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THE STORY OF ULLA.
i'd at the Edge Of the Northern Sea, and
Written for This Paper.
BY EDWIN LESTER ARNOLD.
CHAPTER vi.

was Just at dusk that evening: the
ern SKY was streaked with crimson
BLACK; the white mist was lying in
wreaths along the purple river
lows; the landrails were croaking
fern and the night jars churning
e oak; the little stars were twink
n the smooth heaven, and the pale
lent Of the moon was adip upon the
Then u thin curl OF smoke rose from
hatch OF a hut In the fishing village
y the burgh. A minute after
lt tongue OF flame shot up and O
y alarm rose from inside the stock.
Surely some careless housewife
let an ember fall among the thatch,
thought, and the great oak gates
red upon their hinges and out to
4xtinguishing rushed in their loose
pskin cloaks two luckless herds.
hey passed the portal an arrow sped
Ps the grass, and, plunging deep
the chest Of the foremost, he
Pded half his height into the air,
fell with o heavy thud into the
and went rolling and kicking and
Inning down the hillside. At the
b minute an unseen hand from be-
with q single sweep Of q good
way ax, severed the head Of tho
II from his body as he stood glaring
i his comrade and now the starlight
twlnkling on the weapons and mail
Aurrying Norsemen, and while the
)e cry Of 4Odin! Udin!" went up to
black sky, and the dusky crows,
|tled from their roosting places,
ped dlsmally about between the
b, q long, low wal OF fear and terror
from the hundred corners Of that
med citadel.
nd the game was ours from the be-
ling. Numerous and strong, fierce
bloodthirs'y y as bloodhounds on the
], We rao d for the open gates, and
He'd the first one and swept round
way between under the unguarded
kades, VIII re q dozen men might
b held US at bay, and so to the inner
Eal, where we stabbed brave old
le who tried to shut it in our face,
there the place had fallen-the
YES wer In the fold.
nd wild work we made OF III AS we
aed the entrance the English chief
rushed out Of the mid-door Of his
In his nightwear for he had al
" gone TO bed), naked sword In
hand and by his side fair young
with curly yellow hair. By Thor,
Id not have been the wild fowl on
marsh when that comely
was hungry. He shot so close and
Ight, although the light was poor for
lting. that had there been dozen
1t would have gone badly indeed
US. At the first shaft he pierced
biorn through the wrist, and the Sec
wounded stalwart Sveinke In the
b; then he shot one In the throat
|anoth, in the stomach, and kept
II at bay until his last arrow was
i, and th,n died far down on the
OF bloody Dagson's bear spear like
fierce young cub he was. As for
other = although he was stout
h Of heart, yet his limbs were
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TOO MODERN FOR HIM.

The Children-"Tell us fairy tale,
grandpop."
Grandpop-"Oh, pshaw, children
I don't know anything about century
runs"
BLAMED II You DO AND SLANHp II
YoU DON'T.
Chow dislike the word econ
omy' !"
"On what groundsf" -.
''It 10 such queer thing-the world
condemns rs II ws don't practice 1t,
and dsspises Us Il We do"
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CHAPTER VII.

Up came our anchor and out we
lurth upon the waves once more. We
set sail and drifted slowly down under
the cliff where stood the castle, and as
we came the fire ragod furiously until
when we were below that beetling brow
we were sailing on heaving molten sea
Of blood, and all our spars and cordage
were shining copper red, and all the up
turned faces OF the vikings were fus he'd
and hectic In the shine-and then-oh,
how can / write it?-just as We came
the nearest q white woman's form
stepped frantic out on top Of the tower
and clasped her hands across her eyes,
and hid her face and wept. And I-oh
the hercest, .trangest gust OF agony
and Joy sprsng up within my heart-I
gasped and Rlared, and, all forgetting
the strangeness Of 1t in the horror OF
the moment, dropped the tiller. and
leaping to the clanking bulwarks stared
another moment, and then. out OF my
deepest heart, out OF the hot inspiration
OF my very soul, burst fierce, wild cry
Of "Gunnal"
And In an instant that white form was
on her feet and staring terrJr-dazed at
us, and then she saw me by the shrouds
as stood limned In gold, with ell my
ship against the black setting of the
night. and gazed down steadfsstly up
on me for Q minute. then clspped her
hands upon hor bosom and stretched
them wildly 10 me, and above the hiss
Ing Of the flame and the thud Of the
white surf upon the rocks heard her
cry, "Ulls! Ulla!'
And now the strength Of twenty jarls
was in my heart. tossed OF as though
they were baby fingers the strong grip
OF two stout fellows who thought to
stay me and In Q minute was In the surf
and striking out bravely for the land.
The great frothy pillows Of the tide
boiled for q space under my chin, and
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LEE CONFERs WITH PRESIDENT.
Consul Reviewed the Situation In Cuba Mt
Length.

