The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-25

None would stand to receive Conals blow.
ch AilTaaS and Ta never st syssyd iii map ahoy w Sere iins aas
IL their houses. Fist Of all ran tho brothers
l. %ssP s sssy sss tssy s sss f insaf.s sf' fs s's ssaa to
plon. and knew not who he was or whence he
The three brothers had one sister, and whom
she saw them Z lsm sIn = g and nd, i%gsrieving she
,o,,o We led from the champion and the people
,. None q y2p invited the shna n n!gS It, to , the
such a rage on tho strand that In one hour he
will not leave a person alive on tho islands. II
hI had n sSm ,ss one peo to 80 %o w'th b @ sra , w9@!d invite
Away %l't ts sS w vent yG %alk ia's t aST SS1f th @s STAND,
themselves on their knees before Conal: he
asked who they were aud what brought them.
them. and DdV invite y ss%t 10 !" the ' %cas sGe '''a'n "'
II will co., said Conal. and II YOU had not
s sSSms I | TG"ld not to ,1nIe Went le1t w nm , TIiv er I'm tss
and the old man rose UP before him and said:
"a hundred thousand welcomes to you.
Young Conal from Erin"
,o rW h ,S ere yGu wb g knew rs " ne Hon and 1 neverbe-
NJ name is Donach the, Druid. from Erin.
I was often in your fathers house. and it was
q ws s99a a,I RisG sb iSrri shd Pr nd TSGr h to visit yaa r f9H taEs
t vas ss% god 4 Who Ss V drove 70" HithsSF to ON tSis H isfand
there myself. Tell me now how YOU camo 10
was taken" said D9naeh. out on the
am here ever since. ] am old now. and wish
brothers sat down. to dinner. When dinner
wer. o as happy ama ' as Il the they ' had Ii H"a a a thons snea
years, together. The three brothers asked
Sonal where was he going and what was his
search Of his wife, but he said that he was
going to his own castle and kingdom. The Old
I'VE will go with you and serve you till you
come to your Kingdom
He eN WsIk SHt an S9as and and s soHs sd n nwa TO ' For s TWO
or three days they saw nothing wonderful.
The fourth day they came to a great island,
pions, inside. and tho three, fighting with
swords aud spears ionn. C2,nNl was sur
'' "%el e s ssia a'f he. Il i is %IS q NJ {, S1S see ,' two
champions in combat. but It's strange to see
three three i | VIII GO in in, ap his see een T1y d ITS' ; ar" ,iIhh mt
ship fast; then he made a rush from the stern
Of the vessel to the bow, and MS he ran no
and with one leap was in on the strand. seven
miles from tho shin.
%salutinss the one he t!h%nsh' E,St, asked the,
cause of their battle. The rialniion sat down
and and began to tell hin hin about it: ~ Ti,' r tel,
this place there stands a castle, and in that
castle is the most beautiful woman that the
are in love with her. She says she viii! take only
the best man, and We are striving to know who
is best is snl NO NO lna4OS OF us WI thr SSn 'I k get sv tns
man who comes to the island, but no man of
US can kill another Of the three"
told the champions to face him and ho would
soc what they could do. The three faced him
t saa OF %s tht at h but the nG ih IGGn m sna s WAS h prsssi1 9:
hard on Conal. His name was the short Dun
Champion. but in the end Conal knocked him
him than Dnnach the Druid had him tied with
strong cords and strings OF euchantment.
Then young Conal spoke to Donachth Druid.
Come to this champion's breasthon. and
split it. take out his heart and his liver; and give
them to my Young hound to eat and turning
to the Short Dun Champion he asked; lave
you ever been SO near "A fearful death as you
I'll, hard for me to answer you said he.
%ior It's iirTly | am bound by your Druid. and
"'Unbind, the champion" said Conal, till he
full death than he is at thus moment ..c.
down there on that stool. | will sit here and
tell you. did not think much OF y"rrtorture.
taken.I should be gone in that moment., had
once a longer torture to suffer. Not many
o %Sn,h wS Hs9 w"s the I"i'i n;Er Sa my GyD 1h, g2a in n %Ia,
his f h"nd; I The e. m @"" Ty saw t5e s w%man | / |
the High King Of til" ,WVoirldi: for i. was
he that was ip it. hqt il | dii; he
legs and travelled on in another direction. |
turned the ship again and went after him. |
cli N 4 d. to II The tSo '2 8ins It and nd W'rTd t The
and wave were with me. and. being, almost AS
high as the woman in his hand. made
legs. but. i, he did. | took the w!mn with mo
and, kissed her three times. This enraged The
npi finfl M will strln,p ham nan cords than
putting II 'ingcr under me. he tossed mo out
on the sea and let my shin drift away with the
snd the s ssa SiiidT' not '' ir"Wn me-. Whom li nTe
fish came my way swallowed them. and thus
! got food; was in 'hjs state for many days
weaken. Through good, luck, or, i'll /
was thrown in on this island, pulled the
was free; then ! unbound myself. ] came to
shore where the island is widest; \. bird
ra.:se c eiif: This biriI s"mc down and. a sain:
ing me, rose in tho air. Then she dropped me.
iell like a AL d nna st tb"p the thu, t wa close to
down with he waves that she might not seize
me a second time. but soon she swooped down
ing. | held my breath and she. thinking mo
dead, few away: | rose W and ran with all
not nearcr a worse death than the one t., which
you condemned me: Nails Of Daring would
have given me a irishtful and slow death and
you wished to give me n quick one
'ti'tA A'AiN l''hfs t'AAh 'ft'lis ll'
woman You saw with the High King was my
wife. 1t was luck that brought ~" in your
way. and it was luck nat noqW9ci,. tho Druid.
guide me to the castle Of tho High King"
Come. now. Druid. bind my hands and
feet. take my heart and liver and give them to
Young Conals hound whelp rather than take
me tothat King. | got dronI enough from
him before
BELIEVE me. all I want Of you now is to
guide my ship: you will come back in safety
and health snid Young Connl.
-" will go with you and guide You. provided
you put me beneath your shil's ballast when
you sec him nearing us. for fear lie will get a
glin. Ise Of me-
Z" will! do that" snid Con;.l.
Now they went out to the ship and steerad
away. with the short Dun Champion as uilot.
They were the nth day MT sea when he STORED
THAT said the short Dun Champion. point.
ing to a great building on. an island. Is the
castle OF tho High King OF the World. but as
good a cha m ion as You are you cannot free
your wife from 1t. That castle revoives, and
as 1t goes around it throws out poison. and #
one drop Of that poison were to fall on You tho
flesh would melt from your bones. But tho
King of tho World Is not Mt home now, for to-
morrow the day and tho year will lie nm since
he stole your wife. =! have some power Of en-
chantmnnt and | will bring the woman to YOU
In the ship