Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-29
A TRAGIC LOVE LEGEND.


At midnight there is often to be seen 10 the
old castle of NIaretsch the spirit of an old lady
who wanders about crying and wriaging her
hands, as though in the most terrible gret.
Her long, soft hair is blown wildly about by the
wind, her beautiful face is deadly pale, and her
eyes are fixed and staring This is Frauleln
Won Maretsch, the only daughter of the Baron
Won Maretsch, aud once noted as the most beau
tilul girl of the whole country. Although
scarcely sixteen years OF age, she was passion
atcly enamored of the young aud brave Baron
yon Treueustein, who, under Frederick tue he'd
Beard, together with all the Iyroan nobility,
took part 10 bis crusade tor the glory OF knight
hood, in fighting against the nhdels, which,
according to the promise OF the old Baron Won
Naretsch, should entlsle him 10 bis oeautlful
daughter for wife.
Two wears had already gone by since the
hopetu young warrior had left the country, al
ter having received the blessing of the old ba-
ron, when one day pilgrim from Palestine
craved admission to the castle, and rccounted
the bloody battles of the Crusaders against the
Saracens. In the course of his narrative he
came to speak of the young Baron Won Ireu-
enstein, and said that he had conquered large
districts, and at last had married the daughter
ola rich pacha. and made himself happy tor
ever On hearing this, kunigunde turned
deadly pale and sank swoonlng to the ground;
her attendants carried her senseess to her room
for the news of this dreadful luhdelty had
broken her heart.
Directly the young lady had left the room
the pilgrim spraug joyiuy up, pressed the old
baron to his heart, threw away his pilgrim,
garb, and in bright armor appeared before him
as the Baron Won Treuensteln, who had masH-
ed himself in this manner to prove the hdeilty
of his bride. LET US now quickly 60 to my
dear Kuniguude," said he to the father, TO
dispel the grief and pain which l have caused
her" and with high beating hearts they cross
ed the corridor which led into the young lady's
room. But the room was empty, and the WlD-
dow open; and as they looked doWn luto the
moat which surrounded the castle, they saw
the unfortunate girl lying crushed and blood
covered 10 the depth below.
The untimeIy grief had caused her to lose
her senses, and in this condition she spraug
into the arms of death. At that sight the
Young baron became speeehless He rushed
away to the battle field and nobody ever heard
of him again, while the poor old father died
soou afterward of grief; and since that time
the spirit of the unhappy gir is condemned to
wander about the ruined castle OF Nlaretsch,-
Lays and Legends Of the 7yrol. By Countess
loa. Gunther.
GERMAN OCEAN ONCE DRY ND.-The
German Ocean, or North Sea, like the English
Channel, was once an inland plain or valley
raised far abovo the sea level. The sea has but
recently invaded this depressed plain, ,submerg-
ed its forests, and superseded its river courses.
The buried trees of its sunk forests are still
standing, rooted in their own vegetable soil,
although beneath the waves Cromer Forest,
which dips into the waters from the coast OF
Norfolk, is the most famous of the submerged
forests of the German Ocean, This ancient
woodland has been traced at low tide for more
than forty miles. At certain seasons, and cs-
pecally after great storms, the stumps of oak,
alder, yew and Scotch fir are seen standing up,
right in the water. The condition of the wood
and of the fir cones (some of the latter obvious
y bitten by animals) tells US that the sinking
of the land here occurred at no distant period
in the physical history of our country. The
remains Of land animals, too, as we'll as OF the
forests they inhabited are discovered ln the
bed of the German Ocean. ln his "Physl.,
cal Geography of Norfolk" Mr. Woodward
tells us that 10 less than fifteen years the fish
ermcn of the village of Happisburg dredged up
from their oyster beds as many as two thousand
teeth of mammoths Bones and tusks of mann
moths have also been fshed up from these
watery depths. 1t takes us back to the time
when the European mainland, instead OF ter,
minating, as it does to-day, with the coasts OF
Norway and France, stretched far westward
in one uobrokeu area, beyond the present coast
of Ireland. These were the hour,shiug. days
of the forests of oak, chestnut, Alder and yew,
which are now submerged iu the German
Ocean and the Euglish Channel. Leisure
Hour.
A PARIS FLOWER GlRL.-Everybod says
the London Court Circular, has heard OF lsa-