The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-16

Have Taken All I.Hare!-Iake. TOO
the Life which In Of no Further
U,e 10 Either Yourself or Me-"
A year and half ago the quiet cnrren,
O. life at the humdrum Capital OF Sax
ony. Dresden, was rippled by the dash
ins plunge into it by stranger from u
strange land, whose name soon found 8
place on every tongue. This name was
Behrens. The bearer o. it, young man
o. thirty, was the son OF All old resident oil
Dresden, BY an Indisn woman OF Ven
ezuela, to which country the elder Ben
rens emigrs.ed, and where, by the for
tunste development of valuable gold
c!sim on the Yrusri River, he had gained
fortune
Young Behrens, born in lonely ranch
on the Orlnoco, bred among the hall saw
ace dependsnts of his father, educated
according to the narrow rules of q school
where the schDOlmaster was priest, and
the reading book catechism, grew to
manhood without having ceased to be
boy. >,
The death Of his father, II 1875 left
him
MASTER OF HIMSELF AND AN IMMENSE
FORTUNE,
without a barrier to Its disposition. 1t
left him Tree as regarded his personal
movements, too,s thir z which under the
stern rule IF bis father had been lmEos.
sibIe. The first use he made o: his new
liberty WIS to go to Europe, and, with d
natural desire to sec the birthplace Of bis
parent, TO Dire: den. At the time OF his
appearance IN the Saxon Capital Ella
Seidlinger, one OF the most popular OF
German comic opera prlmss, was per
rOcmlrE round Of her characters at the
Grand Theatre. In a very little time 1t
became known that the wealthy young
south American was smitten with the
plqusnt charms of The fair singer, snd
mat no uncomfortable quantity OF his
gold found it. way into her possession IN
me shape Of Jewels, trinkets and other
costly gifts.
Al one time he tossed her bouquet in
The heart OF which repcsed case OF dla-
mouds worth nearly twenty thousand
dollars. At another his gift was an ar
tficisl wreath, each flower in which wss
a coruscation of flashing gems. One
morning when she descended TO the
street for her journey TO the theatre, shf
found, instead OF her own modest bred
hack, superb coupe, with Iveried
coIchmsn to drive two handsome white
mares, waiting tor her. Finally, to cap
the climax OF his liberaIily, her lavish
.rier d provided her with beautiful es-
adjustment IN an elegant cottage IN the
suburbs.
THIS last c0,Lp told. The singer wss q:
easy OF virtue as she WAS beautiful, AID
so princcly friend was not to De treated
lightly.
SHE BECAME HIS MISTRESS.
This occurred in August, 1876. The
pair spent the summer IN a villa al
Trieste and the winter in al the mad
dissipation of Paris. With the sprir .
they returned to Dresden, where the wo.
man began her annual engagement H;
the theatre, TO which she WAS contracted
a, Il common custom OF the German
LThilh, lOT u sci lts VI Std'S
Her engagement began in April.
Among those who witnessed It's lnitia-
tioG was Al att1che of the English En-
bassy a. Dresden, who had at one time
figured Us the singers protector" but
VINO had been absent on diplomatic bust.
ness in Russia for some years.
The name Of this man was Feather
stone. He Was handsome, clever man,
the cadet OF good family, with very
slender means and most eXtravsgaut
tastes. The actress WAS MS msdly in love
with him rs her poor South American
dupe WAS with herself. The consequences
may readily be imagined.
The sight of him revived all her
dormant devotion, and their old amour
was quickly renewed. Not only that,
but constant and heavy demands were
made upon the wealthy lovers purse to
teed the extravsgsnces of the attGche.
Little by little these facts became
known to Behreus. Unwilling rs ne
WAS to believe them, he was finally forced
to DO so, and sll the hot jealous blood OF
the Indians IN his veins turned to fire At
the discovery OF his idols tsithlessness.
One night, at reception At the British
Ministers. he met his rival tor the first
time face 10 face.
Few words followed, succeeded by a
blow. Next day there was duel in the
woods of Aruheld, little pleasure resort
much affected by fashionable Bresdeu,
some miles from the city. At the first
hre
THE ATTACHE WAS SHOT DRAD.
Behrens, of course, was compelled TO
flee the country, and took refuge In
Vienna. In spite OF his discovery and
It's fatal consequences, be clung 10 his
worthless love with blind infa,gNti'n,
and she, nothing 10Th 70 sCc"P, hI, devo-
tion as long as has money lasted. followed
him.
Now begins the final tragedy. Ia
June, 1877, the pair we're at the famous
French watering place, Bis'ritz. squsn-
dering money like An Emperor or En-
press. There a sudden cloud obscured
Behrens' fortune.
II NAillt III tuC euuh' "a a' 'AA'NN'NN
murt from his agent Senior Della Costa,
of Augosturs who will be remem bered
hv most readers OF the Dispatch ss late
Venezuelan Minister 10 the United
States, informing him that his excuses
had dIsslpaled bis fortune TO the last dol
lar, and that on y the strictest economy
could repair the mischief The agent sd
vised him to return home, revive his
neglected mines, ana so re establish his
wealth.
The wretched man, enmeshed By his
fatal love beyond release, neglected the
warning. Concealing his position from
the woman, he operated upon the ext'n-
sive credit his lavish expenditures had
procured tor him until. IN November
last. he wss arrested in Paris tor debt.
By an arrangement with the creditors,
involving the transfer Of his mine 10
them, he obtained his release and q con-
siderable sum-torty thousand francs
and, moth like, futtered, with the last
remnant, Of his fortune, back into the lie
vouring flame.
The woman, who meanwhile had been
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