ew whose money it was they were carrying, nor did they know that
several hundred other Jews were being trusted in a similar way. All they
knew was that Mayer Anselm had come to them and asked them as a great
favor, as a friend, to carry this belt and give it to his dear son
Nathan, in England. Of course Rothschild's confidence was not misplaced.
A few years later this was the Rothschild method of transporting
treasure all over Europe--to dispatch, say, a hundred poor Jews at
different times, and mixed up among them was the treasure. Honest men
can safely trust others--honest men, as a rule, are safe even with
rogues. There is a spiritual law which governs here--ask Ben Lindsey!

And so the treasure which had originally come from England found its
way back to Britain. It was deposited among various banks and bankers,
to the personal credit of the House of Rothschild, drawing interest at
five per cent.

In the meantime Mayer Anselm remained at Frankfort, living in the Red
Shield, occupying the little shop which had been occupied by his father.
He smoked his big pipe, smiled, went to prayers--and waited. When the
French soldiers had gutted his safe, he sighed, shrugged his shoulders,
and said: "It is the Lord's will--those whom He loveth He chasteneth.
Blessed be the name of the Lord." He waited.

* * * * *

Rothschild brought his children up to economize time and money, and to
be useful. In childhood, all had served as clerks and helpers in the
little bank--the girls included. They were bankers by prenatal tendency
and by education. So strong was the banking instinct in the family that
three of the girls married men who afterward became bankers, probably
being led into the financial way they should walk through marital
influences. And so they were duly absorbed into the great House of
Rothschild. In order to facilitate the business of the Landgrave, who
had considerable property in Hanover, Rothschild sent his third son,
Nathan, there and established a bank. This boy Nathan was the financial
genius of the family. He was the only one of the five boys who surpassed
their father in initiative. And this is saying much, because the other
four were all strong and able men. Anselm, the oldest boy, took his
father's work and became head of the Frankfort house. Solomon managed
the branch at Vienna; Nathan founded the branch in Hanover, and turned
it over to one of his brothers-in-law and went to L