Show Philip Augu Augusts August's t sou Sou rt ti I the my r Cd e. e the 9 and I 1 WU t mv In the therea rea In n Huc Oay When an K- K ohl whom I haI alre aire b Revera times beor r came In III the mot UI my table and am ald saId manner manner I 1 beg be your pardonS ardon 11 It t I Intrude tut out from the ver peu red time I sa you yoU kp- kp 4 sympathetic to tome me OU allow a Jon r Jy old old man to sit lt at OUr OUI table I WIth Ith the greatest of ot sir I 1 I J I ani an sure I shall ahall be d de- de J gI 1 to O Ji Our Allow me in then to ich dr Introduce my- my y My ty jj lIlune lB Is r I An Ana a Jiunn t on y ut t t the Sor- Sor f J I toM told hIm y n my name ln in return I I Now uNo I will tell you the old man r wife laughter hR hae gone t to I Could not them 1 of IL a double task which demands In my y presence In Paris Ih I am putting the e finishing to an essay on Cn n the i epoch r Ch and I t. t am amt OfflIng top or r H R IOU U from the thc of or llin t August it seems seem m that there Is 18 nr net t moro mOlO than fn one nc coin coln of or this kl kind J JL In m e exIstence That at is 18 H the r allu wh T I am taking L meals IDeals alone in a rant and 11 a L which I no p n regret L-aI-e. nl ae U It In the thc means meon of 1 making ng UI acquaintance Perhaps you do Q o not nut believe JU me m my flear t ar young man when I J tell you ou thai there thero are nrc c caus Us for or baldness L. L Au And now he spoke for Cor two full hours houi on this subject After AUer that ht I t tco took my dinner J with ii him t tr every vry r day one got used to hits hid habits habit Was a vCr very pJ 11 a t fint old fellow whom L i. learned Ie to like very elY much On One Saturday Satur afternoon floon he lie said to me Suppose we C make a to Trou Trou- vOle tomorrow Yoji will be my guest t. t e I J will Introduce you to my ladies ladles and 1 Monday morning we wUI will to our workS work Please dint ant refuse And I f lid die not pot a as aM T r wa was 88 eager cage I t to meet family of or this original l man mon The rhe next morning we went V 0 o True Trou Tru- e I found the wife of my ny Y old oId Id friend a most charming old la Iy tint and ind his daughter lIc was simply ber bewitching be be- r witching and I fell Cell ln love In-love love with her hel on the spot Pot The rile next day we e began our old li life nCe again agan but when we met in the thc rest air air- rant I J could think cT d nothing J but eyes of Mile Mlle Amelio so 80 that I was wo it I very poor companion for my ol old oid friend who ho Immediately noticed my absent absent- What hal Is the tilt mutter matter 1 With Uh you ou young r fellow he 0 asked Youre not sick Ick I assured him that I f Was as as not sick but Jut did lId not HOt t tell Cli him the thu reo real I r reason a n Many Maty times timeR after artel that we Ye met ami and r p oer every tIme timo he spoke poll either of baldor baldness bald bald- ness or n about out the thc sou which he hc was waa looking for Ol It was about throe ee weeks later wo we again went to Trouville together i. i and nna when I T t we wen wert I returning found that Mile I loved Jove me rite and I he- he heI I gao to think how 1 I should milt ask h her 1 rather Tt rl r I her hI ii h id He lIt had so 60 ofIn told toki in mt that I wa-s wa wasA A cr cry sympathetic nod that ho thought I c cr very cry much of ot inc me so the tho next day I while while- we were wre at ut the cheese alter after din din- 1 jo ner I J said to I U him What tb you think of ll r me rue M. M I. I MartillIe cH my d ur friend frInd i 1 U l. l I aCI rf Ill I 1 I v d. d U kLi Do yu rt r you YU wo would make e an excellent I husband hus thet I I thank you very elY much for or o othe the Compliment and I 11 will take your OUI adea advice advice ad ad- ea- ea vice viet and am marry ver very vc soon I 1 havo have met a a. charming young ludy lady 1 I adore her ber and ana I have reason to believe that she she- thinks think cr very much of me I 1 am just about aboul to ask her hel father If he will consent Bravo ci led my old friend I Ip p congratulate you ou from all my heart Walter V a Ue bring me mo a of chan chany y When we had both buth filled our OUI g M. M aSked ked me 11 who the lady Mf was 8 1 I r. r Do Do 1 I know h hev 1 rr rt You know her even en better than thun I Ido I 1 I replied with a smile The Tho do t la tH Mile Anu Arnele le name Dame o of the thc young ludy Jidy J J. J What do you say say dt become very vury 4 Ills 1118 face had sud suddenly i serious Yes EYes Mile WI lie Arne I 1 repeated I friend 1 um urn so u u Ob Oh 01 my young t vy y lor tOI your our sake ake I 1 think ny vry much i of y you I assure but my daughter aught 7 can 2 marry an t TM THat t can n be be- Changed though rh I t fel cl e- e ced y ro But fiut what a pe peculiar allar Idea W But I may be able to help you I tell you I r will wm Introduce Introduce Intro- Intro duce dues yo yo to my fried who is hi head of h of th the thu offices in the ministry of ot education You Tou will m marry marry marry mar mar- ry his daughter The young oun lady I Iam Iam am sorry to 10 say has hu a n cork leg but Jut apart from rom that is S a most charming girl gIrI You ere re ro rich and anti she has three hundred ed thousand francs so 80 I am sure that you M will be very happy You do 10 not hot seem to to like the idea Wc Well II I maybe we C can n rind find somebody else but please preale do not say any more about m my daughter Do you know khow that n a few days ay ago a manuscript