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

HAS the KING 20 OSSy he Se-Hs
law ?'' asked SsmpO.
"Of course he has" returned the
wcIf: ''from an hour before sunrise
Til an hour after sunset he wiz not
dare 10 hurt you; but beware OF be-
ing on the mountain when the time
expires. for then the king viii seize
whoever comes first, and hundred
thousand wolves and thousand bears
will also be ready to rush upon youI
and they will soon make al END OF
SaDpo Lappelill.
"PerhaDs YOU will be so kind as to
heIp me back again before there is
any danger ?' asked SampO with 2
throbbing heart.
The wolf began to laugh for on
Rastekais the wolves can iaugb)-
.AIy dear SampO, don't expect any
such thing I intend, on the con-
trary, to seize you first myself You
are such a plump little boy, I can see
that you have fattened on reindeer
Goilk and cheese you viii make q de-
! lieious breakfast for me tomorrow
morning"
Egmpc began to consider whether 1T
! would not be best for him 10 jump OH
the VOLTS back at once, but it was too
| late. They had Just arrived at the top
of Rastekais, and there were many
wonderful things TO be seen. There
sat the great mountain king on his
throne of cloudy rocks, looking out
over hills and snow fields. On his
/ head he wore q cap of white Snow
clouds his eyes were like the full
moon when it rises above forests his
nose was like mountain ridge; his
mouth was like an abyss bis beard
I like tufts OF enormous Icicies ms
arms were as thick rs great fr-trees
| his coat was like huge snow noun
tain. If you wonder how it was that
I SampO Lappelill saw the king and
/ his subjects IN the darkness, you must
know that bow of splendid northern
| lights shOne in the sky, glittering on
the white snow, and lighting up every
thing.
All around the mountain king stood
millions of trolls, goblins, and brown
les: they were very small and gray,
and their footprints on the snow
weIe not larger than those of squ!r-
rel, They had come from the utter
most parts of the world, fsOm Nova
Zembla and Spitzbergen, from Green
land and Iceland, even from the very
north pole, in order to worship the
sun. They do this from fear, not
/ from love, Just as savages make offer
ings to evil spirits to appease their
wrath. Trolls and gOblins hate the
sight of the sun, and always hope 1t
viii never return when it sinks below
the horizon ct the end of summer.
Further away stood all the animals
of LapIand, great and small, in close
ranks, thousands and thousands of
! them, from the bear. the wolf, and
the glutton down to the gentle REIN
deer, the little mountain rat, and the
brisk little reindeer flea but no goats
appeared they had ali been frozen
in the cold.
Sampo Lappelil! saw sll this with
the greatest astonishment, and, un-
| perceived, he slipped down off the
VOLTS back, and hid behind a large
stone, ia order to watch what was 60
ing to happen aeTt.
The king shook his lofty head, and
then the snow whirled about him,
and the beautiful northern lights
shone like a crown of glory round his
head, darting ont long red streamers
across the deep blue sky they spark
led and whizzed like fir-trees on fire
they expanded aud drew together,
sometimes fading, and then darting
out again like lightning over the
snowy mountains. This amused the
King and lie clapped his icy hands
together till the sound echoed like
thunder among the mountains. Then
all the trolls shrieked with JOY, and
L. 1. III rr-sft rzrh1nh
delighted the king still more and he
shouted across the snowy desert:
fiThis is what Ilike-eternal 1 night!
eternal darkness may they never
end ~
"8Iay they never end p repeated
all the trolls atthe top of their squeaky
voices, for they all like night and
winter better than summer and sun
shine. But. now a dispute arose
among the crowd OF animals, for al
the beasts of prey agreed with the
trolls, while the reindeer and more
gentle creatures felt that they should
| ike to have summer back again, even
though they dislike the goats that re-
return with it. One creature alone
wanted summer without any condi-
tions, and that was the reindeer-fea,
and she piped out as loud as she
could.
'Please, your Majesty, haven't We
come here to worship the sun, and to
watch for his coming ?''
"NOnsense 90 Growled a polar bear
sour meeting here arises from bad,
old custom, and the sooner it ends the
better. Ny belief is that the sun has
sunk forever, that the sun in deed,
sfThe sun has sunk forever the
sun is dead :" repeated all the other
animals in a doubtful murmur, and
q shudder ran through all Nature !;
but the trolls and gOblins took up the
notion with delight, and reiterated it,
shaking with laughter till their little
caps fell off their heads. Then the
lying himself roared in a laundering
voice
$50 be it! The sun is dead All
the world must worship me as King
of Eternal Night and Winter"
SanOo heard this speech as he sat
hehind the stone, and it enTaged him
so much that he stepped out from his
hiding place, and opening bis saucy
] little mouth, cried, ''That is c lie, Sir
Efug, a lie as big as yourself. The
sY1 is not dead. I saw his forerunner
onIy- yesterday. He will soon be
here. b-inging summer With him, and
meltjuE. the icicles in yGIF frozen
| beard tf
At these words the kings brow be-
e. me AZ black as thunder-cloud, and
forgetting the Jaw, he lifted his enor-
nous crm to strike SGmpo; but at the
same instant the northern light faded,
and 3 read streak flashed across the
sky, which shone with such .orlI1ahey
into the kings face that IL eompletely
daZzied him, and his arm fell useless
at his side. Then the golden ORD OF
day rose slowly and maJesucally
on the horizon, shedding its glorious
I light over mountains, deserts, snow,
drifts, abysses, trolls, animals, anG
valiant little Sampc. A crimson
glow passed over the white desert
making it look as IL Millions OF roses
had been scattered upon it, and the
sun shone into the eyes OF the as
senbled multitude, and down into
thair hearts also. Even those that
had most rejoiced in the SUMS sup
posed death now heartily rejoiced 70
see il again
1t was quite ludicTOus to see the as
tonishment of the gOblins. They
stared at the sun with their small
gray eyes, from under their red night
caps, and in spite of themselves became
so much excited that they stood CT
their heads in the snow and then
the beard of the terrible mountain
king began to melt and drip till il
flowed down his broad jacket like &
running brook.
Nearly an hour passed, while the
crowd Of beasts and gobliRs watched
the rising sun with varied feelings Oi
Joy and Vexation, and presently Sam
20 overheard reindeer say 10 her ut
tie one.
"Come, come, dear child, we mus
be going, or the wolves will eat US up
This reminded him of what his OWL
fate would be il he fingered any long
! er, so, seeing a beautiful reindees neal
! him with golden antlers, he mounted
the animal without delay, and it in
f stantly darted off down the steep rock!
with the speed of lightning.
: "What is the strange rustiing that