PUNISHMENT OF A COQUETTE.
A young woman in California enjoyed flirting so much that she forced men to offer themselves to her, only to reject them and make them unhappy. Finally her turn came, and she gave herself away to a young army lieutenant. The wedding dress was al! ready, the invitations out, and the young couple were sitting together at their home, when her] mother came into the room, and in anger remarked : ' flattie, do you know who the scoundrel is you have promised to marry ?' She arose to her feet, pale and frightened. 'Yes, scoundrel,' said her mother ; ' and here ' she went on as she opened the door to another room, 'is his wife,' At the sight of the strange woman the girl fell to the floor with a shriek, and wneu they picked her up they found she was insane. She had to lie taken to an asylum. It was the revenge ob one of her rejected suitors, who had persuaded a married friend to personate a young army officer. The uniform was borrowed and the whole scheme concocted only to mortify her. They did not anticipate such horrible consequences.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1036, 28 November 1882, Page 3
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193PUNISHMENT OF A COQUETTE. Temuka Leader, Issue 1036, 28 November 1882, Page 3
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