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SYNOPSIS. The story 1b told by Nicholas Triat. His chief, Senator John Calhoun, offered the portfolio of sefretarv of state In Tyler's cabinet, is told by L>r. Ward that his timo is short. Calhoun declares that he is not ready to die, and if he aeccpts Tyler's of­ fer it means that Texas and Oregon uiu»; be added to the Union. He plans to learn the Intentions of England with regard to Mexico through Baroness Von Kits, se­ cret spy and reputed mistress of the Eng­ lish ambassador fakenham. Nicholas is sent to bring the baroness to Calhoun's apartments, and while searching for the baroness' house a carriage dashes up and Nicholas is invited to enter. The occu­ pant is the baroness, who says she is be ing pursued. The pursuers are shaken off. Nicholas is invited into the housf and delivers Calhoun's message. He notes that the bareness has lost a slipper. Nicholas is given the r«'."iair.'*E slipper >n. a pledge that she will tell Calhoun everything. He gives her as .security an Indian trinket he intended for his sweet­ heart, Elizabeth Churchill. Elizabeth's fa­ ther consents to Nicholas's proposal for her hand. Nicholas is ordered to letve at once for Montreal on state business, and decld<ys to be married that night. Cal­ houn becomes secretary of state. Tyler warns Pakenham that interference by Rngland in the affairs of this continent will not be tolerated. The west de­ mands that the joint occupancy of Ore­ gon with Groat Britain cease, and has raised the cry of "Fifty-four. Forty o^ Fight." The baroness tells Nicholas she will do her best to prevent his marriage. She returns the trinket and he promises to return her slipper. Nicholas enlists the services of Congressman Dandridge, a rejected suitor of Elizabeth's, to assist Jn the arrangements for the wedding and entrusts him with the return of the slip­ per to the baroness. The congressman gets drunk and sends the slipper to Eliza­ beth. The wedding Is declared off, and Nicholas is ordered from the house by Elizabeth's father. Nicholas is ordered to gain access to a meeting of the Hud- Bon Bay directors In Montreal and learn England's intentions regarding Oregon. CHAPTER XIV. The Other Woman. The world is the book of women.-- Rosseiu. I needed not to be advised that pres­ ently there would be a meeting of some of the leading men of the Hud­ son Bay Company at the little gray Btone, dormer-windowed building on Notre Dame street. For myself, it was out of the question to gain admit­ tance. In those days all Montreal was iron- shuttered after nightfall, resembling a series of jails; and to-night it seemed doubly screened and guarded. None the less, late in the evening, I allowed seeming accident to lead me in a certain direction. Passing as oft­ en as I might up and down Notre Dame street without attracting at­ tention, I saw more than one figure In the semi-darkness enter the low chateau door. Occasionally a tiny gleam showed at the edge of a shut­ ter or at. the top of some little win­ dow not full screened. As to what went on within I could only guess. I passed the chateau, up and down, at different times from nine o'clock until midnight. The streets of Mon­ treal at that time made brave pre­ tense of lighting by virtue of the new gas works; at certain intervals flick­ ering and wholly incompetent' lights served to make the gloom more vis­ ible. None the less, as I passed for the last time, I plainly saw a shaft of light fall upon the half darkness from a little side door. There emerged upon the street the figure of a woman. I do not know what led me to cast a second glance, for certainly my busi­ ness was not with ladies, any more than 1 would have supposed ladies had business there; but, victim of some impulse of curiosity, I walked a step or two in the same direction as that taken by the cloaked figure. Careless as I endeavored to make my movements, the veiled iady seemed to take suspicion or fright. She quick­ ened her steps. Accident favored me. Even as she fled, she caught her skirt on some object which lay hidden in the shadows and fell almost at full length. This I conceived to be oppor­ tunity warranting my approach. I raised my hat and assured her that her flight was needless. She made no direct reply to me, but as she rose gave utterance to an ex­ pression of annoyance. "Mon Dieu!" I heard her say. I stood for a moment trying to re­ call where I had heard this same Toice! She turned her face in such a way that the light illuminated It. Then indeed surprise smote me. "Madam Baroness," said I laughing, "it is wholly impossible for you. to be here, yet you are here! Never again will 1 say there is no such thing as chance, no such thing as fate, no such thing as a miracle!" She looked at me one brief mo­ ment; then her courage returned. "Ah, then, my idiot," she said, "since it is to be our fortune always to meet of dark nights and in impos­ sible ways, give me your arm." I laughed. "We may as well make treaty. If you run again, 1 shall only follow you." "Then I am again your prisoner?" "Madam, I again am yours!" "At least, you improve!" said she. "Then come." "Shall I not call a caleche?