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I " ' mmmmtmmm CHAPTER 1. The Makers of Map. ' There Is scarcely a single cause In which h woman Is not engaged In some way fomenting the suit. JuvenaL "Then you offer, me no hope, doc tort" . The gray mane of Dr. Samuel Ward waved like a fighting crest as he made answer: "Not the Sort of hope you ask," A moment later he added: "John, I am ashamed of' you." The cynical smile of the man I called my chief still remained upon his lips, the same drawn look of suf fering still remained upon his gaunt features; Jbut in his blue eye I saw. a glint which proved that the answer of his old friend had struck out some unused spark of vitality froai the deep, cold flint of his heart. "I never knew you for a coward, Calhoun," went on Dr. Ward; "nor any of your family. I give you now the benefit .of my personal acquain tance with this generation of jthe Cal aouns. I ask something more; of you than faint-heartedness." The keen eyes turned upon him again with the old flame of flint which a generation had known a genera tion, for the most part, of enemies; "Did not Saul fall upon his own sword?" asked John Calhoun. "Have not devoted leaders from the start of the world till now sometimes rid the scene of the responsible figures in lost fights, the men on whom blame rested for failures?" "Cowards!" rejoined Dr. Ward. "Cowards, every one of them! Were there not other swords upon which they might have fallen those of their enemies?" "It, is not my own hand my own sword, Sam," said Calhoun. "Not that. You know as well as I that I um already marked and doomed, eVen as sit at my table to-night. A walk of a wet night here in Washington a turn along the Heights out there when the winter wind is keen yes, Sam, I jee my grave before me, close enough; but how can I rest easy in that grave? Man, we have not yet dreamed how great a country this may be. We must have Texas. We must have also Oregon. We must have " "Free?" The old doctor shrugged his shoulders and smiled at the arch pro-siavery exporient. . "Then, since you mention it, yes!" retorted Calhoun fretfully. "But I Bhall not go into the old argument of those wrho say that black is white, that south Is north. If is only for my own race that I. plan a wider America. But then" . Calhoun raised a long, thin hand. "Why," he went on slow ly, "I have just told you that I have failed. And yet you, my old friend, whom I ought to trust, condemn me I live on!" "Yes," he said, at'length, "I condemn you to fight on, John;" and he smiled grimly. ' ; "Why, look at you; man!" he broke out fiercely, after a moment. "The type and picture of combat! Good bone, fine bone and hard; a hard head and bony; little eye, set deep; strong, wiry muscles, not too big fighting muscles, not dough; clean limbs; strong fingers; good arms, legs, neck; wide chest "Then you give me hope?" Calhoun Sashed a smile at him. "No, sir! If you do your duty, there is no hope for you to live. If you do not do your duty, there is no hope for you to die, John Calhoun, for more than, two years to come perhaps five years six. Keep up this work as you must, my friend and you die as surely as though I shot you through as you sit there. Now, is this any comfort to you? A gray pallor over.spread my mas ters face. That truth is welcome to no man, morbid or sane, sound or ill; but brave men meet it as this one did. "Time to do much!" he murmured to himself. "Time to mend many broken vessels, in those two years. One more fight yes, let us have it!" - But Calhoun the man was lost once more in Calhoun the visionary, the fanatic statesman. He summed up, as though' to himself, something of the situation which then existed at Wash ington. , ? s "Yes, the coast Is clearer, now that Webster Is out of the cabinet, but Mr. Upshur's death last month brings in new complications. " ' Had he remained our secretary of state, much might have been done.' It was only last Oc tober he proposed to Texas a treaty of annexation." xes, ana iouna Texas none so eager," frowned Dr. Ward. ' "No; and why not? You and I know well enough. Sir Richard Pakenham, the English plenipotentiary here, could tell if he liked.