The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-06-12

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me. l shall tell him that he may come
if he will bring with him the Lad,
Hare and her daughter
"fMore thrilling words were never
spoken by Demosthenes,' / answered
But how about Jones and his Bonnie
Homme Richard? He is now a terror
to the British coasts. They would feal
destruction
"T shall ask Jones to let them
alone he said. They can come under
a special flag
Commodore Jones did not appear
again in Paris until October, when he
came to Passy to report upon a
famous battle.
81 was eager to meet this terror of
the coasts. His impudent courage and
sheer audacity had astonished the
world. The wonder was that men
were willing to join him in such dare
devil enterprises.
81 had imagined that Jones would
be a tall, gaunt, swarthy, raw-boned,
swearing man of the sea. He was a
sleek, silent, modest little man, with
delicate hands and features. He
wished to be alone with the Doctor,
and so 1 did not hear their talk. /
know that he needed money and that
Franklin, having no funds, provided
the sea fighter from his own purse.
"OHe evening our near neighbors,
LIE Compile de Chaumont and NJ.
LeVilleard, came to that a
dinner and ball in honor of Franklin
would occur at the palace of Compile
de Chaumont less than a week later.
"'My good friends said the philos-
opher, I value these honors which are
so graciously offered me, but l am old
and have much work to do. l need
rest more than 1 need the honors.'
at is n of the penalties of being
a great savant that people wish to see
and know him. said the count. The
most distinguished people in France
will be among those who do you
honor. I think, If you can recall a
talk we had some weeks ago, you will
wish to be present.
"'Oh, then, you have heard from
the Hornet
"I have q letter here which you
may read at your convenience
"My dear friend, be pleased to re-
ceive my apologies and my hearty
thanks said Franklin. Not even the
govt could keep me away
Next day I received a formal In
vitation to the dinner and ball. I told
the Doctor that in view of the work
to be done, l would decline the invita-
ton. He begged me not to do 1t and
insisted that he was counting upon me
to represent the valor and %chivalry of
the New World that as / had grown
into the exact stature Of Washington
and was so familiar with his manners
and able to initiate them In converse
ton, he wished me to assume the cos
tune Of our commander In chief. He
did me the honor to say:
"'There is no other mar whom it
would be safe to trust in such an
exalted role. I wish, as a favor to
me, you would see what can be done
at the costumer's and let me have q
look at YOU
IT did as he wished. The result was
an astonishing likeness. / dressed as
l had seen the great man in the field.
I wore a wig slightly tinged with gray,
a blue coat, buff waistcoat and sash
and sword and the top boots and
spurs. When I strobe across the room
in the mastery fashion of our great
commander, the Doctor clapped his
hands.
"'You are as like him as one pea Is
like another!' he exclaimed. Nothing
would so please our good friends, the
French, who have an immense curl
osity regarding LIE Grand Vasanton,
and 1t will 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 it over my head so
that the cross shone upon my breast.
"'That is for the faith of u peo-
ple,' he declared. The guests will
assemble on the grounds of the count
late in the afternoon. You will ride
e ~ q AZ AiC1POs Il
beautiful maiden in a white robe held
at the waist with a golden girdle will
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 a
blessing and to you a sword and a
purse. You will hold them up and
"'"For these things I promise you
the friendship of my people and their
prosperity"
"FYou will kiss the sword and hang
It beside your own and pass the purse
to me and then / shall have something
to say
$50 it was all done, but with thrill
-ng details, Of which no suspicion had
come to me. | had not dreamed, for
Instance, that the king and queen