The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-01-23
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landic Legends
"One autumn six men wentson a search into
the sheep walks, with their leader, who was s
strong man and dauntless withal. When they
had reached the farlhest point Of the search
a storm came on, with a heavy snowfall, anc
the men lost their way, not knowing where
they were. After long walk they found tina
their path led down bill, and soon they found
themselves in a small valley, and having BY
chance come across house, they knocked a
the door. There came out an old fellow, ugly
and mighty rascally looking, and said it was :
new thing for strangers to come and pry about
his dwelling, aud looked with ungeelul eye Or
! his guests. The leader spoke for them ALL and
told hlm how they happened to come thither
and having told the old fellow this, he stepped
inside the door with all his men, without wait
ing for the inhospitabe mans leave or refusal
when they had sat for awhile, meat was
brought them on dishes by Young dan1scl OF
dovncast MEN, She whispered to the guests,
as she gave the meat to them: Eat only the
meat on the edge of the dish farhest from
YOU They looked, and were soon sure that
all at'the edge was mutton but all the other
human flesh When they had finished, the
| girl removed the meat from the table, and
took the wet clothes of the strangers to dry
them, and said in low voice: BE watchfuI;
do not take off your undercIothes, neither
sleep!' 1t was moonlight night, and the
leader lay in a bed in the shadow, and told
his comrades that they Should not move or
speak aught until he called them. Shortly
after they had gone TO rest, the old man came
in, and going to the bedside of one of his
guests, touched his breast, and said: Lean
breast and craven And in the same way he
felt them all, muttering the like well nigh at
every one, ill at last, when he came to the
head of the leader and bad felt his breast, he
said: Fat breast and mettIesome.' And, in
the same moment, he turned to a nook in the
room, and seized on an AK and returned with
it to the bed Of the leader. But the latter
seeing what was to come, sprang nimbly down
from the bed, wherein the old cannbal dealt
him blow, missing him, of course; but the
leader now seized the AK, and wrung it from
the wretchs hand, who roared out up, my
twelve, in the DEVILS name!' Now, the leader
drove the AK into the old car!'s pate, and he
fell dead On the spot Then the leader said:
up, my six, in Jesus namc!' When he had
thus called upon his followers, a trap-door
was opened in the floor, and there came I'D
the head Of man. hut the leader was not
long in cutting it off, and thus he killed twelve
of them in the open trapdoor Of a cellar which
was under the floor.
After this they found the girl who had
waited on them in the evening. She turned
out TO be farmers daughter from Eytiaf-
jordr, whom the old man had stolen, and
would force, against her will to marry his
eldest son. But she bore an unreliable .
loathing towards them all, chiefly because
they Killed every one that came TO them
who had lost his way, and then eat his
flesh. Here the men found many precious .
things, and many sheep in the valley. They |
agreed that the leader should remain, and .
one man with him, to comfort the Girl, and .
10 watch the sheep during the winter, in
order that they might not starve for want
Of care. But the others returned home.
The next spring the leader brought the
girl home, and alterward, with The consent
If her father, married her, and moved ev-
'rything that he found in the valley to the
North; began farming, and lived happy
md lucky life with bis wife to high age