The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-02-14
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LITTLE SIGEgA8D
~ HJoRr1 InoYEsRN. .

fatherboll:
Blue her cyesswere as til heavens, bright hef
hair like .marigold.
Father desp,7 drear nd lonely for aeaaid as
fair as 7,
Here, unsollght by gallan wooers, asa maid to
live aIldsdi9.
Saddle thenthy feetestt chargers, whether good
OF illbetide,8aaI.
For 2 twelneInppth mu st leave ftheeo 'aad in
haste to court will II de-
SO they saddleassteed and palfrey ;glad in heart
young Sigrid rode 9nl
BY her merry aattendc ID TO the gallantEipg's
| abode. ffo aa
''Little sigrid,essso the ing sqalze, lAsge By
Christ the White I $, vear, scr
Never yet anineaey IS have rested on ,anaaad 50
wondgolis. fair.''
Little sigria ag gayl. at tie Eonng King
as heswore,
Blushed the while q deep y erimGson thar she
,e7er had blslshed befol e.
FLASHED svitil 5oMeaeh day as9endsed FROM the
Il sea anhimestwasd war ed
And in ittleSiggiaSs l,ssom hapsihsess;and salad7
mess relgned:
Eror she rode with kaights and ladies' to e1he
ii chase atPeep OF morn,
Walile dfh eEnen,y xaada resoI INDEED MEthth g baare
tofnfeand horn.
AR1l the bright with sg4EeEor. m saltc
!. ,tiaaeeaaagfaas5xand play, a
lake a sold en- aYaii fellows ia Tine wake Of
.psaFtngaLgy.
sSrlothtthe King taagit44eg igridIao Was he VIE
VI wiRe:and.glee;
s 4T do lave tAas, siittlss grid; thoa must eieg
d afIi;le,wits2 nra. p
AndtheGooAA11Ettl e taisssa to the kfaagmasdean
il sweGs0
q "Ealabiae Withsaee and& % thee, share tleyjo Q.
If and=3hara Ill ywoe.s'
t land thealay,' tie gay Aas whispered, "tha
lg to tisaeL break ny tga h,
Bfag st thmpclatgae4ly SOU ely life-b blood, to:ap
peast(God 'seig hi eoqsg ,ath.@
Y AnG long doys, fssan seastqe,7d rising, ssnlz il
g bloodbeneath the west
And the maid, ,Oaaae nerry~< 2arted, baass a Sc
: cret neatllAer breast
lg Hest not heard theKnewyfE gsr howtaz king
/ WHEN seaiRs14lo,
II Rode abroad tllroagh. seven Kingdoms aod'
ID abroad toseekas. bride?--
y HOY in baking anal5sa brewing hey more naal
and meal ihayesapent,
Than frOm MicAaelmasto ClFis& as well nigh
feed contnent9''
Sigridheard the maE1g tidagssaF itlr "a teaEles
dinmed amaze
J a She beheld the young bride qoig ng, saw tht
halls with light aasaze.
nd with hurried steps. and brea1 less to The
riyeE-bank she sped,
!. he aped into the silent ,bilows, cl9s ng dumbly
= DER head.
i Winter blew her icy breath and silve sd all the
earth with frost
Spt lg arose warm checked and bhse ing, Afol-
lowed by his tlOw@ry host,
And<cir Haired, siggtd's brother, ..strs ght be-
,actrode his charger gRaGr-
IarpSn hand, wild ditties singing, Fode& to She
E ..ssourt away.
: FaGaq& wide renowned that harp. WA for its
g sts angth and rich design;
LIT was wrought with strange ss8Yces. fpssl the
+ e4nh and air and brine.
: But tho. seventh night the w;eaNg chargers the
G |
: rivers side
; I&tpmbleG snd the harp fell naoas6ng downes pom
= the darkling tide.
i. And thesaomz Of little Sigrid, wandered hQ& e.
Q less, .ss5king rests
i shaped intQsts hollow chamber iding in, its
; sounding breast.
: BAtSir Halfral clasped it fercelVsand its tons,
G gose on the breeze,
Like&ae voice oS one that vainly vyanlI lis wake
a1lwoe. apEease.
:, And the king wits court assembled, heard the
q weird, lames@ing tone;
: Summers swift shat goodly harper to the
! thDashhQld pf@ny throne"
q Then theyatlnnlpneS young Sir HATRED, fair to
;. see and tail was he,
AS lie stood with hg4x uplifted in that .galsant
:. company.
: And he touched the haao with cunning geItTy
: rose its talneful brextl.
E But the king sat mute land shivered, and his
: cheeks We're pale asS'eath.
Y its wall Of grief
s On his throne the young king Guiyered- quivered
r like an aspen leaf.
|. As the third time o'er the metal with wary
j touch he sped,
{ ISnapt each string withhold responding on his
throne the king lay dead
: Through the courtiers ranks shssGdering, ter
d ror-haunted whisper stole
tfTtis little Sigrd coming back to CLANS his faith
lesssoul"
|. F..
c e 1t is a very prevalent superstition In Norway
lend in many other countries, that the soul con-
tinues to haunt the place where the body Eests,
EuneSeAt is buried IN conSecrated ground
A bin to amend the charter of the
: City of Kenosha has been introduced