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Now its Story has uncovered by a professor of Archert who brought the proof to me my to gather up riparian rights from Swinland to Holland so that when we this River of Wene no scheming can dam the River and divert it to his use. " -."actually, my Syndicate is More ested in the political aspects thaa commercial gains. Just imagine such cheap wine for everyone All Eli will Scon be United. Perhaps there enough for the whole world. Inget maximum distribution Jour san adj will keep prices Down to the min there will b Only a Small charge liter and we Wal Grant any number i bottling permits. Of course our Syndi Aito will probably be asked to govern the Ful  ,. And where i asked so optically this wonderful cask of wine it s right in front of you said that orchestra is playing on top of Best wine in the world."1 took Rny empty Glass made my the cask and steadied against it effects of the Waltzing had not worn Hans turned the spigot and my filled. Alas he turned it too hard pulled right out of the age weakened a of " 1 raised my overflowing Glass and Drill quickly. Truly it was the Best wine of a again and again i emptied my Glass to the wine was flowing faster. Find pc 1 threw away the Glass and cupping hands drank from them As Hans doing. A to Tow r one of the Small villages beside the Rhine there is a marvelous place known simply As the Wein stube. It la an old old cellar whose whitewashed vaulting stepped Down level after level provide an undeniable atmosphere. Its cobwebs an faint must iness testify to its age and make it a fitting place in which to take on  with the Valley s glorious wines. _ ,-.- Here tie corks Are pulled to the hum of Lively cover Satori frequent bursts of song and the constant rhythms of a violin a guitar and an accordion. The musicians. Wander about from table to table where they play fat rite tunes for the guests drink an occasional Glass of wine and join in the general gaiety. Sometimes the take Refuge atop the huge carved wine. Cask which dominates the lower level. Here they play until singly for the Tew dancers who somehow find a Way to weave among the crowded tables. So dose so convivial is the gathering Here that j had scarcely finished my first bottle of wine when i found my arms locked with those of partners on each Sid while we swayed to and fro to in chant of Eins Wei g  later i even waltzed with one of the tile feed buxom girls at an adjoining table. I had t Felt the wine at All but the Waltzing left Mea bit dizzy so that i had to find my seat again. It was in this group that i met Hans a businessman whose plans As i was to learn were enough to stagger tile imagination. He had asked me which wine i was drinking. I showed him the Label an said surely it. Is the Best wine of All i Don t want to be impolite my Friend lie replied but since you Are a foreign Rand obviously not an expert on these mat ters let me give you a Good  reordered a bottle of  Beeren Auslee Kabi Ettwein and showed Bow to taste it. I was to throw the Bead Back Uke , and drawn the liquid through half dosed ups so that it bubbled i i it the Yongae smile of the Mouth and indeed the whole neat with its almost overpowering Aroma. I tried it and said surely this is the brat wine of All it is a Good wine admitted Hans. Itis made from Only those berries that grow within 10 meters of the South Wall of thelast Lac two things Combine to. Produce its exquisite Ness. In the first place this soil has grown Rich Over the centuries. The knights who fell in attempts to storm Trecastle Wall were buried where they Lay. Also i understand there were a few by Bennett i. Jackson Maidens who Flung  the battlements because of unrequited love or perhaps a surfeit of it another thing the vines Here receive not Only the direct Sun Light but also that additional warmth reflected from the Castle Wall. This particular combination of soil and Sun produces a very Good wine,-indeed-1although i had been in Germany Only a few Days i was beginning to learn that there is More to the selection of a wine than just saying Shine. Moselle or Wuerttemberg. Indeed being Able to mention a Vintage year was not enough1 to make oae out an expert the effects of the Waltzing had not left me. I reeled a Little even sitting at the table so that i had difficulty in pouring but the last of the  my Glassup Between us in a Salute of appreciation to Hans i looked deep into its wondrous almost living color und repeated surely this is the Best wine of  Hans was impatient