The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-31
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bands name, had been expelled by the
police from st. Petersburg as a Ger
man spy and as a woman of infamous
character. Lord Granville at once Of
fered her his arm, led her to the en-
trance and called her carriage. without
comment and without any protest on
her part. For Nine. De Novikoff's rec
ignition had been mutual.
A year later she was living as Nine.
Jung in Paris in handsome apartment
within a stones throw Of the Elysee
Palace. She had managed in some way
to make the acquaintance Of the Min
lister Of War, old Gen. De Cissey, to in
terest him in her matrimonial misfor-
tunes and to excite his sympathy TO
such an extent that, at her request, he
transferred her husband, Gen Jung,
from the capital to the governorship
Of Dunkirk. BY and by De Cissey be-
came so infatuated that he would fye-
quently dine at her residence. and ever ,
tually got into the habit Of lunchlng
there always on leaving the Elysee
Palace after the bi-weekly Cabinet
councils held under the presidency Of
Marshal MacMahon.
While the lady and the Minister were
at dejeuner In the dining room one
or two of her menservants. who, If not
German staff officers in disguise were
at any rate German secret service
agents. would take shorthand notes =
the contents Of the old Generals minis
terial portfolio. which he would always
| leave in his fair charmer's salon while
| he was at table and which always
contained the memoranda and docu-
ments relating to the subjects of discuss
| sion at the Cabinet council held an
| hour or so previously. Before night
| fall cipher kilograms would thus pace
Bismarck at Berlin in possession Of IN
formation OF what had taken place at
the French Cabinet council that morn
ing.
| American women, by their clevcrncss.
self possession. powers of adaptab.lty
to every circumstance, and above all,
charm and grace. allied to cool level
headed. somewhat heartless common
sense, are asserted to be particularly
fitted for work of this kind | know,
however, Of but two cases Of American
women playing the role of secret AGENT
for foreign Government, namely, that
of Russia. Both are married TO for
eigners.
One of them was living when last
heard OF her in Paris, not a hundred
miles from the Champs Elysecs Her
husband bears an Italian title, though It
is impossible to speak with any degree
Of certainty of his nationality or ante
cedents, She used to see but liu.' OF
her own country women. But her hand
some salons were crowded with Fr' men
and foreign officials and statesmen, pre-
sumably ignorant Of the fact that OK
reports and those Of her husband dis
sected them for her employers at -.
Petersburg and described the incidents
with which they were associated win
an eXactitude that would have sta'he
them to the last degree.
London was the habitat Of the O. her
American woman whom | have in : M.
Possessed Of many warm and pc" rful
friends and Of a still larger numh,T OF
foes, the latter attributed the Origin OF
her somewhat mysterious resource 10
the secret service fund Of the Rrs-.an
Government. The charge is bas'd on
the discovery OF some Compromising
, correspondence in a dressing bag when
, she had forgotten at a country h'use
where she had been spending few lays
and which was naturally found 'I
. titled dame who happened to po her
worst enemy.
The peeress, after making the most
capital possible Of her find, turned VIZ
the correspondence to the Turklsh
bassador, my friend Rustem i"sha'
since the contents OF the letter" con-
: cerned his Government. But the "'H-
teous and chivalrous old diplomat "a
Christian by faith and an Italian nV
/ birth, declined to take advantage OF IN,
r opportunity thus offered, and returned
the bag with its contents to its owner
Y without word Of reproach or comment
, 1t speaks volumes for her cleverhes
I and charm that though more than eve
e charged thereafter with being in III
}. pay OF a foreign Government, she man
q aged to retain both her position in En-
!, lish society and the affection Of ne
friends.