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


while. At length he said:
Thou art right. Yes, do believe thou
art right! May all the good and evil
spirits help ne to take vengeance on my
faithleSs wife! Tell me, boy, hast thou
observed when the day rcturns?"
The day after tomorrow, my Lord"
" - It is well; and the hOur-knowest thou
81 do, my Lord. We will follow the
Queen and hear what she has to say to old
Runna."
"Wcll said, boy; give me another
draught of thy poison drink that | may
20 to sleep. londer golden horn is full
of excellent mead; d,ink to my health"
lirlcp administered to the King anoth-
er dranght of the medicine, and the mon.
arch fell into slumbcr, while the boy.
crouched on the low stool, slipped the mead
from the golden horn, and pleased him.
self with the prospect of abundance Of hon,
ey, wheaton bread and bears flesh.
The next day and the following, Queen
Ruscha observed that the King gained
strength yisibly in spite of the power of
her spell. The poison draught of the lit.
tie Griep had restored him.
Her dIsmay WAS excessive. She lOngcd
impaticnty for the seventh hour of the
evening, and as soon us the West was
crimson with sunset, she departed attircd
in plain dress, and face concealed with
a veil. She left the city, and with steps
trembling from eagemcss, FASTENED into
the forest.
Griep led the King also by secret
path through the wood, close to the witct
IS cave. There hidden among the BUSH
hut near enough to hear all that was san
they awaited the arrival of the Qnccn.
Ruscha camcat length, stood before the
cave and called "Runna!' three times.
At the third call sullcn, rumLGug noise
was heard within the cavern; th, .,On
door, which had been closed, opened slow
ly, and the old witch appeared.
"What wouldst thou?' she asked.
"llclp!" cried Ruscha. THY spell has
no longer anyeiicct. For the last three
days To!;e Jarl has been on recovery. In
yam every night by thy direction | have
Strewed Goals around his waxcn image,
and enveloped it is poisonous yapors; he
has seemed yesterday and to-day stronger
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