The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-07-26


with pearls, all Of them as fine as the one
bestowed nv the King Of Saxony, until one
oroa;nn orcat was the rumor in Augsburg
Thn far Mendel had been robbed. While
~ the stage. Invested Of oil ornament, IN
the prison scene as Beftsra voH A'HsS'eo',
her dressing-room had been entered, ano
the velvet collar, with its row OF PRICE
Icss pearls had disappeared from the toilet
table. The event was so terrible, nei
nerves SO shaken, that in spite OF the as;
.rronce of the chief police magistrate, VINO
hoppened to be in the Theatre at the moment,
hat he was sure to find the thief in very
abort time. for he had the clue already,
nor Mile Mendel was so overcome by grlel
hat her memory failed her entirely, SO
that on returning to the stage not Wofd
could she remember of her part Inc au-
i;cnce waited for some time in astonlsh-
ment Mt the silence maintained by the ae-
tress: the actress gazed at the audience IN
nitcous embarrassment, until, by sudden
insnirotion. and almost mechanically IN
lcnd she remembered that she had the
rebearsal COPY of the play in the pocket OF
her apron. She drew it forth without hesi-
tation, and began to read from 1t WIFE inc
Yreatest self-possession imaginable: al
first the audience knew not whether 10
laugh or be angry but presently memory;
pathos, forgctfulness OF all but ART, hao
returned to Mile Mendcl, and in the utter
ancc of one of the most impassioncd sentl-
ments of her speech she flung the rehearsal
copv into the orchestra, and went on with
her part without pause or hesitation. The
applause of the audience was 80 ire
mendous that one of the witnesses TO
Inc scene has told us that the great
monster chandelier in the centre OF the
roof swung to and fro with the vibration.
But on her return to her drcssing-room the
excitement proved too much, and she tainted
ayav! On coming back to consciousness II
was to find Duke Louis at her feet, and the
head commissaire standing by her side, bid,
ding her take courage, for the pearls had
been found. "Where are thcy!" e2-
claimed she. care you sure that none are
missing? Have none been stolen :" Duke
Louis then clasped round her neck the
string of pearls, complete at last, no
longer sewn on to the velvet band,
but strung with symmetry and fastened
with a diamond clasp. What more could
be done by the devoted lover? lie had
spared neither pains nor sacrifice to at
tain his end, and Mile Mendel con-
,ented to become his wife: The Empress O,
Austria appears to have been much moved
by the story, and suggested the nomination
Of the bride elect to the title of Baroness de
Wallersec, which thus equalized the rank OF
the fances, and enabled them to marry with
out difficulty. They live the most retired
life possible in their little chateau on Lake
stahnbcrg, where the Empress of Austria is
about to visit them. They say that the
Duchess Louis, of Bavaria, never puts or,
night or or day, the necklace of pearls, the
clasp of which she has had riveted to her
necH: and that in consequence Of this pecu-
liarity, she is known all through the coun-
try round blythe name of the Fairy Perlina,
from the old German tale of the Magic
Pearl