Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-26
CHAPTER xxxln.

n CHAPTER XxXlu.
EVER SAID, SHE NAY.
81 Tho coach proceeded steadily ON it
way. passing III toward that quartz,
where the high-piled, peaked roofs and
Jagged spires betokened ancient Paris
On every hand arose confused sounds
from the streets. now filled with /,
populace merry rs though some
pleasant carnival were just beginning
5Shopkeeper called across to his neigh
Dor, tradesman Eossiped with gallant
Even the stolid faces OF the ploddinR
peasants. fresh past the gate-tax and
bound for the markets to seek what
little there remained sitter giving to the
King, bore An unwonted look, as though
hope might yet succeed to their sur
prise.
"ohe! Marie called one stout dame
to another, who stood smiling In her
doorway near by, "See the nne coach
coming. That Is the sort you and /
shall have one Of these days, now that
the king IL dead. God bless the new
king. and may he die young! A plague
to all kings, Marie. And now come ana
sit with my man and me, for we've !
bottle left. and while 1t lasts We drink
freedom from all kings!"
you speak words Of gold. Suzanne. :,
was the reply. Surely will drink
wien you. and wish Pleasant and
speedy death to kings"
John Law and his companions heard
broken bits Of such speech as this q
they passed on. isls
"Ah, they talk" replied he at last.
turning toward his companions. land
this Is talk which means something.
Within the year We shall see Paris up-
side down. These people are ready
for any new thing. But"-and his face
lost some of Its sravity-"the streets
are none too safe to-day, my lady.
Therefore you must forgive me II do
not set you down. but keep you 4pris-
oner until you reach your own gates.
IT'S not your fault that your carriage
broke down on the road from Marty;
and as for my brother Will and my
self. we cannot forego q good fortune
which enables US at last to destroy a
certain lons-standing debt Of q car
riage ride given US. once upon time.
by the Lady Catharine Knollys."
AT least. then, we shall BIO well
acquit on both sides" replied the soft
voice Of the woman. 81 may, perhaps.
be an unwilling prisoner for so short
a time"
Madam. I would God 1t might Be
forever!'
9 1t was the same John Law Of old who
made this impetuous reply. and indeed
he seemed scarce changed by the pass
ing of these few years OF time. It was
the audacious youth Of the English
highway who now looked at her with
grave face, yet with eyes that shone.
Some years had indeed passed since
Law. turning his back upon the appeal
of the wide New World, had again set
foet upon the shores OF England, from
which his departure had been 50
singular. Driven BY the soadsa Of re-
morse, 1t had been his drst thought
to seek out the Lady. Catharine Knoll
lys; and so intent had he been ON this
quest, that he learned almost without
emotion Of the kings pardon which
had been entered, discharging him Of
further penalty of the law Of England.
Meeting Lady Catharine. he learned,
as have others since and before him,
that3a human soul may have laws in
flexible; that the Iron bars Of a wom-
ans resolve may bar one out, even az
prison doors may bar him In. He
found the Lady Catharine unshake-
able in her resolve not to see him or
speak with him. Whereat he ragged, ex-
postulated by post. waited. waylaid,
and so at length gained an interview,
which taught him many things.
Rejected, as he was now, by the new
ministry OF England, none, the less
every capital Of Europe came presently
to know John Law, gambler. student
and 6nancier. Before every ruler on
the continent he- laid this system OF
financial revolution. and one by one
they smiled or shrugged. or scofted
ct him. Bafied once moro In his DEAR
est purpose. he took again to play,
play in ouch colossal and audacious
form as never yet had been seen even
In the gayest courts Of q time when
gaming was vice to be called ma
tional. No hazard was too great for
him. no success and no reverse sum
GENTLY keen to cause him any appar-
ent concern. There was no risk sharp
enough to deaden the snawing IN his
soul, no excitement strong enough to
wipe away from his mind the black
panorama Of his past.
He won princely fortunes and cast
them away again. With the figure and
the air Of q prince, he gained greater
reputation than any pFinca Of Europe.
Upon him were spent the blandish-
Ements; Of the fairest women Of his time.
Yet not this. not all this. served to
steady his energies. now unbalanced,
speeding without guidance The gold,
beaped high on the tables was not
enough to stupeSy his mind, not enough
though he doubled and trebled it,
though he cast great golden markers
to- spare him trouble In the counting
Of bis winnings. still student. still
mathematician. he sought at Amster-
dam. at Paris. at Vienna. all new theo-
rjes, which offered In the science Of
banking and finance, even as at the
same time he delyed. still further into
ths stmy.tsriss Is occurrences and
chance = s. = :.
81 IN this :lattsf such was his success
that losers made complaint, unjust but
eifectual. to the king, SO that. Law was
obliged to leave Paris fora time. He