An Elusive Heiress.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XL, Issue 10, 7 March 1908, Page 12

An Elusive Heiress.

BREAKS SIX ENGAGEMENTS AND DISAPPEARS. Fraulein Bertha Seligman, a young lady • of great wealth, living with her mother on a large estate near Budapest, has mystified her friends by suddenly disappearing on her wedding morning. Although, only eighteen years of age, she had already broken off six engagements, having on each occasion sent to the discomfited lover a cheque for £lOO as compensation. Two months ago, at a friend’s house, she met a -young doctor who was fascinated. by her beauty and wit. He wrote to her saying that though he could never hope to marry tier, he felt he must at least tell her that he loved her, and always would. She wired back, “Why not?” which promptly brought him to her feet. The engagement was officially announced, and the.ceremony was fixed for January 20. She had, however, disappeared, and her motor-car, which had been taken from the garage, was traced to the railway station. In her room she left a letter to her fiance imploring his forgiveness, and saying that she had really intended to marry him, but at the last moment she could not make up her miuu to sacrifice her liberty. It.is believed that she took the express train for Paris. • <?>«><?■