A TRAGIC EPISODE.
A cablr special from Paris of January 16, saye : Cambrai on Sunday w.is the scene of a tragic episode of love aud devotion. Two young people, both of excellent family and desperately attached to each other, met by appointment in the public garden near the ramparts. Entirely absorbod ia conversation they did not observe that they were boini; followed by the father of the young lady, who rightly or wrongly disapproved ot the connection. The lovers hearing a suspicions noise, mounted to the top of the rampart to ascertain the cause. At the same time the father who had provided himself with a revolver, took aim at the young man and fired, but the young lacty, seeing the movement, suddenly sprang before her lover, receiving the bullet in the face She fell dead at his feet, and, realizing the terrible truth, tlie younc man resolved to die also and pereipitated himself from the rampart into the ditch. Ho fell on the stones and died instanly. The father seeing the consequences of his act, became insane through grief, The young lady was extraordinarily beautiful and accomplished. The terrible drama caused great, emotion everywhere.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6948, 23 February 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
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195A TRAGIC EPISODE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6948, 23 February 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
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