The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-06

/ vanity of human wishes. While handsome
young officer he attracted the attention and
won the affections of Frederioks youngest
and most favorite sister, the Princess Amelia,
| who was not so much distinguished for her
| beauty as for her exalted rank. Alas she
| was also a philosopher like her brother.
| Her affections, therefore, had their full play
| In the absence of all religious restraint. The
| royal brother decidedly objected to the atten-
| tions of the handsome young officer. He, at
\ the same time, desired to avoid all scandal,
and to effect this no time was to be lost. He
| gave the young lover the strongest hints to
mind and mend his ways. But love is ever
blind, and "laughs at locksmiths;" and so it
was in this case. The secret interviews con-
tinued, but the detectives were too sharp, and
revealed every interview to the king. Ar
rests for pretended military offenses were the
next measures adopted to warn the lovers
and protect the lady in spite of herself But
Irenck was no sooner freed from these re-
straints than he again returned for consola-
tion to the arms of his mistress. longer
incarceration was next decreed. From this he
freed himself, and fled to a town beyond the
Prussian limits. There in his indignation at
what he styled Frederick's tyranny, he soon
forgot what he owed to one who had sacri-
tced everything the world holds dear. In
his blind rage he irreparably injured his
royal mistress, for he robbed her of that
which, while it might have enriched him,
to exhibit at a large dinner party, the por-
trait of the Princess Amelia and boast of the
| favors she had granted. Frederick could no
longer pretend ignorance of her conduct.
Nothing but vengeance remained, and the
continued imprudence of Trenck soon fur
nished the monarch with the opportunity,
which he was not slow to improve. Trenck
| was suddenly seized and led off to a dungeon
OF one of the Prussian fortresses, where he
suffered that long incarceration whose dread
| full story has been told so pathetically, and is
| so familiar to the world. After suffering a
| long imprisonment, the king released him,
| giving him a suit of mean clothes and some
money, strictly enjOining upon him the ne
cessity OF leaving Prussia. After Frederick
the Greats death, Trenck obtained permission
| from the new monarch to visit Prussia, for
the purpose of gathering up the wreck of his
| paternal fortune. On arriving at Berlin, it
| may easily be imagined that his first and most
| earnest desire would be to visit the lady who
| had been the source of all his misfortunes.
| Alas what language could describe that in
| terview 1t lasted for several hours, and was
| consecrated to mutual tears. The past, the
| present, and the future were discussed with
| out any allevatiOn to their mutual sorrows.
| What perplexities, what griet5 were theirs
| TTenck with his hair prematurely grey, his
| body curved with the weight of sixty pounds
| of iron, which, for ten years, had hung sus-
| pended from it, his features changed by grief.
| This, then, was the man who, in his youth,
was so remarkable for manly beauty, and
whose image she had so faithfully pre-
| served. He, on the other hand, beheld in
| her for whom he had suffered so much, a
female who like himself, was prematurely
old; head entirely bald, and shaking with
the palsy; form that tottered with feeble
ness, joined to limbs that, through contor-
tion and disease, were scarce able to per-
fhlir Offipa in CO oil q holm
was he to trace the once loved object of his
affection How, in the accents of affection,
the cold unfeeling train of reasoning, of despe-
ration and mistrust that now escaped her,
was he to recognize the tones by which he
was once enamored How, in the illiberal
| spirit in which she is now judged of men and
| things, could he be reminded OF the rich sal
| lies of wit that had so often gratifed his un-
| derstandiDg Where was now the impetu-
| Osity of youthful gayety and the illumination
| of her magic Each now finds in the other
| a shTunken and emaciated form. In this
moment of trial the resolution of Amelia
| proved superior to the courage of Trenck.
| She so conducted the interview as to make it
serve the purpose of divertipg, for the time,
! their mutual sorrows. She inquired particu-
| larly after his situation, and as to the nature
| of his present resources and future hopes,
and offered him pecuniary assistance, which
he accepted. In this spirit they separated,
| to see each other no more IN TINS world.
Trenck married shortly after, and of this mar
Iiage the following very interesting anecdote
is told. 1t was during brief residence at
AK La Chapelle that he made the acquaintance
of baron, who was the burgomaster OF the
town, and had several daughters. Trenck
fell in love with the youngest, about eighteen,
exc eedingly pretty and amiable. He demanded
and obtained her in marriage A gayety OF
temper natural to the lady having, however,
occasioned some censures to be passed on her
conduct, her husband, on the evening of their
marriage, gave a striking proof of his origi-
nality of character. When every one had re-
, tired to rest, and the bride and groom had
entered their apartment, the latter locked the
door, took up his pistol, and said:--'I am
acquainted, madame, with the reports that
, have been circulated respecting your reputa
ion-it is but just l should be acquainted
also how far these reports are we'll founded
+ therefore, choose whether you will make nae
a generous confession, or perish by my hand. ,
{ The poor bride, confused and trembling, wept
3 lamented, and implored the pity and fOrbear
ance of her husband; but in vain. He was
r ineXorable, and to her prayers to spare hel
l life, only answered:-"Let me have a generous
confession, with no omissions, no reservations
or receive your death at my hands" He per
| severed so absolutely that she was at length
{ obliged to enter on the confession required
/ When she had confessed ALL Trenck, laying
down his pistol, said to her:-"Madame, you
were ignorant of my true character; if you hat
| ! known it you would have entered into no en-