--the night is dark." "No, no!" hurriedly. We began a midnight course that took us quite across the old French quarter of Montreal. At last she turned into a sipJI, dark street of modest one-story residences, iron-shut­ tered, dark end cheerless. Here she paused i& front of a narrow iron gate. "Madam," 1 said, " you represent to me one of the problems of my life. Why docs your taste run to such quar­ ters as these? This might be that same back street in Washington!" She chuckled to herself, at length lAughed aloud. "But wait! If you entered my abode once." she said, "why not again? Come." Her hand was at the heavy kftocker as she spoke. In a moment the door slowly opened. Just as it had don? that night before in Washington. My companion passed before me swiftly. As she entered I saw standing at the opening the- sauie brown and wrinkled' BY or the masu IIXran?ATIO!W fay WAGNUT G.RETTNER 7//////I I - -*ii/ . %d:' I Walked a Step or Two in the Same Cloaked old dame who had served that night before in Washington! For an instant the light dazzled my eyes, but. determined now to see this adventure through, I stepped within. Then, indeed, I found It difficult to stifle the exclamation of surprise which came to my lips. Believe it or not, as you like, we were again in Washington! I say that I was confronted by the identical arrangement, the identical objects of furnishing, which had marked the luxurious boudoir of Helena von Ritz in Washington! The tables were the same, the chairs, the mirrors, the consoles. On the mantel stood the same girandoles with glit­ tering crystals. The pictures upon the walls, so far as 1 could remember their themes, did not deviate in any particular of detail or arrangement. The oval-backed chairs were dupli­ cates of those I had seen that other night at midnight. Beyond these same amber satin curtains stood the tall bed with its canopy, as 1 could see; and here at the right was the same low Napoleon bed with its rolled ends. The figures of the carpets were the same, their deep-piled richness, soft under foot, the same. The flow­ ered cups of the sconces were identi­ cal with those 1 had seen before. "You are good enough to admire my modest place," said a laughing voice at my shoulder. I turned to her then, pulllns myself together as best I could. Yes, she too was the same, although in this case costumed som.iwhat differently. The wide ball gown of satin was gone, and in its place was a less pretentious robing of some darker silk. No pale blue fires 6hone at ;ier white throat, and her hands wer • ringless. But the light, firm poise if her figure could not be changed; thv mockery of her glance remained the same, half laugh­ ing and half wistfu . In some way which I did not pause to analyze^l, felt ^ ;rfectly sure that this strange woma_n could, if she cared to do so, tel. me some of the things I ought to knriw. She might be here on some errand identical with my own. Calhoun aad sent for her once before. Whos^ agent was she now? I found chair* for us both. An instant later, summoned in what way, I do not know, the old serving- woman again reappeared. "Wine, Threlka," said the buroness; "service for two--you may us« this little table, monsieur," she addeC, turning to me, "I am most happy to make even some slight return for thp very gracious eutertainment offered me that morn­ ing by Mr. Calhoun at his residence* Such a droll man! Oh, la! la!" "Are you his friend, madam?" I asked bluntly. "Why should I not be I could frame neither offensive nor defensive art with her. She mocked me. In a few moments the weazened old woman was back with cold fowl, wine, napery, silver. "Will monsieur carve?" At her nod the old woman filled my glass, after my hostess had tasted of her own. We had seated ourselves at the table as she i-poke. "I did i<ot expect you would come to Montreal.' "Then you know--but of course, I told you." "Have you then no question?" she went on at last. Her glass stood half full; her wrists