Show anecdote of the lil ill his clever sketches of the he money kings mugs thus gives the tiie chief step in ill ilia rise of that now historical fa family mily it is a very striking illustration of honesty is the tho best policy tile the season was september 17 1793 93 the landgrave of hesse cassel saw the french revolutionary banners approaching his dominions dominion and waving at ills his very frontiers hastily ha he packed up his ills jewels and valuables tor together 1 I and between ayo tiyo arid and three millions of thaders th alers and took the way to the tile ancient city of Frankfort hoping there here fo jo find means of placing his ills wealth and aad the jewels of his house in sem seh security rity arriving at the city which had llad for centuries sent forth the tha rulers of the holy roman empire the he fugitive landgrave knocked at the tiie door of all un humble jewish bai bal baiker banker her ker meyer wiil rothschild 0 if q c ild iid richer in children than in aa a d distinguished istl aguish and exi experienced archeologist archaeologist arche and arid gist the sovereign who himself was an expert in these sciences paid much respect to the ic knowledge now of tife life th e jew banker bankers and had llad actually ru few years before bestowed upon him tile tilo distinction of the title of to liis his court meyer 1 lie he be bean began an as lie he handed him liis his ills well filled case cases 11 1 I knod know know you to be honest and conscientious here is all I 1 possess take it arid and return it to me when this tempest shall shail have blown over and when better times dawn upon us such vast confidence does me great lionor honor 1 I 1 replied the hebrew hebrews but your highness mu must t not forget that the republican army is almost belore before outdoors our doors we ye are in the hands of ON providence replied the land Laud landgrave grave 11 1 ask you for no receipt the tile prince entered reentered re his vehicle and hurried eff without listening to tile the renewed protestations of the man of business what meyer irid ind anticipated d duly illy tily came cameto to pass before a week was over frankfort was as ill ili in possession of the french troops and tile the banker who had been denounced as all an anti auti rev and ally of ha the tyrants found his ills domicile sacked sucked and his cashbox pian plan plundered dered iu in tile tiie name of liberty and the people no sooner however had the tiie victors vectors left frankfort than meyer rothschild reopened re opened liis his banking house finding at first credit among agnono lila jems jeub aud id ultimately will all the tiie business world and soon was reputed richer than ever in 1802 lie lle was once more considered as one ona of the tha most re in germany ermany about this ti tine time ne there came a chort phort period of rest for the crowned leads heads of or germany the tile princes of tiie tile confederacy rested under the tiie high moll and forced protection p protection of napoleon raised by tile the will of the tile great commander to the dignity of an elector of the german empire the landgrave 0 f hesse received permission to return to his dominions oil on ills his way lie he passed through frankfort the tiie journals had before informed him of the plundering ering of or hou liou seand lie he naturally believed his own wealth longshire long iong since a prey to tile the jacobins still he lie determined to visit his ills numismatic friend if only to assure him of the continuance ti nuance of his confidence good morrow meyer mever 1 said the elector with R frank and hearty shake of hands at last we have lave peace old friend but it costs us dear enough before you stands a ruined man as poor as job what you poor your highness T certainly for have not those confounded sans sons culottes stolen my wealth along with yours if I 1 do not now too much inconvenience you I 1 should like to borrow a small advance upon tile the indemnity which I 1 shall receive in hesse hessa cassel ciesel an ali advance is not needed your highness for all tint that you confided to my care cara is safe safo and untouched 1 ilai What list exclaimed tile the prince and land nvere you not plundered then the french have llave taken every thing I 1 had llad an and d I 1 was vas very baleful not excite them by resistance oher wise ise lse they would have searched moi moie e arid and might have found your diamonds and money meney where it was hidden in ia my cellar how is it possible yes my surrender was a stratagem strat egem they never found what I 1 had hidden for the last nine years in order to indemnify myself for the moneys I 1 had lost I 1 have taken the liberty of using some somo of yours all my enter enterprises enterprise pris e s have proved successful cess ful and without embarrassing myself in ili ill the leist loist I 1 can now return you the entire sum with five per cent interest tiie tile prince vas mas deeply moved A leyer meyer 1 lie said you are the tile most honorable jew I 1 have heard of keep my money and continue to operate with it from today to day for two years I 1 want no lio return of it and only two per cent interest and thus rothschild became a millionaire |