The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-01-19
1'.l1"1 From the KnickeTbocA
HlLDEGARD.
BY DONALD MACLEOD.
"Ich glaue die Wellen verschlingen
Am enha Schiffer md Kahn. y

"Ich glaue die Ween yerschlingen
Am ende Schiller und Kahn. -.' -
Und das5 hat init ihren Singep
-N Die Lerelei geIhan." thEINE
Hundred thousand .hundtrslp cried the
Baron Won Katzenellenbogen, striking the
table in rage. E..I. eds
| calm yourself my good lordR said
| Dietrich Klauts, his squire. l. r..
"a mink like that! shall burst with rage!
| Get me fagou of Marcobrunner;" and the
| Baron threw himself into a huge armchair,
and leaned his head on his hand, and his ell
1 bow on the table, ..s a. I1 auHa
Katgenellenbogen. as you all know, is now
but ruin; but in those days it was NIGH
by fortress, castle Of the most gothic nature
comprehensive of the human mind. Huge
battlemented towers, stalwart as mountains;
grim dungeons, damp and Enlightened save
| by twilight that struggled through the
grated wickets of the doors; mighty hall,
hung with trophies Of war and of chase
! loop-holes in the massive walls for arbalast
bolts to rain from; quaint lancet windows,
interlaced roof beams port eullises, moats,
and other matters orthodox and suitable un-
/ der the circumstances. 10 r.'.u..
( There il frowned from the hilltop across
/ the Rhine at Saint Goar, and the wild river
roared along below,yts powerful tide drag
| ging spoils from the ssore into its dim waters
/ Below was the hdy 4hrine of Bonbofen,
built toour Lady By breemser Won kudes-
helm, who slew a dragon, went to Palestine,
and being taken by the Saraeen, vowed to
dedicate his only child to God, should he re
/ cover bis liberty But she, poor girl had
! given her heart away to human keepingSand
when her father came home and would have
! compelled her to take thes veil, she threw
herself into the swift Rhine and WAS swept
away, With her golden hair floating on the
waters, and her pale face turned towards
| the sky, while the suicide soul went up and
stood inhs presence who had made it.
/ Higher up the river, you saw stern Castle
RheinfeR, also the .Baron's property; and
where the ye1sd waters flowed most furious
| ly and writhed themselves into whirlpool,
was tbe.rock where the Loreei was want td
sit, aPmbing her goldeA hair, Or sweeping
with white fingers the rayshing chords ofa
lutte, land mlngling the ehchantment o., heI
weiH sweet song with the ringing harmony
iof brings. And when he'boainen saw and
heard, he would forget tlie wrathfuF mad
strom, and with his eyes and heart fixed On
! the Undine, would be drawn into the vGr.
tex, whired round and rouaag and swalloY
55al up in the fearful gulf, having for it>
ss5eath -dirge bug the weird, swget son of ThC
1 Lorelei, and the ringing OF the golden strings
~ That was the position of Castle Of Kat
I, zenellenbogen. s .f es4f..5, .l.s
The Baron Of Katzenellenbogen was {
| large man: six feet Of muscle and bone wa,
! he, with true German foot, broad as bragg
and flat as a founder and brawny arm
that could have broken the horn from, th,
head Of an OK. The Baron inclined to cor
pulence, and to violence, aad to Marcobrun
ner, and to Rudesheimer and to Lebfrau
milch; in short to anything that was potable
except water. Therefore The Baron's nose
was red, bulbous and pupy in its general
look, with small, dark veins meanderSng
under the tight skin, like the tracery u I
mulberry leaf.
He had had an unpleasant day Of it. Ii
the first place, he learned that a party o.
rich merchants had slipped by his very door
while the sentinel was DOING. He said
"Himmel !" and had the sentinel hanged as
an encouragement for the garrison.
| Then a party who had been sent out to
forage were met by Ohio Won Schoenberg,
and nearly cut to pieces. The Baron said,
"Donnerwetter!" aud broke the messengers
head with q lagon, ,.tg.as Jlaaaa.,.ap.
Not yet recovered from this. he received
news that he was about TO be placed under
the imperial ban for .pundering some SER
wants of the Cardinal Archbishop of CO.
Ilogne, and this made him say, "Hagel sap
penmentn tIusy,. a.. .. ...'.r-.,.
Finally, his squire brought him letter in
whi,h Hildegard Won Sails utterly and de-
cideily refused and abominated his preferred
hand and heart, and expressed herself to
the effect that "she would rather die frst"
This it'was that capped the climax, and pro
ducei from the Baron those memorable
words found at the opening of this narrative:
"Huidred thousand thunders!'
~4 ".
The Marcobrunner quenched his thirst
without allaying his wrath, and driving his
squirefrom his presence, he strobe furouily
up and down the room, meditating condign
vengeance upon every body in general and
Hildegard in particular.
"1'll.teach her, - lie said, ''to refuse to be
the wife of Katzenellenbogen! Eli send a
few troopers who shall sack her castle and
bring her here by force-I will !"
"SoI would, Baron" said voice beside
him. The Baron turned to look at the
speaker He was a small man, dressed in
black like notary; his face was pale, his
features Of the most ordinary looking de-
Escription, The only thing remarkable about
him was long tail like monkeys, which
kept switching backward and forward, and
wreathing itself into all sorts Of graceful
curls. And the end Of this tail was a whistle,
"Who eer Teuful are you?" asked the
Baron. @s.,. ,s te.
80 Iweuld teach her better-if | could!"
Was the unresponsive reply. sl f3.
elf could, little fool will send
twenty-five troopers 70 morrow to take pos
session of her house and of her." .1...s
"But unfortunately Graf Mas Won Stein
rad IS guarding her with fifty" x
II will claim her from the Emperor, as a
ward Of my estates"
eyes. ii the ban does not reach you be-
fore-hsnd. for robbing the Garce Of Cologne" :"
IL viii invite her here on her birthday,
which Is next week, AMI when ! get her, j