ew Market. She knocked repeatedly, but at first
received no response to her summons. After a time Sir Aducht opened the
window and looked out, annoyed at the disturbance at such an hour.

He was about to speak angrily when the apparition looked up at him with
a tender regard of love and asked him to descend quickly and open the
door to receive his wife, nearly exhausted by cold and terror. The
bereaved husband refused to believe that the wife whom he had just
buried had come back to him, and he declared that he would as soon
expect his horses to climb upstairs as believe that his dead wife could
return to him alive.

He had hardly uttered the words when the trampling of his two horses on
the staircase was distinctly heard. A moment or two later he looked from
the casement and saw the steeds at an upper window, and he could doubt
no longer. Rushing to the door, he received his shivering wife into his
arms. The ring she still wore would have removed all doubts had there
been room for such.

Husband and wife spent many years together in domestic happiness, and in
memory of that remarkable night Sir Aducht fixed wooden effigies of two
horses' heads to the outside of the window, where they still remain for
all to see.

The Magic Banquet

Another interesting tale of Cologne deals with the famous magician and
alchemist, Albertus Magnus, who at one time dwelt in the convent of the
Dominicans, not far from that city. It is recorded that on one occasion,
in the depth of winter, Albertus invited William of Holland to a feast
which was to be held in the convent garden. The recipients of the
curious invitation, William and his courtiers, were naturally much
amazed at the terms thereof, but decided not to lose the opportunity of
attending such a novel banquet.

In due course they arrived at the monastery, where all was in readiness
for the feast, the tables being laid amid the snow. The guests had
fortified themselves against the severe weather by wearing their warmest
clothing and furs. No sooner had they taken their seats, however, than
Albertus, exercising the magic powers he possessed, turned the wintry
garden into a scene of summer bloom and loveliness. The heavy furs were
laid aside, and the guests were glad to seek the shade of the spreading
foliage. Iced drinks were brought to allay their thirst, and a sumptuous
banquet was provided by their hosts; thus the hours passed unheeded,
till the Ave Maria was rung by the conv