The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-31

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he officers We finds that the baroness
lrrived on ihe warshipgf
CHAPTER XXVlI~-He calls on Aer.
she learns thar her plot to prevent his
iarri1ge succeeded She renents and !
rs him Of a note which she had plaeed /
n me slipper for the purpose Of causing /
elizabeth TO doubt him She declares her |
Intention q returning alone TO Washing.
on TO repair the lwCn she has done,
CHAPTER XXNIIL- Nicholas decides
follow her.
CHAPTER NXiX, The baroness talls
i'm that no can no; have Oregon except
through her and that he can not have
elizabeth except tssalsh her.
CHATTER xxx Nicholas follows the
laroncss He learns on the way that
ok has been elected president. and
rexas has been annexed Winter catches
i'm and the baroness bcsts him to W,eh-
ngton.
segiIAPrER NXX1, Arriving nj Wash.
s's& .eu he learns that there 70 be war
With Mexico He calls on the baron ss
tnd leains that she Il the daughter Of
yon Rlttenhofen.
CHATTER XXXlI pakenham ans
,ut The baroness gets rid Of him without
rs learning of the presence Of Nicholas
She telR Nicholas thai Elizabeth Is cn-
irely worthy of him. She tells him that
IN return for the compromise OF The Orc
ION boundary on the llnc Of the nth
egfee she has sold herself to pahenham
md that he IS coming for the price.
Nicholas refuses TO permit the sacrifice
nd tears M the agreement
CHAPTER YXXllI she tells him the
tory OF her lte
The unspeakable tragedy OF her
voice cut to my soul But listen!" |
broke out. "You are young You are
free All the world is before you.
You can have anything YOU like"
''Ah, do not talk to me of that she
exclaimed imperiously DO not tempt
l,e to attempt the deceit OF myself!
made myself as | am. long ago, |
did not love. did not know II. As
to marriage. did not need H. | had
abundant means without was In the
upper ranks Of society was there;
was classified; | lived with them.
But always | had my purposes, my
plans. For them paid paid, paid,
as a woman must with-what a WON
an has,
But now, am far ahead Of my
story. Let me- bring II on went
to Paris. have sown some seeds
OF venom. some seeds Of revolution. In
one place or another In Europe In my
time. All, II works; II win gol Here
and there | have cost human life
Here and there work was to be done
which disliked; but did It. Mis-
guided, uncared for, mishandled as
had been-well, as / said, ! went to
Paris.
"Ah. sir, will you not, too. leave the
room, and let me tell on this story tf
myself. to my own soul? It Is flttel
for my confessor than for you"
"Let me, then, be your confessor!'
said |. Forget Forget You have
not been this which you say. DO ] no
knoww
mo. you do not know. Well. le
be- Let me 20 on say ! went t
Paris was close to the throne o
France. That little duke Of Orleans
son Of Louis Philippe, was puppe
In my hands. Oh. do not doubt
did mischief in that court or at leas
II failed II was through no lack @
EFFORT was called there Americ
vespuccI' They thought me Italian
At last they came 10 know who wat
!. They dared not make open ruptuT
Z In the face OF the courts OF EuroD'
r Certain of their high officials came
!, me and my young duke of orlean
5. They asked me to leave Paris. The
le did not command 1.-THE duke Of o
ie leans cared for that part of IT, ~
h they requested me outside in h
I'd presence. They offered me price.
g bfibe- such an offering as would,
fancied, leave me free to pursue n
= own ideas In my own fashion and
~ any corner OF the world. You ha'
perhaps seen some OF my little, IA
o. cies | imagined that love and ha
N pjness we're never for me-only al
AT bition and unrest With these go
Ily luxury. sometimes. AT least this SC
ed OF personal liberty was offered me
the price OF leaving Paris, and ieavi
on the son OF Louis Philippe to his o'
m devices. DID So"
ny And so. then you came to Was
~ ington? That must have been sol
:. |" years ago"
m Yes. some five years ago 81
nd was young. I told you that you mi
have known me, and so. no doubt, y
H. did Did you ever hear OF Amer
era yespucci'?"
The A smile came to my face at the .
nd gestion OF that celebrated adventure
The and mysterious impostress who !
OF figured In the annals Of Washington
IN fair Italian. SO the rumor ran. v
had come to this country to set vi
w claim, upon our credulity at least.
!" being the descendant OF none |
~ -. than Amerigo Vespucci himselfl T
sn,r supposititious Italian had indeed q
80 30 far as 10 SECURE the introduction
,ls. a bin In congress granting 10 her {
~, tain lands. The fate OF that bill "
than h,,,.o In tho halo ncc had