A GERMAN ROMANCE.

Waipukurau Press, 2 July 1908, Page 7

A GERMAN ROMANCE.

A very happy ending has been given to an international romance, the hero and heroine of which sailed from New York early last month in the Lusitania as “Mr and Mrs .Barnes, of Colorado.” The hero,“Mr Barnes,” is really Count Hans Ferdinand von Hochberg, nephew of Princess Marie von Saxe-Weimer. He was a lieutenant in fhe Royal Footguards at Potsdam when he met a pretty shop assistant in Berlin, Fraulein Louise Carow. For her he gave up his arisiocratie family, and having married her, sought forlijbune in America, where she, with new-bonhßshild, followed him KeigUteen ago* Vi.

For a time the count earned a living as a chauffeur, and he then met Mr N. E. Barnes, of Colorado, who engaged him as secretary for work in the West. In time the count built up a nice little fortune, and his relatives seeing that he could do without them, sent him assurances that they were prepared to give him and his wife and child a hearty welcome. The German Crown Prince, with whom he went to school, and others in high position, who were his friends, have also sent him similar assurance. So the count determined to pry a visit to Berlin. He has, however, renounced the name Hochberg for ever, and will in future be known simply as Mr Barnes, in gratitude to his patron.