The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-08-12
HOYT & CO., Proprietors
ss1iseellaueuls Artieles.
A Romantic Story Of Noble and an Ac-
frasS

The announcem ent of the approaching
recognition by the Imperial family OF
Austria of the marriage of Duke Louis
of Bavaria with the beautiful Mile. Men,
dell the actress, of Augsbourg, has given
q new aim to the theatrical ambition OF
the ladies of the Paris boards. The visit
about to be made by the Empress Eliza
beth to the beautiful castle of Lake Sta
hubarr, where the newly married couple
reside. has become the talk of every Joy
er d. artistic in Europe. They say in tho
coul;sses h ere that her Austrian Majesty
was the great promoter of the marriage,
the story connected with her brothers
love and courtship being romantic enough
to excite strong interest in her kind ana
womanly heart, and making ii torgetfu,I
of all distinction of rank, where an equal
share of love and delcacy had been dis
PLAYED by both the lovers. Miss Mendeil,
who had preserved her reputation unsul.
lied amid all the perils and temptations Of
theatrical life, is considered as the most
lovely woman in Germany, her beauty
being of the true German type, OF the
necnIiar fairness beheld in no other coun-
try-golden hair in soft silky masses,
without the smallest tinge of auburn :
pure gold-unburnished; complexion,
delicate as the inner petals OF the Bengal
rose-pale pink, scarcely ever seen in na-
ture, and almost impossible to produce by
artificial means; lips of deep carnation
teeth small and exquisitely 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
Mt the Munich Theater he vowed himself
TO the worship of this one idol. Bat
Mile. Mendel was valiant in defence OF
her reputation, and, aware of the respon-
sibility incurred by the possession OF
great talent. she resisted every overture,
even that of marriage, on the part of the
Duke, well knowing that it was ont OF
his power to contract 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 col
lar with clasp ornamented by single
pearl of great value, which had been pre-.
sented to her by the King of Saxony. and
IN order to quell all hopes of success in
the bosom OF her royal admircr She de-
clured to him one day that she had made
q VOW to bestow her heart and hand on
him alone who could match this single
pearl with as many others rs would form
the whole necklace. The declaration WAS
made laughingly. for the fair creature
knew we'll enough the Duke, living fully
am to his income, which was but mediocre
FOR his rank, could never accomplish this
herculean task, and she laug he'd more
merriiy still when she beheld the discon-
ISOLATE expression of his countenance at
the announcement she had made. But
soon aftcrward she heard that tho Duke
had sold his horses and broken up his es-
tablishment-gone to live in the strlctest
retirement in u small cottage belonging
TO his brothers park.
That very nig ght, when about to place
the velvet band upon her neck, she found,
to her great serprise, that second pearl
had been added to the clasp. She knew
we'll enough whence it came, and smiled
sadly at tho loss of labor she felt sure
that Duke Louis was incurring for loves
sake. BY degrees the velvet band be-
came covered with pearls, all OF them as
fine as the one bestowed by the King OF
Saxony, until one evening great was the
tumor in Augsburg. The fair Mendel
had been robbed while on the stage, di-
vested OF all ornament, in the prison
scene, rs Bettina Won Armstedt, her dress
ing room had been entered, and the vel
vet collar with its row Of priceless pearls
had disappeared from the toilet table.
The event was SO terrible, her nerves 30
shaken, that in spite of the assurance of
the chief police magistrate, who happen
ed to be in the theater at the moment,
that he was sure to find the thief in
very short time, for he had the clue al
ready, poor Mile. Mendel was so over
come by grief that her memory failed her
entirely, SO that or returning to the stage
not word could she remember OF her
partl The audienre waited for some
time in astonishment at the silence main-
tanned by the actress the actress gazed
at tho audience in piteous embarrassment,
until. by q sudden inspiration, and almost
mechanically, indeed, she remembered
that she had the rehearsal copy of tho
play in the pocket of her apron: She
drew il forth without hesitation, and be-
gan to read from it with the greatest
selEpossession imaginable. At first the
audience know not whether to laugh or
be angry, but presently memory, pathos,
forgetfuIness of all but her art returned
to Mile. Mendel, and in the utterance OF
one of the most impassioned sentiments
of her speech she flung the rehearsal copy
into the orchestra. and went on with her
part without pause or hesitation. The
applause of the audience was so tremen-
Idous that one of the witnesses to the
scepe has told us that the great monster
chandelier in the centre of the root
swung to and fro with the vibration. But
on her return to her dressing-room the