The Woman Murderer

Once upon a time there lived a rich, noble landowner Control over extensive areas, estates and countless people stood. His residence was in a lonely, strong castle, that lay hidden behind forests and swamps like a bear's den, and was surrounded all around with walls and ditches, so that enemies would not be easy were able to penetrate. It was thought that the great lord owned the lonely place therefore chosen as his residence, so that his immense possessions Don't poke people in the eyes and provoke their greed. There should be there namely, large rock cellars will be filled with gold and silver, with which the Owner could have bought entire kingdoms if he wanted. So he had plenty of money and treasures, but with his wives he had no luck. They all died within a short period of time, one after him the other; but the widower never spent long in mourning, but every time he rode out onto the field again without wasting any time. Although Even though he was still middle-aged, he already had eleven wives on the stretcher when he went out to marry the twelfth. We know that it is never difficult for a rich man to marry a woman come, because with the gold net you can catch dozens of girls. Nevertheless, our rich suitor confronted us when he was now the twelfth Woman wanted to take obstacles in her way, so that he looked like a lowly woman A man had to knock on many a door before he got a bride could bring. The rapid death of his many wives had this frightened young ladies in the area; it certainly could don't do things right, that the young, blooming women do like that quickly withered away. There had to be a secret here - but it remained A mystery to everyone.

When the proud, rich suitor made vain journeys for a long time he finally decided to try his luck on a noble farm, where a poor nobleman lived with his three blooming daughters. She All three were beautiful and resembled delicious apples, but the youngest outshone the other two, so that she also quite well looked after her wife of a king could have been. The noble suitor had his eye immediately thrown onto the youngest lady; True, the young lady seemed heart to be cold towards him at first, but his rich gifts, silk clothes, gold chains and other jewelry, practiced such a thing warming effect that the father and the two sisters managed to to persuade the girl. The father hoped for the rich son-in-law to find support, and the daughters also expected that they would Brother-in-law would be useful, who had already promised to help them to have magnificent wedding dresses made at his expense. Since the Sisters loved each other very much, so the older ones weren't there at least jealous that the youngest should get married first. The The groom had asked his future father-in-law to do it He couldn't organize the wedding because he was celebrating it at his castle wish to bear all costs yourself.

The courtship had gone well so far, and the groom was already there left again to prepare his house for the wedding and had The day for the wedding has already been set. Then something happened Incident that caused annoyance to the old gentleman and the heart of the bride filled with sadness. There lived a poor boy on the noble farm reign after the death of his parents when he was only two years old, had taken; He was later used as a goose boy, But he had been an attendant for more than a year. The landowners called he still has the goose tone. He was half a year younger than that youngest miss, and had played with her as a child; this was one Friendship arose between them, and the young lady was always very fond of it been kind to Tönnis. Tönnis was adored all over the world no living creature so much as his dear lady. What he did Miss could only tell from her eyes, he did that without being told, and he would have gone through fire and water without fear if the young lady had done so would have ordered. When he heard that the young lady was with a widower would marry, he would be so frightened that he would despair; He didn't eat for several days, nor did he get any sleep at night his eye. He walked around like a walking corpse, and everyone believed that he was seriously ill. When Tönnis saw the groom for the first time the sight was like a cutting sword through his heart gone. "My dear young lady is running to her doom," he thought. He was now just waiting for a moment when he would be with the young lady could speak. One day she went into the vegetable garden Tönnis approached her humbly: “My dear lady, listen to my request! Do not become the wife of a murderer who... would kill just like the eleven who married him before you have." The young lady was frightened when she heard this speech and asked, How could he know that this gentleman's previous wives were united? found a violent death. Tönnis replied: »My heart told me, when I first saw the bridegroom, and my heart loved me never cheated on me." When the young lady told her sisters and her Father told her what she had heard and the old gentleman became so violent Anger that he threatened to beat Tönnis half to death and then with the to let dogs chase them from the farm. Who knows if he doesn't make the threat would have carried out if the young lady had not intervened with requests and tried to appease his anger. The Miss said: “The guy didn’t mean anything bad, he just wanted it He only gave us good things." After a few days the old gentleman left the Tönnis shout, scolded him for his foolish chatter and finally said: “If you bother the young lady again with such empty talk If your ears lie, I'll have you shot down like a mad dog." To reassure his daughters, the old gentleman told them that Tönnis became weak-minded due to an illness. Nevertheless, there were Doubts arose in the youngest miss's heart and she would have gladly separated from her bridegroom if only one could would have shown possibility. But father and sisters resisted unanimously agreed to this project, saying: “Do not upset your happiness careless of you. You will become a rich man's wife, you will become one there Have life like in heaven and be able to help us too." The closer it is As the wedding day approached, the young lady's heart became heavier, She no longer tasted food and no sleep came to her eyes at night. Finally one day she secretly called Tönnis and asked him what she should do, since the old gentleman definitely doesn't want to step back don't want to know anything. Tönnis responded by asking him to take with me: "As long as I am close to you," he said, "no one should dare to lay hands on you.” Then the young lady asked her father for help Permission to take the Tönnis with you. "As far as I'm concerned," said the old man Sir, -- "if your bridegroom has no objection to it." The The groom grimaced a little when he heard his wish Bride heard, but since he didn't want to let the bride go, he had to he acquiesces to her desire.