rested gently on the table edge, as she leaned back, look­ ing at me with that on her fa.ee which he had needed to be wiser than my­ self, who could have read. "May I then?" "Yes, now you may go on." "T thank you. First, of course, for what reason do you carry the secrets Direction as That Taken by the Figure. of my government into the stronghold of another government? Are you the friend of America, or are you a spy upon America? Are you my friend, or are we to be enemies to-night?" She flung back her head and laughed delightedly. "That is a good beginning," she commented. "You must, at a guess, have come up by way of the lakes, and by bat- teau from La Prairie?" I ventured. She nodded again. "Of course. I have been here six days." "Indeed?--you hftve badly beaten me in our little race." She flashed on me a sudden glance. "Why do you not ask me outright why I am here?" "Well, then, I do! I do ask you that. 1 ask you how you got access to that meeting to-night--for I doubt not you were there?" She gazed at me deliberately ag&ln, parting her red lips, again smiling at me. "What would you have given to have been there yourself?" "All the treasures those vaults ever held." "So much? What will you give me, then, to tell you what I know?" "More than all that treasure, madam. A place--" "Ah! a place in the heart of a peo­ ple!' I prefer a locality more re­ stricted." "in my own heart, then; yeB, of course!" <• She helped herself daintily to a por­ tion of the white meat of the fowl. "Yes," she went on, as though speak­ ing to herself, "on the whole, I rather like him. Yet what a fool! Ah, such a droll idiot!" "How so. madam?" 1 expostulated. "I thought 1 was doing very well " "Yet you cannot guess how to per­ suade1 me?" "No; how could that be?" "Always one gains by offering some equivalent, value for value--especially with women, monsieur." She went on as though to herself. "Come, now, I fancy him! He is handsome, he is discrect, he has cour­ age, he is not usual, he is not curi­ ous; but ah, mon Dieu, what a fool!" "Admit me to be a fool, madam, since it is true; but tell me in my folly what equivalent 1 can offer one who has everything in the world-- wealth, taste, culture, education, wit, learning, beauty?" "Go on! Excellent!" "Who has everything as against my nothing! What value, madam. v,r "Why, gentle idiot, to get an aa» swer ask a question, always." "1 have asked it." "But you cannot guess that I might usk one? So, then, ont Answer for another, we might do»s-what you Americans call some hu&'ness--eht Will you answer my question?" "Ask it, then." "Were you married--that other night?" So, then, she was woman after all, and curious! I pulled myself into con­ trol and looked her fair in the lace. "Madam," I said, "look at my face and read your own answer." She looked, searching me, while every nerve of me tingled; but at last she shook her head. "No," Btae sighed. "I cannot yet say." I raised my kerchief over my head. "A truce, then, madam! Let us leave the one question against the other for a time.' "Excellent! I shall get my answer first, in that case, and for nothing." "How so?" "I shall only watch you. As we are here now, I were*a fool, worse than you, if I could not tell whether or not you are married. None the less, I commend you. I admire you, because you do not tel! me. If you are not, you are disappointed. If you are, you are eager!" "I am in any case delighted that I can interest madam." "Ah, but you do! I have not been interested, for so long! Ah. the great heavens, how fat was Mr. Pakenham, how thin was Mr. Calhoun! But you --come, monsieur, the night is long. Tell me of yourself. I have never be­ fore known a savage." "Value for value only, madam! Will you tell me in turn of yourself?" I saw her dark eyes me once more. At last she spoke again. "At least," she said, "it would be rather vulgar if I did not explain some of the things which become your right to know when 1 ask you to come into this home, as into my other home in Washington." "In Heaven's name, how many of these homes have you, then? Are they all alike?" "Five only now," she replied, in the most matter-of-fact manner in the world, "and, of course, all quite alike." "Where else?" "In Paris, in Vienna, in London," she answered. "You see this one, you see them all. They serve, they suffice. This little scheme it has pleased me to reproduce in some of the capitals of the world. It is at least as well chosen as the taste of the prince of Orleans, son of Louis Philippe, could advise." This with no change of expression. I drew a long