The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-05-18

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The story .whence ShalsPsars drew tie
maserAl 'tbr hisspllysgf, HspIst = the
ven | in sths DahiSh q sAd5. Thest Kl|
tsuds, however. aafzz! on The history To-
al extent little dreamed Of BY ordinary
r. .aseefie hasalessl {psr inst,,est =,
At Feggekit, the birth place 81 ssHam-
let" or "Amleth, - - he i callad in
Denmark Bsxs 6fkMukl t0sy Of
the Prince Of Jutland has ! special and
Professionalism Acssniiag a tbanvs
cient Sages, there were two brothers,
"Haardrasandsl, = tha ifethes <ef. 4Ham-
les," and ''Fengo." They lived 10 per.
feet friendship, for many, years, the one
resting xhde 'ths oth5t xs6SSn.x sislis
cal expedition. On one occasion, how
ever, whenzs. sfiAsFdrssendel = returned
laden with spoils. and HE wife, "Ger.
truthA," rsceyed him With. extyaor;s,
binary demonstrations 81 Affection,
"Fengo.<6ssd ~ jsalspsg. resolved to
stop at home, and possess himself both OF
his bgeiher,s wealth and wife. a..sa
'Fretending that "Gertrus6s' il badly
treated hy his brother, he Stays the latter.
Them tAnlsih," fearful Of : Ike fate,
feigns insanity The king, half suspecfi
ing that "Amieth' - b ONLY playing part,
orders him ts be closely watched; bot the
vsgarieS Of tie prince co6Hn1e. Next,
FeuRoprpessas On ajpuxnsy, oedefiag >
cdiyfddsfc to secrete himself in ihe room
whens.tAmleth'' is engaged in oonversa-
ton with his mother, in order to test his
madness; but .sAm1eth" dashes through
tha room. throwing up his arms and crow
ing like cock. Jumping on heap Of
straw lin her majestys bedroom, hs
feels something underneath, runs his
sword through, and withdraws the dead
body Of the Spy. he cuts il into pieces.
boils il, and gives it to the pigs. Then
turning to his mother, who was weeping
over his madness. be addresses to her fhs
most violent reproaches. eIf you win
erieve, weep not ever my madness, but
your own shame and dishonor." - {
''Fengo," more anxious than before to
get rid Of such stepson, sends him to
England. In England "HAmleth stiA
ACTS as mailman, and puzzles and alarms
the King and Queen by his extraordinary
parallels and sarcasms. He eventually,
however. obtaias the English monarch .
daughter in marrisge.s After yearaA6:
seuce be returns to Jutland, on preience
Of attending to "urgent family affair."
and arriving 1t the palace Of "King Fec.
go" when the family and courfisrs are ,in
full carouse, joins the party in disguise,
drugs their liquors, and when they an
irebriated, burns the house and slayi
"Fsngo." About century and hal
ago1ss.Fengo's" grave was opened, and ~
iron sword taken from it; but where the
weapon vas placed is unknown. The
sequel of the legend is curious enough
After "Amleth" hiss arranged all his al
fairk in Denmark, be returns to England
to sac his farher-in-isv. To add penn
to the visit, he causes shield TO besmads
on which are engraven all the deeds hs
prides himself IN, and among the rest
thesentire story of his fathers murder
his mothers shame, his own feigned mad
ness, ma his marriage, 6haiiy, with th'
daughtercf tho English King.
The shields Of hrs followers he alst
gisdsS richly, and. sfter propiticus vcs'
age, lands at his destination, 10 gladl,
welcomed, and soon after, presented b,
his queen with prince. The Engaisl
moharck inquiries after .'Fengo." F"Am
leth" confesses all, s.Fengo' had beer
the English kings alfys TO whom be VI
bound BY sacred oath. He is, thsre
fore. iAa quandary--whe.hsr to keep BIZ
oath and avenges'Fesgo' by destroys ni
"Amleth," or to spare the latter for thu
sake of bis daughter. He resolved a
last to repress his feelings for the present
but "Amleth's" queen dying, he is FIRE,
ID dea1 Withihe oiieader, and dear III
long burdened conscience. Accordingly
he sends "Aplsthv ON. an senbassy L
Scotland, to solicit for him the hand o.
the Scottish queen, who, he knew woule
refuse, and was in-the habit of staying al
who approached her on any ma,rimonis
GRAND. Arrived in Seetlsnd, g Amleth,,
sits down by rivers bank to rest. Here
as be sleeps, = spy, Of the Scottish queer
removes bis shield and the bag containing
the English hing letler. ss~g
After perusi6g tie letter, the queer
changes. the ehersstsrs 20 thet "Amleth'
may be ordered 10 demand her in mar
rage for himself. The, spy returns t.
the spot, and replaces the letters as b,
found them. 'sAmleth" catches tn,
spy, est goes bsfoses = Queen Hsrmea,
trdde, snd she pfoposes -stfsiebyNsi
probably it was leap year, Anleti
consents with gushing resdisess, ani
the nuptials over, they set ous for n.
English oou9. Anlesh is there, met b,
bis former wife, whom he had suppose
dead. to his utter amazement, and be-
estimate Of his sosd act il SoothmSajcatei
to him in langusge Of unmistslable plain
ness. She warns Amlsth, however
against her father, Who seeks to kill him
Several conflicts occur between Anlett
and the king, and the formss, finally vic
torous. returns to Jutiand with hisswt
wives In the village Of Raums, nes1
the city Of Lemvig, Hamlet sessied hin
cell, and raised Notifications, bsvibs
found the kingdom in : state Of inearrea
tions and 4 pletendsr (viglet) asnirini I
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