Heiress Prefers Liberty.
!Frauleiri Bertha Seligman, a lady of great wealth, living with her mother on a large estate near Budapest, has mystified her ft lends by suddenly disappearing on her wedding morning. Although only, 18 years of age, she had already broken off six engagements (the Express says), having on each occasion sent to the discomfited lover a cheque for £100 as compensation. Two months ago she met 9! young doctor who was fascinated by he* beauty and wit. In di>e time h# proposed, was accepted, and th* wedding ceremony was fixed. But she oould nnt b« found on the morning sh* should bar© been married. In her room jfo* left fc letter tx> her fiance imploring His forgiy*neas, and saying that she had really mr tended to marry him, but at the lasti ' moment she could not make up ncr mia*
Ito sacrifice her liberty. It is believed thai she took the train for Paris.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2817, 11 March 1908, Page 73
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157Heiress Prefers Liberty. Otago Witness, Issue 2817, 11 March 1908, Page 73
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