Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-08-19
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NIB OF a great chief. There was an
inscription outside that warned all
en- to respect 1t, but they laughed at
he warning and opened the tomb.
md they saw, seated in stone chair,
skeleton with a gold crown on It's
cad and q great carved seal In Its
.iand, and ut Its feet there was stone
asket. The casket was broken open,
nd 1t was full OF gold and jewels
Veil, they took all the gold and jew
ella. and buried the skeleton-and now,
do you know what happens? AT
midnight number of strange persons
IRE seen searching on the shore and
among the rocks for the lost treasure,
md It Ia said they often utter cries
II anger and despair. And those who
.obbed the tomb all died suddenly
Served them right" said Lorimer
And now they are dead, ! suppose the
yronged ghosts don't appear any
rore?"
"Oh, yes, they do" said Guldmar
very seriously. III any sailor passes
at midnight and secs them or hears
their cries, he II doomed"
but does he SEQ or hear them z
asked Burlington, with smile.
"Well, don't know" returned Guild
mar, with q grave shake OF his head.
I'm not supersttous myself, but |
,hould be sorry to say anything
lganst the berg-folk. You see they
nay exist, and It's no use offending
men,"
"And what do ye mean by the berg
ok?" inquired Macfarlane.
"They are supposed to be the souls
y persons who died impenitent,' said
rheIma, "and they are doomed to
wander on the hills the day OF judg-
ment. It IL sort of purgntory."
Duprez shook his fingers emphatlcal-
ly In the air.
"Ah. bah!" he said; what droll
things remain still in the world! Yes.
In spite OF liberty, equality, fraternity!
You do not believe In foolish legends,
Mademoisolo? For example,--do you
thlnk you will suffer purgatory?
Indeed yes!" she replied. mo one
'tn be good enough to go straight
- heaven. There must be some littlo
stop on tho way in which to be sorry
,or III the bad things one has DONE
'ris the same Idea as ours" said
,uldmar I'VE have two places OF
a""ent in the Morse faith; ono
Nlneheim. which Ia n temporary thing
an mt
Nastrond, which Is the counterpart of
the Christian hell. Know you not the
description of Nineheim in the Edda?
tits terrible enough to satisfy all
tastes. 'Hela,' or Death. rules over the
Nine Worlds of Niloheim. Her hall
Il called Grief, Famine Is her table,
and her only servant IL Delay. Her
gate Ia preciplce, her porch Faint
esa, her bed l.ounness, -Cursing and
Howling mr." her tent, Her glance Is
dreadful and terrifying her lips
are blue with the venom of Hatred
These words, he added, Sound finer
In Norwegian, but | have given the
meaning fairly"
MA certes!" said Mncfarlane chuck
ling. "Ill toll my aunt In Glasgle
abcot It. This Ni!lchoim wad suit her
pairfectly she wad send n her rota-
items there wi tourist tickets, not
available for tho return Journey
at seems 10 me" observed Erring
ton, that the Nine Worlds of Nine~
heim have semblance to the different
circles of Danto's Purgatory."
Exactly So" said Lorimer. "All
religions seem to me to be more or
less the same-the question can
never settle swhich Ia tho right
ore?"
Would you follow II II you knew"
tskcd Thelma, with q slight smile,
lorimor laughed
well, upon my life, don't know"
he answered frankly, 81 never was II
praying sort of fellow don't seem
to grasp the idea Of 1t somehow, But
there's one thing I'm certain Of, |
can't endure n bird without SONIA
fl wer without scent, or "A woman
without religion she seems to mo no
woman at all.
but are there any such women"
Inquired tho girl surprised.
Yes, there are undoubtedly! Free
thinking stump-orator havc-your-
rights sort Of creatures You don't
know anything about them, Miss Guild
nar--he thankful, Now, Phil, how
lCng is this vessel OF yours going to
niger here?"
Thus reminded. Errlngtou called to
the pilot, and In few minutes the
Eulalie resumed her usual speed, and
bore swiftly on towards Soroe. This
island, dreary and dark in the dis
tanco, grew somewhat more inviting In
aspect on a nearer approach. Now
and then shaft Of sunlight fell on
some glittering point of felspar or
green patch Of verdure--and Valdemai
Svenson stated that he knew of a
sandy creek where II the party chose
they could land and see small cave
or exquisite beauty, literally hung all
over with stalacttes.
Il never heard OF this cave" said
Culdmar, fixing a keen csc on the