Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-01-11

the priests we're ON IneIr way DOWN
the Aisle when the shouts - the baron
f and his wild men at arms, ms ayers
aud hol7knecht rang at the Walls anu
slelges and great pine bea''e "eie
batrering at the gates. III
short work they made OF ~
One mad fellow seized splinter OF
wood and lit it Mt the altar ana theh
fired the panels and the root ana the
dry wood were all soon IN a biaLe'
Tie baron, as if possessed by an
evil spirit, seized the bell rope ana
rung out loud peal oil triumph
But the abbot walked up 70 hlm'
dressed in all his robes, and holding
M his hands cursed him in the name
OF blessed trinity, and SAID;
AS the evil one peals that hell
now through your hands, SO SHAH ne
peal it when he claims the soul as "
passes from the body oil you and 81
your son, and of your son son, ~
sRcula, sPculorum, Ament
so saying, the abbot called his
monks and they went their way down
to the Lake OF Aver. But the baron
and hisfollowers threw themselves up
ON the holy men and tore their rocks
from their backs and threw Their
books into the lake. The baron then
/ sized the monastery lands and held
them, too, for might was right In
those days, and ne built the present
castle hard by the ruins OF the mon
astery, lest the abbot and his retain
ers should rally and seek to regain
their old possessions. But they
did not, for the abbot was not
overlooked in the country, and the
baron was TO powerful to he lightly
meddled with. so the monks bnilt
themselves new monastery, where
the church of st. Wolfgang now
stands.
Time passed on. and the baF3n
had well-nigh forgotten that abbot
or monk had ever dwelt within the
old blackened monastery walls.
One cold winters night the baron
sat with his retainers in the great
hall drinking and revealing, as was
their wont. The wind howled in
gusts fitfully, and in the pauses a
loud knocking was heard ut the oakeu
door, the very door mt which you en-
tered discovering, Herr Hauptmann.
The Thnrhuter when he opened the
door saw no one, though the moon
was at that moment shining through
a rift of the clouds; but he felt a
cold blast sweep across his lace so
he shut the door again and thought
it must have been the storm that
had deceived him
1.-The next moment those in the
hall saw monk in "a black habit,
with his cowl drawn over his head.
enter and walk up without word
to where the baron was sitting.
Then the monk drew back his hood,
and an old withered face, CHASTITY
pale but stern and fierce, guzed un.
1 daunted on the baron.
Tausend sakermentn shouted
the baron, starting in rage; dog
OF an abbot, what brings you here.
Trundle out the shavcling, and set
the hounds upon him.
The abbot raised his skinny arm,
and said in a hollow and sole mn
voice: This night 20 years yog aud
| met. am on my way to ths alb
hey, frl:ow me.
THE abbot retired as he came, no
one daring to hinder or harm the
holy man.
Ium henker! to the hangman
with him cried the bnron, choking
with rage, and Springing after him.
That moment the old bell peeled ont
with wild claug irom the tower.
the baron in his haste tripped over
n stool and fell to the ground. When
they lifted him up he was dead
/ Twas said he died Of a fit. Maybe
so. But that very night one Of the
holzknechts returning to the vii.
lage from the Riesen upon the
hills whore he has been work.
ing, declared that as he passed the
tower he heard the old bell pealing.
and saw procession Of monks fol.
lowing "a bier, and disappearing
within the ruins. The next morning
tidings came that the old abbot had
died the day before Mt st. Wolfganr,s
/ but where or when he was buried no.
body yer knew"
! Old Klaus ceased and sat looking
in the fire.
a strange wild tale!" | said LIGHT.
ly, unwilling to confess myselfmoyed
by the story. Has that ghost hell
ever been heard since TINT time?''
Old Klaus shuddered, "Ay, sir he
answered gloomily, whenever the
soul passes from the body Of a Won
Steingraff, but | nm not willing 70
believe that the evil one dare claim
the spirit OF my dear, young. moa.
ter-one so good and noble MS hep,
and again the old servant fell to
weeping. :"
Hush, Klaus, lest yon disturb
him." said hastily, although .
glance ut my poor Frederick we'll.
nigh assured me that few sounds
would disturb him more Then I
paced the room and outinto the hall
and down the stairs, for / heard tha
sound Of horses at the gates and
knew the physician had come lot
him go up alone, while / AMI FIR Z