The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-27
TWENTY.SIXTH YEAR.
BY ROBERT BARR.

Copyright, 1896, 10y Robert Barry
In the ample, stone paved court yard
of the Schloss Grunewald. with its
mysterious, bubbling spring in the cen
ter, stood the black baron beside his
FESTIVE horse, both equally eager to be
away. Round The baron We're grouped
his sixteen knights and their saddled
chargers, all waiting the word to
mount TIE warder was slowly open
ing The huge gates that hung between
the two round entrance towers of the
castle, for it was never the barons
custom to ride ou4 at the head OF his
men until the great leaves of the strong
gate fell full apart and showed the
green landscape beyond. The baron
did not propose to ride unthinkingly
out and straightway fall into an am
bush He and his sixteen knights We're
the terror of the countryside, and
many there were who would have been
glad to venture a bow shot at him, had
they dared. There seemed to be some
delay about the opening of the gates
and q great chatIering Of underlinSs at
the entrance, as If something unusual
lfdu DtcbfIEu, NiSIEApon tue IOuSn
voice of the baron roared out to know
the cause that kept him waiting, and
every one scattered, each to his one
affair leaving only the warder, who
approached his master with fear on his
face
My lord he began, when the baron
had shouted out what the devil allied
him, there has been nailed against the
outer gate, some time in the night a
parchment with characters Written
thereon"
.s'hen tear it down and bring it to
me-" cried the baron, what's all this
TODD with a bit of parchment"
The warder had been loa-h TO med
die with it, fearing that witchcraft
which he knew pertained to all written
characters, but he feared the black
baron's frown even more than the
1lends VINO had undoubtedly nailed the
document on the gate. for he knew no
man in all that we'll cowed district
would have the daring TO approach
the castle, even at night, much less
lneddle with the gate or any other Of
the belongings of the Baron Won
Grunewald, so, breathing a request TO
his patron saint CHS neglect of whom
he now remembered with remorse) for
protection. he tore the document from
its fastenings and brought it trembling
TO the baron. The knights crowded
round as Won Grunewald held the
parchment in his hand, bending his
dark brows upon it, for it conveyed no
meaning to MIN. Neither the baron nor
his knights could read.
What fcolerN think you. is this?"
he said, turning to the knight nearest
him. "a defiance?"
The knight shook his head. 81 am
no CLERK" he answered. For a moment
the baron was puzzled. then he quick
ly bethought himself of the one person
in the castle who could read.
Bring hither old Father Gottleib."
he commanded, and two of those wait
ing by, ran in haste toward the soul
iery of the place, from which they
presently emerged dragging after them
an old man, partly in the habit of a
monk and partly of that Of q scullion,
who wiped his hands on the coarse
apron that was tied around his waist.
as he was hurried forward. Here, good
father, excellent cook and humble serv-
itor, | trust your residence with us has
not led you to forget the learning you
put to such poor advantage in the mon
astaTy of Monnonstein. Canst thou con-
strue this for US? Is it in good, honest
German or bastard Latin?'
Iii is in Latin" said the captive
monk, glancing at it in the others
hand.
Then translate it for US, and quick
~"
Father Gostleib took the parchment
handed to him by the baron. and as
has eye scanned 1T more closely, he
bowed his hsad and made tine sign of
the cross upon his breast
Cease that mummery.' roared the
baron, and read without more wa;1-
ing oc' the rods upon thy back again.
VINO sends us this?'
TT is from our holy father, the
pope said the monk, forgetting HIS
lnenial position for Che moment. and
becoming once more the scholar of the