Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-08

go out the front and meet these good peo-
pie. Are we quite ready for the journey
quite ready, as you have directed"
Have you the two valises, with the one
change of clOthing?''
They are here"
And have you the fifty louis, as /
sated?"
Here in the purse"
And l think you have also the single
diamond"
1T is here"
Then" said Law, "let us CO.
He rose, and scarce looking behind him,
even to see that his orders to the servant
had been obeyed, he strobe down the vast
stairway of the great hotel, past many
precious works of art, between walls hung
with richest tapestries and noble paintings.
The click of his heel on chance bit Of eX-
posed marble here and there echoed hollow,
as though indeed the master OF the palace
had been abandoned by all his people. The
great building was silent, empty.
What! Are you, then, here?" he said,
seeing the servant had disobeyed his in
sructions and was following close behind
him. He alone out of those scores of SER
wants, those hundreds of fawning nob.es,
those thousands of sycophant souls who
had but lately cringed before him, now &C.
companied the late master Of France as he
turned to leave the house in which he no
longer held authority.
Without, but the doors thickness from
where he stood there arose tumult of
treaties, though the walls of some asy-
lum for the unfortunate had broken away
and allowed it's inmates to escape unre-
strained, irreclaimable impossible to con-
troll.
Down with Jean Last Down with Jean
Last rose a cadenced, rhythmic shout
the accord of a mob of Paris beating into
it's tones And this steady burden was
broken by the cries of Enter! Enter!
Break down the door! Kill the monster
Assassini Thief Traitor!' No word of
the vocabulary of scorn and loathing was
wanting in their cries.
Hearing these cries, the face of this fight
ing man now grew hot with anger, and now
1t paled with grief and sorrow. Yet he fall
tered not, but stepped on, confidently. The
Swiss opened the door and stood at the head
of the flight of stairs. Tall, calm, pale,
fearless. John Law stood facing the angry
mob, his eyes shining brightly. He laid his
hand for an instant upon his sword. yet 1t
was but to unbuckle the belt. The weapon
he left leaning against the wall, and 50
stepped on down toward the crowd.
He was met by rush OF excited men and
women screaming, cursings giving vent to
iparticulate and ihdistingushable speech.
man laid his hand ompon his shoulder.
Law caught the hand, and with a swift
wrench of the wrist, threw the owner of it
to the ground. At this the others gave back,
and for half moment SILENCE ensued. The
mob lacked just the touch of rage to- hurl
themselves upon him. fae raised his hand
.Are you not JeaA2L'as?" cried one dame
exctedly, waving Ia hfs1 face a handful of
the paper shares of't the latest issue in the
company of the Indies. sa"Are you not Jean
Las? Tell me, then. where Is my money
for these things? WhatShal l get for this
rotten paper?' Do 10 s-----
You are Jean L'ass, tie director generair'
cried man, pushing upto his side. Twas
that ruined hf af s Sc !,d Here Is
bunch of paper in John Laws face. Last
week was worth half q. mllion" He wept
and tore across, With impotent rage, the
bundle of worthless paper. -.
Down with Jean Last, Down with Jean
L'asr came the recurrent cry. A rush fol-
lowed. The carriage, towering above the
ring of the surrounding crowd, showed it's
coat of arms, and thus was recognized A
paving-stone.t crashed through its heavy.
window. A knife ripped up the yelvets of
the cushions. ~
The coachman was pulled from his box.
The horses, pfungihg with terror were cut
loose from the pole and Ted away. With
shouts and cries OF rage and busy ZEAL one
mailman We'd with another in tearing, cut
ting and destroying the vehicle, until it
stood there ftiined, without means of 'leeo-
motion, defaced and useless. And still the
ring Of desperate humanity closed around
him who had late been master of all
France.
what do you want my friends?' asked
he- calmly. as for an instant there came
lull in the ,tumult He stood looking at
them curiously now, his dulIing eyes re-
garding them as thsugh they presented
some new and interesting study. What is