The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-18

that in leaping Siegfried had to carry
Gunther along with him. Brunhilde's
face was dark with anger, but she had tc
acknowledge herself beaten. my friends
and liegemen," she cried, from here
henceforth you are King Gunthers men.
They all did homage to Gunther, and
Brunhilde sailed away across the seas
with him to Worms by the Rhine, where
she was received In great state and in
stalled as Queen of Burgundy.
But Brunhilde was secretly angry a
having been conquered, and would civ,
no sign of love to her husband. When
after their reception at Worms, the roya
pair retired to their ,namber, and Gun
ther put his arm affectionately arount
his bride, she turned on him in anger
and, selling him with her great strength
she bound him with her girdle and fas
tened him to hook, where she left hin
for the night, while she went to bed ant
slept sweet1y. She unlocked him the
next morning early, and he, ,crestfallen
went and told Siegfried what had hap
pened.
81 will teach her lesson" said Sieg-
fried. when you retire to your apart
ments tonight l will put on my tarn.
cape and go with YOU" So that night
when the royal couple entered their room
Siegfried, unseen. was beside them. The
candle was blown out suddenly, the dool
locked and Siegfried, seizing Brunhilde
began a fierce struggle with her; she
thinking 1t was Gunther all the while
But Gunther kept out OF harms way In
a corner.
1t was great fight, FOR even the SUI
| perlative Siegfried had almost met his
match in the Queen Of Iceland. AS they
went wrestling about the room the furnl-
ture was overturned and broken and they
banged against the sides of the apart
ment so heavily that 1t seemed as If they
would break them down. Finally Brun-
| hide had to acknowledge that she had
| met man stronger than herself and
gave UP the fight. Then Siegfried, still
| invisible, went out. Gunther struck a
| light and Brunhilde was very submissive
to this Burgundian king. whom she i'm.
agined had once more proved too much
| for her in feats of strength. Gunther
| of course, kept his counsef and acted to-
ward his wife exactly as II he had, in
deed, been her vanquisher, keeping the
| lady from that time forth in a fair meas
| ure of subsection.
| Siegfried and Kriemhilde were married
as per contract and the hero took his
bride away to his fathers realm of the
| Netherlands, where, In the course OF
| time, a son was born to the pair. Also
at about the same time "a son and he'll
was born to Gunther and Brunhilde
Part Of the time Siegfried and his queer
spent in the land of the Nibelungs, and
even these wild people seemed devoted
to the gentle and beautiful Kriemhide
When Queen Segline, Siegfred's mother
died his father, old King Siegmund, re.
| tired from the royal business and made
over the throne to his hero-son. So ter
years flew past. Now Brunhilde had
never forgotten that on the day of Sieg-
fried's betrothal he and his bride-to-bs
had been seated in the place of honor al
the banquet, and when she had expos
tulated with Gunther III the bestowing OF
such distinction upon the young man
who, she said, us nothing but vassa
of ours" King Gunther had only laugh
ed. He told her afterward that Siegfried
was the son of king and right royal
youth.
But Brunhide had seen the young man