The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-10-07

| was dead, and ilad died without making
lany provision for the future, of his prote-
pc Tor whom he dobtless thought he had
done enough No other member OF the
Adlersberg family was inclined to accept
the,charge that Providence seemed thus
TO baYe sbestowed-upon them. but while
sundry angry discussions were going ON
respecting the future destination of this
poverty Stricken young aristoerat, p the
youth himself put a stop to all further
dispute, and effeetually severed connec.
| ton between himself aud his relatives, by
announcing his determination of changing
hisnane,and going on the stage. 1t is
needless to. describe theluproar and indig-
nation which his resolve created, nor IS it
necessary rtoenumberate the various small
| temptations W hich were offered to induce
him to change it. Suffice it to say that a
marriage with a wealthy lady of thrice
his age, and stewardship on sundry neg
| leet6da estates in Hungary, were among
the number But Heinrich, strong In the
consciousness of his fitness for the profes-
Esion he had chosen, and loathing the idea
fof aristocratic pauperism, remained tirm,
even when formally renounced by those
who hal never regarded him in any other
| light than that of burden. On his part,
he was as careful to sever all connection
| between his future and the past SO the
proudest member Of the Won Adlersberg
family could have wished. Like all no.
bly, born Germans, he was amply supplied
with Christian names;ca surname was
easily selected and, laying the cognomen
| of Heinrich won Adlersberg aside with his
/ fathers sword and seal rings he applied,
under the name of Hermann Mansfeldt,
at the Royal Theatre in Berlin for engage
ment, and wa1 so fortunate as to secure
one at once. Beginning of course at the
| bottom of the dramatic ladder, he rose
steadily step by step, till, six yearsaa after
| the date of his 1e5ut, Q he occupied the
| position of leading actor inthat theatre
acknowledged to be the first in Germany
and two years later we find him about to
represent the character which is probably
the most difficult in the whole circle of
! the modern acting drauia---that of Meph7
/ istopheles.. ii MA. 'l. ira enehnl III
! Not. without toll and suffering had this
I success been won.s The struggle upward
had been fraught with weariness and
pain; many had been the trials and pri-
vations which, he. had been called upon
to endure ;ybut. heaven had made Her
4 mann NIansfeldt an actorand he loved his
profession as only the career marked out
! for us by Providence ever is loved. As
i the dinner of herbs, that we relish is
A pleasanter than the stalled OK, of ,distaste-
4 full flavor, 80, better are privation and dis
4 comfort when we toll at the Occupation of
our choice than ease and luxury wieti
i Joined to the claim of o hated and uncon-
genial duty 0t4i b3J7osda 2af5f 10 ald5t,ia !,
i He ceased at last from his study. nof
| Retzsch's spirited designs and laying
aside the volume, he bent forward and
fixed hisreyes upon the mirror. Beneath
his gaze the reelected face changed 4 to
i Chat ola ticnd, and were the mockimg
glance, the sneering smile and balefsll
eyes of Mephistopheles.i i Then, rising,
he pushed the table aside, and stood be
fore the glass; aud Its polished surface
gave back the attitudes, the gestures, the
whole bodily semblance Of the malignant
demon created by Goethe and .deplcted
by Retzsch. AT length5he turned away
and com ineneed to pace the room with
hurried steps, reciting aloud passages
from his role as heidi so. The fever Of
art-inspiration was upon him; he had
flung ASIDE his individuality, and for the
time being, he was Aephistepheles, the
TEMPER and betrayer. His eyes glittered
with an evil lustre, his deep, melodions
voice had a penb-like hiss amid It's tones
and the finely cut lips quivered with a
hooking, malicious smile, while the slen
der hands which he stretched forth in
moments,dofo impassioned Is defamation
Seemed to grow olaWLlike,and to wear un
seen talons. Al last he grew weary, and
Esinking into a chair, the baleful sparkle
pvanishedafrom his eyes, and Mephistoph
Eeles fed to give place to Hermann Mans
Pfeldt A distant clock at that moment
Istruck two: Mansfield passed his hanG
over his brow with a hatf bewildered al
of q man just,awakended fromda troubled
dream. n95Za yija9gosTl If ,besn9sib s3roo
y Two o'clock az said he at last 3. 1 haG
better. retire to rest, if ]. wish to be at re-
) hearsal in time tomorrow, 80 ~ ~
Q He extinguished one of the candI les and
taking up thegother, was about to oui
: the room, when his eyes fell upon a fittle
table in a remote corner, which upf Il
that moment had1remained in, obscuritv
4 On that table there lay aletter ego IN
a letter here!" said Mansfeldti with
! surprise. "strange that I should no
have been told of It's arrival ~
+ He utdown his candle and, seated
himself to examine this unex pacted epis
: tie. 1t was directed, as usual, to Her
Hermann Mansfield, but beneath tha
: name wasfwritten, in e3astyle adopted
! by high born French and German married
: ladies "born Heinrich Won Adlersbere
: a scornful smile fitted across his lips.
Z is Heinrich Won Adiersberg died eS11eigh
: years ago. and Hermann Mansfeldt has n
/ desire to call up his ghost But let us sc
! whatfthls oddly inscribed missive= con
tain" q s5.,if9ls fal.ita g or.ii
n He turned the letter oyer aud ola IL 10