The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-07-28

Ihrcu9n your Agency, oenoTd.
Oregon to Washington said I. Per
haps bullet molds and powder TASKS
may have damaged it,"
TT still would serve as little post
Office, perhaps" laughed the baroness
But l think it's days are done on such
srrands"
81 will explain something of these
errands to the Sonora Yturrio," said
Calhoun. ct wish you personally to
say to that lady, if you will, that
Senior Yturrio regarded this little re-
ceptacle rather as official than person
nj post"
For one moment these two women
looked at each other, with that on
their faces which would be hard to
describe. At last the baroness spoke:
TT Is not wholly my fault, Sonora
Yturrio, if your husband gave you
cause to think there was more than
diplomacy between us. At least, can
say to you that it was the sport of it
alone, the intrigue, if you please,
which interested me. l trust you will
not accuse me beyond this"
A stifed exclamation came from
the Dona Lucrezia. have never seen
! more sadness nor yet more hatred on
a human facesthan hers displayed.
have said that she was not thorough
bred. She arose now, proud as ever,
1t is true, but vicious. She declined
Helena Won Ritz's outstretched hand,
and swept us curtsey. "Adios!"
said she. 81 go!"
Mr. Calhoun gravely offered her an
arm; and so with a rustic of her silks
there passed from our lives one un-
happy lady who helped to make our
map for us.
The baroness herself turned. II
ought not to remain she hesitated
Madam" said Mr.. Calhoun, 1--WE
| can not spare you yet"
She flashed upon him keen look.
TT is a young country" said she, "but
it raises statesmen. You foolish, dear
Americans! One could have loved you
ALL
"Eh, what?" said DR.. Ward, turn
ing to her. "My dear lady, two of us
are too old for that; and as for the
other
He did not know how hard this
chance remark might smite, but as
usual Helena Won Ritz was brave and
smiling.
"You are men," she said "such as
we do not have In our courts of Eu-
rope. Men and women-that is what
this country produces"
Madam" said Calhoun, 81 myself
am very poor sort of man. l am
old, and / fail from month to month.
l cannot live long, at best. What you
see in me is simply purpose-a pur-
pose to accomplish something for my
country-a purpose which my country
itself does not desire to see fulfilled.
Republics do not reward us. What
you say shall be our chief reward. I
have asked you here also to accept
the thanks of all of us who know the
intricacies of the events which have
gone forward. Madam, we owe you
Texas! Twas not yonder lady, but
yourself, who first advised of the dan
ger that threatened us. Hers was,
after all, simpler task than yours,
because she only matched faiths with
Van Zandt, representative of Texas,
who had faith in neither men, women
nor nations. Had all gone well, we
might perhaps have owed you yet
more, for Oregon"
Would you like Oregon" she
asked, looking at him with a full
glance of her dark eyes.
More than my life! More than
all my fortune!" His voice rang
clear and keen as that of youth.
"All of Oregon?" she asked
"All? We do not own all! Perhaps
We do not deserve it. Surely we could
not expect it. Why, If we got one
half of what that fellow Polk is claim
ing, we should do well enough-that
| is more than we deserve or could ex-
pect. With our army already at war
on the southwest, England, as we all
! know, is planning to take advantage
/ of our helplessness in Oregon"
Without further answer she hold