Little Falls herald., 1910-08-19
No Match
For a Woman
By SADIE OLCOTT
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association.

uOu pldCe AdAlu III LuOSo 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 a woman Graves from all
men,"
"He has treated me with the utmost
consideration"
"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 a man
that another woman loves she will
to gain her ends resort to any trickery
to dispossess the other. You are q
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 PIN. It
was carefully pulled apart and proved
to be tissue paper. On it 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.
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 a volley came from a
wood near by. 1t was fred By 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
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
Prussians so that he had no cause for
fear that he would be shot for a spy.
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. Chabouliez suggested that
It might be her husbands friend, Pierre
Fabri. Jaques was very wroth with
her for 1ntimating such thing.
One evening when JaQues came home
he found no supper, nor did he find his
wife. There was not even a fire in
the stove. Astonished, be went out
and inquired Of the neighbors If they
had seen Nine. Chabouliez. After many
Inquiries he learned that she, in COM
pany with Fabri, had been seen going
toward the Prussian picket line Then
he began to lament and to curse and
to swear, saying that no man could be
sufficiently guarded against the duplic-
tty Of women. His wife had been en-
deavortng to prejudice him against his
best friend, and now she had gone of
with that friend.
Nothing was seen or heard Of Mme
Chabouliez or Pierre Fabri, and the
deserted husband assumed that to get
rid of him or to be where he could not
get at them to punish them they had
gone within the French lines. AS the
days passed and be heard nothing of
them he made up his mind that his
wife, In order that be might be shot,
thus rendering her a widow and en-
abling her to marry her lover, had put
the paper in his pocket that had so
nearly cost him his life. This failing,
she had gone off with Pierre.
One evening when he was almost
ready to kill himself through grief and
anger at the treatment he had receiv-
ed his wife walked into their home.
His first impulse was to order her
away. Then it occurred to him that
If she had gone away with Fabri she
would not have returned. But he had
not long to wait for an explanation.
She threw a piece of paper on the
table. he picked it up and read on it
confession from Fabrf that he had put
the paper in her husbands pocket and
then informed on him. Amazed, he
asked her how she had obtained 1t.
II told Pierre" she replied. II had
long regretted that had not married
him instead of you. Then I proposed
that we 60 within the French lines
and live together where you would not
find US. So we went through the
Prussian outposts and on into the
French lines. On the way I told
Pierre that l knew he had placed the
paper in the pocket that was found
there, that forgave him because he
did it for love Of me and that If his
ruse had succeeded we could have
been married instead of living together
ilncitly. He denied that he had done
this. so I refused to go any further
with him until be admitted it. He did
so, and had little trouble later in get
ting that written confession"
"Where is Pierre now? I shall kill