The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-04-19

sugar.
Some one 20 tell the queen"
So whispered. murmured, and chat.
tered the excluded circle.
Marie Antoinette sat with the duchess
OF Polignac. her tenderIy loved friend.
at cards
What ails you. Agatha'" asked she
kindly as the fayolitc sighed.
Agatha de Polignac raised her roguish
brown head and said. saucily. Three
millions, my adored qneen!"
Sigh not. my angel; | will beg
Louis TO grant them TO you. We owe
it TO the great families"
The designing princess lifted the
queens lace sleeve 10 her red lips.
whispered gratefully. "Oh. that
might be permitted 10 die for my be-
loved qneenl"
Live for me. you dear child. and.
my word for IT, l will provide the
5000. 900. for which you will be willing
To live
AT this moment a courtier approached
aud broke TO them the dreadful It'd.
ings:
Ills majesty has been poisoned by
NJ. de Maurepas with sugar
the very lips. stood beside her husband
'For heavens sake. Louisn cried she
in her distress, unmindful of all cere-
mony.
What Is the matter. my queenP"
asked Louis In the gentle way which he
had never abandoned toward his be-
loved wife What brought YOU to
mep You are very PALE lie seized
glass of water, poured some of the
newly discovered sugar ia it,and hand
eel her the glass.
Drink. Ii is too warm in the saloon
and the company is too exciting. This
sugar water will refresh you"
The queen east penetrating glance
at Maurcpas. who now fully under
stood what he had only half heard.
With quick movement he took the
glass from the kings baud aud drained
il at draught
Red with anger the king demanded
an explanation of this insolence. but
Marie Antoinette offered the minister
her hand and was about to explain 10 the
king when suddenly the broad leaves
OF the great door iew open and the
palace guard led in a man quite up 10
the feet of the king. The terrified APP
pearance OF the prisoner, his coarse
coat. the brown waist-coat and panta.
looms. the broad. clumsy shoes with
lcaden buckles, contrasted strangely
with the gay silken attire. the gilded
hangings the laces and diamonds OF
the surroundings
What does this meanpn 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"
"Dscoverer? No, that honor does
not belong 10 me-" exclaimed the
Chemist Dumonet. 1T was learned
Maj. Serre, who. during the regency,
deceived by the beautiful red color the
beet gives out In cooking fancied he
could make red wine out 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 IL fully developed. | learned
abroad. in Prussia new improvements,
expended my small possessions to test
il, and hope have succeeded"
1T is not 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 left the
room without Dumonct.
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 golden louis
But the sugar IL not one bit better
than our ordinary sugar demonstrated
the queen, land 1t Is only a curiosity
leading to ruin
Dumonet dropped on one knee.
/ Your majesty Is in "A measure correct
Experimenting In small way. al the
same expense as great trade, natural
ly makes this sample excessively dear;
but ii 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 francs"
The king recoiled inyoluntarily. and
4 Marie Antoinette grasped her famous
necklace. which had cost two millions.
as ii the plain man before her had been
"A tnhher Her dtsaunrovino 0tunea