Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-16
TUELE. TUE-LA. TUE-TOI.
How Frsnchmeu Act When Their Wiyse
Betray Them.

Chicago Timesl
The Partisan papers have had a har
vest of social scandals of late, and tn
usual discussion Ofthe occurrences II
all their aspects has super.
vened. A good deal of nor
bidneSs has been called out OF
both sides of the question, but thu
! following somewhat cynical article by
M. Leon Chapron-who discusses ant
rejects the three familiar suggestions
for the settling Of these little iamil,
disputes, viz, tue-le (kill him. tue-la
kill herr, and tue-tOi (kill yourself.
will probably meet with most favor
among Frenchmen:
Since a certain ecumenical council,
the date ofwhich has escaped me, de-
cided that women have souls, it has
been all over with us. They talk OF
nothing but their souls-the needs OF
their souls, the yearnings of their
souls, the ~sufferings of their souls.
Under the manifestly -fallacious pre-
text that their souls are seeking their
ideal, they bctray the best and most
honest men in the world for the clowns
in strolling circuses. Boyle, who is
never sparing, calls them simply "sin.
gular animals" The woman whom |
shall lead to the altar having not yet
been born, l feel myself quite capable
of speaking with absolute impartiality
of this weeks scandals. 1t has fairly
rained nymphOmaniacs. AT every de-
gree Of the scale we come in contact
with the same vices. And what seems
particularly queer, we find a certain
number of people regarding with a
benevolent eye the participants in this
dance of death which Holbein forgot
to paint. They fairly faint with ten
derness before what they call the
"errors of the human heart, " evident
ly believing, with the immortal Barber,
that no created bling can resist its in
stinet, and that the instinct of wo-
man is to deceive.
KILL HIM.
Some days ago an honest young fell
low was living with his wife. whom he
adored. They belonged to the work
ing class. He, Jealous at his trade,
happy to contribute to the marital
union his small telent, worked con-
stantly and hard. AS was to be ex
pected, the wife, having a soul which
reyOlted at a hum-drum work-a-day
life, frequented disreputable places in
company with a wagof a heart-breaker
who sang, in a clear but tremulOus
voice, the most enchanting of love
songs. Caught for the first time, she
threw herself at her husbands feet,
shed real tears, and asked forgiveness.
He, the outraged husband, laid pity
ing hands on her guilty head. Where
fore the woman, greatly relieved, took
the first opportunity to rejoin her
lover. Nothing could be more nat
ural, Ell? But the husband once
more heard of her unfaithfulness, and
the rude mar actually failed to die of
chagrin. He waited until the tbiefof
his honor put in his appearance, and
then, constituting himself court and
excutioRer, he planted a big dirk
neatly in his wife's visitor pericardial
region. The latter, with only a slight.
smOthered exclamation. fastened to.
meet Don Juan in the empyrean.
The husband next encounters an.
attorney general, who, blushing for
his sex, declaims vehemently against
the atrOcious crime Of the prisoner.
He even desires that the accused.
whose name happens TO be Roch, shall
make the acquaintance Of his name
sake, VI. Roch, the exeeutioner. The
JuTymen takes his act into eOnsidera-
ton. The antecedents OF Roeh are
excellent All tie testimony is favor
able nOi,a voice Is raised AGAINST him.
The jury SViHgs ia a verdict of not
guilty EihSch a moments debate.
The attorney general feels his fine
feelings giving away and sinks upon a
chair, completely fattened out. The
court wells its face as a sign Of mourn
ing while Il orders the accused to be
SGT al liberty ROch goes out, holding
up his head. His wife follows him
and once more throws herself at his
feet / viii wager a heavy sun that
the unfortunate man. still In love in
spite Of 4rerything. will forgive her
again. Everything promises a happy
future once more.
KILL HKR.
Yesterday i was another game that
vas played He Is young, honest and
COED She, the canine. IS at least ten
yesrs her husbands senior: and vet.
they tel ne, it was love that forged
the chain. He has remained faithful.
she = Eeaaaa = temperament, mas re
eeired a succession Of male visitors In
her little baek-shop. apparently acting
On the axiom that there can be no
pleasure without variety" The hus-
band enters one evening. quite mex
pectedly. and finds her enjoying a
scandalOus tete-a-tete with her latest
admirer. He feek the hot blood
mounting 70 his brain, but does not
know what he does. Finding a re-
yolyer on a piece Of furniture. be
picks it up and fires at the pile. 1t is
the woman who receives the bullet
.squarely in the middle Of her fore
head. The amiable person expires
lncOntlnent.
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