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THE GOLDEN ; HEARTED TYRANT.
Few princes of distinction in the history of the
world ever displayed more eccentric traits &fa
Leopold of DessaU, ofie of thi greatest generals
of his tune, and farh'otis as tlie victor of Kessels
dorf, a strategic triumph, which Frederick the
Great declared Caesar or Hannibal need not be
ashamed of.
But greatly at variance with his brilliant war
record was the private history of this remarka
ble Duke Dessau. His whole cateer as a ruler,
and in all relations of life other than military,
was a strange mixture of outbursts of uncon
trolable passion, absolutist tefidfenCles Of
an old-fashioned Turkish Dasha., iiifeastire3 of
sterling common sense and manifestations
of ( the utmost kind-heartedness. In conse
quence, his subjects ildted and loved him, and
great Leibfliti tailed him “that goldeh
hearted fyfant.”
LeOpfdld’s chafacter was due, in a gfeat ftiesiS
urp t() the extraordinary' circumstances under
which he grew up. Ilia parents, excellent but
narrow-minded people, had lost their eight
Children in rapid succession. They had already
abandoned all hopes of having further offspring
ivhcn little Leopold’s birth filled them with in
describable joy.
TH# father was especially jubilant. Lest he
Ahodlfl lose this preciohs child, too, he gave
striflgftht orders to all his atteflddfits never to
afotlsfe the boy’s anger, never to trouble him
Ultli any book-learning, deter it) thwart any of
Ls caprices, howett'f /dtdisli they might be.
In consequence, yodng Leopold grew up in the
boost blooming btft a more self-willed,
impetuous, and tloieiit lad fcodld not be iniiag
ined. His doting father died when the son was
iut fourteen yenfs did, and left Leopold’s educa
tion in tbo hands of the affectionate l/tii Weak
mother. m
In his eighteenth year, at a fund ball, Leopold
made the acquaintance of Anna Liza, youngest
daughter of Mr. Foeshe, a poor druggist of Des
sau. The girl, who was a very charming speci
men of sweet sixteen, kindled the Prince’s in
flammable heart.. Ho danced vvitli her all the
afternoon, and, before they parted, lie was head
Over ears in love with her. When the ball was
at an end, lie said to her;
“Anna Liza, I love you.”
The girl blushed to the roots of her hair, and
Ynade no reply.
“Anna Liza,” Continued young Leopold, “t
will make you my wile. You shall become
Duchess of Dessau 1”
She lifted her beautiful eyes to hint and ro
jilied :
“Prince, you arc making fun of me !”
He swore' a terrible oath—for lie had learned
all that already—that no power tin earth should
prevent him from keeping his word.
“But what wifi jdtit ito'OThcf say to it ?” asked
the timidly.
“I* will go on the spot t!o her, and as k tic r
Consent,” replied th 6 young lover, in a tone of
file most inflexible' determination. “But you,
-A nna Liza, will fo’ii become my wife?” ho ad
ded, bending on her a burning glance.
Anna Liza was an ambition girl ; sh 6 hiked
Leopold, and so sko whispered with another
still deeper blush :
“Tea, Priffee I^’
fl'here was ItiC ctfstomury Iris's given by the
Prince with the utmost Warmth, Whereupon he
hurried away in order to obtain his mother’s
Consent.
Now at that time unions between the priiides
of sovcre ! gn houses and the daughters of pcor
burghcrswerc absolutely unheard of. So, when
Leopold bluntly told his mother that ho had
asked the poor druggist’s daughter to become
his wife, the good old Duchess was almost petri
fied with astonishment and dismay. Clasping
her hands over her head, she exclaimed :
“Leopold, my son, yon must be mad?”
“Never was in better possession of my m'ental
faculties than at this moment,” he replied With
the utmost unconcern.
“f?iD the tiling is utterly impossible, my son.
What! the future ruler of flic ancient house of
Anhalt, tlifc jioer of the flfondest princes in the
vforld, slitiiild demean 1 himself sb low as to be
stow his hand Upon a! eCTn-morref’s' daughter.”
“I love Anna Liza’, nrt’d sh'c shall become my
\Vife,” replied* the soil, stubbornly.
