Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-09-01

The viii OF IIaNlu nuIHVdsNe, IsIs, allas
Han, Peter, its present master. Of a sud
den the passage grew lighter, J hard the
buzz and hum OF many voices, wbih grew
louder and more boisieious, uLiil. unconscious
Of a fight Of stairs being before me, made a
false step, and bursting open dod which
was ajlr, rolled into a caPaeious bsl which
was filled with men in armor NJ sudden
and comical entrance was received with a
haloo II delight II was evident had done
something funny again in spite Of myself
Before | could recover, or had left OF blush.
ing, which gave ! redder hue to my Hsc and
physioguomy, ifpossible, than bcfare,a voice
was raised above the din, which p'lsonnced
my pseudonym. "Ilans Peter. u = drunken
varlei. where has, thou been thu nSu hast
no, come to greet Us aner our log sbsencC
Speak, man, or thou shalt never AH's a ''onP
OF wine more to redden thy nose, sr trench
cr wherein thou msyes, faiieu Thy squeiklng
little carcass"
The voice was cultural, rasircnomic, and
railng, and lookod up IN terror At my lord
from whom !, proce~lcd, and who was seated
at the head Of the board, alongside OF which
"a, the men.atarms.
"IIcu Grail" said the soldier 'ho had
followed me. "aher looking all owe the cas-.
tie. found him bessiring tm door Of
Graichcn, who had evidently born obliged
to hsl.n herself in TO escape from the little
monsisr."
T Another roar ,alulcd my imaginsy exploit
and this gaze me time and confidence to look
abuu, me. Il was a vast hall. the ,nly light
which va, admitted being from theIooP-holes
at the side, and from three OF for holes in
the top, aud from three or four lples IN the
ceiling. which also served the louhle pur.
pose Of Icl,lng out :he smoke an, letting IN
the wet, aswas s'irccd from the 'arious pools
II dirty water which were formh abOu, tho
floor and which 1t seemed to be rohody's bust
moss ever TO remove. such an iCca of comfort
being too clTeminaIe for the aie Upon tho
side were hung bows, cross lows, helmets,
bucklcrs, and other implemcns of war the
only articles Of furniture 10 the place where
three or four rough lounS, andthc long table
at which all the rctaincrs Of tie Graf were
seated ard now. fnr the frs, tine that dar.
cd inspect the physiorno & these mcn, ]
observed hat they had every or ofthem rcd
hcards, and noses Of the same 'ublcuni hue
with oeards aud whskers Of formidable SIR.
They were remarkably like each other, and
any difference vas unly iraccablc To The scars
with which they w2re drsGrurcd now
turned my attention To the Graf, Who sat At
the head Of the table. surrounded by stone
Jugs and before him large leg Of Vha, ap
pclrcd io b. a Mild beiI, va, smoking. On
cac' side "fhip were squ'u' ,wo Il, ,'riu'.s-
looking halfmasiifr, hlItbr dog Kind ofjogs
lie had the same red face, somewhat rcdier
the same long nose somewha, longer, and the
same sialwar figure. somcwha, more slal.
wait than the res, ofhis numerous rcraincrs.
! advanced slowly to him ! was Hans Peter
now there va. no mistake about IL, and llaus
Peter mus, be. and began to feel somewhat
of Hans Peters propcnstie', bat at the same
time corrected and soncneI by the morality
ofDlyid IIoncasllc. Therefore, following
the impulse oi the fri.namci character,
leapcd upon the stalwar shoulders of oGc of
the aforesaid ualwart rc,ainers, and from
thence into the middle OF the table, and turn.
inc to the Graf, while the mrn wsro laughing
at NV deNtcrily, with as composed an air as |
could, while the wrelches were tickling the
calves Of my legs with the points Of their
knives in blrhiric fun, raised NV arm in the
Roman attitude, shich was called number
f'e by our di'Puling society at the club. |
thought the effect must he fine and tell we'll
upon the blrbarious herd bu, they lrughed
outright.
"Believe the, nobl. lord and master mine.
! was truly and deeply interested in the re-.
suit Of your recent warlike visit To neighbor
S,einkopf, and should tor the charms Of dear
Gratchen, have been here to put the classic
question, What luck, governor And
having delivered myselfof this, stepped M
10 the table, while the men were playfully
chopping a, my feet with their large knives
as went along. oh what life was this :
What times fever the SPELL which--bui no
matter. Ny ml',er took bold Of me by the
collar and roughly seated me on a high stool
by his side, which was apparently reserved
for my special use, and then handing me
huge nlgon wine, !, with a natural instinct
Of Hans Peter, buried my nose in its interim
for considerable time, I'LL began TO feel
the juicy tide flowing through every vein and
warming every corner OF my framc. Glor.
ioas this a, least, and some recompcnss iol
the barbarous treatment aud the society in
which ] found myself.
Bot now, while seated by the side Of my
new master, Who was occupying himself
deeply with the swinish dish before him, the
mcn were impstiently Awaiting their own
turn, and rspping their knives on the board
in sign of their own mental anxiety, at length
a door at the side was flung open, and six
men entered bearing smoking pieces Of Wild
boar on wooden trenchers, which, being Plac.
ed along the table, were attacked BY all with
the greatest ayidliy, and without any cere.
mory. The meal lasted as long as any par