Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1858-01-23

letter, which he had dropped ou, of his
pocket, which was addressed t. Lyman
CT fin Bowen and when she asked him
if it was his he admitted the fact; though
even then she had some doubt about it, as
he had so many foreign ways with him.
The four, that is the prince, the two girls
and Bowen, sometimes engaged a private
room, where they ordered supper and spent
the night. On ,hese occasions the prince
and Bowen generally drank freely. and so
much so, sometimes, that they had to be
sent away in a carriage in the morning
The prince made very little secret as TO
who he was--the other appeared to have
no friends in New York, and she never
knew what his means were, whether he was
in business or not, or how he supported
himself; she set him down as one of those
men that are to be found in every large
city, wholive by their wits and by the want
of wits in others.
One night, she believed it was about the
beginning of August, the prince came to
the bar, where she was serving be had
evidently been drinking. aud was accom-
panied by the two girls and Bowen, and
called for some drink for the party--after
standing there short time, they wet up
stairs to The room they preferred where
they called for wine and cards.
The inc was replebished several times,
and the party had been there about three
hours-it was about one o'clock in the
morning--when Bowen suddenly ran down
stairs, his face pale and his frame tremb-
ling with excitemen', and begged her to
come up stairs Instantly, i"r the prince had
been seized with a violent fit. She ran up
stirs accordingly, and found him lying on
the flo If, bis coat, vest, and shirt collar off
and his head resting on the knee of jose
fina, who was rubbing his temples with her
hands in a distracted state; the other girl
was wriDgns her bands and exclaiming
oh /! my Tod, he is dead he is dead !
how did it happen!' Mrs. Mercicr felt his
pulse and he,rt, and found that both had
ceased to beat. His hands were cold and
his face growing livid; il was evident he
was dead! The girls said he was seized
as he was leading back in his chair-.hat
he suddenly put his haud to his heart, aud
uttered an exclamation in French-his
head then dropped and be would have fal
len of tho chair if Josefna had not sprang @
Up and caught him. They laid him on the
for and took off his coat, vest and neck :
handkerchief, dashed water 10 his face
and rubbed his hands and temples, bu, in
vain There could be no mistake about
i-Trince Louis NapoAoa Bonopartt
acas dead.
What was to be done 7 An occurrence
, like this, taking place under such circum.
! stances and in hnu.e Of this discri ptioI
the person being foreigner of such
, high rank and natorety filled them al
with alarm. If the police got wind of it
E the whole party would probably be arrested
D on charge of murder, and the saloor
business be ruined. The difficulty was 60
over by Bowen, who suggested tina. tue
9 body should be concealed, until it could
e be carried away and disposed of; that as
D he strongly resembled the prince in man.
t ners and appearance he should take pos
T session OF his watch and whatever othe
e articles were about him, return to tn
f princes lodgings, shut himself up there uu
t der a plea of sickness until he could sail TO
e Europe-which would be in day or two
b that Bowen then told her for the first time
# that the prince had few days before receiv
ed letter urging him to return immedlatel
e to Switzerland if he wished to see hi
o mother again, as she had been taken dan
Is gerously i'll, and that he had engaged an
n paid his passage to Europe in q ship tina
:. was to sail almost directly. Bowen offere
}, to assist in buryiag the body, which wa
}, done the next night, it having been place.
e in grave dug in the cellar Of the mex
= house which was unoccupied.
e 1t was the interest of all to keep til
e secret; but Bowen told her that he intend
i ed to sail in the ship as the prince-tha
b he would contrive to take leave of as fe,
e people as possible, and that he meant t
If try his luck in Europe in his new charac
: ,er-and added if any good came of it
l would remember her and the girls, and
'e something handsome for them. How h
ct managed to d, ceivo his laudlady she didn
D. know, but ne did-and not only her bt
lie the servants OF the house and others-an
s. sailed Tor Europe.
to She never heard directly from him fc
ID many years, but she heard in the newsp;
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