Show TWO FEMALE DUELISTS swords are the weapons and jealousy the be motive power french lab are sorry the th viti si ted ai as it would er E bailish a precedent standard special 0 P F chronicle service tl LONDON sept 6 to two ladies sa in a duel swords the weapon jealousy the cause these sensational head bead lines appeared in a leading daily over a paris dispatch this morning the story ai as old told is unique A french lady accused an amerl american lady of attempting to alienate the affections of her husband the ladies met at the cafe Ameri Americ cace aue and made a scene As boon soon as the french woman bad had made her charges the american became indignant and told her she must be dreaming as she bad had never s spoken boken even in private with the frenchman I 1 madame waxed wroth slapped lier tier trana A atlantic ti tie cousin with her tier gloved hand and told her she could prove the intimacy with her husband she referred to her meeting with the husband on the boulevard daa des callous the whole story the american ly laly said was aa an outrageous falsehood and she gave the tile french woman twenty four boura hours in which to retract her words at tile end of this period no notice having been taken of the insult the tile american Ame lady challenged her antagonist to a duel the latter accepted and bald said she would fight with swords everything being arranged they with their f friends repaired to woods on thursday morning all ready when three gendarmes gen darmes stepped dp up and arrested the doctor and the principals prin cipala and took them to the sub cub prefecture soma some lady friends of the french madame itis it is allo alleged ged cave gave the information to tao the police in advance and they were in hiding to prevent v ent bloodshed the tile lieutenant 0 of pre po police 1 I 1 ce was bent sent for and after listening to the report of bis his men eaid said it 4 was perhaps as rat rational lonal for women as for men to ekht duals duels but it happened to be an of against the french lairs and it was the tile duty of the police pollen to arrest all persons engaging in it A certain discretion was bermi permitted I 1 ted howoy liow ovar r where the offence offense as 1 in n this caso had not been actually committed if the ladies would give him their parole adhn neur not to attempt any further breach of the peace aad and deliver to him their weapons which would be confiscated ha he would release them both ladies then made a plea for the doctor who had been prevailed upon to accompany them and he lie too was released the of tho the persons were refused by the police who merely declared they were we well I 1 known in social circles and as they were not likely to meet again there was no necessity for publishing their identity at the clubs tho the affair was and regret was felt that the light bad had been stopped as a little bloodletting blood letting lettin would wool d lave have been the worst that co could of happen and it would have established a precedent |