Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-13

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The same day one of hio slaves, a Fin
lander by birth, stole from the armOry OF
Eric an arrow marked with his name
roke Jarl went forth into the woods with
this arrow, were the King was accustOm-
ed TO hunt.
When at evening the monarch returned
not, men were dispatched in search Of
him. They found his corpse in the wood,
the arrow buried in his side. The body
WIS brought back with loud lamentations;
the people ran tumultnously to the pal
ace gates; every one recognized the ar
row, and the cry waS:
Eric, the bloody Erie, has slain our
good King! Death to the murderer"
Tuke Jarl dispatched officers to arrest
his wifc's cousin, and had his head strck-
en- off in the sight of all. Then he was
proclaimed King, and solemnly crowned,
with Ruscha, his wife
The guilty pair were now at the height
they had longed to reach; but happiness
came not with power On the contrary
both grew every day more gloomy and
detected and distrustcd the other.
"If the Queen scrupIcd not to doom her
own father to death, thought Toke Jarl
much less would she hesitate to compass
my destruction
And Ruscha reflected with equal rca-
son that he who had bascly taken away an
old mans life at her prompting would as
readily sacrifice her whenever his love
should b. transferred to another. They
looked upon each other with suspicious
n,o.i nnI I ,n4;nS mi"S ~; H.; ''ims o,o',S ';vf
"n" U," " nrorent;m t u hc M fro SV, "G J"n
o"tS vnsi"s ''i l'Ii,a "liy
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tRr ] means "S of a"compIis3hgg 3 IN" her "S. wisbr U
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One day She wandered nIon" in tbr forest
in thr dcnihs of which Gw"It an old wor,,
nm whom common rn,,nr occ,,'aJ of ;,tnr.
course with ny;l snir;ts ~ tbn wooJ Tbo
v;rtnou. lnaroi and sLunrnJ L"r Inf tLo
Onern now songbt b"r "hnJc anl wos @ NO, moi
loup in fndin@ her. Tho old woman ,yos
niriIinp nm stirks Sbn Iooknd nm ne sho
saw Lnr fai, voInr viy;ior and , sr,;lo
rr,,lrJ nm Ler w;tInrol Lrs
81 am thn oucnn " sniI Rr.cbo con,.
inc, M oncn t0 tbn ohinct NJ brr ,;sit 81
snel, inv aid o,oiY.f Tolic Jarl nv bus.
band )" ~ ~ ' ''' y '''' '''
"What hath he done" asked the
witch.
"Ile practices treason agains, my life.
would be before hand with him. "
The old woman droppcd her bundle of
sticks. and stood upright. looking full in.
to the eyes of the Quecn.
81 can do naught for thee" she said.
"until thou form a compact with me and
those with whom | am leagued. Thou
must sigh compact and give me thy
blood; then shall thy veins be filled with
fire that animates immortal spirits, and
thou shalt never taste of death.
"V,lt tho,, nron;sn mo thor rovc,ro
an Tokn Inrlg" osknd Rnscba bnr hITo
eyes Hash,nr fire. The old woman nodded
;rhrm viii rnmnIy wifi thv rond;tions "
said The Onnan nn3 the wood.wiicb lod
tLr wav IL a ravc hiJJ,r from sighf Inv
vrrv ,Iiirk hushcs and roiiagn thSt sbn{
out thr hrums of snr nvcn ot n0orJrv
Within thn rnrnssrs nr this ravc tbn dnsn
dprEnrss wos rrnderad more horihIe hr
L;Ianus sl,anos that aa.l,nJ III, t,,,,,,,dy,
Of gwmo h",pro th" t% s;,,%t %i' "rj II, tho sn
lem ,,iaro of tbo Rro T 6yor wh;ch Lrnn @ t,o
rnuidron If informal nrcnar,tioms ' WV
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" lciI tnc queen lt"pPr"r,u rom thal
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III hci lo0hS' ilcr Nkli'i orior'S so HeIica'ely
ialr, 1au y strange uaz"llhE glow us II
llhgeu WIN 'l' rc'ieetloh OF sunset nCr
Eyes were ilncl Harhcr: ana h''nGq Wq., With
Almost Almost lhtolSraole nlglltneST' WIN
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be SutTnroG not hmt "s ,onn a I%0 ,o ""y
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~ re ~, '',il.'ir s,u'o' Ioir.rSS vi IT,
Iet ot ,Or i,s nl master o Ia from oLu'm@Fy means
uuue.ih,i,ut t .n',. Ill ~. uesPeinlc rc'lcuT llc
Mehv "oouv .llioueii tnt Moo1S, anu upon
.,ac ,Tit ,,iGuLt'ts, anu iG,ncieu LeroS IN t''e
dsm druk 9ni U dwinistnrod v IL u 10 pp"IH tnn En,
% I'm ''Iu mII ''I'iii'isVIte" a. ~ ~ .no nls
WHO lhy helpicSS ESQ, On nls coucI,' ana knew
%o Ve "m%v ""I ahot"T V To , fa Aer Wi'e
!hG pun aoalc9i loEc 'ur' rose up
Ill @ "uu anu 'ooNco "founu "'"''
| IVY nat mas been done to me! he
asked.
Ihe FINNISH slave threw himself on his
knees before the kmg' my gracious
lord, ne crled, ! know not what is your
malady! nave sought the most poison
GUS nerDs, lmpfegnated by the mo0nbeams,
and banned by the evil spirits, and dis
titled them INTO drinks OF which you have
taken. Inc potion mas done You no harm;
Out driven away your pains This would
not nave happened had your malady been
natural one. Now know that my lord
the hlng Is 6ewltched; and know, more