- England is busy4 in Texas. Texas owes large funds to England. England want f Texas as a colony. There isfire under this smoke talk of Texas di riding into two gov ernments, one, ,at least, under Eng land's genUe and unselfish care! "And now, look you," Calhoun con tinued, rising, and - pacing up and down, "look what Is ' the evidence Van Zandt, charge d'affaires in Wash- BY EMERSON HOTOM AUTHOR- Or THE MlfrPIftPlPPI BUPPtB ILIUSTOaTION for rlAGNUiT KTIriEK COPVmOHT 1909 rSOfeJ-MBRHlI.l. COMPAKir I nri of lyyfe)L I "I Don't Pretend to Know ington for the Republic of Texas, wrote Secretary Upshur only a month before Upshur's death, and told him to go carefully or he would drive Mexico to resume the war, and so cost Texas the friendship of England! Ex cellent Mr. Van Zandt! I at least know what the friendship of England means. So, he asks us if we will pro tect Texas with troops and ships In case she does sign that agreement of annexation. Cunning Mr. Van Zandt! He knows what that answer must be to-day, with England ready to fighl us for Texas and Oregon both, and we wholly unready for war." "But, John, another will have to make it, the one way or the other," said' his friend. "Yes!" The long hand smote on the table. "President Tyler has offered you Mr. Upshur's portfolio as secretary of state?" "I have not yet accepted," said Cal houn. "If I do, it will be to bring Texas and Oregon into this Union, one slave, the other free, but both vast, and of a mighty future for us. That done. I resign at once."! "Will you .accept?" Calhoun's answer was first to pick up a paper from his desk. "See, here is the dispatch Mr. Pakenham brought from Lord Aberdeen of the British ministry to Mr. Upshur just two days before his death. Judge whether Aberdeen wants liberty or territory! In effect he re-asserts England's right to interfere in our affairs. We fought one war to disprove that. England has said enough on this continent. And England has meddled enough." Calhoun and Ward looked at each other, sober in their realization of the grave problems which then beset American statesmanship and Amer ican thought. The old doctor was first to break the silence. "Then do you accept? Will you serve again, John?" Listen to me. If I do accept, I shall take Mr. Upshur's and Mr. Nelson's place only on one condition yes, if I do, here is what I shall say to Eng land regarding Texas. I shall show her what a Monroe doctrine is;, shall show her that while Texas is small and weak. Texas and this republic are not This is what I have drafted as a possible reply. I shall tell Mr. Paken ham that his chief's avowal of inten tions has made it our Imperious duty, in self-defense, to hasten the annexa tion of Texas, cost what it may, mean what it may! John Calhoun does not shilly-shally.'- j "That will be my answer," repeated my chief at last j "Yes, I shall have Texas, as I shall have Oregon, settled; before I lay down my arms, Sam Ward. No, I am not yet ready to die!"; Calhoun's old fire now flamed in all his mien. "The situation is extremely diffi-' cult,"., said his friendly slowly, "it must be done ; ,but how ? We are as a nation not ready for I war. You as a statesman are not adequate to, the politics of all this. Where Is your political party, John? You have none. You'haye outrun all parties. It will be your ruin, that you have been honest!" . ! , . ' . .,- : Calhoun turned on him swiftly. Now All You Mean." "You know as well as I that mere politics will not serve. It will take some extraordinary measure you know men and, perhaps, women." "Yes," said Dr. Ward, "and a pre cious silly lot they are." Calhoun nodded, with a thin smile. "As it chances, I need a man. Ergo, and very plainly, I must use a wom an! "There are two women in our world to-day," said Calhoun. "As to Jack son, the old fool was a monogamist ai still is. Not so much so Jim Polk of Tennessee. Never does he ap pear in public jwith eyes other than for the Dona Lucrezia of the Mexican legation! Now, on& against the other Mexico against Austria " Dr. Ward raised his eyebrows in perplexity. "That is to say, England, and not Austria," went on Calhoun coldly. "The ambassadress 'of England to America was born in Budapest! So I say, Austria; or perhaps Hungary, or some other country, which raised this strange representative who has made some stir in Washington here these last few weeks." "Ah, you mean the baroness!" ex claimed Dr. Ward. "Tut! Tut!": Calhoun nodded, with the same cold, thin smile. "Yes," he said, "I mean Mr. Pakenham's reputed mistress; his assured secret j-agent and spy, ; the beautiful Baroness von Ritz!" He mentioned a name then .well .known in diplomatic and social life, when-intrigue in Washington, if not open, was none too well hidden. "Gay Sir Richard!" he resumed "You know, his ancestor was a. broth er-in-law of "the duke of Wellington He himself seems to have absorbed some of the great duke's fondpess for the fair. Before he' came to Us he was with. England's legation in Mexi co. 