The Meeker herald., 1891-06-27

The Th!ri rcratilr II M irccr than
WEN any rrrNEnI. i'r-neh r-s.uiss. snys
n writer In tho rhiia,irip',ia Times,
.roin ,hls ,l.-cp tain, q, what the l'T-nch
a II tnalrhar!ls.. Nrrcr i-rfufN' ni any
period - Frances history has the f,'s;n
81 spy,i1,n b,cn "a Widespread ard alb
sa,ui. la Paris ne ROW. Thrr' hns '-'-n
la,;rrly nurh discussion Ia tho worlds
pr.Ns q, tho extraordinary 'ir''rc- H.
which oricial -spionar,' obtains In Ins-
ala, and ,-ry Interesting "details have
bc-n forthcoming oa the srhi"''. am
row In rD7l,inn ;a Hs,iTIa that In Paris
i 40 ~; ~, throughout the whole 81
franc--,h- nss,.-s "f ihc ds'r-'is- met
an. worm cTrn ts,ps,- closely rpund the
.n,lrr pspaia,i.n than has ever h--n
the ease Ia ~. i.,rr~hnrE', E,si-n-r
Of ,his fac; nigh, easily L. founi In the
.~c.v, history IL the i,puihn-is' con
sp.n,.y. trssa frat la Last every detail
81 ihi. movement was lssn,sn io the
pallrr. nsr' than thrcc.sourfh, 81 III.
itpnianrts,s s,s-nssivc. '-'ini. inf"rfn-r's
The insian, ynu arrive at a Paris sta
,ian you ar- Ia thu ini'is' a.! Apl's. YOU
arr driven io n h1sri Ia a cah. In half an
hour the ,ah,nan will furnish sh- t.slic'
with any particulars he may have h~~n
sbl. Ia l.s,i.-r concerning. your f-s>i;i"n.
destination. business. etc. Arrived nj
your. ho,.i. You t-rsosn- rho object 81
scru,iny. "a ri..s-- a. II II s-'sr~'. u;' The
part oi divers persons, who. though at
Tackled Ia the rlacr la tic cspaci's
II manager ar cashier. ar -r-n porter
or "i-ud:s.- arr in rrali'y enrolled
soldiers ~ the Erca; detective army.
.,ni here may mention a sr-cial char
neirrIs,sc Of the trvnch effective sys-
,rfn-i'a faculty Of recruiting ahh-rcn's
in ali ciass-a ut society. Fr-uch spies.
fa- the -f.-si Iar.. arr no; simple spice
AMI nothing murr. They hasv 'rsds
nr occupation IT their own. 'n whicl
they sccn wholly anal solely devoted
willis sc, assliupsisly pursuing: sub rosa
their spying.
The unsusyc-,ins stranger In rari'
has dinner a, his h";-l served hy .
waiter who. IA matter Il coursr. is In
the pay II the police. and will su,-s.,'
qucn,iy rc.,rt {" them what cunvcrSa
ton he rvrrhcar~ during the meal. ".
then sallics forth. rrimc'i with rlas,
OF two 81 fine champagne. for an even
inr's Amusement Of The true Partisan
SORT. First. he repairs Z" one uf III.
hrillian, boulevard play houses A few
stalls away from him sits n i-rn'lcmanly
ips.sing man. with steady. ohscr,an'
yves. VIII. glauccs now and again a; out
friend IN such way a- ;o make the lat
ter ,hinki II wonder whcrc I've sect
tina. man icfurc7- lie never has sect
him hrfprv. bu, l, doesn't enter his hca.
Tor moment, To- suspect the man Of 10
ing wha, he really is-a police spy.
The play over. thcrc is just time fo'
half am hours stroll under the horse
chcs,uu's In the .Iarlin dc Paris Her,
ninc-icn,ts Of the attendants arr either
pics or scamps. or may. indeed. u
10Th n, once. for French police
authorities arr not very sgucamish II
choosing their Instruments and seem
to have sort uf preference for scoun.
,,rCls over others. Their theory runs
tina, tho greater villain q man il tn.
better spy he will make: moreover. I'll,
most ciicscious means Of keeping n
man under spy surveillance Is to have
him become spy himself. for spies sp,
upon each other quite as much as ON the
rest of mankind.
Gu; our foreigner finishes up the even.
ing by turning into the Cafe Amcri.
cainc for supper. where he hA for next
door ncighbor seductive young won.
an. with whom he enters into CONVEX.
sation. She has a sweet smile. which
displays two rows of glit,cripr teeth.
and puts many questions to him con.
corning France and the French. Nat
urllly enough. our visitor magincs thi,
IS all done on; of that bright. easy
Ga'iic pplitcncss he adnircs 50 much
for how IL he 10 know that every wor,
he has said in reply will come Ia the ear
of the police not later than the follow
ing afternoon?
II our friend he fond of sport he vii
soon bc finding his way to the race
course near the capital and into tn,
baccnrnt clubs with which Pari
abounds, and here he win he hourly IL
conthc; with police spies in greater mum
brr1 than there are racers on the cours,
or cnrls in the pack. And 80 tho gam,
goes ON in every sphere Of Paris lif,
and society.