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returned with some difficulty to Pres- 
bourg, by begging for aims! 
After liaving there in vain songht for 
sonie means of subsistence, finding that 
his religion was the chief ohsticlel to all 
his effurts, and being actually on the 
point of dying with famine, he yielded to 
the voice of despair, changed his faith, 
and assumed the habit of one of the 
brethren of the order of charity. 
This timely step saved ‘him; for hence- 
forth he could not only live, but he found 
himself entirely at his ease. As the 
fraternity to which he now belonged, was 
chiefly employed 1 in the care of the sick, 
he took adv antage of this oppertunity s 
extend _ his knowledge of medicine. 
He accordingly read, remarked, made 
observations; and, in the course of a few 
years, acquired a degree of knowledge, 
that procured him ‘celebrity. It was 
thus, that Brother Firmian, for so he 
was called in the convent, distinguished* 
himself above all his colleagues, and 
happy was the ue confided to his 
care! 
Among other principal estates, it so 
happened, that the Prmce de Lichten- 
stein possessed that ef Feldsperg in Mo-. 
ravia, where he passed two or three 
months every year. Having heard a 
great deal about Brother Firmian, he de- 
sired he might be sent to him from. Pres- | 
burg; and, being much delighted with 
his, knowledge, -his skill, and his conver- 
sation, he called him in, whenever he | 
was afflicted with any disease. The 
confidence placed in this physician pro- 
bably aided the success of the remedies 
he prescribed ; for he saved his life during 
two severe indispositions, for which he 
was richly rewarded, and thus became 
enabled to serve his convent. 
never once entered, either into his mind, 
or that of the Prince; that he was the 
brother of Schroeder; and since his apos- 
tacy, a certain degree of shane pre- 
vented him from keeping up any commu- 
nication with his family. On one hand, he 
had- little or no intercourse with the 
court of the Prince while his Highness 
resided at Vienna; and on the other, 
Major Schroeder, although he saw his pro- 
tector daily in the capital, yet never fol- 
Jowed him to Feldsperg, his presence 
being indispensable at the military school. 
_ But asevere fit of the gout having oc- 
curred daring the winter, the Prince de 
Lichtenstein, after trying all the physi- 
‘Clans of the Emperor in vain, began to 
But. it- 
swear, and to pray, by turns, and 
finally concluded by sending for, Bro- 
ther Firmian, who arrived in great 
haste; and whether it was, that he 
employed the most efficacious means, oF 
that the disease had reached its ‘cr isis, 
or that faith in this case produced its 
customary miracles, certain it is, that he 
had. scarcely entered the palace, when 
the pains began to dimimish, and the gout, 
by little and little, to withdraw. In 
short, the prince got up, was able to 
walk about his apartment, receive com- 
pany, and do business as usual. 
One morning, as Brother Firmian was 
waiting in the anti-chamber to see the 
prince, an ofhcer of artiliery made his 
appearance ; and fromthe first moment 
he discovered him to possess a most sin- 
gular aud extraordinary remblance to 
his elder brother, from whom he had 
been for so many years separated, But 
this uniform, which announced a distin- 
guished rank, still kept him indoubt; note 
withstanding this, the more he looked; 
the more he was struck with the resem- 
blance; and after he heard him address 
a few words to the Prince’s valet de 
Chambre, his conjectures were fully con- 
firmed, especially after having taken the 
latter aside, and learned his name. 
At length, becoming bold, he ap- 
proached him, asked him if his name was 
not Schroeder, and if he had not a brother 
called William? The major on this he- 
came more attentive and condescending 5 
he demanded, with the air of a man 
greatly interested i in the question, whether 
he was alive, and if his informant could 
give any tidings of him? On being told 
that he could, “he approached still nearer, 
but without recognizing him; and, at 
length, on learning the particula 11'S. Us 
exclaimed:, ¢¢ Good Heaven ! is. it see 
and in this habit? O my brother! my 
brother!” 
Having said, this, they rushed into 
each other’s arms, uttering cries -of joy 
atthe same time. The Prince de Lichten- 
stein, who was in his library, heard the 
noise ; and, enquiring of his domestics, 
soon learned the particulars. Qn this, 
he sammoned the monk and the oftcer 
before him; commended ' their frater- 
nal affection; praised their respective 
merits ; and concluded the scene, by as- 
suring them both of the continuance of 
his support and protection, as he feli- 
citated himself greatly at having two sucha 
valuable men attached to his person. 
GEN ERAL 