'Twas there he first met the Dona LucreziaJ 'Tis said he would have remained in Mexico had fit not been arranged that she and her j hus band, Senor Yturrio, should accompany Gen. Almonte in the Mexicai ministry here. On these conditions, Sir, Rich ard agreed to accept promotion as minister plenipotentiary to Washing ton!" "That was nine years ago," com mented Dr. Ward. j "Yes; and it was only last fall: that he was made envoy extraordinary. He is at least an extraordinary envoy! Near 50 years of age, he seems to for get public decency; he forgets j even the Dona Lucrezia, leaving her to the admiration of Mr. Polk and Mr.; Van Zandt, and follows off after j the sprightly Baroness von Ritz. Mean- 1 . . I tIme- Senor Yturrio also forgets the Dona Lucrezia, and proceeds also to follow after the baroness although with less hope than Sir Richard has taste! The Baroness von Ritz! has brains and beauty both. It isshe; who is England's real envoy. Now, I be lieve she knows England's real inten tions as to Texas." Dr. Ward screwed his lips for ' a l6ng whistle,' as he contemplated John Calhoun's thin, determined face. ! "I do not care at present to .say more," " went on my chief; "but do you not see, granted certain motives, Polk might come into power pledged to the extension of our southwest borders" ' "Calhoun, are you mad?" cried his friend. "Would you plunge this coun try into war? Would you pit two peo ples, like cocks on a floor? And would you use women in1 our diplomacy?" Calhoun now was no longer the friend, the humanitarian. He was the relentless machine; the idea; the 'sin gle purpose, which to the world at large he had been; all his life in con gress, in cabinets on this or the other side of. the throne of American power. He spoke coldly as he went on : "In these matters it is not a ques tion of means, but I of results. If war comes, let it come; although I hope it will not come. As to the use of wom en tell me, why not women? Why anything else but women? It is only playing life against life; one variant against another. That is politics, my friend. I want Pakenham. So, I must learn what Pakentam wants. Does he want Texas for England, or the Baroness von Ritz for himself?" Ward still sat and looked at him. "My God!" said he at last, softly; but Calhoun went on: j "Why, who has made the maps of the world, and who has written pages in its history? Who makes and un makes cities and empires and repub lics to-day? Woman, and not man! Are you so ignorant and you a physi cian, who know them both? Gad, man, you do not understand your own profession and yet you seek to coun sel me in mine!" "Strange words from you, John," commented his friend, shaking his head; "not seemly for a man who stands where you stand to-day." "Strang"? weapons yes. If I could always uic uiy old weapons of tongue and brain I would not need these per haps. Now you tell me my time is short. I must fight now to win. I have never fought to lose. I cannot be too nice in agents and instru ments." The old doctor rose and took a turn up and down the little room, one of Calhoun's modest menage at the na tion's capital, which then was not the city it is to-day. Calhoun followed him with even steps. "Changes of maps, my friend? Lis ten to me. ' The geography of Amlrica: for the next 50 years rests under a little roof over in M street to-night a roof which Sir Richard secretly maintains. The map of the United States, I tell you, is covered . with a down counterpane a deux, to-night. You ask me to go on with my fight. I answer, first I must find the wom an. Now, I say I have found her, as you know. Also, I have told you where I have found her. Under a counterpane! Texas, Oregon, these. United States under! a counterpane!" Dr. Ward sighed as he shook his head. "I don't pretend to know now all you mean." Calhoun whirled on him fiercely, with a vigor which his wasted frame did not indicate as possible. "Listen, then, and I will tell you what John Calhoun means John Cal houn, who has loved his own state, who has hated those who hated him, who has never prayed for those Jwho despitefully used him, who has fought and will fight,' since all insist on that. It is true Tyler has offered me again to-day the portfolio! of secretary of state. k Shall I take; it? If I do, it means the. i I am employed by this ad ministration to secure the admission of Texas. Can you believe me when I tell you that 'my ambition is for it all all, every foot of new land, west to the Pacific, that we can get, slave or free?, r Can you believe John Cal houn, pro-slavery advocate and ora tor all his life, when he says that he believes he is. 