The Red Cloud chief., 1878-11-01

Il 49, \ NrTf tnfw nufNrni Had mt
thr prince h.~a protected p, The mastc
d. a., fate would have b~~n s-slcd
QuickiS he rsn slon. the 6Sck ~ TIE
gii'trrtng reptile. ~hitling arfuad bis
,~ord ani eating "A the head. ~ the
attacking monster. hkr - mAas ears
7 II corn
Al l~ngtb. When near enough g. tho
uthrr side. he gave q Terrible leap and
landed safely on IN. jr,t, In an instant,
tho .~rp-ni and all the monsters tisap-
pcsrv,i. and The moa, became alter
again IhA, peril sas over.
Nov | demand aimii,Ascc.' ssii
the prince, ~ he approached the great
door ~ the palace. ~ he did 80, an
Immense hand and arm shot through
the panel, and ALE . terrible blow
a, the Young champion nth an irpu
msll-t.
jus, in ,ime our hcru saw hi. dNngvr,
and stepped aside. before the great
arm could again raise the mSllci the
prince. sword completely topped ~
The gigantic limb
A veil II agony sas beard and the
pslsc- door flcw wide opcn.
The first objcc, our hcro b~hrld ~as
= huge giant, rolling on the aoor. aud
~groaning nj the loss OF his right arm
without delay the prince rendered
his fate certain 10y looping % his head,
aud thea proceeded Ia explore the
palace.
Before him was = aigh, II . hundred
steps. which h. proceeded 40 ascend II
VA n weary task. but ., length the
prime. found himself near the top,
suddenly he Eel, u peculiA. trcmh.
ling beneath his feet, and heard n
sharp. cracking sound. II. knew ~ha,
10 expect. The s,sircas. a.. sbou, 10
fall.
Eagerly he cast, his cy. around for
something la cling la, and. Ia his JOY.
behcld . rope dangling from an open
trap-door a few yards above bis head.
A. he snatchcd the rope, the stairs
FELL with u mighty crash. which shook
the palace to It's foundations. Prince
lronarm hung suspended In the air.
Still rcsolutc Of heart. he placed hi.
sword between his teeth. and climbed
up towards the ,rap-door, lie was jus,
making his final effort. when a hand
and arm, like that of n large gorilla.
suddenly descended. armed with u long
gli;,ering knife 10 cut the rope.
The prince saw his danger. Hold
ing fas, to the rope with one hand
, he clu,chcd his sword with the other
|. and NJ the very ins, AM the Keen blad,
, WAS about Ia sever the rope. he inf'ict
| ed n sharp sword.cu, on ,h. would-b'
, cutter.
A shrill veil resounded. and III. arm
WAS withdrawn quickly. The next mo
i ment our hero pulled himself up ,hro
the trar-door.
The scene he bcheld Was amazing. i
: was a vast hall. covered. or paved
/. with earth. ont Of which grew tree,
Of every size and description. Among
= the branches were thousands of mon
= keys. leaping, ~cha,tering, and making
, hideous grimaces at each other.
=. Up at the top Of the very tSllest tree
and dashed TO Il with cords. Prince Iron
y arm behcld the form Of the unfortunxt,
Princess Selma.
), MORTAL he yelled. snatching up
. huge. two handed sword. ''iou arr
u the boldcst NJ men; but think not 4
defy me. Your fate IL sealed. Know
, that with this sword ! can resist An,
y mortal steel. and l I'm, therefore Ger
. tain to Kill you. Are YOU not sorry nov
:. that YOU cameP'
II repeat my defiance boldly ans
O wered our hero.
Pool, Then die in thy ra~hne,s''
5 yelled the %cnchantcr, making a iierc
cut. which the prince skillfully par
ricd.
The monkeys in the trees. although
they took. no part in the contest, evinc
q cd the l~iveliest interest in it. jabbering
pointing, and leaping about in nm az
If cited manner,
Every time the prince parted III. en-
chanter's blow. they set up n wild or
a Of Joy. which seemed to drive JACKIE
panzee mad with fury; and. findin
that he could not overcome our hero b
skillful fence, the enchanter resortcd I
a brute force, and struck such hcsv
blows that it required all lronarm'
a agility to avoid them.
,r Suddenly n change occurred. In III
y fury Of his onslaught. the enchantc
ar had driven the prince IA the verge {
X the trap-doOr in the floor. With n SUI,
den bound the prince leaped across III
aperture.
D. Jackopanzee, blind with fury, ru.he
is forward, and down he went, strikin
his head with a fearful %concussio
NJ against NJ. oak beam.
Turning over and over, down. dow
d he descended from the top IL the plst
10 to the entrance hall. where he fell wit
n n crash into the ruins Of the staircas
,e and Jay there crushed, motionless
in dead!
"Hurrah"' shouted the prince. rad
a. ant with joy and triumph. The vi
Of rnchanter is slain. And nov to reese,
,e the lovely princess from her uncomfor
ar able position"
4. But he found that the monkeys hs
already set about the task. and we
swarming up the tree ON which the IA
lady was tied.
IN Scarcely had they brought her, hs
fsinting with joy. 10 the brave chsmpi'
mr. who had fought 40 hard in her defens
he than . loud noise ~resounded. and Il
f. good enchanter Fautulus suddenly Il
peare'i.
o. A wave of his wand and the PAa
III Of Pcrik melted away, and the prin
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