Year: 1870

But ON his showing he had shadow Of excuse
for the fragrant breach of his parole Tho alleged advice
Of friends In of conscience q miserable plea
indeed for conduct TO which there cannot be two
opinions honorable al over the world NJ. de
Miranda, and they who condone HIS sophistry do i'm
harm to humanity because they Justify the PFus
slams in doubling the word of honor Of FTenohman On
de Miranda Ia practically Frenchmanl and encourage
them To nnict hardships upon officers gentlemen
who fab into their hands prisoners which they would
gady spare them.


Tours Ia swarmng with spies; do not mean Prussian
spies but old employees Of NJ Pletr either hafpay
out Of work and the look out for job Many Of them
well known by sight 20 Paris habitues Some,
fancy must be working almost amateurs from love Of
their old trade and with scarcely hope of long
deferred remuneration The tribe generally is tolerably
well dressed and has plenty of pocket money They
buzz In and out of the principal cafes twenty times


day. evading when they the Inevitable question,
what viii Monsieur call fOSi" but still frequently
paying for actual consumption. They get inconveni-
entity often mpudeny, TO people who arc talking
and do not scupe TO look the shoulder of anybody
writing. Often they endeavor sorape acquaintance
under the pretext Of Joining in conversation OF general
interest, or asking whether you arc not particular
friend OF NJ. Dupont Of the Rue Scribe. When found
out suspected they take rebuff meeky mutter some
thing about their extreme sensveness on the point Gf
honor but look little abashed, and avod trying II on
In the same quarter again. These gentry hang oil day
about tho corners Of streets abutting on
the Ruo Rayale, and follow anybody, about
whose busdness IN Tours they not sufi-
ciently informed. When they their attentions
are perceived they down the first side street and
look carelessy into shop, reagning the chase, very
probably, TO colleague. In the neighborhood OF
the Archbishops palace the Prefecture, and the Hotel
de Bordeaux, they abound day and night NJ. Theirs
goes TO nobody, and nobody goes 70 see NJ Theirs
without many reports being drawn up for the In
structon Of those presumed to be Interested in his
movements, and . constant watch Ia set upon
the visitors Of NJ. Gambetta I often wonder
on what plea the many aDle-bodied men In
the spy business escape the levy en- "G'se 1t
M true that exemptions on the ground Of secret mfr
mites leave large margin. great many OF these
people are very fussy about army tenders which they
pretend 70 have made from purely patriotic motives and
they are loud in their denuncatons OF the official delays
which prevent the country from protng by their oners


THE Of spy would operate with more success an
great metropolis than in little town ike Iours'
| where what news there 10 spreads quickly. There
| are men here who two months ago ABOUT
| a contract for cannon then said they were nego-
tlatng with Manchester great affair In breeohesi :
afterward came out strong in the Germ line; suDse-
duenty took 70 saddlery, and st continue TO potter
about without even remembering their original story


Their occupation, which played great part under the
Empire and does not readily resign itself 70 more
reputable means Of livelihood lie now comparatively
harmless The Republican Government, firmly believe,
makes whatever Of their services The large stan
| now unemployed can no longer get man imprisoned
on secret denunciauon but 1t must have accumulated
at Tours alone large stock of reports which arc at the
service Of the highest bidder.