'an humble instrument destined, withGod's aid, and through the use of such instruments as our human society affords, to build, not a 'wider slave country, but a wider America?" "It would be wortn the fight of a few years more, Calhoun," gravely an swered his old friend. "I admit I had not dreamed this of you." ' ' , "History will not j write it of me, perhaps," went on my chief. "But you tell me to fight, and now I shall fight, and In my own way, I tell you, that answer shall go to Pakenham. And I tell you Pakenham shall not dare to take offense at me. War with Mexico we possibly, - indeed certainly, . shall have. War on the northwest, too, we yet may have unless" He paused ; and Dr. Ward prompted him some moments ' later, as he still remained in thought. "Unless what, John? What do you mean still hearing the rustle of skirts?" ' " "Yes! unless the celebrated Bar oness Helena von Ritz says other wise!" repliefl he grimly. "How dignified a j diplomacy have we here! You plan war between two embassies on the distaff side!" smiled Dr. Ward. ' ' j Calhoun continued1 his walk. "I do not say so," he made answer; "but, If there must be war, we - may reflect that war is at its best when woman is in the field!" ' , (TO BE CONTINUED.) - .' , - . I ;- :v .: USE THE LEFTOVERS TRIMMINGS AND DRIPPINGS MAKE ' DELICIOUS SOUPS. Stale Bread Should- fcBe Saved and Crushed for Poultry Dressing and Other Purposes Fish -Marinade. A good housekeeper rarely buys lard. She saves the trimmings from all, meats and the drippings from roasts, except lamb and mutton, of which the fat is too strong for other use. ,The meat is boiled down for bouillon and the fat clarified, and both are put away for soups, gravies, frying, etc. In Germany and France the most delicious soups are made with these kitchen leftovers. Al stale bread?hould be saved un til it gets to' the moldy point." Cut it. in one-inch squares, put these in the oven and let ttiem dry out and ;brown slightly. Then take the . bread out, and when cold crush it with a Tolling pin as finely as possible. Pass jthe; crumbs through a coarse sieve ;and keep them tied up in a muslin ibag. Old flour or salt bags," care- fully vwashed, are good for the pur 'pose, but they must be kept in a very dry place. The bread is used , for 'stuffing poultry, for patties, for bread ing ! chops, sprinkling stuffed vegeta bles, and so forth. It will keep in definitely if away from all moisture. A box with growing herbs, placed at a sunny window in the kitchen, I will supply the most delicious sea sonings. Parsley, tarragon, chives, chervil and sorrel, all of which are needed some time or other by the good cook, can be grown in this way; Tarragon vinegar may be made from the fresh herb if it grows too abun dantly to be used up. The green herb is put in a stone jar and boiling VOILE AND SATIN GOWN. A charming costume of navy blue voile is shown, today. The kimono bodice has a smart and unusual trim ming of navy blue satin ribbon, a nar row band being used, for bordering the sleeves. The square inclosure on the bodice is trimmed with rat-tail em broidery, in selftone the sleeves the jsame The, skirt, which in itself is a modified "hobble," has a long "apron" of the voile bordered by the ribbon iana embroidered! like bodice. Jt has & deep band of satinmatching the j ribbon-J-on the )bottom, kbpxe which jis one row of; the. ribbon encircling the skirt and confining the gathered upper portion 01 voile. i ; A Transformed Bookcase. A large, black walnut bookcase, five i and one-half feet high, ' which . had .been, in the family v for. many years' was transformed into an attractive and roomy . china-closet Slx shelves were used for the space in the, case, a narrow strip of wood nailed on each shelf, two