The Placer herald., 1873-08-23
1iE SCLDiER AND THE VAMPIRE.

ilNeu u Inl'itr III Ills E,hl> IN OH Iltnet tih
soldier had leen very intimate with him:
Why shouldn't he 40 and see lis friend ?, III.
went. The miller %ceiyed him cordially.
and at once brought out liquor; and The two
began drinking and chatting abou, their ways
and ddhgs, All Ills took place toward
disht-fjl, and the soldier stopped 70 long a,
lte'millers that it grew quite daik.
=. When lie proposed 10 start for his village,
b host exclaimed:
"Spend The night here, trooper! It's very
Ia now. and perhaps you might run int,
IN SCI ief.'
How 20 ?"
God il punisling usl A terrible warlock
h ! died among rs, and Ly night he rises
Ii N his grave, wanders through the village,
n co,s srth things as brings fear ,pe, ,ln
very oldest! How could even yIu hell
be ng afraid Of him p
Not bit Of a soldier is man vh'
t 'onps to the crown, and crown propert,
c',lot be drowned in water nor burned in
III ; Ill lie eff; I'm tremendously anxiou1
t. zee my people as soon as possible.
OFF he sci. His ,oad lay in front Of u
&, veyard. On one ST the graves he saw
!, reat fire llazing. ''W-'m,p tina, p ,lnkt
he Lets have Il lonk.' " hen lie drew
ne lie saw that the warlock was sitting by
T.. fire sewing oois.
Hail Lroll,er calls out the soldier.
| he warlock looked up and said
''W hat have YOU come here for 2
"W ny, | wanted to see what you're do
ms p .,...
The warock threw his work aside and in
wed the so.' ier to II wedding,
"Come along, lroiher,' said he, "le,'s
e,joy ourselves. There's wedding going
on III the village
Come along" says the soldier.
They came to where the wedding was
lIeie they were given drink, md treated
with the utmost hospitality. lie war'ock
drank and drank, revcIed and reveed, and
ihen grew angry. lie chased all the guests
md relatives out of the bonsc, threw ,'r
welded pair into II slumber, took ont two
ph"'ls and an awl, pierced The hands Of tM
bride and bridegroom with the awl and Le-
gan drawing fl their blood. Having done
his he said to the soldier:
Nov let's be eff "
Wtlf they went of. On the way tho
soldier said
Tell me; vhy did You draw eff THEN
blood in those phi ,ls 7"
"Wh by, in order that the ride and ride.
groom might die. Tomorrow mo,Ii 10
one will be able to wake them. altL,
know how 10 ling them Lack to life"
How : that managed 2
tTL. Ir'I anil trIanr,o.p p,ust ho,o
cuts mi de in iler lte!s, AID some of II ei
Own hood must tIn he Iourd lack n,,
hos wounds I've rot tie bridegroom,
nlood slowed away in my rgh'-hand roukel,
nd the liide's IN my l,i.
The soldier listened to this without letting
, single word escape him. Then tie war
,ock began oas,hg 'gan.
"W haievrr wiehihat c"n do, says lie,
81 sup ose il's quite impossible to gel ih'
better Of you p says the soldier.
Why inn ossible? If any one were ,'
make pyre Of aspen Loughs, hundred
.oads OF them, and were to burn Inc On thai
p,re, then he'd get the better Of me. OnI,
he'd have 10 look out shnrp in buinng me,
for snakes and worms and different kind Oh
reptiles would creep out Of my ins de, and
crows and 'magfits and j,ckdaws woul,
come nyirg ny. AL tltcse must he caueL,
md flung AN that ryre. If 70 'mu,h as
single maggot we're TO escape, then there'd
be 10 help for ii; in that mueeot l slCull
slip away!
The soldier listened TO all ilis and did moi
forget it. lie and the war!ock talked ,n
ialkcd, and at last they arrived a, the grave.
''W ell. brother, said the whr'o,k, crow
III tear you to pieces. Otherwise yol'd i,
lcllipg all this
"What arc YOU talking alout? Dcn''
you deceive ourself; serve God and the
emperor.
The warlock gnased Lis teeth, lowled
,lolid and sprang at The soldier, who drew
his sword and Legan laying about him viii
swe' ping blows. They struggled and strug-
led HE soldier WAS all lut at the end o.
his sir,ngih "Ah," tin KS le, lima lost
mal,---a,,d all for nciI.ing! Sudd,,ly lL
cocks began 10 crow. l lie warlock i.ll lie
ass to the ground.
The soldier took The rhials Of blood out OF.
lie warlock pockets, and went 10 tie Lous'
Of his people. When lie. had cot there, ano
had exchanged greetings with his friends ana
rel l'tives, they id:
'Did YOU see any disturbance, soldier p
ono, ] saw one" .t
81 here, now i! Why, wevea terrible piece
of work going on in the village. A warloch
has taken TO haunting il
Afer talking while. they lay down
to sleep. Next morning the soldier awokt
md began asking:
I'm told you have got a wedding going on
somewhere here ?"
~ here was wedding il, the Louse Of /"
rich mujk," replied l,is relatives. "but I'll"
bride md bride groom have died this yer.
niah,--wln,t from, nobody kr ows."
'FN here does he nujik live p
They showed him the bouec. Thither ht
went will,ont speaking aword. Whe'.