The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-29

animation of the woman's abdomen,
! where a umb of Indian pearls were
tmbedded when she was a child. Four
large pearls may Still be seen, sewed
In her skin, while the scars where she
has cut out half a dozen precious
stones, tell only too plainly that at
some time in her life. she wore a string
OF pearls around her waist, that a
queen would be proud to place about
her neck.
h string of royal pearls, together
with the story she tells, is her only
evidence OF being an Indian princess,
and heiress to over $500, 900 left by the
house Of G~ujelt-Singh, and deposited
by English officers in the bank of Eng
land. Besides this she had a large
bundle of correspondence from consuls
and foreign secretaries. covered with
post marks and seals.
Josephine and Anna Holdobler came
to Wakefield four years ago and rented
a small farm near here. They said they
were from Berlin, Germany. The man
was a gardener, and the woman seemed
of. high birth n liberal education.
for she was tall and slender, with crisp
black hair. eyes which We're soft one
moment and glistened like black opals
the next, olive complexion and white,
well-shaped hands. Her husband was
evidently a MAJ OF lower birth. He
SROAS III LIZ oAol11d1y oSIl lldlly
and was uneducated.
For two years the couple lived con-
stantly on their farm and seemed to
prosper. But one day a letter came.
1t was from the British consul in
Washington. That was two years ago.
Mrs. Holdobler consulted some local at
storneys and told them she had a for
tune in the Bank of England, but could
not establish her right to it. The Ger
man consul in England had been work.
ing to assist her, and had traced her to
America. He wanted additional evil
Wakefield parties about the family.
From that day, two years ago..
until the woman was sent to
Cunning asylum. she has con-
suited lawyers and doctors and
secured affidavit after afadavit and
at her waist line and of the precious
pearls, which are the strongest evil
of her heritage. These were sent
with letters from business men to
the German consul. But on ac-
count OF the i, red tape in. dip.
lomatic affairs. the woman became
nxiou to push her claims for the in
heritance and, selling all the stock and
property they had, The Holdoblers
started east, intending to go to Wash
ington and then back to Germany.
According to the woman, who tells
her story in the best of high German,
h was born in Ranpur. India. in 1870.
Her father had retgned in Rajputana
until after the Indian mutiny in 1867,
when he moved to Rampur and occu-
pied one of the native palaces, with
which the great peninsula abounds. 1t
was there that little Mott Pearl was
born. of a German mother and the
great Indian prince. There as a little
child she knew all the luxury of the
great land of wealth which has been
the object of the worlds cupidity inc
Vasco da Cana found a passage
around the southern point of Africa
and European swung open
to the IN of The world the jew
eled portals of India.
But a pail hung over the house of
Gujelt-Singh like a tattered veil. India
is the cradle of two Of the great relig-
ion of humanity. Hinduism and Bud
hism. The mother Of little Mott Pearl
was Of high German descent, and this
was the cause of the hatred which 9TH
er princes and the natives about the
court in Rajputana had harbored
against the prince and his fair con-
sort.
When hi child was. but flew years
OF age. her father died lnysteriously.
There was not a scar on his body, and
he was never bed-ridden. 1t was u
peaceful, that no n would suspect
that the prince had been murdered.
But such proved to be the case. The
mother lived alone In the great palace,
with one German lady. Louise Mack
rodt. The latter soon became the guard
ian OF little Mott Pearl, for within u
fortnight after the death Of the Prince
OF Gajelt-Singh. the mother died in
the same mysterious me
Fearing for her life and that OF the
little princess. the German lady, Louise.
too Mott Pearl To Calcutta. the city
OF palaces. and With them she carried
palace. Their home In Calcutta was
a.. Tram being tree from terror. Sew.