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Title: Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Butterworth, Hezekiah, 1839-1905. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Boston, Estes and Lauriat
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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s. Siegfried had bathed himself in the dragons blood, and the bath made hisskin so hard that nothing could hurt him except in one spot. A leaf had fallenon this spot as he was bathing. It was between his shoulders. Siegfried, like Samson, had a curious wife. His romances growing out of hislove for this woman would fill a volume. She had learned where his one vulner-able spot lay. But she was a lovely lady, and the wedded pair lived very happilytogether at Worms. At last a dispute arose between them and their relatives, and the lattersought to destroy Siegfrieds life. His wife went for counsel to a supposedfriend, but real enemy, named Hagen. Your husband is invulnerable, said Hagen. Yes, except in one spot. FIFTH MEETING FOR RHINE STORIES. 151 And you know the place ? Yes. Sew a patch on his garment over it, and I shall know how to protecthim. The poor wife had revealed a fatal secret. She sewed a patch on her hus-bands garment between the shoulders, and now thought him doubly secure.
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THE MURDER OF SIEGFRIED. There was to be a great hunting-match, and Siegfried entered into it as achampion. He rode forth in high spirits, but on his back was the fatal patch. Hagen contrived that the wine should be left behind. That, he said, will compel the hunters to lie down on their breasts todrink from the streams when they become thirsty. Then will come my oppor-tunity. He was right in his conjecture. Siegfried became tired and thirsty. He rode up to a stream. He threwhimself on his breast to drink, exposing his back, on which was the patch, reveal-ing the vulnerable place. 152 ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN NORTHERN LANDS. There he was stabbed by a conspirator employed by Hagen. They bore the dead body of the hero down the Rhine, and lamented the de-parted champion as the barque drifted on. The scene has been portrayed in artand song, and has left its impress on the poetic associations of the river. Youwill have occasion to recall this story again in connection with Drachenfels. Our fifth

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