The wedding day was celebrated with rejoicing and great celebration in the groom's house It was splendid, all the wedding guests stayed for over a week, and When he returned home, everyone had to confess that he still had something in his life I have never seen a more beautiful wedding. The father-in-law and the Sisters-in-law stayed a few weeks longer and lived a life like in heaven. When he said goodbye, his son-in-law had many more for them valuable gifts were given, and the young couple were alone on the proud noble farms remained behind.

A few weeks later the Lord said to his wife: "I must now, My darling, go away for three weeks to visit my more remote estates and properties to visit, that's why I have a message after Dispatched from your father's house to one of your sisters to keep you company until I return. The nurse can arrive here this evening or tomorrow at noon. While I'm away, everything here will be under your direction stand, see to it that everything proceeds as I have ordered. Here are my keys, don't trust them to anyone; you yourself have Access everywhere. There is only one in this box here golden key; You are allowed into the room that he unlocks you don't put your foot down or even open the door to look in. I ask you, darling, to beware of such presumption, because your and my happiness would be destroyed as soon as you violate my prohibition. You should you enter the forbidden chamber intentionally or accidentally -- and This wouldn't remain unknown to me - so I would have to tell you with my own Cut off the head from the torso with your hand." The woman refused to take safekeeping of the eerie key, but the Lord let him not off, but penetrated her until she found the golden key received. As she said goodbye, she said to the lord of the castle: “As far as I’m concerned You can not worry, I don't want to see your secrets though “You don’t want to show it to me yourself.”

The day after the Lord's departure the middle sister arrived to pass the time for the young woman. The sisters chatted each other, and joked with each other, and sometimes even talked that Tönni's bad premonition had instilled completely useless fear in them have. Nevertheless, the young woman became more restless than she was In the morning it was reported that Tönnis had disappeared during the night, and Nobody knows where he went. He had his wife the evening before said: "I don't know how it is that I'm in trouble because of you I'm worried some misfortune might happen to you. Dream every night I think of you as if there was an evil person behind you who would do this to you want to finish it off. And in the morning an ugly one usually wakes me up Dream where you stand in front of my bed with a bloody head." The woman had any fear of these dreams is seen as an empty fear wanted to fight back, but when she found out about the boy's disappearance, she fell His speech from last night weighed heavily on her heart. She sent People went out in every direction to seek him out; the people returned back in the evening, but none of them had any trace of the Missing person found. The woman felt as if Tönnis was hers best protector and her most loyal friend divorced from her. Anyway the young lady tried in every way to ease her sister's grief the poor woman found no consolation.

One day she wanted to give her sister all the rooms and treasuries Show the castle, they went from one room to the other, examining Everything, and satisfied their curiosity. Finally they came before them too door which the golden key opened, but that was the chamber, which the woman was not allowed to enter -- she wasn't even supposed to wear it Peek at the threshold for the secrets of this chamber. Miss had a great desire to take a look at this mysterious chamber and asked her sister to unlock the door. The woman probably didn't like it feel less desire for it, but she invoked the prohibition her husband's memory and said it wasn't hers allowed to enter this chamber. The sister mocked her fear: “Key and lock,” she said, “have no tongue with which to speak could reveal to the Lord that someone has made use of them. What can be hidden further here than all sorts of valuables that he gave you, Who knows from what mood, doesn't want to show. When the men are out of a mood Women are also allowed to hide something from their wives if they feel like it act contrary to the prohibition of men. If you're afraid to open the door, then give me the key and I will unlock the door for you.” Although the woman still resists the desire with her mouth Sister resisted, as she had long since made up her mind in her heart with her. She took the key out of the box and put it in Lock. Before she had had time, the key was in the lock to turn around, the door burst open with a loud noise, with magic must have been in the game. But who could do the horror? describe what now attacked the two of them as they looked over them Threshold penetrated into the interior of the mysterious chamber. In the middle There was an oak block on it, and on it lay a broad axe; the whole floor was covered with clotted blood! But what that was the most terrible thing, and the last drop of blood froze in their hearts made: at the back of the wall stood in a row on a long Table the bloody heads of the previous eleven women! These unfortunate ones Creatures had all met their deaths in this murder chamber --probably because she, too, in her presumption, forbade the man had transgressed.

