The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-11

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 what she can take on the north, and Spain eventually will hold nothing worth having on the south. By the Lord, General Bonaparte fights well. He knows how to sacrifice pawn in order to checkmate king" ''Yes, your excellency,'' said Burr. T agree with you, but And now my condition. Follow me closely. say if that wedge is driven home-if that expedition of MT. Jeffer- sons shall succeed-its success will rest on one factor. In short, there is a man at the head of that expedition who must fight with us and not against us, else my own interest in this matter lacks entirely. You know the man I have in rl;nd.''
 Burr nodded, his lips compressed. "That young man, Colonel Burr, will go through. know his kind. Believe me, if know men, he is a strong man. Let that man come back from his ex- petition with the map of a million square miles of new American territory
 
 from his foes 'and there will be no chance left for Colonel Burr and his friends"
 "Al that your excellency has said tallies entirely with our own beliefs" rejoined Burr. "But what then? What is the conditiony Simply this-you must have Captain vuff ,,o nd y,cf Money was raised twenty years ago in London to make this same sort of jour ney across the continent, but the plan fell through. Revive it now, and we English still may pull it off. But it l will be too late if Captain Lewis goes forward now-too late for us-too late l for you and your plan, MT. Burr. I want | that man! We must have him with usv' Burr sat in silence for time. You open up a singular train of thought for me, your excellency," said he at length. He does belong with us, 1 that young Virginian!"
 You know him, then?" inquired the | British minister. "That is to say, you Know him well?" Perfectly. Why should not? He
 
 nearly was my son-in-law. Egad Give him two weeks more, and he might i have been-he got the news of my daughters marriage just too late. It hit him hard. Now, you ask me how to get that man, your excellency. There is perhaps one way in which it could be accomplished, and only one." , 1 "How then?" inquired Merry.
 "The way of a woman with a man may always be the answer in matters of that sort !'' said Aaron Burr. The three sat and looked each at the other for some time without comment. "I find Colonel Burr's brain active in all ways!' began Senor Yrujo dryly. "Now I confess that he goes somewhat in advance of mine"
 "Listen," said Aaron Burr. What MT. Jefferson said of Captain Lewis is absolutely true-his will has never been known to relax or weaken"
 "Then even the unusual weapon you suggest might not avail" MT. Merry's smile was not altogether pleasant. Women would listen to him readily, think" remarked Yrujo. Gallant in his way, yes," said Burr ''Then what do you mean by saying something about the way of woman with man?'
 "Only that it is the last remaining opportunity for us,7' rejoined Aaron Burr. "The appeal to his senses-oe course we will set that aside. The ap- peal to his chivalry-that is better. The appeal to his ambition-that is less, but might be used. The appeal to his sympathy-the wish to be generous with the woman who has not been generous with him, for the reason that she could not be-here again you have another argument which we may claim as possible"
 You reason we'll" said Merry. "But while men are mortal, yonder, if mis- take not, is a gentleman"
 Precisely" said Burr. "If we ask him to resign his expedition we are asking him to alter all his loyalty to his chief, and he will not do that. Any appeal made to him must be to his aonor or to his chivalry; otherwise it were worse u Ian hopeless. He would no more be disloyal to my son-in-law, the lady's husband-in case it came to that-than he would be disloyal to the orders of his chief"
 ''Fie, fe!' said Yrujo, serving him. self with wine from a decanter on the table. "An men are mortal. I agree with your first proposition, Colonel Burr, that the safest argument with a xan-with young man especially. and such g, man-is q woman, and such a womanr'
 "One thing is sure," rejoined Burr, flushing. That man will succeed un- less some woman induces him to change-some woman acting under an appeal to his chivalry or his sense of justice. His reasons must be honest to him. They must be honest to her alike.'
 Gro be continued.)