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3 0 2 JO H AN2TA KINKED.
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* I<N • «»• The Decease Papers Of Johann...
brother-in-law called and from Ms language it became evident that lie thought Kinkel doomed to death . Yefc Johanna could not
convince herself that they would dare to shoot him , and she wrote to the General Herr von Groben on whose decision Kinkel ' s fate
immediately depended . Meanwhile news dropped in more and more alarming , and the " Kreuz Zeitung" that formidable organ of
modern inquisition , headed its articles , with the words " Kinkel is indeed not yet shot ! " If this paperas was generally asserted ,
was the organ of the court , what had Frail , Kinkel to expect ? She could no longer bear this uncertainty and again started for Carlsruhe .
She first went to the Stechens to let Kinkel know of her presence , then to Herr von Brandenstein to beg for an interview with her
husband . The general refused to see her , and said that he could not grant her request unless she produced a written order from
General von Groben , who was then in Baden-Baden . Meanwhile she had learnt that Kinkel was to undergo a trial in the Rathhaus ,
and on her way to tie railway she lingered to catch a parting glance from him . At last he came and she heard him say to the
gensd ' armes who accompanied him"There is my wife ; I know I dare not speak to herbut we may
at least shake hands together ?" , t The gensd ' armes nodded assent and turned their heads away . At
eight o ' clock in the evening she reached Baden-Baden and hurried to the camp . There she saw the General von Groben and obtained a
letter from him to Herr von Brandenstein . Groups of omcers and soldiers stood about and seemed to delight in slandering and
sneering at the Prussian professor , but the cold courtier-like way in which Count Knesebeck addressed this unhappy lady even
surpassed the rude speeches of his inferiors . He spoke with indifference of Dartu , who had been shot that very morning .
" Good God ! " Frau Kinkel exclaimed , " an execution has then taken place . I now see that my husband is lost , but he suffers for a
» oblecause !" She hurried away , tottering in agony through the streets . Suddenly
she stood before the cathedral . No human eye rested upon her in Mnd sympathy , but the majestic building had a soothing influence
upon her shaken frame . To her the forms of eternal beauty reflected the immortality of the human mind , and after centuries the
work of ancient art saved an artist ' s soul from utter despair . ; At eleven o'clock she again arrived in Carlsruhe . The night was
dark and gloomy and the , rain came down in torrents . She hastened away and fancied that she had escaped attention when a rough
voice bade her stop . A gend'arme had spied her out , and though she told him that she had to present a letter to Herr von
Brandenstein she was obliged to follow , him to the commander . The official was ordered to escort her to an hotel . On the following morning
she had an interview with Herr von Brandenstein . He received her
coldly and in bad grammar poured forth a * torrent of abuse against
3 0 2 Jo H An2ta Kinked.
3 0 2 JO H _AN _2 _TA _KINKED .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1859, page 302, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011859/page/14/
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