The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-04-19

lifted. SO many full beakers- to set
them down empty, though il retain
Fed its strength, had lost its steadi-
ness-his lance shook as he. couched
1T against his adversary's helmet, and
when he missed that object alto,
gether, and received the whole force
of the hostile weapon on his own corse-
let, it was no wonder that man and
horse went down before tha restistless
shock.
Once more the crowd shouted "An
Ehenheim an Ehenheim!" but q
counter-cry arose for the unknown
champion, and people asked each
other in some CONSERVATION whether
it were the Alsatian or his double who
had made such m example of Ro-
dOlph the Chatelaine. Even Hoch-
Heimer, the grand marshal, was un-
able to answer the question, puzzled
as he.was by the exact similitude of
the combatants and their squires.
! Meanwhile the other knight of
the violet was preparing to engage
with Kalbsbraten. That redoubt-
able warriors weight and size had
disposed readily of all who encoun-
tered him; and he now addressed
himself to the conflict with consi-
derable confidence, partly the result
of his knightly courage and partly
of the good Rhine wine which he had
quaffed during his intervals of re-
pose. Mentally defying the Alsa-
tian, or the devil, who, he devoutly
believed, had entered the lists in
that warriors likeness, he made the
sign of the cross, laid lance in rest,
and charged furiously at the foe.
The arm that met him, however,
was ms strong and more skillful than
his own. Aimed at tl1e gorget, his
adversary's lance took. him exactly
in the throat, and the extra leverage
lifted his huge bulk clean out of the
saddle, and left him senseless on
the ground, whence he was convey
ed TO his lodgings, where the leech
who attended him affirmed that the
lancet drew from his veins n mingled
stream of blood and wine.
The prize NOW remained to be
contested bythe two knights of the
violet, and the excitement of the
spectators, stimulated by curiosity.
rs well as interest, know no. bouds. -.
Two conrses they ran, each shiver3
ing his lance ,fairly against the body,
of his adversary, but neither to- the:
most critical eyeobta ming the slight
est advantage. Hoch- -Heimer 7swore
i'll good cultural Saxon that he had
never Witnessed 80 even match,
and the crowd. began to mur1nur. that.
the combat must be. fought out at
last with sword and battle-axe. - ~
AS they rode once more to their
respective posts for third essay,
one of the knights reeled in the
saddle, as if about. to fall from ex-
haustion. Clothilde turned paler
than ever.
Father" she whispered, "the
Landgraye is faint and weary. Throw
the warder down, or thy daughter
must become the prize Of an un-
known knight"
Why did she think it was the
Alsatian whose stamina would fail
to endure the severe labors of the
day? His training had been of the
strictest; it was none of Otto's blood
that VOLTS sharp fangs had drained
but one short week ago.
The black lie is of both sexes; the
white almost invaribly female. 2
The emperor was 6 reasonable
man enough. He did not wish Clo-
thilde to marry any one but the
Alsatian, and he jumped at once to
the conclusion that it was Ehenheim
and not his adversary (for in lis
heart he believed the latter to be
magician) whose strength was fail
ing him. Besides, be wanted to
go to dinner: SO he flung his warder
into the lists, and stopped the fight
Just as the champions were couch
ing their lances for the third time.
Hoch-Heimer rode under the gallery
to receive the imperial commands
in ill-dissembled wrath. The grand
marshal was choking with indigna-
ton at such an infringement of the
laws of chivalry. He even ventured
on q respectful remonstrance, though
it crossed his mind the while that
the mperor was hungry and the
dinner hour already past.
"Stuff!' said Maximilian. s'The
champions have borne themselves
equally we'll. It is o drawn battle.
They can't both marry my daughter.
It shall be decided by lot"
In his heart he dreaded a protract
ed contest with sword and axe, the
dinner cold, and probably the Asa
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