Consul Reviewed the Situation In Cuba Mt
Length.
AWashington special says: General
Fitzhugh Lee had long consultation
with the president at the white house
Saturday. 1t was the first time General
Lee had seen Mr.. Mckinley since the
formers return to this country abouts
fortnight ago. He saw the president
by special appointment and all visitors
were excluded during the progress OF
the conference except Secretary Alger.
The conference was long one. last
ing almost two hours. General Lee
carefully reviewed the situation in
Cuba, and explained at length all the
points on which the president had
asked for information.
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md old. and my merry fellows
hort work with him, and he lay
noonlight as they left him, pale
ody across his threshold, all the
we shut the gates to keep the
pg women In and Lit q stack or
ve us light and 30 fell on. But
I'D try to tell you all we did
ting? Why should I try to
Ae wild, fierce hell OF lust and
md rapine that ragged within
Eossy shsmbles under the mild
~ 6|orlight7 And II 1 had q hundred
y <ould not tell each incident as it
u ma II ! did you might not care
|G11n. II ] had q hundred pens I
4 scarce recount how, one BY one,
1T dragged the men from their
- p,aces, and how some Of them
u desperately, while some sub.
u sullenly, but whichever way it
ye killed them. Or how the women
nmed and struggled in the arms OF
lea rovers and cried for mercy and
the yellow boards Of their new,
Ny laughing masters, and were sent
ID to hades, the old and lean ones,
how the others-the pale. fair girls,
\ fear-bright eyes and long, loose
! and bare feet, all in their torn, d.
)velled night gear-were bound hand
foot and lashed to the pillars In the
Ing hall, or how the little ones
aned and walled, and hid behind the
lps OF dead and strove to wake with
I'd petulance those who would never
Re again, or, often, with their cher.
ed playthings locked tightly within
ir armo, crept into wondrous corners
hid from us--ask me no smaller oe-
!, for ] could surfeit you with horrors
III compassion dimmed your eyes and
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BIG FIRE IN COLUMBUS.

