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rr W > i j THE CHIPLEY BANNER Y j f i VOLUME V OHIPLEY FASHINGTON COUNTY FLORIDA SATURDAY OCTOBER 21397 NUMBER 16 J j 1HE STORY OF ULLA- ld at the Edge of the Northern Sea and Written for This Paper- BY EDWIN LESTER ARNOLD CnAPTETl VI was just at dusk that evening the rn sky was streaked with crimson lack the white mist was lying in wreaths along the purple river lows tho landrails wero croaking fern and tho night jars churning lo oak the little stars wore twlnk In the smooth heaven and the pale ent of the moon was adlp upon the non u thin curl of smoke rose from iatch of a hut In tho fishing village- the burgh A minute after a t tongue of flame shot and a f alarm rose fro Inside the stook Surely somo careless housewife et an ember fall among the thatch thought and the great oak gates ted thou hingeD sad out to Extinguishing rushed In their loose s two luckless herds ey passed the portal an arrow sped s the grass and plunging deep the chest of the foremost he ded half his height into tho air fell with a heavy thud Into the and went rolling and kicking and mhnq down the hillside At the minute an unseen hand from be with a single sweep of a good ray ax severed tho head of tho r from his body as ho stood glaring- his comrade and now the starlight twinkling on the weapons and mall lurrying Norsemen and while the- e of Odin t din went up to- black sky and the dusky crows lOll from their roosting places pcd dismally about between the s a long low wail of fear and terror from tho hundred corners of that aed citadel d the game was ours from the be king Numerous and strong fierce bloodthirsty as bloodhounds on the 1 we ruo d for the open gates and led the first one and swept round way between under tho unguarded odes wh ro a dozen mon might held us at bay and so to the Inner lal where wo stabbed a brao old n who tried to shut it In our faso thiro the place bad fallen tho ves wer In the foil ad wild work wo mado of III As wo ted tho entrance the English chief rushed out of tho middoor of his I In his nlghtwoar for ho had al- ly ¬ gone to bed a naked sword In and and by his side a fair young with curly yellow hair By Thor 1 Id not have been the wild fowl on neighboring marsh when that comely ns hungry lio shot so close and grit although the light was poor for- ting that had there been a dozen- It would have gonebadly indeed t us At the first shaft ho pierced lorn through the wrist and the sec I wounded stalwart Bvelnko in the then ho shot one in the throat snoth r in the stomach and kept 11 at bay until his last arrow was- t and thin died far down on the lot bloody Dogeone bear spear like fierce young cub he was As for other although he was stout ih of heart yet his limbs were BIS SIDE A run TOUKO BOY- d old and my merry follows ort work with him and he lay oonllgbt as they left him palo- y across his threshold all tho we shut the gates to keep the K wpmen In and lit a stack or- e us light and so fell on But Id I try to tell you aU we did ug Why should I try to wild Aeree hell of last and ad rapine that raged within sy shambles under the mild light And if I had a hundred uld not toll each incident as it Dd if I did you might not care If I had a hundred pens I- tlCarcorecount how one by one dragged the men from their t and how some of thorn desperately while some sub sullenly but whichever way it Ire killed them Or how the wpmen oed and struggled In the arms of a rovers and cried for mercy and- ithe yellow beards of their new laughing masters and were sent i to hades the old and lean ones how the othersthe pale fair girls V fearbright eyes and long loose- r and bare feet all In their torn dl vellod gear were bound band foot and lashed to tho pillars in the Ingball or how the lltUo ones ned and walled and hid behind the of dead and strove to wake with ifd petulance those who would never lte again or often with their cheS- aed playthings locked tightly within elr arms crept Into wondrous corners- d hid from usuk me no smaller do ill for I could surfeit you with horrors 9til compassion dimmed your eyes and- Y I l + stayed your reading 1 or an hour the place was full of the guttural shouts of men and the shrieks ot women the scream of the maiden and cry of the mother losing her little one the wall of the captive and tho moan of the dying down In the shadows and men ran hero and there struggling with while shrouded forms or dragging by jeel or ha rstrangn shapes into dusky corn rs and the fires blazed and the sparks fell and then presently bo cause there were no more to kill tho noise died down until presently silence rol nod broken only by the laughing and shouting of my men and thus we gathered In tho hall rout the lamps brf lied off the remnants of the earlloi evening supper and laid out for our ¬ selves all tbo best wo could put our hands on And fierce wild revelry my follows made of It The hot blood of rapine and pillage had got Into their veins and they heated it higher with the strong abundant drink from that Brit ¬ ish chieftains hiding places until they wore moro like a tawny handsome band- of furies than mortil men gods I think I never brought such a crew of devils to that shore before They made the ratters ring with their wild pagan hymns they danced and shouted and ato drank while tho palo captive girls stood hudd tug in the shadows or waited trembling on them and the wino and ale went streaming down tho floor among tho blood and litter and tho torches flared and tho dogs howled out- side ¬ Oh It was strange wild revelry and went on for half the nighttime It must have boon near tho dawn and most of tho maidens lay swooning upon Iho floor between weariness and tonor and half the rovers wero drunk as swine when they fetched in the dead chieftain setting him pale and bloody- In hs chair and putting a cup Into his hands while the rlbaldest follow there made u song and sung It to him Taon next a cry arosewho startod It I know not but may God forgive himfor the English fiankllns daughter Wo had not seen hor suo was not among tho captives nnd now a hundred buxom fellows were on foot hunting with torch and lamp high and low in every crack and corner of tho burgh to find her Unhappy damsel they hunted futlMy everywhere until they camo to the small round tower on tho cliff verge there the strong oak door was barred I sad shut from within and wild yell of- Jrunken pleasure tod their quarry woe it bay What was It that made me just then BO sick of all that revelry and sat like n black foreboding on my soul I know out but I turned and weary of tho glare and tumult slowly loft the burgh and walked down to tho boacb whoro my ship just as