Vainly did the mother represent t'o him that
fie Was too yoiing to marry; vainly did she im
})li>ie him not to disgraco his family, as she
Uflllfed it, by making a pill vender’s dadglil'er the
dnr'tUfer of his bosoni;
“l J sllitll ( iUhfryiier !” lie cried at last, furiously
tftaWiki'iVg fe foot, “add ndpowcUon earth shall
keep me fra*# Jt i?’
The tuother knew (ferhptr,‘ hMivediately
ceased arguing with him.
No sooner had he stormed from her room than
She gent for General Ditmar, the comma'-dcr-in
<sbief of (he little army Of Anhalt, and the
young Prince's military superior Tho Duehess
ttold him alf about her son’s project.
“I will put a' 3top to it,” said the old General,
lie sent lor tiiVs' Infilled.
“Prince,” he said to li'im, “how soon can you
lib ready to leave Castl'd 1 U'
“In two hours,” replifcd'tile PrJnco.
“Iti one liour,” thundered tlib 1 General. “1
send you as our conmiissidridr' 1 t<s the arinv,
fighting under Prince Eugene agaiiist the troops
under the King of France. Captain Beliniann
and Von Fliess shall be you'FuidS. Two order
lies shall accompany you. MAfh'li ! u
Leopold was an enthusiastft’soldier' ;■ aniPlve
knew that the orders of his sujferibrs' ra\iW be
obeyed at all hazards.
So lie hurried to Anna Liaii nndb’Ade lie* a‘!V
affectionate farewell, after making her proraise
that she would remain true to him, no matter
how long he should stay away from Dessau
“Iu three years, ’ lie said, “FBhail 1 lo'e ol age
then I shall ascend to the throne, fund my first:
act as ruler shall be to make you',:3#jr wife.”
For eleven months he romainedi with Prince
Eugene, fighting bravely against tifi*' Freu-el#,
and obtaining among his comrades t'f,6 hijfiora.
hie surname, the lion of Anhalt.
Then ho was sent to Italy and kejit there un
til lie was of age.
I)a ring all this time he had constantly corres
ponded with his girl. Ilia letters have all been
preserved ; th y are those- of a very illiterate
man, but in other res pec's they arc quite as re
markable as the famous love correspondence
between Abelard and Ileloisc.
He returned with Die utmost quickness to
Dessau aud rode straightway to the house ol *
Mr. Foesbe, the druggist, his intended father
in-law.
The old druggist did not at once recognize
the young hero, for he had changed markedly
since he bad gO'nfe away from home.
“Who may you be, sir?” asked the druggist.
“Hihimeldonnerwetter, Mr. Foeshe!” cried the
Duke, “don’t you know me?”
“Great heavens! is that you, your Highness?”
“Where is Anna Liza?”
Yhe poor druggist had turned very pale, for,
believing that the Duke would never marry his
daughter, he had encouraged Mr. Peter Aiders,
a young licentiate of theology, to court Anna
Liza.
The latter had turned a deaf ear to the solic
itations of her clerical suitor.
By a truly fearful coincidence, Ablers wa3 at
that very moment with the girl, making a last
effort to #in lief.
“TTbefc Is Aiitia Liza?” thundered Leopold,
as the fathef Of his sweetheart was vainly en
deavoring to hide his confusion.
“I will call her,” he stammered out at last.
“Where is she?” demanded the yeung Duke
with a terrible! scowl.
“In the front room up stairs, but ”
Without waiting for another word, Leopold
hurried up stairs, and burst into the front roOra.
What a spectacle burst upon him there I
Kneeling before Anna Liza, who kopt her face
averted, was the young licentiate, who just
breathed the words, in the turgid style of that
period;
“Angelic creature, Cupid has sent me to theo
on the wings of love. Plunge me not into the
abyss of despair by refusing my hymeneal offer.”
With an unearthly yell of rage, Leopold tore
his sword from the sheath, and, before the eyes
of the frightened Afina Lisa, ho slaughtered
the hapless licentiate.
The girl fainted away. Leopold stood, still
trembling with passion, over the quivering body
c/f his victim. Then he went down stairs, and
told Foeshe what he had dotic.
Hie poor licentiate was ignominiously buried
in the potters’ field, and a few days later, Leo
pold of Anhalt married Anna Liza amid great
popular festivities and rejoicing.
