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dancer and stern excitement Of the scene,
equally arAuous. eqnally-even more gene
rouslv-ohlivious of danger, is permitted.
unnoticad. unthanked. to make her way
back A. best she cln to Grimm, there To
amaze the pastoral inhabitants with the re-
cital Of that adventurous and biood-stained
morning.
Our johanna was not too much 0verp0w-
cred by hashfulnpsS II remain on the fl I'D,
waiting far applause and thanks. She had
wit enough to see that she was appreciated
beyond what she had merited However,
lust then. every one was too busy with re-
inicing and hope Of plunAer, 10 notice her.
whom they considered the yictress Of the
day.
A. weary and disappointed, she was about
10 return 10 Grimm. the same colonel who
had directed the mlk-girl' efbrtS. r'de MP
t. her, hot, and ready 20 drop off his hose
with fatigue
.sNIv irl-quick-vour apron-Clve 1t to
me. N1t word If WI h it-that's right
DOW. your name j ,hlnna-Johannl
what? JIranna Stegen. So! Now, my lads,
onward S,ragIlers fal} back :"
And thereupon, one of the >traE lers. who
could not cmrrnhend what that grand, ter
rihle, fierce soldier could want with her
apron. ROW half dirt,, stained with blood
and the moisture of her weary Drnw' fell
hlcl at the word Of command, aud pres nifty,
changing her mind about Grimm. she slow
~ follpw-! il the rear of the army. who
ackn lwle.s sai her as its praserver. and VINO
by this time had hoisted her apron IN 'front.'
OF the troops as an ensign and emblem OF
how graf victory had been won.
Arrivin- at Luneberr, our mlikmal-
who. .S vet. knew not she might place the
adjective fortunate before her name-went
at once to the b h)use Of her mother. who "a
poor widow) gained hard bread and little
enough salt by char;ng and washing. She
feared. perha = to return to Grimm, where
heroiSm was likely 10 kick the beam when
weighed against the lss OF sundry pals OF
milk. wasted or seized by thirsty fellows AS
lawful spoil, and for which she had not the
means of paying. She claimed the shelter
If the maternal roof and related her adven-
ture u her mother, not without many re-
pruacr es on TIE part OF that virtuous ma
iron. for interfering among parcel OF rAps-
GALLON sJliiers, who ate, drank, and de-
voured that night at the expense Of Lune-
berg.
Bat Johanna's triumph rose next day
with the sun. The King Of Prussia took
possession Of the city, and the first act OF
rovalty, was to make proclamation for the
owner Of the White Apron, who was by no
means backward in creeping forth from her
obscurty.
That night a grand banquet was held at
the Schloss Lunehurg, and johanna sat at
the monarch's right hand. ROBUST and
q rid as She was, no belle attract d such
universal notice or admiration as this tOrtun-
ate milkmaid Her glowing hair was call
ed golden, her ruddy-cheeks blooming, and
her form was admired for its strength, II 1t
was not exactly extolled for grace. Success
is Your true bsautifer-the elixir which be
stoNS youth and beauty, and which fails IN
its eff ct only when the sun Of Fortune sets.
Tlc girdle of Go ID Luck once thrown round
the thickest waist. 1T becames to every behold
er as slender as Venus : own, and thO-e whom
the blind Goddess has myStIhed by the band
age OF her own eyes, are, at any time, ready
t. swear black is white. OF, as in johanna
clse. re- is yellow.
Aud ad1nidst ali this, CAroline's name was
no, heard.
Oue heart at last was captivltcd by this
heroine in spite of herself The big PruSsl-
an colonel must have his fancy captiyated
by this close approximation to the heroic
mai Of his heated brain. Among theToasts
t. Johanna Sreg,n, his response was the
loudest. his praise the most broadly express
ed.
Blt-ayory medal has its reverse side
what pity
Il the midst of all these rejuicings, and
Just as great things were m contemplation
ior johanna, who seems t. have 'en re-
rar ed rs a second Joan Of Arc, just en-
one might supp ,Se the Pru>>an colonel was
beginning t, lind leisure 70 prosecute his
romantic suit-Lo, the French returned
and retIok Luneberg. Dire event. which
the poor Lun-bergers deplorel, and which
was positive ruin 10 our her inc, whose
temporary eleva n had served t. ppat her
auJ ~ IA mark fr the vengeance OF the lntu-
rated French s,ldiery Johanna, thrown
down from her lofty PEDESTAL was. mefapho-
ricaily sp,aklng. obliged TO grovei in the
mud, and literally, ight have hern trampled
to death. except for hiding herself, which
/ she did for many days, in a dark dismal eel
! lar, indebted for sustenance solely t. the
/ good Offices of neighbnrs, and TO Caroline,
/ who brought her in milk from Grimm. and
who. unnoticed and unrewarded, was no
| doubt much happier than the heroine cow
/ ering in her dismal cellar, expecting hourly
| death-1r worse.
But, this terrible condition, which lasted
many bitter days, was terminated at length
/ by the rerort OF large body of Prussians
advancing on Luneberg; and now, as the
French at last evacuated Luneberg, our
heroine once more emerged from her obscu
rity. and threw herself at the Kings feet.
lIer sorrows ended there. Her merits
were at once recognized she was pltronized
hy some of the female connections OF her
Prussian admirer. Following the army sub
seauentlv into Prussia, she was at once plac-
ed on the full pay of a colonel. and sent to a
pension to be educated for her future rank
in life-a PrusSian nobleman's spouse
Henceforth the life of Johanna Stegen be-
came one OF uninterrupted prosperity. AT
the close of the war she married the man,
whose perem ptory orders were in reality the
cause of her being famous. History tells us
no more of her. Did education fine her
Did she ever think of Caroline Burger in the
latter's obscuritv, or aid the cnmrade who
sh red her peril, but not her good fortune
1t is believed not She whom we have called
Caroline lived and died obscure and humble,
perhaps not less happy; even her real name
was not known By the old inhabitants OF the
Schloss Luneberg, from whose lips this little
narrative was gathered years ago, and who
could boast Of having both seen and spoken
to the famous heroine of Luneberg, Johanna
Stegen. by no means the first, nor in all like
lihood the last. t. whom Fortune has called
in "a fit Of caprice, and loaded with unmerit
ed favors. Ii. j.
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