A PAIR OF SPIES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1090, 3 June 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)

A PAIR OF SPIES.

Three years v a'go. Si wr'etcEbdlnian : !|calle| penecke broughfJouVa mb'stfVirule'rji' np# /paper, Bos Embnmer (" The Cleaver"[, at Berlin. It was ably the editor staff of Radical students. ril'f^yP^if^J' 6l ! l6ll lla(1 ll, e greatest confidence in Deheclte/' They admitted them to rtliei^olalisjvrdia^iiniol^lbeir^ftiKplnittQfS^'ffcb plots, and worked for him without expecting, any pay; 'A day came v/hen'the 'HtihhemA •was prosecuted for seditlduls' writingirfth'e persons .'of its editorahdahothei" member 'of the staff. Th'ey'were sehtericed'tb sik months'| imprisonment and to a'heavy'firie/' : which i wis ' paid bya subscription got upin'the Brniniirus, as the editor.was'bclieyed to.beialrribstpfenbiless.; j While''Benecke' l was iii'. prismP'tlie publication"bf-hisnewsp'aper whs suspended, butAyheri lie had undefgotieliis punishitfehUifel resunied his editorial'laboursj-and'-was soonl sentenced again—fchisltime for a'year, i 'J'A i fewj weeks after Denecke's trial, a former me'rnb'erl of his staff, who bad'gone id- seek ; fortune' ihj •Paris, 1 saw the socialist martyr ; sitting* outside I a cafe, 1 nicelyXdresscd' and smoking'a !> cig'ar, i Much'astonished,' he "accosted lhe> [ rriari r , but ■Denecko appeared not to know himyiahd- said th'ai there must'b'e i mistake, as his nairiewas ' Erigelrach t, and : he produced* a card : to "prove •it: The''ypung. : ma'n apologised : and Wenthis way'; butlie was not conviricedj The'Deneiike • of Berlin-was certainly a shabby fell6wiwi(h' : a sc'rubby'bea'rdj • while tthfe Erigjeracht ofPaf is I l was'well'-shtlvfed-and<'- , ha(d: spectacles'.!-'jijYfcti •Denecke's ! Wasqne ! :of those'expressive'facd's.l ; which l 'are ,: riot'' : 'easilyforg6tten.'.'i'His , ' J formeri i associate ttiedjto -watch" hirrii | for-'Herr Engelracht, SeeingUilinself spied,'gdt ) into'an omnibus, 1 and the 'other did not-like to! follow h'ihii '.'The young man%ote(tb' frjends |' at-'Berlin;''howeverji to; tellUhemv.whati'-hV ; had seen; but : he;was quickly ahswereduthat j he ! must be ! ih' error, ■ as his-friends .h'std) lately! 'visited; Denecke. in .priaoniHand'werc' l quite; ; certain that'he was under lock and key. : The; mystery wasnotdestinedtobeclearediupu^i : til some'- months; afterwards/ iiwhen jDeneoke, 'having'.i'corapletedvhrs'isentencei ..'appeared among hisfellowiSocialistsiat'Berlin.i/He'wa's ; then in very weak health ;and; announced''that '. 'he should' not bring out his newspaper for ,the present, 'He ;ever. talked; ofiemigratirigiito ■America; ;sayihg he icould: not.-bean ■ a-> iresh 'incarcerationjivhicli was sure to await him',if ; he .were tq. 'recommence'.™riting.:i v ßuti soon after this Denecke died, andhe.was found,it6 have left a 1 considerable surri of moneyj, i.This fortune could not.haVe been honestly come:byj for if ifc:had'there wouldihave been^no,!reason for Denecke to) feign abject poverty, and to allow:his fines to.bepaid bymen,rauch ; poorer than 'himself, . From additional i facts .Which transpired; itcame to be seriously though it could noti be: actually, proved-r-that Denecke was; a reptile who. never underwent ; the full term of imprisonment to.which h'ewas sentenced. ■■ Government :use.d/t9, release him 1 ', privately and send him, on police ( rois.sions:;to' '• France j but every now and then.the man used : to return to jail to show himself; to, friendsion. ' appointed days. It,was ,established. ( tjjafc ' Denecke and Engelracht must.have:b?en:,one. ' and the same'man,- : for ia, good. .d.eat qiLlhe ': editor's moneyj.tutned out to hav,e;.bee.iijin,-i ' vested in the name of Engelracht, " 'i

