SIR EGER, SIR GRAEEL.

        ON t of one of ts of tic tract of Upper Germany t lies not far from tood many, many years sile of t. It is noe fallen to decay, and almost buried among beecrees and dark ?rs; above coill be seen struggling, like tioo carry a ry.

        t family of Katzenellenbogen,+ and iy and all tors. tion of    till endeavored to keep up some sate.

        times    old castles, percs among tains, and    more ve residences in till, ttle fortress, cary ieracy all t erms    neig of disputes t -great-grandfathers.

        * te reader,    tale must ed to ttle Frence, a circumstance said to aken pla Paris.

        + I.e., CAtS ELBO--ts, and very poimes. tion, old,    to a peerless dame of ted for a ?ne arm.

        t one cer, but Nature,    one ces by making it a prodigy; and so it er of try cousins assured    s y in all Germany; and    up    care uendence of ts,    one of ttle German courts, and ion of a ?ne lady. Urus ss. By time seen so admiration, and ories of ts in tapestry rengte tory.

        S great dif?culty, and    all ting; could sign    missing a letter, and so legibly t s could read it    spectacles. Stle elegant good-for-not abstruse dang of tar, and kneender ballads of t.

        s, too,    ?irts and coquettes io be vigilant guardians and strict sors of t of t and inexorably decorous as a superannuated coquette. S of t; never    beyond tle uended, or ratual lectures read to    strict de and implicit obedience; and, as to taugo    sud in suce distrust t, unless properly aut    a glance upon t cavalier in t if    .

        ts of tem . ttern of docility and correess. ing tness in to be plucked and to frese of te spinsters, like a rosebud bluss looked upon ation, and vau, t go astray, yet to tzenellenbogen.

        But, ily t migions.

        tionate disposition on to ives--taco took every possible occasion to e in sle. All family festivals ed by t t tful as tings, t.

        t sisfa at test man in ttle    o tell long stories about tark old s looked grimly doeners equal to t o tural tales ain and valley in Germany abounds. ts exceeded eveo every tale of o be astonised for time. t, table, te monarctle territory, and     man of the age.

        At time of reats t family gat tle on an affair of tmost importa o receive tined bridegroom of ter. A iation o uy of ted ilio. trot seeing eacime ed for t Von Altenburg ually on o to receive zburg, ained, mentioning t be expected to arrive.

        tle umult of preparation to give able    h unon care.

        ts ended oilet, and quarrelled t every article of aken advantage of test to follo of aste; and fortunately it er of expectatiore of her charms.

        t mantled le    in reverie, all betrayed t tumult t le . ts inually s are apt to take great i in affairs of ture. taid sel o deport    to say, and in o receive ted lover.

        tions. rutly to do; but urally a fuming, bustling little man, and could not remain passive o bottom of tle e ay; inually called ts from to ex to be diligent; and buzzed about every less and importunate as a blue-bottle ?y on a warm summers day.

        In time tted calf s smen; t ribution. Everyto receive tinguis rue spirit of German ality; but t delayed to make his appearance.

        er     of t gleamed along ts of tains. ted t torained t sig and tendants. Once    ing from tain-e truck off in a different dire. t ray of sus began to ?it by in tirring in it but no lagging homeward from his labor.

        le of Lands ate of perplexity a very iing se ransag in a different part of the Odenwald.

        t Von Altenburg ranquilly pursuing e in t s-trot orimony rouble and uainty of courtsing for ainly as a di tered at urtzburg a youtiers--arkenfaust, one of toutest    s of German ing from tle    far distant from tress of Lands, altary feud reile and strao eacher.

        In ted moment nition ted all t adventures and fortunes, and t gave tory of ended nuptials     descriptions.

        As te of tion, to perform t of toget t do it t off from urtzburg at an early    ions for io folloake him.

        tions of tary ses and adventures; but t    to be a little tedious no ted cy t aed him.

        In tered among tains of traversing one of its most lonely and t is    ts of Germany ed by robbers as its castles by spectres; and at time ticularly numerous, from t try. It    appear extraordinary, t ttacked by a gang lers, in t of t. t inue arrived to tance.

        At sig not until t al y of urtzburg, and a friar summoned from a neig o bot s of tunate t were numbered.

        itreated o repair instantly to tle of Lands and explain tal cause of    keepi    t ardent of lovers,    punctilious of men, and appeared early solicitous t eously executed. "U; said ;I s sleep quietly in my grave." ed t y. A request at a moment so impressive admitted no ation. Starkenfaust endeavored to sooto ess, promised faito execute    in ao, but soon lapsed into delirium--raved about s, ed o tle of Lands, and expired in t of vaulting into the saddle.

        Starkenfaust bestoimely fate of aken.        among ile people, and to damp tivity idings fatal to their hopes.

        Still, tain y of Katzenellenbogen, so cautiously     s up from te admirer of tricity aerprise i made ure.

        Previous to ure s ernity of t for ties of o be buried in tzburg near some of rious relatives, and tinue of t took charge of his remains.

        It is no o t family of Katzenellenbogen,    for t, and still more for to ttle baron, w airing cower.

        Nig still no guest arrived. to, s    antly to give orders for t    t. All ed at table, and just on t of eng, e gave notice er.

        Anot ?lled ts of tle s eed to receive ure son-in-law.

        t der e. all gallant cavalier, mounted on a black steed.

        enance    ic eye and an air of stately melanctle morti?ed t ary style. y for a moment o sider it a    of proper respect for tant occasion     and tant family o be ected.    it must ieendants.

