The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-01-21

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wan Zanat Madam. are you ~.
deed. Ia the camp of ail these differ
eat interestss So what fakenham
said was tfae Van xandt l. the
attacho 1T Texas Van Gandt Is
pleading with MIR Calhoun hat he
shall take up the seereJarNshin
Van Yandt promises Ws the friend.
ship uf Texas Il We will stand out
for the annexation af Texas Van
zantii rfsslnlses ms every effort IN
his power against England Van
xAnat PROMISES les the sternest q
fronts against treaeherons MeSlcc.
Van zandt ID known 80 BE- interested
m this fair nona LnereHla. lust a.
Polk is New then, comes Van
xandt with hts secret messahe
slipped tnto che hand of madam 1t
the ambassadors bah madam. tho
friend OF gnslandl The atlaehe %
Mexico Is curious furious 90
know What Texas is saying 90 Eng
land, And that message must be
concealed And madam coHeeals
Il In
She smiled AZ me brilliantly
~Y0m come On. she said should
your head Sc opened and analysed.
YES. think a trace Of brain miEht
BE- discovered by good chemistry
resumed impatientiy You put
hts message in sour silpperf
She nodded. Yes. she said, I'm
che toe ~ Il. There was barely
chance to do thar. You see, Our
skirts are fun and wide. there are
curtains Ia the East room; there
was vine hy this time, there ~aa
music. 80 | effected that much Bat
when you took the slipper you took
Van Yandts motel You had e Il
Vas true. what / told fakeuhanl
before ths PRESIDENT did not Then
have thar n0tet Nnn had H. AZ
least. / thought yom had it III !
found il crumpied ON the table the
next day Ii must have fallen there
from the shoe when We made our
little exchange that nlght. Al. you
hurried me / scarce knew whether
was clad OF shod. until Ehe next
afternoon after left sea ct che
White Hause grounds You -
hastily departed 80 gouF wedding
$50 smai a shoe could not have
h~la an extended euistle madam.
1 saia ignoring her question.
ssNo hut the little roll az paper
caused me anguish. After ! had
danced WAS on the point q faint.
fnw. / FASTENED 20 the cover II the
nearess curtain. where ! might not
BE- noticed. senior Xturrio Of Mex.
leo was somewhat elgiipnt. He
wished 90 know what Texas plan
ned with England He has long
made love TO ma BY threats. and
tsweis As stood behind the car.
tain / saw his face ! fled. bat one
shoa-she empty one-waa NOS well
fastened. aud It fell ! coaid net
walk. / reached down. removed me
other shoe with It's note. hid L ln
my handkerchief r. thank FroNt
dance Tor the fashion o. SO much
lace and 20. not Ia wtue. Monsieur.
as you may believe. and somewhat
anxious. ar yoa may also believe,
expecting 90 hear AZ once of an en-
counter between Van zandt and
the MeAiean minister. SeuoF al.
monte. or his afgache YtarTto. OF
between one of them and some one
else made my adieuxi viii war
rant the only woman In her stock.
ing feet who bowed for Mr. Tyler ~
the ball thar aights"
Yes. 80 far as ! know. Madam
you are the only iady who ever left
the East Room precisely 80 clad
And so sou E0l into your own car.
rage alone after q whilef And
50. when you we're there You put on
the shoe which was lafty And 80
Ysurrfo Of Mexico got the usher one
-and found nothing in IT, And 20.
he wanted this one
you come on. she said. You
have something more than trace
OF brain.
.And that other shoe. which ]
got that night
without 4 word she smoothed out
a biz IL paper which she removed
from 4 nearby desk. and handed 4
10 the. This vas IN Yoarss AZ
said. Ia my confusion | supposed
YOU bad X. You did suppose
Lost my head. somewhere Bat
certainly ! though; you had found
che note and given Il 20 Mr Cal
houn. else / should have driven
harder terms with him. would
drive harder terms with y0u. now,
we're not in such haste 70 learn
the answer 10 my question. Tell
me. we're you msrrieaf
Els that answer worth more tnan
a p 4
Eyes. she answered. also smii'
ing
/ spread the page upon the cloth
before me. my eyes raced down
the lines. dld nos make further
reply to her
MADAM. sent on the commune
cation SAY 20 your august friend.
sir Richard that We have reached
the end 81 our endurance Of these
late delays The promises 81 the
United States mean nothing We
can trust nelther Wing nor Demo
efat ans longer There is no one
party III power. nor viii there be
There are tw0 sections In America
and there Is no nation. and Texas
knows not where 10 30. We have
offered 70 Mr Tyler 20 Join the
Tlulon II the Union viii allow ns 70
ioln. We intend 20 reserve our own
lands and reserve the right 70 or
ganize later iuto four Or more
states. II 0ar people shall 50 desire
Hut as q great state We viii Join the
Union II the Cni0u will accept ua
That must be seen.
England now beseeches ue not
to enter the Union. but 70 stand
apart. either fof Independence or
for alliance with Mexico and Eng
land. Tho proposition has been
made 10 ua 10 divide into two gov
ernments. one free and one slave
England has proposed e ua 70 ad
vance ~ moneys 70 pay al our