Lssgs Factory and the southern's Freight
Depot In Ashes.
One OF the most disastrous fires frola
which Columbus, Ga, has suffered
since the burning of the Rankin house
block twenty years ago occurred Mon
day night when the lumber yard, sash,
blind and door factory Of Butts 4
Cooper, together with the Southern
railway freight depot, went up in
smoke.
In addition to the factory and
depot two Louisville. and Nashville
freight ears loaded with cotton were
consumed. The loss will aggregate
$50, 1000, It is estimated.
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WE have noticed that when anyone
n crowd has u bit Of scandal TO re.
late, it is not until the speaker s
through talking, anl all have had
their curio.ity appeased, that some
one says something about sosslplng
being so improper.
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EMPLOYMENT, which Galen calls
Natures physician" is so essentia! to
human happiness that Incidence is
Justly considered the mother Of mis-
cry
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San Francisco. March 21.-"Of all the
prize fighters who are aspirants today for
championship honors," said Bob Fitz-
simmons last night, II believe that Peter
Maher is the greatest. 1 believe that he
can whip Corbett. Choynski Goddard,
Sharkey and the rest. While Choynski is
the most vicious puncher of them all. he
does not posses the ring generalship of
Maher- Such men as Sullivan have alb
Solutely no show of victory in modern
pugilism. They cannot endure nor can
they escape the onslaught of a modern
pugilist. 1t is my opinion that even a
Second-rate fighter can put them out.
In giving this opinion. l do not want to
place myself in the position of a prophet.
The business of prophecy may be inter-
eSting, but it is not altogether profitable.
L speak from what L know l have met
most of these men, and 1 have studied
their methods, but even the best au-
thority is fallible Nobody, for example,
the championship. but did and proved
my aspiration was justified by victory
1t may be that Maher is not the best
man. l would like TO see them all fight
for It. and see the best man win
LAS for myself [ have fought my last
battle. l have given a promise to my
wife that l will never enter the ring
again. and / will keep my word If Mr.:
Corbett challenges me, as 1 understand
that he will, to another fight, will not
accept the challenge.
nave nOlnlnS 10 gam III S4OIS ny
whipping Mr.. Corbett again. and can
not understand why he should wish TO
venture another battle. Defeated
champions have not always been I'M
popular. as the case of John L. Sullivan
illustrates. Mr.. Corbett / understand, Is
a good actor. He has a fair presence, a
good voice and IS popular He still can
make money. 1t seems to me that he
should know by this time that it is not
necessary to go into the prize ring to
make IT."
Fftzsimmons has at the present time
no definite idea of his future movements.
These will be determined by his manager
and brother-in-law, Martin Julian The
champion spent last night in writing let
tiers and answering kilograms. He had
received dozens of congratulatory mes
sages from all parts of the country and
he lost no time in answering them. Well
wishers had beautified his apartments
with flowers and had transformed them
into veritable bowers This afternoon
the champion appeared at the Chutes in
a sparring exhibition. 1t is likely that
he will remain in San Francisco for sew
eraI days. and will then proceed east to
New York. where his future course will
be determined.
Julian arrived today.
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They Will Oppose the Turks.

Canea, March 21.-The more the sub
Ject of autonomy is consideIed the less
practicable it appears to be and the con-
Viction is rapidly growing that the
powers will find their scheme of no
use. The belief prevails that under the
pan OF autonomy it would be hopeless
for Moslems and Christians to obtain
equal justice. The religious feud between
the two Sects is too great to expect that
the Christians would act Justly toward
the Moslems if the former Were in alb
solute control of the government Au-
tonomy would only serve to aggrayate
the numerous feuds now existin~. and
lighting would continue until the Moslerns
were exterminated. Thus far in the pres
ent troubles two Moslems have been
Killed to every Christian. which is a
reversal of the conditions prevailing in
former disturbances. About two-thirds
of the island is owned by Moslems bur
most of It has been laid waste All the
landed estates are now in the hands of
the insurgents.
Judging from the reports which reach
Canea from the camp of Colonel Vassos.
ii is thought that he intends to assume
the offensive shortly, in which case
plenty employment will be furnished To
the foreign troops. 1t is rumored that
Greece has offered to buy the Island
from Turkey This idea grows in favor
rapidly. There is little doubt If Turkey
would accept such an offer that the
money for the purchase could be found
in % hours.
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QUARTER OF A MILLION.
BLAZE IN OTTUMWA HAVING
ITS OWN WAY.
Firemen Driven Back by the Dense
Smoke, and Left Helpless to Stop
the Destruction.

Ottumwa. Ia, March PA fire
which started at $50 this afternoon, in
Cullen's dry goods store, has destroyed
a quarter of million of dollars worth
OF property at 8 clock, and is still hav-
ing its own way.
A gale is blowing at this hour, and
there seems TO be but little hope of
saving any of the big brick block in
which Cullen's store is located.
origin being unknown. and it baffled
the department from the start.
The firemen were driven back con-
tinually by dense cloude of smoke,
which filed the entire block UPSTAIRS
and down and allowed the flames to
eat their way up and out from the in
terror of the buildings, leaving the fire
men helpless to stop the destruction.
Cullens dry goods store, $50 900, went
first, then came Prugh & Co whole
sale queensware and china house, $15,-
600. while the dry goods stock of ]. G.
Meek, $4,000. and W. ]. Donlan & Co.,
$50. 900. will be ruined by smoke, if they
escape the flames, which seems improb-
able. The block was worth $4,000, and
office tenants in the second story lost
heavily. Insurance was not heavy.
The Cullen company had just received
its spring stock and had not yet had it
insured.
The fire was gotten under control at
1890. 1t was confined TO the Richards
block. Cullen had $22, 900 insurance
and $3.50 900 loss. All others were well
insured
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Australian Wheelmen.

