Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-06-04

trappings, preceded by a trumpeter,
and accompanied by several knights
! SchaRhold approached as near as
possible, The trumpet sounded,
and after IL ceased, the herald made
this proclamation In a loud voice :
sour gracious Duke, Henry the
First, sends greeting to his lieges
of the country of Neuberg, and
having heard that the whole valley
is plagued by condor of an unu-
sual and extraordinary magnitude,
Iby which the lives and property Of
his subjects are endangered, he
doth hereby promise to the brave
man who shall kill this bird, destroy
its nest, the hand Of his daughter,
the Princess Rubeta, in marriage"
Bewildered and trembling with
new born life, struggling with fear,
the young hcrdsman listened to the
wolds of the herald. When he
had ended the trumpet again SCUM
ded. g saNfI.Toq q.a5id
The young Princess sat weeping
in her chamber. The Duchess, her
mother, stood regarding her almost
sternly, and reproyed her for her
want Of submission to the paternal
will. ~ sdt 6ra Eui. m .s
"Ahlmy mother murmured Ru-
beta, Unjust / then wed a man whom.
! cannot love, if he chance to slay
the bird " psT 80
"The Dukes honor is pledged,
my child, and the man who shall
do this act in honor Of thee and
him is not unworthy though he
should be lowly born, ofthy hand.'
The Princess shook her head and
continued to weep. W 'aln A
HAh!'' exclaimed the Duchess,
"oan it be possible that thou lowest
already 7" f51 # 'i'8T2
The Princess covered her blush
ing face with her hands .r
HHis namew demanded the Duch-
ess; "who has dared to aspire un-
known 2" t H
"None nonep exclaimed Rubeta,
''but he saved my life.''
cha! the youth who killed the
snake while thou vast sleeping ?"
"The same" a+fHv
"Why, it was but hind, a peas.
ant out on thee, forward girl"
The Princess lifted up her eyes.
'Was not Piostus, the founder of
my fathers honored race, herds
man too ~ 5 " f,7
The Duchess frowned, and order
ed'her daughter to attend her to her
apartment. ~ tf
1t is needless to say that the
Dukes proclamation caused great
excitement among the pages and
knights of the court, Each was
eager to obtain the prize. The
country was secured by huntsmen
in every direction, and every Granny
of the rocks was scanned for the
eyrie of the condor.
"Thop, too, my SON." said old
Wolfgang, surely thou dost not
dream to contend in this pursuit
which only may be accomplished
by a knight" as he saw his son pre-
pairing for the chase; "they will
chastise thee as an upstaTtp al
"Father l fear them not, for the
Dukes proclamation saidn not, who.
ever of noble blood shall slay the
,ondor' ! know not if this was !
meant or inadvertency, hut upon
his issue / am resolved"
And Schaffhold went forth with 6
his staff and ak to hunt the bird of i
prey. All morning he wandered in !
he forest. AT noon, wearied but t
determined not to yield to fatigue,
lie climbed the loftiest tree that he G
,ould find, and which commanded S
| view of the country: The day l
lad hitherto been beautiful, but r
Shatfhold deserted a dark spotin the a
Instant horizon which betokened Il
coming storm. r
Suddenly, a dark speck so distant
hat it seemed but a moat dashing I
,ver the straining eye, caught his e
ttention. His heart bounded with
n his breast. The speck grew lar Ii
.er; he clasped his hands in an ec- n
tasy of JOY, It was the condor n
,oaring to a height immeasurable,
still drew nearer. Schatfhold hid k
imself in the foliage of the tree, d
nd watched the flight of the majes- d
ic bird. Of the condor, it is said, S,
hat it will remain for days upon
he wing, and never light upon the Ii
arth save for food. Rapidly it fl
anne on, floating calmly in mid air ; pi
is eyes followed its flight which
,as now directed toward a lofty q.
nd inaccessible rock, on the sum 81
iitof which was an aged tree, which h,
oubtless contained the nest of the m
ondor. .--...--
Descending from his elevated sit di
alton, he crossed the valley, and W
breed his passage through the thick al
nd interviewer boughs and wood G
t the forest. The storm which bi
ad threatened had now begun, but tn
inward he pressed. He had clam
cred the mountain to the foot of Of
le rock, the perilous ascent of en-
hich he now commenced, entrust- in
lg his safe guidanceto Providence. tn
-rasping the shrubs growing on the Ii
Dot Of the rock, cutting footsteps d
! he slowly advanced, he reached m
lie most dangerous part. The cliff II
rejected over the abyss, and upon WI
S verge stood the lightning -scath' d. or