Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-21

then as EngAsnmen oYertopped my N
tired of them as foes. However, my so
dieIing was of no great duration, 70
peace was soon declared, and | then pul
sued the study of chemistry. for which
had a strong turn. first with Norhaage
Of I4eyden, and later with De Huy 0
Strasburg, though | fear that these
weighty names are but sounds TO you.
ears"
Truly" said Saxon. there seemetl
to be some fatal attraction in this SAINT
chemistry. for we met two officers Of
the Blue Guards in Salisbury who
though they were stout, s0ldlerly men
in other respects, had also a weakness N
that direction
"Har' cried Sir Jacob, with interest.
ITO what school did they belong:"
Nay, | know nothing of the matter.
Saxon answered, save that they denied
that Gervinus of Numbers. when i
guarded in prison. or any other man,
could transmute metals
For Gervinus | cannot answer sad
our host. but for the possibility of it /
can pledge my knightiy word However,
of that anon. The time came ut last
when the second Charles was invited
back to his throne, and all of us, from
Jeffrey Hudson, the court dwarf, up to-
my Lord Clarendon, were in high feather
at the hope of regaining our own once
more. For my own claim, let ii stand
for sumo time, thinking that it would be
more graceful az. for the King to help
a poor cavalier who had ruined himself
for the sake of his family without sole.
itation on his part | waited and wait
ed, but no word came, so at last ! betook
myself TO the levee and was duly presents
cd to him. All said he, greeting me
with the cordiality which he could as
sumo so well. you are, if | mistake not,
Sir Jasper killigrew" Nay, your maj
eSty,' | answered i am Sir Jacob
CHANGING. formerly of Snellahy Hail in
Staffordshire;' and with that | reminded
him of Worcester fight and of many pas
sages which had occurred to us in CONF
| mon. Odds FISH, he cried. how could l
be so forgetful. And how are all at Smell
| labyT | then explained to him that the
| Hall had passed out of my hands. and
| told him, in Il few words, the state to
| which | had been reduced. His face
| clOuded over and his manner chilled me
at once. They are all onto me for money
| and for places, he said. and truly the
| Commons are so niggardly TO me that
can scarce be generous to others How
| ever, Sir Jacob. we shall see what can
| be done for thee. and with that he dis
| missed me. That same night the secre-
| tary of my Lord Clarendon came to me
and announced, with much form and
| snow, that. in consideration of my long
! devotion and the losses which | had sus-
! tanned, the King was graci0usly pleased
to make me a lottery cavalier
| And pray, sir, what is Il lottery cav
alier?'
! at is nothing else than a licensed
! keeper Of gambling house. This was
his reward 10 me | was to be allowed
to have Il den III the piazza OF Coyent
| Garden, and rheUc to decOy the young
| sparks of the town and fleece them at
| 0mbre. 10 restore my own fortunes
was to ruin others. My honor. my fam-
| lily, my reputation. they were all to weigh
/ f. fnsh Lon ! lns,n
! Of bubblng few fools out of their
| gulncaS.
Il have heard that some Of the lottery
| cavaliers did We'll, remarked Saxon, re-
| tIectively.
well or i'll. it was no employment for
me. | waited upon the King and inn
| plored that his bounty would take an
other form. His only reply was that for
! one so poor | was strangely fastidious.
For weeks | hung about the COURT and
other poor cavaliers like myself, watch
ing the royal brothers squandering upon
! their gaming and their harlots sums
| which would have restored us to our
| patrimonies. ! have seen Charles put
| upon one turn of card rs much as
would have satisfied the most eXacling of
us. In the parks of st. James, or in tlst,
gallery at Whitehall, ] still endeavored
| TO keep myself before his eyes, in the
! hope that some provision would be made
for me. AT last | received a second mes
sage from him. 1t was that unless
| could dress more in the mode he could
| dispense with my attendance. That was
his message to the old broken soldier
who had sacrificed health. wealth. posi-
| ton, everything. in the service of his
father and himself
Shameful" we cried all three
Can you wonder, then, that | cursed
the whole Stuart race, false-hearted
lccherous. and cruel? For the Hall,
! i l. =
hut why should | do so when I Taye no
| herr"
''IIo, you have prospercd then" said
| Decimus Saxon. with one of his shrewd
sidelong looks. Perhaps you have your
self found out how to convert pots and
pans into gold in the way you have
| spoken of. But that cannot be, for |
see iron and brass III this room, which
would hardly remain there could you con-
vert it to gold.
Gold has its uses and iron has its
uses. said Sir Jacob. oracularly. THE
one can never supplant the other"
Yet these officers. | remarked. ''ds-l
| declare to us that it was but Il supersti-
ton Of the vulgar
Then these officers did show that their
knowledge was less than their preiu-
| dice Alexander Setonius, a Scot. was
| first of the moderns to achieve it, In the
month of March, 1902, he did change
bar of lead into gold in the house of Il
certain Hansen, at Rotterdam. who hath
testified to it. He then not only repeated
the same process before three learned
men sent by the Kaiser Rudolph but he
taught Johann W0lfang Dienneim Of
Freilbourgh and Gustenhofer Of Stras-
burg, which latter taught it to my own
iIluStriOuS master
Who in turn taught ii to you" cried
Saxon, triumphantly. Il have 10 great
store Of metal with me. good sir but
| there are my head-piece. back and breast
plate. tasets and thigh-pipces together
with my sword, spurs, and the buckles of
my harness, ! pray you to use your most
excellent and praiseworthy art upon
| these, and / will promise within a few
day to bring round a mass of metal
which shall be more worthy Of your
skill"
Nay, nay" said the alchemist smiling
and shaking his head. 1T can indeed
be done, but only slowly and in order,
small pieces al time, and with much eX
penditure Of work and patience. For
man to enrich himself al it he must labor
hard and long: yet in the end / will not
deny that he may compass it. And now,
since the TASKS are empty and your
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