St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-02

ewes that made his blood freeze to consid-
erable extent in his veins. Before him stood
a creature the like of which he had never be-
fore seen. 1t was tall and lank. Its face
was as white as the snow. Its ears were
I'm the form of snowshOes that seemed to be
fastened to its head with leather thongs.
Its arms were fiat and instead of fingers the
hands seemed to end in a single piece
curved up like a tobOggan. Its face was
partly covered with snow-whlte beard on
which there were shining beads of frost.
Its feet were long and slender with the toes
turned upward. like a ski and on their
bottoms there had grown out runners like
those of a skate. On his head was a cap
with large horns of icicles that bristled in
all directions. His garments were Of bear
skin, and snow had sifted through the long
shaggy hair. His teeth were iciceS. He
had the sole of a moccasin in his mouth.
which he chewed constantly. On his left
cheek was birth mark that looked like
bit OF red blanket with an irregular fringe
that gave him peculiarly savage appear
ance. His nose was fat, and from his
nostrils came large flakes of frost
When he glided toward the bed
on which Mr.. Augustus Jones lay
it was as with the sound of cracking ice.
His body seemed an immense ice cream
freezer, festooned with wreaths made Of
snOwballs, and with every breath could be
heard a rattle as if he were filled with rock
salt. Just outside. Mr.. Jones' window
hung thermometer. in which the
MERCURY STOOD AT ZERO,
and the strange visitor. without saying a
word. raised the window. took the Their
mOmeter. and. with one movement of his
Ia, faafb ohaxuah IN hits ond cnro l.
lowed il.
Mr.. Jones was startled. He seemed to
feel chilly, and the sight of his carnival
clothes lying on the chair beside him made
him. sick at his stomach. Raising himself
he said to the strange visitor: ''Who are
you, that so intrudes upon my private
affairs?"
Without so much as a nod of recognition
the creature paused and placing the curved
end of his hand to one nOstril and with a
terrible puff blew from the other stream
of ice that fell to the floor and broke IN
many ieces.
who are you?" again asked Mr.. Angus
tus Jones. now somewhat alarmed.
The creature turned its head toward Mr..
Jones and from its mouth spat out storm
of snowballs and large hailstones that flew
so near Mr.. Jones' head that he ducked il
under the blanket and lay shivering.
In a moment the creature spoke. His
voice was like the hOarse cutting OF saw
through block of ice and when he spoke
a chill came over the room that frOZe the
beads of sweat that had formed on the fore
head of Mr.. Augustus Jones as he shiyered
beneath the blanket.
Il am" said the creature. 1.-THE evil spirit
of all winter carnivals. l am the son of the
Ice King who dsinherited me when was 4
mere child because l had this birthmark
He refused to give to me my rightful inner
itance and made me an outlaw. 1 live in
cave dug in the coolest spot of Zembla'i
snowfields. My breath is the blizzard. Ny
food is ice. / consume at one gulp whole
ice houses. / eat frozen mercury for des
sert and pick my teeth with icicles. At thu
sight of fire have fits and the froth from
my mouth is slush. / sleep with my cheel
on pillow of ice. When my father ono
sent for me to return froze the messenge
with my breath and sent him back with
huge IcICLE
| sticking i'm his body. When / see who'll
cities bow before my father and do honor
to him, i gnash my teeth and eat salt ant
snow in my rage. l skate at the rate o
mile minute. l skate to the North pol
and, climbing upon its frozen top. laugl
when see the children of men freezing il
the billiards of Dakota. i am greater thai
King Frost. am holy terror with spike
in my boots"
but why are you here?" asked Mr.
Augustus Jones, in quakiug voice.
Il am come to take you,
said the monster. / will driv
you through the snowfelds of ~
own province on snowshOes. When yOl
| I will or laf hat NIT
nothing on but linen buster you shall Q
down tOboggan slides hundreds of miles i
length. When you sleep it shall be on tn
pointed end of a ski. / will chase you owe
great snowbanks, and prod you with icicle
! if you lag but for an instant You hav
thought to do honor TO my father, but
have caught you first and you shall be M
slave. Snowshoes shall grow in place o
your ears, and when you are old will max
you young again that the fortunes L hav
inflicted may be repeated. You shall freeze
and when nearly dead 1 will thaw you oil
that you may again suffer the sting of tn
frost. Your companions shall be foxes an
wolves. and you shall sleep in caves where
amid chunks of ice you shall listen to the
dying means. You shall shiver but nevt
be warm. When you perspire it shall b,
beads of ice, and you shall sigh in vain fO
the Sultry dogdayS Tor they snail neYt
come.
Mr.. Augustus Jones had listened to tn
picture of his future with
FEELING OF TERROR.
Already it seemed as if the chilly fat
was upon him. He looked again at h
blanket suit and saw that it had been CO..
cred with shining frost. Already he fe
icicles sprouting from his forehead. II
hands felt like chunks of ice. When |
tried TO speak he found that his tongT
was frozen.
Come" said the fiend, "you must g
with me. We will pass through the i,
palace on the way and shall SILVER for
moment beneath its icy walls and then "