L'histoire de la France du règne de Clovis, 481 A.D., à la signature de l'armistice, novembre 1918 . scess, causée par ses mauvaises habitudes, éclate, gangrène mis en place, et il mourut. Enfin, il s'est abstenu de prendre le sacrement, parce qu'il n'y avait personne de rang élevé qu'un prêtre pour l'oint avec l'huile Sainte. Il saïdthan personne de degré inférieur à un cardinal ne devrait lissé son chemin vers le ciel. Les régents autre chef était un joueur de Scotch, la loi namedJohn. C'était un homme fascinant, jeune, manuel, plein d'esprit, qui s'est dédashé, gracieux, un roi de cœur, et un homme d'affaires qui vante. La France était dans

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The story history of France from the reign of Clovis, 481 A.D., to the signing of the armistice, November, 1918 . scess, caused by his bad habits, burst, gangrene set in, and he died. At the last, he refusedto take the sacrament, because there was no one of higherrank than a priest to anoint him with the holy oil. He saidthat no one of inferior degree to a cardinal should smoothhis path to heaven. The regents other leader was a Scotch gambler, namedJohn Law. He was a fascinating fellow, young, hand-some, witty, dashing, graceful, a king of hearts, and a brill-iant man of business. France was in desperate straits formoney ; the regent had neither credit nor coin. Law per-suaded him that if he could start speculation among thepeople the government would be able to float paper money, and to pay off enough of its debts to be easy in its circum- 1715-1723] 247 stances. The regent agreed to anything which would fur-nish liim means to give his little suppers and to presentdiamonds to his fair lady friends. So Law had a chanceto try his plan. Actieu.se NACHT-WIND-Zantfermetzvn-Tover Slons Quam. t vandiaae/. CAlilCATUIii: OV JOUA LAW The first part of it succeeded very well indeed. All Francewent mad on speculation. All over the French colonies, and in all sorts of odd places throughout the world, townswere built—among others the city of New Orleans on theMississippi; it was named after the regent — and everytown was owned by a company, which issued shares of 248 [1715-1723 stock. Companies were started to carry on every businessyou can think of, and some businesses you never heardof. All of them issued shares; everybody was wild to buythem; the shares went up day after day, and everybodyseemed to be making a fortune. Great lords, bishops, generals, lawyers, merchants, court ladies and ladies-maids, gentlemen and valets, all crowded into the little Rue Quin-campoix, where the shares were manufactured, and scram-bled for them. On some days the throng was so densethat people we

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