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celebrated men was free?--that was the question.

Modeste began by securing the co-operation of Francoise Cochet, a maid



taken from Havre and brought back again by poor Bettina, whom Madame

Mignon and Madame Dumay now employed by the day, and who lived in



Havre. Modeste took her to her own room and assured her that she would

never cause her parents any grief, never pass the bounds of a young



girl's propriety, and that as to Francoise herself she would be well

provided for after the return of Monsieur Mignon, on condition that



she would do a certain service and keep it an inviolable secret. What

was it? Why, a nothing--perfectly innocent. All that Modeste wanted of



her accomplice was to put certain letters into the post at Havre and

to bring some back which would be directed to herself, Francoise



Cochet. The treaty concluded, Modeste wrote a polite note to Dauriat,

publisher of the poems of Canalis, asking, in the interest of that



great poet, for some particulars about him, among others if he were

married. She requested the publisher to address his answer to



Mademoiselle Francoise, "poste restante," Havre.

Dauriat, capable" target="_blank" title="a.无能力的；不能的">incapable of taking the epistleseriously, wrote a reply in



presence of four or five journalists who happened to be in his office

at the time, each of whom added his particular stroke of wit to the



production.

Mademoiselle,--Canalis (Baron of), Constant Cys Melchior, member



of the French Academy, born in 1800, at Canalis (Correze), five

feet four inches in height, of good standing, vaccinated, spotless



birth, has given a substitute to the conscription, enjoys perfect

health, owns a small patrimonial estate in the Correze, and wishes



to marry, but the lady must be rich.

He beareth per pale, gules an axe or, sable three escallops



argent, surmounted by a baron's coronet; supporters, two larches,

vert. Motto: "Or et fer" (no allusion to Ophir or auriferous).



The original Canalis, who went to the Holy Land with the First

Crusade, is cited in the chronicles of Auvergne as being armed



with an axe on account of the family indigence, which to this day

weighs heavily on the race. This noble baron, famous for



discomfiting a vast number of infidels, died, without "or" or

"fer," as naked as a worm, near Jerusalem, on the plains of



Ascalon, ambulances not being then invented.

The chateau of Canalis (the domain yields a few chestnuts)



consists of two dismantled towers, united by a piece of wall

covered by a fine ivy, and is taxed at twenty-two francs.



The undersigned (publisher) calls attention to the fact that he

pays ten thousand francs for every volume of poetry written by



Monsieur de Canalis, who does not give his shells, or his nuts

either, for nothing.



The chanticler of the Correze lives in the rue de Paradis-

Poissoniere, number 29, which is a highly suitablelocation for a



poet of the angelic school. Letters must be POST-PAID.

Noble dames of the faubourg Saint-Germain are said to take the



path to Paradise and protect its god. The king, Charles X., thinks

so highly of this great poet as to believe him capable of



governing the country; he has lately made him officer of the

Legion of honor, and (what pays him better) president of the court



of Claims at the foreign office. These functions do not hinder

this great genius from drawing an annuity out of the fund for the



encouragement of the arts and belles letters.

The last edition of the works of Canalis, printed on vellum, royal



8vo, from the press of Didot, with illustrations by Bixiou, Joseph

Bridau, Schinner, Sommervieux, etc., is in five volumes, price,



nine francs post-paid.




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