New York, March 21.-The following
Australian sporting advices have been
received.
AT the meeting of the League of Vic
toria Wheelmen held at Melbourne,
Feb. Is, the match between the fast
flyer Billy Martin of America, and the
colonial one-mile champion bicyclist,
Ken Lewis, over three distances. one,
ten, and five miles. took place. Lewis
won the match, winning the one and
ten mile events in 2:49 2-5 and 24:40
respectively Martins time for the five
mile race was I'LL. Martin, in con-
sequence of suspicious riding, was dis
qualified by the league for two years,
but will appeal. \ large crowd was
present at the match race, and large
sums of money changed hands on the
result. The three events were run in
rainstorm, and were paced. Lewis
has also been suspended by the league
pending an investigation over the
match race.
AT the st. Kildare grounds. Mel
bourne, Feb. IA, Lesna, the French
rider, lowered the colonial record for
the paced mile to 1:49 So. The previ-
Gus record, held by J. W. Parsons. was
1853. The Frenchman has been playing
havoc with the colonial records and on
Feb. u at Melbourne, lowered the five
mile figure to 1911 2-5 and the ten
miles TO 20:44, thus beating the Ameri-
can. Martins ten mile record of
21:23 4-5 by :39 As and his five mile of
1929 by IL So
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MANY Families Driven Out.

Des Moines, To-, March 21.-The Des
Moines river. contrary to all expecta-
tons, and in the face of the fact that
the weather has been cold for "a hours.
has risen three feet since night, and
is now over 16 feet above normal, and
rising. The Fort Wayne Electric COM
pany's dam is holding the water so
that in the upper part of the city a
large district is flooded, but for the
dam would be above high water, and
in the event of a further rise dynamite
may be used to break the dam and let
the floods through. About 300 families
have been driven out of their homes by
the water, but aside from this the
damage thus far is not heavy. as none
of the larger buildings have been
moved by the flood.
The Chicago & Great Western rail-
road reports from Cedar Falls that the
Cedar river is so far out of its banks
that the passenger depot there is
flooded, and a rise of a few inches
more will make the crossing of the
river by trains impossible. At present
a boxcar is being used for depot.
Southwest of here. on the same road,
the Skunk river is higher than ever
and trains are piloted over the weak
places in the grade only with the
greatest care.
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UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE.
Elections For Members of Austrian
Reichsrath Almost Finished.

Vienna, March 21.-The elections for
members of the reichsrath, which be-
gan on March 9, under the new law
which provides for almost universal
suffrage, are now almost finished. A
feature of the elections is that one
| third of the German liberals who sat in
the last reichsrath have been displaced,
mainly the German nationalists The
lower house will probably be composed
of "A German liberals. ~ German ma
! tionalists, rs Christian socialists, So
clericals, 20 socialists and their allies,
81 young CZechs, q feudal Czechs. 50
conservative Poles, 10 Italian liberals,
and "a representatives of other parties
In the reichsrath elections held a few
days since in Vienna, the Christian So
cialists, party designation which is
misleading, surprised everybody by
their strength. Their principal oppo-
nents were the social democrats or
plain socialists, who found that they
had overrated their strength. they poll
ing about S8, 600 votes to III, 900 cast by
the so-called Christian socialists, which
party now includes the anti-Semites.
Christian socialism was originally
founded by Archbishop Kneller of
Mayence, who was contemporary of
Lassalle. The socialist movement was
causing alarm at the vatican, when
Archbishop kneller conceived the idea
of turning it to the advantage of the
church. He accordingly formed the
German Christian socialist party
There is not much in common between
the latter and the Christian social or
ganiZation in Vienna, which is a con-
federation of anti-Semites, ultra-mon-
tanes and malcontents of every species
and variety, acting under the leader
ship of the popular agitator, DR.. Lue-
ger. They have prospered and de-
veloped thanks to different causes
The discomfort of the lower clergy was
one of them, the fever of reaction
among the upper classes in Austria
was another, but their principal stimu-
lus has come from the vatican through
the papal nunciature in Vienna. The
movement is but half countenanced by
the episcopacy and higher clergy. who
look forward with apprehension to the
moment when it will submerge their
own authority. They are themselves,
as a rule, an enlightened and patriotic
body of men and have no taste for the
interference of the vatican in the do
nestle policies of the empire. But they
are poweTless to stem the rising tide
of ultra-montane action.
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THEY DON'T LIKE 1T.
Canadians Object to the Proposed
New Tariff.

