The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-07-26

From the time that Aslang was quite
grown up there was no longer any
peace or quiet ut Hu>aby. IN fact, all
tire hand~ome>t young fellows in the
village did nothing but fight and quar-
rel night after night: and it was always
worst ON Saturday nights Aslang',
father, old Canutc Husabr. never Went
to bed on those nights without keeping
al at least his leather brecche-, and Law
ing a stout birch stick on the Ded beside
him. ii have such pretty daught-
cr -lld Old CanutC Il must know how
TO take care of her"
Thor Ncs-ct was only the son OF Il
poor cottager and yet folks said that it
was he who went oitcnest to visit the
famcr's daughter at Husaby OF course.
old tauutc was not pleased to hear this.
/ lie said il was u0t true: that at any
rate he had never seen him there. Still
they smiled and whispered to each other
that if he only had thoroughly searched
the hayloft, whittier Aslang had many
an erTand, he would have found Thor
there.
Spring came and Asiang went up the
mountain with the cattle And now.
when the heat of the day hung over the
valley, the rocks rose clear and cool
through the suns misty rays, the cow
bells tinklcd, the shepherd doc barkcd.
AsIaug sang her "iOdcl' songs. aud
blew Il cowhorn all the Young men
felt their hearts GROW sore and heavy
as they gaZed upon her beauty. And
ON the first Saturday evening, one after
another they crept up the hill. But
they came down again quicker than they
1 had gone up. for ut the top stood a man
! who kept guard. receiving each one who
came up with -Ucha Il warm reception that
he all his life long remembered the
words that accompanied the action:
/ Come up here again and there will he
/ still more in store for you,'
All the Young fellows could arrive but
at one conclusions: That there was only
one man III the parish who had such fists
and that man was Thor Ncsect. And
all the rich farmers, daughters thought
1 it was too bad that this cottagcr'S son
/ should stand highest in AsIaug IIusaby's
/ favor.
Old Canute thought the same when
/ he heard about it all and said that ii
/ there were no one else who could check
! him he would do it himself. Now
! Cauute was certainly getting on in
4 years; still. although he was past 90. he
/ often enjoyed a good wrestling match
/ with his eldest son whenever time in
I doors fell heavily on his hands.
There wa, but one path up to the
mountain belonging to Ilusahy. and it
I went straight through the faInl-garden
/ Next Saturday evening, a Thor was on
/ his way To the mountain, creeping care
( fully across the ward hurrying a. soon
/ n he wa> well past the farm buiIdinre.a
+ man sudden y rushed AT him.
w han do Hou want with me- asked
Thor, and hit him such blow in the
face that sparks danced before his eyes
You viii soon learn that, said some
one else behind him, and gave him a
+ great blow in the back OF his neck.
/ That was Aejang's brother
And here's the third man, sand old
. Cauu.c. and attacked him also.
The greater the danger the greater
1 VA, Thor's strength. He was supple as
a willow. and hit out right manfully:
he diyed and he ducked; whenever a
blow fell ii missed him and when none
I expected il he would deal good one.
He stopped down he spranm ON one
side but for all that he got a terrible
thrashiug. cd Cauute said afterwards
that "he had never fought with Drawer
fellow" They kept it up until blood
began To flow. then Canute cried out:
Stop Then he added III a croahi1g
tome III you can get up here next
Saturday in spite OF Canute Hu~aby and
hi~ men the GIRL shall he yours"
Thor dragged himself home as best
he could and when he reached the