Evening star., 1924-02-06
Continued from Yesterdays star.)

new government. Power, place
these are the things that strong men
covet. That is what the game OF
politics means for strong men-that
IS why we fight SO bitter rly for office.
| I plan for myself some greater ONCE
than second fiddle In this tawdry re-
public along the Atlantic. l want the
! first place, and in a greater field!
will take my friends with me. l want
men who can lead other men. l want
men like Capt Lewis"
| "It seems that you value him more
now than once you did,, A.. ..
true. I did not favor his suit for
your hand at that time. Although
he had a modest fortune In virginia
Hands, he could not offer you the Iu-
rejoiced~I admit it frankly-when
Learned that young Capt. Lewis came
lust too late, for 1 feared you would
have preferred him. And yet l saw
This quality then-Mr. Jefferson sees
1.-THE is a good chooser of men, But
lc,ant Lewis must not advance beyond
the ohio. That is large task for a
"What woman, father"
A flush came to her pale cheek. Her
father turned to her dlrectiy' HIS own
lpiercing gaze aflame.
"There is but one woman on eartn
.could do that, my daughter: Lhat
Iyoung mans fate was settied when
The looked on that woman-"heh he
She swiftly turned her head aside
lnot answering.
Am 1 so engaged in affairs that that M,I!
Icannot see the obvious; my .Msd 9ea
lno eyes for what went on at my
Iside this very evening. at Mr.. JeHer-
lson's dinner table? Could L IAN 70
lobserve his look to you-and, yes an,
III not sensible to what your eyes sd'o
!, in,
"Do you believe that OF me-and
Iyou my father?"
Il believe nothing dishonorsbi,e > /, Q of +
you. my dear" said Burr: ornhia Mei.hee
but I know what young blood VIII
lido. Your eyes said no more than
THAT for me. I know you wish MIN
lwell-know you wish well LOT MS MS
lambition, his successLam aaomsa SURE you ~
failure. What? Would you see ms
jcareer blighted when it should be
,but begun?' o..
ihim?" -,
| "All the prospects in the world! 1
!would place him only second to my
iself, so highly do l value his taients
lin an enterprise such as this Al,
ston's money. but Lewis brains ana q
mot know"
Troubled, again she turned her
igaze aside.
Listen, my daughter. That young
Imam is wise-he has no such vast
going in desperation. to escape a
memory! Is it not true? Tell me
land believe that l am not blinds
mot Capt. Lewis going into the MIS-
,souri country in order to forget a
jcertain woman? And do we not know.
lmy daughter, who that woman is?'
Still her downcast eye gave him no
treply.
"Meriwether Lewis yonder among
the savages is failure; MerlWether
Lewis with me is second only to the
lvice-regent of the lower Louisiana
country. Texas. Florida, much of
Mexico, will join with us, that is
sure. We fight with the great ma.
ttions of the world, not against them
i've fight with the stars in their
courses, and not against them.
| Nov, you have two pictures, my
idear-one of Meriwether Lewis. the
| wanderer, broken and hopeless
| log hut his home, camp fire the
only hearth he knows. Picture that
hopeless and broken -man-con-
demned to that by yourself, my dear
and then picture that other figure
to the world, placed by your own
hand in a station of dignity and
power. Then, indeed. he might for
get-he might forgive. Yonder he
will forsake his manhood-he will
by step, until he shall not think of
you again.
There are two, pictures, my
daughter. Which do you prefer,
what a0 R aec9e or shall you
him? Forgive your father for hav-
ing spoken thus plainly. know your
heart-I know your, generosity as
well as I know your loyalty and am
bition. There is no reason, my dear,
why, for the sake of your father, for
the sake of yourself, and for the
sake of that young man yonder, you
should not go to him. Immediately
could it be possible" she began at
length. half musing, that i, who
made Capt. Lewis so unhappy. could
aid a man like him to reach a higher
and better place in life? Could 1 save
self?"
"You speak like my own daughter!
If that generous wish bore fruit l
think that in the later years Of life,
for both of you, the rejection would
well as I know anything, that no
other woman will ever hold place in
the heart of Meriwether Lewis. There
Is a memory there which will shut
out. all other things on earth. We
true; but ! have been frank with
you, because, knowing your loyalty
and fairness, knowing your ambition,
even-paced with mine, none the less
I know your discretion and your
generosity as well. You see, I have
chosen the best messenger in all the
world to advance my own ambition.
Indeed, I have chosen the only one
in all tho world who might under
take this errand with the slightest
prospect of success"
What can / do, father?"
''In the morning that young man
clock. we are late. He will start
with the rising sun. 1t is doubtful
If he will see his bed at all to-
night"
"You have called me for a strange
ston, at length. $50 far as INV brain
grasps these things, go with you in
your plans l could plan no treach-
cry against this country, nor could
you-you are its sworn servant, its
high official"
"Treachery? No, it is statesman.
ship, it is service to mankind"
my consent to that, yes. But as to
seeing Capt. Lewis, there Is, as you
know, but one way. I go not as
Theodosia Burr, but as Mrs Alston
of Carolina. I am woman of honor;
he is a man of honor. No argument
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