The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-13
SYNOPSIS.

Nicholas Trist Ills chief, senator John
'alhoua offered tho portfilio of Sc sretary
If state in Tyler's cabinet is t3lS ,,y bis
friend, Pr Ward Shat his time Il shor.
Calhoun declares that he is not ready IL
die, and II he accepts Tyer's offer i.
means that Texas and Oregon must lie
ldded to the map Of tile United States
lie plans TO learn tile intentions of Ea2
land with regard to Mexico throueh ii
Baroness Won RITZ, secret spy and re-
puted mistress Of the English amhassa-
dor, PalSenham.
CHAPTER IT--Nicholas is directed IA
bring the baroness to Calhouns apart-
meats at midnight
CHAPTER IIG.-The arrand causes
Nicholas to miss meeting with his
sweetheart, Elizabeth Churchill.
CHAPTER lV.--While searching for ;he
baroness house a carriage dashes up
and Nicholas Is berKoned to enter He
finds himself with the baroness. who says
she is being pursued and begs his assist
ance.
CHAPTER V--Arrived at the baroness
apartments after ,sludlng the pursuers,
he notes that she has lost a slipper He
is invited into lie house ana delivers
Calhouns message
CHAPTER ,V-frhe baroness decides
to obey the summons. Nicholas retains
the remaining slipper as pledge that she
viii tell Calhoun everything He gives
her az security an Indian trinket ae in
tended for l1lizab4th.
CHAPTER VII. 1Elizabeth's father con
sents to Nicholas proposals Of marriage.
Nicholas is ordered to leave at once for
Montreal on state business and deter
mines to be marrea that night
CHAPTER VllI.-Tyler warns Paken-
ham that Interference by England in the
affairs Of this contitnen. win not be tol.
Grated. The west. he declares, Is in res
tivencss at tho attitude Of llnglaud to-
ward Mexico has raised The demand ha
Joint occupancy Of Oregon with Grca
Britain shall end and has raised TAG
cry: "lrifty-folr. Forty or Fight" Boih
Whies aud Democrats demand Oregon
north TO 81 degrees, 40 minutes. calhoui
becomes secretary = stale.
CHAPTER lN Niehoas tells the bar
oness he is % be married that night Sbt
returns the trnkcl and Nichols prom
ises TO return her slIppcr hy a messcn.
ger, The baroness tells him she dots mo-
think he win ho married SO soon and
that she viii do her worst TO preyent #
CHAPTER x Nicholas enisls tic
services Of hib4ous friend Congress
man Dandridec asroicc.cd suitpr Of Elz
.abctlls to.assist liim Ia the arrangement
for the wedding lie entrusts him viii
the license the procuring Of clergyman
and the retura Of lic clipper 70 the bar
oness
CHAPTER XII Nicholas finds tina. hi
friend, muddled with drink. has sent thu
slipper u Elizabeth Indignant at thf
supposed insult Elizabcth's father ne
fuses Nicholas admission 10 the house
and tells him there win be no wedding
CHAPTER XII Nicholas Is informet
tha; there X to b. meeting in Montrca
of the directors Of the Hudson Bay com
pans, and that he Is expected to gain ac
cess to the meeting and learn England's
intentions regardiag Oregon.
CHAPTER XIII Nicholas arrives ir
Montreal and learns that the race X Oh
for oregon.
CHAPTER XIV lie sees ;be barones
leave the directors meeting where he had
failed 70 gain admission. She warns him
that he is IN danger. ana invites nlm 10
mass the utaht at hor house
one nodded. 80 then. at last, sn.
went on, Still young, having learned
something and having now those
means Of carrying on my studies
which required, came to this last
of the countries, America, where, if
anywhere, hope for mankind remains.
Washington has impressed me more
than any capital OF the world
"IIow long have you been in Wash
ington?' | asked.
Now you begin to question--now
yoa show at last curiosity, Well,
then, shall answer. For more than
one year, perhaps more than two, per
haps more than three"
impossible" shook my head. "A
woman like you could not be con
cealed--not II she owned hundred
hidden places such as this"
"Oh, was known she said. "Yo1
have heard OF me, you know Of me?'
| still shook my head. No" said |
II have been far in the west for sew