The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-03-28

tempts to break
NA out of the Prus
G'n |sian castle o1
n IN 49, Glatz, in which
WV he finally sue.
FNIyaIf ceeded, arc IA
/ikIYH4ANIW nous in the an
Ml.Gl(1tyANEs nails of prison es-
S,4yaNf capes. The baron
was an officer OF
the bodyguard of Frederick the Great
and had cousin of tho samo name,
chief OF the noted corps of Pandours
in the service of Austria, country with
which Frederick was eternally at war
The cousin and love affair got the bar
on into trouble, and that in those days
meant prison. He loved Princess Anne
la, sister OF the brusque old king, very
presumptuous passion for an obscure
officer Then his cousin s Pandours one
day, on raid, captured his horses.
! Next day the horses came back under a
nag OF truce with a note to the effect
that ''Irenck the Austrian is not at
war with Trencz the Prussian." Soon
afterWard tho baron sent an innocent
and friendly note to the Pandour chief
tain, and forged reply, compromising
IL its tone, found it's way among his
effects, for which he was arrested and
placed III durance in the castle of Glatz.
Ills imprisonment was made light, bnt
he had the indiscretion of youth and
wrote very naughty letter to the king.
After waiting five months without
receiving reply, his post in the guards
having been given to another, he deter
mined to get free. Being we'll supplied
with money, he made friends among the
officers, who arranged a plan of escape
Feelings of pity led him to embrace in
the plan fellow officer under a ten
years sentence, and at the last moment
the wretch betrayed tho secret. Trenclz
was thereafter more closely guarded.
but soon made another attempt the de-
tails Of which he narrated in full: "My
window looked toward the city and was
~ feet from the ground in the tower
OF the citadel, out Of which I dared not
get before finding place of refuge in
the city. This an officer procured for
me- l then notched my penl1nifo and
sawed through three iron bars, but this
mode was too tedious, it being neces-
sary to cut through eight bars before
could pass. Another officer, therefore,
procured mo file, which / was obliged
to use with caution, lest ! should he
heard by the sentinels Having ended
this labor, cut my leather portman-
teau into thongs, sewed them end to
end, added the sheets Of my bed and de-
scended safely. 1t rained, the night was
dark, and all seemed fortunate, but
had to wade through moats filled with
mud before l could enter the CITY. a
circumstance had never once consid-
cred. l sank up to my knees and after
long struggling to extricate myself |
was obliged to call tho sentinel and ask
him to go and tell the governor that I
was stuck fast in the moat. My misfor-
tune was the greater on this occasion,
as the governor of Glatz then was Gen
eral touquet, one Of the cruelest of
men. My father had wounded him in a
duel, and my cousin, the Austrian
Irenck, had taken his baggage in battle
and had also laid the country of Glatz
under contribution. Therefore he was
an enemy to the very name of Trenck
Nor did he lose any opportunity to give
proof OF it, especially on this occasion,
when he left me standing in the miro
till noon, the sport of the soldiers. l
was then drawn out half dead, only to
oe shut up the whole day without water
20 wash myself. l remained in this
blight till the next day. My imprison-
nent now became intolerable. I had
till 30 louis d d'ors in my purse that had
lot been taken from me, and these aft
inward did me good service" ]"
Eight days had not elapsed since the
ruthless attempt to escape when an
vent happened which appears incredi-
lie, but really proves that adventurous
nd even rash daring will render the
most improbable undertakings possible
IN officer visited Trenck's cell one day
nd dindulged in cruel taunts which made
be blood Of the helpless man boil. He
poke OF the attempts to escape as a
rime and declared that traitor to his
ountry must await the grace and par
on Of the king. cat that" said
'renck, Il snatched his sword from his
lde, sprang out of the door, tumbled
ae sentinel from the top to the bottom
the stairs, passed the men who hap
ened to be drawn before the door to re-
eve the guard, attacked them sword in
and, wounded four of them, made way
trough the rest, sprang over the ram
art, and. sword in hand, leaped this
'tonishing height without the least in
Try. / also leaped the second wall with
.fety and good fortune. None of the
aards' pieces was loaded, they dare not
ap after me, and in order to pursue
ust 60 around through the tower and
Ate Of the citadel, SO that had good
art A sentinel in narrow passage, f