breath. She went on as though I had spoken. "My friend," she said, "do not despise me too early. There Is abundant time. Before you judge, let the testimony be heard." "I am not your judge, madam, but it will be long before 1 shall think a harsh thought of you. Tell me what a woman may. Do not tell me what a secret agent may not. I ask no prom­ ises and make none. You are very beautiful. You have wealth. I call you. madam." You are married?" "I was married at 16." "At 15! And yerr husband died?". "He disappeared." "Your own country was Austria?" "Call mo anything hut Austrian! I left my country because I saw there only oppression and lack of hope. No, I am Hungarian." "1 should guess then perhaps yon went to Paris?" "Of course," she said, "of course! of course! In time reasons existed why 1 should not return to iny home. I had some little fortune, some singular experience, some ambitions of my own. What I did, 1 did. At leaet, I saw the best and worst of Europe." "I have heard vaguely of some such things, madam." I said. "I know that in Europe they have still the fight which we sought to settle when we left that country for this one." She nodded. "So then, at last," she went on, "still young, having learned something and having now those means of carrying on my studies which I required, I came to this last of the countries, America, where, if anywhere, hope for mankind remains. Washington has impressed me more than any capital of the world." "How long have you been in Wash­ ington?" I asked. <TO BE CONTINUED.) TWO WEEKS SESSION lANNUAL CONFERENCE OF CORN GROWERS 18 HELD AT COL­ LEGE OF agriculture. LIST OF RESOLUTIONS PASSED Jnoreaslftg Demands Are Being Made on Every Department of the Uni­ versity ?f Illinois for Public 8erviee. Springfield.--The laboratories and halls of the College of Agriculture at L. v All. j * mvaua uavo Uiitm cu vvci uunuift the last two weeks by about eight hun­ dred men and women who came to at­ tend the two weeks' session of the Corn Growers' and Stockmen's conven­ tion, the Housekeepers' convention and the second annual conference on the teaching of Nature-Study-Agricul­ ture in the Elementary Schools. A large portion*of these energetic and progressive men and women were from the state of Illinois. There were, however, other states represented, vis.: Maryland, Washington, Wiscon­ sin, Indiana, Kentucky, KansaB and Iowa; also one foreign country, viz., Hungary. * Besides the usual courses carried on there were two special features this year. Courses In poultry were Intro­ duced and the holding of the second annual conference on. the teaching of nature-study-agriculture in connection with the other conventions. The fol­ lowing classes of people were In at­ tendance: Boys from many of th*coun­ ties who were sent on scholarships fur­ nished by private subscription in the Individual counties; farmers, many of whom owned, and also tenant farmers on some of the large farms In Illinois. This latter is an Innovation that is des­ tined to have far reaching effect. The following resolutions were unan­ imously passed by the Corn Growers' and Stockmen's convention: Whereas, Increasing demands for public service are being made on every department of the university, some of which cannot be met because of lack of funds, Resolved, That we favor largely in­ creased appropriations for the Univer­ sity of Illinois, by the present general assembly, that the university may be made a first-class public service insti­ tution. Whereas, The demand for agricultur­ al education is becoming urgent, and believing much good will come to the people thereby, Resolved, That we favor the teach­ ing of agriculture in the country schools, the high schools and the state normal schools. Whereas, The general agricultural committee, after making a study of various agricultural colleges, including an exhaustive investigation of our own college, has made a report showing what is needed to keep the Illinois Col­ lege of Agriculture In the same class as the other good colleges. Resolved, That we indorse the re­ port of the general agricultural com­ mittee, and commend the various Items needed for the College of Agriculture to properly meet the largely increased demands. Resolved, further, That we urge the passage of the agricultural committee appropriation measures in the legisla­ ture for the College of Agriculture. Whereas, The public service institu­ tions of the state are limited in their efficiency because of the lack of funds, and Whereas, We believe better public service would be rendered the state by such institutions