News of an appalling tragedy comes from Hunan, a small island in Lake Constance, where pretty Fraulein Mozer, 21, shot herself before the church altar rather than wed a wealthy man twice her age.
When the priest asked the usual question, whether she accepted the man as her husband, the bride replied: "No, no, I love another. My parents know this—I_ would rather die first."
She drew a small revolver from her bridal bouquet and shot herself through the head, felling unconscious at the feet of the priest and dying within a few minutes,
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