Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-08-12


out" said Jackab beck, spitefully.
"You will, Ell? Well, you're smart
one. I'll use you for sauce for my sup
per, that's what I'll doH'
You'll have to cook me first, answered
the boy, as he pursed his lips and blew
astonished giant, who was Immediately
changed into a coon and killed by Jack
abeck. The boy then made a supper of q
part of the deer and lay down to. sleep.
The next morning he resumed his jour
ney, and before sunset he came in sight
of big wigwam on an island in a lake.
A light blue smoke was curling from the
apex of the lodge, and it bore a hospitable
look. A canoe lay hidden among the
reeds Of the shore, and, springing into it,
Jackabeck soon arrived at the island.
Before he reached the wigwam little
face.
"Oh, why have you come here? she
cried. do not stay. Giant Greenhead
will find and kill you. He is terrible
monster
'I'm not afraid said Jackabeck. 81
guess he won't hurt me.
"Oh, but he kills everybody: he is
stronger than all men," she said, clasp
ing her hands imploringly. He will
kin you, and / shall be very sorry, be-
cause you are very handsome little
boy.''
Jackabeck laughed and shook his jetty
locks pertly.
Il guess your name is Amata," he said,
land / have something for YOU" And he
took the wampum belt from his pouch and
placed it in her hands.
80 my mother is dead!" exclaimed the
girl, the tears filling her eyes. "Old
Giant Blackhead killed her, and this
Greenhead is his brother. There he comes
now. Oh, why did you not fly in time?
You cannot escape him now"
AS she spoke they saw towering figure
come down to the shore of the lake with a
large deer on his shoulder and couple of
wild turkeys under his arm. Finding the
boat gone, the giant stepped directly into
the water and began to walk across. AS
soon as he reached the island he began to
shout to Jackabeck, calling him names
and threatening him with cruel torture.
The young girl chung wildly to the boy,
begging him to fly.
arrows, and drawing one of them from
his culver he adjusted it and took care
full aim.
Il shall never need it more than now"
he thought. "Oh, may it not fail mer'
Then the shaft flew. It struck the
giant in the breast, and in an instant
fame of fire shot up and enveloped him.
In few seconds pile of ashes was all
that was left of the green-headed giant.
Now you shall be my brother" cried
the girl joyously, 'and / will tell you the
way to heaven, because you have deliv-
cred me from my worst enemy"
1.-THE way to heaven? What's that!''
asked Jackabeck, surprised.
That's what the giant called it, though
he could never quite get there" said
Amata. HE tried a great many times,
but never quite succeeded"
THAT is funny, anyway said the boy.
However, shall try, and, perhaps, l
may beat the giant"
So the girl showed him a tall tree,
whose top seemed to go up among the
clouds. Jackabeck mounted this, and
when he got to the highest branch he
blew upon it, which made it shoot out
and grow up higher. He climbed to the
top again and blew as before, and so
on continually.
country, where there were green fields
and trees and flowers, and rivers that
swarmed with fish. After he had ex-
amined the new country he returned to
the tree and descended to the earth, for
he wished to tell Amata of his success
and have her go back with him.
AS he came down the tree he stopped
occasionally to build wigwams in the
branches as places of rest for himself
and his sister in ascending.
Amata at first was loath to go, being
afraid to climb so tall tree, but at last
she assented, and, taking little nephew
who had been left in her charge, the
three began the ascent. Whenever they
were tired of climbing they stopped to
rest at the wigwams that Jackabeck had
made among the branches in coming
down.
The girl was as much pleased as her
brother with the new country, and Jack
abeck, not caring to have visitors, reached
down and broke off the highest stem OF
the tree as low as he could.
They had not been there a long time
when Jackabeck went into the woods to
set traps as he had been accustomed to
do on the earth below, in hopes to catch
some game. One morning as he went
to see what he had caught he saw
great glowing ball of fire in one Of the
traps. It was so very hot and bright
that the boy did not dare to go near it,
but ran back to tell his sister Of the
prodigy.
There's a big fire in one of my traps"
said he, s'and it's so fierce and blazing
that it frightened me-"
''It must be the sun, Jackabeck," said
the girl. ''He was probably wandering
about in the night and so got caught.
You must go and let him out as quick
as you cam.
But Jackabeck could not do this him
self. SO he hunted around and found a
little mouse, and he blew upon him and
made him SO large and strong that he
could go and open the trap and let the
sun 60 free.
The accident delayed the sun so long,
however, that he failed to rise that day,
and so the people of the earth lost day
and spent the time during the interval in
darkness wondering what had happened
to the sun.
AS for Jackabeck he never came hack
to earth again, but since his day there
has never been any giants.-Fred. Wynn
Colby in Philadelphia Times.
Farewell Dinner.
The story is told that when after the