The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-04-17
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paused; but the emperor set his cup
down with an air of such unbounded
satisfaction, that she took courage to
proceed. "Father, I ask as boon
what my mothers daughter may
claim as right. A grand-child Of
Charles the Bold may protest against
q marriage with any but the bravest
Of the brave. Her hand is the meet
reward of him alone who bears him
self best for q summers day in closed
Lists. Mamma told me so only yes
terday, and what would grand-papa
have said, if he could have heard I
was to be married like O miller's
daughter, without q drop of liquid
split more precious than few TASKS
Of Rhenish?"
She spoke in German, of course,
and in high flown language; but our
TRANSLATION, though colloquial, con-
veys rs nearly as possible what she
intended to say.
Macmillan pondered and looked
profound. To oppose Mary of Bur-
gundy, was in itself no tempting
venture. All that family, as he used
to observe, require the most delicate
management; and in his few collisions
with his empress, he had invariably
come worst of. But to contravene
any established dictum of hers, in
herited from her tempestuous old
father, why it was not to be thought
of. He had not the nerve to do it.
"Besides," thought the emperor,
staring wisely into his cup, "Otto of
Ehenheim is O formidable warrior.
have seen the best of our champions
go down before him like barley in
harvest time. He will not. tilt the
worse that he is fighting for On Arch
duchess of Austria. Supperment! he
shall win her with his lance, and
everybody will be satisfied"
So he woke the jester with q hearty
kick, at which that professional,
though wincing from an application
delivered with the pointed shoe Of
the period, was fain to raise an ill
dissembled laugh, and imprinting n
kiss upon his daughters forehead,
exclaimed:
''Be it as thou wilt, my lass. Thou
art thy mothers own child, and
doubtless art ever best pleased in
the midst of confusion and strife.
Let them fall to blows for thee, an
they must; and perhaps the victor
may find, ere all be done, that he too
has met with his match"
So he dismissed her from the pre-
sence, and summoning his heralds,
commanded grand tournament to
e be proclaimed for that day week,
specifying the conditions of the con-
test, and the value of the prize.
Cunning Maximilian reflected that
the shorter notice given, the fewer
competitors, and consequently the
better chance for his favorite. Otto of
Ehenheim.
AND now was running to and fro
about the precincts of the court, and
despatching of retainers hither and
tthlther, and much inspection of
morse flesh, and proving of mail, and
arivlng OF armorers to their wits
end; for n week was but brief
period OF preparation for such an
event as q tournament in which m
emperor's daughter was to be the
prize. Every man thought his
chance as good rs another's, and
resolved that no deficiency in charger,
weapons, or accoutrements. sholfld
give his antagonist the slightest ad-
vantage. Business, as we should
say IN these commercial days, re-
ceived no inconsiderable impetus
Sigismund of Kalbsbraten gave Leo
pold, Count Schmarn, fifty gold pieces
on the for new fashioned head
piece, which he had long hoped to
come by in less honest manner;
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