The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11

Nancy u . very rare occurrence since
the war, ana crowd Of curious peopIs
gathered around him. and were inclined
TO treat him with scant consideration.
Before evil befen him. however. he was
taken away by q policeman. and at the
station he explained who he was. He
was told that he was at liberty to stay
In France. but II he valued his safety
and comfort he should take on his Ger
man uniform and appear In less con-
spicuous dress. In the evening he re-
turned to the exhibition dressed in prf-
waite clothes. and he did a good bust.
ness In selling post cards on which his
own portrait was printed.
A gay young man was strolfing along
the bou1evards on evening when. feel
ing somewhat tired. he seated himself
on bench for q rest. Presently he no
tfced that a very pretty woman had
taken q place on the same bench, and
after some preliminary and trivial re-
marks he paid her q compliment on her
good looks. and put one or two rather
personal questions to her: NO. she
replied. as she blushed with her eyes
bent on the pavement. No, monsieur.
am q widow" More compliments
followed, and ct the last on they went
arm In arm to q cafe, where the con-
versatfon was prolonged.
This Incident happened a few weeks
ago. and the pleasant meetings had
been renewed at intervals. the young
people being on the best, of terms, when
the other afternoon as the hero Of the
adventure was enjoying walk ne
espied his handsome widow tripping
along on the arm Of a smart looking
man. Excited BY Jealousy, he hurried
UP to the couple. and. planting himself
before his fair friend. exclaimed: Now
have caught you; and seizing the
widow by the arm he tore her away
wilderment. cried. do you know this
gentleman"
The woman had turned pale. and
was trembling. She had lost her
presence of mind. so she put no OBJ
stable I'm the way of the speedy and
inevitable development of events. She
was not q widow at all. but q married
woman, and her companion was her
husband, but being under the impress
sion that she was what she had rep
resented herself as being. and SO per-
fectiy free, her friend had naturally
Jumped to the conclusion that she had
taken up with another man under the
same cfrcum stances as those of the
bench episode. lie reproacned her IN
bitter language for her fickleness. In
variably concluding every sentence
with a discourteous allusfon to 'this
gentleman" At last the husband
patience was exhausted. This gen.
tIeman. forsooth." he cried. why, this
gentleman is the lady's husband" and
he brought q heavy stick down on the
intrudersS head with such force that
the man fell insensible on the ground.
The injured Individual had to be con-
veyed to the nearest hospital. while
the wife went off into the inevitable
At of Mysteries.
Riots Caused By Beauty.
A small village near Rambouillet
was one of the quietest spots In the
world until very recently. when a
young woman of great beauty happened
To make her appearance there, bring
ing with her strife, riots and death.
She was the sister of q very respect
able shopkeeper lin another town. who
had requested her to leave that place
because all the young men had their
eyes on her. Things were no better
in the village where she. took refuge.
very respectable farmer and his wife
took her in and gave her shelter. but 1t
was not hong before all the workmen
round about also took fancy to the
modern Helen. They accused the
couple who were sheltering the young
woman of keeping her imprisoned in
their house, and a crowd of them
gathered at night and called on them
to surrender her. The farmers wife
went out and told them that the young
person was no longer in her house.
They believed her. and went away, but
convinced that they had been duped,
they returned after about an hour and
threatened Co storm the house. Mean
while the farmer had secured o revolt
yer. with which he threatened the men.
nut they were determined to break into
the house. and on seeing this, the farm
err fred and killed one of them, shoot
ing him straight through the heart.
This cooled the enthusiasm of the
others. who scattered in all directions.