The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-17

cessful, procreates others, inhames the
minds of so-called patriots and lunatics
to make bid for popularity or the oppO-
site. These assassins allhope to go down
into history, and the worst punishment
that could be melted out to one of the crew
would be to ignore him. OF course, we
could not follow our inclinatons in that
respect, but whenever possible we made
as little noise about the plots that were
discovered as possible. Many scoundrels,
caught almost red-handed, were shipped
to the penal colonies for life; others we
paid to seek their fortunes elsewhere. The
man Kelch was creature of Mazzini
and could not be bought off. l will give
you the details of one frustrated plot that
has never become known:
I'm the year 1854 ] learned that a num-
Der of suspicious characters were in the
habit Of visiting a house In the Faubourg
st. Honore, which the emperor occasion
ally passed on his rides about town The
house was owned by a former minister
of the late King Charles y 1 shaved my
moustache and beard off, clothed myself
in the hight of fashion, placed the red
band OF the order of the Legion of Honor
in my button hole, hired the SWEETEST coach
/ could hnd, with coachman and groom
in grand livery and drove up to the door,
informing the concierge that l desired to
rent the place. which was at the time Of
fered at 1000 francs year.
1.-The ianitor was full of business and
devotion when l declared my intention,
terrifying what | said by paying 100 francs
on account. This done / cried: i forgot
to ask you whether this house was owned
by one of the creatures of Napoleon? 1
would prefer to live in a hoVel owned by
an honest man to dwelling in a palace
and paying rent to the Corsican tyrant'
THE stupid fellow jumped into the
trap with both feet. Addressing me as
Marquis-I had minated that l was Mon
sieur lie Comte de Chalets-he assured me
that he hated Napoleon like poison, and
to win my confidence completely he con-
Quoted me to a room having a secret door
that led to a passage with a window
| overlooking the street. 1t could not be
/ reached save by the secret door, as the
original entrance from the stairs had
been walled up. My friend struck a light
and l found what L expected to find in
one form or another-a hell machine con-
structed of five gun barrels pointing to-
ward the corner which the emperor's car
riage used to pass. You can guess the
rest"
Griscelr says fighting the emperor's and
his helpmates' discarded mistresses kept
him almost as busy as looking out for
his majesty's safety. Toward the end of
1856 he was called post haste into the en-
peror's cabinet one day, and the following
note of which he has fac smile, was
laid before him:
( once denounce as false the report that
you are going to be married to a young
lady of the st. Petersburg court. If you
( fail to obey me l Will be forced to make
public use of your letters respecting the
/ coup d'etat. have them all and they
might sadly compromise you and others
The mssive was signed Countess de Lee
/ hon. This lady at one time had been the
mistress of Napoleon. When his majesty
tired of her De Morny had been her friend
De Morny occupied the post OF Anbassa-
dor at ST. Petersburg after the close of
/ the war of the Crimea. He sent the black
mail letter to Napoleon Immediately af-
/ ter receiving it. and the emperor was wild
/ with rage when GriScelh saw him.
1.-The teI-tale letters are probably now
I on their way to London where the Orleans
will purchase them, moaned his majesty.
mo fear" said Griscelli: Il happen to
know this lady intimately and she is too
smart to part with the letters at short
notice. She will preserve them to the last.
/ The Orleans cannot obtain them unless
/ your majesty wills it so by refusing to
/ entertain the countess's offers for COM
1 promise"
PAY what you will for these documents
1 but get them at any price ordered Napo-
4 leon.
/ Il went at once to the CONTESTS house.
I told her ladyship that the emperor desired
{ to see her son, and took him with me to
my Office in the palace Of the president Of
police. Arriving there. L ordered, in the
/ young mans presence, TO surround the
/ Countess de Lehon's house with detec-
tiVes and permit nobody to enter or leave
except at my express orders.
What does this mean?" asked the
youth.
/ 1t means said I. that your mother is
/ accused of having sold De Mornys letters
+ to the Orleans.
/ Count de Lehon vehemently denied the
4 Ci4dt S6 lltAu the lelltAS III my manu- TINS
4 morning he said; they are in my moth
/ ers bedroom, He then sat down and wrote
/ a letter asking his mother to deliver the
I epistles to mis- messenger.
An hour later the strong box containing
i the documents stood on the emperor desk
I who called ina locksmith to open it. That
done, the young count was allowed to
depart and few days later the official
newspaper announced his decoration with
the cross of the Legion of Honor and his
appointment TO the Presidency of the gen
eral council ia Ain. And he was only 10
years old. Grisceli received 1000 francs
and De Morny married his Russian bride
without Interference from anvhodv.