J by Ana Anaxagoras a oras ion on baldness was WIUS found In Greece And nd while I J sadly atly thought lt of or m my misfortune he kept on talking about this mo most t interesting manuscript The next day 8 I stayed away from my office ollice and ami went to where whore I found the two ladles ladies who were Just Jut packing f their trunks trunk to return to Paris and told them about my mis mis- tort I fortune ox t They tr tried d to encourage me meIn meIn meIn In every evely way But Buth h why dont don't you OU become an n archaeologist asked the mother r Why dont don't you OU find the Ule In Interesting interesting in- in s sou suu u that father rather Is lIS looking for fOI Amelie I Find l Philip Augusts August's sou IOU 1 re re- re I Ia all the thc time while 1 I pt pealed t to myself a Was as returning to it the city That was ca easy y en enough ugh but I didn't know how ho hoto to b begin gin When I 1 had reached tb the thi city I climbed qu top of a bus to to ride home The Thc conductor came me and I 1 handed him three SOU sous That sou is no good he said and h bit he- heg g ave avo me back one of the thc coins coln from flom the days of Louis Philippe I t gave him another Sl su siu and put th thc one Ofle he hc hat hati returned to me meI meIn mein I in m my pocket while I T thought If you yu r ha had only been coined In iii the thc time timo of I I Philip Philil August 1 Sudden Suddenly I had an Id Idea 8 I pulled I lout out the sou Iou looked at al t It end and smiled I When we reached Place St St. Micel I IcU cU dismounted mounted ml nd went vent into Imo a a. drug jore or Fifteen minutes mInute later the old coin part lart of oC which I Imd co covered with wax wa a tJ resting In H K bath of or concentrated nitric acid When hen I took It up again It was wail very thin Louis roul Philippe's head was ins hardly recognizable and orthe of or the lettering you OU could only make out Philip Fran Fran Fran- It looked now as asIf asIC asIe If Ie It Itu was u made from roni pure purl gold cold old so it wa was necel necessary r to make It ft appl appear al' al old I FOI For that purpose otle I put it In a lower pot and wh when n I I. I two tuo weeks cek later dug it k up H again it had hall till the appearance asIt asif as If It It had hall been buried at least on one bundred hundred hundred hun bun dred years in the ground All that thal ivas necessary no now was wag to give It to th the old nill man Since his family had liati returned ic- ic turned tn to Ii he no longer lonser ute ate In Inthe inthe the thc 1 restaurant and I did not see him very 1 often otten II H lie still friendly and but he ne never spoke to me inc of oC his lits ladles and talked of or some ome other subject nhen I asked him how hou thc they were On One One-n One afternoon afternoon I I him bun on ott t the IH he Doul des lie tIe was waN on his way ay home honie and Bull I followed him and dId not speak to him until he ht was about bout to to open the door dout of or his house t 1 1 hope that you will not speak to tome me The of or m In my daughter r said ald the thc old man embarrassed I J said Mid that T J had no such uch Intention and amI told him bun that thaI T r had come to show him bun a n. coin which I my lather father who had llUll always been very much interested in numismatics had found In thc the possession of a friend Martinier 1 took me inc into his study and did not even CYCIL take talie time to remove his overcoat but wanted to see Ice the coin immediately T hani rt it H to him Mm lIe He put on cm ih his glasses looked at It carefully and amI eu u MY iny l fuji i-fuji August That is what it You dont don't say eay That is just what I do L say m my friend Just look 1001 at al this It is ea easy cosy I Id to recognize the thc features of oC Philip August and look at these few Cew letters Philip Philip Phllip- Franc Franc Franc- They stand for and It Is the thc lone lost sou ITo v much do you want for Cor it I beg hc your pardon Mr 11 Martinier i this his coin do does not Hot belon belong to Lo me and andt t 1 But my friend I am ani willing to pay any amount ot of money for Cor iL her br it Is th only one in existence I 1 am very sorry but my fattier father I I 1 will write him cried the thc 01 oM olI 1 I I now flOw quite excited II Th That U will not do you any good Tin 11 coin Is not for sale I 1 put the sou in my pocket and stai started ted to leave When I reached tin lh I door lull J I stopped and said M 1 there there is ono one va way In lii which c wc vc might arrange U the thc c mattel matui II to my marriage with nn daughter and I J shall see sec that you Selth get Sel th the c ln II But tut m my dear friend friend friend- I That Thit II Is the thc only way M M. Mat Mal tinier H again tried tiled to object but buL I was linn Inn and at last lost lie he Come again tomorrow evening I h ho lie said and ibid we iO will talk tall it ov over a Hut I tot Tor heavens heaven's sake dont don't loso boso this thin I i ea The Tue next evening my engagement tu Mile 1 lie Amelie was announced and the tue theold old olti man mun was ua us UI happy as a n child chilli over O tin tin- coin mouths months later Inter his famous on Oil The Thc coins coin of or Franco France dui dui- ur lit ing Ph Philippe II I August UJust before bOlO and anel hattie buttle 0 of or a appeared foi fot which he hl was ilK awarded W the Academic Palm I I 1 hi ha c c n nei l ei I told him the thc truth huth ant an M l' l ate an both Joth 4 exceedingly happyS happy S I |