Buss, Georg; Steinhausen, Heinrich [Hrsg.]: Beschreibung der deutschen Pfalz und Führer durch das deutsche Dorf (Berlin, 1893)

seemed to



lyfflg a his dart
c,reePs under fo

5a%frofflunder;

1 ,not yet begin,*

sh my eyes J
and peer llp at the

:overwhetherthere
ik.

outside, and when
Ist swept through
whistling sound;
silent and I heard
:hl'ough the trees,
e music of these
lody seemed this
methought it was
trains, now mourn-
'gain pitifully and

of the night in-
1 increase in power
i furiously? And f-
~ confused sonn

sound as if
rmed and roil
la, and see!
ough the
3; the pale
ureases, and no»
low.

in fire«, I shouted

wling of the wind
ashing of falling
snapping of con-
confused voices'
•-cry, the shrieks
ling of fire-arms,

, Claus Klett is ,
id you Wendelin,
our ancestors, is

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Zcabm fold?es '(Loben bie Tcad]t nicht 5U,
xvavb bet Winb ritcbt 511m 5turm unb bub
bet Stürm nicht an 511 rafen? Dod] BorcB!
fanten jet$t nicht Denr>orreneSd]älle ba3rDifcb.cn,
vetnafyn id? ntd]t ein Dröhnen, wie wenn bie

Chapter XYL

How Wendelin was rescued from the dungeon
and the Palatinate demolished.

»Take courage young master, I am coming

gan3e pfal3 äußert wat aus bem Sfilafe tQ rdease &r JostJ exclaimecl a voic|

- ft! unb m tard* bte £ure bringt s td]t QUtside and the k tumed in the lock_ But

- \d1onLagl--Vo^nein:betme5diexn before the door couM be ed a Wlld
iwcbfeti■ etnimmt ab unb 3n unb u>ad?ft 3ur tumult was heard in the passage advancmg
rort]eu (Dlutr?. , . nearer and nearer, and above the turmoil I

Seuetl bxe pfabj brennt fo net tcb. heard a well-known voice exclaim: »Brothers,

Saud^enbet 5 utmxvxnb Kta^en wxe von that 1S the jail down with him!«

fturjenbem (Sebalf, praffembes (Seraufd] r>er-

3er/renber €&fc] lautes Hufen rerroorrener A]as> J knew what now happened by the

Stimmen! —; 2lber nicbt aud] 5elbgefd]ret, CIT of ag°nY and the heavy fal1 before my

(Scfreifcb von lüetberftimmen, Knattern »on dungeon door.

£}afenbüd]fen, Klirren von <£r3? Jost Waldmann, thou faithful servant; yea,

„Die Bauern!" rief icfy „Claus Klett Bat faithful unto death, tare well!

fie l]ereingefül?rt, unb urn Did], XDenbelin, gebd They now tore open the door

£ angenau in Rammen auf!"-------

16. Hattet

Wie Wenbeüii aue bem lerfer geführt ruavb
unb 6ie Pfal3 untergieng.

by the light of
they all carried in
their hands

Claus
caught sight
of me, he
shouted to
his people:
»Hallo! no

the fire-brands

and as
which

eib getroft, 3nnFer, id], 3°ft
^?S Fomme <£ud] 3U ertöfen," fo there! here
riefs mir von außen 3U, bie> he is, our
Ij/** treilen ber Sd]lüffel fid] im
5d]loffe breite. 21ber nod]
'^f&L u?ar bie Cbür nid]t aufge*
tb.au, als rrnlber Cärm
ben (Sang Ber näfyer erfd]oll unb
aus bem (Setöfe ber I^ersuetlenben *

eine Stimme bie id] wofy fannte:
„trüber, tr>oi]l brann, ba ift ber
Kerfermetfter; fd]lagt ifm tobt!"

VOe\\, am Cobesauffdirei, am
bumpfen 5all r>or ber Kerfertfyiir
merrf id]: es roar gefd]efyen.

3oft IDalbmann, bu treuer
Diener, ja bis 311m Cqbe getreu,
fabr wotyl —

3et$t riffen fie bte Cfyür auf,
unb Claus, als er mid] fal], benn
5euerbränbe, bte fie in ^änben -
trugen, leud]teteu itmen, fd]rie
feinen £euten 3u: ^olla, fye, Bjer
ift er: XPemfyer Hocfenbufd], unfer 3:
Sruber!

Sogleid] rcarb id] voxx ibjten mit
lautem 5reubengelärnt aus bem Ker!er
gebogen unb ben gemauerten (Sang enb