The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-02
Synopsis.

OF state IN 1ylers cabinet, 10 tod hy hi |
friend, Or. Ward, that his time l. shoi
Calhoun declares that he Is not ready /,
die, and II he accepts Tyler's offer
means that Texas and oregon must +,
added to the map of the United States
He plans TO learn the Intentions of Eng
land with regard to Mexico. through
Baroness Won RTE, secret spy and re
puted mistress OF the English amhassa
dor. Pakenham.
CHAPTER lI.--Nicholas IL directed II
bring the baroness to Calhouns apart
meats at midnight.
= CHAPTER IIl.--The arrand eause
Nicholas tc miss q meeting with hi.
sweeNeart Elizabeth Churchill
CHAPTER w. While searching for he
-baroness% house q carriage dashes III
and Nicholas is becxoned to enter. Fl
finds himself with the baroness. who say,
she Is being pursued ana begs his assist
anee.s
Is CHAPTER v.--Arrlved at the baroness
apartments after eluding the pursuers
he notes that she has lost slipper. Hs
- r'''SNN INV the HoinS anu ueiNefs
Calhoun's message. 5
/ CHAPTER V.-The baroness decide;
to obey the summons Nicholas retains
the remaining slipper as pledge that sh,
VIII tell Calhoun everything. He glvas
her as security an, Indian trinket ne in.
tended for Elizabeth.
y CHAPTER vlI.-- Elizabeth's father con
scn.s to Nicholas proposals OF marriage
Nicholas Is ordered to leave at once foi
Montreal on state business and deter
mines to be married. thai night.
/ CHAPTER vIII.-TTylor warns Palen.
ham that interference by England In tn,
affairs Of this contpnen. viii not be toll
Grated. The west, he declares, is in res
tiveness at the attitude of England TO-
ward, Mexico, has raised the demand 'hat
Joint occupancy OF Oregon with Grea.
Britain shah end and has raised stAe
cry: "Flfty-four Forty or Fight" Both
Whlgs aud Democrats demand Oregon
north to "a degrees, 40 minutes. Calhoun
becomes secretary q ntate.
i CHAPTER Nicholas tells the bar
oness he Is 20 be married that night. She
returns the trnket and Nicholas prom
ises to return her slipper by messen-
ger. The baroness tells him she does not
think he win be married SO coon, and
that she win do her worst to prevent It..
CHAPTER X.--Nicholas eniists the
services OF bibulous friend. Congress-
man cambridge. a rejected suitorsof Ellz-
"a hatb'a h
for the wedding. He entrusts him with
the license, the procuring OF clergyman
and the return OF the slipper to the bar
oness.
CHAPTER Nicholas finds tina. his
friend. muddled with drnk, has sent the
! slipper to Elizabeth. Indignant at the
supposed Insult Elizabeths father re-
fuses Nicholas admission to tho house
! and tells him there win be no wedding
CHAPTER XII--NichoIas Ia Informed
that there Is to be a meeting In Montreal
!, OF the directors Of the Hudson Bay com
pany. and that he is expected TO gain ac-
cess to the meeting and learn Engaad's
Intentions regarding Oregon.
CHAPTER XIII. Nicholas arrives II
Montreal and learns that the race IS OF
for Oregon
CHAPTER XrV.--IIe sees the baroness
leave the directors meeting where he hat
failed to gain admission She warns hln
q that he is in danger, and Invites him t,
pass the night at hes house.
CHAPTER Xv.--He accepts the invl
0 tation.
CHAPTER XVI.-The baroness quizze
y Nicholas as TO whether his wedding TOOL
Y place. She gets no satisfaction. She tell
y him Of the slipper he had IN his possession
the night he assisted her in eludlng tn
Mexican ambassador contained a mes
sage from the attache OF Texas to ID
British ambassador. saying that II III
United states did not annex Texas With
80 days she would lose both Texas an
, Oregon. lie decides to take the messaa
, to Calhoun.
CHAPTER XVII. .--He meets in Nor
treal naturalist. Won Rltteuhofen, WI
has been in Oregon. and tells him OF Il
wonders Of that country and his firm b.
lief that the British will make fight Il
IL. Nicholas invites him TO Washlngto
CHAPTER XVIII. Nicholas finds thi
the baroness has left Montreal hurried
and that British warship has sail
quietly. lie leaves for Washington.
CHAPTER X1x.--Calhoun engages VI
Rit.cnhofen to make maps of the westel
country Nicholas is present at a storm
Interview between james X. Polk a.
Calhoun. regarding Texas and oregon,
which it is shown that Calhoun Is act
ated by lofty pricipcs of patriotisl
( while Polk thinxs only Of parties al
N platforms.
n CHAPTER Xx.--Calhoun orders Me
olas to prepare to head parry Of settle
bound for oregon. iIe gives him Il
draf; Of a treaty with Texas 10 copy Al
, plans to secure the signatur. Of u
Texas attache through the lnflaeaee
) Sonora Yturrio. wife Of the Mexican mi
lister.
CHAPTER, XXI. Calhoun arouHea' I
senora's Jealousy regarding Pakenha
who had shown her attention before 4
appearance Of the baroness on, ne ssei
4 yshssestss that she induce POLK. "
was also attentive to, her 10 urge /
Texan attache to sisn the treaty prom
ing ia keep silence regarding the Texsl
i double dealing with England.
CHAPTER XXI Nicholas has a We
unsa a.isfaetory interview with Eiizabe
CHAPTER XIII. .--genoIa Yiurrio I
cures the signature Of the Texas attac