaning to
their childish minds, the words form
Ing them were never forgotten, as wit
ness these phrases cOnfided to me by
Mistress Callista twenty-five years aft
erward.
"'You have much that most men
lack remarked the general as they
paused to admire some little specimen
OF Italian art which had been lately
received from Genoa. You have mon
ey-tOO much money, Moore, by an
amount | might easily name-a home
which some might call palatial, love-
ly IL not altogether healthy wife, two
fine children and all the honor which
man In commonwealth like this
should ask for. Drop politics.
Politics Is my life,' was the cold
response. To bid me drop 1t is to
bid me commit suicide Then, as an
afterthought to which a moment Of
intervening silence added emphasis,
And for you to drive me from it would
be an act little short Of murder
"Justice dealt upon traitor is not
MURDER was tho stern and unyieldins
reply. by one black deed Of treacher-
GUS barter and sale, of which none of
your countrymen is cOgnizant but my
self, you have forfeited the confidence
OF this government. Were /, who SO
unhappily surprised your secret, to al
low you to continue In your present
place Of trust. l myself would be
traitor to the republic for which have
fought and for which l am ready to
die. That Is why l ask you to resign
before