Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-03-28

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those wanting such employment is ex-
tremely large. She wrote letter to
the preiecturc-an imprudent thing to
do, but She never repeated the blnnder
and she had TO wait five days for a
reply, which was TO the effect of "dc
Glued with thanks But having got
rid Of her selircsprct;~iso-Tas deter
mined not to make the sacrifice for
nothing, and after much reflection
it occurred to her that the best way to
obtain a market was to forward sam
pie An engagement was out of the
question until she had shown her ca
pacty b, piece work and 10 she
went forth among her aequaintances to
see what could be picke up. She knew
something gofihe FanbourgSt German,
as well as OF the Quarter des Champs
Elysees and by keeping her eyes aud
ears open, she could learn what was
going on amung the declared enemies
and the pretended friends of the en-
pire with equal ease Chance favored
her, and IN most peculiar way. A
small knot OF adventures, like herself,
in want of money, were actually get
ting up false plot against the govern.
ment--a plot that like the Sheffield
razors OF the story was simply made TO
sell. They had found few dupes
among the work people olthe Faubourg
St Antoine, and, altogether taken IN
by Our heroine, they were about to
turn her to sUne account when she dis.
covered their intention. She wrote to
tho prefecture again, though not in her
own name, and this time her cOmmuni-
cation was acknowledged by one Of the
officials in person, who came to tell her
that she might continue her interesting
observations and write again. She did
80, and with such effect that when the
manufacturers OF the plot themselves
went to the authorities, in their turn,
they were told that if they did not
leave Paris in twenty four hours, they
would find themselves in the cells Of
the correctional police. Altcr that she
was in medialely engaged.
They gave her 5000 francs to begin
with, and promise Of rise when she
deserved il. With that and her allow
ance us an officers widow, she man
aged to do pretty well. 1t pad her
own modest expenses, and even enabled
her to save ior her old age. Her heavi
est expense was the little weekly re.
ceplion -he was obliged TO give To keep
her place IN the world. The direct
cost was not great, but she had to live
III u certain style Her life was Il
round Of visiting it was her trade not
to be alone for minnie IN the work.
ing day. The ringing of bells was us
much III the way of business for her as
Tor postman. She had to 20 from
family to family, TO insinuate herself
into the good graces OF the women,and
thWugh them to get at the secrets Of
the men. There was, indeed, II more
direct way, but she was untitled ioi
both by age and, to do her simple jus.
ucr, by inclination. When she saw
that another sort of female agency was
wanted, she simply sent word to the
prefecture aud dropped the case. 1t
was bard work she had to keep up
intimacy with tiity innocent families
in order to have the chance of watch
ing i've who were suspected Aii,r a
while the government began To grow
uneasy under the imminent failure of
the Mexican expedition, and there
were rumOrs, even at that early period,
of an attempt at AN LegitImist rcstora-
ton. She found ont that il was no
more than the dream of few enthusi-
usts, and that the person to bc restor
cd had nu knowledge of the matter Ii
was an immense relci to the emperor /;
lie sent word that she was to be looked
AFTER and they raised her salary To o.
900 francs at one bound. They thought
Of employing her in Germany, but un-
fortunately she did not know the Ian
guage; so she was still kept on the
home list pcliorce. The minister hud
perfect confidence in her because she
had no confidence in him. She never
once signed her own name to u receipt
Tor money or toa report. they rem0n-
strated, but she was inhcxible, and so
they had To put up with II sort of nom
de- plume, Lena
She never even went to the project
ure; when she bad anything to say
that couldn't ie written, she summoned
an agent OF the bureau to her own
house TO receive the communication.
There is no knowing what may hap.
pen, she used to say, 'the empire may
not last our time, and il would bc Il
pretty thiag to have ones correspond
ence turned over by the minister of an.
other regime" They smiled at what
they thought an excess of caution, but
events showed that she was right
When the empire iell, and the men Of
the fourth Of September had the rum.
maging of tie archives, "Lcna's" let.
tiers became the talk of Paris But
who was she =? No one knew but the
person Immediately o0ncerned-the
new minister. She went to him one
day, put her Identity to him as II rid.
die, solved ii Tor him when he gave it
up, and asked him ii she should 70 ON
rs before. lle could give but one rc-
ply, Tor espion mage is above parties
She was kept On, even alter the fall Of
NJ, Theirs, und she rendered splendid
service to the marshal's government by
truckinga German spy, of her sex, who
had worked herself INTO the confidence
of General dc Cssey when minister Of
war, That fair "curious impertincnC
was finding ont all sorts OF things about
the new organization OF the army,
when her Industry was interrupted by
the pbrupt dismissal Of the General
iioN his post, aud by an order To her.
self to leave Pars by the night train.
Lena" died II few weeks ago OF II cold
caught ut II Soirec; aud Of the one or
two hundred persons who attended the
religious service out Ui respect for her
memory, probably not more than two
knew that she was anything more than
All officers widow who bad lived on
her means.-Neio York World
JURLSDTCTION or JUSTICES
or THE PEACE.