The same horrible death now threatened the twelfth woman, because she immediately said to himself that it was the devilish man who killed the others I will not give her any mercy either. She already saw hers Neck on the bloody block, felt the edge of the ax in hers Neck as she staggered back over the threshold in horror. The She had dropped the key on the floor when she was putting it in her pocket; as they When she picked it up, she found bloody rust spots on it that couldn't be wiped and no scouring could destroy. When they then tried to open the door They found it impossible to lock up; the door was a hand wide apart, as if there was an invisible wedge between the door and the post located. Now there was no lack of misery and regret, but what could it do? fruit? Luckily they still had a week until the return Sir, during this period they wanted to think of ways to get the matter where possible to make amends.

The sisters spent the night sleepless; so often their eyes fell, the bloody block with the ax immediately stood in front of them again, and chased away all slumber. In the morning the chambermaid came to the house The woman came in and reported that the gentleman was already at the gate. The woman her whole body trembled and she was unable to move from her seat raise. As soon as the gentleman got off his horse, he asked about it woman, and quickly went up the stairs. When he came into the room, his eyes burned like two fires; the woman pale with fear wanted to get up, but sank back into her chair. The Lord saw immediately what had happened here and asked where the golden one was key. With a shaking hand, the woman pulled the box out of hers bag, and handed it to the gentleman, who immediately opened it Found rust spots on the key. Then his face swelled blue and red his eyes rolled like wheels of fire so that the woman would not look at him could. "Infamous creature!" he shouted in a terrible voice. “You must die without mercy at my hand, because you are my commandment have transgressed. God in heaven may forgive you, I can forgive yours Don't let cheekiness go unpunished. I had the regiment for you and entrusted me with all my possessions, and you have betrayed me! With the With the riches that I gave you, you were able to be happy like a queen and live joy! Why have you broken my commandment?! Prepare yourself to death, for your days are at an end!”

The woman tried to say a few words of apology, but the Lord raged even worse: “Prepare for death, for yours Moments are numbered!” The woman’s sister immediately felt like the noise began, fled, and no longer dared to show itself, because she was afraid of incurring death too. The woman fell before the Lord on his knees, prayed to God, and tried again in between to soften her husband's heart.

“That chatter is enough!” shouted the gentleman. »Lay your head on that Block!” When the woman didn’t immediately follow this order, he dragged her by her hair to the block and pressed with his left hand He put his head down and grabbed the ax with his right hand to close it kill.

But at the very moment he raised the ax, it fell from behind a heavy club on his head, so that the ax fell out of his hand fell, and he himself fell. In his rage the murderer had not noticed that a man with a club was walking behind him as he dragged the woman into the murder chamber. This man was Tönnis. The woman had fainted from fear and terror, so that she could no longer do anything knew what was going on around her. Tönnis tied the Lord's hands and Feet with strong ropes, and then the same again from his After recovering from the anesthesia, he could no longer get away from anyone inflict evil. Then Tönnis rushed to the help of the unconscious woman only woke up from her unconsciousness after a few hours.

Now the court was informed and one was immediately sent Message to the woman's father that he was coming here. The investigation revealed that the murderer had killed eleven women, and the last one would also have murdered if Tönnis didn't help would have come; The murderer was therefore brought before the embarrassing court arrested and sentenced to death. Since he has no close relatives who were entitled to inheritance rights, all noble farms and Properties awarded to the widow; only a part of the assets became distributed among the poor.

The rich widow had suitors from all sides, but she Didn't marry either of them, but took Tönnis after a year to her husband, and both lived happily ever after.