The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-02-05
CHAPTER XXI.
THE PAYMENT.

TVS NV WENfs
What man seeks In love 10 WON
an; what woman seeks In man ID
lcVe.--tiousaays.
When | reached Washington Il
was indeed spring, warm, swe eel
spring In the wide avenues the
struggling treea were doing theii
best TO dignity the city. and flow
ers we're blooming everywhere
Wonderful enough dld all this seem
TO ms after thousands OF mlles 81
rude scenery Of bare valleys and
rocky hllls. wild iandaeRpek, seen
often through Geld and binding
storms amid peaks pnd gorFes. OF
on the drear. iorbidding plains
Used more. Of late. TO these Wild
or scenes, | felt awkward and still
half savage. I dld not az once seek
out ms ewn friends. Ny first wish
waa 20 set In touch with Mn Cal
houn. Tor ! knew that SO J would
most quickly arrive at tho heart Of
eyenta
He vas away when called a,
his residence on Georgetown
Heights. but At last | heard the
wheels OF his old omnibus. and
presently he entered with bis usual
companion. Dr. Samuel Ward.
When they saw me there. then in
deed received greeting which
repaid me for many thsngai This
over. We all three broke out IN
laughter a. my uucouth appear.
ance was clad stili IN such
clothing az could pick ~ 10 west.
crn towns rs | hurried on from the
Missouri eastward. aud had as
yet found NO time for hArh~ra
We have had no word from You.
Nicholas" said Mr. Calhoun pres.
emily. since that from Laramie. Ia
the tail % is4f. This IL In tho
spring 81 iAAg' Meantime. ws
might all have been dead and
buried aud none Of Ne tho wiser
What country It's more euor.
NOUS than the mind q any Of ~
can Krasp"
you should travel across Il 10
learn that" grinncd
Many things have happened
since you left Won know that !
attn back In the senate ouce moreF'
I nodded And about Texssf" !
began
Texas ~ ours. said he. smlilng
Erimiy -Nom have heard howF II
was = hard fight enough bitter.
selfish. sectional flght among poll.
sieians H1t there IL going 20 BE-
war Our troopa crossed the "a.
btue more than a year ago. They
wtii cross The Rio CFands before
this year 10 done. The Mexican
minister has asked FOR hia pass
ports The administration has or.
dcrrd Gen Taylor 20 advance Mr.
Polk Is carrying out annexation
with a vengeance seeing 4 chance
for more territory. nos that Texaa
IL safe from EnEiand. he plans enf
% helpless and deserted MeKlco'
We may hear ~ a battle nov a.
any time nut ghls var Nith Msz.
leo may yet mean var with Enx
land That. Of course. endangsss
our chance 20 gain al Or any u
that great Oregon country Tell
mc. shat have you lesracdr"
I hurried ga noN Wifh my oNn
news. briefly az ! might told
them Of the ships of England 3
navy waiting IN Oregon waters. ~
the growing suspicion u the Hud-
son has people. Of the changes IN
the management Nc Fort Naneuu
vers ~ the change also from a con.
ciiiataFY policy 20 one q half hos
tiiify I told them ui our wagon
trains wninE west. and ~ the
strength " Our fruntiersIneni but
offset this. sustiy as ! might. By
giving sacts also regarding the OF
poslfinu these might meet
Precisely. said Calhoun. walk.
ing 10 and down. his bead heat
England is preparing for war;
How much afe we prsperedf II
would cost ~ the revenues Of a
quarter ~ century 70 40 t0 var
Uith her today II would coat -
nifty thousand lives We would
need an army u two hundred aud
fifty thousand men Where II an
that 70 come frumf Can we trans
port oar army there IN timer But
had ali this buster ceased. then We
could have deferred this war with
Mexicos could have bought with
coin uhat nov will cost us blood /.
and we could also have bought Ore.
gou without the coat " either coin
or blood Delay was what we
needed an Of Oregon should have
been ours"
But. surely. this IL not all news
10 you7~ ! began Have you not
seen the Baroness Won Rliz7 Haa
she not made her report ?"
The baroness77 queried Cal.
houn THAT stormy petrol
advance agent Of eveuts' Did abe
indeed saii with the British ships
from Montreal9 Dis you find her
there 80 OregonT'
Yes. and Loaf her thero' She
started east last summer. and beat
me fairly in The race Has she not
made known her presence heref
She told me she was going 20 Wash.
ingtou"
he shook his head iu surprise
Trouble now. fear Pakcnham
has back his best ally, our worst
THAT certainly IA strange" said
J she had five months the start
OF me, and Ia that time there IL no
telling what abe has done or an.
done. Surely, she Is somewhere
here. IN Washington She held
Texas IN her shoes. ! tell you she
holds Oregon IN her gloves today"
started up. my story half an
told
Where are you golHg?' asked
Mr. Calhoun Of me. DR. Ward look.
"a al me. smiling lie does not In.