Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-09

gary IS me scene OF thdt gredteSt OF
| fighting epics, the roaring and ter
rible NiJelungen-Hed. The men Of
the Rhine and the men of Bavaria,
Hungary and Austria are depicted
in the lied as killing each other.
Battling side by side today, they are
fired for united war BY the chants
from this tale, which is the priced
possession of all races and classes of
the Germanic stock.
Strong and beautiful was Siegfried,
the kings son Of Xante In the Meth
erlands. Strong and beautiful. he rode
down into Worms to win from King
Gunfher OF the Rhine his sister Kriem-
hid. who was fair as a dawn that
comes from behind dark clouds.
None were so happy as they. But
in an evil hour siegfried told Kriem-
HID Of trick he had put on Brun-
hid, Gunther's queen and Kriemhild
twitted Brunhild in public with what
she had learned.
"Shall this outrage lie upon mel"
wept Brunhild, till Gunther, the king,
went whispering up and down, and his
fierce, loyal vnssal, Hagen Of Irony,
swore that revenge must be.
At fateful Odenheim, in the Oden-
wald, when Siegfried stopped to drink
at a spring, Hagen thrust him through
with a spear, so that 1t entered at the
champions back and came out at his
heart.
SO died the great warrior, he that
had conquered the Land Of the Nibe-
lungs and won their mighty hoard and
brought the Nibelung knights under
his overlordship.
Hagen brought the dead man home
ut concerneth me little II Kriemhild
| weep" said dauntless Hagen Of Irony.
She kissed Siegfried's beautiful
days and nights she wept him while
he lay unburied, and for many years
after. when he had long slept In his
coffin of silver and gold In Lorsch on
the Rhine. She could do naught else.
| "The devils wife will never forgive
me-" said Hagen. He worked on Gun
Their till the king took from Kriemhild
the Nibelung's treasure; for he feared
lest the herO's widow win adherents
with 1t.
| They sank the hoard In the Rhine
Mt Locheim and only Hagen and Gun
Their knew the place.
Kriemhild wept anew and nursed
| opnt bar paa1 FOR payanua
There came day when King Etzel
of Hungary sent knights to WOO her,
and she Jared into Hun-land to become
| the mighty queen of that mightiest
king. Sweetly and well she ruled with
him till she was assured that the love
of all Etzel's knights was hers. Then
she spoke to the king and said: LET
us bid my kin from the Rhine to a
hightide."
Sixty high warriors and a thousand
Nibelung knights, they rode out of
Worms. There were Gunther and his
two tall brothers. Gernot the mighty
and Giselher. the blooming. There
were Hagen with the sword of Bal
mung that Siegfried had won from the
Nibelungs, and Folker, Gunther's min.
strel.
They fought their way through Ba.
varia till their saddles were gay with
blood. They rode into Austria and
were met by loyal Rudeger of Bech'
laren, King Etzers markgrave, who
welcomed them and plighted them the
faith of true host. Splendidly he
led them into Hungary TO King Eft
zel's thousand towers Of Gran.
Kriemhild stepped down from the
castle and kissed her brother, Gunther
When Hagen saw that he bound his
helm on tighter.
He had need of 1t. While King Etzel
sat drinking with them In all trus1
and love, Kriemhilds knights fell oil
them In the banquet hall. "Drink W,
the kings wine" cried Hagen then
and cut Off the head of Etzel's child
so that 1t flew into Kriemhild's lap
Balmung whirled again, and bit the
head of Etzel's brother, helmet and all
The Nibelungs, hard pressed, tough
with swords and benches and stools
Scarce could Ethel and Kriemhild viii
from the tumult. Folker fiddled dealt
tunes with his blade on many Hunt
head. Dankwart, Hagen's brother
held the door and gathered red gate
money.
The Nibelungs threw the dead anC
wounded down the stairs and cried
ENTER Enter And earn your queen
pay, Ola Hunsw
All tie long summer day they fought
In the dusk Kriemhild ordered tn
place to be Lindled. All night
burned. Yet la the dawn there wer
Nibelungs still left alive.
'"rhcy have orphaned the land :
cried the Hun knights, all red an,
black with slaughter, King Etze
sobbed I'm his beard and called to Ru
dcgHr OF BcchlareL to avenge them.
II brought the strangers into tn
land as guests, o Kingw cried tn
faithful man. Take back what tho
has given me. / will quit the countr
empty rather than l will die dlshor
ored."
Bot they implored him. Heavily h