The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-19
A PERILOUS WOOING,

! OF quiet at Husaby. In f,sct, oil tho
handsomcst young follows in tho village
did nothing but fight and quarrel night
after night, and it was always worst on
Saturday nights Aslngs father, old
Canute Husahy, mover went to bod OH
thoscnights without keeping on at least
his leather brooches and laying stout
birch stick ON tho bed beside him EFF
have such aprotty daughter, said old
Canute, Il must know how 10 take
care of her "
Thor Nossot was only tho son Of q
poor cottaGcr. and yet folks said th0t it
was he who went oftcncst to visit the
farmers daughter ut Husaby. Of course
4 old Canuto was not pleased To hear this.
He said it WIS not truo; that ut any
rate, ho had not seen him thoro Still
they smiled nld whispered to zach 9TH
en- that if he only had thoroughly
i searched tho hayloft whittier Aslang
$ had many All GRAND, he would hnyr.
A found Thor there.
Spring came, and AslanY went up the
4 mountain with the cattle And now.
when the heat of the day hung over the
4 valley, tho rocks rose clear and cool
through tho suns misty rays, tho COW
bells tinlllod the shepherd dog barkot,
i Aslang sang hr "jodel" songs and
blew tho oowhorn, all tho young men
felt their hearts grow SOTO and heavy
4 us they lsYod upon her beauty And
ON the first Saturday evening ono after
another, they crept up the hill But
they came down again quicker than
q they had gone up, for at tho top stood
\ man who kept guard, receiving ouch
one who oinc up with such warm
4 reception that he oil his lifo long ~
mcInbered the words that accompanied
the action. Come up here again, and
q there Will he still more in store for
Hyoul"
4 All the young fellows could arrive at
but one oOnclusiofs-that there was only
\ ono man i'll the whole parish who had
such fists, and that man was Thor Mes
set. And all the rich farmers daugh-
q tiers thought 1t was too bud that this
acottagcr's son should stand highest in
Alang Husaby's favor.
Il Old Cmuto thought the sa1I4 when
Hho heard about it all and said that if
d there were no one else who could help
him no would do it himself Now,
#Canuto was certainly getting mn in
%years Still. although he was past 90,
: he often enjoyed u good wrestling match
with his oldest son whenever time in
a doors fell heavily OH his hands
i There was but one path up 10 the
mountain belonging to Husaby, and it
q went straight through tho farm garden.
81 Next Saturday evening us Thor was OH
Il his way to the mountain, cropping care
#fully across the yard, hurrying MS soon
4 as he was vol past tho farm buildings,
8 q man suddenly rushed at him
q What do you want with NOR asked
q Thor and hit him such blow in the
Il Face that sparks danced before his eyes.
lyon will soon learn that" said
y some one clso behind him and gave him
#b great blow IN the back of tho neck.
s That WAS AslaIlg's brother
3 "And here's the third MAJ. "-said Old
81 Clnuto and attacked him also
I'll The greater the danger the greater
: 81 WAS Thor's strength He was supple s.s
q b willow and hit out right manfully.
d Ho divcd, and he duckcd Whenever a
Nlplow foil, 1t missed him, and when none
BabXpectod it he would deal good one.
#IHe stopped down, he sprang on ono side,
- but for all that he got terrible thrash
#lng. Old Canute said afterwar1l that
s The had mover fought with Drawer fell
&loHy." They kept it up until blood be-
= gan to flow. Then Canute cried ont,
s. Stopr' Then he added in croaking
#ltone, eff you can get up here next Sat
@hrday in spite of Canute Hus;by and
bis men, the girl shall be yours I"
8l Thor dragged himself home as best
|#he could and when he reached tho cot
43!tage went straight to bed There was
8ercat deal of talk about the fight upon
lHusaby hill, but every one said, "Why
he go there?" Only ono person did
aHIhot say so, and that was Alang. She
been expecting Thor that Saturday
but when she heard what had
between him and her father
n Ehe sat down and cried bitterly and said
Milo herself, eff l may not have Th)r, /
aEbhall never have happy day again in
This world "
1A Thor staid i'll his bed al Sunday,
and when Monday came he felt he
Unjust stay OH where he was Tuesday
4ane, and it was a very lovely day 1t
q bad rainod in the night. The hills
#Bool1ed SO fresh and green, the window
#ayaS open, sweet odors Were waited i'll.
#ihk cowbolls were tinlIing on tho noun
fiaAu, and far up above some one was
#1jNdeling. Truly, if it had not been
's5uH his mother, who was sitting in tho
5iodam. he could have cried. Wednesday