Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-27
Peasant Girls Jealousy.

A sensational trial has been concluded sc
Orleans, France, which places the morality
of toe Freuch peasant class ia rather IN.
enviabls light. Adele Mason wss the
daughter of wine-groWer and girl o.
stlrdy nature and \ oertain comeiiness, snd
favarab!y con!.ssted with tha somewhat
hard featured demss!s Of the country side.
Adele secured q p eoe In the femily of s
siunl trsdssmsn named August DIS VoiDe,
ct Bseugercy, ff!eeo miles from Orleans.
Soe was eighteen, and gladly exchanged her
m opotcpops existence for the Stirring lie oil
country town. Monsieur Da Voine was q
| widower, apd had chtidlets old aunt act
Ing as bis housekeeper.
A. first the ancient dame was sckndaiizad
at he erriysI IL the household OF the ycuEg
domestic. Adele tried to oopprcmiss her
employer with view 20 possible marriage.
Several years passed 10 hundsum 1aY.
Adele reached her tweoty-tbird birthday.
The event Ia b"r cnioon advanced her o
long Way toward the goal she ba1 10 view.
When the aunt died 8 distinct VOID was
made In the household that Adele yearEed
to fill Che, therefore, redoubled Ter atten-
tions to toe lone wldower, striving in every
way Ia her power to make herself indlspens-
ahle. August was neither a demonstrative
nor compsnionabe man. but Adele hatter-
ed herself that shs had succeeded, and for
har Fl ge years. faithful service ste would be
rewarded In The only wey she consicered
adequate SGch were her dey dreams until
ihey were rudely dispelled by her master in
April laet, when he informed her thet ne
was about to give her new mistress. Had
tbu1der-bot fallen a her feet Adele could
not have been more sstouDded.
In May the marriage occurred. end the
new mistress @as brought home. Fem shat
moment poor Justine. the name of tbs bride,
WAS marked cut as 50 unconscious violin on
whoss head Ade!e's vengeance was to be
wreake6. Uuder the pretence OF showing
Madame Da Voine over the house, which is
$ very old one, Adele deooyed the unfor-
inmate ~Cmsn toto the cellar, where YVES a
disused we'll. Suddenly assaulting her,
Adele at first tried TO push her frsil mistress
| in but Madame Da Voine struggled Violent
| ~ Adele then changed her tactics, and &C.
deavored TO dash out her rivals brains
against tho stone wall, ihfictiug deep
wound GU Madame Da Voine's bead. Her
won d be assassin, alter sGrang'ing her into
| unconsciousness, threw her iuto the well,
pushing over it heavy stone.
\ AoclS Was Iucs ic0fiuE thO Ooiip' nhSh -
faint voice wss head pleading for mercy.
NO" replied the irenzied woman. "You
| mus die you've led me too much OF q
delcs siuce you came under this roof"
Adele then went up stsi,s When Mon-
| sieur Da Vope came Ia she told him that
madame had gone to call on q neighbor, and
psooaeied to make betsslf as agreeable as
possible. Sne suggested glass of partlcu-
lar brand OF vine TO cheer him. He acced-
ed to the suggestion, and insisted on going
into the cellar himself. Hardly had he en-
tered when he heard the sound OF moaning
from ;he we'll. Oa searching he found his
vile unconscious, but still alive.
The Judge this weak, With more success In
making the punishment FL the crime than is
common in French tribunals. on the jury
fading Adele guilty, sentenced her to 20
years. Imprisonment with hard labor.