The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-03-24
A sensation Romance of Real Life.

80 EEEa NErE
DIR. Leginger, 4 celebrated lawyer
of the higher courts of Vienna, In Aus
d, tria, was, a few weeks ago, entrusted
with an uncemmenlyT Interesting ease.
An old nobleman of immense wealth
and high position at the Imperial
Court, fell in love with n beautiful
young womansof low extraction; and
persuaded her to live with him as his
mistress. He sequestered his Jewel in
one of his castles IN the country, in
order to suffer less from the pangs Of
jealousy, and at the Same time conceal
from the world the interesting cir
eumstances In which the thoughtless
creature found herself. In May, 184l
the old Baron advised his love by let
ter that, in view: of an approaching
event, he had, made q codicll in his
will, wherein he had provided for his
offspring with princely -munifcence.
But before the letter, reached its destr
y nation, the Baron was struck by sud-
den death from apcplexy, and the
party 10 whom it was addressed had
given birth to a healthy boy, The
PROBATE Court opened the testament,
wherein the two legitimate daughters
Of the Baron were named as his heirs,
hut there was no yestige of the codi-
cd Out of respect for the former
high position of-the- Baron in society,
and to avoid scandal, the two heiress-
- supported his mistress and her child
during the Grst few years, and yer
provided her with the means for the
boys education. But after a while
they lost sight of them, and finally
abandoned them entirely. (.
Years passed by and the Legitimate
con became an Intelligent and labori-
a student of fnSdiciSe at the Uniyer-
Eity of Berlin, and received the dlplo-
ma as doctor Of Medicine M loSo, his
mother had carefully conceaSd ron
her o his illegitimate origin ana al
lowed him to believe that his father
had belonged to her own class, and
that h lad died many years ago. At
that period, cue of the daughters OF
the old Baron, Sbo had married a
chamberlain of the .c>ut, sought to
engage a tutor for her Son, . youth OF
sixteen years, and by o2e ~ those
marvellous condolences, which happen
oftener in romances than in real iif",t,
her attention was thrown to the young
who, at that time, was Wis
ting the hospitals of Vienna Her
son being of a trail constitution, she
was very glad to intrust his education 1
to a young man who, by his peculiar !
was enabled to watch care
over his physical condition; and
the least idea that she had en-
gagged so near a relation the young
was introduced into the family.
He soon gained the confidence Of
his employers, and they entrusted him
many delicate transactions.
others they required him to
Famine their family archives and select
he valuable papers from those which
be destroyed as useless. Pend
ne this work he found a diary of the
I'D Baron which contained the whole
of the doctors birth aud the
Indication of the place where the faith
r had deposited the codicil. The
1oung man at ono communicated the
to his mother, took pos
of the codicil, which gave him
!. million of guilders, and, as the legi-
heirs Of his father refused to
with its ~stipulations, he COM
nenced suit against them after having
vain attempted to come to friendly
erms. About the middle Of May the 7
,ase will be pleaded before the Inperi-
4 Court of Vienna, and, the amount
to the lligitimace child
5eing not in excess ofwhat such child
en- are permitted to receive from a ,
ather In case there are legitimate =
also, it is scarcely doubtful :
hat the young physician will soon be- a
ONE q man of great wealth. C