Show an the biz 0 pl C loci 24 IRVING IRVING COPYRIGHT BACHELLER tv tepu CHAPTER continued 22 filere Ti lere Is no morning to their lay day he went on their dawn is noontime our kind ot of people have had longer days end and have used them wisely so we have pushed on ahead of this european caravan our fathers in new england made a great dis discovery coNery what was it I 1 asked that righteousness was not a joke that christianity was not a solemn plaything tor for onedas in the vacek but a real practical proposition for every day in the year that the main support of the structure Is industry that its most vital commandment Is this six days thou labor chat no amount of wealth can excuse a roan man from this duty everyone worked there was no idleness wid and therefore little poverty the days were vere all tor for labor and the nights fer or rest the wheels of progress were greased anti and moving and our love ot of learning helped to push them along I 1 suggested true our people bai ime e been mostly like you and tile me he ent on we long for knowledge of the truth we build schools and libraries and colleges we have pushed on out ot of tile the eighteenth century into a new time there you were born now you have stepped a hundred years linck backward ward into europe you are aston blied anil and this brings me to my point here I 1 am with a great rest task on my hands bands it Is to enlist tile the sympathy and help of france I 1 must take things not as I 1 could wish them to be but us as I 1 find them at this court ut women men ore are all powerful it has long been a maxim liere here that a diplomatist must stand well with the ladles een though he be Is venerable lie he must be gallant and I 1 do not use the word in fit ft shady sense the ladles are arc not so bad as you would think them they are playthings to them life is not as we e know it filled with realities lt it Is a beautiful drama of rich costumes and painted scenes tind ingenious words all set in the atmosphere mo sphere of romance the pl neri only 1 to believe each other in the salon I 1 sin am one of these players I 1 have to be seemed to mean what lie he said was my answer yei ile he is one of those thop who often speak from the heart all these players loe ione tile the note nole of sincerity when they hear benr it in the flie salon it Is out of key hut but away from the ladles ladies the men tire are often and not playing aira beau condei Con dorcet acet hurgot tin got find and others have heard the call of human liberty often they come to this house ind and speak out with a strong candor 1 I suppose that this great drama of despotism in france will end in a tragedy whose climax will wil consume the stage und and half the players I 1 to bay 71 that is t is a theme jack on which aou ou and I 1 must be silent franklin hiis cred we must hold our mouths as with a bridle for a moment he sat looking sadly into the glowing coils coals on the grate I 1 loed to talk but no une one could better belter keep his un counsel at beail I 1 am no revolutionist lie he mid presently 1 I believe in purifying not in breaking down I 1 would to lo god that I 1 could have convinced the lie british of their error mainly I 1 till am with the prophet prop liet who ijo says stand lit in the old wit wais 3 s view tile the ancient paths consider them well and be not among umang those who ijo are given to change 1 I sat for a moment ti inking of the cruelties cruel ties I 1 bad witnessed and asking myself it if it had been really worth willie while franklin interrupted my thoughts 1 I wish we could db discover cover a plan which would induce and compel nations to settle their differences without cutting eacle others throats when will human wisdom bp be to see the advantage of this ile he told me the thrilling details detail of his success in france how he hail had won the kingdom for an ally and secured loans loang and tile the help of u lind and army talen on the bea anil and you will not be surprised to learn that the british hap bale been bounding me to bee if vie would be base enough to abandon our ally lie laughed in a moment he be added come it la Is late and you mut must write writ a letter to the heart of england before you lie down to rest re st often thereafter he spoke of mar garot cartt as tile the heart of england CHAPTER the pageant zack jack began to assist franklin in his correspondence and in the many business details connected with ills his mission 1 I have never seen man with a like capacity for work ork tile the young officer writes every day pe Is conferring feitli or ther aither reine senta tives of the kill king or with the lie ministers of spain holland and great britain the greatest intellect in III the kingdom kit i doai Is naturally in grent great request today