i told you that twas a Good wine. It s not the Best he too was looking it Nib the wine s Pale depth. Tineri is a Bette in one he  try it/7 i f  was As though i had asked Hans to Revear the most ultimate details of his love life. He said archly there Are some things a gentleman can t talk about. Hans became Moody and drank silently. Around a the talk and music flowed  in nth he be an talking to me again. I held Jel a Glass appreciatively Between us and observes i of think of All the grapes that go into making so much wine. Truly it is a lavish and abundant gift of  once again i had unwittingly offended bin. Lavish abundant gift of nature he sneered. It is none of. That these vines we slave Over tend so carefully and which so often bring us disappointment Are nothing but nature s niggardly reminder of a vast treasure she stole from  1 was no longer inclined to foe Indulgenti asked evenly just what do you. Mean first Hans asked me to drink Brueder Schaft with him. Then he swore me to. Secrecy. I raised my Glass and hoped the taste of the wine would quiet the throw shuddering through me. It happened a Long time ago Hans be Gan. And it is not recorded in history that is because our historians were Al ways so Busy turning myths into history that they had no time for documenting the simple facts which they finally Cam to regard As  Hans paused. To Rhine River once flowed with wins act not with   spluttered but Hahs Laid a heavy Ham. On any Arm. Don t protest he said Ofifi shall show you the proof of my state ment when the great wine drought came a that the River dried up leaving the Ehatt Nel to be filled by the rain and Snow there were seven casks of the original wine saved. Each of the casks wis placed in the custody of a Dwarf. The cafe were distributed \ for safekeeping to Vail ious localities one Here one in Soever one in Heidelberg one in Mains and tie rest further Down the River. These wer replenished oases for sit was understood that Atter seven years if wine from any of the casks was dumped m to the River the Buie would flow Agam and Wash away the polluted water. In order to insure the loyalty of la Dwarf perked for that was the name of the one stationed Here he a allowed to draw and drink 18 bottles of the wine Adi Day. For six of the Sevea years All went along Well. Perked and the others guarded the casks Well sustained As they were by their daily 18 bottles of the wine a tour people had in ewes bind the Margrave of a neighbouring province Iet about to secure the replenishing wine for him Side. By some Subtle duplicity per Cito is tricked into drinking a Botti of water. Larger Man might Nave survived but per the wine flowed and flowed. The was soon covered and the we getting deeper. The musicians As is their in any such excitement stayed at the and played. Most of the other guests now scooping up wine but a Lew still waltzed slower and slower wine reached first their Ankles then. 1 Knees. Finally the chairs and table afloat now we were All treading treading wine that is. Inevitably lightened cask broke Loose Froming. As it rolled Over the m a of Ujj jumped in one by one. The player was the last to  i heat finish a phrase und die Musik  then he hit the wine with and there was a Tong gurgling and the Schiffer Clavier filled the next thing i remember Ahad come for me. She Pluti ged i White Arm deep into the wine me up  i opened my and saw her Golden hair Stream Laj a from under the winged Down and touched her imps lightly after that i knew nothing except of her gentle yet firm grasp As me against her breast plate and of wind in my face As her Steed upward with the ease of a floating next morning in Valhalla awakened by the ringing of 10.00q.on Kex too Shields. It was the March warriors it s b o clock i hear Kyrie say. Instinctively i stretched Forth i to receive the Hora of Mead which i would be expected to quaff at of the Day. It s & o clock.1 ret Valkyrie and her voice was hos greeting so Many warriors. I opened my Eye and saw holding not a Hora of Mead to Ordinary  o clock this Agate in petitions Valkyrie. And would Stop by and sign the Register a do so last evening went downstairs and wrote on a card which was headed Haua a Rhine Valley  a ignoring breakfast i made my once to the cobbled Riverside the Stream. I could a nost color but i had to make sure i was not observed 1 plunged hands into the liver and army Mouth. With my Lead drinking i Drew to it liquid closed lips so that it bubbled Tongue foxing the Mouth. Water. Fhe stars and stripes feature Section