tho men were mak- ing ¬ a tat mound of sticks and heath and timbers about the door of tho doomed tower that hold the lent princess Climbing on board I gavo orders to those who had etbod by tho Wolf to mako all ready for the sea then threw myself down listless strangely sad and chilly as ono in ague by my place at the tlllor to await the com nR of tho pillagers And presently one by one the sons of the creek came reeling down the path singing as they stumbled down tho darkness and carrytug bundles and bags and furs and cups and weapons In shoals nnd dragging falter ¬ ing slaves and surly snarling dogs in leashes and so at last when they wore a 1 on board but one thut ono came run- ning ¬ down the path and beforo he had jot hat way to us the burgh was all illuminated witha rosy light and look ¬ ing up we saw that the laughing villain had fired it in twenty p aces and not only the dwellings Jut also the great mound of fuel his friends had built against tho tower door- CHAPTER vrr came our anchor and out we lunhed upon the waves once more Wo set sail and drifted slowly down under the cUrt where stood the castle and as wo came tho fire raged furiously until when we were below that beetling brow we were sailing on a heaving molten sea of blood and all our spars and cordage- were shining copper red and all tho up ¬ turned faces of the were flushed and hectic in tho shineand thenoh bow can I write ItJust as we came the nearest a white womans form stepped frantlo out on top of the tower her hands across her eyes and hid her face and wept And Ioht- ho fiercest ttrangest gust of agony and Joy sprang up within my heartI gasped and glared and all forgetting the strangeness of it in tho horror of tho moment dropped tho tiller and leaping to tho clanking bulwarks stared another moment and then out of my deepest heart out of the hot Inspiration- of my very soul burst a fierce wild cry of QunnaP And in an instant that white form was on her feet a storing terrordazed Us and then she saw wo by the shrouds- as I stood limned in gold with all my slip against tho black setting of the flight and gazed down steadfastly up- on ¬ me for a minute then clapped tier hands upon hor bosom and stretched them wildly to me and above the hiss Ing of the flame and the thud of tho white surf upon the rooks I heard her cry Ulna And now the strength of twenty jarls was in my heart I tossed off as though they were baby fingers the strong grip or two stout fellows who thought to stay me and In minute was in the surf striking out bravely for the land The great frothy pillows of the tide bolted for a space undermy chin and r c J H- i 1 7 tt- I now I was deep down Inn humming blatk sea alley and anon mast high upon a curling crostof spumo and then all In the black shadow of the cliff the black waters seemed to dissolve Into a hall of ghostly chaos and white thunder and my foot touched the pebbly bottom- I lauded somehow but how only Iho pals NarDs can toll and scrambled up n sheep track tho boldest of my men had said In daylight was Impossible como lo the palisades nnd over them and rolled Into the fort on top of two mangled ho lies and up again and now In iho golden shine of the lire rushed to the great halL There In his choir of state was the dead chief just as my robbers had lot him with mouth wide open and flioc eyes staring grimly down his hall and golden wino cup clinched within lila fingers und bloody night gear wrapped about him while on his taco the streaks of pain and anger twitching with a hideous mockery life as smoke curio J and tlio lames wont soaring over ¬ head In rosy eddies To right and left was wild disorder tables overturned and benches cast about broken flagons and squandered victuals bent swords and cleft targets and costly stuffs pu led into shreds and deal men asprawl upon their tacos and blood and dirt aud lit- ter and overall tho Ire was humming Its llorco song as It mounted from point to potent In the roof and sued groa i burning Oakes and embers on us below Dut fioihlng 1 carod for blool and litter but a foot of wind and a heart hotter than the flames above rushed through tho banquet place and brushing rudely- by the scowling king got out to the Inner court and so reached the portal of the tower Over a red path of cinders I flew and with my bare hand cast the flamoro e i doorway Into rod ruins and up me twining oaken steps I racedscar- ceStu Z WAS IK ma scar AND STIUKIVO OUT niuvzMr noticing that they fell to ashes as I passed and In another moment in A moment of wildly mingled feelings I was out upon the burning parapet and there upon hor knees leaning against the outer walls and seeming asleep was tho white maid whoso fair face had baunted my forest path and shone upon me through the drift and reek of ton years storm and battle Down I went upon ono knee and deep strong love and gentlo tlon wolllug In my heart took tho maidens head upon my shoulder and her hand In mine and a minute she gave a great shivering gasp of pain and fear bnd opened her oyos and By sweet Skulla hoisolf It was nearly worth the Interval of pain to BO the glad light of pleasure was lit with- in ¬ them as mine to ftcl tho warm clasp or hor hand and to know uusppkoa that our hearts were one our troth unbroken It was a harpy moment but all too brief for I knelt and framed tho hot words of love and courage anl drew her sweet yielding form to my bosom and rained my long garnered kisses on h Jenr pale face I felt tho oaken platform whereon weT sood heave and tremble and with a gasp I looked about nnd saw the cruel flame had gnawed through every Joist upon that turret and the whole platform was crackling and blistered and hanging by a thread while down boow hungry for its fall was the great roaring seething tune nl of tho inner tower QunnM I cried my own thore Is but ono way Looks look Tile stairs are gone the platform rocks and down below the courtyard Is cruel hard Gunna my llfo come quick there ponnd hide your face denp down to- m wolfskln folds And as sht fled to nio and leapt into arms I hid her lace in my cloak and stepped off on to the narrow rim or crackol and ragged parapet Just as tho platform fell into ruins and went thundering down into the yellow ant crimson under- neath ¬ For ono grim minute I poised myself upon that narrow giddy shell of black med wall with tho howling flame roar ¬ ing behind and the dark vortex of the sea thundering In dim dreadfulness two hundred feet below upon tho other then wrapping my sweet burden still clo er to my bosom and muttering between my now FOR anrzif DALDEHSUKD OLD VALUALLit teeth Now for green Baldersund or old Valhalla leapt bravely out into the night This js all This Is