The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-07

MY faith, say on" broke in De Ia
Chaise. Ills surely story Of pa "a
disc which you recount"
But, listen. gentlemen! The stoiy
goes yet farther. As to mines OF gold
and silver, twas matter of report that
such mines are common in all the val
ley OF the Messasebc Indeed the
whole surface of the earth, In some
parts, Is covered with Jumps OF gold,
so that the natives care nothing for IT,
The bottoms Of the streams, the
beaches OF the lakes, carry rs many
particles Of gold as they have pebbles
and little stones AS for silver, none
take note OF IT, 'Tis used as building
| stone"
"In the name of Jehovah, Is there
support for these wonders you have
| spoken" broke in Fraslin the jew,
his eyes shining with suppressed cX-
element
"Assuredly Yet | am telling not
half OF the news which came to my
knowledge this very morning tho
| story is said to have emanated from
| the Palais Royal itself. and therefore
no doubt. IL to be traced to this same
unknown queen Of the Messascbe. She
reports, so 1t is said, that beyond the
country where b'liIillier secured his
cargo Of blue earth, there Is n land
where grows most peculiar plant
| The meadows and fields are covered
| with II. and 1t Is said the dews Of night,
| which gather within the petals Of these
| flowers, become. in the course of
| single day, nothing less than n solid
diamond stone. From this in time the
leaves drop down, leaving the diamond
| exposed there. shining and radiant"
"Ah BAH" broke in Frasln the Jew
| why believe such habblings? We all
| know that the diamond is product
not of the vegetable but of the mineral
world"
so have we known many things
| stoutly replied Varenne. only to find
ourselves frequently mistaken Now
| for my part, a diamond Is n diamond
be II born in a flower or broken from n
| rock. And as for the excellence OF
| these stones, It's rumOred that the
| lady hath abundant proof IT'S no
| wonder that the natives of the valley
| Of the Mcssnscbc robe themselves IL
silks, and that they deck themselves
carelcssly with precious stones. as
would peasant of ours with a chain
| of daisy blossoms Now, il there be
such wealth as this. Is II not easy to
see the profit Of bank which controls
the trade with such province? True,
| there have been some discoveries In
ms valley, but nothing thorough. 'Tis
but recent the thing hath been done
thorough"
The Prince de Cont sat back in his
chair and drew n long breath. IF these
things be true" said he, then this
Monsieur Las is not so bad leader
to follow"
but LISTEN" exclaimed Varenne
| once more. II have not even yet told
the most important thing, and this is
rumor which perhaps your grace has
caught. It's whispered that the bank
of the brothers Las is within a fort.
night to be changed"
What is that" queried Frasin,
quickly. Ills not to be Abandoned"
by no means. Abandoned would be
quite the improper word. "ris to be
improved expanded, increased. magni-
fed! My lords, there Is the opportu-
nifty of lifetime for every one Of us
here!"
Say on. man. say on!" commanded
the prince. the covetousness of his
soul shining In his eyes MS he leaned
forward
IL mean to say this" and the spy
lowered his voice as he looked anxious.
ly about. "The regent hath taken n
fancy to be chief owner himself of an
enterprise so profitable In fine, the
Banque Generate Is to become the
Banque Royale. His majesty OF
France. represented by his grace the
regent. Is to become the head banker
OF France and Europe! Monsieur Las
Is to be retained as Encouragement
OF this Banque Royale. There are to
be branches fixed in different cities OF
the realm. at Lyons. at Tours, at
Amiens, at Rochelle, at Orleans--in
fact, all France Is to go upon n differ
ent footing"
The glances Of the Prince de Cont
and the Austrian met each other. The
Jew drew long breath as he sat back
In his chair, his hands graspIng at the
oh. ~ tl. toI r,-,V h. l,.L. a
scarce could keep his chin from trem.
bling. He licked out his tongue TO
moisten his lips.
There is SO much" resumed Var.
enne. that It's hard to tell II ALL But
you must know that this Banque
Royale will be still more powerful than
the old one. There will be incorporated
with II, not only the Company OF the
West, but also the General Company
Of the Indies, as you know. the most
considerable mercantile enterprise OF
France. Now listen! Within the first
year the Banque Royale will issue one
thousand million livres in notes. This
embodiment Of the Compagnie Generate
of the Indies will warrant as | know
by the secret plans of the bank, the
issue Of notes amounting to two billion
livres. Therefore, as Monsieur de
la Chaise signifies. he who Is lucky
enough to-day to own few actions
Of the Banque Royale, or even the
old actions Of Monsieur Las bank,
which will be redeemed by It's sue
cessor, is in way to gain greater sums
than we're ever seen on the face OF