Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-26
a Jealous Girls Act

Al sorts Of hard things are eald about
French women-that they are wicked, that
they paint, that they don't know how to
love.
Let amat ,urs OF this sort of nonsense re.
Aeot over the case OF Marie Lsboeuf, 8 young
school teacher at Nogent-sur.Marne, who
by her death some days since taught, OF
tried to teach, the grestest lesson OF her
lie. It Is 9 lesson to men
Marie was good girl, OF good family, her
parents residIpg 10 Paris. She was beauti.
fo'.
Not cng after she took charge Of the vii.
lcge school t1e good folk OF Ncgent bagan
! 10 observe 8 young man who came back and
forth from Paris without miDdiDg the our.
ney for no other apparent reason than to
lock into hs blue eyes Of the proud, brown
haired girl he WAS ocurting-Rt least every
one In Nogent-sur. Marne took 1t for granted
that their long walks over the hills or be.
sds the river meat courtship.
But al this and Marie's smiles and hot
bushes did not mtau ccurtship; they meant
death. The stranger was gentleman In
clothes and ways and hAttery-all that goes
to work woman's ruin. In other respects
be was-but let the grave cover HI, dis
honor.
Not shadow Of Suspicion touched Marie,
who went on With her work, happy te-
cause sure OF her lovers loyalty. Tnen
came the day when che lesrned the lesson
that the more woman gives msn the lesa
the man gives back. M. VAlentin D.rss,
man OF the world, her idol, her betrayer,
coolly announced his Intention OF marrying
RD heiress.
OF cou SO M. Vaentln Deras was cory
Marie said nothing, or little. What was
there to seq :? As the days went By she
grew whter and ate lltrle. Then abe pre-
pared to die. She put every thing In order,
'ett minute directions, and then waited for
Valentln, who had promised to spend the
next Sunday with her. Hs came and was
delighted to fad her all smiles. "She's got
over her little trouble he ref ected, man.
ike.
What i,lIy time they had that Sunday,
10 5s sure The villagers who saw them all
! remarked it. Never had Marie Lsboeui
looked go lovely never he'd her eyes burn.
ed with such tender fire ss they looked
into the face Of her sweeJheart.
As the sun peeped through her lattice tie
next morning Msfis artae from beside her
lover, who WAS stili sleeping heavily. Noise.
lessly she took 8 revolver from the drawer
where 1t lay ready and approached the bed.
q last kisa, a last look, and then without q
tremor she placed the barrel against his
white temple ard feed.
B ond splf shed over the pillow. Mafle
slipped on her peigntit aid went down
snics.
M Derss is H." che eald to the concierge;
Z" rnn { Jr a doCtorD
The doosor came, fund oorrsa, en1 bur-
rlt d away to notify the po'i,e
Meanwhile Marie Lsboeuf he'd gore back
to the chamber, and tearing off her clothes,
had sire ched herself beside the body-be-
side her Va!entin. whom she loved madiy
and whom she had murdered. She covered
with his warm blood and then, healiog foot
steps approaching. she crled out In clear
voice:
MAY this serve as warning to others "
Then she fred ball into her own temple
and fell dying upon the dead body.
A terrible ecene ensued. Valentin's death
had been smost instantaneous. but Marie
iiDeered for six hours In mortal agony, her
arms locked in last embrace about the
| form OF her loved ore, her eyes fixed With o
CLASSY stare upon tae features she had 80
often cereesed.
The doctor could do nothing; the police
could do nothing; only stand there ard
| wetch-s horrified group, waiting for death
| to q1ist the writbiog form. The climax
came st the end, when the poor girl with
last effort raised herself, her betrayer's blood
pouriug from her IIpp, and With great cry
"Vslent!D ~ fell forward lifeless.