The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-18
ham. Neither would we have any

ham. Neither would we have any
chance left with her"
How do you mean, Mr. Calhoun?"
said |. ''I do not understand you."
Nicholas" said Mr.. Calhoun, that
lady was much impressed with you"
He regarded me calmly, contempla-
lively, appraisingly.
Il do not understand you," reiter-
ated.
Il am glad that you do not and
did not In that case, all would have
been over at once. You would never
have seen her a second time. Your
constancy was our salvation, and per
haps your own! In due time you will
see many things more plainly. Mean
time, be sure England will be careful.
She will make no overt movement, |
should say, until she has heard from
Oregon; which will not be before my
lady baroness shall have returned and
reported to Pakenham here. All OF
which means more time for us.
| began to see something of the
structure OF bold enterprise which this
man deliberately was planning; but no
comment offered itself so that pres
emily he went on, as though in solilo-
guy.
"The Hudson Bay Company have
deceived England splendidly enough,
DR.. Mclaughlin, good man that he is,
has not suited the Hudson Bay Com
pany His removal means less cour-
tesy to our settlers in Oregon. Granted
less tactful leader than himself,
there will be friction with our high
strung frontiersmen In that country.
No man can tell when the thing will
come to an issue For my own part,
! would agree with Polk that we ought
to own that country to iifty-four forty
but what we ought to do and what
we can do are two separate matters,
Should we force the issue now and
lose, we would lose for 100 years.
Should we advance firmly and hold
firmly what we gain, in perhaps less
than 100 years we may win all of that
country, as | just said to Mr. Polk,
to the River Saskatchewan know
not where! In my own soul, | believe
no man may set limit to the growth
of the idea of an honest government
by the people. And this continent is
meant for that honest government"
He sighed as he paused IN his walk
and turned to me. But now, as |
said. we have at least time for Texas.
And in regard to Texas we need an.
other woman
| stared at him.
you come now to me with proof
that my lady baroness trafiics with
Mexico as well as England he re-
sumed. THAT is to say, Yturrio
meets my lady baroness. What Is the
inference? At least, jealousy on the
nart of Yturrio's wife, whether or not
she cares for him! Now, jealousy be-
tween the sexes is deadly weapon II
wen huHuicu. isSpub bhuhb az ~ ~ "o
must handle It,"
experienced no great enthusiasm
at the trend OF events. and Mr.. Cal
houn smiled at me cynically aB he
went on. Il see you don't care for
this sort of commission. AT least,
this Is no midnight interview. You
shall eaIl I'm broad davlfohf nm tha
Sonora Yturrio. If you and my daugh-
ter will take my coach and four to-
morrow, | think she will gladly re-
ceive your cards. Perhaps also she
will consent to take the air of Wash
ington with you. In that case, she
might drop In here for an ice. In
such case, to conclude, | may perhaps
be favored with an interview with
that lady. | must have Van Zandt's
signature to this treaty which you
see here!"
But these are Mexicans, and Van
Zandt Is leader of the Texans, their
most bitter enemiesw
Precisely. All the less reason why
Sonora Yturrio should be suspected.
Il am not sure that | grasp all this
Mr.. Calhoun"
Perhaps not You presently will
know more. What seems to me plain
Is that, since we seem to lose a val
liable ally in the Baroness Won Ritz
We must make some OFFSET to that
loss. II England has one woman on
the Columbia, we must have another
on the Rio Grander