The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-28


grace has crowded the issue OF our
actions until there are out not less than
$500, 900 liyres in the stock OF
our company Your Brothers Paris,
your DArgenson. your Dubois will tell
you how you can make the people OF
France continue TO believe that twice
two is not four, that twice Is Is not
2G!"
But this they are doing" broke In
the regent, with a ray OF hope in his
face. This they are doing. We have
provided for that, In the council not
an hour ago the Able Dubois and
Monsieur d'Argenson decided that the
time had come TO make some fixed
proportion between the specie and
these notes. We have to-day framed
an edict, which the parliament will
register. stating that the interests Of
the subjects OF the king require that
the price of these bank notes should
be lessened, so that there may be some
sort of accommodation between them
and the coin Of the realm We have
ordered that the shares shall, within
10 days. drop to $500 livres, in another
20 days to 1000 livres, and so on, at
500 livres month. until at last they
shall have a value OF one-half what
they were to-day. Then, tell me- my
wise Monsieur Las. would not the issue
of our notes and the total Of our specie
be equal, one with the other? The
only wrong thing Is this insulting pre-
sumption of these people. who have
sold actions at price lower than we
have decreed"
Law smiled as he replied. You say
excelently well my master These
plans surely show that you and your
able counselors have studied deeply
the questions of finance! have told
you what would happen to-day with
out any decree of the king. Now 80
you on, and make your DEGREES. You
vii! find that the people are much
more eager for values which are going
up than values which are going down
Start your shares down hill. and you
VIII see all France scramble for such
coin, such plate. such jewels as may
be within the ability Of France to lay
her hands upon. Tell me. your grace
did Monsieur d'Argenson advise you
this morning as to the total issue of
the actions of this company"
Surely he did, and here have It in
memorandum. for | was to have taken
It up with yourself" replied the re.
gent
80" exclaimed Law look of sur.
prise passing over his countenance, UNI
til now rigidly controlled, as he gazcd
nj the little slip of paper. "Your grace
advises me that there are issued AT
this time In the shares of the company
no less than two 2.235, OS5, $50 liyres In
notes! Against this. as your grace IL
good enough to agree with me. we have
100000 900 of specie Your grace
yourself and | have seen some pretty
games in our day Look you, the mcr-
riest game Of all your life is now but
just before you"
And you would 20 and leave me ~
this tmc?"
Never in my life have | forsaken n
friend at the time of distress" replied
Law, But your grace absolycd me
when you iorsook me, when you
doubted and hestated regarding me,
and believed the prOtestations Of those
not so able as myself TO judge Of what
was best And now II is too late. win
your grace allow me to suggest that
n place behind stout gates and barred
doors, deep within the interior of TIN
Palais Royal, will be the best residence
for him to-nigh perhaps for several
nights to Gomez"
And YOURSELF"
"As for myself II does not matter"
replied Law. slowly and deliberate
ly. II have lived, and thought han
succeeded Indeed. success was mine
for some short months, though now
must meet failure. / have this to con
sole me-that twas failure not of my
own fault As for France, loved her
AS for America. ! believe in her to.
day, this very hour. As for your grace
in person, was your friend, nor was
| ever disloyal to You. But II some
times doth seem that, no matter how
sincere he one in ones endeayOrs no
matter how cherished no matter how
successful for n time may be his ambi.
lions there Is ever some blight TO eat
the face of the full fruit of his happi-
ness. Tomorrow | shall perhaps not
be alive. 1t is very we'll There r.
nothing could desire. and 1t is AZ well
tomorrow rs at any time
ITO be continued !