Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-07-07
VOLUME II. NO. 80.

la,el throughout the city, offering arewsrd !,
to whom soever should produce the per-
SON described, or give any Information
him.
An cid widow woman came TO him IN
the course of the day, with one Of his pro-
in her hand. For the last seven
or eight months she said, person whose
name she did not know, but who answer
ed exactly to the description in the bills,
with the exception of the wound in the
face, had been living at her house. which
was a somewhat sequestercd spot about
two miles from Stuttgart. He had left
home the preceding night she said, and had
not returned all night. After further in
quiries, Moritz went with the widow to her
house, when she had done her marketing
in the city. She said the stranger had
come there last summer looking half-starv-
ed and broken down, and asked her to let
him stay day or two, paying her hand
somely. She was too old to be afraid Of
scandal, and having whole house to her
self. she consented and gave the stranger
an apartment, which he had occupied ever
since. The stranger was on horseback
when he came to her, but the horse was
dreadfully out of condition; and though
she had got it placed in paddock, it did
not improve. He possessed an old suit
of uniform, like that of Wurtemberg
captain, which, however, she had only seen
him put on two or three times. He was
exceedingly taciturn, and never afforded
her the least insight into his history; and
as for friends, he did not seem to have one
in the world. She had fancied his mind
was affected indeed she had no doubt that
such was the case but as he was always
harmless and civil, and paid her regularly,
she did not take any notice of that.
Great was the widows astonishment
and alarm to find that hermysterious lodger
had left her house apparently for ever, as
for several days he never returned. Moritz,
after much difficulty, persuaded her to al
low him to examine the strangers apart
ment. Therein, among sundry valueless
articles of clothing, he found small Bible.
and on the fy-leaf was the name "Konrad
Povelski" Moritz was almost at his wits
end with excitement. curiosity, and embar-
rassment as to the means by which he
might unravel this strange mystery. He
took up his abode for the present at the
widows house, expecting daily the reap
pearance Of the late lodger, and meanwhile
wrote to Vienna an account of what had
befallen him. @
In answer to this letter, came very
brief one from General Won Streiben,
congratulating him upon pot having pro-
ceeded further than Stuttgart, and entreat-
ing him to retnrn without delay, as Cap
tain Povelski had been found Astonish-
ed beyond measure, Moritz returned to his
native city. Almost Immediately after his
, arrival, he repaired to the house cf the gen.
eral and there and then again behold Von-
Povelski-for in the long lost captain he
! recognized his mysterious night-visitant.
The story of Konrad's wound in the re-
treat from Moscow was correct he had
a been actually shot in the head, and car
. ried to Poltosk, as the soldiers had stated.
The wound, however, was not mortal the
shot had been extracted, but it had pro-
q duced an effect upon the brain which had
deranged the intellect of the sufferer. Un-
q der the influence of hallucination. he had
!, escaped from the hospital, after lying there
many months, believing himself to be dead.
e and he was permitted to move about the
the world in the spirit. In that belief, he
e had wandered back to Stuttgart, and pre-
n sented himself before Clemsnza, as related.
o When she left for Vienna, he had been
r stricken with despair, but still passed thu
house occasionally; and when he saw
Moritz at the window, he had, under the
n influence, it is conjectured, of Jealousy and
. curiosity, returned in the night, procured
. entrance into the house through the negli-
gence of the porter, and roamed through
. the chambers until he found the room in
y which Moritz was sleeping. He then
a learned whittier Clemenza had gone, and on
+ leaving the house, set forth straightway fol
= Vienna. He discovered where the gen
!: eral lived; and on presenting himself, wa
recognized and secured by the veteran him
# self-he and his daughter discovering. tina
their poor friend mind was in ruins.
p The wound from Moritz's pistol, thougl
: merely Craze of the flesh, had become in
i. famed through not being attended to, an,
Konrad was soined with fsver. which pros
: trated him for some weeks; but, remarka
4 bic to relate, the effect OF that wound wa
j in the end the restoration of his intellecti
% for when he arose from his sick bed, hi
,e mind was again as sound asever. Ho,
q. far this was due to the nursing of his faitl
full Clemenza, may be question; but cel
\. tain it is, that he awoke as one does from
morning dream, turning away fromits sha,
n. ows, that leave no trace upon the lnemor,
n. to rejoice in the rays Of a new day. Son
40 months later, the sufferer, being perfect
: restored, resumed his position in the Wu
W termberg army and when the general i
turned to Stuttgart. Konrad and Clemsnl
a were married.
And Moritz Jaslmann? We do .
MS undertake to say thst his feelings wers d
"n VA solutely tranquil during tho early psrisd
~. AZ the conval scence; but his remerse It ha'
it, ing himself fired the dangerous shot. an
60, subsequently,. the interesting spectacle
Ine the mind Of the wounded man strngglil
n. through the shadows that had % long .
asI scured il, served to divert his thoughts