The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-02-16
THE LIFE oE THE HoCxE.
AZ ANCIENT french LEsESD

TIE Duke Ct Provence knocked on
bis daughters door with the hl. .:
his sword: Arise, Msguel0u8e, il i
break u dsy ard the Angeius viii
soQld, iby brothers war for thee BE-
low. The horses paw the psveneni in
tke court: il is tine 10 depart
l. was jUss AFTER bloody xsr. il
order 70 cement : treaty ot peace,
that Maguelonne w1s married, while
3 mere child, 70 Pricoe Herber. who
was ot the sane sge. Afgsr thai
day they hsd grown up, separated
from one another, batth time had
70w cone 70 conduct Magueioune 70
her husband
Magueloane made the siga Of the
cEoss 70 commend her soul 10 .he viz
gin She -ose ana put OF Der bridal
robe. with the long Teil hanging 20
tie soor. Theo, very pale, she wen.
below: her brothers looking 81 her
admiringlr, placed ber II be- sad
de.
is the realm Of Prince Herbert 6
gres. dis.socs from bere9" she asked
"Oh, 5 long way oE- To get ssere
xe nus. traverse plains and forests,
and ascend many blue-.oPped noun.
tain
Then Msguslonse bowed her head
II ssd8ess- Nothing before had ever
separated her from the bone where
she was was bora Thus mounted
she could touch TIE ivT which cover
ed i,s walls; bas now her father sad
trO.bers said, Let us depart" Just
then the mother Of Msgselon1e came
OF. from the house ba,te6 il texrs,
aed si;h trembling arms, pressed
sgziusi Der heart the li,tle foot Of be,
daughter, which rested on The sir
rup-
~Thou lesvssi ne" she said
-whou / n0nrished with this breast,
The roou " where ihoa didsi sleep f0h
nv hearth vii, rensin empty, and
shall seek II vain for thee IN nv de.
serted home"
Alas" said Msgueloaae, is i,
not you and nv faibeE who have Civ.
eo ne 10 Prince Herbert
Bui il was in vain tbs. tears gilt
tered Ike drops Of dew II ,he eyes q
the noble girl; the esEalcs6e OoTeC
and tie feo. Of AsgreIoaue dropped
from the hands Of Ter mother.
Tie siir-ups ji1gied, the spori
elinked. the pebbles svaek Ere unde,
The hoofs Of the horses TIE Oak.
Of Provence and bis three sons xer.
powerful ho-seueo, covered will
black srno., the terror ofibe Ssraeens
/ In tie nids. Of this double hedge o
iron rode The fair Maguel0sae Oh :
white horse
They rode o. aud o.; they trsvers
e3 the plsins; they disappeared N
der lbe green Eaalt OF the fores,;
then ,beT could De seen O. the side
+ Q. the steep noaussin
Their iboaghts were ssd, aad
neither so1g DC. ballad did they
utter 10 divert themselves BY The
Eay
Nevertheless, days sad nights had
gene by since their departure, sher
5. The ford Of river the old Duke
stopped bis horse entirely. "As
uuiv as tie waters Of this river VII
never aow pas, here again, 50 true Is
X = said be, that / vii net 60 On oos
step furtber. Thy brothers, o As.
gusloane,w viii accompany thee farther
nyr cad Is Gov behind ne"
VIA. vii become Of ne II .boa
dost sbsadoa nssn said Asguelosne
in ies-s
is it not right ! should 60 Il
console thv mother. Farewell, desl
child: wears have accumulated oTe:
nv head, and perhaps | saall d.t
ni,bout ezer seeing thee again"
The viii Of God be done, Bat
you, o ny brothers. promise n'
never 70 abandon me
Her brothers bowed their heads il
sileace-
How long and siresoDe tie jour
nsy i, Ny brothers, we pass wi,AoIi
cessation from forest TO no9nfail
and from mountain 10 plain. but y,
+ do NJ. srrIFe s. OR destination
Are we not lost in the country o
6reAmssr
NO. nv sister, bat Priace Her
bert lives = long distance beyoat
those blue mountains there
-sStill On, nv brothers; does 1t Nc
seem 10 you that as We advance shs
sky dsrksns behind ns. the grxsl
wisbeTs, ard the trees bow IAeil
weeping braaches to the e2rihfp
Yes, Msguelonse, ssiBess ex
tends behind thee because ;hoa vii