by increased ap­ propriations for their support, be it Resolved, That we favor a rate of taxation for stats purposes up to the constitutional limit, in order that the state institutions may be more ade­ quately supplied with money. siliiSSSS Still Peril on the Deep Mariners Have No Real Reason to Complain of Lack of Ex­ citement. The vigilance of sailors, the mul­ tiplication of lighthouses and light­ ships and the invention of devices cf warning have still not robbed the seas of their might. If romance demands risk of life and limb, the drama of panic or of bravery, the struggle of man against the elements, then there is plenty of romance left. In the days of the clipper ships the sailor folk spoke, of headlands and of certain groups of islands as ocean grave­ yards. These rocks and reefs still claim their booty. "By the blessings of God," said the devout Newfound­ lander, "we have been sent a run of fish and a few good wrecks," Cape Race, upon the Newfoundland coast, takes a heavy toll in property and hu­ man lives every winter. Cape Cod, patrolled by scores of life savers and lighted its whole length, is mentioned in wreck reports with unbroken reg­ ularity. The traveler upon a vessel passing Sandy Hook notes the signs of a wreck, and these signs continue, though salvers are ever at work thereabouts. Hatteras maintains its ancient notoriety. The Lizard, upon the English coast, is strewn around with bulks of great steamers, and the Scilly islands are among the terrors of the deep, though their shores bris­ tle with lighthouses. Those who like the spice of danger with their Journey­ ing about the earth have still no rear son to complain. Heat's Effect -on Gas. Though beat will make a solid or a liquid incandescent, it can only in­ crease the pressure of a gas. Modeled on Interstate Law. Conservatively considered, the law which is asked for by the railroad and warehouse commission, and which has flie definite backing and support of governor Deneen, as set forth in his message to the legislature, is the most important and farreaching legislation affecting transportation lines ever of­ fered to the consideration of a general Assembly in Illinois. The bill confers upon the state rail­ road commission the same powers as were given to the interstate commerce Qommlssion by the latest revision of the interstate commerce act. "The law which we suggest to the general assembly," said Chairman Ber­ ry, "has the unanimous support of the three commissioners, Bernard A. Eck- hart of Chicago, James A. Willoughby of Belleville and myself. It has been framed upon the experiences of the de­ partment, in combination with the knowledge derived from the results ac­ cruing from the enforcement of the in­ terstate commerce act." 8peiker Adklns on Warpath. Speaker Adkins became belligerent and issued an ultimatum. It is that all fighting factions, Republican and Dem­ ocratic, must be amalgamated before tfte early part of this week, BO far as the committee assignments are con­ cerned. "I am sick and tired of this flub­ dub." said Mr. Adklns. "I am playing the game for nobody. I am the speak­ er of this house. I have tried to be de­ cent with all comers. They have had their chance and I am more than ready for business. " '1 am no fall guy. I have been here In Springfield long enough to learn a few things, although I may come from the high grass. After this they come to see me. I have given all of them a chance, and next Wednesday do not be surprised to see a full list of house committees announced." It was pretty well settled, before the representatives departed that the speaker has gone as far as he can in the supposed peace arrangements hanging fire between the Shurtleff crowd and the regular caucus Repub­ lican* •Common Carriers* Are Defined. ^ Ten amendments are made to existing act creating the railroad and warehouse commission. The first amendment gives to the commission 'specific jurisdiction over "all common carriers within the state," and these common carriers are defined as fol­ lows : "The term 'common carrier,' used In this act, includes all railroad corpora­ tions, express companies, steamboat lines, private car line companies, sleep­ ing car companies, and every corpora­ tion, company, association, joint stock association, partnership, and person, their iseBees, trustees, or receivers, appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, operating or managing any such agency for public use in the con­ veyance of persons or property with­ in this state. "The term *rallroad' used In this act includes every