The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1910-09-16
CHAPTER XXX.
The Payment.

CHAPTER XXX.
The Payment.
What man seeks In love II woman I;
what woman seeks In man In love-
Housssye.
When I reached Washington Il was
indeed spring, warm. sweet spring. In
the wide avenue the struggling trees
were doing their best to dignity the
city. and flowers were blooming every
where. Wonderful enough did all this
seem to rue after thousands Of miles
OF rude scenery Of bare valleys and
rocky hills, wild landscapes. seen oft.
en- through cold and binding storms
amid peaks and gorges. or on the
drear. forbidding plains.
Used more. Of late. to these wilder
scenes. felt awkward and still half
savage. I did not at once seek out
my own friends. My first wish was
to get In touch with Mr.. Calhoun. for
] knew that so would most quickly
arrive at the heart Of events.
He was away when I called at his
residence on Georgetown Heights. but
at last heard the wheels Of his old
omnibus. and presently he entered
with his usual companion. DIR. Sam
uel Ward. When they saw me there,
then indeed ] received q greeting
which repaid me for many things.
This over. we all three broke out In
laughter at my mcouth appearance.
! was clad still in such clothing an /
could pick up In western towns as I
hurried on from the Missouri east.
ward; and ] had as yet found no time
for BARRIERS.
I'VE have had no word from you.
Nicholas" said Mr.. Calhoun presently.
since that from Laramie, in the fail
Of eighteen forty.four. This In In the
spring Of eighteen forty-six! Mean.
time. We might all have been dead
and buried and none Of US the wiser
What country! It's more enormous
than the. mind Of any Of us can grasp"
You should travel across II to learn
that" I grsined.
MANY thinAs have happened siuce
you left. You know that I am back
In the senate once morey'
! nodded. And about Texssf" I
began.
Texas Ii ours" said he, smiling
grimly. You have heard how II
was \ hard fight enough-a bitter. sell
hsh. sectional night among politicians.
hut there b going to b war. Our
troops crossed the Sabine more than
q year age. They will cross the Rio
Grande before this year Is done. The
Mexican minister has asked for his
passports. The administration has
ordered Gen. Taylor to advance Mr..
Polk II carrying out annexation with q
vengeance. Seeing chance for more
territory. now that Texas In safe from
England, he plans Was on helpless
and deserted Mexico! We may hear
Of Q battle now At any time. hut the
war with Mexico may yet mean war
with England. That. Of course. en-.
dangers our chance to gain all or any
Of that great Oregon country. Tell
me. what have you learnedf'
hurried on now with my own news
prieny - I might. told them Of the
ships Of England's navy waiting In
Oregon waters: OF the growing suspi.
cion Of the Hudson bay people; Of the
changes In the management ct Fort
Vancouver: Of the change also from .
conciliatory policy TO one Of half hos
tility. told them Of our wagon
trains going west. and Of the strength
Of our frontiersmen; but Offset this.
Justly N ] might. by giving facts also
regarding the opposition these might
meet.
Precisely" said Calhoun. walking
up and down. his head bent. Eng.
land 10 preparing for war! How
much are we prepared II would cost
10 the revenues Of quarter Of = cen
tury to 60 10 war with her to- day. u
would cost us $4,000 lives. We would
need an army Of 100000 men. Where
II all that 10 come fromf Can We
transport our army there In time,
Hut had all this bluster ceased. then
We could have deferred this war with
Mexico. could have bought with coin
what now will cost us blood: and
we could also have bought Oregon
without the cost Of either coin or
blood. Delay was what We needed!
All Of Oregon should have been oars'"
But. surely. this Ia not all news To
your" began. Have you not seen
the baroness Won Ritsf Has she not