The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-02-12

stately palace Of them ano ,,,,,,..
nate the whole with crimson 6sa
the result IS a sight of amazing prandars
Even the Fire King and his army were far !
moment awestruck, but their business yvas
OF too serious a nature to allow time fns
contemplation OF the beautiful, and novs
ment upon the enemy's works was ordereS
and the attacking party was arranged aho,,t
the castle in tour lines, completely jnvest
ing 1t. Before the attack was made r.
Ice King himself had been aroused. and mn
peared, with his hoary locks and his rohas -
FUR, at the door of his castle, to INQUIRE vbo
bad so rudely disturbed his slumberg rTbs
Fire King approached him. in a CLARA ~
light shed from his chariot of fire. and saiS..
l demand an immediate and unconditionai
surrender of your fortress.
To which Borialis responded:
The Ice King never ~surrenders. He ia now a
possession OF this palace with a force suffcientIr
large to hold 1t against any force the Fire Kine
can bring against II. In fact, one cold freezing
breath OF the Ice King cannot only utterly am
initiate the Fire King, but all those who follow
him. In the interest OF humanity. the Ice King
recommends that you withdraw your forces AZ
once. IL you decline this, then you must be "a.
sponsibie for the consequences. If you are foy
war YOU first shot will be q signal for me Ia Iet
loose my engines of destruction, and / can a..
sure you that in two minutes your followers
will be dead upon the feld-Think well beFora
you act.
THE ATTACK ORDERED.
Inc contempGuouS reply or the Fire king
was an order TO his herald to give the signal
for the attack. which was done, and imme-
diately the dogs of war were unleashed
Each one of the thousand in the attacking
party was armed with Roman candles, which
were discharged against the building.
The defense was similarly aroused, and the
castle was also abundantly supplied with
heavy artillery. The scene was a sublime
II ATTACK.
one The garrison name the parapets Of
the fortress n poured q fiery rain down
upon the opposing hosts below, who fompt
answered with like tierceness. Thousands
Of Roman candles simultaneously belched
forth balls of various-colored fire, which
cleaned and glistened against the crystal
walls. On every bastion and other archi-
tectural projection c. he palace was set a
cannon, which, when discharged, filed the
heavens with globes of blue and red and
green fame. Tremendous mortars in the
outer moat sent up ponderous bopssg
hundreds of feet into the air, which, burst
ing, scattered sparks of all the hues Of the
rainbow in every direction. and the mag
nificence OF an ordinary pyrotechnic exhibit
ton was multiplied many times by the
opalescent tint thrown over it all by the
crystalline walls of the palace.
The castle was of ice no longer. 1t was q
palace of phosphorescent fire, now white,
now blue, now green, now red, cleaning ard
glittering, every turret shooting up a fan
like tongue of fire. The smoke of the pow
der that wa burned rose TO heaven. and re-
fiected the flames beneath. Through
it all the musketry kept up a con-
tinuous roar. To the spectators at q
distance the sight was even more beautiful
The cleaning castle, with its beautiful con-
fguration, stood out, a silhouette of many