The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-13

"'Don't you hour the tapping Of waterr
cries tn dwarf.
"'E,..
"'Wcli. ,hacs the wash Of the open sea
conicndur with ncn For this priceless
thing
Tho Troll thought. ii tris way leads to
the open sea. cal easily rise through that
/ To The SURFACE so on lc went
bat presently thCv came under I" rO'k
dome lunc with stony icicles. and az their
feet Tapped reservoir Of water full If
human Fragments aud pieces of ships.
"'Hcr,s the end Of tho search, Rrnncd
the dwarf The diamond brought YOU 10
seek Is that whirling Maolstrom which cuts
] its planes of waters un this coast. The way
/ Is closed mp bchnd YOU; now get out II YOU
can through The Macstrom"
Then the dwarf disappeared just as II
/ there never had been "a dwarf. and the Troll
stood under the rOur OF the Mnclstrom. his
knccs shaking; he felt himself "a dead Troll.
For in those days the NGelstrom was a boil
mgWhi"lppol miles "a circumference. When
sailors became 6uddculy aware of gliding
across Il HELD 90 water depressed toward
sorc unknown rcatcr, they knew the Mael-
strum hau them. First she described huge
circle. as !, swnEirg them around her vic
tir's head. Then they felt her fury. She
wlnriCd aud beat them, she rolled them over
and c~Huchcd them in her awful jaws, out
Of which no ship o" man ever rose again.
pretty soon q Voice near tho Trull said:
who knows. Troll. but you may conquer
this NaclstrOm and Quiet IT,, rage for the
remainder Of the centuries.
HE looked arouud and saw white child.
you have worked in the queries and knit
your strength say1 the chic. and can
show You the way tO the urc-dwarfs. and in
their furnace you will tina "a hammer aud
anvil ready iur any body who wants 70 use
them. Never mind what any dwarf does,
hut take your heart. your brain. your hands
and feet one after the other. ana beat and
temper them ca the anvil
They are all flesh objected the Troll.
y nice temper should Gcat into them ON
metal
1.-THE hammer and anvil are no, metals
says the child. You make yourself aolc TO
rise through the Maclstrorl
80 the Troll went 70 the furnace Of the
orC-uwarfs. He Jaw them fuse and force
into upper rock and soil ,he metals for which
men dig. The black fellows would seize lets
oi fiery liquid, ana lcapiuG like rctcors,
hing them to force their way upward. They
looked CuriuuSly - the Troll aud made
faces. But without speaking 10 them. he
went To the hammer and anvil which the
child showed him. These tools, while he
worked with them, passed through al the
colors of the rainbow They must bc made
Of hight. he thought,
"ilc beat away on mis- heart, but the more
ne thunpcd the larger it grew, ana when
he put II back into place it pushed out his
chest and lit"d him of the ground At
that the Troll dropped ms tools, dashed out
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reservoir. which opened into the sea. sure
that nc could face the Maclstrom. His light
heart carried him straight up the whirlpool.
but before he had risen six fIthoms lac was
pounded ana Suftoyutcd sea throw him
back into the reservoir ana shook her
witch's list at him through the opening. as
if saying: is that enough for NOu'
Tho Troll hmpCd back to the furnace,
where every gruuiEg dwarf capCrCd at
him. But nc hammered his brains and con
dCusCd them until they became magnetic.
forcibly drawing or rcpclling objects. And
when BE put them back in his head he saw
himself diffcrutlN, and diG not attempt the
whirlpool again until he had followed all
the Chiid's Notwithstanding his hands
ana feet I" an imbCr glow, The very tint OF
hight under water
Then I've crcpt out and launched INTO the
base of the Maclstrou. But il beat him
down, and dashed him across the face with
bodies. and stuug him with sca-nCttleS, un-
n! he threw mp his arms ana was sucked
among the dead IN the reservoir. scarcely
able To- lit his nostrils oyer the brink SO
stubborn was the Troll, however. that he
crcpt again to the furnace, ANA this time the
dWurfs stuck thclr iiamc-likc tongues in his
face and bent oyer and slapping themselves
and tC'Irtiup thpil' tiny hInpI, noses i'm de-
risiop.
"WithtNt watching them, the Troll tenn
pcrcd himself third time AND after that
rial Cf the MaclStrom be would not have
lifted finger ior his life and the whole
world besides
"Thc child came and smoothed his bruised
lmhs, saying. Poor little hill Troll.
"'lm ready Ia die, said the Troll. But
after hc had rested u long time he added:
I'm die trying II, though
"Ovcr and over he tempered himself, over
and over he tried the MaclstrOm, G9tonished
10 lind how life and determination did linger
in him, until he rose through the whirlpool
and drew up calm under his feet. TO this
day the Maei'tr1m remains conquered. and
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