Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-05-12

Court set in motion to break off the match
but added the young Dessauer, with the
utter calmness of conviction, " | am SO
certain of Anna-Lise that abandon the
| field TO you without fear" He then
warned them emphatically, under threats
or his anger against any violence; and
said naively TO his mother:
) " And now, mamma, | am going to
Anna-Lise, to tell her that am about to
start and to tell her how she is TO behave
in my absence. The instructions that /
shall give her will be very simple, and
willTun about as follows ALWAYS be
resolnte, Anna Lise resolute, firm, strong.
Don't let yourself be put out by anything
they may do. l shall return, and then,
Ahna-Lise, then we shall marry And
when tell Anna Lise to do that she will
do it, can rely upon that You can't
Imagine, mamma, how we'll we suit each
other. What will that wills also Anna
Lise; and what Anna Lise wishes, wish
also. She has even the very greatest de-
fight in soldering and in the life Of war. "
In this happy frame of mind, full of
confidence in his beloved, delighted with
the prospect of travel and Of adventure,
the young soldier Prince leaves Dessau
for the first time,
Leopold could scarcely have fully an
ticipated the extent Of the persecution
which began for poor Anna Lisc when he
was fairly away. Her own father and
another suitor, female and other relatives,
the Regent, and the Court emissaries
we've all engaged in trying to shake the
faith Of the lonely girl. Leopold, how
ever, knew Anna well, and he Judged
rightly in relying upon her truth She
received from him one letter. sent by
means of friend, which was written
from Berlin, and announced, rapturously,
that the Elector had given him the An.
halt regiment. He said that he should
not write again, because he knew that his
letters would be intercepted by the Regent
and then, in his characteristic way, he adj
jures his "herz allerliebster Schatz, An
ma Lisel' to repulse all attacks, to remain
true to him, and to believe entirely in his
unchanging truth and affection. All
which pretty Anna-Lise punctually does
Won Salberg brings her one day forged
letter from Leopold, in which his betrothal
to the Princess Adelgunde is announced
Anna Lise laughs at him, and drives the
Hofmarschall half mad with mocking
banter. She knows the Princes style,
and knows that the smooth, fluent letter
read by Won Salberg was never written by
her rough Leopold. In order to compare
handwriting, she shows him, with trium-
phant mischief, a real letter from Leopold,
and the high-sniffing Excellcncy" is at
once furious and astonished. Her father
is, however, her greatest worry, for he is
always in the house, is of tearfully
piOus character, and is very aggravating
in his constant lachrymose appeals; but
nothing could shake the love of the
resolute, true hearted German girl, until
one day old Fohse, instigated by the Re
gent, and in state of more than usual
weeping impressiveness, explained to his
daughter that legally she could not as n
burgher.maiden be the full wife of
Prince; that her children would be in
capable of succession; and that as
Leopold was an only son, the royal race
would die in Anhalt- Dessau if she per-
sisted in marrying the heir to the throne.
He enlarged upon the injury to her lover
and to the country, and upon the wrong
which she would do to the house Of
Anhalt- Dessau. This point of view had
never before suggested itself to Anna,
Lise, who looked upon marriage with her
Prince as marriage merely with her own
true love; her love since childhood's
years; and she was terribly affected by the
new conflict excited between love and duty.
She soon took her resolution. Array
ing herself in mourning, as a sign of
widowed hope, she went to the Regent.
and formally announced that, for the rea
sons above given, she was ready to give
up her love and to rel use to marry her
Leopold. Firm as she was in her new
resolution, the girls heart was breaking;
and the better nature of the Regent was
touched by the unselfshness, the dignity
and the deep grief of poor Anna-Lise.
Where, the Princess began to think,
where would Leopold find more royal
hridn than tlAis rAablo, t-vo IseartvtI, gSIf-
sacrificing burgher- maiden? The Princess
half regretted that she had been success
tul in her diplomacy; but successful at
last, she was, for Anna-Lise would never
waver in her truth and loyalty to the un-
selfish and lofty love she bore
Let US now see what the pupil and tutor
are doing on their travels After going
Berlin, and there obtaining the Anhait
regiment from the Elector, the wild
Prince and his governor started for
Italy. The tutor had no easy task when
he attempted, as he sometimes did, to in.
tuence or control his Eisenkopf pupil.
TO educe from Leopold much
for the "beauties of Italian
AANSl WI lOl DluStulllS Vi tuIlOSllltS
and antiquities. On the other hand, he
took the most vivid interest in every
army, in every parade ground and drill
that he coull find, and was always in the
fencing. schools or in the saddle. A man
instinct with interest in the living present
and wholly wanting in love for scholar
ship or love for science-except the
science of war-he had many adventures,
and was source of constant trouble and
anxiety to his kind-hearted but weak
headed "bear- leader ALWAYS original
is this young Leopold, full of fire, force,
vitallsn and energy. He did not speak
much OF Anna-Lise. 1t inierrogated by
the timid Chalisac, he answered curtly
and tiercely, but invariably spoke of his
marriage as a matter of course. His
young, strenuous manhood has not in it a
strain of depravity, or tendency to dis
sipation. Capable of noble love, he
was also capable of a noble constancy.
The tone of manner of his dav did not
much affect this strong original; and he
remained utterly faithful to the one wom-
an that he loved. His trust in her was
the measure of his truth to her. There
was high knightly ideal in the rough,
strong soul of the born soldier Prince.
1t is just to Chalisac TO record
that the little French tutor had some
insight into the greatness which lay
hidden beneath the rough force Of
the young Dessauer. He foresaw and
toretold the great man latent in the wild
youth. He understood the Prince much
better than the Princess Regent compre.
hended her son. 10 her conception he
was wanting in elegance, in sentiment, in
all good taste. To her he appeared bear
ish, unmanageable, dangerous, selfwilled; !;
and then with such terrible tendency
toward marriage with an apothecary's
daughter But CLalisac saw the restless
yearning for great deeds, the nobleness
beneath the surface roughness, the energy,
the originality, the genius of his pupil.
Leopold arrived at Turin Just as war be-
gan, and plunged into action with a wild
ecstasy of delight. Life became earnest
and calm for him as soon as he got to real
work. He here found the true outlet for
his unquiet yearnings. In his first cam
paign he made his mark as a great Cap
tain, and was raised to the rank of Gen
eral. When peace followed victory he
burned TO share his triumphs and his
laurels with his Anna Lise, and marched