The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-06-16

I eye peliHeS wandering, as though abb
sorbed, again fixed on me, keen and
! glittering.
so! Sol" he unused at length, when
/ had finished, England has started a
land party for Oregon! Can they get
across next fall. think your"
Hardly possible, sir" said 1. "They
could not go SO swiftly as the special
fur packers. Winter would catch
them this side of the Rockies. 1t will
be year before they can reach Ore
gon."
Time for a new president and a
new policy" unused he.
The grass is just beginning to
sprout on the plains, Mr. Calhoun" 1
began eagerly.
Yes he nodded God! if were
only young!"
Il am young, Mr.. Calhoun" said L.
"Send mel"
! Would you go?" he asked suddenly.
| Il was going in any case
why, how do you mean?" he de-
| handed
! l felt the blood come to my face.
"'Tis all over between Miss Elizabeth
| Churchill and myself" said l, as calm
! ly as 1 might.
tut! tut! child's quarrel" he
went on, "a child's QUARREL Twill all
mend in time
Not by act of mine, then" said
holly.
Again distracted, he seemed not
wholly to hear me.
Il will tell you, Nicholas" said he at
last, wheeling swiftly upon me. Start
next week! An army of settlers waits
now for leader along the Missouri
Organize them; lead them out! Give
them enthusiasm! Tell them what
Oregon is! You may serve alike our
party and our nation You cannot
measure the consequences of prompt
action sometimes, done by a man who
is resolved upon the right. A thou
sand things may hinge on this A
great future may hinge upon it,
While you have been busy, have
not been idle,' he continued. Il have
here another little paper which have
roughly drafted" He handed me the
document as he spoke.
"A treaty-with Texas!" ex-
'!a agy 49,. ,.... =. w. ,..
signed the memorandum. We await
only one other signature" -,
"Of Van Zandt!" "a
Eyes. Now comes Mr.. Nicholas
Trist with word of certain woman
to the effect that Mr. Van Zandt is
playing also with England"
And that woman also is playing
with England"
Calhoun smiled systematically.
But she has gone" said I, "who
knows where? She, too, may have
sailed for Oregon, for all we know
He looked at me as though with a
flash of inspiration. THAT may be-"
said he; lit may very well be! That
would cost us our hold over Paken-
ham. Neither would we have any
chance left with her,"
How do yeu mean, Mr.. Calhoun"
said I. Il do not understand YOU"
Nicholas said Mr. Calhoun, that
lady was much impressed with YOU"
He regarded me calmly, contempla-
lively, appraisingly.
II do not understand you," I reiter-
ated.
81 am glad that you do not and
did not. In that case, all would have
been over at once. You would never
have seen her a second time. Your
constancy was our salvation, and per-
haps your own! In due time you will
see many things more plainly. Mean
time, be sure England will be careful.
She will make no overt movement, I
should say, until she has heard from
Oregon; which will not be before my
lady baroness shall have returned and
reported to Pakenham here All of
which means more time for u.s.
l began to see something of the
structure of bold enterprise which this
man deliberately was planning; but no
comment offered itself; so that pres
emily he went on, as though in solilo-
guy
1.-The Hudson Bay Company have
deceived England splendidly enough.
DR.. Mclaughlin, good man that he is,
has not suited the Hudson Bay Com
pany. His removal means less cour-
tesy to our settlers in Oregon Granted
less tactful leader than himself,
there will be friction with our high
strung frontiersmen in that country.
No man can tell when the thing will
come to an issue. For my own part,
would agree with Polk that we ought
to own that country to ifty-four forty
but what we ought to do and what
we can do are two separate matters.
Should we force the issue now and
lose, we would lose for 100 years.
Should we advance firmly and hold
firmly what we gain, in perhaps less
than 100 years we may win all of that
country, as / just said to Mr.. Polk,
to the River Saskatchewan know
not where! In my own soul, believe
no man may set limit to the growth
of the idea of an honest government
by the people. And this continent Is
meant for that honest government"
He sighed as he paused in his walk
and turned to me. But now, as I
said, we have at least time for Texas.
And in regard to Texas we need an