The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-06-08
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, 1867. i

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He soon crossed tho stream, climbed the
hill, and approached sufficiently near this
el6n gathering to discern all the peculiarities
Of the demon Of the Hartz.. For the first time
in his life, he shuddered with fear; but sum-
moning upimmediately his! wavcring courage,
he advanced firmly towards the fire.. At each
stcpshe took, tire figures became moro wild and
cxtrayagant in their movements. In mo.
nent he was in the midst of theii, They re-
ceived him with manifestations of applause.
anditheir, tumultuous laughter stung his very.
ears.
"Who arc you 2. cried ehe giant, in voice
of thunder, and frowning gloomily.
''slartin Waldcck, a charcoal burner" he
replied ) "and who arc you; yourself?"
ssThc king of chaos and of mincs," replied
thespectre ''but why have you dared to pcnc-
trats our mcsteries?"
g caTic here to get irc-branl, in order to
light my. fire." Waldcck answered boldly
What are the mysteries which you celebrate
horS?"
Yrhc marriage of IIcrnacs and the black
dragon; but take the firc-brand if you wish,
andsdopart, for no mortal can witness our fes-
tiyities with iu,punity:"
Martin then stuck the point of his lance in Il
large log, and rcgancd his hut amid the noise
Of the moeking laughter of the phantoms In
spiteofshis terror, his first step was to rclight
thesfurnacc, by means of the burning log,
which he carried. Strange to say in spite of
all the efforts Which he made, this billet at
iirstall on fire, went out without kindling the
othsrwood. Martin was excessively chagrincd
ut this the fire still burned OH the hill, but
those vino had surrounded it had disappeared.
Waldcck thought that the spectre was but
triiing with him. lie resolved to undertake
new adventure, and set out OH his way to the
hill He arrived, and without cncountering
anYsopposition, he seized second log Of wood,
andycarricd it off as lie did tho first; but still
Mitllo,it being able to kindle his Gre. The case
with which he obtained tho first. two abranls
increased his boldncss, and he returned for the
third tim, and carried away u great flaming
billet lie had not gone far, when lie heard
the voice Of the clfn crying aloud to him, not
on any account, to have the tcmcrity to ven.
turc back again. Tho efforts which Martin
nadc to light his furnace with his last frc
brand, were just rs useless as the preceding
| Exhausted with fatigue, he threw himself on
his bed of leaves. fully determined to inform
his brothers, the rcxt day, of his strange adj
ventures.
| Morning had scarcely appeared, when he
was awakened from profound sleep, Is loud
cries of JOY and surprise. The first thing
which Max and George did on rising was to
look at the condition of their furnace While
rackng the cindcrs, they found three metallic
humps, which they knew to be pure gold
Their JOY was little diminished however,
when Martin told them by what means he had
| become master of it. The others could not re-
sist the temptation of partaking in the pros
pcrty of their brother.
| Martin Waldeck soon took the title Of head
of the family. lie bought lands and woods,
and had splendid mansion erected, and also
lie obtained letters Of nobility, to tie great
scandal and disgust of the ancient mobiles. His
courage in war enabled him to brave, nt all
times the jealousy which his sudden elevation,
am, the arrogance Of his manners, excited.
But the evii, :nclinations which poverty had re-
pressed, now developed themselves. IN fine,
Wadlock rendered himself odious, not only to
the mobiles, but also to his interiors, who sup
ported, with pain the insolcncc of man who
had sprung from the worry drcgs of tho people.
The manner i'll which he had been enriched
was heretofore profound secret but by some
chance it had transpircd, aud already the ccr-
gy threatened him as Il sorccrcr. Surrounded
by enemies, and tormentcd on all sides, Martin
Waldcck, or rather Baron Waldcck, soon re-
grctted his youthful poverty and contcntmcnt,
for envy and hatred were around him every
where. His courage never abandoned him at
any time; in fact, OH the contrary, ho appeared
to court danger. But an unforeseen event
hastcncd his fall.
The rcigning Duke of Brunswick having in
vitcd, BY proclamation, all the German nobtessc
to solemn tournament. Martin Waldcck,
clothed in brilliant armor, accompanied by his
two brothers, and attended by Il superb cortcyc,
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