, 1876-06-24

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An Ekpulmnnx stury.
From 1f1r9ssAAn's - Unsffr he Northern kGhfs."
There was once woman who had II Fun Md Il
huntpr, nn1 onr tlny hc killed tfung.scal, from
the skin nf wlllcf, hc proposed Il, cnt suno
thongs. hut thu mother W,lntch the skin fur
sn'n1 other purpose, aud Al'c un'l tic hoy quar-
Tlen t1hn won't md pronounced n charm IN
tic scnlakir, and when l,e wcnt Lu cut II up tho
sm 1f tl''g flew UP, struck ILLS eyes ind innto
seal meat, and l'n to liyc etirciy On tn,istcl,
fur tho BLIND hunter GUILD 90 hunting more.
But t'iit day bear appeared ut tue window
nMl began to cut awny Ut il.a window PAM,
daughter l t the nl,cr silc Of tl!c Io,..c, but
the RtriplIfg nakc,. for liia bow. 1IIs sIsnr gnye
It to HIM Ic l'cnt IT, askcl her to take nl1n iur
him, h1nl tIlel lo sl,nt and Killed the Animnl.
benr.''
They ha'l now plenty Of meat, bnt the mother
rcfuscd To gye thy hoy a,iy, pretending tl'at MS
only gaytc hin m2ussels. But the sister gave
l,in, Ills slnrc of the bcar-,ncat In secret.
Finally IN tic spring n tlHck of Wild geese
restored the tm,v'a Sight, mil he resumed iIs
hunting occupations.
liz, with his sister, usc to - out On tho cdrc
of Tue tce, where the seals a1tl white whales tn
kind III do1ph[n} were scc'!, md lr would kill
them with Ills lIarpooI'. llc hal 'lnllunt!ng-
ruushl, hts SISTERS waist instead, an! when the
animal was struck they would drug It upon tic
lee BY incans of the line.
One .lsy l,s nskcd Ills sister, +" Dost tllon like
our motllerft
6l1e made no answer, but upon llc repeating
the question elIc replied:
~ am f&ndcr Of thee than Of her."
"lhen. to-lnorrow,n llo replied, "ahc shall
serve ua fnr n blAilcr.H
Tie next day lie accor!llngly proposes to lis
mother that she should help In the hunt, md
to this she consents without the slightest
suspicion. lie Tics the lInr round her waist as
he had .l"ne @ to Us s'strr hut se NY heis t.
eyes" mud when flse secs Him preparing to
throw the harpoon sl'c cries.
"My SOL, choose q small whale, choose
small une."
Just then large white whale rises to the
surface Of tlic water at the c.1Er Ut the ire ncar
Ills feet. lie thrbws his llnrpooll Into tho animal
md then lets go the lire.
The whulc Instantly begins to drag hts mother
all hcr might to gct FREQ and crying out fur a
! knife to cut tic lIllc.
but tho sun unly reproaellrs l,cr With her
ssrI1sllty sIly III having ma'lc him blind, and says,
Then stc cries out, "Ol my ,llo! my ulln!
It Was TINT surkel thee, II WIS that k,rklctl
tlicc!' And this sfc continues cryng Until the
whale drugs llcr !ntn the watcr. She flnats fnr
Il few rol',cnts Vi, the surface, still crying, "Oll,
my soul It was ! that eilekicd thee Il was !
TINT sucklctl thcci" then disappears forever.
| The hfutller MD Sister Eazc nfcw minutes nt
tho SPOT where she wrnt down. AMI t1lcn, terror
| stricken, tlirn and 1lrc.
| But t!le cry Of their mother continues ringing
III tletr ears, and follows tllcn wherever they
They finally ny from the vt1lnRe t0 tho inturlor
pf the country. far away frtsl nlly hl!niAn kind,
with Iis y.u I'LL III
in their ears, nIt waa / TINT s,cltlctl thee, It
| was TINT sucked tllccV' like tin refrniu ui
"Mnsl'etll shall sleep no tnoro,"i1 slnakspcarc't
| sublime tragedy.
TIcy disappear, and nobody who hnew then,
ever secs nr hear. Of tlGui lgntn.
l'tt they nrc not lead.
Their death would mt carry out the Esaumn,l
idea, url the plrt has aslt1tt1 one more net IL
tho tFnscuy III which there ls grandeur nf coll
ccl,tion nut unworthy Of Shakespeare himself
Thu event recorded In this MT takes Enec 4
lnng tine n aftsrWor.l; nobsnly le'ows llo,y long
tho children VIII, knew thu ratrieitlpa, have
grown old and tlletl The tradition Of the crime
| Is nlmnst forgotten.
TJlc sceno in lald In tho Interior Of tho louae
OF tic d'gdkok, or Iricst-1nnEtcian. II Is night
-; winter nig,t In tic Arcttr, Will, nn Aertil
NOM throwing It's glamor dvcr tho plnins
and mountains of lei mud siltw. inside the
house tlio pricst-tnag3ctGn ia performing ron,
turGtiun, and the people nre gnthcred around
silent NIL trrtilblitE, listcnlng to Ills muttcred
ihGlntatfons.
Suddenly they iIrar cry outside, and tlt
aHpakok eays, t'Sonething evil IA apprnarllfng.' y
THY ri to lin do0r md look out. Thcrt
they behold gigantic hunter n littlr distance
nway, stnlning III tho Moonlight. lila lIar II
whtu m the sl,nw nll which lie Stands, anl Il
linnEs down over Ills shoulders In long, slYcry
ltcka.
lint his fncc is black as night.
| They watch him fur d 1nUlncnt, ard 1o gazet
at them With burning, fiery eyes.
| Then the a,yakuk rnnles forward and askB tht
strNnEcr w!lu lie Ia md whnt lie wants.
The uthcr replies:
"Uo ysu nut know mel"
They n1,swrrcd In tic negative.
| Then lie nsks:
"Do ynu remember the s0f, who usctl Ills
mother for hnnttng.fladdrri''
A very old woman then remembers hearing
her mother Talk about tho crime when slle Yns
very little rhthl.
The hunter replies: ..
o. nn that man, md stil1 liye.'
Then hB tells them something OF tho fifo llt
mil his eis!er have lived ciurc that time; sayi
they orc still suffering NIL the tortures ii
| rcIl0rsc ~ On the tlay Ut their flight tint le
]Ias bccn driven by aofne mysterious power Il
come a.Ml denuls,lce himself to tile pcHple, tllat
the rrinic Nny not t,e forgotten, AnI--fcnrlHl
misunderstanding nll this life Ut three gcnrrn
ttone, ,lay and night, The vtve of their nur.lcrct
l.lnther llas been alwuya ringing IN their cars
| "OE my BUlll It WIS that suchlel tllce, Il
waB ! tint auc]tlc.l t!eu!'
TfIuh lie disappears, and Is never heard o
| more.