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LEGEND OF MARIE STIGE.
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The ordinary track by which the lower part of the
valley may be reached, ascends about a thousand feet
over the ridge of this mountain, and then, of course, a
corresponding descent has to be made. But the river !
How does that find its way down the valley ? There is
a deep cleft, a great chasm, more than a thousand
(some say two thousand) feet in depth. Ages had
passed away, and nobody had dreamed of any other
way to reach the lower valley than that over the
mountain ; but Marie, whose lover lived below, had heard of
his rival’s plot to waylay him as he came by the track
over the ridge to visit her, so she tried the dreadful
precipice, and found that by clinging with fingers and
toes to the little ledges of the rock, slie could pass in
a direct line along the face of it. Thus she warned
her lover of his danger, and enabled him to meet her
secretly and safely, by traversing the giddy path slie
had discovered; and the lovers evaded—as lovers
always do—both the cruel father and his accomplice,
the wealthy rival. By this path they met as usual,
until at last detected; and then Ejstein Ilalfoordsen,
the lover, was prevailed upon to fly, in order to escape
new plots against his life. In the course of years the
father died, the rival ceased to persecute, and Ejstein
returned with fame and wealth. He came by the
shortest way, Marie saw him coming, and called his
name aloud; lie raised his arms and waved his hands
English writers have misunderstood and Germanized into " Marie
Stein," or Mary’s Rock. Others spell it "Marie Stegen," which,
translated, signifies the Mary’s fry, or Mary’s roast meat.
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