The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-20


account Of the issue, and to mark each
/ piece with the letter FL on the mar
gin. I find three of the coins which we
received tonight bearing this private
! mark; therefore, they have passed
through the hands of the French am
] bassador to the alchemist."
Sir David gave forth an exclamation
of surprise. He left his seat, took the
bonnet pieces from his pocket and
| placed them under the lamp.
Now" said the king, you need
! sharp eyes TO detect this mark but
| there it is, and there, and there. Let
us look little closer into the object
of France. The English king is my
uncle, and France fears that | will
| keep the peace with my neightST; so
/ through his ambassador he sounds me
and learns that such indeed is my in
! tention. France resolves to leave me
! alone and accomplish its object by
/ corrupting. with gold coined in my own
mint, the mobiles of my court, and, by
4 Cod" cried James in sudden anger.
4 bringing his fist down on the table and
making the coins Jingle, France is
succeeding through the blind stupidity
1 OF men who might have been expected
/ to know their right hand from their
/ left. The greatest heads Of my realm
! are being cozened by a trickster; be-
! fooled in a way that any humble plow-
man should be ashamed of. You see
/ now why they wish 10 keep the silly
/ proceedings from the king. L tell you.
! Davie, that Italians head comes Off,
\ and thus in some small measure viii 1
avenge Flodden."
! Sir David LINDSAY sat meditatively
/ silent for some moments while the king
! in angry impatience STROBE up and
! down the small limits of the room.
/ When the heat Of his majesty's temper
] had partially cooled. Sir David spoke
with something of diplomatic shrewd-
ness.
Il never before realized the depth
4 and penetration OF your majesty's
| mind. You have gone straight to the
/ heart Of this mystery and have thrown
| light into its obscurest corner, as a
1 dozen flaming torches would have IL
/ Illuminated that dark laboratory in the
! monastery. I have shared the stu
| pidity of your mobiles, which the clarity
I Of your judgment now exposes so
| plainly; therefore, I feel that it would
be presumption on my part to offer adj
| vice 10 your majesty in the further
| prosecution Of this affair"
mo. Davie. no." said the king. stop
/ ping in his march and speaking with
| pleased cordially. "No; 1 value your
/
I is not to be expected that the subtlety
! and craftiness of these foreigners
/ should be as clear 10 you as the sun
! shine on a Highland hill. Speak out,
| Davie. and If you give me your counsel
I know IL win be as wholesome as oat-
meal Dorridge."
''Well. your majesty, you must meet
| subtlety with suDtlety."
AZ am not sure that the adage holds
| cannot OUTRAGE Highlandman in his
own glen, although you may fight him
fairly in the open. Once this French
mans head is off, you stop his boiling
pot
''That is quite true, your majesty, but
if the French ambassador should put
| in a claim for his worthless carcass.
you will find yourself on the eve Of a
break with France if you proceed to
| his execution"
But I shall have made France throw
! of its mask
1T is not France I am thinking
about, your majesty. Your own mobiles
| have gone clean daft over this Italian.
| He is their goose that lays the golden
eggs, and you saw yourself tonight
with what breathless expectation they
watched his experimenting. 1 am sure
your majesty. that they will stand by
! him, and that you viii find not only
France, but Scotland. arrayed against
you A moments reflection will show
you the danger. These meetings have
been going on for months past. yet nc
whisper Of their progress has reached
your majeSty's ears"
"That is true; even you yourself
Davie, kept silent"
II swore an oath Of silence, and, hon
estly. I did not think that this gold
making was an affair of state
VERY wen. I win act with caution
The breath of the money-getter tar
nishes the polish of the sword: and in
my dealings l shall try to recOlleci
that 1 have to do with men growing
rapidly rich. as we'll as with mobiles who
should be too proud to accept unearned
gold from any man. Now. Davie. II
need your help in this. and in aiding
me you wiz assist, yourself: thus VIII
virtue be its own reward, as is preached
to us. / win give you as many gold
pieces as you need, and instead Of pay
ing three pieces at the entrance, give
the man three hundred. Urge all the
mobiles 10 increase their wagers: fol
thus we shall soon learn the depths OF
this yellow treasury. II I attempt tc
wiring the neck OF the goose before the
4 eggs are laid, my followers would be
4 justified IN saying that the English
part of my nature had got the better OF
the Scotch. Meanwhile / win know