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The Legend of ieuielfels,
could not make out precisely what the
man was. who sat ly me after dinner. smok-
ing, in the balcony of the little inn at DUN
merestlstcin. on tie Rhine. But was sure
he was Yankee. lie seemed well .' posted
up " IN all the history and antiquities Of
Bliuelaud. Olr c1ugyIsluoa turning on
the strange tales tia; attach % the many
castles on the riverside hishts-t0 Lirbeu-
stein and Sternlol-. and tie towers ol the
Cat, Of The Mouse. Aud ol that ruin v0n-
der. | said. a. ] pointed with the enI ot my
cigar TO Teulel!ol-. JLen just catching the
first sIght of the rising moon. 'Of tLat
ruin yJnder, down the stream. know no
legend a all Murray does NOT mention IL. .
Don't You, in1ocd: Wal, now. do:
a tale that hcls any cf Your old legends all
to smithereens. And i, Is true, too, sir
and that's what canno. De >aiI of most
tales.
Had / a mind so 10 do. could not repeat
the story in the words Of tie Transatlantic
narrator.
Tie facts, however, iu themselves. are
sufficiently remarkable. Here i- the >gm
and substance %! them.
Some fifteen years ag. tae Yankee had
been s4JJurnIug as now, 90 Dgml,r-ll,tein.
Business, or pleasure, Jr whatever Lis ye.-s-
tiln In liie a.i-at b., keV- .im there l.r
some savs .. aii taa crowd ol travellers aE
al nations U-y Ft--,. ,g .aI down tie
river. one paTtv attracted W.lC .. HI- notice
than tine rest .rlA j.r -fug.e irct o. li-
seeing tn,m gain aHt a-..r. lH--. e..-
sisted of an old French gen .apau. hi- wlle
and daughter. Scared. . day passed rlt
they were to bc seen walking through the
street 90 Dummtrc-ei--elu From inquiries
made ot a man WHO i-r loHs.t-. ir Ha- ii--
covered tla. mHU-iyar, madame aud made
m0Iscile occupied 81 dIUi1u-Ire cottage at
Scdwacik0piueIm a.i fast ullcm9i-cl.c
was much addicted O. -.s .cHDg. H9Ir al
ter hour zhc would 81, lH alat mJ0r,l IN
the river. or an point a. vantage on the
hills. and trans. .er % n-r book by I'D means
contempt. Ieprt- .l-a-.1r- %. tls iaiT
landscape around al.-.. At -Hi- time there
was slj.uruInZ &c Dgumerc- -i=,g.n d.. young
.-lIsluau, Who had come WA. % iIItul 10
spend the vacation D.. 81. .lluz. Lc!- 10y
bus CONF mlauiou alone i1 tie ILl- inn. be be-
came by some iayJrin- chance acquainted
with the French iluil. .. tle ueIghbUrn5
vlhge. lie E-tal m1i--aa' s poodle Out Uf
the river, or picked up m,n.icur's -Fcctacies
8n the road. OF somehow or other. never
mind how, acquired the privilege Jt ,aluung
not only monsieur and ma-lm-. ..t made
moi-gllc into the bargain. And then all
four made a long excursion together. And
then the Engi>hm4n might be seen more
than once walking home latg IN the evening
90 Dummeresel-tem by the Seuwachk0p.-
helm road, AID it was alleged that hc had
llued with the old Frcnchmtn
On certain afternoon tie fair weather
vas broken by very violent storm. Il
was all very well as far as appearances went
from within. The river ami ihe rocks and
the woods looked sublime enough as the
lain hissed over them, and the lightning Int
up their rccesses. But il was very uncIm-
Portable 10 endure without. Az | looked
ou5 OF this sell-samc balcony, said the mar
rat1r, Just thought that d q long sight
rather be IN than out could fancy some
folks being nigh skeercd boy the glare and
the noise. One fash came right over that
Old tumJlc-dOwn Teulellels over there, and
and / reckoned it must have been pretty
nigh blowrd IN or bl1wcd up-what there
was of II to blow. Il was amazin' grand
and one OF the finest advertisements Of the
power of Providence I've ever seen. Ii You
could turn on a good thunderstorm here
now, stranger, YUu i say it was worth look
Ing at, rather.
While the storm was al its hight, and the
Yankee was cOngratulating himself upon
being safe and dry in the cOffte-roJm Of the
Inn, he saw the little old Frenchman and
the young Eugiishman approach tie same
welcome asylum. both dripping wet and bal!
drowned IN the Iclting ram.
O.. \ on must of course STAY here with mo
he heard the latter say. &c Mademoiselle is
doubtless safe with madame Madame will
understand how it Is. and rest assured that
YOU are here. can y you with dry
clothes.
So the old gentleman suTped a; the table
d'hote ana retired early 10 Tost as peaceful
as possible during temporary divorce a
mensa ct thoro. and the rain ratified and
splashed, and the thunder pealcd, and it was
clear enough that be had done very wisely
not 20 attempt the three miles walk along
the road 10 tie SchwachkOViheim Ferry.
The morning was ,l1ul.ess and bright.
The EnglIshmaa and FTencaman appeared
together 1t breakfast, and were talking over
tie storm and the probable anxietics OF
madame and malemuisgile, when waiter
entered WIKI a note. winch be put in the
hsnds Of the Frenchman. As the little gen.
teman glanced at the superzcription, ne
Turned white. and hls face fell. lie tore
V the envelope. read hurriediy through
.. letter. and led lii yoaus companion out
si The room. And what did 1t mean? Yam
Aa4 should pick W the iallca envelope and
rad an address, thereon in a trcm-
llug female .Nademoiseile Niboyet,
Hotel de Europe. DummeTeselstein? Why
sl9uld this Touso marks OF trepidatl1n and
a-arm in the old father face? In five min
Ntes a Noachian yehickle belonging to the
Pm was brought Out,-the Englishman and
ihe Frenchman jumped in, urging the driver
10 all possible speed, and clattered out Of
sight in the direction OF Schwachkeoptheim
What had happened was, as was after
ward discovered, as follows - At three
0 clock on tie previous afternoon, Mademoi-
selle NIbJyet had taken l,aye OF her mother
al SchwachkOpfheim, ard started to meet
her father at Dummereselstein, and return
t.ence with him. The storm had come on.
-iadame NibOyet felt assured that her daugh-
Y was detained with monsieur, and that
eey preferred spending the night in Dunn
'e'elstein, 10 undertaking an hours un-
PieA'ant journey in wind and wet; Adel-
aiu'' she surmised, If she had suift red from
.ne afenehing rain. would be put to bed
hu tended by the kindly hostess of the
ro'el oe PEurope. So in the morning she
EIove little note to her daughter, and dis
.ehec with it q packet of clothes. 1t was
Tue SIGHT OF this note that Niboyet pere