Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-03-17
A SENSATION Romance Of Real Life.

DR.. Levinger q celebrated lawyer of the
higher courts of Vienna, in Austria, was, q
few weeks ago, entrusted with an uncom-
monty interesting case. An old nobleman
of immense wealth and high position at
the Imperial Court, fell in love with beau.
tifnl young woman Of low extraction, and
persuaded her to live with him as his mis-
tress. He sequestered his jewel in one OF
his castles in the country, in order 10
suffer less from the pangs of jealousy,
and at the same time conceal from the
world the interesting circumstances in
which the thoughtless creature found her
self In May, 1871, the old Baron advised
his love by letter that, in view of an ap-
preaching event, he had made q codlcil
in his will, wherein he had provided for
his offspring with princely munifcence.
But before the letter reached its destina-
ton, the Baron was struck by sndden
death from apoplexy, and the party to
whom it was addressed had given birth to
a healthy boy. The Probate Court
opened the testament, wherein the two le-
gitimate daughters of the Baron were
named as his heirs, but there was no ves-
tige of the codicil Ont of respect for the
former high position of the Baron in socie-
ty, and to avoid scandal, the two heiresses
supported his mistress and her child dur
ing the first few years, and even provided
her with the means for the boys education.
But after while they lost sight of them,
and finally abandoned them entirely.
Years passed by and the'illegitimate son
became an intelligent and laborious stu
dent of medicine Mt the University of Ber-
lin, and received the diploma as Doctor of
Medicine in 1866. His mother had care
fully concealed from her son his illegiti-
mate origin and allowed him tobelieve that
his father had belonged to her own class,
and that he had died many years ago. AT
that period, one of the daughters of the
old Baron, who had married chamberlain
of the court, sought to engage tutor for
her son, a youth of sixteen years, and 10y
one of those marvellous condolences, which
happen oftener i'll romances than in real
life, her attention was thrown to the young
physician, who, at that time, was visiting
the hospitals of Vienna. Her son being OF
a frail constitution, she was very glad to
intrust his education to young man who,
by his peculiar studies, vas enabled to
watch carefully over his physicalcondition
and without the least idea that she had
engaged so near relation, the young doc
tor was introduced into the family. He
soon gained the confidence of his employ
ers, and they entrusted him with many
delicate transactions. Among others they
required him to examine their family ar
chives and select the valuable papers
from those which might be destroyed as
useless. Pending this work he found q
diary of the old Baron which contained
ed the whole history of the doctors birth
and the indication of the place where the
father had deposited the codicil. The
young man at once communicated the cir
cumstance to his mother, took possession
of the codicil, which gave him million of
guilders, and as the legitimate heirs of his
father refused to comply with its stipula-
tions, he commenced suit against them
after having in vain attempted to come
to friendly terms. About the middle OF
May the case will be pleaded before the
Imperial Court of Vienna, and, the amount
bequeathed to the illegitimate child being
not in excess of what such children are
permitted to receive from father in case
there are legitimate children also, it is
scarcely doubtful that the young physi-
clan will soon become man of great
wealth.