The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-04-15

inc events We cannot DO pe'tti 'nsn NJ.
The sentences which tue heroine neisc''
va a vcsr later I at last yielded 10 WI.
Hams Irresistible en'reaiies. anu, ~ wv
presence Of Ernst [her brother anu ru ua.at
We were made Que at the altar py oevss'
minister, who afterward went 70 Wsn ~ !,
| ton and who was greatly a'tacoeo W " ~
| liam. -, mords
can never describe II; ana my pea' 80
rent "a torui Only after thirteen months
aid We disclose our secret to my fatner,
when William bad also written nome 10 nis
narents. This would moi yet have oeen
done had not others urged bis return 70
Escland. For the King was ailing; tue
prince Of Wales Law sick with Wasting
fever. thc Duke Of York, through his ex-
cesses. had earned The hatred OF both KIN
drcd and nation; William 1t was VINO
sbot,,d shine upon his parents tofope'
Nv father al once went 10 London hinsen:
In two months William followed him; ana
IN mo the explanation was given 'nat
toracd The obstacle to my beloved ones
hsnniness. As II / believed II! an
knew too well the heart in when hVeo
and had my being" ,s,
II nov became evident that the two must
no separated. Tears, VOWS, entreaties' all
were nj no avail. The English Court
couId never recognize marriage OF tnls
kind: IL was one to which the Princes
Parents were wholly blind. Caroline was
taken BIZ her father to Cassell, ana IRON
thence to Driburg. The anxiety ana men
tai anguish which she suffered resulted IN
the siiilbirth OF her child. While she was
at Driburg, during her illness, the Prince
reappesred TO renew his VOWS OF censtancy,
urging her TO be firm, and on no account 10
submit 10 q divorce. But, from letter OF
the Queens that be brought with him, IL
was plain that the English Court entirely
refused 10 countenance the marriage eyen
II they admitted its legality. With the
Princes departure came the snal leave
taking; the lovers were never TO meet
again. For Caroline all Joy had been taken
from her life. Her illness assumed lar
ersyer form, and eliminated in trance,
from which she was restored by clever
young physician, DR.. Meineke. Tbree
years later she became his wife; all recol'ec-
ton OF tie Prince was thus efiaced; the
first marriage was as II it had not been.
Her daughter Jettchenn married one
Teubner; aud TO him Caroline in her last
years pennrd the greater portion OF these
Extraordinary Werther-like letters, pitched
as they are iu truly hypersentlmeiita Key.
They relell The great and absorbing
romance OF her youth; in writing them she,
as il were, REEVES the ecstacies OF her early
love. AT the aye OF fortv-siX she died at
Blsnsko on January 81. 1915.
This, then, is the brief outline OF her
history. Shall we believe it, or is it false
The editor OF these letters evidently has
perfect faith ~ their authenticity. de
seeks TO rank his heroine among the rest OF
the great German women, to make her
love- episode gain the sympathy and adm'ra-
ton OF all. SO far as we are concerned, he
fails. Tue weak point in the whole story
rs q romance, is the fact that Caroline mar
ries again. With love such as hers was,
or as she asserts it TO have been, such
course was absolutely impossible. 10 be
consistently great, she should have proudly
wrapped herself in the mantle OF her grief,
thus passing in mournful silence from the
scene. This would have been the proper
close 20 her life; the calm dignity OF such
silence would have formed the 6ttest
rebuke TO the Prince who mad basely desert
ed her. Yet Caroline deliberately takes
another husband, just rs any matter-of-fact
elderly widow might do. Apparently no
SPECIAL compclsion is used; she voluntarily
accepts Meineke, by whom she has two
children. After so commonplace Pro-
ceeding as this, il 10 useless for her biogra-
pber to insist upon the infinite "poetry OF
hor iife.story," or to believe that her
truly tragic fate will lay claim to our pity"
or "that at the least it must gain the APP
preciative sympathy Of posterity."
If a forgery, this is undoubtedly a very
clever one. Simply as an episode in royal
life, it will gain readers and enthusiasts
enough. whether it be genuine or whether
it be myth.
AS we understand, the letters are to APP
pear shortly in an English dress.