The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-27
pakenham's PAX. price for this key that lay

here ''A '''iS Key 'hat lay
"rhisIthis is all have been able to
io is wi WIN him thus lar." she raltered ut
Madam, this is more ihan all Gmerico
has been able TO do bcforc' This has NOT
been made public"
night shall make him surrender ail-aIl
north To the very ice, for America for
IN, Inc ddemoeracy! See. now, was born to
mother was before me. That is fate,
Gut | shall make fate pay, All, mon
sieSr. All. monsieur"
| Shc Hung herself to her feet s'I can
get II al for you, YOU and yours,' she
| reiterated. holding out her hands, the III :
i, sie pink fingers upturned. was often
and tell him that Mr.. Polk was right
that YOU yourself who taught Helena
| Won Ritz what life is. taught hcr that
alter all she was woman-are able. he
4 cause she was woman, TO bring in your
7 own hands all that country, yet. to iifty-
iour-iorty. or even farther. ] do not
know what all can he done. I only know
that fool VIII part with everything for
the sake OF his body"
| stood now looking at her. silent. try
ing to fathom the vastness of what she
said, trying to understand at all their
worth the motives which impelled her
The larGencss of her plan. yes, that could
be seen. The largeness of her heart and
yet more. At last understood. What |
saw was horror TO my soul
va, Madnmi adam ,s, said TO her; at last. did
Come here!' led her to the central
apartment. and motioned her to a seat
Now then, Madam, much has, been
can be done. You shall not see Paken-
ham tonight nor ever again.
But think what that Will cost YOU
she broke out This is only part II
| flung the document from me. "This
mas already cost me too much" l said.
we do not buy states thus.
But 1t Will cost you your FUTURE Polk
Is your enemy now. as he is Calhoun's.
He will not strike you now, but so soon
as he dares. he Will, Now IL you could
Calhoun. TO America. it would mean for
YOU personally all that America could
give YOU in honors."
.Honors without honor. Madam. ] do
not covet." l replied Then / would
have bit my tongue through when I saw
the great pallor cross her face at the
cruelty OF my speech.
her hands again. But no, 1 know
you would not taunt me- | know. in
spite OF what YOU say. there must be
sacrifice. We'll, then, ] have made IL.
have made my atoncment. | say |
'can give you now. even thus. at least
a part OF Oregon. ] can perhaps give
You all Of oregon-tomorrow! The ie
gain their ends. This one Will dare even
treachery TO his country. Tomorrow-
II / do not kill him-n ] do not die
boushtHbought and : paid"' Her
voice trailed off into a whisper. which
seemed loud as a bugle call 10 me.
We fight we do not traffic thus. But
you have given me Elisabeth! {.
have already given you her and given
you TO her. To do that-to atone. as !
said. for my attempt TO part youEwen; -, !
Richard Pakenham OF England lately
held | told YOU a woman pays, body
and soul, In what coin fate gave me. i
No tell YOU I am clean | have only
bought my own peace with my own
consciencei Now, at last. Helena Won
Ritz knows why she was born. to what
end, | have work to do. and yes. |
see it now-my journey To America after
all was part Of tho plan OF fate. j
have learned much-through you. Mon
sieur."
Hurriedly she turned and left me.
which cut of tho room where stood thc
great satin couch. ! saw her cast. e,mI. her-
deep and silent sobs shook all her body
Madam. Madam" / cried To her. DO
not, DO not! What YOU have done nero
is worth n hundred millions Of dollars,
hundred thousand Of lives. perhaps. Yes
that is true. II means most OF oregon,
with honor and without war. Ihat IS
truc, and IL is much. But the price paid
1T is more than all this continent is
worth. II II cost SO much as that. Nor
shall it."
Black. with million pinpoints OF rcd:
the world swan around me. Millions OF
dead souls or souls unborn seemed 10
gaze at me and my unhesitatlng raEe. J
caught up the scroll which bore Eng
lands signature, and with one clutch cast
il In two pieces on the floor; As II lay.
we gazed AT it in silence. Slowly ! saw
ereaf soft radiance come upon her
face. The red piu-points cleared away
from my own vision