Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-02

no two aHks, but all shrouded In mystery
aud dinily limiting that the blood OF The
Spanish Bourbons filled her veins, and
that some day she might be able to show
that she had right to the throne.
From Paris her fame spread through
Europe, and il was planned to take hSr on
. ssArring tour through AL the gruat capt.
tall, hut she got no farther than Munich,
the capital Of Bavaria
Lola Montez, though always improvi.
dent, was at this time comparatively rich.
Her income was about 81, 500 week, and
the jewels presented to her might we'll
have excited the envy of q queen. She
had . rctinue of servants, and she took
with her from Paris her own coach and
four.
At this time Munich, the capital of in
dependent Bavaria, was, next to Paris.
the gayest, most brilliant and corrupt can
ital In Europe. and Louis was its king.
Her fame had preceded her, 80 that the
advent of Lola MOntez to Munich partook
Of the nature of an ovation. The stuients
of the university turned out to meet her.
bands serenaded her the night Of her ar
rival, and the public prints. half in joke
and half in earnest, called her "the un-
crowned queen of Bavaria,'' little dream
ing the prophecy there was in the compli-
ment.
The first night she appeared at the the
Ater the king was in the royal box From
the instant he set eyes on ''the great Span-
ish dancer as she was called, Louis of
Bavaria became her slave, destined to re-
main so till his kingdom was shaken to
its foundations, and in the upheaval that
followed he was shaken from the throne. 1
A woman Of stronger principles and
with more stability of character than Lola
Montez might have been tempted by the
dazzling prospects before her when she saw
the king Of Bavaria at her feet But this
was the game she was playing for, and, II
surprised at all, it was at the ease with
which she accomplished her end
The king proposed to marry her but as
soon as he limited at his purpose the min
istry was up in arms.
Not daring to run counter to the wishes
of his subjects, Louis gave up all thoughts
Ut an open marriage, but to free his favor
lite from the charge Of being plebeian he
determined to confer on her the title of
countess of Landsfeld. Against this his
ministers protested. Not only Munich,
but the whole of Bavaria, took sides, and
SO bitter and stubborn did the fight become
that Prime Minister Abel and all his asso-
ciatcs in the kings cabinet resigned.
At this time large sum of money was
raised by the MOBILES and rich men of the
kingdom, who were anxious to save their
nation and sovereign from disgrace, and
with this they tried to bride Lola Nontez
to leave the country forever. Her scorn-
full reply was:
II can win all the money 1 care for in
any city I go to, but where can go to get
another kings lover
And now the students, who had well
coined her at first, took sides, the MAORI
ty hOoting her when she appeared on the
streets, for at this stage Of affairs she had
given up her public dancing.
Infatuated at the students, the king,
acting on the advice of Lola Montez, it Is
said, closed the university and threw into
Jail the student leaders. BY this time the
kingdom was not only stirred to its depths,
but in many Of the provinces the sturdy
Germans broke into open revolt.
Too late the infatuated Louis discovered
that for the sake of an unknown adven-
turess he had thrown away the regal in
heritance of his fathers. The rebellion
reached the capital, and to save himself
the king was forced to abdicate and seek
refuge in an out Of the way castle.
Lola Montcz was not permitted to accom-
pany the king, but she was warned to
leave Bavaria at once. Consulting her
own safety, she fed to London, where
for some months she lived in seclusion.
After vain efforts to renew communica-
tions with the dethroned king Lola Mon
tez, wholly Indifferent to the fact that she
had never been divorced from her first hus-
band, who was still living, married anoth-
or English officer, named Captain Head.
She lived with Heald short time, when,
learning that she was about to be prose-
cuted for bigamy, she fed to Madrid
She at first thought of entering n con-
vent, but changing her mind she sold
most of her jewels and started for Austria
liza. Her mental gifts and versatility can
be imagined from the fact that on the ship
she prepared n series of lectures descriptive
of her own stirring life and delivered these
with great success and profit to the anti
pOdeans.
Lola Montez soon exhausted Australia.
Her success there led her to believe that
she could win in tho United States, SO she
sailed for California.
She had not been in San Francisco six
weeks when she met and married a Mr.
Hull. This she could now do without
fear, as both James and Head were dead
Her married life with Hull was charac-
teristically brief. She imagined him
wealthy, and he was we'll off when they
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