Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-11-01

-@-AeS ivy N@3NCG VI kier.s
rinzs, or they played in the
waters. during their glssueninv
ard beautiful white h,odses
through the waters. Wee unto
any man VINO saw them. rs ne
was Al onee suthralled. but II was
"a tfsrall6on that meant death.
They learned. like the user-
maids. 10 attract ez~er nsen hy
sitting on rucks conihing their
golden hair. They learned 10
sing ravsshin1ly 80 that fishermen
lest tt=s- souA Is well as their
hsdleS They learned al the arts
of the vampire that have meant
destruction 10 men ever since
man and woman learned the de-
stnoying secret OF love.
But soon they learned another
lure, tine lure Of guild. according
10 the STORY. AT the bottom OF the
Rhine was the vast RhinegnlG, a
treasure of ircatculahAe richness.
Il glittered beneath tine waters
and they were It's guardians
Those Grabbed masculine souls
who prlxen the beauty Of gold
above the beauty OF charming
women, who preferred gold In
metal 10 the golden skins and
gulden HAIR of the Lorelei. were
dragged down To their fair. The
hair of the Lorclei was said To be
spun of inlpoxsibiy fine strands of
the golden store and the gold of
their lovely cheeks was supposed
TO ne a powder made OF the mass
of gold AT the bottom of the
stream, beaten by pebbles. But
TINS gold the miserly did not see
and their punishment was 70 see
the treasure below them on the
clear bottom OF the river, and
becoming crazed with the sight
of il 10 Try TO dip their hands TO
il and fall in lamented By nobody
operas of Wagner.
Finally as II is told by the
operas OF Richard Wagner,
through whose cycle of dramas
the RhInegoid runs like a golden
thread, the Rhine maidens were
caught themselves. IL had been
prophesied that as long as the
g0id was not captured they would
have sunlight and beauty. hut
when the gold was stolen from
them they would be deprived of
sunlight and their beauty would
fade away. One time the Rhine
maidens were Incautious. II hap
pene6 that a man of the race of
dwarfs. seeing the beautiful
maidens IN their bath IN the
Rhine, conceived passion for
one OF them. Instead of drown
ing him Immediately. they
thought they could have more
fun by teasing him. The notion
OF dwarf having the temerity
TO think OF love affair with one
of the world renowned Rhine
maidens was too much for them.
and they laughed and laughed
They were not very ladyhke
in their treatment Of the poor
fellow, and in his turn he sought
revenge Noticing that they
teased him with the Rhinegold as
well, he determined to snatch il
away Thus as they brought III
the treasure from the depth oil
the water they pretended TO give
II 10 him and then would snatch
1t away. He however. pretended
70 care nothing at all for il and 70
desire only the Rhine maiden for
whom ne had professed love. As
result they forgot about the
gold and placed II on the hank.
Quick rs flash the dwarf seized
II and made away with it running
across the hills INTO the deep
caves.
Then with the power Of gold he
enslaved humanity. The sun
light failed TO shine through the
heavens. There was only DIRK
ness lit up by the flashes from
the forgcs where humanity was
making more wealth for the