Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19
The Prince and the Actress.
A ROMANTIC TALE OF ooURrsHIp

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A ROMANTIC TALE OF CoURTsHIP.
The announcement of the ap-
preaching recot milton, by the In
perial family of Austria, of the mar
riago of Duke Louis, of Bavaria,
with the beautiful Mile. Mendel, the
actress, of Augsburg, has given a
new aim to the theatrical ambition
of the ladies' of the Paris board
The visit about to be made by the
Empress Elizabeth to the beautiful
castle Of Lake Stahnberg, where the
newly married couple reside, has
become the talk of every foyer
dartisteS in Europe. They say in
the cculisseS here that her Austrian
Majesty was the promoter of the
marriage, the story connected with
her brothers love and courtship
being romantic enough to excite
the strongest interest in her kind
and womanly heart, and making it
forgetful of all distinction of rank
where an equal share of love and
delicacY had been displayed by both
the lovers Mile. Mendel, who had
preserved her reputation unsullied
amid all the perils and temptations
of theatrical life, is considered as
the most lovely woman in Germa-
ny, her beauty being of the true
German type, Of the peculiar fair
ness beheld in no other country
golden hair in soft silky masses,
without the smallest tinge of au-
burn-pure gold-unburnished
complexion delicate as the inner
petals of the Bengal rose-pale
pink, scarcely ever seen in nature,
and almost impossible to produce
by artificial means lips of the deep
est carnation; teeth small and ex-
quisitely white, and eyebrows of the
darkest brown, with eyes of the
deepest blue. All this made such
an impression on the heart of Duke |
Louis, that from the moment he |
first beheld her at the Munich The
atre he vowed to the worship of
this one idol. But Mile. Mendel
was valiant in defense of her repu |
tatiOn, and aware of the RESPONSE
hility incurred by the possession
of great talent, she resisted every
overture, even that of marriage, on
the part of the Duke, well knowing
that 1t was out of his power to cen
tract any alliance of the kind, as
much was expected of him by his
family. At that time Mile. Mendel
was in the habit of wearing velvet
collar with a clasp ornamented by
a single pearl of great value, which
had been presented to her by the
King of Saxony, and in order to
quell all hope Of success in the bo-
som of her royal admirer, she de-
clared to him one day that she had
made a VOW to bestow her heart
and hand on him alone who could
match this single pearl with as many
others as would make necklace.
The declaration was made laugh
ingly, for the fair creature knew
we'll enough the Duke, living well
up to his income, which was but
for his rank, could never
accomplish this Herculean task,
and she laughed more merrily still
when she beheld the discohsolate
expression Of his countenance when
she made this announcement. But
soon afterWard she heard that the
Duke had sold his horses and bro
ken up his establishment-gone to
i've in the strictest retirement in a
small cottage belonging to his
park.
That very night, when about to
place the velvet band upon her
neck, she found, to her great sur
Prise, that a second pearl had been
ldded to the clasp. She knew we'll
whence it came, and smiled
iadly at the loss of labor she felt {
ure that Duke Louis was incurring I
or loves sake. BY degrees the
-elvet band became covered with !
,earls, all of them as fine as the one 6
bestowed by the King Of Saxony, .
Until one evening great was the
umor in Augsburg. The fair O
Iendol had been robbed; while n
IN the stage, divested of all orna- y
nent, in the prison scene as Beltj- q
Ia con Armstedt, her dressing a
Dom had been entered, and the !,
-elvet collar with its row of price a
ess pearls had disappeared from i
he toilet table. The event was so =
errible, her nerves were so shaken, !
hat in spite of the assurance of the n
]hief Police Magistrate, who hap J
ened to be in the theatre at the
noment that he was sure to find
he thief in a very short time, for i
Ie had the clue already, poor Mile. !