The sun., 1891-05-17

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will Mosfeli sneu fo,+h r,n,a saad >. ~
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man draw near Ha had hrt an. az, o. az
other was bewn fro,, bir ana tha h,rn,. IN
his left aide was rad witn Mood ~ A'' Va
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word - 'e
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no,sa -, ,h. s,,,,nr,,, -, 's D' ,e sne,o ean'
one clad in white rodo nm. II WAC n woman
| for her golden hair Howed down ohnut hor
| white arms Then she slid from the horse ana
| stood in the lignt Of the fire. and hehold her
| white robe was rad with blood a. or.at .vord
was set In her heart, and tho face and ava.
were the face and eyes OF Gpdrpda tha Fsir
and the horse she rode was Blaokmana that
| Eric had slain.
| Now when Briphteyes aaw her hs 1avs n
great cry
"GreetipR. sweet" he said. "Iam M ,onoer
afraid, since thou comest 20 benr ma dom nany
Thou art dear to my sIpht-ay. even in Won
death sheet GreetInp. await. INV MaxI T
laid thee stlfr and cold in the earth AZ Midaa,-
hof. but, like a loving VITA tbon baat hurat
thy bonds and art come TO snye me from the
grip Of trolls. Tbou art velcoma Gndrrd.
Asmund's daughter, Coma wife sit thon A.
my slde."
The ghost Of Gudruda anoke M vord sh.
walk all throuph tha Ar. ,ow.ra h,, ons ~.
flames wen, out beneath her feat to hnrn mn
again when she had passed. Then sh, .sat
down over against Eric and ,ootsa IN hin
with wide and tender eyes. Thrice he strotch.a
out his arms to clasp her. but their stranoth
left them and they fell back to hls aide. II was
as II they struck a wall Of ics and vare
num.ed OF the bitter cold.
Look. here be more" groansd skallarrim.
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Thus. being vet alive. did thess tvo i'm.
ut on their own wratths ~ -.
Then Eric and sk allarrinn crtsd opt .iord
and their brains swam And their senss. lar
them, so that they swooned.
When they opened thar evea And Nsa c.ra
back to them the fire was dead. and II was dav
Nor WINS there any sivn of that companv vhich
had been gathered on the rock before them.
"Skallaorim ouoth Eric. "it seems that 7
have dreamed strange deam-a most arrange
dream OF Norns and trollsl"
Tell mo thy dream. lord" raid sxalaprIm
So Eric told all the vision. and the Baresark
listened in silence.
"It was NO dream. lord" saia sta,laor,n,
"for myself have seen tho same thinos Now
this ia in NV mind thu, vonder aun ia tba Ia.t
that we shall see. for wa have behsld m. de,th
shadows All those who were gathered bera
last night wait to welcome ma on Bifrost I,ridoa
And the mist shapes who set there. among
whom our wraiths were numbered. ara the
shapes OF those who shall die in the great hpht
to-day, For days are fed and we arc spedP'
~ would not have IL otberwtse.' suid Eric.
I've have been greatly honored OF the Lods.
and of the ebost-kind that are around us .nd
above ua Now let us make ready 70 die as
becomes men who hiye never turned back to
blow. for the end Of the story should 9t the
beginning. and OF us there is tale to tell"
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