the itory otUlla the viking Ulln tlio priest Jho lamp wavers to its ending Ute Ink is dry When lire clansmen picked us up the maid was dead and so was the light and the of Ulla For three days wo- stllgixered back across the melancholy rldgo and furrow tho Hack North Boo and then wo burled her hero under a grassy mound by tho white HP of tho ocean In Ualdoreund And grief dull aud abiding sat In my heart and nono could assuage It At loot after many years there came one barefooted a- cross and n staffIn his hands Ironi over seas and whispered comfort Ho poured- the unction 0 the new faith Into my heart and the baptismal water on my head and bid mo forgot and arise anew And I took the cowl of him learning to read and write and built me a but by tho green mound I loved and strove by pcnanoo and privation to do as I was bidBut can I forgot Can the sharp thong and the mean faro purge the hot two loving spirit in my blood At times It shakes off the shackles of swoot Insipidness nnl then II old Ulla Er llngson leth palo ghostllro upon this dark summit of my mound and the black sea booms dismal in tho black ulght distance go out upon that dear shrouding turf and cast my ¬ self upon my face and tear my white hair and monk the wild rvliU and waves with my Btlll wilder grief ITHG IND l CopjilRht by the Authors Alliance All reserved WE have noticed that when nnyoco n a crowd has n bit of scandal to re- late it Is not until tho speaker a through talking mil all have had their curlosit appeased tint seine ono says something nluit tsslnlng- bjlng so Improper- E > iPLOTiSiEt which Galen calls Natures physician la so essential to human happiness that Indolence Is jistly considered tho mother of mis- ery ¬ A Question OT Education- I was sitting on a keg of nails in a West Virginia mountain store watch ¬ ing a native dickering with the mer ¬ chant over a trade of a basket of eggs for a calico dress After some time a bargain wnsclosed the native walked out with the dress in a bundle under his arm find I followed him It isnt any business of mine If I said but I was watching that trade and was surprised to see you let the eggs go for the dress What for he asked in astonish meat ns he mounted his horse How many eggs did you have Basketfull How many dozen Dunno Cant count Thats where you miss the advan- tages ¬ of education With knowledge- you might have got two dresses for those eggs If But I dont want two dresses mis ¬ ter he argued Perhaps not but that was no reas- on ¬ why you should have paid two prices for one The merchant got the advantage of yon because of his edu- cation ¬ He knew what he was about He looked at me for n minute as if ho felt real sorry for me Then he grinned and pulled his horso over close to me I reckon he half whispered cast ¬ ing furtivo glances toward the store ills education aint so much moren mine ez you think it is Ho dont know how nv them eggs is spiled ant do and he rode away before I could argue further Boston Herald A Venerable YewTree- In the churchyard at Darley Dale England is the most venerable yew tree in the world Many authorities claim for it a fabulous age making it as much as three thousand years old It is thirtythree feet in girth j but its trunk has suffered not a little from the modern Goths and Vandals who have carved their names in the bark and employed other methods of mutila- tion ¬ The tree is now fenced round- to save it from further insult and whatever may be its precise age says Rev Dr John Charles Cox there can be little doubt that this grand old tree has given shelter to the early Britons when planning the con ¬ struction of the dwellings that they erected not many yards to the west of its trunk to the Romans who built up the funeral pyre for their slain com ¬ rades just clear of its branches to Saxons converted perchance to tho true faith by the preaching of Bp Diuma beneath its pleasant shade to the Norman masons chiseling their quaint sculptures to form tho first stone house of prayer erected in its vicinity nd to the host of Christian worshippers who from that day to his havobeen borne under its hoary limbs in womens arms to tho baptis ¬ mal font and then on mens shoulders to their last sleepingplace in the soil that gave it birthIfondon Public Opinion TOO MODES FOB HIU The Children Tell ns a fairy tale grandpop- Grandpop Oh pshaw children I I dont know anything about century- rune XZAXXD IV IOU DO AND BXiAVXD IP roy DONT How I dislike the word coon omy I flOn what ground- sIt t it inoa a queer thing tho world condemns ns if We practice it- A4d1P17 lsif do a 40 f 8ri n J WYMAN GETS DAILY REPORTS Surgeon General Keeps Well Potted On Yellow rover Situation Surgeon General Wynmu at Wash- ington ¬ has received the following from Dr Lindsley executive officer of the Tennessee state board of health Our board has state Inspectors at the following polnUt Memphis Grand Junc- tion ¬ Itaymor state line Chattanooga Cleveland and Duektown liars ordered all to oooperato fully with your service Please instruct at onco your men accord- ingly Orders wore immediately given tho marine hospital forces to cooperate as requested Information has been received at the marine hospital from Dr John Guiteras that tho two cases of yellow fever at Cairo 111 have been isolated and every precaution possible taken- to prevent spread He says that the cases are very mild and have caused little alarm in Cairo- LONGSHOREMEN ARE OUT Strike at Brunswick Aunmea ft General and Serious Phaie The strike is now general among the longshoremen and all dock laborers at Brunswick Ga The strikers are asking for higher wages claiming that somo shippers on tho Mallory lino and Brunswick Ter ¬ minal company have recently reduced wages Employes of tho Mallory ask for 20 cents per hour The cotton laborers wish 85 per day Tho strik- ers ¬ are circulating petitions among business men protesting against the importation of foreign labor Seven or eight cases of violence committed by strikers havo been re- ported ¬ Should foreign laborers be brought from the north trouble is an ¬ ticipated and tho city authorities are making preparations to protect per- sons ¬ and property LATTIMER STRIKERS HOLD BACK Hungarian Intimidate Miner Who At ¬ tempt to Work The strike situation at Hazleton Pa again assumed an uncertain phase Monday morning An attempt to resume work was made at Pardeo anti Lattimar mines but only 800 ont of 1300 miners returned to work These were mainly Italians with a few En- glish speaking men During Sunday night tho Hunga- rians ¬ paraded through tho settlement beating tin cans and kettles and rais- ing ¬ a big racket This was done to notify those of their race that they must not go