The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-11-07

mo 4DiS 70 lmfIau0 mem IN C00Vornn
: ton, he wished ns to assume tbS 80
tune Of our commander n shLsf. n.
did me the honor to say:
There IL no other man who's 4
would be safe to trust In such n
exalted role. I wish, a. 4 favor Il
me. you would see what can be dom
at the costumer's and let me have Z
look at you
II did as he wished. The result wal
an astonishing likeness / dressed al
l had seen the great man in the field.
I wore q wig slightly tinEed with gray,
q blue coat, bun waistcoat and sash
and sword and the top boots aud
spurs. When / strobe across the ro~n
in the mastery fashion Of u rpsat
commander. the Doctor clapped all
hands.
You are as like him as one Pc IL
like anotherp he exclaimed. sNotblns
would so please our good frIends me
French, who have an immense kurt
oslty regarding lie Grand vasaston,
and 1t viii give me an opportunity to
instruct them as to our spirit
HE went to his desk and took from
a drawer a cross Of jeweled gold on
a long necklace of silver-a gift from
the king-and put 1t over my head so
that h cross shons upon my breast.
"'That IS for the faith Of our peo-
ple,' he declared. The guests will
assemble IN the grounds of the count
late In the afternoon. You will ride
among them on a white horse. A
beautiful maiden In q white robe held
at the waist with a golden glrdle Will
receive you She will be Human Liber-
ty. You Will dismount and kneel and
kiss her hand. Then the prime min
lister Of France will give to each \
blessing and to you a sword and a
purse. You will hold them up and
say:
"'"For these things 1 promise you
the friendship of my people and their
prosperity"
"You will kiss the sword and hang
1t beside your own and pass the purse
to me and her I shall have something
to say
$50 1t was ell done, but with thrill
Ing details, of which no suspicion haa |
to me- j had not dreamed, for
instance. thst the king and queen
would be present and that the enthus-
lasm would be so great. You will be
able to Judge of my surprise when.
riding my white horse through the
crowd, throwing flowers in
my way, | came suddenly upon Mar
saret Hare In the white robe of
Human Liberty. Now facing me after
years of trial, her spirit was
equal to her part. She was like into
he angel l had seen In my dreams.
The noble look of her face thrilled
1t was not so easy to maintain
he calm dignity Of Washington in
moment. / wanted to lift her In
ny arms and hold her there, as you
nay well believe, but, alas, was
Washington / dismounted and fell
ipon one knee before her and kissed
ier hand not o fervently, / would
ave you know, In spite of my tempta-
III stood erect, although tears
7ere streaming down her cheeks and
Ter dear hand trembled when 1t
on my brow and she could only
the words:
"'May the God of your fathers aid I
nd keep you
THE -undercurren of restrained I
In this little scene went out s
that crowd, which represented l
he wealth, beauty and chivalry of {
rance. l suppose that some OF them {
1t a bit of good acting. I
But we were to find In this little !
a climax wholly unexpected by :
Their of US and of an Importance to =
If country which l try In vain to =
When the prime minister '
the purse to Franklin he babe .
m open 1t. This the latter did, 6nd- :,
g therein letters of credit for three ="
Illion livTes granted. of which we =
IRE in sore need. With 1t was the =
WIS that a ship would be leaving
In the morning and that re-
rs on the way had been provided
: his messenger. The invention of our >
diplomat was equal to the de- =
md of the moment and so he ~
~
Washington is like his people. -
turns from all the loves of this :.
rid to obey the call of duty. My ~
ing friend who has so well present. -
the look and manner of Washington "
! now show you his spirit .
He looked at his watch and added:
within forty minutes he will he -,
Ing post to Boulogne, there to take
D for America
(TO BE CONTINUED.) III