        "I am sorry," said tranger, "to break in upon you t;

        errupted s and greetings, for, to tell trutesy and eloqueratempted once or to stem torrent of    in vain, so    to ?oime to a pause t of tle, and trao speak, ed by t of t as oranced; it seemed as if ed upon t lovely form. One of ts o speak;    blue eye imidly raised, gave a sranger, and    again to t t smile playing about    dimpling of t s been unsatisfactory. It een, rimony, not to be pleased    a cavalier.

        te    ime for parley. tory, and deferred all particular versation until to tasted ba.

        It    le. Around traits of tzenellenbogen, and trops, splintered jousting-spears, and tattered banners usks of ttle-axes, and a lers brancely over thful bridegroom.

        took but little notice of tertai. asted t, but seemed absorbed in admiration of o could not be over    ot catcest y in    appeared to    upon t as seention. Nourned a ic tenance, and le sigender     t tely enamored. ts, , declared t t ?rst sight.

        t    on merrily, or at least noisily, for ts ites t attend upon ligain air. told    and lo stories, and never old t effect. If tors    in astonis; and if anytious, to laugly in t place. t is true, like most great men, oo digo utter any joke but a dull o able, served up ible. Many good ts t    bear repeating, except on similar occasions; many sly speec almost vulsed ter; and a song or t by a poor but merry and broad-faced cousin of t absolutely made ts heir fans.

        Amidst all tranger guest maintained a most singular and unseasonable gravity. enance assumed a deeper cast of deje as trange as it may appear, even to reimes    in t, and at times turbed aless    bespoke a mind but ill at ease. ions    and mysterious. Loo steal over ty of remors to run tender frame.

        All t escape tice of ty s ed; ion, ales and supernatural legends. One dismal story produced anotill more dismal, and tened some of to erics ory of t carried aory o excellent verse, and is read and believed by all the world.

        teo tale tention.    eadily ?xed on tory dreo a close, began gradually to rise from , groaller and taller, until in tranced eye        to too a giant. t tale . tly truck.

        "! going to leave tle at midnigion; a co retire."

        tranger seriously: "I must lay my    ig;

        tone in tered t made t misgive    ed able eies.

        tranger sly, but positively, at every offer, and, alked slo of ts ely petri?ed; tear stole to her eye.

        trao t court of tle, ing ience. al, , tranger paused, and addressed tone of voice, ill more sepulchral.

        "No ; said ;I    to you t----"

        "; said t;ot you send some one in your place?"

        "It admits of no substitute--I must attend it in person; I must ao urtzburg cat;

        "Ay," said t, "but not until to-morroo-morro;

        "No! no!" replied tranger, enfold solemnity, "my e is    me! I am a dead man--I    urtzburg--at midnigo be buried--ting for me--I must keep my appoi!"

        tering of    in tling of t blast.

        turo tmost sternation, aed ed    ted re. It    t be tsman, famous in German legend. Some talked of mountain-sprites, of ural beings ime immemorial. One of tioured to suggest t it migive evasion of t to accord ion of ttle better t o abjure o true believers.

        But, ertaiely put to an end by t day ular missives ing telligence of ts murder and erment in urtzburg cathedral.

        t tle may    s,    tress. t ts or collected in groups in t troubles of so good a man, and sat lo table, and ate and drank more stoutly ts.

        But tuation of t pitiable. to    a re could be so gracious and noble,    ations.

        On t of tired to s, , ellers of g-stories in all Germany,    been reting one of , and    of it. te and overlooked a small garden. t trembled on tree before ttice. tle clock    tolled midnig strain of music stole up from tily from epped ligo tall ?gure stood among trees. As it raised its    fell upon tenance. re Bridegroom! A loud s t moment burst upon , o to re had disappeared.

        Of t no sootly beside error. As to tre of    seemed endearing. till ty,     and, t little calculated to satisfy tions of a lovesick girl, yet    to be    is soling. t declared s cory, and declared as strongly t sle: t so sleep in it alone; but s not to relate tory of tre, lest s    of ining t its nightly vigils.

        ain, for so talk of triump to tell a frigory; it is, ill quoted in tance of female secrecy t s it to raint by intelligence brougo t-table one m t t to be found. y--t bee in--the bird had ?own!

        tonis and    elligenessed tation    from tigable labors of trenc,    been struck speec, "t; t;

        In a fe tre must ics corroborated ttering of a ain about midnig t it re on o tomb. All present ruck y for events of tremely on in Germany, as many icated ories bear ness.

        a lamentable situation    of t a rending dilemma for a fond fat family of Katzenellenbogen! er    ao to roop of goblin grandcely bele in an uproar. to take    drao mouo sally fortful quest, o a pause by a neion. A lady ed on a palfrey, attended by a cavalier on o te, sprang from    t, embraced his knees.

        It ounded.    er, t tre, and almost doubted tter, too, o ts.    off a noble ?gure of manly symmetry. enance was ?used in his large dark eye.

        tery rut arkenfaust. ed ure . old eo tle to deliver tidings, but t terrupted tempt to tell ale.    of tely captivated    to     pass a fely suffered take to tinue.    o make a det retreat, until tories ed ric exit. ility of ted s by stealted triumphe fair.

        Under any otaenacious of paternal auty aly obstinate in all family feuds; but er; ed ; o ?nd ill alive; and, tile , t a goblin. t must be ao did ly accord ions of strict veracity in t    several old friends present, ratagem    titled to especial privilege, ely served as a trooper.

        Matters, t. t tle were resumed.

        tions over is true,    tem of strict seclusion and passive obedience s attributed it all to t ed. One of ticularly morti?ed at ory marred, and t tre surn out a terfeit; but tly    antial ?esory ends.
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