back to work The warn ¬ ing was observed and Monday morn ¬ ing a band of Hungarians led by women were massing and threatening- to march on tho mines later in the day The Thirteenth regiment is keep ¬ ing a close watch for further trouble PERPETUAL INJUNCTION Against Eugene Deb and Others Grunted By Judge Jockion The featu ro of interest in the open- ing session of the September term of the United States court for the dis ¬ trict of West Virginia at Wheeling Monday was the application of ex Governor A U Fleming of Fairmont to make the injunction against Eugene- V Debs and others perpetual The governor was acting for his cli ¬ ent the Monongahela Coal Co and as there was no appearance for any of tho defendants the injunction was made perpetual- In the course of his remarks in mak ¬ ing this decision Judge Jackson said that if a like cato were presented to him now ho would would mako the same kind of order he had made at Parkersburg where the temporary In- junction ¬ was made recently NEW ORLEANS FEVER LIST Monday Broke the lUcord In Number of Cape Reported The largest number of cases report- ed ¬ on any day since yellow fever first mode its appearance in New Orleans- some two weeks ago was recorded on the books of the board of health Mon- day ¬ evening at 6 oclock although at that hour not a single case had proved fatal during the day There were eighteen cases in all Including nine by Dr Joseph Holt all of the latter having been duly flagged and under quarantine regulations The mostsehsatioual incident of the day was the announcement from Dr Joseph Holt to the board of health that he had discovered nine cases among his practice LEE CONFERS WITH PRESIDENT Consul Beyle wed the Situation In Cuba at Length Washington special says General Fitzhugh Lee had a long consultation- with the president at the white house Saturday It was tho first time General Lee had seen Mr McKinley since the formers return to this country about fortnight ago He saw tho president special appointment and all visitors were excluded during the progress of he conference except Secretary Alger The conference was a long ono last- ing almost two hours General Lee carefully reviewed the situation in Cuba and explained length oil the points on which the president had asked for information i THE GREAT STRIKE fROm 4 RATOHFOBD SATS AN AMIOABLV SITUATION PBEYAILS SATISFIED WITH THE RESULT Things Will Be Sewn Tron the present Until the Be KlnnlB of Next Tear M D Bachiord president of the United Mint Workers of America gave out the following authorized statement to Associated Press Tues- day ¬ Today will set about 7 min- ers ¬ resume work in the bituminous p coal fields of the central states The j strike generally ends today This is the middle of the twelfth week of its duration It was brought to a close at onr convention held at Columbus Ohio on the 8th to the 11th of the j present ten days time be- tag 1 given to allow miners and opera- tors ¬ to come together in Illinois and West Virginia to meet the price fixed 05 cents a ton in Pittsbnrg cents in Ohio and Indiana and the same to continue until the end of December The mining situation is not likely to he disturbed again until the beginning a- of next year when they hope to be able to settle the question amicably nud without the necessity of a strike- I am well satisfied with the agree ¬ ment reached and feel that it is the greatest victory gained by trades j unions in years While they have 1 done the striking trades unions and organized bodies have supplied the necessaries without which the miners could not possibly succeed It was a victory for organized labor and not II for any particular trade and we want our friends who have helped us to feel that it is their victory as well as ours I feel very grateful for tile as- sistance ¬ 41 given n < by the American II Federation of Labor aud by the kindly disposition shown at all times by Mr Compels and tho members of his executive committee Mr Hatcbford was asked as to the situation in West Virginia and Illi- nois ¬ He said Tho greatest difficulty in the way of an advance in the Illinois district- is the fact that contracts were taken + last spring based upon a low mining- rate as they were in Pittsburg and 4 elsewhere But this is a matter that wo cannot be responsible for it is a matter of business to the operator him- self No man has a right to sell a mans labor one year in advance with- out ¬ K consulting the laborer a r While we have always deferred to the claims of men along those lines the time hoe come when no further consid- eration ¬ can be given them because tho wages paid to the miner is below the living point and the preservation j of life takes precedence over business affairs i My advice from West Virginia are to the effect that our miners who are I standing firm are well pleased with the agreement reached and evince a determination to fight their battle to the end Their purpose is to bring J i the miners and operators of the state together in a joint convention that n uniform mining price may be fixed and a paid for the same vein of coal and a fair relative price for other veins with- in ¬ J the state In short fix a mining- rate that will give to West Virginia- fair competing opportunities and k nothing more t Fixing a mining rate that will give fair opportunities is the object of miners organizations everywhere- We are working to bring operators of t the several states together with this end in view Though onr efforts have been J futile we will continue to advocate that policy believing thorn is such a way to keep down strikes and disputes j which are of advantage to neither side and that is for tho miners and opera- tors ¬ i interested from the various states- to meek annually mutually fix prices f for each district that are fair and just and each party to the agreement to ob- serve ¬ it faithfully until a subsequent agreement takes its place During the 5 eight years this system was in vogue 11 strikes and disturbances of a general character were unknown and the gg causes which gave rise to them can li now be removed so that the operators 1r interested will see their interests in this light i BIG FIRE IN COLUMBUS LYII Factory and the Southerns Freight Depot In Ashes One of the most disastrous fires fresh J which Columbu Ga has suffered since the burning ofthe Rankin house block twenty years ago occurred Mon- day ¬ night when the lumber yardsash x blind and door factory of Butts t Cooper together with the Southern f railway smoke- In freight depot went up in addition to the factory apd aI iw6 Lu nillelans11iuhTiU > freight eau were f consumed The loss will aggregate 60000 it is estimated h 4 t i G L k

