A FATAL HANDKERCHIEF.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2323, 27 August 1880, Page 3

A FATAL HANDKERCHIEF.

Recently a young engaged couple entered a draper’s shop in Sepsi-Szent-Gyorgy, Hungary, for the purpose of buying a wedding cap for the bride, who duly selected one to her taste, but w'hile her betrothed was paying for his purchase, she cast her eyes upon an uncommonly handsome handkerchief, and expressed her eager desire to possess it. The enamoured youth, however, peremptorily refused to invest more of his capital in finery whereupon, after rating him soundly for his stinginess, she abruptly turned Her back upon him and left the shop. Indignant at this proceeding, he straightway betook himself to the dwelling of a rival village beauty, to whom he offered not only his hand and heart, but the cap lie had purchased for his former fiancee, besides the many-hued handkerchief that had awakened her longings, All his offerings were accepted ; but his forsaken love,unable to bear the mortification inflicted upon her by his faithlessness and the triumph of her rival, promptly hanged herself in her bedroom. Considerable sympathy . was manifested with her sad fate by her fellow-villagers who followed her body to the grave ip large numbers ; and the fickle bridegroom, meeting the funeral cortege as it passed down the main street, was so stricken by remorse that he also put an end to his life the same evening.