American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-11-24
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Origin oftho Whtte SWans
AZ . period Of lime Whsrsunto The mem
Ory Of man runnsth not parallel. there Iiv.
ed FeudAl Baron 10 one Of those strong
castles built on an almost inaccessible erag |
ovsthAngIUg the blue waters % Father
Rhine. Prom this fssiusss the BsFoa os'
y emerged 90 q iOrsy agains. the goods
Of some distant Lord; or to hunt the noble
stag. or ferOcious wild boar In one OF
these excursions the Baron onoountsfed 4
lass clad in the hOmsIisst garb Of . poor
rsAsspt girl. but Ol,such mstchleas beauty
Of face and form, rs d. once caplivAted the
Baron. and he resolved to possess her at
lall hazard and by all means. Approach-
ling the object Of his desires he proHersd
her the ricbes OF his, castle il she would
make i her abod-. The poor peasant girl
told him, that love and duty bound her to
her blind and sged father: to watch over
him while be lived, and 10 close his eyes
in death. were all her desires on earth.
and no proffsrs d wealth or station could
divert her from those holy dn,ies; with
these remarks she tufnsd aside into the
path which led to the wretched: hovsl
where her father lay on bod made Of the
bougbs oftrees, and covered with rushes.
But a short time had passed when the Bar
on entered. addressing the old man in Ian
guage Of pity. and prolIeriUg him all the
comforts which bis castle could give to so
poor blind man, and so dutifOl q child.
| With eager gratitude ths old man accepted
so tempting an offer; and to,a whispered
5 objection Of The daughter, the old man
: told the Baron. that his child's dmidity
: protested against sneh generosity. but hi'
. ,uiA was her lato.
The next day the Ba,on's vassals reno
r we'd the old man aud his daughter to com
4 Portable rooms in the castle. A Wsek o
: luxury passed. such as .he old man hat
IS never known. and he was loud in expires
). sions OF gratitude and praise for such un
}. looked for comfort ia his declining days
v The girl seeing the Old-man's comfort
l. daily listened to his praises in silence AM
" in SORROW; never leaving the room only 70
d one short half hour exercise in the opel
d air on the ramparts Of the castle, on sever
IS 81 Of these walks the Baron met her, an
with all the wiles OF SAtan, tried 10 wi
i her 10 disbonor. With virtuous indigna
e tion she repelled all bis advances. he be
70 came furious and swore he would posses
10 her. A few days after this interview. III
B. father died suddenly. Poison. The daugbi
IS er now meditsted speedy escape frol
20 her prison, and leaving her chamber
at search Of tue means Of liberation. she VIZ
ct suddenly met by the Baron, who. drum
10 with wine and passion, awore be ha
Q: hsn now in his power, and advanced
T. sieze her. She spraug upon the wall. g
yh evated a thousand feet above the river. an
ee as he still advanced to clasp her in h
es foul embrace, she exclaimed death befo
ze dishonor. and lsspsd into thslOrrible ahsi
de Instead Of the mangled form Of the Writ
ID. Gus peasant girl. the waters ofthe Ri
IS. received beautiful Khits Swqn. .Ev
ur since that event the Swan. has been a
knowledged as the emblem Of maiden i
'e- nocenoe.
ad Readerl if you visit the residence
IT. DARIUS TALLMADeE.: you can see in |
ms reservoir pair Of beautiful White Swa
he lit emblsms Of the matron who resid
nd there. g..
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