The daily Alaskan., 1911-01-04
A Legend By E. TOwNSEND SMITH Copyright. lsiQ by American Press
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visited German American friend of nine who bad got rich in America makiae beer and with the proceeds bought one of ,hosc ruined castles on the Rhine. repaired i and spent his summers there We were sitting one afternoon io room facing the west. . The weather being warm the blinds : were closed 70 keep out the sun See Ing wha1 supposed Jo be a silver coin on the Eooy. ! arose. went to u and was gbou, to pick it up when ! saw that B was one yf those little round sun imase= that will come through a . chIuk. Shuster. my host, laughed at me and said
 That reminds me of legend about thIs castle. 10 was formerly owned by Baron Huguer. The story goes that the baron was great gambler. When be succeeded t1 the castle a lot of nJney went with r You see. it lies on one of two hills. and a road has always led between them down to the river This road was freQuented by merchants who took goods down 10 the Eaar for shipment by water When The barou saw a party of them in tHe distance he had only to swoop down 5a taem. levy a tribute Of some 2y t9 90 per ctut of the value Of their goods for sol. ani there you are.
 HesffrrrTr r=r fNnFFr -HEbg-f Husuer was bis name-in- he-icld the rroperty just about the time tbat people got virtunuS, and 1t was1r considered any more the way tg- a uobleuau Go rob, He did it aft er this by serving rhe sovereign. and when bis king bounced upon state or 8 Iuchy OF something like that the baron got a slice.
 -Well, as was saying. Baron Hus- her vas rich. a ganbIeF and wiJhal virtuo1s He .ubled all day, and be ramrlel sIs night Now, the legend has it that tbe devil had for centuries been interested io the wealth the bar on had extc-ced from the merchants and wanted his share. But he didn't want it in u0uey. He bas no use for material Oasy spiritual things, What he wanted for his share of the plum der wss a sou. and the soul he had set his yi-ajuouS beart on was Baron Hubert uuguer,
 The way rhe devil managed 10 get hold on the baron was through his passiga for play. Whenever Hugner gamb,ed the deTj stood behind him and SD influenced him to make his bets that sraduauy every bit Oe the gold that the. HuguecS had for centuries taken from the merchants went by tae board Then one day when the baron aad lost it all the devil came into lhe room disguised as g Jew and y1,l hlm that he would discount bis note for a large sum without either security or interest When HugDer eaue To 6al out what the devil want sG fu lieu og security and Interest it was the usual thing Satan bungers for bis soul
 The transaction was completed, the eousleradla-tbe soul-go be delivered six months after date without grace. The baron was furnished with a thou sand r5ecas of gold. with which he went eu gambling and gradually re- covered all be lad lost, getting his Elu-ia, aGaIgs into a satisfactory culLIdco a few days before his note came due
 The night before Hugner's soul was to be delivered the baron had a dream He dreamed that an angel appeared 10 him and said. Tomorrow Satan will claim yCUr soul io lieu Of his interest n the plunder exacted In the past by your ancestors from merchants. IC s u0t meet that he should reap this beRe- 6c. TouorroW when he comes for you tell him that you can win money from him without even a piece of money so biz as a head of a pin He will demur 60 that Then offer t0 bet him the soul of your oldest son that you can do what you have said
 When the baron awoke it seemed that he had really seen the angel and received the advice. Hugner was scarcely out of bed before a stranger called and asked to see him. The baron recognizeJ at once the tend who had called for his soul With a faint hope he obeyed the instructions of bis dream. The devil accepted the challenge. and they sat down before a board used on that day something like faro. The devil dealt and. seeing what he thought was a silver coin on the green, turned up a card that won. With out examining the coin be threw the baron one of equal value.
 T would respectfully call your at tantion. said the baron. to the fact shat what you thought was coin is only round sun spot coming tn through a chink in the window blind
 Upon my word said the devil, I believe you are right
 T think we are quits, pursued the baron. and my soul is my own
 sThe devil answered never q word, but got up rom the table, went out ot . the door and never returned But that night be sent a fierce storm Of light