The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-26

At last heard ihe wheels 80 his olf
flbua. ana prize ly he e1.e 4
with ht usual compauion Df sam
uel Ward. when they saw nle there,
then indeed received a greeting
which repaid me for many tblnes'
This over, We all three broke out in
laughter at my uncoutA appearance.
was cia,Nstill in such clothing as ]
could pick up ia western towns as
hurried 90 from She Missouri east
ward aud had as yet found - time
for BARRIERS
eWe have had no word from you,
Nicholas said Mr. Calhoun presently,
"since that from Laramie. in the fall
of eighteen fortyLfour This is in the
spring Of eighteen forty-sixl Mean
time, we might all have been dead
and buried and none of us the wiser.
What a comtryl 'Tis more enormous
than the mind OF any OF us can grasp
"You should travel across IL to learn
that ] grinned
Many things have happened since
you left. You know that | am back
In the senate once more2"
l nodded. "And about Texas?" i
began.
Texas is ours" said he. smiling
grimly. You have heard howY II
was hard fight enough--a bitter, sell
fish, sectional fight among politicians.
But there Is going to be war Our
troops crossed the Sabine more than
a year ago. They will cross the Rio
Grande before this year is done. The
Mexican minister has asked for his
passports. The administration has
ordered Gen Taylor to advance, MIR.
Polk IL carrying out annexation with a
vengeance Seeing a chance for more
territory, now that Texas is safe from
England, he plans war on helpless
and deser.ei Maxicol We may hear
of a battle now ct any time. But the
war with Mexico may yet mean war
with England That. Of course, en-
dangers cur chance to gain all or any
Of that great Oregon country. Tell
me, what have you learned?"
I hurried ON now with nav own news,
briefly as | might. | told them OF tho
ships of Engand's navy waiting Ia
Oregon waters; of the growing suspi
cion of the Hudson bay people; OF the
A changes IN the management at Fort
Vancouver; of the change also from Q
conciliatory policy TO one Of haA hos
tility told them OF our wagor
trains going west, and OF the strength
Of our frontiersmen; but Offset this
Justly as | might. by giying facts alsS
regarding the opposition these Nigh
meet
Precisely" said Calhoun, walking
up and down, his head bent. Eng
land Is preparing for war! How
much are we prepared? II would cos
MS the revenues OF quarter of a cen
tury to go TO war with her today. i
would cost us 70 600 lives We woult
need an army OF 250,000 men. Wher'
Ii all that to come from? Can w
: transport our army there In time
But had all this hluster ceased, thel
we could have deferred this war wit
Mexico; could have bought with col
what now will cost us blood; an
we could alGo have bought Orego
without the cost of either coin o
blood Delay was what we needed
All OF Oregon should have been oufsi
But, surely, this is not all news I
you?" began Have you not see
the baroness Won Ritz? Has she nc
made her report2'
"The baroness?' queried Calhoun
THAT stormy petrel--that adyanc
agent Of eyentsl Did she indeed ga
with the British ships from Montreal
Did you find her therein Oregonw
"Yes, and lost her there She startf
east last summer. and beat me fair
In the race. Has she not made know
| her presence here? She told me 81
| was going to Washington"
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