Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02
THE GIANTS CLERK.
ERNEST III. HEINRICHs.

( her she will have every confidence in you,
because she knows you come from me. Tell
! her then that will meet her with my white
| charger in three days from the time you are
there, at the foot of Ermelclif.' If she asks
you why 1 want to meet her tell her want
her to run away with me. Now go and do
your errand well.
Handy went away. He did not like the
task before him, because he did not know
exactly how he could fulfil it, and he was
afraid that he would never get back alive.
| True, the giant had given him sword,
which he said would make him invincible
I to any foe, but somehow or other he did
! not think that he would do much good
with it.
On the third day after he left Hibornus
! castle he met with whole army of dwarfs.
These little men numbered by the thousand,
and they covered the entire country for
miles around. Handy had often heard of
dwarfs and he did not like to be among
them, but he ielt his sword at his side, and
that made him courageous.
"Bahr' he said to himself 'I have got
along with giant, and will not be afraid
of these little mites"
Thus he encouraged himself and he
marched bravely into the crowd. Not very
long afterward the little men came up to
him and asked him where he was going.
81 am going to Ermelclif Castle" he re-
piled.
"Well, then," said one of the dwarfs,
who, by his dress, looked like the King of
the Lilliputian army, "will you take mes
sage Tor us to Ermel, the giant?"
"Yes; what is the message?"
''Tell Ermel that we have come to fight
him until he restores to us the treasure of
gold he stole from u.s."
81 will, replied Handy, and he went
away. When he got to the castle Ermel
was already awaiting him, because he had
noticed him coming in the distance. Handy
delivered his message, and the giant with
drew to consult with his soldiers, the other
giants. While Ermel was away, Handy
quickly ran to Ermeldine and told her what
Hibornus had said to him. The giants
daughter was almost as tall as her father,
but she was nevertheless very beautiful.
She told Handy to return to her lover and
assure him that she would be ready to fol-
low him at any time.
By this time Ermel came back.
"Go and tell those little fellows down in
the valley that 1 am coming down to them
and that will kill every one of them who
does not run away"
Handy departed and when he informed
the dwaris of the giants answer they got
mad and stamped the ground with their
little feet as angrily as possible.
"We will show himl We will show
himr' they shouted.
'Look here" said Handy whom a sud-
den thought had struck just then. 'eYou
make me your general and will lead you
to victory. l have a sword here that slays
anyone who comes within my reach and 1
can help you very much"
"AIl right" replied the dwarfs.
Listen to me then," continued Handy,
"These giants are so tall that they cannot
reach down to the ground very well. Now,
ali you have to do is to lie fiat Oh the ground
and as the giants come along you must all
the time shoot your arrows at their legs
until every one of them falls down. When
that is done shall kill them"
The little men thought that was a good
idea, and they followed Handy's instruction
to the letter. Soon the battle commenced,
and as Handy had prophesied the giants
could not touch the dwaris. So it hap
pened that Ermel and his whole army we're