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VOLUME V OHIPLEY FASHINGTON COUNTY FLORIDA SATURDAY OCTOBER 21397 NUMBER 16 Jj

1HE STORY OF ULLA-

ld at the Edge of the Northern Sea andWritten for This Paper-

BY EDWIN LESTER ARNOLD

CnAPTETl VIwas just at dusk that evening thern sky was streaked with crimsonlack the white mist was lying inwreaths along the purple river

lows tho landrails wero croakingfern and tho night jars churning

lo oak the little stars wore twlnkIn the smooth heaven and the paleent of the moon was adlp upon thenon u thin curl of smoke rose fromiatch of a hut In tho fishing village-

the burgh A minute after at tongue of flame shot and af alarm rose fro Inside the stook

Surely somo careless housewifeet an ember fall among the thatchthought and the great oak gates

ted thou hingeD sad out toExtinguishing rushed In their loose

s two luckless herdsey passed the portal an arrow speds the grass and plunging deepthe chest of the foremost he

ded half his height into tho airfell with a heavy thud Into the

and went rolling and kicking andmhnq down the hillside At the

minute an unseen hand from bewith a single sweep of a good

ray ax severed tho head of thor from his body as ho stood glaring-his comrade and now the starlight

twinkling on the weapons and malllurrying Norsemen and while the-e of Odin t din went up to-

black sky and the dusky crowslOll from their roosting places

pcd dismally about between thes a long low wail of fear and terror

from tho hundred corners of thataed citadeld the game was ours from the be

king Numerous and strong fiercebloodthirsty as bloodhounds on the

1 we ruo d for the open gates andled the first one and swept roundway between under tho unguardedodes wh ro a dozen mon might

held us at bay and so to the Innerlal where wo stabbed a brao old

n who tried to shut it In our fasothiro the place bad fallen tho

ves wer In the foilad wild work wo mado of III As woted tho entrance the English chiefrushed out of tho middoor of his

I In his nlghtwoar for ho had al-

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gone to bed a naked sword Inand and by his side a fair youngwith curly yellow hair By Thor 1

Id not have been the wild fowl onneighboring marsh when that comely

ns hungry lio shot so close andgrit although the light was poor for-ting that had there been a dozen-It would have gonebadly indeed

t us At the first shaft ho piercedlorn through the wrist and the sec

I wounded stalwart Bvelnko in thethen ho shot one in the throat

snoth r in the stomach and kept11 at bay until his last arrow was-t and thin died far down on the

lot bloody Dogeone bear spear likefierce young cub he was As for

other although he was stoutih of heart yet his limbs were

BIS SIDE A run TOUKO BOY-

d old and my merry followsort work with him and he layoonllgbt as they left him palo-

y across his threshold all tho

we shut the gates to keep theK wpmen In and lit a stack or-e us light and so fell on ButId I try to tell you aU we did

ug Why should I try towild Aeree hell of last and

ad rapine that raged withinsy shambles under the mild

light And if I had a hundreduld not toll each incident as it

Dd if I did you might not careIf I had a hundred pens I-

tlCarcorecount how one by onedragged the men from their

t and how some of thorndesperately while some sub

sullenly but whichever way itIre killed them Or how the wpmenoed and struggled In the arms ofa rovers and cried for mercy and-

ithe yellow beards of their newlaughing masters and were sent

i to hades the old and lean oneshow the othersthe pale fair girls

V fearbright eyes and long loose-r and bare feet all In their torn dlvellod gear were bound bandfoot and lashed to tho pillars in the

Ingball or how the lltUo onesned and walled and hid behind the

of dead and strove to wake withifd petulance those who would neverlte again or often with their cheS-

aed playthings locked tightly withinelr arms crept Into wondrous corners-d hid from usuk me no smaller do

ill for I could surfeit you with horrors9til compassion dimmed your eyes and-

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stayed your reading1 or an hour the place was full of the

guttural shouts of men and the shrieksot women the scream of the maiden andcry of the mother losing her little onethe wall of the captive and tho moan ofthe dying down In the shadows andmen ran hero and there struggling withwhile shrouded forms or dragging byjeel or ha rstrangn shapes into duskycorn rs and the fires blazed and thesparks fell and then presently bocause there were no more to kill thonoise died down until presently silencerol nod broken only by the laughingand shouting of my men and thus wegathered In tho hall rout the lampsbrf lied off the remnants of the earlloievening supper and laid out for our ¬

selves all tbo best wo could put ourhands on And fierce wild revelry myfollows made of It The hot blood ofrapine and pillage had got Into theirveins and they heated it higher with thestrong abundant drink from that Brit ¬

ish chieftains hiding places until theywore moro like a tawny handsome band-of furies than mortil men gods Ithink I never brought such a crew ofdevils to that shore before They madethe ratters ring with their wild paganhymns they danced and shouted andato drank while tho palo captivegirls stood hudd tug in the shadows orwaited trembling on them and the winoand ale went streaming down tho flooramong tho blood and litter and thotorches flared and tho dogs howled out-side

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Oh It was strange wild revelryand went on for half the nighttime

It must have boon near tho dawn andmost of tho maidens lay swooning uponIho floor between weariness and tonorand half the rovers wero drunk asswine when they fetched in the deadchieftain setting him pale and bloody-In hs chair and putting a cup Into hishands while the rlbaldest follow theremade u song and sung It to him Taonnext a cry arosewho startod It I knownot but may God forgive himfor theEnglish fiankllns daughter Wo hadnot seen hor suo was not among thocaptives nnd now a hundred buxomfellows were on foot hunting with torchand lamp high and low in every crackand corner of tho burgh to find herUnhappy damsel they hunted futlMyeverywhere until they camo to thesmall round tower on tho cliff vergethere the strong oak door was barred

I sad shut from within and wild yell of-

Jrunken pleasure tod their quarry woeit bay

What was It that made me just thenBO sick of all that revelry and sat like nblack foreboding on my soul I knowout but I turned and weary of thoglare and tumult slowly loft the burghand walked down to tho boacb whoro

my ship just as tho men were mak-ing

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a tat mound of sticks and heath andtimbers about the door of tho doomedtower that hold the lent princess

