. Legends of the Rhine . open waragainst him, hoping to wrest from his grasp the extensiveproperty which he had inherited, and to which it had no justclaim. Forced to defend himself, Gebhard now foughtbravely, but, in spite of all his efforts, he soon found himselfdeprived of all his property, except the castle of Godesberg,where he retreated with his dearly won bride. Even there,however, he was not long allowed to enjoy her companyin peace, and seeing himself obliged to go forth again,and do battle against his opponents, he confided her to thecare of the last scion of the Neuenahr family. Geb
. Legends of the Rhine . open waragainst him, hoping to wrest from his grasp the extensiveproperty which he had inherited, and to which it had no justclaim. Forced to defend himself, Gebhard now foughtbravely, but, in spite of all his efforts, he soon found himselfdeprived of all his property, except the castle of Godesberg,where he retreated with his dearly won bride. Even there,however, he was not long allowed to enjoy her companyin peace, and seeing himself obliged to go forth again,and do battle against his opponents, he confided her to thecare of the last scion of the Neuenahr family. Gebhard wasdefeated and forced to flee, his castle surrounded, and aftera long siege it was captured by the Catholics, who, enragedat the obstinate resistance made by the inmates, thenreduced it to its present ruined condition. The deserted bride, separated forever from her husband,withdrew into a sisterhood of which she was made canoness,to spend the remainder of her life in utter seclusion. 0 o cr WB ?3Q O > C/2 Hf KJ. RAMERSDORF. 111 RAMERSDORF. Cbe Dancers Cursefc. THE inhabitants of the little hamlet of Ramersdorf hadbeen wont to assemble every Sunday afternoon on the vil-lage green, where the young people danced merrily. Butwhen the year one thousand came, all hearts were oppressedby a nameless fear that the end of the world was near athand. These gay doings all ceased, and the abbot ofLowenberg gladly saw his church crowded from morning tillnight with humble suppliants for divine mercy. The much dreaded year came and passed. The sun con-tinued to rise and set, and seeing no signs of coming dis-solution, a reaction set in, and the young people gaylyprepared to resume their former Sunday afternoon had the music begun, however, when the abbotappeared among them, and peremptorily bade them when lads and lasses laughingly disregarded his orders,he turned upon them and solemnly cursed them, saying hehoped Heaven would compel them to dance without cea
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