The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-05

to her great surprise, that a second pearl
had been added to the clasp. She knew
well enough whence it came, and smiled
sadly at the loss of labor she felt sure that
Duke Louis was mourning for loves sake
By degrees the velvet band became COW
cred with pearls, all of them as fine as the
one bestowed by the King of Saxony, until
one evening great was the rumOr in Augs-
bourg The fair Mendel had been robbed;
while on the stage, Invested of all Orna-
ment, in the prison scene as Beltind ron
1rmsteot, her dressing room had been en-
tered, and the velvet collar with its row
of priceless pearls had disappeared from
the toiet-table The event was so terrible,
her nerves were so shaken, that in spite of
the assurance of the Chief Police Magis-
trate, who happened to be in the theater
at the moment, that he was sure to find
the thief i'm a very short time, for he had
the clue already, poor Mile. Mendel was
so overcome by grief that her memory
failed her entirely, so that on returning
to the stage not word could she
remember of her part The audience
waited for some time in aStOnishment at
the silence maintained by the actress; the
actress gazed at the audience in piteous
embarrassment, until, by sudden inspira
ton, and almost mechanically, indeed, she
remembered that she had the rehearsal
copy of the play in the pocket of her
apron. She drew it forth without hesita-
ton, and began to read from it with the
greatest selt-possession Imaginable At
| first the audience knew not whether to
| laugh or be angry, but presently memory,
pathos, forgetfulness of all but her art
| had returned to Mile Mendel and in the
utterance of one of the most imprisoned
sentiments of her speech she flung the re
hearsal copy into the orchestra and went on
with her part without pause or hesitation.
| The applause of the audience was SO
| tremendous that one of the witnesses to
the scene has told us that the great mon
| ster chandelier in the center of the roof
swung to and fro with vibration. But on
her return to the dressing-room the eX-
element proved too much, and she
| tainted away, On coming back to con
seriousness it was to find Duke Louis
at her feet and the head Commits
sionaire standing by her side,
bidding her take courage, for the pearls
had been found. Where are they :" eX-
Gained she. Are you sure that none
are missing? Have none been stolen -
| Duke Louis then clasped around her
neck the string of pearls, complete at
| last, no longer sown on the velvet
| band, but strung with symmetry and fast
ened with diamond clasp. What more
could be done by the devoted lover? He
had spared neither pains nor sacrifice to
attain his end, and Mile Mendel consent
ed to become his wife The Empress OF
| Austria appears to have been much moved
by the story, and suggested the nomination
of the bride elect to the title of Baroness
dc Walersee, which thus equalzed the
rank of the fdRces, and enabled them tC
marry without difficulty. They live tho
most retired life possible in their little
chateau on Lake Stahnberg, where the
Empress of Austria is about to visit them
They say that the Duchess Louis of Bava
ria never puts off night or day the neck
lace of pearls, the clasp of which she Ina.
had riveted to her neck, and that in con
sequence of this popularity she is known
all through the country round by the
name of the Fairy Perlina, from the ole
German tale of the Magic I odrl.-Pdri!
Cor Court Journal.