Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-25

notto swami sen speaks drst.
Al, ilend Skien, thou wilt have TO 20 ct greater
pee Than thy present Jog II J6ksdal d 70 see thee
asan Sraao-en' travels q world faster, ana Is
a ~" nearer 10 thee than thou art to home. Wilt
70 accept seatf IL 50. II Is at thy service.
AT last we meet, then" gasped the other. "l
La Iad rather see thee than the trusst friend and
my INA R Rorse In Norway A. last thou Art in
or Will do IL for thee"
"Fooli Thou do it' Couldst thou stop me year
sTos Iasn think not 70 hold back those mad
For answer skIen levsled pistol At the head of
the horse nearest him The barrel flashed In the
moonlight Ike q knife and Svantsen, choking In
MS throat the cry OF horror that rose into IT, pulled
drove.
THIS is no tims for testing, manr he cried
Leap by me, and do 1t quickly, or we shall both
"And why not, Thou has left me nothing TO
i've Tor. Everything that was good TO me In the
world has been taken by thee; now II Is my turn,
and could slay thee, but that had rather leave
While the horses were nearly dislocating his
shoulder joints, svansten made answer:
"Tnink not fear death any more than thee. II
thou widest that but one Of US shall reach his
home care not. Ipiead not for my safety, least
| OF ali at tny hands, but others plead for IL The
pas is past, the wrongs have done to thee are
past, and past atoning Stay me II thou wilt, It is
out Justice, but be generous In thine hour OF
! triumph. Save thyself, Skien, implore it, and
see that what is now 10 the sledge be given to
those leave behind. Declare, when Questioned
that Tell from my place and thou couidst not
SO he spoke, and great wave Of feeling passed
through the Others mind. Never had his heavy
brains been so stirred never before had the posi-
olllJy OF noble and heroic actions entered them
Like dream picture, as bis eaemy's words fell
upon his ear, he saw the girl at home nursing her
BABY, saw the Siedge dash through the village
street. saw the husband reel into The strong out
stretched arms OF his friends, and heard the wie's
cry OF thankfulness 10 God. That was ALL No
Vision Oh his own ngure in the story obtruded It.
SELL A Hash OF lightning could not be quicker
than the thought as 1t nlled his brain aud trans
formed every ambition, passion and desire.
True" ne SAID al have no quarrel with those In
thine nome. Thou art husband and q father-I
had forgotten. Get you gone, Svantsen. My eyes
are opened now, and ] see Tar ahead. Fly man,
while there Is yet time. Take these pistols with
thee. too. anu remember In the days to come there
Was no evil between Us at the end. Go, say; the
horses are killing themsevea"
lie held up the weapons and finding that the
driver was TOO occupied TO take them from him
placed both pistols at his feet in the sledge, as
"Sayest thou thisfv he cried "By heaven.
skien, such an enemy as thou makest Is worth q
thousand friends. Leave thee, manf Nevert
Mount command IL; else Will shoot these fran
TIC beasts myself God willing, we snail yet sleep
In our homes Tonight; II not, then together hereS
Eric hesltated for a brief moment. The thought
Ol great sacrifice was strong within him, but MS
old enemy would not be denied. His will was as
pOweriui as Inc others, and most assuredly both
men must have persisted mad not Skien relented
At last, therefore, yielding 10 SvantSens entreaty
he crawled exhausted upon the hinder seat OF the
sledge, and, not moment too soon, the men were
Whlrled away together.
Read Without haste, the above dialogue, II
timed, would be found 10 take two-and- half min
utes- Ia Tact, however, IL barely occupied Lwo)
Five short minutes later the wolves arrive UPON
the spot where the snow Is trampled and Skeln's
ioolnArks Cease. Now they are racing, for the
quarry shows up black and clear against the snow
Attle more lhan mile ahead.
Let US once more hunt with the hunters and
watch them as-their feet falling like the patter-
Ing rustic OF rain-they came On one HURTING
against another. Their mouths are open the nafr
on Their oIcks Is beginning TO Stiffep and stand
on end; their phospaoreSce At eyes are fixed upon
the nylng sledge. A long stern chase II has been,
and like TO meet with a grand reward III ALI goes
well. so yard by Yard they get upon better terms
Win the vehicle. True the black horizon gradu-
ally Changes into Irregular outlines OF a pine
forest; true also, beneath the trees CLEAN sparks
of red and yellow tre That suggest human nabl-
tations; but Joksdal is distant mile yet wherea
three hundred yards alone separate wolves aad
men. Now long pull. a strong pull, q pull all
together, and thea-supper.!
