The herald., 1895-03-24

ick the Great and had a cousin Of the same
name, chief Of the noted corps Of Pan
dOurs In the service Of Austria, n country
with which Frederick wAs eternalIy at
war. The cousin and \ love affair got he
baron into trouble, and that In those d., :
meant in prison. He loved Princess
Amelia, sister Of the brusque old king, a
very presumptuoua passion for an obscure
officer. Then bis oousin's Pandours Ons
day. on raid captured his horses. Next
day the horses came back under a flag Of
truce with note to the effect that ''1'renck
the Austrian is not at war with Trenck
the prussian." Soon afterward the baron
sent an innocent and friendly note to the
PandOur chieftain, and forged reply,
compromising in Its tone, found its way
among his effects, for which he was an
rested and placed in durance in the castle
Of Glatz. His imprisonment was made
light, but he had the indiscretion of youth
and wrote very naughty letter to the
king
After waiting five months without r.
ceivin9 reply, his post in the guarda
having been given to another, he deter
mined to get free. Being well supplied
with money, he made friends among the
offioers, who arranged u plan of escape,
Feelings Of pity led him to embrace in the
plan fellow officer under a ten years son
tenoe and at the last moment the wretch
betrayed tha seoret Trenok was thereafter
more closely guarded, but soon made an
other attempt, the details Of which he mar
rated in full my window looked towary
the city and was 10 feet from the ground
in the tower Of the citadel out of which j;
dared not get before finding "a place o.
refuge in the city. This an officer pro
cured for me. then notehed my penknifc
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 me file, which was obliged to
use with caution, lest l should he heard
by the sentinels. Having ended this labor
l cut my leather portmanteau into thongs
sewed them end to end, added the sheets
Of my bed and descended safely. 1t rained
tha night WAS dark, and all seemed fortu
nate, but | had to wade through moata
filed with mud before could enter thr
city, circumstances had never once con-
sidered. sank mp to my knees, and after
long struggling to extricate myself ! was
Obliged to call the sentinel and ask him tr
go and tell the governor that was stuck
fast in the lnOat. My misfortune was the
greater on this occasion, as the governor
of Glatz then was General Fouquet, one
of the cruelest Of men. My father had
wounded him in a duel, and my cousin
tho Austrian Trenck, had taken his bag
gage in battle and had also laid the coun-
try of Glatz under contribution. There
fore ho was an eneny to this very name ot
Trenck. Nor did he lose any opportunity
to give proof Of it, especially on this occa
sion, when ha left mo standing In the niio
till noon, the sport of the soldiers. wa.
then drawn ont, half dead, only to bc shut
up tho whole day without water to wash
myself. ! remained IN this plight till tho
next day. My Imprisonment now became
intolerable. l had still 80 louis d 'ors il,
my purse that had not heen taken fran,
me, and these afterward did me good serv
ice
Eight days had not elapsed since the
frnitlcss attempt to escape whom an event
happened which appears incredible, but
really proves that adventurous and even
rash daring will render the most improb-
able undertakings possible. An officer Wis.
tied Trenck $ cell one day and INDUCED in
cruel taunts which made the blood Of the
helpless man boil He spoke of the at
tenpts to escape AS a crime and declared
that u traitor to his country must await
the grace and pardon of tho king. AT
that, said irenck, II snatched his sword
from his side, sprang out of the door,
tnmbled tho sentinel from the top to the
bottom OF the stairs, passed the men who
happened to be drawn before tho door to
relieve the guard, attacked them sword in
hand, wounded four Of them, made way
throIl oh ha pas ha ont
and. sword In hand, leaped this astonish-