. The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897. e hadobtained a victory. He was made a knight,and some London merchants were inducedto give him silver plate worth ^100. Piercywas promoted, and got silver worth ;^ John Paul Jones heard of Pearsonsluck he said : He has deserved it; and if I should have^the good fortune to fall in with him again, Iwill make him a lord. The flight of John Paul Jones from Texelin the Alliance was characteristic of the man,for instead of taking the long route aroundthe north of the British Islands he boldlyheaded for the narrow Strait
. The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897. e hadobtained a victory. He was made a knight,and some London merchants were inducedto give him silver plate worth ^100. Piercywas promoted, and got silver worth ;^ John Paul Jones heard of Pearsonsluck he said : He has deserved it; and if I should have^the good fortune to fall in with him again, Iwill make him a lord. The flight of John Paul Jones from Texelin the Alliance was characteristic of the man,for instead of taking the long route aroundthe north of the British Islands he boldlyheaded for the narrow Straitsof Dover, leav-ing port in a howling gale. He passed soclose to Dover that he counted the warshipsin the Downs, and he counted those atSpithead also. He sailed from Texel onDecember 27, 1779, and he reached Corruna^on January i6th. It is worth noting thatthroughout this extraordinary passage hekept the American flag flying. On reaching Paris, John Paul Jones was thehero of the day. The American commis-sioners paid him every honor. The king 276 THE HISTORY OF OUR NAVY. John Paul Joness Medal. (Louis XVI) gave him a gold-hilted swordappropriately inscribed and the Grand Crossof the Order of Military Merit. When he ap-peared in the queens box at the opera the THE HISTORY OF OUR NAVY 277 whole audience rose up to cheer. Later inthe evening a laurel wreath was suspended:above his head, but he left hisseat then—aninstance of modesty which is to this day heldup as a model to French schoolboys. In the autumn of 1780 Jones sailed toAmerica in the Ariel with supplies for the^American army. He was the honored guestof the greatest men of the nation. The Con-gress passed resolutions in his honor threetimes. It gave him a gold medal, and it placedhim at the head of the navy, which was anhonor that he had fully earned and which wasto him a greater satisfaction than all otherhonors. Meantime the British government de-nounced John Paul Jones as a pirate andput a price upon his head. It offer
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