railroad, other than a street railroad, by whatsoever power operated, for public use In the con­ veyance of persons ur property for compensation, with all bridges, fer­ ries, tunnel, equipment, switches, spurs, trackB, stations and terminal facilities of every kind used, operated, or owned by or In connection with any railroad; also all passenger or freight depots, yards, docks and grounds used or necessary in transportation of pas­ sengers or the delivery of any such property." Adkins 8elects Plerson. Mr. Adkins is determined to make Representative Pierson of Cook the chairman of the Republican steering committee, against the decided desire of the regulars and likewise of the Shurtleff crowd. Both elements are satisfied between themselves In set­ tling upon Homer Tice of Menard as the chairman of this committee. The speaker's trouble is to get a steering committee to follow the lead of Plerson. who can handle enough votes in the house to make it worth while to appoint Pierson. It furthermore slipped out that Chlp- erfleld will not go back as chairman of the judiciary committee, the commit­ tee next in importance to the appro­ priations committee. Unless all signs fail, Holaday of Vermilion gets this chairmanship. Blame has been attached to the Dem­ ocratic side by many of the apologists for delay in action on the committee lists, but the real reason, apparently, is that the Republican factions are fighting the responsibility up to the last notch. MERIT WINS See Changes as Revolutionary. To the railroad and warehouse com' mission is granted an extension of power, held by the railroad interests represented in Springfield as revolu­ tionizing the relations which have ex­ isted between the state and the rail­ road corporations. Power is conferred to the commis­ sion to establish and fix rates; to or­ der through freight routes and deter­ mine the division of rates between the companies Interested, whether they be all land or part land and part water; to compel steam and electric lines to "hook up;" to compel the railroads to furnish cars without discrimination; to make statewide regulations as to rates for demurrage and storage; to establish freight and passenger sta­ tions, sidings, and compensation for equipment belonging to some other common barrier. To Urge State's Control of Carriers. Governor Deneen's progressive rail­ road bill, placing under the absolute control of the Illinois railroad and warehouse commission the "common carriers" of the state, will go to the general assembly. The "common carriers," as defined in the bill, whose terms were made public by Orville F. Berry, chairman of the railroad and warehouse com­ mission, cover all steam and electrical lines and the corporations of any de­ scription which operate them, all ex­ press companies, all private car line companies, sleeping car companies and companies transacting any kind of freight carrying business. As the bill is construed, informally, it applies with equal distinctness to the affairs of the Illinois Tunnel company in Chicago, and possibly to the pro­ posed subway. Carrying Weapons a Felony. The carrying of concealed weapons is made a felony by a bill introduced by Senator Albert E. Isley. The meas­ ure, which embraces the recommenda­ tions made by Chief of Police Steward of Chicago, prohibits the carrying of even partly concealed weapons and fixes a penalty of not less than $60 nor more than $500 fine, or imprison­ ment in the penitentiary of between one and three years, or both. Asks Boards for Plumbers. The Master Plumbers' association of Illinois opened a two days' session with reports of officials and addresses pertaining to the work of the organi­ zation. President Frank U. Patterson of Springfield recommended the cre­ ation of two state examining boards, one for Chicago and one for down- state. President Taft Invited. President Taft was formally invited to address a joint assembly of the leg­ islature February 11 on his visit here to attend the memorial banquet. The formal invitation will be sent to the president by a committee which Is provided for in a joint resolution of­ fered in the house by Representative Chiperfield and later concurred in by the senate. The members of the house and sen­ ate were formally invited to attend the Lincoln banquet as the guests of the chamber of commerce. fliere Is Probably No Other Knewe M Remedy the Fame of Whloh %. earns World-Wide With So Little Advertising As Reslnek Merit won. Resinol did the work. It cured where other remedies failed. 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