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Foremost among his persecutors was the Archbishop of Treves, and with him Sigebert dealt in summary fashion, depriving him of his archbishopric and offering the see to St. Goar. The latter, however, was sick of the perpetual intrigues and squabblings of the court, and longed to return to the shelter of his mossy cell and the sincere friendship of the poor fishermen among whom his mission lay.
Goar, and many are the local traditions which tell of the miracles wrought by this good man, and the marvellous virtues retained by his shrine after his death. He settled on Rhenish shores, we are told, about the middle of the sixth century, and thenceforward devoted his life to the service of the rude people among whom his lot was cast.
On my return home from Paris, I went along the Rhine; I knew that the poet Frieligrath, to whom the King of Prussia had given a pension, was residing in one of the Rhine towns. The picturesque character of his poems had delighted me extremely, and I wished to talk with him. I stopped at several towns on the Rhine, and inquired after him. In St. Goar, I was shown the house in which he lived.
On one occasion while he was travelling from Ingelheim to Aix-la-Chapelle, by way of Coblentz, he passed the shrine of St. Goar without so much as a single thought. Nor did those who accompanied him give the saint more attention.
In order to reach Thionville both were obliged to take the same path that is, the Rhine, the broad waterway of their fathers dominions. Pepin was the first to come, and as he sailed up the river with his train he caught sight of the shrine of St. Goar, and bethought him that there he and his brother had last met as friends.
'It was all guess with me, I promise you, till you had it all out. Ella and Jacques, and even little Margot, would not tell me a word about it; and I really began to think that Father St. Goar had mistaken what the little one had said, till you let the cat out of the bag.
Goar, as she was herself; "and now, papa," she said, "will any of the children, do you think, betray the secret?" "Yes," said Mr. Fairchild, smiling, "one of them will." "And who will that be, papa?" said Emily. "Not Jacques," replied Henry, though he was not asked; "I am sure it will not be Jacques." "Wherefore, Henry?" said Mr. Fairchild.
A goodly number of stories are told of his somewhat drastic treatment of those who passed by his shrine without bringing an offering stories which may be traced to the monks who dwelt there, and who reaped the benefit of these offerings. Charlemagne at the Shrine of St. Goar Here is one of those tales concerning the great Karl.
Goar, where he had embarked, gradually disappearing behind a wooded promontory which was slowly coming in the way, and cutting it off from view. "In fact," said Rollo to himself, "since I am not going all the way to Boppard, I had better not go much farther; for I shall have to walk back, as the steamer does not stop this side of Boppard.
Newman Noggs accordingly read as follows: 'DOTHEBOYS HALL, 'THURSDAY MORNING. 'My pa requests me to write to you, the doctors considering it doubtful whether he will ever recuvver the use of his legs which prevents his holding a pen. 'We are in a state of mind beyond everything, and my pa is one mask of brooses both blue and green likewise two forms are steepled in his Goar.
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