Montreal, March 21-The Patrie, the
leading French Canadian paper of
Canada, which is owned by ]. D.
Tarte. minister of public works for the
Dominion, and a leading member of
the Laurier cabinet, publishes a very
strong article on the new American
tariff, in which it declares the tariff
constitutes a Chinese wall against
Canada and if the Americans close
their doors in this way Canadians will
have to take their own part. Instead
of driving Canadians to seek political
union, as some hope, it will create re-
sistance and make Canadians feel That
while small in numbers, they are able
TO take care of themselves.
The hope is also expressed that the
government will act with firmness in
Canada's interest. 1t is believed the
article foreshadowsA a retaliation policy
on the part of Canada toward the
states.
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London Financial Tins.

London, March 21.-The rate of dis
count during the past week for both
three months and 80 days bills, was
IL per cent; gold continued to flow in
from Cape Colony and Australia. Sill
yer was firmer Saturday on a small
Italian demand. The continued stag
nation at the stock exchange is almost
unprecedented. Consols showed a de-
cline of a on the week. A fair invest
ment bushes was done in the better
class of American railroad stocks and
bonds Otherwise American securities
were neglected. Illinois Central ad-
vanced 2K; Norfolk & Western and
Central Pacific each declined "a; Wa
bash, ST. Louis & Pacific and North
Pacific. each IL; Wabash & Pacific
debentures, and Lake Shore & Mich
igan Southern, each 1; Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe common and pre-
feTred, Denver & Rio Grande, common
and preferred, and Louisville & Nash
vile, each u; and New York, Lake
Erie 6, Western, Il.
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HAD A HARD THE.
Halifax City Narrowly Escapes Be
coming a Wreck.

Halifax, y. s., March 21.-The Fur
ness line steamer Halifax City, which
arrived today from London, was %
DAYS out. She experienced q, terrific
hurricane for three days, beginning
March Sd, during which the sea was
running at a mountainous height. One
sea, more like tidal wave than any
thing else, broke over the ship with
terrible force, sweeping off everything
movable, breaking the iron bridge lad
ders in pieces as though they were
p:pestems and doing considerable dam
age. 1t was next to impossible to
make Roadway in the gale, only 40
miles being made on this date. West
erly gales continued until Friday, the
10th, when field ice was met.
The ships course was changed and
she ran south until noon of the 14th,
when the ice was cleared. On the 18th
during a terrific southwest gale the
pumps became disabled and it took "a
hours to effect repairs. On this date
II large icebergs all in a bunch were
passed, some being of immense proper
lions.
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but remains within its banks. 1t is
showing a tendency to gorge, but ris-
ing water has thus far washed the ice
jams out soon after they formed.
Sensational rumors are current here
tonight of several big cut-offs on the
Missouri river, in which great damage
was done TO farm property and live
stock. AS the reported changes oc-
CURED at points distant from any town
it is difficult TO verify the rumors.
River men say the accounts are appar
emily exaggerated, however.
The Little Sioux is reported as do
ing great damage tonight near Correc-
tionville and Otto, this county. Resi-
dents of the bottoms are moving to
the hills. On the Big Sioux several
car loads of cattle were lost this even
ing.