Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-13
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Copy right. 1896. by the Bachcller Syndcatel
PART l.
Many things are told of that redouStablc
ajivcnturer Paul Jones-whom ! knew we'll
to concede him with Mr. jefferson and
Lr. Franklin the most supreme merit as
man of resource.
Made as he was. with the tireless spirit
OF effort, it was to be expected tina. he
should end as he did disappointed in his
career. / know. OF nothing saIder. more
trasical, than the end of that poor cheva-
l;er of the Order of Merit of Louis WI,
who had been a most doughty captain in
cur navy, and an admiral among the Rus
Stars, where political intrigue obscured / is
ability, dying he did in Paris in 1872
Ike TO think Of him better | knew him in
tine fame that the victory of the Bon HON.
me Richard over the Scraps had secured
him-when he took on rather the manner of
a beau, assumed fine airs, sported the
sword the king had given him. was peIted
Icy the ladies-even by Marie Antonette,
then in the line Eeyday of her gay.ty before
her sad end. 1 mean the time when he had
his celebrated affair with la Comtesse de
bourbon, and with Nine. Thelison
For this little Swarthy fellow, with his
IcerlnS eye lis boaStng over the great
i.-ss OF the republic he served We'll. was
ever the adnIrer of Il petticoat when its
III
GueiS on his hands ON that account CT one
o: which and its mysterious cause Dr.
Franklin himself has preserved the
count.
I;uJ tire is anOtE,r-one between himself
aEt. one of the faicest, cIeVerest. GloSt
charming and dangerous women of the
court at Eersstilles-which l have never seen
recorded. ad.! which / viii put down as L
lad i myself from the great captains lips.
Fha lady was II Comtcsse HortenSe LIE
t@vry. u rich young widow, and who. he
sides Captain Paul, mad many aspiraats TO
her favor. among others Lord NhittieSey
cl the English foreign office. In the end
{: 'ie BECAME. YOU Will remember. the
Countess OF NhIttcSey. tne mother of the
present rIEl Q~.:i).
Now. at that time, the English were
p.IUed at CAPTAIN Jones. would not allow
him any merits excepting of the Captain
Kidd order. and dearly wished to catch
him that they might swing him from
yrTdarm.
tfeH. captain Jones. just thsn idle. and
lt-duse h was man who must have some
activity. even if it We're playing with the
fairs. as | have said. Among others he
e, Heeiv@G the passion for Mime. lie Ieyre.
SSe was OF medium height. fair, plump,
with the most hewitching lips and enticing
gray eyes. always exquisitely go.red
among Marie Autoinette's ladies-atiways
most proficient at tbs affected simplicity
tSat played about The Little Trianon.
and behold our Swarthy American cap
tain. The great son of a Scotch gardener,
s5Ta;ng for ner. pn:n all the court noticed
il. and nlade sport of him. and called him
Nine n Comtesse's Poor Paul" And
ma lame herself liked it all. counting him
E';t one more victim. But she PLAYED him
oil as she lid many other gentlemen.
French. Italians, Germans and Russians,
Who wrote verses 10 her and called her the
far. ciiiSl cold lie Fevre. after the fashion
81 that d1y. when the Ssntirncntality. as VI.
Rousseau so well expressed it. but hid the
iorffd ssrioHsn IS Of tn: tine under this
Ill
She smiled. as | say. on all: had no
favorita: flrfed and encouraged just enough
without suffering scandal to touch her
skirts. And in the meantime though no
on k1-cw it. she hal become secretly
IiiEnted to LCrd Whlttlesey. II would not
have been prudent for lady who courted
popularity at Versailles at this period to
have confessed penchant for an Eng
Hshman.
Now. while our captain was a shrewd
fellow on the quarterback he was a sim
riston where a woman was concerned. as
many brave mer before and since have
been. More than simple, he was as vain as
& peacock over his achievement in this di-
rection.
And so one night after great affair at
court. when Nine. Ia Contesse had been
particularly cold he was not surprised on
returning TO his lodging to find a pretty
scented note on his table, in Nine. lie
FeEre's hand by all the gods of love and
war He puffed up indeed after all the
Cnaigrin of defeat. You never can tell
about a woman he muttered When her
manner is distant she sometimes likes YOU
most. And with this trite reflection which
shows how silly a really brave man NAV
be when out of his element the doughty
captain Opened the note. which read:
My Dear Captain: If you will be at q
COCK tomorrow evening entirely alone at
N" hOus,. with the carved griffins on the
Rue Ri%helieu you will learn that the adj
m;ration of a brave and famous sailor is
appreciated. Raise the knocller three times
III quick succession.
.'HORTENSE LIE F.
For a moment. despite all his vanity
about his achievements with the sex Capt
Jones wondered. Could it he true? But
there was the note and her name
If captain Jones had been himself he
never would have run into the snare Yet
EoS|ibty he was, after all, his SimpI,
natural self, the gardeners son. not quite
TO IN" manner born-a bit too vain-too
credulous of his possible achievement with
great ladies'.
TIE long next day Jagged. He DOW
dered his hair. and put on his gayest cos
tune. and the fine sword Louis XVI had
given him in complin,en mt of the victory OF