Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-01-28


and crystal fountains. The lord Of the
custlo was brave and strong and calm
and drew all men toward him.
10 was morning
The lord left his castle and wandered
through the forest, his arms folded npon
bis breast and his face raised 70 watch
the pale sunbeams come flicrering
thrcugh the frees. Each football crushed
pslfanI8 from the ground --ihe odors Of
moist earth, Of fallen leaves, violeis and
spicy fennel There came q slight open
ing IN the tree tops, a golden shaft Of
sunlight came down, and seemingly
borne upOn it came q strain Of melody
% sweet tho lord stopped and gazed up
Ward through the trees, thinking It the
voice Of angela But the air brought
again aud again the sound Of sweet
voices. and they came always rom the
sea. The air was allied. and the echoes
seemed other voices answering. The
lhorns pier0od his foot. hnt hc did not
feel them. he reached tho edge Of the
forest. where the grass was soft like
velvet and green down 70 tho waters
edge.
The ocean lay calm and clear as a
sheet Of glass as far as the eve could
reach, save only near the shore was a
great white rock, and upon Il stood the
queen Of the Lorelei. She was Glad in
single robe Of pale green, oombing her
golden hair and singing 60 her maidens,
who held carnival ia the waters around
her. They glided ana glanced hither and
thither through the waters, under one
wave, borne back ON another, and the
flash Of gold was in the water, or
the gleam Of an arm on a she'll tint
ed face. The sun shone full upon it
oil, and the waves gave back tho refiec-
tion in simmer and CLEAN. The lord
stood still in ecstasy, then moved for
ward. Each murmur and quiver and
call Of the Lorelei's voice drew him ON; ;
each echo, answer and trill eDraptured,
bewildered and enthralled him. He
moved tc the waters edge, then stood
as a man turned to stone until the
Lorelei saw his image in the water, and
turned and saw him standing. Then the
queen Of the Loreloi flung her arms
above her head and dashed beneath the
waters, and the waves beat in music on
the shore.
The lord stood still
Then the queen OF the Lorelei came
back to look on him for very wonder
for never before had man stopped tc
look on her, but had hastened through
the water toward her to his death. The
lord saw her face In the water, reached
forth his arms, then turned and went to
his castle. The shadows were dark, the
clouds wcpt, and the wind sighed the
livelong night. With the morning the
sun came and the lord went again to the
seashore.
The queen Of the Lorelei came forth
and sang, and came nearer the shore
than the day before. The lord again
reached forth his arms. and she camo so
near her feet shone white upon the sand
Then she turned and fed down, alright
ed. through the water.
The lord came yet another day, and
the sun shone brighter, but the shadows
were purple, and there was muttering
Of thunder from behind great, white,
gold capped clouds The lord stood back
from the shorei the queen Of the Lorslei
sang more sweetly and drew still more
near to him. The lord reached forth his
arms, and the queen stepped one pearly
foot from out the water ON the seashore.
The lord spranR forward, caught her in
his arms. and bore her through the for
est to the castle The Liorelei maidens
followed In alright, wandering in and
out among the trees The ocean was
lashed into a white foam, and great
waves chased one another with sullen
roar upon the beach. The sky grew
black and the wind howlod through the
tree tops. while their trunks writhed
like serpents. The wind came swifter
and mightier. The trunks Of the trees
were twisted and the ground upturned
along the seashore, and the whitened
bones laid bare The black slzy parted
and Jove hurled thunderbolt The for
est was legeled and the castle riven
asunder--not one stone remaining upon
another.
The bodies of the lord Of the castle
and the queen Of the Lorelei. ana also
the Lorelei maidens were Destroyed
but above all the sound Of the tempest
could be heard the voices Of the Loreiei,
for they were immortal
Then love made viOlins of the wood
Of the forest, aud imprisoned therein the
voices Of the IioEoioi. since their bodies
vert destroyed.
er t s
Here the letters on the back wall
ceased to flicker. saw forms around
me and anxious faces. and was told
there had been thunderstorm, and I
shocked by lightning When the violin
was wanted. and i told the Elory that
came from its ashes, was laughed at
and told "the Imagination plays us
wonderful tricks Bus that Il was not
imagination know, and When hear
vioIin Shrek as is does % tho hands Of
the Enskilled, know that the Lorelei
soul imprisoned within Is being tortured
and cries in pain, aud whom the sounds
are molodious 4 know the instrument
has found q loving master and thelsoul
Of one more Lorelei is nt reBt.--Chicago
Herald.
Il is not trno that equality Is q law
Of nature. Nature has no equality. il
sovereign law is subordinatioD and do
pendenco. ~ -Vauvenargucs
Dram oncD meant neither more nor
less than q handful
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