The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-01-10
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F=orQetfulneSS
The Story OF Ono Who Desired OBJ
livion of H,s Past.
BY Rudolf Baumbach.


adorned with weapons OF the chase,
antlers and stuffed fowls, :. young Eel.
low sat OH u wooden STOOL twisting d
bowstring from out q martens sinew,
and at the same time sang merry
hunting song. He wore the clothes Of
a hunter and by his short cut hair
showed he was n servant of the lord Of
the castle. His name was Heinz.
Over the young fellow from the cell
ing hung q swinging hoop, and in the
hoop sat n gray falcon with bound
wings and q leather hood over it's eyes.
Once in awhile the hunter paused in his
work and set the slow swinging hoop
again In fast motion. This was done
that the falcon might not fall asleep,
for 1t was young bird and was to be
trained to become n hunting falcon,
for the training Of a falcon skilled in
hunting began thuS-that 1t might be
made submissive through hunger and
slecplessncsS.
Heinz had been the counts falconcr,
and the old lord had kept the young
fellow very busy. But lately lie had
easy days. The count hunted no more.
For year past lie had lain calm and
the family coat OF arms, and his wild
Ow, AdcliIeid, sat the whole day to-
Sethcr with the chaplain and thought
not Of hunting.
Today the lady of the castle must
doubtless have become tired Of prayers,
for she left her own apartments and
went over all the rooms of the castle
The song OF the young hunter was al
agreeable change to her after the mo-
notonous psalm singing Of the sniffling
chaplain. She sought the voice and en-
tered the apartment in the tower.
Heinz was astOnishcu when he saw
the proud lady in widows veil and
gray gown enter. He rose and courtc-
sled low. Lady AdcIhcid let her spar
king eyes glide over the slender figure
of the falconer and smiled graciously
and her smile appeared to the young
fellow like the sunlight in May. She
asked much about falconry hunting
and then departed.
1t happened n few days after this
that Lady Adclheid rode into the green
forest on swan white palfrcy. How
ever, she wore no gray garment, but q
gown Of green velvet, and, instead Of
the widows veil, a hat Of sable with n
waving feather. Behind her, bearing
hunting falcon on his clinched hand,
rode Heinz, the young falconer, with
an expression Of joy in his blue eyes.
They had ridden quite q distance,
and the towers Of the castle had long
since vanished behind the widespread
ing beech trees when Lady Adelheid
turned her head and said:
ride near me, Heinz" and Heinz
did as the lady commanded him, and
thus they rode farther on the narrow
wood path. The trees rustied gently,
the chaflinches sang, and sometimes
small forest animals glided across the
way. Now and then was heard the
cracking Of breaking branches us the
game hurried into the wood or fright
ened bird flew noisiiy, and then n deep
silence lay over the forest. Again the
lady OF the castle turned to the hunter
and spoke with laughing mouth:
''Let mo hear. Heinz. If thou art a
wise young hunter
.Dcar hrnss.man, pray thee to tell Alright
What ascends higher than falcon and ktc?'
Without thinking Heinz replied:
'IIigh mounts the falcon and the kite asccnds
high
The eagle, however, still higher fly
And again spoke Lady Adelheid:
"Dcar huntsrnan. dear hrntsman, reveal unto me.
Is there nothing that mounts still higher. than
hep
The falconer thought couple Of mo-
mentS, then unSwercd:
"Surely thnn all fcathcred things asccnds higher.
So glorious at MONDAY, THE suns ball Of fire.
The countess nodded approvingly and
asked the third time
''Then do not deceive me. my best beloved one.
Docs not something mount still higher than the
bright sum-
The falcOner's wisdom was now at
an end. He looked up Mt the tops Of
the beech trees, rs If help would come
to him from there, and then looked
down again on the pommel Of the sad
die, but remained silent. Then Lady
Adclheid rcined In her little horse, bent
toward the hunter and softly said:
"Thc asccnds high in the heaven above,
But higher, still higher, scars secret love-"
Two wOOdpeckers with blue wings
started UP out of the hazel bushes and
flew screaming into the forest in order
to relate what they had heard, and by
another morning the spnrrows who
had their nests under the castle roof
twittered to one another:
"Peep, peep.
Our lady's love for the hunter is Deep
Yes, that was n happy time for Eal-
coner Heinz. He let his hair grow, so
that 1T hung down il golden ringlets to
his shoulders. end he wore silver spurs
and heron's feather in his hat and
built glittering castles in the blue air.
lie certainly did not receive castle,
but instead n fine forester's house,
with antlers OH the gable, and fields
md meadow lands besides were given
him In trust, and there he sat no!y as
forester Of the reservation, and when
his gracious lady came riding to him
he stood in the door and waved a greet
fng with his hat, then lifted the Lady
Adelheid out of the saddle and enter
ta1ned her with bread. milk and honey.
So passed the summer, the fall and
half the winter, when came Shrove-