Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-10-20
Danish POpuIar Legends.
BIZ HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.
THE GENEROUS SOLDIER.


yore, when the enemy were pillaging the
Danish country, that a battle had been
fought and won by the Danes, and many
killed and wounded lay on the field Of
battle. One of these, an enemy, had lost
both of his legs by a shot. A Danish sol |
der, standing near by, had just taken out
bottle filled with beer, and was about to
put it to his mouth, when the badly |
wounded man asked him for drink. As
he stopped to hand him the bottle, the en-
envy discharged his pistol at him, but the |
shot missed. The soldier drew his bottle |
back again, drank half of it, and gave the
remaining half to his enemy, only saying, |
" Yon rascal, now you will only get half
of it,
The King, afterward hearing of this, |
granted the soldier and his descendants |
an armorial bearing of nobility, on which |
was painted a half-flled bottle, in mem
DRY of his deed.
THE AFFECTIONATE SON.
There is a beautiful tradition worth
telling about the church bell at Farum.
The parsonage stood close by the church.
1t was a dark night late in the fall, and
the minister was sitting up at late hour
preparing his Sabbath sermon, when he
heard slight, strange sound from the
church bell. No wind was blowing, and
the sound was inexplicable to him; he
got up, took the keys and went into the
church. As he entered the church the
sound stopped suddenly, but he heard a
faint sigh from above. who is there,
disturbing the peace of the church y be
asked, il loud voice. Footsteps were
heard in the tower, and he saw little
boy in the passage way advancing toward
him.
BE not angry" said the child. q
slipped in here when the Vesper Service
was sung my mother is very sick !" and
now the little hoy could not say more for
the tears that choked him. The minister
patted him on the cheek, and encouraged
him to be frank, and TO tell him all about
it.
"They say that my mother-my sweet
good mother-is going to die; butt know
that when one is sick unto death he may
recover again and live, if in the middle OF
the night one dares enter the church, and
scrape off a little rust from the large
church-bell; that is a safeguard against
death. Therefore l came here and hid
myself sntil I heard the clock strike
twelve. l was so afraid; l thought of all
the dead ones, and of their coming into
the church. 1 dared uot look out; read
my Lords Prayer, and scraped the rust
off the bell"
Come, my good child" said the minis
ter; "our Lord will forsake neither thy
mother nor thee so they went together
to the poor cottage, where the sick woman
was lying.-She slept quietly and sound
ly. Our Lord granted her life, and mis-
blessings shone over her and her son.
THE KIND YOUNG LADY. l
There is a legend about a poor young
fellow, Paul Vandelbo, who became a
great and honored man. He was born
in Jutland, aud had striven and studied
so well that he got through the examina-
tion as q student, but felt still greater
desire to become soldier and stroll |
about in foreign countries. One day he |
walked with two young comrades, who |
were well off, along the ramparts of Co.
penhagen, and talked to them of bis de- |
sire. He stopped suddenly, and looked |
up at the window of the Professors |
house, where & young girl was seated,
whose beauty bad astonished him and the
two others. PercsiYing how be blushed, !
they said in joke, go in to her, Paul !
and if you N get a voluntary kiss from |
her at the window, so that we can see it, |
we will give you the money for travelling, |
that you may 20 abroad and zee if for |
tune is more favorable for you there than |
at home"
Paul Vandclbo entered into the house, !
and knocked at the Parlor door.
my father is not at Eome," said the |
young girl
" Do not be angry with mel he an |
swered, and the blood rushed up into his
checks ;" il is not your father I want =
And now be told her frankly and heartily
his wish to try the world and acquire an
honorable name; he told her Of his two
friends who were standing in the street
and promised him money for travelling Oh
the condition that che she should volun-
tarily give him kiss at the open window !;
and Re looked at her with such AN open,
honest, and frank face, that her anger dis
appeared.
" 1t is not right for you to speak such
words to a chaste maid" she said, but
you look so honest l will not hinder your
fortune !" And she led him TO the win
dow and gave him a kiss. His friends
kept their promise, and furnished him
with money. He went into the service OF
the Gar, fought in the battle Of Pultowa.
and acquired name and honor. After
ward when Denmark needed him, he re-
turned home, aud became a mighty man
of the army and OF the kings council
One day he entered the Professors plain
room, and it was not the Professor be
wished TO see this time either it was
again his daughter, Ingeborg Winding,
who gave him the kiss,-the inauguration
of his fortune. A fortnight after, Paul
Vendelbo Leovendern Lion-eagle) cele-
brated his wedding.
WHY Is LACE CosrLY?-Many wonder