Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-11

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choice bit II his>ury hiddsn sway IN
eorneu 81 this metropolis wheRe ons
vorM lsam szpect - End II Whe
would think q eaing into = sso0nd elzza
French rsslnnranS for : cup q co<1ss
and ro1l. and csning out with : hs<tss
hea u tho revolution - le16 than he
sver got fsom books. with : rumantie
ssniniscsncs of the coup d'etst 1t
Pianans thrown in BY way Of desssrtl
Yet thAa va my good fsrtsne 80 othsz
day.
A eutsssd the restaurant it, o.
waiter roe rsanctnnfiy fru9 To book h
was reading and awaited my order.
0lancirg IT ths volume which stiu lay
q ths table mw thAt IL W. = novel
By lola. Of whisA the stsassgic nxnsa-
YER It PlAssans u the mainspsing.
"Ah.- ] aid. ''Aad 20 you arc lovs1
q ZSlay
mo-" aid TIE waiter scosufuly. a
am not lover Of Zola; am lover q
Alphonse Dsudct-"
"Iut you were just reading zoaa.s
True; but because ] read one Of hi
books y no Sign that love them all
This beck contains something that inter
ests me. that u all-bat wait till ! 90,
your coffee"
The waiter brought my coffee and sal
down 1t tho opposite side Of the table.
"You have read the bookY he asked
@Yes."
''And remember the account d the
coup d'etat 1t Plassane"
sSurely."
Every wen. said the wsiter, becoming
very impressive, my grandfather was
the chief actor in that drama But TO,
him there would have bean no Second
Empres" ! expressed proper astonish.
ment. and begged the waiter to explain.
But, dear me-" he said, shaking his
bead. my grandfather had no idea OF
what he was doing for Napoleon. IL
was a. good . Republican ~ any q
them
Then how did he perform such signal
service for NapoleonY' inquired.
"Ah. that il it; because he was IN
-" replied the waiter, who evidently
would have bean something Of Repub.
Mean himself il he had lived In those
timsk my grandfather was an igno.
sAnt, foolish old man and fanatic. He
was a under gardener ia the service OF
n. Possart, who had always been q
stanch Republican, but was now acting
secretly against both the Republicans
and tho Legitimists. Ny grandfather
did not know this, 30 he made q very
convenient tool.
"The grounds Of n. Possart's house al
the rear were separated from those OF
n. Pegneur by shrubbery and low
paling fence. NJ. Pegnem was q lead
ing spirit among the Republicans, and
knew al about their strength and Their
plans II. Pegner employed IS gov.
erness for his children pretty little
Parisienne with whom IL. Poaxart, be
ing young and handsome. had firted
desperately over the boundary fence
Her name was Nanette. One day Ma
nette came to tho fence and spoke te
my grandfather, who was at work in
his masters garden so, So he said
going up to the fence, you and my
young master have quarreled. You nc
longer meet as you used to-
mo said Nanette, 'we have moi
quarreled. Listen We arc going tt
marryi But we can't meet here any
moro. Your master is suspected Of being
. traitor
Never said my grandfather: 1t i.
false. He is no traitor
.sH is true he is suspected, and W.
are watched. But you can help Us, said
Nanette plaintively. DO you have a
good appetizer
Every, said my grandfather, which
was true. for / have heard my mother
say he was an old glutton.
And are you fond of sugar cakesr
Extremely said my grandfather
hcking his lips
"'Well, then, hsten,' said Nanefte
'Qufte often. maybe every other day,
VIII bring you some sugar cakes md hand
them over the fence: bat you must cal
them at once, for we shall be watched
But do not eat the little piece of paper in
the ceuter Of one Of the cakes. Concea
it in your hmd, and after . while take i,
- n. Possart.'
The very next day Nanette bsought
some sugar cakes 10 Tie fence, and called
out to my grandfather: 'Osd man, old
man, are you hungry? Hese arc some
nice sugar cakes fCr you Ny grsndfs-
ther went up to the fenoe at once. tool
the Gales and ate thew- In the centey
6 ono wss a1tt11e hitof psper which -
"Yow gr.ndfs>Ax coaid not rsad,'
hteFrupted-
no msre than . COW, Il oouuss mot
Hs took the piece of paper to n Poasart
whe seemed very I'D - CT T. Nesrly
every day for . month my oaA fbo1 II Z
grandfather tsok those ptcoes e papr d
Is. PoSart.s
"And then wfsk happeneiT
"fien there ~ tho coup d'e1nk"
N. Posszrt newer wa m love with
NsnetteY
10. cert>i.ay not she Wa . SPY,
Just 81 be was
ard slse littts p4sre Of papw
Contained e1Act informs i'm abon,
the plans Of the Esp1AhcsmL All
aid the wsftw. vita n pa4hekic shrug OF
his stsouAder1. "but for my sfxpid Old
gran1tfather there wuuA have been nc
3reud Empire HEszT AKxxx.
A ssxse~tp~e TitSe~
what name wouh you suggest for q