Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15
the sPY.s DEATH

AZ %. Gratiea, Before Paris. Is7e.
Inc oed1ers were not especially agre cable.
s sna sereesnt ioSnesd mp and ssked IL we were
him. and kentucky espl.ined We entered tn
gateway, and passed through long avenue OF
qpeefiy snapped trees into Kind Of innrr yard
ecoordeon, and another was croening Itfis
meaeQy IN unison Then seemed son. CONNIE
toa NJ the house uniforms flashed to and fro:
o. me a vivid dSscrption OF some rir,srtn,a
event, and q cultural sacram.nfa or n.n,,S.
weoef eiscusted rom time 10 time. led M "a
conclude that tn int igence was not OF A ples
SAINT character. Kentucky, who listened iptsnt,x
while Ia was talking with the sergeant, ~ho w.
row very attentive TO us, gave us a wink from
time Ca time, to signify that he sht the M, an
ing, and when We were left aions tor a MON mt
he said. lastly
Web, it Sea ms that the spy over waom our
triena, the msjor, WAS so excited this morBjng,
has been seen IN the lines to-day, and party :
nov securing the outp0sts, and even venturin.
~ {" err the lines, in tie hopes Of catching him
nose labbCrers in the house arc m mbrur OF a
party that narrowly ESCAPED capture two hours
ago, VentaTing after him. The sergeant SAYS its
t "a ~ W. didnt meet any of tnS exploring par
We , M might have treated - roughly beiorc
W. could have eNplsned.'
Twas iu>t sitting dOwa ON broken char that
SV"vd near the porch. and Cocoon vaS y at q
make some response 60 Keutuc-y, ysaen ia,
sharp report 81 a needle-gun broke On che air.
shd was immediately followed by another. In
Sth'hebt the ward was filed with NE excite soi-
many " Wtsm GGSltft towarl the gnfa
rsttntsuea. and without their rms. The cry
OF :, Spion' Spioni rang out loudly and the men
ia the Nsr. danced AN and dow wftt SOW .ne
oSusn' u IL time, they cried, and We Listened
For the nex, few minutes no noise wa hasr,l
OUTSIDE. The pieket-t ripg seemed e. have sad
tehiy ceased L ne sift noe became Oppressive.
ait We were glad when the heavy tread 81 haif
dasen fnfantryrnen was heard, aud they cam
Up ne alley, bearing between them the ion =, Of
gail and athletic man, clad in a blush LAT
6Eu NrfeS trCu-gg-. la N adj hf.pn i.Ds
the body, and evidently had but few minute,
70 I'VE. There was an inpl0ring look upon his
1eaIufes, when sdresdiui beyond oxpr sssion.
The face had been imperious. beautiful, pas
Sjonate; but the pain of two = oadly wounds Mad
somewhat sottened its baIghty traits and made
~ nder as that OF a woman The hands. which
Mere white and patrician IN outline, were shut
lightly, and the limbs were distOTtea by the
agony which was fastoyerwhelmin ,le life that
had evidently been strong ana active A sur
etoh came forward and knelt by the man, rs he
va ian upon n mattress hurriedly brou ght from
". h"ilse, but lac shook his head hal Insurn-
-tb[a tic a &c at once.
.'MhooSer he may be, he is past l.-oJin 2 - he
3, man raised has hand feebly, and let il fan
You see, Herr Hauptman." sa,d n huge SOL
d1r, with a shock head OF hair, and a bapdage.i
arm, TO as captdin-''lou see that when ven
tuEed outside the lines, and got this or sed ChaS-
sel'et bullet through INV wing, IL made me an
gry, and determined 20 have p crack at some
tnihg- SO hal IN q little pile of Drush that the
v.