after many hours of tion with me hie spanish h minister in rame came M 31 dubourg the most ds distinguished physician in evrope toll lion chore chere maitre lie said 1 I 1 have a difficult case and ahyou know more rubout the human body than any roan man of my acquaintance I 1 wish to confer will iou ou yesterday doctor physician to the lie emperor of austria aurla came to consult him regarding the lie vaccination of the royal family of france in the evening II AL a slim dark skinned studious oung noung attorney boniey front arras wearing mearing galil rimmed spectacles came for information regarding lightning roils boils lie he having doubts of their legality willie while they were viere talking al joseph ignace guillotin another physician arrived arrive ile he was looking for advice regarding a proposed new method of capital punishment and wished to know knoll if in III the doctors opinion a painless deatly could be produced by quickly severing the head front from the body next morning at jourdan Jour dau with hair anti and beard as red as the flink flank of my ba bay y mare and a loud voice came soon after break breakfast fat to sell us mules by the shipload so sou see that even eren J I 1 ihling in ills his home arid and seeing him almost ocly ciery hour of the day have little chance to talk with him last night we met 31 volta voltaire lie dramatist and historian now lit in the evening of ills his days we were at the academy where we ne had and gone to hear an essay by dalem bert 1 franklin and voltaire a very thin old gentle gentleman ninn of eig gher tour four with p piercing opre black ees sat side by side on the platform the die audience der demanded minded that the two great men should come forward and salute each other they arose and advanced and shook hands R A la Is francaise Fran calso calse the crowd demanded so the two white haired men embraced and kissed each otla other r amidst louil loud applause As we ue were leaving the lie table one fine day clay lie enid ald jack I 1 have an idea a worthy of demosthenes sly ali friend david hartley of london who still till has ing hopes of pence peace by negotiation wishes lies to lo come over and confer with me I 1 shall tell him that lie play come if lid he will bring with ith him the lady ilare hare ind lier her daughter ilore aloi e thrilling words wore n never ever spoken hy by I 1 lins 11 nut how about jones and antl his jils henhe ilomae richard ile he Is vow row a terror to the lie r conks coasts they bould w bald fear destruction 1 I shall nsf jones to jet them alone lie salt salih they can canie come under a s flag Comin commodore odore jones ald riot nor appear again in 1 paris iraq until october Jt ober when bell he be tame came to passy to report upon a flin famous lous battle attle li it 16 1 1 6 1 I nips wis eager c iger to meet this ferror error of the cs coasts ats ills his jill impudent cot inage and sheer audacity bad eliud tin tile world the wonder ns as that meu willing to join blint in such dare devil enterprises n 1 I had d that isitt jones wolli would fl be a vill tail gaunt swarthy by briw bon bonau eu y earing caring m ann A of tit the sea ile he was vis a sleek silent ft little mail with will delicate hands and ile he wished ft to be alone with flip doctor and so KO I 1 did not bear their tal tilak I 1 liiv know that lie needed money aad tilot 11 hailing ng no fund fi indi the sea tighter from liis his own nin piti se I 1 one evening our neur ne le t compte de and il al LeVil leard canie came to an annouise their a dinner arid and ball in honor of bould occur nt at the lie palace of 0 compte de dc chaumont less tamn it a week later inter my lly good ti ft tend lends wild the Ih philosopher jIA 1 I value these honors are so io offered me but I 1 ain old tind have much enuch work vork to ii its I 1 ried r fid rt rel more titan llan I 1 need the honors it Is 15 onu ODO of the penalties of if being a grent savant that alint people wasll to see and know him said tile count the mot most distinguished people in france ill be among umon those wild do 1 oil honor I 1 think if can it talk tie c had some weeks beeks agu ago aull iu Ou ulli ll ash wish to be present oh then you have I 1 leard heard from the Ilo inet 1 I have a letter here hlaj which aleh you may read lit at your convenience uy my dear friend lie be pleaded d to receive my apologies all and my hearty genrty thanks said flanklin Fi anklin not even the gout could keep ine away next day clay I 1 received a formal 11 invitation vi to the dinner and hall ball I 1 told nid the doctor that in vie view of the work to be done I 1 would decline the invitation lie he begged me inc not to do I 1 it nod insisted that lie he was counting up upon me to cepres represent ent the valor and Oil chivalry