New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-04-02

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whispered gratefully, .sOh, that i
might be permitted sso die for my be-
loved queen!''
Live for me, you dear child, and,
my word for it, / 5Will provide the
100000, for which you will be willing
to live
At this moment eoartier approached
and broke to them the dreadful It'd.
ings:
''His majesty has been poisoned by
M. de Maurepas with SUGAR.
A moment later the queer white to
the very lips, stood beside hNr husband.
'.For heavens sake, LOUSY cried she
in her distress, unmindful Of all cere-
mony.
What is the matter, my: queenpr
asked Louis in the gentle way (which he
had never abandoned toNardt his be-
loved wife. ''What brought: you to
me? You are very pale" Hesseized a
glass of water, poured some Of the
newly discovered sugar inst, and hand
ed her the glass. =.
''Drink. It is too warm in the saloon
and the company is too exciting. This
sugar water will refresh you"
The queen cast a penetrating glance
at Maurepas, who now fully under.
stood what he had only half card.
With quick movement he .stook the
glass from the kings hand and drained
|. it at draught.
Red with anger the king de1nan ded
an explanation of this insolence, but
Marie Antoinette offered the minis ter
|. her hand and was about to explaia to he
king when suddenly the broad :leav es
of the great door flew open and tt ,e
palace guard led. in man quite zap to
the feet of the king. The terrified ap.
pearance of the prisoner, his eoarses
coat, the brown Waist-coat and panta
looms, the broad, clumsy shoes with
leaden buckles, centrasted strangely
with the gay silken attire, the gilded
hangings, the laces and diamonds of
the surroundings.
"What does this mean?" 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 TO us. This is
the discoverer of beet sugar
'sDiscoverer? No, that honor does
not belong to me-" exclaimed the
/! Chemist Dumonet. 1T was learned
Maj. Serre, who, during the regency,
| deceived blythe beautiful red color the
beet gives out in cooking, sfancied he
could make red wine out ofsit. Instead
of the desired wine he found the bot
tom of his retort covered withfine sugar.
At that time France was richin 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 to test
It, and hope / have succeeded
1T is not poison, then?n cried
Marie Antoinette, meaningly. The
king for the first time understood what
had preceded, and discovered also that
the chemist was bound. At a sign the
bond was cut and the guard left the
room without Dumonet.
Meanwhile the queeR bravely took a
piece Of sugar in her lovely mouth.
That was the signal for the young cour.
tiers to rush upon the before distrustea
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 golden louis.
'.But the sugar is not one bit better
than our ordinary sugar, y demonstrated
the queen, land it is only a curiosity
leading to ruin. i
Dumonet dropped on one knee.
'Your majesty is in a measure correct.
Experimenting in small way, at the
same expense as a 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 pound of sugar for
! 10 sous instead of 4 frances
The king recoiled voluntarily, aud
Marie Antoinette grasped her famous
necklace, which had cost two millions,
as if the plain man before her had been
| a robber. Her disappearing glance
| gave direction to the kings answer.
| CDR. Dumonet, honor enterprise;
accept this snuff-box as a recognition
of it. But two millions the state can
not possibly lend you. That is too
much money for the exhausted exche.
quer."
Dumonet received the gift respectful.
~. Sire, sooner or later my enter.
/ prise will find the money"
The whole shallo W, su bservient swarm
of courtierlings cried out an excited
echo to the royal words:
Two millions for sugar! Two MILL.
ons! The man should be in mad
house! The man should be so shame
less? Just as if it were not all the
same whether one pays 10 sous or 4
francs for a pound Of sugar: And if any
can't pay it let him take his. food I'm.
sweetened. What has the government
to do with that?''
And so Dumonet was dismissed. He
had only needed LOCO, 600; the second
1 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:
! 'A1tho' his life to sweeten
Is all his royal care,
| Two million francs foP sugar
| The king hnds rather dear"