The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-11

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MT ,c,l ~ ~ - : Un boefd one Of
tut ful aln,d comr moalous
IN mo ~ q Il ctuiso US Rhine,
b ~ " ma Baea herss guides are
LII sSaS fsl heiE Il HI icularly the
6ols ~ tho0Do No lore leeends.
6lAly 6tfSi ~ ain9 Honn. 4 famous
E. Ii1odfVll NV town. y 3 yvore admitted 70
( hosG ecooltlSi i to tradition. che
6Y1ls WaS Once 49, an9 II company
|6ith5fh6 Min6. Boine tired OF hts
lseefous companlon. the wind was
31Skoa ~ Nait NJ i Nv moments
Whilst tho devil won't % perform 70.
sltgions duties: needlees TO say the
ASyil never returned and the majori.
ttY9 IN thOoo who cruise the Rhine have
Sfi1eason Tor .belleylns that the wind
I ~ heen waiting III that particular
IDlae S ivllr lince. n
Vhania sIrht oss the Drachenfels
j W. Rad The legend 81 ..Sieefried and
tho Dra6 We are told that Sler.
fried travelled theSRhine eager to ac-
compliGt the maryelous. Entering q
smithy ia the Seven Mountains he re-
Qnested employment. The smith but
rldtculed such a slender lad: when
4 Siegfried seized the heavy hammer
and struck q bur on the anvil such q
blow that bar. and anvil flew TO pieces
Tsha snith mad nm eaainr On m nch
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strength took him into his service.
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I w ~ ~ VEueE 10 Ret rlo VI nun Seut
him to burn charcoal on the m0ln.
- 80. 49,. ~ . S.-S
Tain where q dragon lived. Soon as
!. the dragon emerged from its cave the
i very rocks cracked beneath his tread,
nut Siegfried unbalanced, with one
blow, of an iron bar shattered the
l$Sbrute's head, and stream Of black
blood flowed from the monsters Jaws.
Then came u little bird which told
Sleefrled to battle his body in the
blood, telling him that it would make
him invulnerable. Slepfrled dipped
his body with the exception Of one
aspot. On this vulnerable spot he at.
sArWard received his death wound.
s legend certainly furnished ex.
ent illustrative material for mora.
lslng. Bryon gives beautiful de.
lsiptiOn Of the Drachenfels. the
I scene Of the legend Of s.Slegfried and
che Dragon"
ss''The castld crag Of Dr.chentsls
Whoss heart Of waters Sri9S III sWelis n'n'
s S,. re e,t Ssna ',t bear The vine
And aelds which promise corn and Wine
whose III white ' wsi Ss amSua them shine.
Ss:- On the islands Of Nonnen werth is a
convent founded In the 10Th century.
or which convent there is a pathetic
!. legend. Roland loved and was be.
. trothed to Ildegunda, the daughter
/ Ut y Count. Shortly after the be-
\ .trothal he was placed under the ne.
( cessity OF ACCOMMODATING the EmperOr
|: TO the crusades. Wounded in battle.
news Of his death was brought to
Ildegunda who took the veil and en-
8 tered 4 convent at NOnnenWerth.
Roland, however, being faithfully
snursed recovered and returned 70
claim his bride. Fiuding her the
bride Of heaven he built castle In
sight Of the convent, where he lived
In solitude for many years, solaced by
/; au occasional glimpse Of his lost love.
at last the funeral bell told him that
udeRunda had passed away. Broken.
hearted, he never spoke again but
dragged on a wretched existence, till
one morning his lifeless body was
found, with classy eyes fixed on the
convent that robbed him OF one dear
I er to him than life.
StUlzenfels is the scene Of one Of
I. the most interesting legends or the
Rhine. An archbishop having ex.