." Cabinet Noir," of the French post-office, was very busily employed under the Second 1 Empire opening letters'addresaed to the chiefs of the Republican parly,and to/the noted adherents.of the Orleans dynasty: Among . the latter was Count de Remusat,.: In 1860 the Count came to England, on a visit to Queen Marie Amelie and the Orleans princes at Claremont, and several'times a week he ' wrote long letters to his wife, who.remained in.France.. It was not until after the overthrow of the Empire in 1870, when the Stale papers found at the Tuilleries were published that the Count learned that these letters to his wife had been regularly opened in "Cabinet Noir," copied, and submitted to the Emperor's perusal. In 1872 Count de Remusat became Minister for Foreign Affairs ih-M. Theirs' Government,-and soon after, wards he came forward as candidate in Paris for a seat in the National Assembly, against M. Barodet, who represented the.extremo Republican faction. In the course of this contest, in which the Count was .defeated, parly spirit ran high, and-one of the newspapers which most violently attacked the Minister published some, facts about the lalter's relations with the Orleans dynasty,: which the Count' had reason to believe were'only known to himself, his.wife, the Cleans, princes, and the persons .who. might;have; : read 'his letters 'from..Lpndonwhen thejj'p'asseci'through the :Npiri!\' There^ya's^m'parliciilar an one 0 f ■these loiters);,anil which:Mrde';Rerousat had ; never cpmmuhicated to anyohe :; except his wife, : i:AccqrdinglyM.deßem"usatj took M. Renaujd, the Prefect of Police;' into hisconfi. dence;andaskodhirnitodiscoverwhether the journalist who .Was abusing jiim so heattily in a'Red Republican paper ha'd.ever.b&n a clerk in.ihe secret service of.lße.'post-'olfice. The -Prefect's inquiries established; that| not only .had:this:genUeman.b.e.enAspy.in.:tiie pay of the Empire, but that he was Btrongly suspected of being a Bonapartist agent still, and that the. «• red '. sheet in which, he wrote was. presumably supported by subsidies,from t'h'e : Imperial dynasty to attack M. Thiers'/.Gov'er'nment in the'name of Amied with these "assurances, M. de Remusat told the whole'story to one'bf the'joMaiistp' of, : his own party, : <vho oi coiirse'lostWlilne in : exposing the '. false Republican," 'Trie' affair 1 made agreat noise during a few the unmasked spy tried iri.'vain 'to cleaV' him-' self,' He blustered, a ''good 'deal, wanted'fo : right/a, duel, ;an'd demanded that a ; Jury 1 of : Honour', should be| appointed to investigate" < s . case j' but the up_sh6t,of it al 1 was 'that' he 1 ' retired frbmjournalisni, and 'not'lon)*'Metwards'Mrie' papier' to"which" hb''belbiiged' : ■ ■'.■'■'»■■•'>« Hi 'i . 1....-, j ,„■;",.•.

: If a seamani should turn back 'every:time' he encou'nters-'a head wind, hewouldi'riever'- • make a-voyage..-. So he'wlio permits <;hiriis'elf ! to-be baffled by adverse; circumstances iwill never make headway 1 in the voyage of .life. •■; i ' "ThVcdri fq'fmostniiiliidiesu'e^plby'trient,; , ; V'Be'n'pt'';splitai , y l 'be^ot l 'idle;V' , 'My' , upon ! iVlifoiVßS.'not given to W to' be Hl sneiit'in' : dream's'and 'reverM, but' 'for' active;useful-.exertions-exertion' that .'turns to s'6me' i ac- ; l obunt to-yourselves or to' 'others, W6t labM' 0 , oiis idleness'.'-' ." *'V M '";, ,:Jt '/ ( '. :''''■ Recovered Treasures. —' jit■ a' 'inrgohotel in New York, ono day.'n livolvconycrsa-! ; tion arose over tlib fish' nt ttiriner,' liiid'sevoriil.or ! tho gliosis 'related' sonio " J 6x'trribrcJiiihry L 's't'ones about' Biding pearls and/oth'o'r valuables' ohtrails of flsli; when 'an old man, wlib liad'been 1 ' quietly 'listening to what was passtogj-i broke i lflvth-with'. the •-following -M ffheu .f Was! * young manlwas employed in a large importing,' bouse inithis. cityj and; as, usual, with, nujstpersons:qf my,age then,;l fell, foi love with-a' ccrtain.young lady, and indue coiirso of'ti'me'. wss engaged. About ,Wb. montlis' befw'fl fliiB"; mamago was to'taV place,'!.™ siuldonlysohl''' J9 %QP? WVei'y'imporlant business, occnsittiieil' by the' death of one 'ofllib' firm in Englatid. : "'l ] took a hasty and- affectionate leave oTmy iii-' : tended; with the promise tp henr tram eacli other .often, i<Mas detained soniowhnt .longor thatt'l • expected,, but;just.before II sailed for,home I-purqhaseda very valuable, diamond .iing, intending,it.for the ring; and ([ when Bay, oxpecling shortly to ; he w|tji-lier,wlio.w.as.sooh(o be mine,.i was, glancing over the morning papers,'which bad been brought aboard bv 'tno pilot when" what should I see but an account of licrma'rHago' with anothor, ; which' so enraged mo' • that, in 1 my' passion, I threw tho'ringoverboard.- ;; Afew'days after I- was dining at this very hotel;- fish' served'up, andj in eating It,lbiton'somethins'i hard, and what do you supposo it was iVf.Tliei diamond' ring ("-cjiclajmcd several..,'%" said; a fish-bone,!'.. ~ .;,' ;.. .,~ fi ', ~.' ••'•' ■' ■■■: !-'VV- -:■]:;, • . IMV: i:i< ; !,;:!;;)!!!