But now afosc another question for the Duke.
Anna Liza, it is true, was his lawful wife, but
having no princely bloodpn her veins, she could
hot sit on the throne by his side, nor claim tho
title of Duchess. This title could be conferred
upon ber only by tho German Emperor.
Leopold Of Austria, who was then tho ruler
of the Holy .Roman Empire of German Nation
ality, as his curious title was, however, was de
cidedly averse to conferring such distinctions
and privileges upon low-born people, for whom
he entertained the utmost contempt; He was,
beside, a somewhat effeminate person, and he
had heard, with horror and disgust of the esca
pades and violent deeds of the young role- of
Anhalt.
So, When Leopold applied to film for the ele
vation of his wife, Anna Liza, to tho ducal dig
nity, the Emperor scut back a very curt and al
most impolite refusal. Nothing could exceed
Leopold’s anger upon receiving the reply. For
days lie raved like a madman ; with ftis own
bands lie tore down the painted emblems of the
Emperor’s powef, and he hid p’Snfiod already a
grotesque letter to liis imperial namesake, when'
his wife, Anna Li.tta, suggested to him to go
personally to Vienna, and seo if he could not
persuade hi3 Imperial Majesty to grant his wish.
Leopold said he would go.
“Bxit. you must promise me one thing, love”
she added. “You must keep your temper ia
check. If the Emperor proves inexorable, why,
then leftve him Without getting angry.”
Her husband promised that, too; but the idea
that he shofild keep his temper under any sort
of provocation was a ludicrous one. Anna Liza
learned to know him and his character much
better by and by.
The Duke went to Vienna, and applied to the
Emperor for an interview. At first Leopold the
I'ii'st felt disposed not to admit Leopold of An
haft a ! f all to his presence. Had he adhered to
it fi’c would bave saved himself a terrible hu-
Kfliiaiion:-
fltft he Changed his niind, and said to the
chamberlain in waiting.
“Admit iiis Highness I”
Leopold was ushered in.
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At first he was humble enough toward the
Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of Gciman
Nationality. Blit, when the latter said to him,
“My dear Duke, how'could you have been guilty
of such a misstep as to marry the daughter of a
low shop-keeper 7” the Duke’s ire Was aroused.
■‘lour Majesty,” lie replied, “would not allow
any one to talk disrespectfully about the Em
press. In the sarde manner I herewith forbid
you to use eufch expressions about my wife!”
The his eyebrows. He was
amazed beyond expression, for no one had ever
ventured to address him iu that strain. But a
glance at the Duke, who stood before him with
a terrible scowl, convinced him, that he had a
dangerous adversary to deal with.
“This audience is at aft end 1” said the Em
peror, motioning toward the door.
“It is not, your Majesty !” cried the Duke, no
longer able to control bis wrath; “I shall not
leave this room until you have written me a
letter making my wife a Duchess !”
So saying be took front bi3 belt two pistols,
and, throwing one of them to the Emperor he
added :
“I have as good blood in me as Austrian ever
had. You have insulted my wife, and you shall
answer for it now anu here, pistol in hand, or
give me satisfaction by writing the letter I
demand!”
The Emperor was speechless with terror ; for
the flashing eyes of the Duke showed him plain
ly that he was in dead earnest. He cast a timid
glance toward the door. The Duke hastened
to it and locked it.
“Will you write the letter? I ask your Ma
jesty for the last time !” roared the Duke.
The Emperor humbled himself by complying
with the Duke’s demand. The letter was writ
ten, afcd Leopold pocketed it with a profound
bow. Then he unlocked the door and hurriedly
left the Imperial Palace. Tho Emperor was
overcome with shame and rage.
But what was lie to do ? The best policy for
liim to adopt was that of sile-cc. So Leopold
of Anhalt was permitted to leave Vienna without
let or hindrance.
Upon his return to DcsJau, Anna Liza was!
solertfnly proclaimed a Princess of the German
Umpire. She lived happily with her eccentric
husband, to whom she bore a large family of
children.
The peculiar manner in which he had obtain
ed the Emperor's consent to her elevation to the
ducal dignity, did not become known until after
Leopold’s death. The Emperor had diedalready
in 1805, and there is some reason to believe
that the shock he had received at that memora
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