Climbing on board I gavo orders tothose who had etbod by tho Wolf tomako all ready for the sea then threwmyself down listless strangely sad andchilly as ono in ague by my place atthe tlllor to await the com nR of thopillagers And presently one by onethe sons of the creek came reeling downthe path singing as they stumbleddown tho darkness and carrytug bundlesand bags and furs and cups andweapons In shoals nnd dragging falter ¬

ing slaves and surly snarling dogs inleashes and so at last when they worea 1 on board but one thut ono came run-ning

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down the path and beforo he hadjot hat way to us the burgh was allilluminated witha rosy light and look ¬

ing up we saw that the laughing villainhad fired it in twenty p aces and notonly the dwellings Jut also the greatmound of fuel his friends had builtagainst tho tower door-

CHAPTER vrrcame our anchor and out we

lunhed upon the waves once more Woset sail and drifted slowly down underthe cUrt where stood the castle and aswo came tho fire raged furiously untilwhen we were below that beetling browwe were sailing on a heaving molten seaof blood and all our spars and cordage-were shining copper red and all tho up ¬

turned faces of the were flushedand hectic in tho shineand thenohbow can I write ItJust as we camethe nearest a white womans formstepped frantlo out on top of the tower

her hands across her eyesand hid her face and wept And Ioht-ho fiercest ttrangest gust of agonyand Joy sprang up within my heartIgasped and glared and all forgettingthe strangeness of it in tho horror oftho moment dropped tho tiller andleaping to tho clanking bulwarks staredanother moment and then out of mydeepest heart out of the hot Inspiration-of my very soul burst a fierce wild cryof QunnaP

And in an instant that white form wason her feet a storing terrordazedUs and then she saw wo by the shrouds-as I stood limned in gold with all myslip against tho black setting of theflight and gazed down steadfastly up-on

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me for a minute then clapped tierhands upon hor bosom and stretchedthem wildly to me and above the hissIng of the flame and the thud of thowhite surf upon the rooks I heard hercry Ulna

And now the strength of twenty jarlswas in my heart I tossed off as thoughthey were baby fingers the strong gripor two stout fellows who thought tostay me and In minute was in the surf

striking out bravely for the landThe great frothy pillows of the tidebolted for a space undermy chin and

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now I was deep down Inn hummingblatk sea alley and anon mast highupon a curling crostof spumo and thenall In the black shadow of the cliff theblack waters seemed to dissolve Into ahall of ghostly chaos and white thunderand my foot touched the pebbly bottom-I lauded somehow but how only Ihopals NarDs can toll and scrambled up nsheep track tho boldest of my men hadsaid In daylight was Impossible comolo the palisades nnd overthem and rolled Into the fort on top oftwo mangled ho lies and up again andnow In iho golden shine of the lirerushed to the great halL

There In his choir of state was thedead chief just as my robbers had lothim with mouth wide open and flioceyes staring grimly down his hall andgolden wino cup clinched within lilafingers und bloody night gear wrappedabout him while on his taco the streaksof pain and anger twitching with ahideous mockery life as smokecurio J and tlio lames wont soaring over ¬

head In rosy eddies To right and leftwas wild disorder tables overturnedand benches cast about broken flagonsand squandered victuals bent swordsand cleft targets and costly stuffs pu ledinto shreds and deal men asprawl upontheir tacos and blood and dirt aud lit-ter and overall tho Ire was humming Itsllorco song as It mounted from point topotent In the roof and sued groa i burningOakes and embers on us below Dutfioihlng 1 carod for blool and litter but

a foot of wind and a heart hotterthan the flames above rushed throughtho banquet place and brushing rudely-by the scowling king got out to theInner court and so reached the portal ofthe tower

Over a red path of cinders I flew andwith my bare hand cast the flamoro e idoorway Into rod ruins and up metwining oaken steps I racedscar-

ceStuZ

WAS IK ma scar AND STIUKIVO OUTniuvzMr

noticing that they fell to ashes as Ipassed and In another moment in A

moment of wildly mingled feelings Iwas out upon the burning parapet andthere upon hor knees leaning againstthe outer walls and seeming asleep wastho white maid whoso fair face hadbaunted my forest path and shone uponme through the drift and reek of tonyears storm and battle

Down I went upon ono knee anddeep strong love and gentlotlon wolllug In my heart took thomaidens head upon my shoulder andher hand In mine and a minute shegave a great shivering gasp of pain andfear bnd opened her oyos andBy sweet Skulla hoisolf It was nearlyworth the Interval of pain to BO theglad light of pleasure was lit with-in

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them as mine to ftcl thowarm clasp or hor hand and toknow uusppkoa that our heartswere one our troth unbroken Itwas a harpy moment but all too brieffor I knelt and framed tho hot wordsof love and courage anl drew hersweet yielding form to my bosomand rained my long garnered kisses onh Jenr pale face I felt tho oakenplatform whereon weT sood heave andtremble and with a gasp I lookedabout nnd saw the cruel flame hadgnawed through every Joist upon thatturret and the whole platform wascrackling and blistered and hanging bya thread while down boow hungryfor its fall was the great roaringseething tune nl of tho inner tower

QunnM I cried my own thoreIs but ono way Looks look Tilestairs are gone the platform rocks anddown below the courtyard Is cruel hardGunna my llfo come quick thereponnd hide your face denp down to-

m wolfskln folds And as sht fled tonio and leapt into arms I hid herlace in my cloak and stepped off on tothe narrow rim or crackol and raggedparapet Just as tho platform fell intoruins and went thundering down intothe yellow ant crimson under-neath

