The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-05-16
sugar water viii refresh you. ,


With quick movement he took the
glass from the kings hand and drained
IL AZ tlraught.
Red with anger the king dem anded
an explanation OF this iiisoleuce, but
Marie Antoineite offered the minister
her hand aud WAS about 10 explain tothe
king when suddenly the broad leaves
OF the great door ilew open and the
palace guard led in man quite up TO
the feet of the king. The terrified APP
pearance of the prisoner, his coarse
coat. the brown waist-eoat and panta-
looms. the broad clumsy shoes with
leaden buckles contrasfed strangely
with the gay silken attire. the gilded
hangings, the laces aud diamonds of
the surroundings.
"What does this meanp" asked the
king astonished.
'.Permit me. your majesty TO bring
this man before YOU. who understands
how to make sugar out of vegetables.
Dumonet is trying to ruin our colonies
and make them useless 10 Us. This is
the discoverer of beet sugar.
"DiscovererP No, that honor does
not belong TO me-" exclaimed the
Chemist Dumonet. 'It was learned
Maj. Serre. who. during the regency.
deceived by the beautiful red color the
beet gives out in cooking. f:tncied he
could make red wine ont of IL. Instead
of the desired wine he found the bot
tom of his retort covered with fine sugar.
At that time France was rich In colonies
on the Mississippi. therefore no one
paid any heed TO the discovery. Nor
was it fully developed. | learned
abroad, in Prussia, new improvements,
expended my small possessions 10 test
it. and hope l have succeeded
cit is not a poison, thenP" cried
Marie Antoinette, meaningly. The
king for the first time understood what
had preceded, and discovered also that
the chemist was bound. At sign the
bond was cut and the guard lett the
room without Dumunet.
Meanwhile the queen bravely took a
piece of sugar in her lovely mouth
That was the signal for the Young cour-
tiers TO rush upon the before distrusted
sugar. vieing with each other TO exhibit
their courage. their devotion through
this harmless poison.
Gently, my ladies' my lords" cried
Maurepas. every little piece of that
sugar cost a golden louis"
''But the sugar is not one bit better
than our ordinary sugar. demonstrated
the queen, land it is only curiosity
leading TO ruin
Dumonet dropped on one knee.
''Your majesty is IN a measure correct.
Experimenting in small wav, mt the
same expense as great trade. natural
ly makes this sample excessively dear;
but if your majesty will advance me
two millions for the development of
larger facilities for manufacture | shall
be able to furnish "A pound of sugar for
10 sous instead of 4 francs"
+ The king recoiled inyoluntarily. aud
Marie Antoinette grasped her famous
necklace, which had cost two millions,
as if the plain man before her had been
robber. Her disappearing glance
gave direction to the kings answer.
abr. Dumonet. | honor enterprise;
accept this snuf-box as recognition
of it. But two millions the state eau
not possibly lend you. That IS too
much money for the exhausted exche-
quer."
Dumonet received the gift respectful-
lv. sire, sooner or later my enter
prise will lind the money"
The whole shallow. subservient swarm
of courtierlings cried out an excited
echo To the royal words:
Two millions for siigari Two milli.
onsi The man should be in mad.
housed The man should be so shame
less? just as if il were not all the
same whether one pays 10 sous or I
francs for pound OF sugar: Aud if any
can't pay it let him take his food un.
sweetened. What has the government
to do with that?n
And 50 Dumonet was dismissed. He
had only needed LOCO 900: the second
was the price demanded by the minister
for the introduction. This evening
Maurepas composed the only good
verse of his life, which, translated. runs
somewhat thus:
''AItho' his life 10 sweeten
all his roy al care.
Two million francs for sugar
The king finds rather dear"
The furor which his wit created AT
the court consoled him somewhat for
the lost / .UOU, 900, aud was il not alb the
same whether at his death there should
be deficit of one paltry million more
or lessp He left, in fact. round TO-,
600. 900 in debts. 1t was a noble sum
nine would not have sounded so inn
pressive.
Dumonet migrated to Belgium. where
he found more appreciation. and lived
safe and respected. while the revolution
storm swept over his unhappy father
land. ''Who laughs last" etc.
And my queen would have dief
with meP" asked Louis. as he accom-
panied her to their chamber that night
She was so beautiful, so dainty; in hei
wonderful eyes beamed the reflection
of loving tears. The next morning tn,
king granted 3. 500. 600 out of the stat,
Golfers to the unfortunate duchess o.
Polignac.-E'ronl the French, for M,
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