the edge OF the wood. and I Law in a Kind of
shiyeT, wondering what won a turn up next and
whether my arm would suffer from being boutet
80 tlghtly, when all On 81 sudden "A singular feel
ing comes over me. and look straight ahead
INTO the edge Of the wood, a little wav OF: 4
uraw my breath / ard, and . swear That 4 see a
mans head come up out of The ground. e. ,se 20
lightning"
The soldiers all drew long breatI,s AMI looked
hafd at The ng man. who had closed his ewes
n fsi You see. Herr HavnfmNn 4 rasstad
Trough NV mindtlat it must lie = Spy--hcsi5y
81 course-or ghost. While am dociainr
WHICH, up comes the lead again. slowly AMI
cautiously. and jump out ami rI,n towards IN
But L am brought up standing within ten feet
oi TIE whole, Tor there ~ arm pointing n re-
NoiVer at me, and go down on all fours. Then
1 come up again Just in time 20 ami taa; the
man is out of the hole and running TOR the
ih'eket: am afraid shall lose him in the mist.
20 cal ont once. snd sacrament A fire. for NJ.
JDy.i Z stop just 4 fre, some one ,F,an. hin,
'sln ute other side. and il the .io,e there were
te--s pagers. hid where one would hardly sus-
rcs'--.'i tile middle of huge stone. which
.ee1neo 2 uectly solid, but which HAD ben sawn
.H.ts o. do Won really think II is the igh; mans''
ne CAPTAIN was examining the papers. and
his lace giowed with joy. ''1his is. perhapS y
great victory he said. alt pr1hshls saves
many lives. but there il nothing very definite
W. have this end OF the underground railway
10 Neisaiiies. and TO the French armies below
Orleans and he hardly noticed the diving man
IA convulsiye shudder passed over the pale
lace uPturned on the bloody mattress. Cocoon
earnestly aud reyerently. Suddenly the eve,
nnc lored. the hands were raised 90 the nect
ana one % them eonvuisiveiy c,enched a locket,
which had been hidden under the clotiaing. The
spasmod strength Of the fa-t-failng man tore
the loo ket from it, Oh ain and the face was then
lifted. The eyes fell upon Cocoon the hands
oec"oned to him, and the hoarse voice Said
witt an Understandable agony and entreaty this
enc word in French:
Cocoon understood and took The Iock.t. The
eyes, which were fastened u,on the American,s
iace with awful intentncss, suddenly became
hieless; the head fell back; he man was dead
Coc Don closed the e. &c. str ghtened the limbs
ana c0yertd the face.
!. "N hat did ne give you?" said a soldier sits
piciOusly.
"a locket. and Won can see-tl,ers j. oniv
womans picture i'm it,. roas KrstycSr'E
Loce, - W Ed'gors KiBg
H1NTs or CosyERsATIoN--A, the sui ;ect
OF tie weather has been alnos; lnonopoli eel by
COW ersaton clubs, friend suggests "a .ub.ii-
tute 70 tc used in conversation. WHY should
not aTitlmefical obsery atoms be used in place
OF these OF meteorological nature. 80 "a tn rem
useless remarks as:
at is very Lct this evening, misso''
Yes, 81. think il Is hotter than it was this
81 really believe it Is, but it's no; IS hot as it
eli it is as hot to morrow, L don't anov what
s.But i don't think it is possible for L 70 be
hotter than twas yesterday
We have here something both novel aad in
slructSe to The mind. For instance. people OF
ordinary c,si'urt laight thus converse:
''Good n6;liilg, l-iss. Nine AID ei .ht make
seventeen
Eyes. sir, they 10; and three from seventeen
leave fourteen
''AnG one more viii make f.teen"
difficult"
A GEEAT NCMRER or PERSONS are seen In the
streets OF Paris wearing in their butt,rholy.
bunch of yiOlets tied with black grape II has
been decided that the deceased I'm pcror,s
friends VIII &C into nasurning Tor three months.
Every one stoppe.. ~ they passed by "a flower
shop on the Boulevard i'm which were exhibited
two enormous ~reaths. One was made of blIe
yiolets, on which was traced i'm white flowers OF
the same description. ''To Napoleon III Paris
10Th January The other was OF iminorteiIes