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For ono grim minute I poised myselfupon that narrow giddy shell of blackmed wall with tho howling flame roar ¬

ing behind and the dark vortex of thesea thundering In dim dreadfulness twohundred feet below upon tho other then

wrapping my sweet burden still clo erto my bosom and muttering between my

now FOR anrzif DALDEHSUKD OLDVALUALLit

teeth Now for green Baldersund or oldValhalla leapt bravely out into thenight

This js all This Is the itory otUlla

the viking Ulln tlio priest Jho lampwavers to its ending Ute Ink is dry

When lire clansmen picked us up themaid was dead and so was the light andthe of Ulla For three days wo-stllgixered back across the melancholyrldgo and furrow tho Hack North Booand then wo burled her hero under agrassy mound by tho white HP of thoocean In Ualdoreund And grief dullaud abiding sat In my heart and nonocould assuage It At loot after manyyears there came one barefooted a-

cross and n staffIn his hands Ironi overseas and whispered comfort Ho poured-the unction 0 the new faith Into myheart and the baptismal water on myhead and bid mo forgot and arise anewAnd I took the cowl of him learning toread and write and built me a but bytho green mound I loved and strove bypcnanoo and privation to do as I wasbidBut can I forgot Can the sharpthong and the mean faro purge the hottwo loving spirit in my blood Attimes It shakes off the shackles of swootInsipidness nnl then II old Ulla Erllngson leth palo ghostllro

upon this dark summit of mymound and the black sea booms dismalin tho black ulght distance go out uponthat dear shrouding turf and cast my¬

self upon my face and tear my whitehair and monk the wild rvliU and waveswith my Btlll wilder grief

ITHG IND l

CopjilRht by the Authors Alliance Allreserved

WE have noticed that when nnyocon a crowd has n bit of scandal to re-

late it Is not until tho speaker athrough talking mil all have hadtheir curlosit appeased tint seineono says something nluit tsslnlng-bjlng so Improper-

E >iPLOTiSiEt which Galen callsNatures physician la so essential to

human happiness that Indolence Is

jistly considered tho mother of mis-

ery¬

A Question OT Education-I was sitting on a keg of nails in a

West Virginia mountain store watch ¬

ing a native dickering with the mer ¬

chant over a trade of a basket of eggsfor a calico dress After some timea bargain wnsclosed the native walkedout with the dress in a bundle underhis arm find I followed him

It isnt any business of mine If Isaid but I was watching that tradeand was surprised to see you let theeggs go for the dress

What for he asked in astonishmeat ns he mounted his horse

How many eggs did you haveBasketfullHow many dozenDunno Cant countThats where you miss the advan-

tages¬

of education With knowledge-you might have got two dresses forthose eggs If

But I dont want two dresses mis ¬

ter he arguedPerhaps not but that was no reas-

on¬

why you should have paid twoprices for one The merchant got theadvantage of yon because of his edu-cation

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He knew what he was aboutHe looked at me for n minute as if

ho felt real sorry for me Then hegrinned and pulled his horso overclose to me

I reckon he half whispered cast¬

ing furtivo glances toward the storeills education aint so much moren

mine ez you think it is Ho dontknow how nv them eggs isspiled ant do and he rode awaybefore I could argue further BostonHerald

A Venerable YewTree-

In the churchyard at Darley DaleEngland is the most venerable yewtree in the world Many authoritiesclaim for it a fabulous age making itas much as three thousand years oldIt is thirtythree feet in girth j but itstrunk has suffered not a little from themodern Goths and Vandals who havecarved their names in the bark andemployed other methods of mutila-tion

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The tree is now fenced round-to save it from further insult andwhatever may be its precise agesays Rev Dr John Charles Cox

there can be little doubt that thisgrand old tree has given shelter to theearly Britons when planning the con ¬

struction of the dwellings that theyerected not many yards to the west ofits trunk to the Romans who built upthe funeral pyre for their slain com ¬

rades just clear of its branches toSaxons converted perchance to thotrue faith by the preaching of BpDiuma beneath its pleasant shade to

the Norman masons chiseling theirquaint sculptures to form tho firststone house of prayer erected in itsvicinity nd to the host of Christianworshippers who from that day tohis havobeen borne under its hoary

limbs in womens arms to tho baptis ¬

mal font and then on mens shouldersto their last sleepingplace in the soilthat gave it birthIfondon PublicOpinion

TOO MODES FOB HIU

The Children Tell ns a fairy talegrandpop-

Grandpop Oh pshaw children I

I dont know anything about century-runeXZAXXD IV IOU DO AND BXiAVXD IP

roy DONT

How I dislike the word coonomy I

flOn what ground-sIt

tit inoa a queer thing tho world

condemns ns if We practice it-

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WYMAN GETS DAILY REPORTS

Surgeon General Keeps Well Potted OnYellow rover Situation

Surgeon General Wynmu at Wash-ington

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has received the following fromDr Lindsley executive officer of theTennessee state board of health

Our board has state Inspectors at thefollowing polnUt Memphis Grand Junc-tion

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Itaymor state line ChattanoogaCleveland and Duektown liars orderedall to oooperato fully with your servicePlease instruct at onco your men accord-ingly

Orders wore immediately given thomarine hospital forces to cooperate asrequested

Information has been received atthe marine hospital from Dr JohnGuiteras that tho two cases of yellowfever at Cairo 111 have been isolatedand every precaution possible taken-to prevent spread He says that thecases are very mild and have causedlittle alarm in Cairo-

LONGSHOREMEN ARE OUT

Strike at Brunswick Aunmea ft Generaland Serious Phaie

The strike is now general among thelongshoremen and all dock laborers atBrunswick Ga

The strikers are asking for higherwages claiming that somo shippers ontho Mallory lino and Brunswick Ter ¬

minal company have recently reducedwages Employes of tho Mallory askfor 20 cents per hour The cottonlaborers wish 85 per day Tho strik-ers

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are circulating petitions amongbusiness men protesting against theimportation of foreign labor

