But gradually his strength was sapped. On the afternoon of the 18th of July, 1792, when forty-five years old, he consigned himself to the inevitable, and, assisted by Gouverneur Morris, drew up his will. A few hours afterward, while he lay in bed, his great spirit quietly departed. [Illustration: PAUL JONES'S LAST BURIAL _Midshipman escorting the casket to its final resting place, in Annapolis, April 24th, 1906_] In 1905, the American Embassy in Paris exhumed the body of America's glorious hero, after it had lain hidden for one hundred and thirteen years in the abandoned Cemetery of St. Louis. Under escort of one of our finest naval squadrons the body was brought to the United States and buried with much ceremony in Arlington, the National Cemetery at Washington. * * * * * _FAMOUS AMERICANS FOR YOUNG READERS_ _Titles Ready_ GEORGE WASHINGTON By Joseph Walker JOHN PAUL JONES By C. C. Fraser THOMAS JEFFERSON By Gene Stone ABRAHAM LINCOLN By J. Walker McSpadden BENJAMIN FRANKLIN By Clare Tree Major DAVID CROCKETT By Jane Corby ROBERT FULTON By I. N. McFee THOMAS A. EDISON By I. N. McFee HARRIET B. STOWE By R. B. MacArthur MARY LYON By H. O. Stengel _Other Titles in Preparation_