Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1876 — How He Recovered His Place. [ARTICLE]

How He Recovered His Place.

Mr. Raymond, a Government official/ under the First Empire in France, haa just died, leaving all his fortune, 40,000 francs, to the gendarmerie. The following story is told of M. Raymond, when he was a secretary in the War Department: “An employe in that department had been unjustly dismissed. ,He appealed in vain many times to the War Minister. His letters were ignored. While despondent in consequence he met one day M. Raymond, the Minister’s secretary. He told * him his case and said: 4 You are a man of honor; can you understand such a denial of justice?’ ‘Listen,’ answered Raymond. ‘Your writing is useless; by it you will accomplish nothing. Do you want me to advise you as a friend ?’ 4 Yes, indeed.’ ‘ Well, then, you see that little window' at the angle of the gallery. Every morning at seven o’clock the Emperor shar es there before a little mirror suspended on the window-sash. To-mor-row morning put your petition on the end of a stick and wave it before the window until the Emperor notices it. You can be sure he will send to ascertain what it means.’ . So, the next morning at the hour designated, the employe, stationed in front of the window, was seen violently waving a stick with a sealed packet fastened to it. An officer came up to him and asked what he meant by that proceeding. “Sir,” was the answer, "lam the victim of an outrageous piece of injustice on the part of the War Minister, and I want the Emperor to know it.’ 4 Give me your petition; I am Marshal Duroc.’ The same day the petition was sent to the War Office, with these words written on the margin by the Emperor: 4 lf what this man says is false let him be arrested. If it is true let justice be done him within twenty-four htffirs.’ The next day the ’petitioner was reinstated in the vv ar Department.”