Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1888-03-15


monstfated Gurloy.
why, it don't stand to reason" argued
Nose.
imagination" said McArdlc, spreading
his hands airily, "is a fine thing, Moses"
''Oh, isn't itin murmurcd Phoebe, watch.
ing the fire. "Its n kind o. wonder palace
that you can step into out OF any thing.
May be Lazarus had his head IN such pal
acc. Whatever your self lacks you will
find In perfect self in that wonder palace.
So that Il seems as II God gave US sixth
sense with which we can enjoy things we
don't possess"
"what on earth Is tho girl talkln' aboutln
said Randy Thompson.
"Sho Is tuning her imagination for the
story about the NORTH" volunteered Gur,cy.
"I thought one out long while ago. said
Phoebe, "whcn was reading scandinavian
things about Thor and S'f and 'godin-but
this Is about Il hill Trolf"
"Now, what's hill Trollm complained
Randy.
"Ho was little spirit fellow, sometime,
good and sometimes bad who lived inside y
bnl.n
"Thore amt none Of them things" said
Nose, with conviction.
"There was this one Troll' insisted
Phoebe, 'and no Quarrcd rock. And one
night when he put up his quarrying tools
wrinlklcd dwarf came and offered to show
him away down In the heart Of the earth
diamond finer than any the sun ever saw.
lie did not hesitate to follow the dwarf
And " find that diamond, I'll put up my
quarrying tools for a hundred years." said
the Troll
"Thcy went down and went down until
the Troll began to dstrust his guide and
called a halt. They were under the very
ribs Of the earth. IN go no further, says
the 'ftoll
"Thn dwarf laughed. Don't you hear a
booming soundr says no.
Yes
"Wcll, that's the sound made by people
on the other side Of the earth trying TO pick
this diamond out
"Tho Troll hurried on again until he felt
smothcrcd, and stopped again, saying:
"rll go no further
"'Don't you hear the tapping Of waterr
cries the dwarf.
Yes
"'won, that's the wash Of the open sea,
coutendmg with men for this priceless
thing
"Tho Troll thought, If this way leads to
the open sea, can easily rise through that
10 the surface SO on he went.
'But presently they came uuder q rock
dome hung with stony iciclos, and at their
feet Tapped q reservoir of water full Of
human fragments and pieces Of ships,
"'Horo's the end Of the search grinned
the dwarf The diamond brought you TO
seek is that whirling Maelstrom which cuts
| its planes Of waters on this coast. The way
is closed up behind you; now got out II you
can through the Maelstromr
"Thon tho dwarf disappeared Just rs II
there never had been a dwarf, and the Troll
stood under the roar Of the Maelstrom, his
knees shaking; he felt himself dead Troll.
For in those days the MaelstrOm was a boil
| ing whirlpool miles in circumference. When
sailors became suddenly aware Of gliding
across field OF water depressed toward
some unknown center, they knew the Mael
strom had them. First she described huge
circle, 40 If swinging them around her vic
| TINS head Then they felt her fury. She
whirled and beat them, she rolled them over
and crunched them In her awful jaws, out
Of which no ship or man ever rose again.
"Pretty soon voice near the Troll said :
who knows, Troll, but you may conquer
this Maelstrom and quiot its rage for the
remainder Of the centuries.
"He looked arouno and saw white child.
| You have worked in the quarries and knit
| your strength, says the child, and ! can
show you the way to the ore-dwarfs, and in
| their furnace you will find hammer and
anvil ready for any body who wants 70 use
them. Never mind what any dwarf does,
but take your heart, your brain, your hands
and feet one after the other, and beat and
| temper them on the anvil
They arc all flesh objected the Troll
"A nice temper / should beat into them on
metal
The hammer and anvil are not metals,
says the child. You make yourself able 10
rise through the Maelstrom.'
80 the Troll went 20 the furnace Of the
orc-dwarfs. He saw them fuse and force
toupper rock and soil the metals for which
men dig. The black fellows wOild seize Jets
Of fiery liquid, and leaping like meteors
| fling them 10 force their way upward They
| looked curiously at the Troll and made
/ faces. But without speaking 10 them, he
went 20 the hammer and anvil which the
/ child showed him. These tools, while he
worked with them, passed through all the
colOrs Of the rainbow. They must be made
Of light he thought
"He beat away on his heart, but the more
he thumped the larger II grew, and when
/ he put il back into place II pushed out his
chest and lifted him OF the ground. AZ
that the Troll dropped his tools, dashed out
Of the furnace and threw himself across the
/ reservoir, which opened into the sea, sure
that he could face the Maelstrom. His light
heart carried him straight up the whirlpool,
! but before he had risen six fathOms he was
! pounded and suffocatcd-thc sea threw him
back into the reservoir and shook her
witch's fist at him through the opening, as
II saying: Is that enough for your
'TThc Troll limped back 10 the furnace
where every grinning dwarf capered at
him But be hammered his brains and con.
densed them until they became magnetic
forcibly drawing or rcpolling objects And
when he put them back in his head he Saw
himself differently, and did not attempt the
whirlpool again until he had followed all
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