. Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic . s would haveensued. The damsels sung in another apartment, and their figures were madeto appear in the room occupied by the hussar, by the effect of a mirror. Thewhole was a trick, carefully planned, to test the effect of superstitious fear onone of the bravest of men. In no case should a person be alarmed at what he suspects to be super-natural. A cool investigation will show, in most cases, that the supposedphenomenon may be easily explained. It might prove a serious thing for one tobe frightened by a nightcap on a bedpost, for
. Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic . s would haveensued. The damsels sung in another apartment, and their figures were madeto appear in the room occupied by the hussar, by the effect of a mirror. Thewhole was a trick, carefully planned, to test the effect of superstitious fear onone of the bravest of men. In no case should a person be alarmed at what he suspects to be super-natural. A cool investigation will show, in most cases, that the supposedphenomenon may be easily explained. It might prove a serious thing for one tobe frightened by a nightcap on a bedpost, for a fright affects unfavorably thenervous system, but a nightcap on a bedpost is in itself a very harmless thing. The sixth evening closed with an original poem by Mr. Beal. CHAPTER XL COLOGNE. Bonn. Holy Cologne. — The Story of the Mysterious Architect. — Unfinished and Unknown. — Visit to Cologne Cathedral. — The Tomb of the Magi.—The Church of Skulls. — Queer Relics. — The Story and Legend of Char-lemagne.— The Story and Legend of E emerged from the majestic circle of the SevenMountains, the most beautiful part of the Rhinescenery, and broad plains again met our river ran smoothly, the Middle Rhine waspassed, Bonn was in view, and there we dismissedour boatman. We stopped in Bonn only a short time. We went to the Mar-ket-place and walked past the University, which was once a palace. We took the train at Bonn for Cologne, in order to pass rapidlyover a part of the Rhine scenery said to be comparatively uninter-esting. Holy Cologne ! The Rome of the Northern Empire! The ecclesiastical capitalof the ancient German church ! The unfinished cathedral towers over the city like a mountain. Unfinished ? Everything has a legend here, and a marvellous one,and the unfinished cathedral stands like a witness to such a tale. Above Cologne the river runs broad, a blue-green mirror amiddumpy willows and lanky poplars, and the windmills on its banksthrow th
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