Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-21

49, - "a a. moments as II they asked Ques-
800 800 aiu answered them. One heard be-
~ plgeon IN the wood and a hen in
ene larmyard. Some steps of an old man
was blling up wood along the road. Sec.
rug tecopin approach, he turned ana
5 5S'a.9lted up. ''Sir Knight" exclaimed
s.S, 10 you hear what the birds say ~
t"y good man." said Pecopin. .'what ia
en"t 10 me' Sir" answered the meas.
ant' Tor the young man the blackbird
|nAsues, the jay twitters, the mayple
onattefs, the raven croaks, the pigeon
eoos ana the hen clucks; for the old man
sue 0lfos speak" The Cheyaler burst
~ iaugalng. by heaven. that's an
Uea!" Fhe old mau continued graYelv.
u on are wrong, Sir Pecopin." ..Y6n
neYer saw me-" said the young man.
no" Go you know my nameg' at is the
olfus who say it" said the peasant. '.You
are an OLD fool, my good man, said Peco
pm. and he went on.
About an hour atterWard. as he nassad
through glade IN the woods. he heard the
SOUND OF horn, and saw in the forest a
oeautiiul troop OF knights. Ii was the
CouhC Ialatine going to the chase. The
C1uho was accompanied by the BurgraVes.
| no are tha Counts of the castles by the
w lldgrdNes, who are the Counts Of the
! l0rests; by the LandgraVes, who are the
| counts OF the land; by the Rhingraves.
VINO are the Counts of the Rhine, and by
Ine IangraVes, who are Counts by right
ol Inelr sword. A gentleman of the house
holu OF the Ptalzgraf, named Gairefroi.
perceiVlng Pec0pin, called to him
hallo! my fine hunter are you not going
, 1ltn US Z" Nv here are you going" asked
/ SCopln. w are going TO hunt Kite
Whlch Is at Heimberg, and which destroys
| our pheasants; vulture at VOugsberg
LAAb EXTERN nAfnG 10 ~
eagle AT khinestein which kills our eme-
flllohs. Come with us.' ''When do YOU
return! - asked Pecopin. "To-mOrrow,0
| SAID Galretroi. II follow YOU" The hunt
lasted three days. The first day Pecopin
Killed the kite; on the second he killed the
Vulture, and on the third he killed the
eagle. The Count wondered at his skill.
"CneValler Sonneck," said he, 81 give
you the tief of Rhinebeck, which is de-
pendency Of my tower OF Gutenfels; you
VIII follow me 10 Stahlech in order to be
invested in the right and to take the oath
VI allegiance publicly and in the presence
| oil the autboritles.' 1t was necessary to
/ obey. Pecopin sent BaudOur a message
! IN which he announced sadly that the
| gracious will OF the Count obliged him to
20 TO Stahlech Immediately for an impor-
tant affair. do not disturb yourself, my
darling" he added, in terminating his
note; Il shall return next month" The
messenger left; Pecopin followed the
| Count and lodged with the TetiEue of the
Prince at the Castle OF Bacharach. That
night he had a dream. He was again at
the entrance of the forest at S0nneck. He
saw the farm, the four trees and the four
birds. The birds no longer screamed,
whistled or sang. They spoke. Their
chlrpings, with which the voice of the
pigeon and the hen mingled, were changed
into this strange dialogue, which Pecopin
heard distinctly:
The Jackdaw-The pigeon is in the
wood.
The Blackbird-The hen in the yard is
calling PecOpin.
The Jackdaw-The pigeon says, Baul-
dour.
The Raven-The lord is on the road.
The Magpie-The lady is in the tower.
The Jaokdaw-Shall he return from
Aleppo?
The Blackbird-From Fee?
The Rayen-From Damanhour?
The Magpie-The hen has waged against
and the pigeon for.
The Hen-PecOpinl Pecopinl
The -BauIdoo-oor-oorl Baul-
doo-oor-oor! Bauldoor-oo-oorl
Pecopin awoke; he was in cold sweat j;
he remembered the old man, and was ter
ritied, without knowing why, at this dia-
logue; the more he sought to understand
it the less he did. He fell asleep again,
and the next day, when he saw the sun
rise, which drives off spectres, dispels
dreams and gilds the expectation, he no
longer thought of the tour trees or of the
four birds.