The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-07-19

"smlth Led Ne Into Large Room. I"
nearly q o. too. Al.houeh the road
rose slightly az The way from the
Rhine. heips rather stccp Ia places, We
did not "a ticw ~ TIE castle until
we had trcticd something like three
miles. Tisn smith pointed Il ous =
mo On hill TOP. ~ nc came In sight
Of n round I corner !, stood TO the
right Of Tho waller. completely COM
handing q. and was amazsd 20 ser
its size and prrfcc, state ~ preserva-
iicn. A tail square tower, Ike a cam
panlle. rose from oar corner, and al
the othcy was rtou.er round tower,
much iowCs tAan tbs sunggc campanllc
ri the other conner. Willie hetwc,T tlic
towers was the long machlcoia,ed front
Of the main .hoty of the castle. The
lrntufrstcd body N tic bgldlug seem
% lie ~ three vlryirg heights and
iaof ID a. q the walls had heca erected
al digcreat periods | mentioned thla
t. ~ SMITH aud be said my sugposion
Naf partly cnffee, A
NY nrccr.ars." hc remarked. "madc
Thugs liVvly fcT 2 number Of centuries
once by the people % Cologne; tire,
tines. / think. by the stoul hugghcra
of Maycagr al.A tae Justly lncensed
populRce 81 tnr naighhoghocd used TO
rise In their might every now aud then
rmd massacre every member OF the
family who had not iafcn to the w0Ods
Brit they never scccccded in completely
anrlhllatlnr NY gn-es;1gs; always ono
os two escaped, ard ,icy returned and
fohullt the stronghold, generally try
| lpg 90 n'akc Z mprr seci,.c tlrn II had
been hefoic. This gives q yariegatcd
I eject 10 the Cdlncc that strikes me as
wonderfully picturesque"
We pres Emily came 10 q spot whcre
a hy.road lei, the main thoroughfare
and took directly 90 tfr hills. The
main read wen, ON ap the valley, while
the hy-goad zlgngged lm through the
forest. sometimes gt the elbows 90
thls read We wught ci.ulpH's % the
castle, looming greater aud greater
above us. Will We Camc go las, 10 an
Awhed gateway Ia the s,nac wall.
ggagdld hy atwp mon with lances Ia
thclr liaGds. ltdlug nn'icr lhc sioan
arch We carpc Into a iaygc courtyard
ronewhst rorghly paycd. aud here at.
tcrdanis spiart forward q take our
horses smith ard ]. having dismoun,-
Cd. walked Into ,hc great ,asde.
IN th bed ne int0a argc room which
vas cNlicn;iy TIC dlna.. Lad ~ The
castle 81 one cad was q lSrgc tire.
place. cons Iuclrd on such q gigantic
scale ihe; II formed practically a room
Va Itself; Ia fact. there we've stools ana
benches beneath i,s ample canopy. aud
az the bacs jhc.c burned a Escat nm
ofloes "
DinnCr was served ~ soon a. We ar.
! r.,ed. Smith lool, the head M Tie n.
IN and moiiuued me o. q lhacc NJ BIS
nehi Hand The table was liiau oak
enc Without covering 90 any sort.
! Smlth sat ca q trgcr.lccged stool q tho
head and another had been provided
Tor me. while third rtucd 40 hls lcfl
head An down the two lengths Of the
lNlie frOm thtse stools wcrc long
IhpachCs and when dlpucr was AN.
lnoanecd tie non at mius came clailcr-
In. la, as well as numerous rcialGcm
whom I lad not seen. The last one to
enter was cowicd monk who TOOK The
stool 40 Smiths left Tic pronounced
a hene,lloiioR GA ile lenasi aad thea
oyury cue fcll IN The meal was p,cn'
tcoiw lea eGrugh and ctns.s,ed ~ 2
huee isrir ~ heef WIFI ,uasicd lmn.
toe. uaitsl ior = plate q be banded
IL iae. ara Gld not understand mHll
Smith called my attention 90 the fact
t.lat Tue squarp picco 81 plank ca the
teilc IA ffcnt Oh nae was my ircnchcr
from Nh.ch ! was % cat lie very
klaGly showed me how ! was u buld
~ cmbanknient on this VITA. uic
asa aiet llotaiecs aud reccife tae liecl
ard gravy In the center II rcWGrnl
se.ge ear, not 90 "a, top 1lonorsly OF
cfa ciahgr snu' ciherwfe lreath
Uas made Ia ihc waAa gpd q Jdp OF
Is hooded fitth NhieI was diihcult
10 stem unless man were prompt and
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