The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-18


Esrg married again Ills step
r,r.rsr was always afraid Of hirl beating
r. rsrdryu. he was growing 50 bis and
,--.-g. 90 10 keep him from growing. and
..ta- him. she had him fed on dough
49,. 4 saw meal and water, and for
,t.r rs Was called The Amadan Of the
Dough
p.f Instead Of getting weaker, 1t was
.,.fvv stronger the Amadan was on this
-. srs'Ea Was able TO thrash all Of his
s.rrt-s-re-s together.
a. l.-rta IFS stepmother told his father
49, be would have to drive the Amadan
away
The father consented 20 put him away,
h-. tEe AwaGau refused TO 90 till his
fr,fe- would give him a sword so sharp
that il would cut a pack Of wool, falling
or D.
After great deal OF time and trouble
srans .n getting such sword, the father
rar .ris and gave II 20 the Amadan, and
vFea the Amadan tried II and found Il
what hs wanted, he bade them all good
b. and sch OF.
For seven days and seven nights he
Travelled away before him without meet
i,- ANYTHING wonderful, but on the sew
erth a.gut he came up 20 a great castle;
he went iu and found no one there, but
DE- found q lTeat dinner spread on the
table Iu the hIN. So TO be making the
most Of his time, down the Ama6an sat
10 the table and whacked away,
When be had finished with his dinner,
I'D TO the castle came three young princes,
stout, strong, able fellows, but they were
very. very tired, and bleeding from
wounds all over them.
They struck the castle with flint, and
nH al cnce the whole castle shone as If 1t
was on fire.
The Amadan sprang at the three OF
them 90 kill them. He said. What DO
you mean by putting the castle on fire."
"Or Amadan." they said. don't inter-
fare with us, for We are nearly killed as
Il is. The castle isn't on fire. Every day
We have 20 so out to fight three giants
Sat Nor. Slat Mari, and Slat Beag. We
feht them all day long. and just as night
r. falling We have them killed. But how
ever Il comes, in the night they always
come 10 life again. and If they didn't see
This castle liz up, they'd come in on top
Of us and murder Us while we slept. SO
every night when we come back from the
dght We light up the castle. Then we
car sleep In peace until morning, and in
the morning 90 off and fight the giants
again.
When the Amadan heard this, he Won
dered. and he SAID he should very much
like "a help them kill the giants. They
said they would be very glad to have such
o fine fellows help. and so IL was agreed
that the Amadan should go with them TO
the fight next Gay.
Then the three princes washed them
selves and took their supper, and they
and the Amadan went 10 bed.
In the mourning all four OF them set
of and Travelled TO the Glen OF the
Echoes, where they met the three giants.
Now" says the Amadan. IF you three
viii engage the two smaller giants. Stat
Marr and Slat Beag, I'll engage Slat Nor
myself and kin him"
They agreed 10 this.
Now the smallest OF the giants was far
bigger and more terrible than anything
ever the Amadan had seen or heard of in
his life before, so you may fancy what
SlaI Nor must have been like
But the Amadan was little concerned at
this. He went 70 meet Sat Nor, and the
two Of them fell to the fight, and a great,
great fight they had.
They made the hard ground into soft.
and the soft into spring wells; they made
the rocks into pebbles, and the pebbles
into gravel and the gravel fell over the
country like hailstones. All the birds OF
The air from the tower end of the world 10
the upper end Of the world and all the
Wild beasts and tame from the four ends
Oh the earth, came fiocking to see the
Fight and In the end the Amadan ran Slat
Nor through with his sword and laid him
down dead
Then he turned TO help the three princes,
ana very soon he laid the other two gi-
ants down dead for them also.
Then the three princes said they would
al go home. The Amadan said for them
TO 60 but warned them not TO light up
me castle this night, and he would sit
by the giants corpses and watch If thew
would come 10 life again.
The three princes begged OF him not 70
do this, for the three giants would come
TO lie, and then he, having no helm
would be killed
Ihe Amadan was angry with then, and
ordered them of Instantly. Then he sat
down by the giants corpses TO watch
their coming to life again. But he was so
tFed from his great DAYS fighting that
by and BY he fell asleep.
About Il o'clock al night when the
Amadan was sleeping soundlv up comes
Nalliiaeh told hag) and four Badachs Cun-
"i-idly Dig fellOWs), and the CaiIliach
carried with her a feather and a bottle
%. !ocshlainte ointment Of health with
"hleh she began 10 rub the giants
wounds.
4wo Of the giants were already alive
when the Amadan awoke. and the third
was Just opening his eyes. Up sprang the
aHladan, and al him leaped them all
s'-l Nor. Stat Marr, Slat Beag. the Call
--cA, ana The four Badachs.
III The Amadan had a hard fight during |
,Ae day. this one was surely ten times
harder. And brave and bold fellow /
-e was, and not 10 he daunted by num- |
gers or showers Of blows. They fought |
Tor long and long, They made the hard
ground into soft and the soft into spring |
""-si they made the rocks into pebbles. |
ana ,he pebbles into gravel, and the gray- /
q. Tell over the country ike hailstones. |
-'. 'Hr birds OF tie air ifOm the lower |
ego ~ iAh world 20 the upper end Of the |
".f- and all the wild beasts and tame
..sh NE four corners OF the earth. came
CO... A..- lo see The H6ht, and one after the |
y.+'. az Them The AmadIn ran his sword |
"i'.sa. until he had every one OF them
st.r,,",a on The ground, dying or dead. /
And when The ola Caillach was diving
81. called The Amadan to heg and put him 4
under Eeasa obligation that he could not
s.iA. Go lose The power Of his feet. OF his
strength. Ol h.s sight and OF his memory
i D.. did not go 10 meet and fight the
Black Bun Of the Brown Wood
When the old hag died outright the
Am-tau rubbed some of the iocshlainte
10 Dds wounds with the feather. and al
once Dee was hale and as fresh as when
t- lsAy began
When Iae Cailliach was dead the
AMailn took her feather and her bottle
W lglsH.aluie, buckled on his sword and
Started away before him 10 fulfill hts
gsasa
iie Travelled for the length OF eli that
!ee-.1ue day, and when night was falling
D. came L8 q lille hasa on the edge Of a