The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-02-18

I stars, and wondering WnaV ne snoulu
do next.
Just then he heard his little rein
deer paw the snow with his feet.
What if I should take q drive ?"
thought Sampo. Thought and done.
Sampo harnessed the reindeer to the
sledge, as he was accustomed to do,
and drove quickly forth into the vast
snow wilderness. "I shall only
drive little way toward Rastekais," !"
he said to himself, and away he post
ed, and crossing the frozen Jana to
the opposite shore, and then he was
in the kingdom OF Norway, Jana be-
ing the frontier river but Sampo did
not know this.
You who read this tale of Sampo
Lappelill, have you ever sung
Run on, my swift reindeer,
thes beautiful song which was written
bv Bishop Franzen, whom every
SW, de and Laplander loves =? and did
YOU oversee the frontlspieee to the
fourt b volume of his poems ? 1t is
pietuI e If a Lapp boy driving his
reinde er over the snow, and Sampo
Lappel I'll loo ked just like the picture
as he sat and 'ang
$50 short is I, Ne day,
And the roaG IS SO long.
To the sound i my sOHS
Let us HE and a, way
NO7rest can we ffno
In this desolate ph -. .
We mast race we Il 'EsS vs. Is-0e !;
For the wolves are beh- Hu'
as Samr.o sang ne saw the wolves
running like gray dogs rOm VI tue NJ
tie sledge in the dark, and JJ1pl
at the reindeer, but Sampo uiu hoe
mind that. He knew very weA tIae
no wolf was so fleet OF foot aS ms .Is
swift little reindeer. On, on, up mn i
and down dale, with the wind WIN ~
ling in his ears, Sampo drove forwRrL =
Crack, crack, went the hOOf5 OF the
reindeer the moon in the sky seemed
to be racing with it, and the high
rocks seemed to be running back
ward but Sampo Lappelill still drove
on. 1t was delightful TO drives and
that was ali he thought of,
Now it happened all at once, at q
sudden turning down hill, that the
sledge overturned, and Sampo fell out
into q snow-drift. The reindeer dld
not no tice this, and believing that its
master still sat behind, ran on, nts
way, a nd Sampo couldn't cry "st6p ~
for his mouth was full of snow.
Then he lay in the dark like 2 rat
that ha lost its legs, in the middle of
a vast nowy wilderness, with no hU-
man DIV -elling for miles around.
At fin It Sampo felt somewhat be
wildereel, which is not to be wondered
at. He scrambled out Of the huge
snow-drift and found he was not at all
hurt; but this fact did not comfort
him, since he perceived by the pale
moonlight that he was surrounded on
every side with nothing but snow
drifts and high mountains, while one
mountain rose higher than all the 9TH
ers, which he knew must be Rasteka-
is. Suddenly it flashed upon him that
TINS was the home of the cruel noun
tain king, who would eat whole REIN
deer at a mouthful, and swallow little
boys like flies. SampO Lappelin be-
came frightened now, and heartily
wished that he was safe with his faith
er aud mother in their warm hut
But how could ne ever get back there?
Long before he could reach home
the mountain king would be sure to
discover him, and swallow him up,fur
boots, gloves, and all, like any other
luekless fly.
There sat Sampo Lappelill, aiOne in
isnow arid darkness among the desO-
late rocks of Lapland, with the large
black shadow OF Rastekais looking
dreary and threatening before him.
l Cryine, was quite useless, for all his
tears roze directly, aud rolled down
1 like D cas- over his little fur jacket SC
Samp thought he had better leave
off, al I'd run about insUesd TO keep him
selfW arm.
eff 1 stay here I shall freeze t
deatt :" he said to himself. 81 woulC
rathG go straight to the mountain
king II he swallows me up, it cam
be Ia elped but will tell him he haC
muc h better eat some of the woive
abOI It here they are far fatter than |
and their fur wouldn't be so difficul
TO 8 YallOw."
81 lmpo now began TO ascend tn
MOI Intain. He had not gone far whel
he heard something trotting behin'
/ hin 1, ana Immediately after big woi
can le up with him. A pang shO
thE ough his little IIapp heart, but h
det ermined to show no fear. "Kee
eUt of my way" he shouted. 81 an
the bearer of message TO the king
so mind your coat if you do me an
IA Cm."
Gently, gently" said the wolf 10
on RAsteksis all animals can speak.
'IV What little shrimp are you there
NJ iggIing along through the snow g'
sssMy name is Sampo Lappelill," an
81 Eered the boy. "WhO are you ?''7
81 am first gentleman usher TO To
TX ing Of the Rocky Mountains" al
lsu rered the beast, ''and l have ju:
be en- all over his kingdom to call b
81 bjects together for the great sun fei
tH -al. Since you are going my wa
ys may as well get on my back, an
I : will take you up the mountain"
Sampo did not wait to consider, b.
eli mbed upon his companions shagg
ba *, and the wolf ealloped of, clea
Ing precipices and abysses with
boz ind. - ~
a What do you mean by the sun fe
tfu ii ?" asked Sampo.
81 Don't you know ?n said the vol
'sW e celebrate the feast of the sun t.
day 1t first appears On the horizon
aftk the long, dark night of winte
Evt Try animal, troll, and goblin in q
nor n then assemblies on Rastekai
and on that day they are not allows
to b urt each other. 1t was lucky f
you, Sarnpo LappeliII, thai you can
tod y, otherwise I should have go
| blef. you up long ago."