The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-24

and, like nearly all the young mon of this
strange race VI wanderers, no was strik-
ingly handsome.
How tho 'nother brought about u meet.
ing between Mug Stanley and hur son Is
not known, but 1t Is known that tho girl,
full of life, health, beauty aud imaRina
tion, and almost ignorant OF tho other sex,
obeyed tho Irresistible impulse Of nature
and fell insanely In lovo with the young
barbarian.
Tho gypsy woman planned tho elopo-
mont. Tho young people wsro married
according to tho Romupy rules, and while
the ponds Of Dovonshirc were Going search
od tho girl was being whirlod to eastern
Hungary, where tho gypsios then were and
still arc In considerable forco.
On reaching Vienna Mr. Stanley fell
SILK, but his friends kept ON to find tho
girl. All wore now suro that sho had boon
kidnapped. Under tho Hungarian laws,
which diffor In some respects from those
OF tho allied Kingdom of Austria, u girl Is
able tn contract marriage ut tho ago Of II
without tho consent of hur natural guard
inns.
After ten days tho clorgyman's friends
returned, and they drow lots to 500 which
should tell tho father tho whole truth
And tho truth was thut tho girl had loft
wife OF young gypsy who onllotl himself
Paul Stanley, and that sho would novor
return 10 Davonshiru alive If tho law forced
her to go.
Tho Row. George Stanley was taken
homo by his friends, and within . months
no WAS laid busao his vito In the graveyard
of tho parish church.
Tho Austrian authorities inter this kept
u close watch OF tho English girl and her
associates. When Mag was 10 aud grow.
ing heart weary OF her life, hor husband
and, mother law were arrested rs con-
spirators with Hungarian count for
poisoning Ills father, and all were convict
cd and paid tho penalty with their lives
Mag WAS ordered to leave tho empire Mt
once.
In tho meantime sho had formed init
mate rnlnti ions with u Jew, and sho con.
fessed herself that sho lived with him as
his vito before tho law gave her tho right
to do so.
This man HertzborR claimed to DO ma
two OF Germany He know many Ian
guaSes. after fashion. and he said no
had largo interests In London. He pro
vailed Oh his vito to go to England with
him. a worse nan than this Erdmnn
Hortzberg never lived.
Up TO tho time Of hor meeting him Mug
Stanley was deludcd woman, but at
heart pure and II noble ono. But Hertz
berg, sceing profit in her wondrous grace
and fascinating beauty, mndo up his mind
to profit by it. He started n club, gum
bling rendezvous ON Piocadilly, aud with
In easy roach OF the great clubs Tho place
was sumptuously fitted up. but It's grent
attraction was "the gypsy queen" as he
caused Mug to bs called.
III herIy nrocnprpd yroofIy Ix,,t ttn.o
comes sooner or Inter, IN ond to nll such
prosperity. One night there was a row.
not over tho cards or wine, but aftor both
had been INDUCED in. Hurtzberg caught
young officer Of tho guards kissing his
wifo In tho hall. II the Jew had not been
drinking, tliore would have boon no trou-
bic, for Mag, like the cards and vino, was
an attraction.
fight followed Captain Griffith was
stabbed to the heart. Hertzberg and his
wife. tho latter nfterwnrd indicted us
Mrs Erdnan lIertzborg alias tho
Gypsy Queen" were arrested. Hertzborg
was tried, convicted and hanged. His
wife was sentenced to penal servitude for
lifo
This was in ls4s, when Marguerite was
81 years of age. England's great penal
colonies Mt that time wero Now South
Wales, in Australia, and Van Dieman's
Land, now known MS Tasmania, to tho
south Of tho Island continent.
10 tho latter colony Marguerite Stanley
was sent on one of those foating hollis IN
English convict ship. The cold recital OF
thnt voyage, rs described by this woman
In her journal, Oils tho soul of tho most
impressive with herror, and IN Australian
writer has described It in tho most thrill
Ing story in the English language, entitled
"For His Natural Life"
Or the 500 passengers, or rather con-
victs, ON that sailing ship o. were women.
Many OF both sexes were sentenced for
trivial otfcnses, Ike ponching or pocket
picking, but in the main they wore a bad
crowd, and tho law had made them, In
most cases, what they were.
Tho officer in charge of the convicts fell
in love, after his fashion, with Mag and
for tho sake Of tho advantage such an alli-
hnce offered she became his mistress
This man became infatuated with her.
and after they reached Launcestop, In Van
Dieman's Land, daughter was born,
which fortunately died very soon.
This overseor, whose namo was Tire
Senck, was transferred to Sydney, and he
had sufficient influence to have Mag
brought with him. On board the ship
bound for Botany Bay was q young Eng
lish convict, Of whom Mag became en-
eaassN