The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-27

nations"
people say that your armies are in Texas
now. or will be-
They are but very slightly in advance
Of the truth. Sonora" said Calhoun, grim
when war can be averted. But suppose
II could be avertcd? Suppose the Sonora
YturrIo hersf could avert tt2 Suppose
this city which she so much admires?
lady of SO distinguished beauty and
charm Is valuable In our society here.
If there was mockery In his tone, she
could not catch IT; nor did her searching
eyes read his meaning.
See" he resumed, "alone, / am help
less in this situation, II my government
is offended, / cannot stop the course OF
events am not the senate; am simply
humble officer OF his eXcellency, our
president Mr.. Tyler"
My lady broke out in n peal of low,
rlppling laughter. her white teeth gleam-
ing 1t was. after ALL somewhat difficult
to trihe with one who had been trained
in intrigue all her life.
Calhoun laughed now in his own quiet
way 1--WE shall do better IL we deal en-
tirey frankly. Sonora" said he. Let
| us then. waste no time. Frankly, then. 1t
would seem that, now the Baroness Won
would have all the better title and oppor-
| tunity In the affections of-well, let us
say, her own husband.
| She bent toward him now. her lips
| open in q slow smile. all her subtle and
| dangerous beauty unmaskinS It's batteries.
| The impression she conveyed was that OF
play upon the leopards back, such as
mark the wing OF the butterfly, the petal
OF some flower born In land OF heat
and passion But Calhoun regarded her
| as deliberately as though comlnuning
with himself. 'It is but one thing, one
very little thing"
"Tbe signature of Senior Van Zandt
attache for Texas, on this memorandum
OF treaty between the United States and
BowIng. he presented to her the docu;
ment to which he had earlier directed
my own attention. ':We are we'll advised
| that Senior Van Zandt is trafhcklng this
very hour with England as against us.
he explained. 1--WE ask the gracious as
sistance of Sonora Yturrio. In return we
promise her-sllence.i
II cannot--it is impossibeI' che ex
claimed. as she glanced at the pages III
No Sonora" said Calhoun sternly; at
means annexation of Texas TO the United
States. But that Is not your ruin, 1t Is
your salvation. Your country well may
doubt England. even England bearing
II have no control over Senior Van
zandt-he is the enemy Of my country
Calhoun now fixed upon her the full
cold blue blaze OF his singularly pene-
tratlng eyes. "No, Sonora he said.
| sternly; "but you have access 10 my friend
Mr.. Polk, and Mr. Polk is the friend Of
Mr. Jackson. and they two are friends
OF Mr. Van Zandt; and Texas supposes
that these two. although they do not rep
| resent precisely my own beliefs In politics,
are for the annexation OF Texas. not TO
England but to America. There Is good
ynu do not use your personal influence
with him, he may consult politics and
not you. and so declare war against Mex,
leo That war would cost you Texas and
| much more as well. Now, to avert that
war do you not think that perhaps you
can ask Mr Polk to say 10 Mr., Van Iandt
| that his signature on this little treaty
| would end all such questions simply, Inn
| mediatclv and to the best benefit OF
Mexico. Texas and the United States? =?