valry of the new world that as I 1 had g into info the exact stature of washington unil and was nims so familiar with his alid able to imitate them in co inerE i tion he wished me to as assume th ens os turne of our commander in chivi th ile he did roe me the hie lionor honor to say there Is no other man inin whom it would ie be safe to trust in such much an exalted role I 1 v wish ish as a favor to me you evou would id see what can be done fit at the costumers and let me have a look at you 1 I did is as lie he wis willed lied the result was wa s an a n likeness I 1 ere erased sed a I 1 had seen cen the great nina man in n he hc field 11 wore a wig slightly silently tinged with gray a blue coat buff waistcoat and sath oh and sword and the top boots boot azid add spurs when fi I 1 strode across the in the masterly fashion of our clint commander tile the dottor doctor clapped ari hands you tire are ns its like him its as one p li Is like nn mother other lie exclaimed Nori nording Ing would so please our guild gjoa friendt fr lendt tile die arnch cli vho aho who have sin an immense jurl url olty osley regarding le irand grand Vas and it will give roe me an opportunity to instruct them chein as to our spirit ile he wont went to ills his desk and took ad a drawer ravier a cross of 0 je jeweled cled gold on na along n long necklace ot of silver a gift from the lie king s and put it over my head so that tile hie crops cro is shone upon my breL breast LAt that iti Is for the falth faith of our people lie declared the guests will or on tile the grounds of the coun count t late lale in the be afternoon you will ride dinong on it white horse borse A beautiful maiden in a white robe held at the alst with a golden girdle will receive you she xiii will be human liberty you will dismount and kneel ind and kiss hiss her hand then the hie prime minister of 0 france will give to each a ble blessing ing and to you a sword and a purse you will hold them klicin up and say for these things I 1 promise you the friendship of my people and their prosperity you will wih kiss the and hang g it beside your own aril ad pass the I 1 to roe me and then I 1 shall have to say so it was all done but with ith thrill ing in details of which no suspicion had conic come to me inc I 1 had not dr dreamed earned for instance that tile the king lind and queen would be present and that the enthus lam would be so great you will be ba able to judge of my sur surprise p rise when riding my colite white horse through gli tho the the cheering ering crowd throwing flowers in my way ay I 1 came suddenly upon margaret ciare in the white robe of aluman liberty yow now faconi nie me lifter after these years of trial her spirit was equal to her part she was like unto the angel I had seen scon in my dreams the noble look of 0 her face thrilled tile me it was ads not dotso easy to i maintain the calm dignity ot of was washington hington in that morn moment nt I 1 wanted waked to lift her in toy my arms arm s and hold her there as you may well believe but alas I 1 was washington oril 1 I 1 dismounted and fell upon one knee before her he and kissed her hand not too fervently I 1 would have you know in spite of my temptation she stood erect although tears were biere streaming down lier her cheeks and her dear hard hand trembled when iben it rested on oil my brow and she could only whisper tile lie words a the god of your fathers father aid arid and keep heep you 1 I tie c undercurrent of restrained c 1 I in tills this little scene acene went crit out to that crowd which represented tile wealth beauty and chivalry of 0 france I 1 suppose tant some of them thought it cl a bit ot of kut but we were vere to find in this ills little a I 1 max wholly unexpected by either of us its iiii and of po an importance to our country alach I 1 try lit in vain to estimate when the prime minister handed the purse parse to franklin lie bade him open it ft this the latter lid did finding ng ther therein efti letters of credit creele for three million livres granted of which we were ere in sore need with it was the ha al arhip would lie leming boulogne til III the morning ind and that rc relays la y on tile the way ind been provided for his messenger the invention of our beamed diplomat was equal to the ile de mand of the moment ind and so go he ha announced washington Is 19 like his people lie he turns fratin all the hie loves tit of this world to olley hie file call of duty dulty sly A oung cung friend who tins lias so wel presented tile the look and manner of washington ov khow yo doullis ullis s spirit lie ile looked at his watch ant and added added within forty forty minutes he will be ba fitlin post t to boulogne Kou logne there to tako take ship for Arii america erica 10 HIP BE CONTINUED |