New-York tribune., 1880-04-11

fathers .breviary. Isidorus did not find out
this trick for some days, and the boy pointesu
out that the priest must nave neg,ec,isda grnoid and md
Apolonia were induced to scOld Eppele1n, NnOi
in consequences. resolved to be further revenged
upon Isidorus, and accomplished MS purpose
In this wise. s..,,o. Cor
setting bis parents against him. "VerTuGhttetIT lttI
Geselii" shouted the angry priest; "lt dld
not know YOU to be the son of your DlOus
mother, l should hold you to be an imp Oh
Satan ~ 1o nv,
aAhr, returned Eppelen, @you abuse my my
that. 1 have mind to line your cap wi'n
pitch"
aPl take care" roared the father that you
shall have no chance Ods 1Od ShS% SeetE % nut It
on at oncen Aud he hastily did SO. but EP
pelein had been beforehand with BIN, and the
| cap was already lined with pitch. lsidoruSs US
could put it on, but he could noI Get ~ 1H 20
again. He rOared for help, and they tilea ~
pull off the cap, but it stuck fast, and me ae
| fathers howls we're so piteOus that they nad 10
| leave it where it was, and indeed IL IenlaiieI1
there for many long day. .IsidOrus carrled ,.ed
his woes to the Lady Apoiionia, ana sne nai uriGu
| her husband to interfere. Arnold was really
angry he had just put his foot into the strruP
| of Black ADAM" but he TUNED Dack, mover
| by his wife's tears, and called TO hnecnt 10 10
bring stick. Eppelein wrenched the stick on.
q 1Rlack 1aC l Adam and rode away. He was then
twelve or thirteen years old. When he reached
| the great wood near Trameysl, ne dlSnounteu;
and began or hs S0S wRs &d%% RSn SWIM who S ike
dog with Eppelein, waited by and grazed con-
Presently Eppelein heard, voices, and creep
ing through the blus'wOod, he saw q large
band of riders, headed by his fathers chlefest
enemy. He listened, and found that they were I,
| living In wait for his father, intending TO XIII
| Arnold, and then to seize his castle, NOISE
| lessly did Eppelein return to MS nODle hoISc.
| He led Black Adam over the sand, In order
| that the horses hoofs might make no noise !;
| then he remOunted, and rode swiftly back. On
| his road he met Arnold, mounted upon the
| chestnut, and told him all. ILL
into the courtyard, the good mans heart sTelied
| with Joy, for lie thought that Epreieih had Deeh
caught, and was brought home for condlen
punishment. However, 1T was anotler III Iia1.Gr Ia;
| dOrus did not vet know 1t. "GOttveTgesseher
Gauch y he cried out to Eppelein. Now you
| shall learn what it is to naltreat nOiy mh.: :
You shall be locked up for days ;you shall De
aSiience !" cried Arnold, who had to think OF
more serious matters; and 1t was 1oot anu
saddle in the castle yard where all the r1ders
were soon mounting under arms, While tie
castle prepared for Il defence, Ill,
| EDpelein suggested that a knecht should DC
sent out, disguised as a peasant, should let nm
| self be caught by the enemy, and should then
| tell them that Arnold was away from Irameys,
and would not come home for many days.
| loved, They postponed their attack until
evening, and detained the. sulIen peasant to
lead them in the dark to the castle-which he,
unwilhngly, did,
Things did not, however, fall out quite as
they had expected. just us they reached liam,
| eysl, Arnold, Eppeeln, aud all the riders Itll
| npOn them from behind, and defeated the
foe with such slaughter that only five
This WIS Eppelein's first knightly deed of
arms, but lie did well and wOIsllipfully, himself
! unhOrsing and wOunding two Lanzknechts.
When the fight was over, said Arnold, rs he
| wiped his sword on the maie OF Black Adam,
and he said it proudly, too" That boy Will
Some ten years rolled on, and EDpeeip de-
veloped rapidly. He could keep his own coun,
sci, and carry out his own will. lie was feared
and liked by the soldiers and the tenants. All
| age and will come to be q pulssant knight Duf
a monk--neycr! !" One day, his father Arnold
| died and shortly after, Frau Apollonia pre-
pared to follow her husband. ~ES 1shltc lhr
| head and in the stOmach-and the simple lcech-
| craft of lsidorus could not avail. lie mixed,
and administered to the good lady, all the
| draughts that he knew of but even this treat
| ment did not help; and ApOll0nia died.
So Eppelein became lord, and this was his
first act of mastery:
| He sent for IsidOrus, and said ;" You have
! caused me many bitter hour. You set enmity
| between my parents and me ; and more than
| all "-here Eppelcin's anger rose mgh-"yO
| WOud have made q monk of me I! All is ended
| between u.s. i am now master here, ana you
| shall not remain another hour III my halls
Cop
Now you may think that this was not pleasant
| for IsldOrus, who, as priest anu prOtege Of the
| lady of so many castles, had Tor long years
| borne sway and influence, had had an easy life,
| with free run of cellar and butcry, and VINO
saw himself turned out by the young lord, and
| relegated TO meagre fare and TO some sort OF
| work. So he pleaded, and offered TO pray for
| Eppelein, who, however, remained ineXoiable.
| Then Isidorus, who was OF heavenly temper,
| gave way to it, and emitted au imprOmptu COM
mination service, brief but intense, which con-
tanned prophecies Of evil and malignant denun-
Citations. This, also did not help, and the dis
comfted priest left the balls OF the young
| Knight of Gailipgen.
Eppelein's position was this HE was young,
strong, proud, brave, eager for adventure. dc.
sirous of glory. He had a hearty hatred of
priests and Jews; he loathed hypocrisyj he
| had knighty scOrn of traders, of usurers, of
money changers; and he held in contempt
Birgermeisters and Town Councils Hence he
| determined to live by the saddle and the sword,
i.e., to become a Raubritter, OF robberknight.
| Such man had not much of a career open to
him in Eppeein's land and time. OF the sea he
| could know nothing. In the distracted an
arcl1c condition of Germany there were no po-
litcal causes that could present a field for his
energy and enterprise. He believed-or be-
| lieved that he bclievcd-that his pursuit was
not unworthy Of a knight fired by love of glory,
and be embraced it with serious joy. There
was, in Eppelein's complex nature, a strong
love of romance, OF daring for it's own sake /;
and he loved the right-as he understood the
\ right.
The new band soon made Itself felt and
known. No highway IN Franconia could be
| travelled in safety, nor did it help that the
traders engaged escorts Of mercenaries.
| 1t soon appeared that the free Imperial city of
| Niirnherg was the object Of EDnelen's necnliar