Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-16
Th1 Romnnce or DenmarI..

A writer in the London Athensaal thus
describes the romantic phases of Den
mark:
Otis a region lying close upon the bor-
ders Of sea whose white breakers roll
n rthward till they turn the ice near the
pole; fat low-lsing shore, behind which.
are landscapes green and quiet. The waves
moan, the clouds gather, Odin rides by on
the wings Of the wind, and fash Of light
ening shows Hermod flying from Aslhal
with q message to the neither spirits The
elements roar and the old deities live
again as in Mythology's merning- Then
the tempest vanishes, and softer spirit
steals upon the scene. The sea lies calm
and stiI, murmuring in low voice; the
shore and landscape wear the sunshine
that poors upon them in golden shower.
You hear a sweet voice singing; it Is
yonder mermsiden, combing out her yell
low hair, smiling freshly, and luring love-
sick youths to their destruction. The fsh-
er mending his line beside the hue needs
her not; for he has Just csught fish
who is an enchanted prince, and who
has promised unbounded richie
for being reconciled to the sea. Close by
the rocks 8 little maiden wanders dre4mily
let her beware, for hard by turks besuti-
full norman, ready to lure her with soft
speeches to his home under the water. All
is peaceful sunny, still; so sweet, you would
never dream the spirits OF the earth, water
and air were so wicked. But hRrkl roar
as Of thunder breaks fom yonder great
cavern, wherein lies dragon huge and ter
fe hV,p Aach and Nnrbncn
lair is strewn with human bones. Fortunate
ly, there is approaching bold knight, clad
in glittering srmor, who will speedily put
an end to the pranks Of this scaly monster.
Leave the sea shore and walk inland; every
flower, every leaf, is peopled with tiny peo-
pie. such as haunted the wood near Athens,
where love-sick Titana hsped langui6ly
in the ASS ears of Bully Bottom. Climb
this little eminence, and you will ere long
fine yourself smong new faces. W no are
those thst come dancing down so wildly,
with robes that fash white in the wind,
and feet that scarcely brush the dew from
the tips of the flowers? They are the elf
girls. or maids of the mountain-terrible
in the eyes of little children, and fascinat-
ing to the wanderer who halts too lazily
u6on his way. And what, you ask, is this
wondrous region in which you have thus
been wandering 1t is the land Of Danish
romance, and Is just what Oehlensc hlager
Andersen and the rest have made it."
A Nan SuGOeated In his Room by Gas
A man named George Heimbauch, o.
Waterford, came to his death In remsrk
able msnner yesterday at the Lake House
on Ferry street, Fifth Ward. HeimbaucE
put up at the house the night before, ant
retired to his room about 10 O'clock in
company with his cousin, named Hal, from
East TIey, who had come in with him tC
sell produce At about 8 In the MORNING
the chamber-maid raped at their door
but received no response. She tried the
door and found it locked. She raped
several times during the day, with th'
same result.
About 4 o'clock in the afterno oon sht
succeeded in getting response from with
in, and pretty soon Hall came down to tht
bar-room, appearing strangely, and sayinl
that he thought his cousin was dead.
The room was visited, and sure enough
there lay the man, dead in his bed, while
horrible and almost unendursble odor 0
Gas revealed the cause of his death. In
stead of turning of the gas on retiring
they had blown out the fame, and the un
fortunate man had sufocated during tn
night-the room being small and tn
dodgers neglecting TO open its only windo1
for ventilation. -f
| Z officer Kendrick, of the police, wa
called and despatched 8 messenger to tn
friends of the deceased in Water ford, t
inform them of this sudden death. III
deceased was about 81 years of age an
his companion about 10 years. The latte
is able to walk about, but has a peculis
sensation all through his system, andon
} arm is nearly psrslyEed.-NiIs'GWfes Ss'
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