NOVELS IN NUTSHELLS. A PARIS LOVE TRAGEDY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7395, 22 February 1902, Page 3 (Supplement)

NOVELS IN NUTSHELLS. A PARIS LOVE TRAGEDY.

A strange scene was witnessed at 6 o'clock last Friday evening, December 27th, in the well known Lorraine Tavern, situated In the Latin Quarter of Paris. A young woman was noticed to be .sitting at a table, apparently waiting fo* somebody to appear. Presently a young man entered the room with a pretty gin on his arm, and the couple were about to seat themselves, when the waiting lady rose, placed herself in front of the man, and speaking in English, said — "John, you have killed me, but I forgive you. Farewell." She then took a glass of liquor, in which, as it subsequently transpired, she had dissolved a quantity of corrosive sublimate., and, before Tier hand could be stayed, drank the contents. The unfortunate lady was conveyed to the nearest hospital, where she remains in a serious condition. She proved to be an Englishwoman, aged 19, born in London. The young man — the presumed cause of the drama — fled from the tavern as soon as the lndy began to speak to hlui. The girl who accompanied him stated that she met him casually, and neither knew vis name nor his residence.