Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-05-16
M1cAELA DE LOS ANGELES.
Spanish Girl Who Lived in Mexican Con
vent

The story of this young Spanish girl
in Mexico, who lived mysterious life
in a convent. may be truly called legen-
Diary history. A1icaela de los Angeles
was believed TO be a daughter of Philip
H. of Spain, who was brought to Mexico
and inimured in the royal convent OF
Jesus Maria for reasons best known to
the royal father. This convent was
founded in 1878 by two Spaniards, Pedro
Il. Denia and GregOrio de Pesquera, pur-
posely for the descendants of the con
querors. 1t was placed under the rule
of Franciscan nuns and jealousy guard
cd. None but the daughters of aristo-
Gratis and noble and royal houses were
admitted. Just when the 5'in0 Micaela
entered the convent no one seemed To
remember, her presence at FIRST beng
scarcely noticed by any but the mother
superior She was plainly dressed and
kept in great secusion for a time but by
and by it was observed that She was
gradually being surrounded with royal
Injuries This fact naturally melted in
qury and, with curiosity on the one
hand and knowledge, even in the minds
Of n few, on the other, il was soon
known that Micaela was direct de-
scendant of the King, and that her
brother. the archbishop Pedro de Con
treraS had special care over her. For a
long time it was thought that Micaela
had been brought to the convent while a
very small child, but her increasing un-
happiness and longing for scenes of
which the nuns knew nothing, convinced
them that she had been rndely torn away
from all that her affections held dear.
or that she had been falsely urcd TO her
Imprisonment in n convent in q foreign
land. The walls of the Old converts of
Mexico were very high and thick and
nun once behind thaI1, and protected
also by the solemn oaths that she and
al about her must take, was a nun for
lIte-and yet even those walls had ears,
and there were eyes that saw and
tongues that told tales. Ii was always
50. Even Abelard and HeloSc heard
from each other at times.
Whether Micaela's lover was priest
or not neither records nor traditions tell
rs, only that she had one Perhaps he
followed her over seas. Perhaps il was
to pert her from him that she was sent
70 Mexico to the royal convent. Per
hars the parting had the usual result.
making the lover more determined. Who
Knows? Alas. no one In Mexico But
that does not matter. Micaela was un-
happy, and she had lover who would |
have taken her from the convent if he |
could. That is enough to stir the heart !
One night the convent was attacked, |
whether by Indians or robbers or here. |
ties. II could not be discovered in ne |
darkness for Mexico had no street lights |
in those early days. Bur by whomSo- |
ever, the attack was repulsed, the doors |
doubly barred and guarded and no one |
entered and none escaped.
After that those who passed by the
royal convent frequently heard sad |
and demonacal laughter. and
loud calls, repeated and repeated, until
the voice seemed to die away in the dis
lance. or to be shut off by many walls
and closing doors~-at times even by the
sudden placing of strong hand over
the mouth of the maniac When the
mad nun of the royal convent died it was
known that Micaela dc los Angeles, the
daughter of Philip II. of Spain, was
had joined her lover in heaven Modern
Mexico