The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-04
TRIUMPHANT LOVE.

This is busy world. Ours is a fast age
an age of railroads and of telegraph lines :;
an age OF commerce, of trade. Everything
goes with rush. Men think faster and
quicker than they used to; at least in some
lines. The mossbacks who lament the past
are compelled to admit that the activity of
modern life, however, has done much to
destroy the romance and poetry of which
the centuries of the past could boast. Our
modern life with its mighty rush aud roar
has no place for the strolliug minstrel, the
noble knight, seeking observation-disclosures
coming to the help of the weak aud bidding
cold defiance to the strong and oppressive.
The terrors of old ocean are dispelled: the
hobgoblins and sprites of woods and noun
tains have disappeared, and scarce can be
made to do service in amusing the children
OF our day. Even they will no longer
listen with open-eyed wonder to the
tales which generations ago were the de-
light of our forefathers, and were believed
in all seriousness. The shrek of toe loco
motive and the hustle of life which have
brought everything to our door and stripped
the earth and sea of their wonders and
made every thing commonplace, have played
the mischief with poetry and romance. Yet
in the midst OF this restless commotion that
ha5 worked it's way into our methods of
life, and which brushes out sentiment, here
and there are found romances that equal
any of those coined by the writers of fic-
ton. Romances, too, where true heroism
is displayed; where sterling integrity,
truth, fervor and devotedness are realities.
Romances where virtue is rewarded, and
where patient courage triumphs over bit
terness and wrath; where love laughs at
customs aud worldly authority, and what is
more keeps its sacred flame burning
brightly in the midst of misfortunes and
obscurity, giving the world assurance that
there is such a thing as true devotion
faithful love and honor in the world
When such romance as this appears
we shall do well to pause long enough to
note it, read it and be comforted by il
Such romance was related in our dis
patches day or two ago, when the death
of Archduke HENRY, of Austria, was an
nounced aud his career made public.
1t seems that in the early days of his
manhood. while commanding a division of
the army at Grasse, in upper Austria. he
became enamored of Fraulein HoFFNay a
singer at the theatre with a monthly sal
airy of fifty horins. She, of course. was
handsome, and, what is better atill. she
was discreet; while the archduke-to his
praise be 1t spoken-was honorable. To
his praise be it spoken? Yes, for while it
is no more than the world had a right Tn
expect of one standing so high, aud who
was so powerful, yet your titled mobiles are
allowed great latitude with young women
of Fraulein HoFFMAN's station; and their
betrayal by titled gentlemen is SO COM
mon that the world forgets to note.
much less censure it. But Arch
duke HENRY was honorable, and when
the alarms of war called him to the tented
field, he promised if he survived the war
to return and wed his love. Meantime the
Emperor, FRANCIS JOSEPH, heard of the
engagement and exerted all his power to
break It, Fraulein HOFFMAN was offered
large sums of money to break her plighted
troth. She pushed them aside Their let
tiers were intercepted SANDER was busy
with his name, and sought to blacken his
fame in her eyes. She needed not. Others.
doubtless the tools of the Emperor, be-
sieged her affections-she was unmoved.
Neither bribery nor the foul breath of
SANDER succeeding, threats were employed;
and behind those threats stood kingly au-
thority and power to enforce them. Still
stood the noble woman, and with her love
warming her heart and conscious virtue
STRENGTHENING her soul. she bid defiance to