A VIENNA ROMANCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1287, 26 January 1883, Page 2

A VIENNA ROMANCE.

i .J.J.'. The following romance of real lift ij ; ote&ting a great sensation in Vienna : "Seme years ago at Prague, Motjiieiip , D-—married a lady of high rank gnd of, ' • > great beanty. Contrary to the ejpeot&t ttonsof all who knew the parties to it, ; the marriage did hot turn out happily. V Wltllin a few months of its .celebration - P~"~" d®Be*ted hi» wife, who tines that event has led a quiet and secluded life in une of .ik auburba of Vienna, under an assumed: name, and in the'" character of a widow, Now, it so happened that a young lady more remarkable : for her personal; attractions even than Madam# 'Di—- 'occupied apartments is the tame house, Naturally enough, they .struck upatt gcqUaiiitißce, which soon ?/ ripened into intimacy, Miifortuue —of whioh taoh had her share—«xertid in prorerbiM influence in dirawiug thaladiei ' more closely together and' rivetiing- their, mutual regard. Very soon they had no Uecrels from eidh other, and Madame;. ' D— beoause the reeipient of 1 all her'' young friend's confidences. Ohief among ihess was the fact. that a gentleman in .... the prime oMife was paying bis addresses lto her with a view to marriage, Congratulating her friend, but at the; same , time warping her to be ttpob her guard, Madame D—: expressed a wish to be introduced to the young lady's suitor, Judge of her feelings'when, on his presenting himself, he turaed out to be her own husband.. The shook was so overWhelming that Madame D——poisoned . t( herself, husband learnt the Bad from a note, iu whioh she informed that, rather than to be an obstacle io ' his . ' marriage with Mademoiselle —,she had resolved to commit suicide, and which'' 1 , concluded with the expression of aj hope , v ' that he would render her friend happier. than he : had'rendered her. Madame D—'a romantic selfaacrifice, however, was entirely thrown away, for on becom- ■ ing acquainted with thj fMt.Maderaoiselle' ——summarily dismissed-her lover,: who has since; disappeared,lt is generally believed that he has followed his wife's example and nisde away with himself.'!; -''hi i