The Jewish advance., 1880-11-05

dolent to take the steps which might
have led to some certain goal; he be-
lieved that all things should offer and
fashion themselves, and thus year after
year glided'on without bringing him,
notwithstanding his great knowledge
and eminent abilities, the probability of
a position. The cares of existence had
wellnigh crushed him: the pain of see
ing his beloved wife suffer robbed him
Of all courage. After his first return
from Paris he openly confesses that he
would accept any respectable cali. would,
under favorable conditions, even 90 to
Moscow or Dorpat, as he'had no more
ardent wish than that for secure and
peaceful livelihood, especially for the
sake Of his wife. As his Cologne friends
in Paris had opened for him the pros
pcct of a professorship in their city, he
temporarily established himself with
them; soon, also, he was followed by
Dorothea. Her sweetness and amiabil-
ity soon gained the entire affection Of
her new friends nevertheless. her CON
dition had Immediately been one Of the
greatest degree Of indigence; she visited
no one and was not sought for in her
simple abode; not even maid waited
upon her, an old man from Cologne per
formed the most mcniaI labors. Doro-
thea, accustomed since her childhood, if
not to opulcnce and wealth, to, 'at least,
comfort and plenty, now, deeply bowed,
rejoiced that ''at least the necessaries
Of life: food, clean clothes, good bed
and warm room were still hers She
lived on the results of her literary eff
forts and-the money anonymously sent
to her, from time to time. by her former
husband, the noble Veit. Long, long
only misery was hers, but her strong
masculine spirit did not bow; her ma
turo was, as she said, akin to that of the
asparagus: the more frequently it is
trimmed the more vigorously does it
grow. But even the bravest heart must
falter when the clouds of fate relentless
ly thicken. In Paris, during the winter
Of 1903, Schlegel lay for the second
time, upon bed Of dangerous sickness;
Dorothea's sutfcrings at that time are
scarcely to be described. She often
tried to think of means wheruWith to
improve the outward circumstances of
both, their means being so straightened
that care often darkcned many an hour,
many day and untitled her for exer-
ton of any kind but whenever she
thought Of plan Of improvement, it
seemed to her as if she were trying to
run her head through thick board. In
her saddest moments she bitterly ac-
cused herself; she blamed herself en-
tircly for Schlegel's i'll luck and believed
that his marriage with her had harmed
him in the eyes Of the world. Nothing
which he undertook succeeded; all his
hopes were blighted, his plans wrecked:
the projected school in Cologne was
never opened, his applications in Munich
remained unconsidercd, his readings in
the old curious, antiquarian, Catholic
city had although well attended, not
the desired result, the French plans and
prospects, too, were shattered, want ever
became more oppressive and the hone
for speedy improvement of their condi-
ton ever became more faint, for prepar-
atlons for war were everywhere being
made
In the midst of all this oppression and
as his former friends Calyinists. Luth-
Grams, Morayians, theists, atheists and
idealists have altogether acted toward
him like true gipsy-rabble," ," SchIegel,
in April of 1913, was converted
to Catholicism. Dorothea, likewise. be,
came Catholic, yea, even distastefullv
bigotcd.
Now also, in consequence Of his ac,
quaintance with Metternich, formed
in Paris,-ho soon received the appoint
ment Of court secretary at the hcadouar-
ters of the archduke, Charles, and Do
rothea emigrated to Vienna. Here she