The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-12
!!EE !g!!E RED BEECH TREE.
BY Carmen Silva.
l0ueon OF Roumania.]

II C0ueen OF Roumanie.] q
"a e.S.0s0sOs@s&e0s9.@e
81 sherc is royal road to learning, nor is there
81 Nyal road to success in literature Many per-
81 r1s Of royal blood-sometimes crowned heads
"a i1e attempted to achieve success with the pen
"a 0.i, efforts have been praised by datterers, but,
:9i G rule, the public have had no use for them
~ ne author Of this story, the queen of Rouinania,
I'll u exception. Her stories are current, on the
"A cns footing with such authors as the public
8 t,e accepted whether they write in q castle or
1 pEtt]
q Nothhausen Park IS q charming Ger
81 ter Of this earth. 1t is on the slope Of
hiI sheltered from the wind. At the
,at Of gigantic trees the NNied runs,
81 rndcr the most ancient suspension
81 hhdge in Europe, the Trembling bridge.
Near by smokes, flames and groans the
s Hack mass Of the old forge named Ras-
"a wktein.
"a in the place where the silence is most
y:efound, in the middle Of small prai-
IRE surrounded by gigantic oaks and
sllows, rises, solitary and grandiose,
sled beech tree. Its branches are SOM
q kr The rays Of the sun make them
spear purple. It would seem that the
4 ,ter trees had left the beech tree at q
81 distance, either in respect OF In aver
GGs3G Gen. Who could tell?
So That tree is imposing. and every time
Aat my father snid, "Lct us go today
a the red BEECH" q sentiment of devo-
t ton filed our hearts as If we were 60
IA Ing to church. 1t is true that the place
lnay be compared to Pantheon,
wherein the red beech would stand for
a ahe altar Of sacrifice. Perhaps it knows
sSTly 1t is red. have distinctly heard it
aNatc an old chronicle, after n dispute
ah which the other trees reproached 1t
with being n strange tree. foreign to
tie land. The beech shook it's sombcr
foliage and said:
81 One day in the spring young trav-
saer coming from the Rhine, stopped
kze. There was then only wooden
ard across the Bach. He stood on it
agGd contemplated the turbulent water.
&: BE wore q brown velvet waistcoat bor-
dEed with blue fox fur, green
basque cap with n feather and carried
'5i lutte on his back. Suddenly light
Fpeared on the Rech The traveller
szzzgsiched It and saw u raft formed OF
ase trunks Of trees on which stood n
Esndid young girl. She guided the
ait with a pole.
# She was dressed in green velvet. Her
s3tirt was caught with golden chains
ht held also brilliant dagger in
nd with precious stones. A mass of
'}ak brown braids fell on her shoul-
|Asss. She wore large sky blue hat.
aT eyebrows almost met above her
which was fine and straight. Her
==sep eyes were bite as gentian, and
AiF lips audaciously curved revealed
S,sw and then splendid row Of pearls.
aoug the bank Of the river young
lan rode on horseback. He was dress
ad In dark blue velvet. He wore boots
soft leather, with long spurs that
s dug into the horses tanks because
S7s animal reared ut the board over
as river.
81 The young girl laughed and looked
ssek. At that moment her raft ran
a the shore exactly under the rude
3idge.
-letta" exclaimed the traveller, wav-
ss his cap.
The young girl looked up, and she
s}ied:
ISL Henry Won Ofterdingenw
# The horseman had succeeded In tam
S the animal. He came4hear, held
80 reins firmly with one hand and ex-
aded the other hand to the traveller.
ae latter said:
You are the beautiful Jetta's cousin,
II mann von Sayn. am surev'
M Hight" the horseman replied, "and
were having a wild race. Jetta bet
u she would reach the Rhine on her
~ before me. You see, Henry, that I
urteously held back my horse"
IS no. you are q boasterv' exclaimed
She patted the horses name and
aled 1t her "Selim." She said that the
se was hers because she had won
"a bet.
Not at ail." protested Almann. "You
I've not won. You had run aground
,Secause ! wanted to save you from
aling." abe said.
! was not In danger Of falling he
AIsted. ~.
aoodby. Seiim." said Jetta. ...I shall
~ you some other time. Come, gen.
men. Let us 30 into the forest" s
,eary. Iss's. - 55Ss'-s
No" said Ieatn. .,Almann. and, Il
Ie always quarrele6. / would lsaysto
~. I am not to be your wife, and he
said ~ full Into teafs.s IS
g "a not 90" said Alinann. n have
va fallen into tears. 7 would sepsy.
$y well. 1 ahall take another wife, q:
s Y whistle q song..' Yi
% 70 not believe him, Henry. he lie
sung. said the girs here svexs3
I'm Henry. since yoas quilted the
Eaae1 Come with ns. to the castle. OF
81 ed the new castle that my father
= q better than the ancient one above.
y Count lsefriea as well as everY'
ed Henry Ss,.
$50 Va. yea. replied the GIRL. ...My
s.aer Arnold wants 90 60 70 the Holy
Sq S and my brother FrIsdwart shlnks