The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-08-16


and walked, and after time he began
to draw near to his native village Not
far from that village lived a miller in
his mill. La old times the soldier had
been very intimate with him; why
shouldn't he go and see his friend He
went. The miller received him cor
daily, and at once brought out liquor;
and the two began drinking, and chat
tering about their ways and doings.
ali this took place toward nightfall,
and the soldier stopped SO long at the
mlllers that 1T grew quite dark.
When he proposed to start for his
village, his host exclaimed:
Spend the night here, trooper. It's
very late now, and perhaps you might
run into mischief"
How so ~
Sod is furnishing us A terrible
warlock has died among us, and by
night he rises from his grave, wanders
through the village, and does such
things as bring fear upon the very
boldest! How could even you help
being afraid of him ~
Not bit of it, 4 soldier is man
who belongs to the crown, and crown
property cannot be drowned in water
nor burned in fire. III be off; I'm
tremendously anxious to see my people
as soon as possible
Off he set. His road lay III front OF a
graveyard. On one of the graves he
saw a great fire blazing. What's
that 2" thinks he. Lets have look y
When he drew near, he saw that the
warlock was sitting by the fire, sewing
boots.
Hail, brother?" calls out the soldier.
The warlock looked up and said
what have you come here for?
"Why, i wanted to see what you're
doing"
The warlock threw his work aside
and invited the soldier to a wedding.
Come along, brother" says he,
lets enjoy ourselves. There's we'd
ding going on in the village"
'sCome along ~ says the soldier.
They came to where the wedding
was there they were given drink and
treated with the utmost hospitality.
The warlock drank and drank, reyelied
and revelled, and then grew angry.
He chased all the guests and relatives
out of the house, threw the welded
pair into a slumber, took out two phials
and an awl, pierced the hands Of the
bride and bridegroom with the awl, and
began drawing off their blood Hav-
ing done this, he said to the soldier:
"Now let's be off"
Well, they went off. On the way the
soldier said:
Tell me why did you draw off their
blood in these phials2 2"
Why, IN order that the bride and
bridegroom might die. Tomorrow
morning no one viii be able to wake
them. L alone know how to bring them
back to life"
HOw's that managed 2"
1.-The bride and bridegroom must
have cuts made in their Heels. and
some of their own blood must then be
poured back into those wounds. I've
got the b1idegroom's blood slowed
away IN my right-hand pocket, and the
brides in my left"
The soldier listened to this without
letting single word escape him.
Then the warlock began Boosting
again.
"What l WISH" says he, that |
can do"
suppose it's quite impossible TO
get the better of you e. says the
soldier.
"Why impossible? If any one were
to make a pyre of aspen boughs, a
hundred loads of them, and were to
burn me on that pyre, then he'd be
able to get the better of me. Only he'd
have to look out sharp in burning me;
for snakes and worms and different
kinds of reptiles would creep out of my
inside, and crows and magples and
Jackdaws would come flying up. All
these must be caught and flung on the
pyre. If SO much as a single maggot
were to escape, then there'd be no help
for 1t in that maggOt | should slip
away :"
The soldier listened to all this. and
did not forget it. He and the warlock
talked and talked, and at last they ar,
rived at the grave.
well, brother" said the warlock,
now Til tear you to pieces. Other.
wise you'd be telling all this
"What are you talking about
Don't deceive yourself; l serve God
and the Emperor"
The warlock CRASHED his teeth,
howled aloud, and sprang at the sol.
der, who drew ms sword and began
laying about HIM with sweeping blows.
They struggled and struggled; the
soldier was all but at the end of his
strength. "Ah " thinks he, "I'm 8
lost man-and all for nothing F" Sud,
denly the cocks began to crow. The
warlock fell lifeless to the ground.
The soldier took the pitfalls of blood
ont of the warlock's pockets, and went
to the house of his own people. WheI
he had got there, and had exchanged
greetings with his relatives, they said
. Did you see any disturbance, sol
| der 2"
"No, / saw none
There now! Why we've terri
/ BILE piece of work going on in the vii
lage. A warlock has taken to haunting
/ it :"
After talking a while, they lay down
to sleep. Next morning the soldier
awoke, and began asking:
I'm told you've got wedding go
/ ing on somewhere here Z"
There was a wedding in the hous,
of rich rnujik, replied his relatives
'but the bride and bridegroom hav,