Year: 1869

From the Baltimore Gszette.l


Why go to novels for fiction, whsn
truth, that is stranger, every day staTes
US in the face Why seek in high life
for dramas, when we find orange girls
becoming Duehesses, servant girls be-
coming Countesses, and ladies of doubt
full origin and very dubious character
sharing an EmperOr's throne. Nell
Gwynne rode in her coach, Lady Hamil-
ton gIoried in position Which received
lustre from the fame of her lover and
Josephine became dizzy at the hight
which she had reached, just before her
fall. Is it not romance to find Sher
idan. the fattered and sought for, dying
Stunned and starving, without even the
consolation Of knowing that, a few years
after, his grand daughter is to shine as
BesQty's Queen and as Duchess, or to
read Of Brummell, the courted and the
dictator of fashion, begging for bread
IN sattered garment and is the story
of Cinderella any more wonderful than
that of Euge2ia who drives to-day in
the coach of an Emperor, who twenty
years ago scarcely owned a pumkin to
make one out of.


Our own city Of Baltimore has wit
messed in its days more than one little
bit of dramatic romance. One OF the
most curious, however, has come TO
light within the past few days and as the
veil, which covered up the mystery, has
been removed by death, there is now no
wrong in giving the details of story
which is euriously strange. 1t is as
follows:


More than dozen years ago a noble
Baron residing ia the northern part Of
Germany, smitten with the charms of
the daughter Of a well-known Doctor,
in the town where he lived, WOOed and
won her, and made her a Baroness.
Years sped happily along, the birth of
two daughters gave additional life TO the
little household and the Baron reioieed
in his little garden, which he too conf
IDENTIFY imagined was free from the trail
Of the serpent. Coming home, however,
one night, very unexpectedly, he found
q Young student ia his room, and in an
excess Of wild jealousy and rage, seized
upon a sword, which was hanging
against the wall of the chamber, and ran
him through.


The Baron fed 10 the Cripea, where
he served throughout the Crimean war,
and, after it was ended, made his way,
after various vieissitudes of fortune, 70
Baltimore where under an assumed name
be commenced TO give instruction in
languages. After be had resided some
time in this city, happening one day to
90 into a music shop for the purpose of
making trifing purchase, to his great
astOnishment, he met face to face with
his wife who was standing behind the
counter. After the first surprise was
over, they had each the prudence to re-
main silent. A meeting was arranged,
when the ex-baroness informed her for
mer husband that, feeling that their in
tereourse was forever at an end, she had
accepted the proposal Of her present
husband to marry him and come to
America, which she accordingly did
without troubling herself about divorce.
She had brought with her her two
daughters, who bore the name of her
present husband and imagined them
selves his children.


1t was then agreed between the two
that their secret should be preserved and
that the Baron, under his assumed name,
should be received as teacher of
languages into the house, where he
should have the care of the education
of his children, which accordingly hap
pened. Years passed by, the girls grew
up, and old age, laying its hand on their
real father, brought him finally to his
death bed, which be exchanged short
time ago fo= a grave. While in the
jaws of death he sent for friend, and
con6ded to him parcel Of papers,
giving instructions among other things,
az TO the disposition Of some property
which he inherited abroad, and request
ing him TO hand them over to his wife
when he discovered her, who he told
him, was the daughter Of a doctor, whom
he named, in a German town.


This friend, knOwning that there was
a daughter of this Doctor married in
Baltimore, determined, naturally, to
apply TO her for information. Going to
the music shop to find her, he met her
husband, aud announced to him that he
had some important papers for his sister
in-laW.


But before he got further on his ex-
planatiOn, the wife rushed from an
adjoining room, told him that she knew
ali about il, and that she would call
and see him next day at his house. He
had hardly returned there, however, be-
fore she followed him, entering breath
less, without bonnet or shawl, eager to
know what had happened. The papers
we're handed over, and all necessity, she
thought, for secresy being removed, the
two girls we're informed Of the facts of
their birth, and Of their title to distinc-