Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-02-12
STAR,
THE GERMAN PRINCESS. I,

oorn III tnat city In lo42. She married
Journeyman shoemaker, whom she soon
quilted, and going to Dover, married a
surgeon OF that town. Having been ar.
Quilted through some legal flaw. when
tried for bigamy at the Maid tone s.sizss
she next appears in London as the wife
of John Carleton.
During the period between these two
last marriages, however, the princess en-
countered some strange adventures. She
embarked on board q merchant shin
which carried her to Holland, from
whence she travelled by land to the city
of Cologne. Being mistress of money.
she took fine lodging there, and lived
in greater splelldor than she had ever be-
fore done. At Spa, she met ON old of.
ficer, who fell in love with her. and who
bad good estate near Liege, not many
miles distant. By the assistance of her
landlady, the adventures managed this
affair with so much artifice, that her an.
cient beau presented her with several fine
and valuable jewels, besides a gold chain
with very costly medal, which had
been given him for some remarkable
good service, against the King of Sweden.
The foolish old man urged his passion
with all the vehemence of young lover,
making her very large promises, till a,
last she gave her consent to espouse hin,
in three days. He left the preparation
OF all things necessary to her care, Civ
,ns her large sums Of money for that pur.
pose. Madam now perceived that it was
high time to be gone, and in order to get
OFT with the greatest security, she ac-
quainted her landlady with the design,
the hostess, who had before shared pret
ty largely in the spoils of the old cap.
tain, who was willing to hearken to any
proposal that would help her q little
more to fleece the inamOrata. The Gun.
ming princess, however. was resolved to
have all the booty to herself; and to &C.
complish this, she persuaded her land.
lady to go into the town and get place
for her in some carriage that did not 20
to BOulogne, in order that her lover
should not know whittier to follow her.
The old woman saw that this precaution
was very necessary, and Therefore she
went to provide for the safety of her
guest. This was all the adventures
wanted; for as soon as she found herself
left alone, she broke open a chest, where
she had discovered her landlady put her
treasure, and there she observed not only
what she had shared with her out OF the
old mans benevolence, but also an ad-
dlti0nal sum OF money not inconsiderabIe
She took all that was worth taking; and
soon packed up her parcel, and having
before privately made sure of a passage
to Utrecht, she fed thither; from thence
she went to Amsterdam, where she sold
her gold chain, medal, and some of the
jewels; then proceeded to Rotterdam and
then to the Brill, where she took ship
ping for England.
She landed at Billingsgate one morning
very early, in March, 1868, but found no
house open till she came to the Exchange
Tavern, where she first obtained the title
of German princess in the following man
ner In the tavern she got in com pany
with some gentlemen, and they address
ing her, the tears trickled down her
cheeks; she sighed, sobbed, and the
cause being demanded, told them that
she little thought once Of being reduced
to such wretched necessity as she was
now. Here she repeated the history of
her extraction and education, telling
them about her pretended father, the
Lord Henry Won Wolway, who, she said,
was q sovereign prince of the Empire,
independent of any man but his sacred
imperial majesty. Certainly" con-
tinued she, "any gentleman may sup
pose what modification it must be to q
woman born of such noble parents, and
bred up in all the pomp of court, under
the care of an indulgent father, to suffer
as now do; yet why do l say indul.
gent father alas! was it not his cruelty
that banished me, his only daughter,
from his dominions, only for marrying
nobleman of the court whom l loved to
excess, without his knowledge? Was it
not my father that occasioned my dear
lord to be cut off in the bloom of his age
by falsely accusing him of . design
against his person. deed which his yir-
tuous soul abhored 2" Here she pre-
tended her sorrow would permit her to
rehearse no more Of her miSfortunes, and
the whole company were touched with
SOmPoooiOu ~ SuV AnCioASuOly Icl6S1Ou,
which they all looked upon as true,
giving her, out of mere pity, all the
money they had about them, and prom.
ising to meet her again with more, which
they accomplished, and ever Afterwards
called her the unfortunate German
princess,"a q name she laid claim to in
all companies. The Exchange Tavern
was kept by one Mr.. hing when the
princess received her honorary title. As
she was come from foreign parts, with
great riches, mine host believed the truth
Of what she had affirmed. Nor was she
backward in telling him that she had
raised all her wealth by private eontri-
button from some princes of the Empire,
who were acquainted with her circum-
stances, and to whom she had made her
self known. She added, that not one of
those who had given her anything, dared
to acqusint her father that they knew
where she was, because they were all his
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