The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-03-04
THE TOW EN or LauNE.( X
A ROMANCE.
Er THOMAS noop.

Amongst the many castle crags an
the banks Of the Rhine, one of the
mos, picturesque il ilIe ruin os Lain.
eek. perc!ied on conicai rock. close 90
tia, beautiful little river Lal.n. The
Castle is venerable fragment, viii,
one lofty tower rising far above the
rest Of the building "A Characteristic of
tcudai lrcngio'd being IN fact the
Observatory Of the RDbbcr- baron
whence he watched not the mO.itus OF
the heavenly bodies. bu. !lc move
ncnis Of such earthly ones rs migi,
Afford lin booty. or threaten lin with
an assauI, And truly Lalreck ia soil
70 have been 'hr residence of an order
II Teutonic knights exactly maichin.
in nunlbcr the famous band Of Thieves
ia the Arabian Tale.
However, when the suns SGT, in the
broad blaze behind the height. of Ca
pcllen, and The ruin S'o,zenfcls on the
opposite banks Of the Rhine, its la,
rays always .ingor on Tie !oGy tower
Of l.ahnock. Many time. while
standing, rod in hand on one or the
othef brown rocks which, narrowing
the channel of the river. form small
rapid, very favorable to the li.h,rm en-
many time have ! waihel the rich
warm light bnrning beacon.lihc on the
vo,y summit of iha. solitary tower,
whilst all The river lay beneath in deen.
est shadow, save the golden circle
marked where a fish rose TO the sr'.
face or tie bright corrn,caton made
/ by the c'tamirg swallow as il :ror.
lively dipped lis wing in the dusky
water, like gay friend breaking III on
the cloudy reveries Of moody mind -
And q those natural lights faded away
/ the ari!icial ones of the village Of
J is'a a'i,n began to twinkle the glow
in2 "indows of Dnquet's hospital pa
y'jon, especially, throwing across the
stream series Of dancing reflections
that shone the brighter for the sombrc
shadows Of massive cluster of acac.a'
in the tavern garden. Then the myr.
inas Of chnfers. taking to wing, filled
The air with dronage. e.--whilst the lovely
trctlics with their fairy lamps began
10 Ri across my homeward path. or 10.
vercd from csier 10 oiser aIon. The
calm water side Bat a truce 70 these
personal "reminiscences.
II WAS on fine afternoon. toward,
he close Of May, .830 that two ladie:
/ began 10 cinb the winding path whicI
leads through Wild shrubbery 10 the
ruincd Castle of Lahneck. They wer,
unaccompanicd BY any persons Of ih'
Other sex but such rarnbics were les.
pcrllou' Tor unprotected r males in
that couhtry i'an ia our own - ant
they hal enjoyed several similar eX
I cur'luns without accident or offence
At any rate, to judge from their leis
uIciy steps, and the cheerful tone o
voice, they apprehcndcd no more dan.
get than might accrue TO gusze or :
ribbon from an o,rIhaging branch oI
n stray branch, The s,cepne.s Of th,
ascent ficcd ihcm occasionally TO hal
10 take breath, but they stopped quite
as frequently y TO gather wild flowers
and specially lhe the swee, valley III
les, there so abundaut--.o 'ool; up a
/ lhl Iime.srain"d Ruin from q nta
/ point. or TO commcn, on Tie bcal,es oI
lhe scenery.
The elder Of the ladies spoke IL
English, 10 which her companion re-
, Piled in the came language, bu, wi'l
n foreign accent, and occasional iliOm:
tha, belonged 10 another tongue. Ir
! fact she was a native of Germany
whereas The other was one f.hnsc ma
ny thousands of British tayelers whom
the long pe ace, lie steamboat. and iAc
/ poetry Of Byron had tempted to vi.i
The blue and Mrowy' river. Boit
were young handsome, and accomplish,
ed but the fraul.en Won B----
was unmarried; whilst Alrs.----
was wife and mother. and with hcr
husband and her two children hal &C
cupied for some weeks temporar,
home within the walls Of Coblenz
1t was il this city !bs; friendship bad
been formed between The Germar
Gal ard thp fair i>lauder-thc genllt
par who were nov tTeadlnu 50 frrcl,
and icm m!cssly under the walls of Gas
tie where Nomanly beauty might foyme
[ y have ,en,uStd a. safely as Tie doe
near lhe den Of the lion. Eut thos,
day, are happily gone ty--lhc domin
ion Of Brute Force il overland Iii,
Wild Baron who doomed his victims t7
the irracheroas abyss. ha. dropped lto
al Oaji'ete as dark aud ~ deep a. III,
own.
a, las, hc two lalies game the
SUNNI! oi the p.ounrain. and f3r sonr
minutes stood sill and silent. ss II els
uaaced by dc beauty Of ihe scenc
before them. There a-c elevations al
which The mind uses bfesil, ~ wei. As
The Loiy---srd paul, too lhiylly viii
wiIh lhousLi upon thought 10 Gni nj.
,crAure This was especially the case
riih The Ene...h woman, hose cAseL
flushed, while her eye. glisicaed viii
lear. /. ior r0ul IS ,oucheA ~ beauty a.
well As melted by Aindess and here Nj
,urs -s lsri.h Of bg,h--ai onee char.