. Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic . you to my related her story to the count, and showedhim the white hen. Pooh! pooh! said the count. I think her story is true, said the young man. Why ? I see truth written on her beautifulface. Is that so ? I dont see it. Perhapsmy eyes are not as good as they used tobe. Well, well; let us see what the whitehen will do. They took the hen outside the castle,and put her down. Presently the gravelbegan to fly. It was like a storm. Theair was filled with earth and stones, andthe old count was filled with astonish-ment. The
. Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic . you to my related her story to the count, and showedhim the white hen. Pooh! pooh! said the count. I think her story is true, said the young man. Why ? I see truth written on her beautifulface. Is that so ? I dont see it. Perhapsmy eyes are not as good as they used tobe. Well, well; let us see what the whitehen will do. They took the hen outside the castle,and put her down. Presently the gravelbegan to fly. It was like a storm. Theair was filled with earth and stones, andthe old count was filled with astonish-ment. The hen is bewitched, said thecount. Did I not tell you that thegirl is honest ? And handsome ? And daybreak the whitehen had dug a deep trencharound the castle. The trenchis shown to travellers to-day,a very remarkable proof of thetruth of the story, with onlyone missing link in the chainof evidence. The next morning the ene-my appeared, but when hecame to the trench he forboreto storm the castle. The old count called themaiden into his NIGHT SECOND. IO3 What reward do you ask for so great a service ? That you call the Dean of Strasburg to give thanks in the chapel. The count called the bishop, and attended the service. When it was over,he did not remand the good man to his cell. I have one request to make of you, said Bernard to the maid, as they leftthe church. Name it. You promise to grant it ? Name it. That you make your home in the castle. On one condition. Name it. That the dean is released. The young count went to his father. The maiden has one request to make. She shall have her request. So the dean was released and went back to Strasburg. The maid becamethe wife of the young count, but what became of the hen the chroniclers do nottell. But the trench remains, — the Henne-Graben, — and all that is wanting tomake the evidence of the story sure is to connect the hen with the trench, afterfour hundred years. This may not be hard; geologists make
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