The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-04
THE WHITE WOLF.

A young and gallant warrior was Eu-
dOiph Of uamMeIs.sln. The only son Cl
the OLD house Of Hammersten q, a bright
destiny Sc med be ore him, ont IN an
evil hour ne saw anu ian led the LAZY
Bertha, the sole daughter OF the WHY
Car OF Csrls lurg.
i he lord OF Car.sburg was one man
picked out o. ten thousand, as men went
at that age in Germany. When wars
alarms came upon the ianl, vii u no IRON
mail did the t. erSly lori Oi tarlsbUrg in
cumber his limbs no . he bought SOL
diprs, and paiI ior their L.ood with his
gold.
he very opposite il every respect
was he to the gallant -ourtly Ludoph,
and IT WAS with ill-fayor that be beheid
the soldier come wooiDg TO hs daugh-
ter.
The lord Of Hammorstein was not rich
enou=h 10 suit the fancy o! the crsI
Carl. NO siup e knight should have MS
daughter, so he declare a baron, or st
least a count OF the empire, Lerthas hus-
band must be.
He was her father, and so gallant En-
,'oiph swa lowed his r2se, ana haulted
the tower only by stealth and in tho
gloom oi the night. \ gOo4 SIX months
at least the lover had pinned and gned
in vain, and tuen / eter the Hermit came
through Germany, preaching the cru
safe against the lnldels IN the hoy
Land.
i.udoIph Of Hammerstein was one OF
the lrst OF lhc Ger an king IS 10 bind
the 'r-d cross" upon h.s breast and
piedge his sword 10 lhe cllsa e.
lie returned alter many years strong
IN his oyal love. only to find th:.t Lertta
an her father had LETT th II castle.
High up on the mountain side was
lit valley ami in a cave IN the eli i 81 e
ho y man dwet. One uoIning peas
ant, pa sing through tn valley, dis
covered that the old hermit had paid the
debt due To nature.
Rudolph ID the remains carefully en-
tomb~d ni then he took up his abo' G in
tue louely cell where the gopd man had
dWe.t. lie cast aside the knightiy uress
OF the solii.r an donned the gray haoIt
OF the mon ,ly student.
One single thing only dared to dispute
the puss- -ssiOn Of the little valley W In
the so!aier student, and that was a large
white wolf. That the white wolf was
but an evil spirit Rudolph ieit con dent.
To spear, arrow, or sword, the b lie OF
the Wof WIZ, doubtless, invulneratiie,
but Ru olph doubted If it could turn The
t &c oi his WOO imam AK duly tipped in
hot water and consecrdted by prd yer.
At twilight, then, on the next evening
Rudolph took his alton WITHIN tie
skirts OF the forest and waited tOr he
fearful shape to appear. Ii ,ame at last
stealing along with ico fall so liz that
it did no, even stir the dew-drops iIom
the 2reen over cups.
With sure and steady aim Ru1o'ph
hurled his axe. Through The 5 Oul ier
OF the wolf the keen steel cut. AM down
upon the sward, with moan, like naught
ese tut ~ Of hu q agony, the b1.st
I II helpl s.. hu O'ph bent ov r the
wolf, and the animal locke up in his
face as if implorng pity, and - h m Il
expression, too, shone IN lis great y ).
10 his cave IN the Cliff side the yCuA2
man ore the Wounded amin al an care
July deposited il on couch ol ssin.
When the morning broke, uio'ph
turned to gaze AT the white wolf, and
ia r, on the skin couch, on, G miracle
lay Inc LAZY Lerth4, .eIrIole wound IN
the shoulder
Then to h r lover the lady told fear
ful story. Her father had become a
master OF the blacS art, and daliy held
communion with the hosts of hel. By
n -ht, as a wild least, he RANGED the
WOO g he had assisted him IL Ills ua-
holy rites.
udo ph tended the lady diligently,
and gradually won her to the goo "a !;
Il when she recovered tosl tAer they
would w.tlk the woods.
But one nicht, carelessly lettering,
twill ut overtJok them in the WOO /.
Rudolph tired to hurry the grl home
ward. They reac ell the edge oi the
forest; night CANE on apace Wild yoic, >
werc In tie wind; the cyes OF the al en-
be an to blaze with supcri4ct turl Ire.
Desr te her lov,r's IL uncLons, she
| looked back, and then the t il spell fell
| upon her with Wild laugh she
hoaued Up in the air and disappeared
Ru lolph never smiled more but diei.
no y n4an, within MecklenUurg gray
| walls.