The Ward County independent., 1910-09-01
No Match !, |: I: !
For a Woman
By SADIE oLcoTT
Copyright. 1910, by American Press
- Association.

"Jaques," said the wife of Jaques
Chabouliez, Il wish you would not be
% intimate with Pierre Fabri. he
has Italian blood in his veins, and !
don't place faith In those people"
pierre is my best friend" ~.
.-And you Will not be on your guard
against him?'' ~
mo. You women take sudden dis.
likes. Ten to one Pierre has not
treated you with that Difference or con-
sideration woman Graves from all
men," - .... TIL
"He has treated me with the utmost
consideration" Y
"What do you mean by that?"
"Well, since I must either tell you
or leave you to stupidity put yourself
IN his power will do so. Know then
that before married you Pierre pro
posed to me-"
"Ah! Well If woman loves man
that another woman loves she will
to gain her ends resort to any trickery
10 dispossess the other. You are a
woman, and you look upon Pierre
through womanS eyA am not
afraid Of him" ~. "
This was in 1870 when the Prussians
were marching into France. One day
q party Of French soldiers stepped up
- Jaques Chabounez and arrested him.
Tlsy took him to headquarters. and
the general ordered then to search
tim. II one OF lis pockets was found
Z tiny ban no bigger than a Pill It
vas carefully pulled apart and proved
b be tissue paper. On It was written
he position and strength Of the differ
ent French army corps opposing the
Prussians. ~
'That Is sufficient" said the general
Take him out and shoot him" g
There was no formally OF trial
JaQues, who was at loss how to ac-
count for the paper being in his pocket,
was taken out and was about to suf-
fer death when volley came from a
wood near by. 1t was fred by a line
Of Prussian skirmishers, who had ar
rived just in time to save poor Jaques'
life. His French guards took to their
heels. Jaques was a true Frenchman,
but he would rather live among his
sountry's enemies than die among his
eountry's defenders.
The territory In which JaQues Cha
bouliez lived Yves from that time till
the end Of the war occupied by the
Prussiana, so that Ae bad no cause for
fear that he would be shot for spy.
Both he and bis wifs hsw that the
paper which had convicted Nm had
been put into his pocket by some one
who was anxious to get him ont Of the
way. Nine. CAaboulie7 suggested that
4 might be her husba1a's fk1ena, Pierre
1sbn. .1aqsss was very wroth with
~ ~ 1ntnatfng such thing.
One evening wh0 Jaques came home
b fouDA no supper, nor did 10 fina his
wife. There was not svea are in
the stove. Astonished, he went cat
and inquired Of the neghbers II they
lad seen Nine. Chabouliss. After many
enquiries he learned that she, in com
paAy with Fabr1, had been seen going
toward the PrussaaA picket line. Then
- began to lansne and to curse and
70 swear. say1ns tnae % man could be
4. nc1enhiy guar "a AGAINST the ouDnc-
ny q women. ~ e As4 oeen en-
seav1me 70 ple9uuce nun against ms
t t.iena, uno no" sRe nao gone on
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~ in order th,t :. nfgh+ - sho+
ta,na r.e.ndor1,v har a v,Tnv "a an
ablinr heer to NARY her iover had M,
the paper in hia nocket that had so
nearly cost him his life. This falling
sAe had gone of with Pierre.
One evening when he was almost
ready to kill himself through s1ief and
anger at the treatment he had rsceiv.
q his wife walked into their home.
His first impulse was to order he,
away. The. It occurred to him tina,