(BEGUN IN THE JANUARY NUMBER.) 
THE ADVENTURES OF FRANCOIS, 
FOUNDLING, THIEF, JUGGLER, AND FENCING- 
MASTER DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. 
BY S. WEIR MITCHELL, M. D., 
Author of «Hugh Wynne,» « Characteristics,» etc. 
WITH PICTURES BY A. CASTAIGNE. 
«CT IS A GARGOYLE COME DOWN 
viu.—In which Frangots discovers the mercan- 
tile value of laughter and the Crab takes toll 
of the jugglers—with the sad history of Des- 
pard, the partner. 
ATE in the evenings, in the room they 
shared, the practice of the early morning 
was resumed, and, above all, Pierre was over- 
joyed to see what tricks of feature were 
within Frangois’s control. He had, in fact, 
some of the art of the actor, and was the 
master of such surprises of expression as 
were irresistibly comic. By and by the fame 
of his wonderful visage spread, and very often 
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the young nobles, with their white cockades, 
came to see, or great ladies would pause to 
have their palms read. When palmistry was 
to be used, the booth was closed with black 
curtains, between which was seen only this 
long face, with the flaring ears and laughing 
eyes. Presently a huge hand came out be- 
low, the rest of the figure remaining unseen. 
Then, in the quaintest language, Frangois 
related wonderful things yet to be, his large 
mouth opening so as to divide the merry face 
as with a gulf. 
It was a time eager for the new, and this 
astonishing mask had a huge success. The 
