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

There Is no morning to their day
he went on. Their dawn Is noontime
Our kind OF people have heS longe
days and have used them wisely. s.
WI have pushed on ahead of this Eu
ropean caravan Our fathers In New
England made a great discovery
"'What was itT | asked.
THAT righteousness was not a Joke
hat Christianity was not a solemn
plaything for one day In the week. but
a real, practical. working proposition
for every day In the year; tina the
main support OF the structure Is indus
try; that its most vital commandment
is this. six days shalt thou labor"
that no amoun OF wealth can excuse a
man from this duty. Everyone worked.
There was no idleness and therefore
little poverty. The days were all for
labor and the nights for rest. The
wheels OF progress were creased and
moving
".And our love OF learning helped TO
push them along l suggested.
"'True. Our people have been most
ly like you and me- he went on. we
long for knowledge OF the truth. We
build schools and libraries and cpl
leges. We have pushed on out of the
Eighteenth century into a new time.
There you were born. Now you have
stepped a hundred years backward into
Europe. You are astonlshed. and this
brings me to my poinr. Here | am
with a great task on my hands. 1t Is
to enlist the sympathy and help Of
France. l must take things. not as
could wish them to be, but as I find
them. AT this court women are all
powerful. 1t has long been a maxim
here that a ~diplomatist must stand well
with the ladies. Even though he is
venerable, he must be gallant, and I
do not use the word In a shady sense.
The ladies' are not so bad as you would
think them. They are playthings. To
them, life Is not as we know 1t, nlled
with realities. 1t Is a beautiful drama
of rich costumes and painted scenes
and ingenious words, all set In the at
mosphere of romance. The players
pretend TO believe each other. III
sailor I nm one of these players.
have to be-
"Mirabeau seemed to mean what he
said was my answer.
Eyes. He Is one OF those who
speak from the heart. All these
love the note of sincerity when
hey hear 1t. In the salon Ii is out of
,ey. but away from the ladies the men
re often living and not playing. Mira
eau, Condorcet, Turgot and others
heard the call of Human Liberty.
they come TO his house and
peak out with a strong candor.'
Il suppose that this great drama of
espctism in France will end in o Z
whose climax will consume the
rage and half the players | ventured {
, say. 6
THAT IS a theme. Jack, on which
on and l Il be silent Franklin O
answered. We must hold our mouths c
) with a Bride (
For a momen he sat looking sadly
to the glowing Goals on the crate. t
loved to talk. but no one S
'uld better keep his own counsel. v
"'At heart / am no r~evolutionist,' he "
i'd presently. L believe in purifying d
not in breaking down. | would 10
ID that L could have convinced the b
'itish Of their error. Mainly | am s.
tn the prophet who says: 81
'Stand in the old ways. View the d
cient paths. Consider them well and W
not among those who are given to al
ange."' kl
Il sat for a moment thinking of the f
aelties l had witnessed, and asking III
self IL il had been really worth
lille. Franklin interrupted my L,
l.,
4 wish we could discover a plan di
Itch would induce and compel ma W,
ms to settle their differences without de
ting each others throats. When
human wisdom be sufficient to see OF
advantage Of thisT' so
He told me the thrilling details of an
success in France how he had won re
kingdom for an ally and secured
and the help of a feet and army a
N on the sea. an
And you will not be surprised to M
IN thai the British have been sound wi
me to see If we would be base no
ugh to abandon our ally he ia
ghed. wi
In a moment he added:
Come, IL Is late and you must tn
to a letter to the heart of England
ore you lie down to rest ms
Often thereafter he spoke of Mar
81 as the heart of England" ceI