inches, from, the back, for plates, etc., and. screw-hooks for cups placed where they were desired. The high doors of plain glass needed some 'thing.N but :the problem was solved by the use ipf very dark brown, narrow binding, used, fori asse-partout fra ming. This binding pastel on the outside of the glass, gave thWappear ance f of leaded glass In ' diamond shaped panes.. rTh effect X was sur prising, and the china-closet has been greatly admired. ., " t To" Waterproof Boots? . Melt together' two parts of bees wax with one part of mutton fat, and apply to the leather at night; the boots should then be wiped next morning, with a flannel. When blacked the boots fwill. not polish so Sell at first, but ' after'-the blacking IB beenoised several times. they will polish brilliantly.,. vinegar poured Oil 'In'..' maklnfe the vinegar f, V, wk'i . V b left, over frf'". oe .served as a Bid, n.v ClUHa for another. A fish-r: ;.r or made in this way; it nade 'J a ml in the cutting it in dice Pieces. Putlt it. Jl T , i ' . . m man -in wmca t i? r 1. Then sprinkle over sa'- few thin slices of onio i - ue 0ne or jJ bay leaves, a little t!iyn! ,r l and nlivp nil p4r.n .." vifl& i "Wli V. fra-i, ' dish with slices of. u. : "5 tie an excellent relish for a can D IB or ouuuay mgnt tea. BLACK TULLE WAIST. ' This model is of black tulle made up over green silk. It is made with fine tucks and trimmed with black lace and fancy embroidery with opalescent paillettes. FITTING UP DINING ROOMS Artistic Effects May Be Acquired at Little Expense by Skillful Light ing and Wise Furnishing. The artistic dining room Is one of the features of a pretty home, and It is quite easy for the housewife to make the room the prettiest To do so does not require the expenditure o a large "amount of money, either. Its lutauoa siioma De cnosen according to the facilities for lighting and for its proximity to the kitchen. Tta should be several windows on fto ' sides it .possible, or two large win dows on one side. To take away the dark look from a j room with an easterly exposure has been the desire of many housekeepers, especially where the room is a dining room. In cities many of these rooms require artificial lighting during the entire day. But the effect of sunlight can be given in a degree hy the prop er wall papers and furnishings. Warm yellow, two-toned papers should be se lected for the walls, and a white ceil ing should finish off the room. The woodwork should be painted a very light color, white being the best, and cream-colored shades should be placed at the windows. If there are outer curtains they should be of a thin ma terial Stencil work is often used for the walls in dining rooms, and give a very good effect, especially when the work is done in a. two-thirds division of the wall,-prooucihg dado effects. The fur nishing of a 'doling room is left very much t to the ideas of the housewiie. Dark' furniture"' at the present time has quite a hold, and is being much used.. This furniture comes in the wasi pieces and also in the small sizes, so that the housewife need have no trou ble in making her selections. ' , Large '.pieces should nevr be placed in a small dining room as they give the effect of -crowding, and give room the " appearance of having M space. Where there is a large room the massive .rtables and chairs can w usfed to advantage, but in a small room small" chairs7 and tables give the best results. Tyta. Atnn.j iir- inetseleC" WOU" uvua .uuu uo Jt - from which the tables and chairs ara made, yet they should harmonize11 the other pieces of furniture. Her again the t dark wood is the most , propriate at the present time. of j the new china closets bave circular doors'and give plenty of spa for the 'hQntHno- rwf onns ROUDQ1 bles give a much better effect in small dining room than the s quare ones. . ; Lemon Yellow In the Sunny Room- In a sunny room where the ho mother wished yellow to pr.-,lomin she; defied the usual rules of deco tion and chose the color. 1! stie lected for the paper a fabric P-1 in greeii and lemon yellow 1 1 g yellow tint and for the ha v? found a yellow silk which ha a ::irfrc31 greenish shadows. The effect. ;ar 1 being, garish, is delightful even on .bright day. The lemon yellow c not make a desiraoie coioi that less room. It is the warmer tone is wanted there 1 V t 1 JMlWJSgajJt'.WR JUfjL.
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