The sun., 1891-05-17
CHAPTER XXxIIL
HOW ERIC AND sKAbLAaRrM FOUGHT THEIR
LAST GREAT FIGHT.

Now The thrall and those with him, on the
crest o. the fell heatd the mnrmnr OF the COM
SIDE Soush they could mot ssS @Sh th.%
because OF the rocks.
s to ss s.S and bss spss Sss tAsss
90 SIT isH sS sn Sn
three mep, =. could lit on the brow Of the rock
With a crash It smote The platform % Beneath. @ ill.,
ss Bss;,Jss s Tst sT sS So the :dnS
struck the wings Of his helm and. buretine the
straps. u. tore the the golden helmpece from bis
sEaileerim looked up and saw wbat had
have gained i the srest Of the fell" he
the hsa said Eric
aoSpS soS them sSs rtis hs on 70
to nearly the mouth OF 1t, where there WINS a
bend IN the narrow way. aud stool there side
Thou vast nigh to death then. lordl" said
:. Headpiceei is not head" answered Eric
tRs @ il msS has g asra tell Of any path
grim; NOV thi; !. my wlil; that thou shoHiast
trust IL harness but rather in my axe and
III XiiI i NJ sss ds that" said Eric "hoarken
Presently the tumult Of VOICES and the tramp
AND 81 sr ire was
the corner Of the narrow way. and 10! there
ssSs5 o ws1 Daess Of them
shoulder: and the light poured down upon
them s from ON above,
brightly wsf ha9 ana
flashing blade ana dark the shadows lay on
the black M helm s OF Skailagrim and In the fierce
D,ts tsst - surssa aIsur and those with him.
would hh haze ,S sprung them but
not Les Us ssand here TIL 1T they sSa Ss oSsrs
Now those behind Gizur cried out to know
what a allied them II that 1 they pushed back;
eyes IA S| stslaFs% SGa fS%%Ss,a ,S stand ite two
sR" asyH hsRHs hs SauI s
son sa az, s,s1s sut fAHn viii .n..s
osns iscs e trss witt .hoss w5o:ssoed 6sy
behnd and beose thee T6os art trapped
s9d hqst little tss ShSp9e fo Yield thee
whose husband thou didst wrong and slay.
aot ess ysd d be a
Skaliagrim. Least Of ali win we Yield 10 thee.
who. after working many ills, didst throw me
sleeping at my slI!e. HearEe en-. swanhiid: here
We stand. awaiting death. nor WIN we take
not de alone. Last night as s we sat @ On Mosiei
S%. ssa sssl asy sa af sn
then rent the web and few upw ard and south
to SKY
The nre sn MoSfeii alI The oompany of the dead
Gs;hersd 5onnd HsSsy and al the COM
thou xsst there sxspSili .he Xi,eh. aroa,s
also. Valkyries have kissed us and death draws
%ste II M 9us 0Y Draw sRd
draw draw nigh! ~ Out sword! up shield! and on.
Swanhiid spafe no word moro. and Gizur
-" On. Gizuri Eric calls thee" ouoth Ketel
Then Ketel grew mad with rage and shame.
He to the and hey dfs as
plain. Eric laughed aloud and SKalagrim
Shawed Ihe edge Of h" shieid. @ EriS iauIhed
We are but two" he cried "and ye are
ssad .ossed hrs
nj Then en- kste and another II nan Of his following
sprang forward with a, oatn. and their axes
0Ha hs s9es OF
Knees were Ioosened 50 ths. they .aa sank dead;
More men ior 1hs Grey WoIis mHw!n ',,, ,,,,..
words. ard two Of them sprang on. On they
back they rolled as cored hounds roll from the
"Moro men moro men p cried Eric. Here
lie but four and 4 hundred press behind: Now
low iowa and Brings down The helm oi. skaliasrim;"
Again tw? came on. but thsv found no luck.
boz bodss ssfnH Of HOSE sas Who awe Went beore NOW nons
Sd bs cone p asnas sana tn % SF
none none might touch them. and no 6aT.
Ress mfh, withssnd tho weight 4 thsf
beI bensa.h. Then Eric and Ska aIIagrp leaned
ths ana Gss
"is SoF FAne Is BE- told that when the .hTall
srin sna 'oeS h0d escaped their rocks aud they
took counsel. ana the end Of It wa; that they
a ths 81 hs to se hos they
coull see othlpg they could helr the clang of
sow hs 81
It goes thus said the tnrp1l who ,n'S Wa
them. This. then, is my reis: that We turn
The rock and take them in the back"
His fellows thought fhs So9d ssyng lna and
Won the narrow way. They crept along this
TIL thoy were near to Eric and skallagrlm;
started sknl!asrim noted this an, and glanced
as he looked. the thrall lifted sword tosmite
'nS Win GG'osa sheat Of I,ack to back!" the Bare
sark swung round, and ole the sword might
fall his axe was buried deep In tho thralrs
Now we must cut our path through them"
said Skallag rim. and, IL 1t may 10. win The
space that is before the cave, Keep them rign
front lord. and / will mind those inannikins."
Now. GlzuTs folk, seeing what had come
about. took heart, and fell upon Eric with 4
rushed al, sEalagrim. and there Regan such q
fight a. has not been known In Iceland. But
the way WAS SO narrow tha, scarce more than
one man could come to onch Of ihem at Z time
And so Ierce and true were the blows OF lric
and sEallegrim that Of those who came on iew
went back. Down they fell. and where they
isIl they d ed and for every man who died Eric
and Skallagri,n Won pace toward the point OF
roo k Whitefire famed 80 swift and swept 80
wide that. It seemed TO Swanhild: watching. as