The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-08-05
No Match
For a Woman
By SADIE OLCOTT
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association.
By SADIE OLCOT


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"
He has treated me with the utmost
consideration"
What do you mean by that?"
well. since 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. II a woman loves a man
that another woman loves she will
to gain her ends resort to any trickery
to dispossess the other. You are a
woman. and you look upon Pierre
through a woman's eye am not
afraid Of him"
This was in 1870, when the Prussians
were marching into France. One day
a party Of French soldiers stepped up
to JaQues Chabouliez and arrested him.
They took him to headquarters. and
the general ordered them to search
him. In one of his pockets was found
a tiny ball no bigger than a pill 1t
was carefully pulled apart and proved
to be tissue paper. On II was written
the 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"
There was no formality OF a trial.
jacques. who was at a loss how to ac-
count for the paper being In his pocket.
was taken out and was about to sui
fer death when a volley came from a
wood near by. 1t was fred by u line
Of Prussian administers, who had ar.
rived just In time to save poor Jacques
life. His French guards took to their
heels. Jacques was true Frenchman.
but he would rather live among his
country's enemies than die among his
country's defenders.
The territory in which Jaques Cha.
bouliez lived was from that time till
the end Of the war occupied by the
Prusslans, so that he had no cause for
fear that he would be shot for SOY.
Both he and his wife knew that the
paper which had convicted him had
been put into his pocket by some one
who was anxious TO get him out of the
way. Nine. ChabouIiez suggested that
II might be her husbands friend. Pierre 4
Fabri Jacques was very wroth witM
her for intimating such Il thing. M
One evening when Jacques came hoM
ne found no supper. nor did he find his
wife. There was not even a fire in
he stove. AstOnished, he went out
md inquired of the neighbors II they
lad seen Nine. Chabouliez. After many
Inquiries he learned that she. in COM
'any with Fabri, had been seen going
oward the Prussian picket line. Then
lie began to lament and to curse and
o swear, saying that no man could be |
guarded against the duplic. |
ty of women. His wife had been en-. |
to prejudice him against his |
'est friend, and now she had gone off .
With that friend.
Nothing was seen or heard Of Nine
'habouliez or Pierre Fabri. and the /
eserted husband assumed that to get
id of him or to be where he could not
ct at them to punish them they had
one within the French lines. As the
avs passed and he heard nothing of
hem he made up his mind that his
life, In order that he might be shot.
bus rendering her widow and en-
bling her to marry her lover. had put
lie paper in his pocket that had so
early cost him his life. This failing.
lie had gone off with Pierre.
One evening when he was almost
lady to kill himself through grief and
nger at the treatment he had receiy.
his wife walked into their home.
Is first Impulse was to order her
way. Then II occurred to him that
she had gone away with Fabri she
ould not have returned But he had
,t long to walt for an explanation.
10 threw piece OF paper on the
bic. He picked 1t up and read on 1t n
nfession from Fabri that he had put
g paper in her husbands pocket and
en- Informed on him. Amazed. he
ked her how she had obtained il.
II told Pierre" she replied. Il had
ng regretted that ! had not married
m instead Of you. Then proposed
at we go within the French lines
d live together where you would not
i'd us. So we went through the
'ussian outpOsts and on into the !,
ench lines. On the way told
ere that knew he had placed the
per In the pocket that was found !,
ere. that forgave him because he
! 1t for love of me and that If his :,
Sc had succeeded we could have :,
en married instead of living together
city. He denied that he had done {,
IS. so ! refused TO go any further
th him until he admitted It. He did =
and | had LITTLE frouhIn la FOR In ,,at