Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-01-24
LOLA MoNTEz AGAiN.

/ Lola MOnteI, IIotn Wnlcn We Hldhe d ie"
extracts. She begins by saying:
! | arm sure you will moi refuse a stranger,
and that sllanget woritan, lille space in
your paper, for an appeal 10 an intelligent
aud generous community, against unjust and
! illiheIal attacks upon her, intended 10 pre-
Judge the people against her
] am sure: TOO, that the good hearted
| American people, and of this noble city,
! will listen 10 an nofiensive stranger, and pro.
I tect her against rude and harsh treatment
! | know that American gentlemen and ladies
| will frown on any who are guilty of rude,
! insulting, and vulgar treatment Of visitor
TO their free, hospiable, and happy land. |
know they will sympalhize with female
who seeks 10 deport herself unobtrusively
and becomingly, when she is forced to 90
| into the newspapers TO defend herself and
| il she shows she is right, am confident
they will sustain her.
Since childhood, when first came 10
know Of America, my heart yearned to
visit it,. | read of the tales of suffering
encountered by the Pilgrims who first came
| hi,her--l read of The progress of their noble
! descendans-of their resistance 10 British
oppression, and OF the glorious deeds OF
Washington, "peerless among peers" Of
jefferson, and franklin, and Fulton, and
jackson. strdied your institutions, and all
my dreams of romance were connected
with yonr happy country.
NJ r = =.
! tndes and adventure, that it almos, equals
! those given in popular works of fiction.
sometimes look back on my life and wonder
---''is il true ?''-"have existed ?"-"do
live 2" or dis il all dream 2" have
been wild and wayward, but, if know
| myself. never wicked. can appeal TO
! every companion or servant in my whole
! life, of my own sex, 10 say If ever treated
them uniuslly, unkndly, and, will add
ungenerously. | have been traduced, and
slandered, and villifed more, | think, than
any human being, man or woman, that has
lived for a century. II all tina, is said Of
! me were irue-nay, if half Of it were true
| ought 10 be buried alive. The very afro.
! cities TO me, themselves show their false
| hoods. AT the age Of thirteen, imjudicious,
hui well meaning friends, constrained me
10 an alliance with one much my senior in
/ years, hut who had not my affections, who
! did seek 10 win them, and from whom was
obliged TO part myself. No one ever accu-
/ sed ME of falsehood 10 my VOWS of fidelity
! 10 him.
! In my personal career as danseuse, hav-
ing been in Russia, and being on my way to
Vienna, stopped at Munich. Soon after,
| received from an aid of lie good old King
! Louis, an invitation 10 a royal audience on
the next day After hesila,ing some time,
! yielded to he solicitation Of my friends, ac.
cep,ed the invitation, and had All interview
with The King at uounday The King treat
ed me with kindness. In familiar con-
versaiinn with him about French politics,
gave my opinions petty freely, and especi-
/ ally in relation 10 some F,ench editors
whom was acquainted with. Having al
ways been, as Lam yet, IN The habit OF ma
! Ring full notes OF public events, men, and
movements, | was enabled 10 be accurate
. The King manifested great surprise a, some
of the information gave him, and seemed
so deeply interested as 10 ask me TO stay in
Munich, as his guest, for few days. at
first declined, aitd finally observed, "Will it
not give cause for scandal against your Ma
( jesty 7" The King replied, "No, have no
/ fear Of that.n consented 10 Stay few
days, and renewed my conversations with
! the King several times, on visits 10 him al
! his instance. These visits were unceremo-
Nous. | talked 10 the King, as always do
! TO every one, truthiully, iraukly, aud with
| out concealmenl told him Of errors and
| abuses in his govermeu,-l told him of The
perfidy Of his ministers. Honest and uu.
suspecting, he did not believe it but pro-
we'd il to him. He expressed his gratitude
/ TO me. His Queen was my friend, expo
sed TO him especially the art, duplicity and
viIlany of his Prime Minister Baron D'Abe
a jesuit, who had wormed himself into his
confidence.
The Prime Minister, D'Abel, determin-
ell 10 drive me away, aud he plotted
against me, raised all kinds of scandal about
me, sen, 10 France, England, the East IN
dies, and Spain, to get false testimony
against me. lie represented to the people
that Influenced the King 10 do all kinds of
wickedness, and he attributed his own oP-
pressive acts 10 the King and myself IN all
these villanous schemes he failed, till he
called in the aid Of the Austrian Prime MiG-
ister, Prince MeiIerni,h. Then they tried
10 conciliaie and soofhe me, and bfibe me
TO their purpose. was offered four millions
OF francs aud the title Of Princess, il would
consent to aid them 10 control the King to
advance iheit plans. This indignantly
refused, and Immediately exposed their
offer 10 the King. He was aslonished, and
exclaimed, ''Ii cannot be SO. determined
10 prove it. ! agreed upon an interview
with Meiiernichs and n'Abe's aseni
Baron Mili'..aaiu, in room, the KIM oeiag
, ooocaaIal so ,hat ha conld he~, all thaI ma.