The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-14
nD,coNER or MAGDEBOURG.

aariok the Great, ana baron lIenOA "~1 VI =
'ost romantic nature. The unlucky baron
hpoars 40 have been another example OF the
Pp2Pitv of human wishes. While handsome
,nS officer he attracted the attention ana
I'm the Affections of the Princess, VINO was NOV
so ynuch distinguished for her beauty "s iOI
her exalted rank. Alas she was also pnl-
iaoonber like her brother Her affections, tnere-
So1o had their full play in the absence Of all
EoT1ions restraint. The royal brother de-
e5l5Iv objected to the attentions OF the
ton6some young officer. He, at the same
It. desired to avoid all scandal, and TO elect
~ No time was to be lost. He gave the
a.9,,, lover the strongest hints to mind and
yon5 his WAYS. But love is ever blind, and
ITa-,obs at locksmiths;'' and so it was in this
- The secret interviews continued, but the
S".ootivas were too sharp, and revealed every
s-torview to the King. Arrests for pretended
1niIitarv offenses were the next measures
sdonted to warn the lovers, and protect the
ladv in spite of herself. But Trenck was no
sooTer freed from these restraints than he
soain returned for consolation to the arms OF
Ms mistress. A longer incarceration was next
5ecreed. From this he freed himself, and fed
to a town beyond the Prussian limits. There,
in his indignation at what he styled Frede-
riok's tyranny, he soon forgot what he owed
10 one who had sacrificed everything the
world holds dear. In his blind rage he ire
parably injured his royal mistress, for he
robbed her of that which, while 1t might have
enriched him, left her 'poor indeed" He had
the audacity to exhibit, at large dinner
party, the portrait of the Princess Amelia, and
boast Of the favors she had granted.
Frederick could no longer pretend ignorance
Of her conduct. Nothing but vengeance re-
NAMED, and the continued imprudence of
Trenck soon furnished the monarch with the
opportunity, which he was not slow to i'm
prove. Trenck was suddenly seized, and led
n l. !. - nf ha
tresses, where he suffered that long incarcera-
tion whose dreadful story has been told so
pathetically, and is so familiar to the world
After suffering a long Imprisonment, the King
released him, giving him suit of mean clothes
and some money, strictly enoining upon him
the necessity of leaving Prussia. After Frede-
rick the Greats death, Trenck obtained per-
mission from the new monarch to visit Prus-
Sia for the purpose of gathering up the wreck
OF his paternal fortune. On arriving at Berlin
1t 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 misfor-
tunes. Alas what language could describe
that interview 1t lasted for several hours,
and was consecrated to mutual tears. The
past, the present, and the future were dis
eussed without any alleviation to their mutual
sorrows. What perplexities, what griefs were
theirs
Trenck, 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 1t, 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 preserved He on the
other hand, beheld in her for whom he had
suffered so much female who, like himself,
was prematurely old: head entirely bald,
and shaking with the palsy; a form that tot
tered with feebleness, Joined to limbs that
through contortion and disease, were scarce
able to perform their office. How, in 81
altered a being was he to trace the once loved
object of his affection How, in the accent.
of affection, the cold, unfeeling train of reason
ing, of desperation, 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 now judged OF
men and things, could he be reminded of the
rich sallies of wit that had so often gTatiied
his understanding ? Where were now the i'm
petuOsity ofyouthlul gayety and the illumina-
ton of her magic Each now finds in the
other a shrunk 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 diverting, for the
time, their mutual sorrows. She inquired
particularly 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 sepa
rated. TO see each other no more in this world.
Trenck married shortly after, and of this mar
riage the following very interesting anecdote
is told. 1t was during brief residence at AK
La Chapelle that he made the acquaintance O.
baron, who was burgomaster of the town
and had several daughters. Trenck fell in
love with the youngest, about eighteen, ex
Seedingly pretty and amiable. He demanded
and obtained her in marriage. A gayety o.
temper natural to the lady having, however
0ccasiOned some censures to be passed on heI
conduct, her husband, on the evening of theil
marriage, gave striking preof of his origi
nality OF character. When every one had re-
tired to rest, and the bride and bridegroom
had entered their apartment, the latter locked
the door, took up pistol, and said:-'I am
acquainted, madame, with the reports that
have been circulated respecting your repu-
..,,o, - is but just should be acquainted
also how FAR these repOr,o are wen founded a,
therefore, choose whether you will
make me q generous confession or perish by
my hand" The poor bride, confused and
trembling, wept, lamented, and implored the
pity and forbearance Of her husband; but in
vain. He was inexorable, and to her prayers
TO spare her life, only answered. me
have generous confession, with no omissions,
no reservations, or receive your death at my
hands" He persevered so absolutely that
she was at length obliged to enter on the con-
tesslon required When she had confessed all,
TTenSk, laying down his pistol, said to herr
"Madame' you were ignorant of my true
character II you had known It. Won would
have entered into no enRapeunanf ,ritb no,
consequently, should not have bsan ov,,i.iod