YOUNG GIRLS DISASTROUS END.
How much mischief can be wrought by fortune tellers is shown by the melancholy fate of Auguste Reitzenstein, a young Vienna ballet dancer, who had come to Berlin hoping to find employment. The girl (says the Daily Telegraph correspondent) had been unsuccessful in her efforts in this direction, but had formed an acquaintance with a decorative artist, which rapidly ripened into a tender relationship. In an evil moment she consulted a fortune-teller who informed her that before reaching the age of 23 she would shoot herself in consequence of infidelity of her lover. This dismal prophesy preyed upon her mind, and cast a shadow over her love affair. Finally she bought a revolver, with which she journeyed out daily to a suburb to practice shooting, in preparation of destiny. The next day she paid a visit to her lover, and after loading him with reproaches for his imaginary treachery, pulled out a revolver, and aiming only too well, shot herself through the head.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 382, 7 May 1908, Page 4
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167YOUNG GIRLS DISASTROUS END. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 382, 7 May 1908, Page 4
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