Seven or eight cases of violencecommitted by strikers havo been re-

ported¬

Should foreign laborers bebrought from the north trouble is an ¬

ticipated and tho city authorities aremaking preparations to protect per-sons

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and property

LATTIMER STRIKERS HOLD BACK

Hungarian Intimidate Miner Who At ¬

tempt to WorkThe strike situation at Hazleton

Pa again assumed an uncertain phaseMonday morning An attempt toresume work was made at Pardeo antiLattimar mines but only 800 ont of1300 miners returned to work Thesewere mainly Italians with a few En-

glish speaking menDuring Sunday night tho Hunga-

rians¬

paraded through tho settlementbeating tin cans and kettles and rais-ing

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a big racket This was done tonotify those of their race that theymust not go back to work The warn ¬

ing was observed and Monday morn ¬

ing a band of Hungarians led bywomen were massing and threatening-to march on tho mines later in theday The Thirteenth regiment is keep ¬

ing a close watch for further trouble

PERPETUAL INJUNCTION

Against Eugene Deb and Others GruntedBy Judge Jockion

The featu ro of interest in the open-ing session of the September term ofthe United States court for the dis ¬

trict of West Virginia at WheelingMonday was the application of exGovernor A U Fleming of Fairmontto make the injunction against Eugene-V Debs and others perpetual

The governor was acting for his cli ¬

ent the Monongahela Coal Co and asthere was no appearance for any of thodefendants the injunction was madeperpetual-

In the course of his remarks in mak ¬

ing this decision Judge Jackson saidthat if a like cato were presented tohim now ho would would mako thesame kind of order he had made atParkersburg where the temporary In-

junction¬

was made recently

NEW ORLEANS FEVER LIST

Monday Broke the lUcord In Number ofCape Reported

The largest number of cases report-ed

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on any day since yellow fever firstmode its appearance in New Orleans-some two weeks ago was recorded onthe books of the board of health Mon-

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evening at 6 oclock although atthat hour not a single case had provedfatal during the day

There were eighteen cases in allIncluding nine by Dr Joseph Holt allof the latter having been duly flaggedand under quarantine regulations

The mostsehsatioual incident of theday was the announcement from DrJoseph Holt to the board of healththat he had discovered nine casesamong his practice

LEE CONFERS WITH PRESIDENT

Consul Beyle wed the Situation In Cuba atLength

Washington special says GeneralFitzhugh Lee had a long consultation-with the president at the white houseSaturday It was tho first time GeneralLee had seen Mr McKinley since theformers return to this country aboutfortnight ago He saw tho presidentspecial appointment and all visitorswere excluded during the progress ofhe conference except Secretary Alger

The conference was a long ono last-ing almost two hours General Leecarefully reviewed the situation inCuba and explained length oil thepoints on which the president hadasked for information

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THE GREAT STRIKE fROm

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RATOHFOBD SATS AN AMIOABLV

SITUATION PBEYAILS

SATISFIED WITH THE RESULT

Things Will Be Sewn Tron the presentUntil the BeKlnnlB of

Next Tear

M D Bachiord president of theUnited Mint Workers of Americagave out the following authorizedstatement to Associated Press Tues-day

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Today will set about 7 min-

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resume work in the bituminous p

coal fields of the central states The jstrike generally ends today This isthe middle of the twelfth week of itsduration It was brought to a closeat onr convention held at ColumbusOhio on the 8th to the 11th of the j

present ten days time be-

tag1

given to allow miners and opera-tors

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to come together in Illinois andWest Virginia to meet the price fixed

05 cents a ton in Pittsbnrg centsin Ohio and Indiana and the same tocontinue until the end of DecemberThe mining situation is not likely tohe disturbed again until the beginning a-

of next year when they hope to beable to settle the question amicablynud without the necessity of a strike-

I am well satisfied with the agree ¬

ment reached and feel that it is thegreatest victory gained by trades junions in years While they have 1

done the striking trades unions andorganized bodies have supplied thenecessaries without which the minerscould not possibly succeed It was avictory for organized labor and not IIfor any particular trade and we wantour friends who have helped us tofeel that it is their victory as well asours I feel very grateful for tile as-

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given n < by the American IIFederation of Labor aud by thekindly disposition shown at all timesby Mr Compels and tho members of

his executive committeeMr Hatcbford was asked as to the

situation in West Virginia and Illi-nois

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He saidTho greatest difficulty in the way

of an advance in the Illinois district-is the fact that contracts were taken +

last spring based upon a low mining-rate as they were in Pittsburg and 4

elsewhere But this is a matter thatwo cannot be responsible for it is amatter of business to the operator him-

self No man has a right to sell amans labor one year in advance with-out

¬ Kconsulting the laborer a rWhile we have always deferred to

the claims of men along those lines thetime hoe come when no further consid-eration

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can be given them becausetho wages paid to the miner is belowthe living point and the preservation jof life takes precedence over businessaffairs i

My advice from West Virginia areto the effect that our miners who are I

standing firm are well pleased withthe agreement reached and evince adetermination to fight their battle tothe end Their purpose is to bring J i

the miners and operators of the statetogether in a joint convention that nuniform mining price may be fixed and apaid for the same vein of coal and afair relative price for other veins with-in

¬ Jthe state In short fix a mining-

rate that will give to West Virginia-fair competing opportunities and knothing more t

Fixing a mining rate that will givefair opportunities is the object ofminers organizations everywhere-We are working to bring operators of tthe several states together with this endin view Though onr efforts have been J

futile we will continue to advocatethat policy believing thorn is such away to keep down strikes and disputes j

which are of advantage to neither sideand that is for tho miners and opera-tors

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interested from the various states-to meek annually mutually fix prices f

for each district that are fair and justand each party to the agreement to ob-

serve¬

it faithfully until a subsequentagreement takes its place During the 5eight years this system was in vogue

11strikes and disturbances of a generalcharacter were unknown and the gg

causes which gave rise to them can li

now be removed so that the operators 1rinterested will see their interests inthis light i

BIG FIRE IN COLUMBUS

LYII Factory and the Southerns FreightDepot In Ashes

One of the most disastrous fires fresh Jwhich Columbu Ga has sufferedsince the burning ofthe Rankin houseblock twenty years ago occurred Mon-day

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night when the lumber yardsash x

blind and door factory of Butts tCooper together with the Southern frailwaysmoke-

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freight depot went up in

addition to the factory apd aIiw6 L u nillelans11iuhTiU >

freight eau were fconsumed The loss will aggregate60000 it is estimated

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