A DANCING WIFE.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXIII, Issue 19, 24 January 1911, Page 6

A DANCING WIFE.

* A LAZY HUSBAND. AND A NEW MOTOR CAB. A young woman who is a popular dancer in the gay halls of Montmartre has had a series of m.'sfortun'es. Though obliged by her profession to appear on the boards every night in the midst of revels and gaiety, her one ambition in jlfe was to settle down quietly as a simple bourgeoise. For the purpose she married a young man some years ago, but it seems that her choice was a bad one for herself. Her young husband, who had been fairly industrious before, found that his pretty wife was earning enough for both, and refrained from distressing himself by seeking employment of any kind. His wife, thinking that a taximeter might tempt him to try to earn something at least, purchased an automobile for him with the profits of her unceasing dances. The man, however, at once decided to apply the car to another use. He selected another charming young woman, with whom he was going to elope to Brussels in the brand-new motor car. His wife heard of it. and came upon the couple as they were actually removing trunks from her own flat. Driven out of her mind at last, she whipped out a revolver and fired right and left at the woman and at her husband, who was taken to a hospital for the extraction of two bullets in his leg and thigh. The exasperated wife has been asked to explain the matter to the police.—London '"' Telegraph's " correspondent.