The sun., 1891-05-10
eric BRIGHTBYES.
BY H. RIDER HAGGARD.
CHAPTER XXX.
HOW THE DAWN CAMF.

ChhfIEn AhA.
HOW THE DAWN cAMr.
The dawn broke over Middalhof. Slowly the
cispt into he little chamber where Eric slept
1a Now sass
ber at the far end Of the hall. and drew near to
r. snes b. Il. Is the al ar tn. Ssa
till The sticks they cast upon them erackled to
ss As s sud!YSs s s ys ssSSsa
Ss wa wsS f' IL sns Sssr; sssS sS sSshsa ,h.
81 am glad to see tho blessed light" said the
r.t lnss night a i,S SreHmsd Sn1s ths.
tSs mSTT.as Sf isast o On as az
An" answsred the other 1,a nit Eill be well veil
@hsss @ SSSSopsbs RSSh h Il eiosa.Sed apon sSs lana
nva we H. ss .sea ,ns rs rs AZ A.
n ns. SS hs s'S da' n: Ss s;sass
VA p9a paa Ii, i % II s S s s vhsn ssT
sSas Ssa i Sss f .ai f:td . ns HS
IS Biorh: and now Gudrndn the Fair. whom l
yet do ALMOST wish that l, too. we're dead.
Now the witch: sleep began to roll from Eric,s
heart 4 .borHh his eyes were rot & yet opsn: @ Bn5
Ike q
lily on his slunberlng sense. At length be
ss saR az 81. sss ss hssvp hs
%ssf sses fs nsls
Now he looked again. Yes Il was q sword
- I'm
golden hIlt was like to. the hIIt ,oi. wh!teGre.
He lifted up his hand to , touch r. M thinking king
ths that he dreamed. Lo' his hand and arm were
se and the theushs sas Of
sopaa q p great @sn ; !. tsiisps Iis I 70 earth.
ErPc rom bis s,S bed ons answered til.
other. He sslept too long, as we have also"
was pushed away. and through 4 staggered
mighty Eric In his pight.gear and 10 the LETT
1 ersn a i Fl. Vac:
sft sls sssSppsd d Cooking on them though
Talkinx like drunken man. siaseered from
ss hH was
stood the shutter. and on the floor soaked In
s faess q .ns nd and n hs
Eric looked and understood:
Awake. drunkari" he cried. in so terrible
ySiSe Seon ahas Az sae EGom and
me- FSlsPS6 Es sI %E hssa svim'" he said "e'vs
Never Wit thou look on ale again, skalla-
g nss Grssa vdes
Thep skallnRrim rose to bis feet and eaped
"o& %hst n,saps this. lorda .Isit time to ride
and sAY why 9 Thy shirt red With blood = ~,
FOLLOW me-: uruuEart and look upon thy
ks.f sss sss;? .ee,s and
s6p p4sd sbs. aTsS Es SS, .sr .ss
seat Of the halt TN they came 10 the curtain Of
ths shut bsd and stsr them folloTsd ". the
rent it from It's fas1enings. and east Il on the
Ss S.d pSsI shb In! ssd aFsR ssR
along the Blade. It cleaned on q. womhn's
.nowy breast and golden hSir. and ehone IN
cold et apoa shs bsd, ths sSsas sword a1sd within
again e'e shs ~ w6o p:eped S.S!sd
sent thsir % len long wall OF WOO echoine down tho
naqst,sa Heseksa!, .nl', said Eric: .whl. thou didst
in across thy carcass, and this is their. handi.
ss Slas last
night was my 6rdsl This is thy work. drunk
"ta sEassri ah I iootsd Thsl hs' Ss spoke hoarse
3D. 9sd sIa B But e!
With the other hold out his great axe to Eric
hs1s. Eric tssr ss s Ss s' i
his head Then he smote down toward tho
seemed to Kim that asoiec ye whispessa s sE IN his
ear: Thy oath !"-and he remembered that
he had sworn to slsy no more. save for his
The mighty blow WAS falling and this only
sfsas % sss hssa
grim. and sped like light across the wide hall.
@ to shs S Il:
as 4 a. So si|St iG5 ~ to s.' thee drunkard' Co.
and sss ha Ss oHs ns ss sfssi
iS1 IA aa tsss ss;: s;:;
en.sys ssis ss a.aa fsRs g a6 back
And. fiiuSine down ths axe. skallaRrim
FIRE from the heart of dudruda and looked
Thou A ar. +, a Z s.renss " @ ,s.ord; WIhitsnrsI" " It, he
on thee. Whitenrel Oh. shsmel We ,swore our
~ ~ It a
-" FIRST must thou BE- the death Of some
never yst .!idst thos drink 80 sweet q ne as
Then he sheathed lhe sword, hut neither
then nor afterwArd did he wipe the blood Of
last night t.marryine-to.d day a.bur,ine."
SPADES. Then. IayinK clothed himself no went
the sand. broRe tho hard clay flooring. dealing
mighty blows on 1t With An axe. Now Skalla-
grim. seeing his purpose came 70 him and
tbok ono of the spades and together they la
bored In silence till they Ind dug grave a
Here" said Eric. "heIe, In thLno own hall
where thou vast born and lived. Gudruda the
Fair shalt thou sleep at the last And OF Mid
dalhof say this that none shall live there
henceiorth. 1t shall Re hsunted aud sccureed
!il me ralters rct and the walls fail In making
lived at Middslhof .sipee the days OF Gudrhda
the Fair. Asmund's daughter. It has been
ruined these many years. and now II 10 but
When the crave wa. dug; Eric washed him
where GIaiudA lay dead and babe the women
make hor ready for burial. This they did.
When she was washed aud clad In q clean
white robe. Eric came to- her. ana with his own
han honnd thA Hal. .ahoan IN har AMI