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Show TIi Fat of a Spy. The Libtrol of Kamur tells the following fol-lowing story : A French captain iu disguise, who had escaped from iSedan, was making a fnigal repast in small cabaret not far from the fionticr, when he ob.-erved a butcher from Motrmeily ome in. J'nd shor.ly afterwaid a Prussian Prus-sian officer. The two Entered an ud-joiuing ud-joiuing room, but through a crack in the d or the French captain saw the Prussian officer t. iking notes in his book and give to the butcher some gold pieces. The cantain wrote a few lines on a slip of paper, pad his bill, and waited at the door ot the cabaret until he saw the Prussian officer and the butcher separata and move away in apposite directions He hurried after the latter and overtook him. "'My friend." said he. "I think you come fioni Moutmedy ? ' "cf,M said the butcher. "I live there and have come to look for cattle; but there are uoue to be had; the troops have eaten every hing." "So that, ' slid the captain, cap-tain, "you wouid not hi. sorry to make a little money in what i not your regular reg-ular busiuess. 1 understand that. Here i a note which I wi.-h to Lave sent to the commandant of Montmcdy. ff you wiil take charge of it I give you twenty francs, and promise you as much for the reply.'' The butcher, well pleased, undertook the commission. commis-sion. .:nd handed the note to the commandant com-mandant as soon as he had reached Montmcdy. The commandant read the note, cubed ' r a corporal and four men. who conducted the butcher behind be-hind one of the rampart walls, whence the sound of firing was speedily heard. The I it nch' captain, before proceeding to Pari- by way of Liiie. watched the pro-eediri--- of the Prus-ian officer, who came regular twice a day to the plare. and waited an hour each time, returning afterward to Seiiuii. |
