Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-02-05
now , GllyT HINGED Writers.
X FRANK r. srocSroN-


Early the next morning, the giant appear
ed before the palace OF Gantalor, where ms
army was all drawn mp, ready To- be dismissed
flr short furlou-h. The royal treasurer
was there. with hi, mIuey-baEs. to pay them
of. and the soldiers were. Just gong % stack
their spears in the courtyard.
" Hallool" said the giant: ' what's up
now 2''
..Oh! YOU see. said the young king, '- we
are roint O. have q short peace, and my
men are goin- home for while.
:. That's bad" said Derido, '' l0r came
here to make war on YOU.
81. Is that so3" said Gantalor; and then.
turning to his army, he shouted .' Put
away those moncy-hags Tention hattalions
shoulder spears BY right flank, wheel
Forward. march '' And sUrinEing on hIs
horse. he put himself at the head of his
.sIt seems to me that You are in an awful
hurry This is no place tJ fight but know
of sulenlid battle-ground. and will show
YOU where i5 i-.
:, the ,iant led the way. and Gantalor
and nj. whole army went after him. % the
.-ood place for battle thar De- had spoken OF.
After marrhinsa long time Gan,al0r called
out.
:. UaIlo, there. Dorido should think
that bv this ,imc we had got far enough.
.. On no replied the giant. 1--WE haven t
got there vet Don't De impatient. Its an
excellent PLACE that am taking you 20. and
its Great deal better % do things right,
while we are about It,.
con YES, said the king. who was very
fair in an his dealings ' Certainly, want
10 have thing, all right. while we are about
them.
s. they marched on until they came to
beautiful Level plain. and the giant sand that
was the place. anl Gantalor a-reei that 1t
was a very good place indeed for O. battle.
Then the giant chose his position and the
king chose hi-. and then lt was night. and
the giant said they would begin to 20 to
work early In the morning. The king was
all ready II fight right away, but the giant
did not approve Of night battles, and So they
an encamued until morning.
Early the next day the young king arose,
and the first thing be saw was the giant hard
at work carrying great rocks, and piling
them up in a line on the place be had cho-
sen.
..Ualloot-' cried Gantal5r, 60 what are
YOU doing there2'
Making fort" said the giant.
&. o brother :" cried the king we don't
want fort. 1t viii take ever so long to
build one.
Its all very well for YOU folk, % talk
that way. said Dcrido. 3. There are thou
sands Of YOU, and only one of me. What
90 You suppose should Do if YOU were to
get AROUND in my rear ?''
That's 30, said the king. i suppose
you must have fort. But hurry up with
it"
The giant went to work, and spent the
whole morning piling rocks; and Gantalor,
thinking that his intended tather-in-law-
might think it strange that he was not on
hand on the wedding day, wrote and sent
him a letter, explaining why the ceremony
would have to be postponed for little while
After dinner the young king went out TO see
how the giant was coming on. and he found
that he was one half done.
" Halloo ,' cucd he, " how long are You
going to keep me waiting here? thought
YOU d be done by this time.
~ It's very easy 20 talk said the giant,
'' but if YOU really felt in such q hurry, as
You say Won do, Won would send some of
those lazy soldiers of yours TO help me.
" That's SO, said Gantalor. - Here. YOU
lazy soldiers, every one OF You take spade
and help that giant build his fort. "e'n
never have battle if we 20 on this way
So all the soldiers took spades and thev
went to work to help the giant. and bv night
the fort was done.
1t was a fine. large, high fort. and the
Snaces between the rocks were all nicely filed
in with earth and smo0thed over, and it was
good enough for anybody. BY the time it
was done, night came on. and they all en-
camped and slept well till morning. Early
the next day. the young king got up. and saw
the giant walking around the outside Of has
fort.
Why don't YOU get in. and let Us be
gin - cried Gantalor. " That's a good fort
you We got now.
Yes said Derido. When it gets a
good ditch around it, It viii be a. good a
fort as ever saw
Ditch - criec the enraged young king.
Il don't know what it is You viii want
next I'm not going u wait here until you
make ditch.
Why, Of course must have ditch. -
cried the giant, loud enough to be heard a
few miles Didn't YOU say we were going
to have this thing all right, while we were
about it? Just answer me that, if You please
And I'd ike to know what's 10 hinder your
soldiers from walking right up to my fort, in
the night, while I'm asleep, and climbing
over, il haven't ditch
Well, said Gantalor, al suppose you
ought to have ditch. Here, you lazy sol
lleTs, take every one Of you q spade, and dig
tne giant ditch around his fort, and don't
De any longer about it than you can help"
othey all went to work, and dug the ditch,
dnu mat took until afternoon; and then
INA mad to be made, nearly mile long, to
ol.1e water IRON the river to FL the ditch,
ana i;i inen It was night, and they all slept well
very early indeed the giant got up and
smoo'hed over a large patch of soft earth,
ngnt IN the middle Of his fort, and taking
great snarp-pointed stick. he wrote on the
2roundin huge lettsrt