Like the bellows OF forge sob the horses and
they need not the heavy whip, though that now
and again Kisses In the air over their heads Great
jets Oh steam burst Iron their gaping noStrtlS AID
they show the bioodshOt whites VI their eyes
since Skien got upon the sledge not another word
has been spoken. Svantsen drives with magnin-
cent nerve and Judgment, keeping the horses
steady, cut ge ting every inch out OF them he can
II either comes down 1t must mean certain death
Tor all Shlen sits erouched up at the back OF the
sledge with his face to the incoming multitude
and Il pistol In each hand Nearer get the wolves
anu ngarer En- lucy are now going about twenty
Dig S.edge rug, manufactured from skins Of their
derunct kindred, is thrown TO them; but what a.
dead woives coats as all article OF food com pared
with the shining sides OF those galloping animals.
now only NIFTY yards In front3 1t hardly stays
them for a moment.
Svdntsen )ode.s, and the Clear notes 90 ecnoinx
FORWARD 10 the village and back to the wolves
Ihey give tongue again In answer and strive each
10 DC alongside the horses before The other That
last lons-drawn how may save the sledge for it
has told those at home everything. Syantsen sees
lights flashing in the dis tance an knows Lhar
doors are being opened, dogs let loose ana gus
hastily Sndtched from their aces IWenty.uve
yards only now between the sledse and the lore
most wolf >kien COCKS his pistols and keeps cool
as u statue. Graabeen No. Is a grand deter.
mined fellow, believe he. They look at one m
Other, tne nan ana brute, and there Is more ex-
pIession now III the VOLS lace than In the mans
one, reckoning without his host, his sharks eyes
gitterlng .iAe stars Is divided between an attack
upon ETC or the borse5. The human being feels
plstol-trigger under each foreunger and waits
Tor II Will not do TO miss. Twenty Yards eixhteen
niteen-tnen sVantsen shouts to MS comrade:
"Iue uOS5 are cOlniusv
sklen does not answer and keeps his eyes upon
the foremost vol. leu yards ID he - now Tbe
deep oaylng OF big dogs and the shouts Of men
nnse WIN the cry 0f the wolves, tue snort OF the
no ses, and the bells ringing on over everything.
Then skien Ieels the sledge slaken speed aud
raises his arm not moment too soon Graabeen
No. sees u stream OF Ire dart toward him feels
terrible blow In the cnest and falls Writhlnv
bleeding, and gnasning lis teeth In the cold snow
SOlne among MS companions stop to do the last
honOrs " their Old leader, but more than half
keep o. Ssien shoots another, and hurting mis-
pisIoio Win lrcucnuOuS lOrcc among them, breaks
the leg OIL third Svantsen gives the horses their
heads and strikes at tue long gray brutes now
streaming upon either side. Here comes the
dogs at last, fresh and full Of nyntinc, Twenty
there are, II not more, all eager for a tus,ie
with Tue universal enemy. They rush into tine
wolves, and at the same moment one OF the horses
comes down with crash, struggles upon IN,
Knees, fills again, slrteks tries vain to rise AMI
rolls over beaten upon his side. The other break
ING MS TRACE and flashing out, comes near Draining
MS driver, but instead catches q wolf which mas
Just Jumped at Svantsen fair In the chest and
huFi, ma BACK yards Skfen has wound mis-
coat round his LETT arm and Uses knife with his
righl Ine freed horse, with dozen wolves leap
ing at us mead, runs straight into the reScuing
party. Then torches CLEAN and men yell and n4ht
nanu-tO-nand battles with gaunt, draggled brutes
thal snip at their Threats, Nh The air with the
oso" geIs home nowl and kick out Tn .ir lives In
the reddentng snow.
IL was notable and terrific battle while IL
tasted, ana forms topic for conversation to this
Jay IA JokslaL Half the dogs were killed and
more tnan one brave man who rushed 10 the
Rescue Will carry deep tokens OF the night To IN a
grave. S'ahlsen Game worst OIL. HIS left arm
was oaoly torn, and one bite In his throat must
lave en- fatal had the brute who made iI
yunpeo uttie stronger. Skien fought like 4 de-
, n-on ana escape marvelously, With scarce more
man an ugly scratch or two. One horse died
where II fell, the other escaped with its life but
was ruined ior all Practical purposes. Svantseu,s
me however looked 10 II that tine excellent be asst
SHOULD ave the remainder OF his days In hoIorvd
And the wolves, though decisive,y beaten ran
not De deemed disgraeed Upon the ,neld they ieft
Loui-aho-twenty slain and some eight or nine
Nouuueu 10 The death. Deeply DETECTED torn
lAimeu, ana exhausted, the SURVIVORS Hor them
oaea " tnei oesoiale forest homes; and, may bo
the God That sees Mt TO let them i've s1daa An
"a fpnxA haA.