The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-16

rest anyhow. for you must be both hungry ano
so She spread him a hearty meal and, made
him a soft bed. and the Amadan ate and slept
heartily. and In the morning 5he dlrGG,cd mn \.
Hill Of the Waterfalls, And she, told nm, ma
no steel was tougher than the hide OF the. White
Wether. that a sword Wa never yet made WI,
one place "a little. white spot, lust oyer the
Wether's h~eart-where he could b" Killed or
sword could Guy through. And she told the
Amadan that his only chance was TO MT this
spot.
The Amadan thanked her and set out nc
came to the ain Of the Waterfalls, and As soon
M he reached II he saw the White Wether coming
tearing toward, him in a furious rage and the
And when wether came M, and asked the
Nmadan what great ieats re had done that made
Amadan said with Ibis sword / have killed
Stat Nor. Stat Mar. Stat Beag, the Cli!iach of
he be RIocE AN snd - se ,bd i2 RroE BadWSG aodj ana likewise
Then" said the White ,Wethcr, you'll never
MI any other And at the Amadan ne sprang
and the sword glanced OF rs IL might on steel.
Both ofthem fell to the fight with all their hearts,
ana Mnd suT en- a hGht never vas before or sl9cT iheE me,
into spring wells. they made the rocks into
pebbles. and the pebbles into gravel, and the
gravel fell over the country like h0ilStoncs
All he birds of he air from the lower end Of the
world to the upper end Of the world, and all the
wild beasts and the tame came from he four
ends of the earth, came tiOcking to see he fight
but AT length and AZ last. after u long and terrible
light, the Amadan, seeing the little spot above
he Wether's heart that the red woman had told
him Of. struck for II and hit II, and drove his
sword through the White Wether's heart, and
he Neither fell down And when he was dying
he called the Amadan and put him under a
geasa TO meet and fight the Beggarman Of the
The tmadan took out his bottle Of iocshlainte
and rubbed himself with It,, and he was as fresh
and Is hale a. when he had begun the fight.
Then, he sci out again, and when night was
falling he reached the hut that had no shelter,
within or without, only one feather over IL. and
the rough, red woman was standing In the door
Right glad she was 10 see the Amadan coming
back alive, aud she welcomed him heartily and
asked him the Q
He told her OF the wonderful fight he had had,
and that b" was now under geasa 10 meet and
fight the BeggarInan of the King Of Sweden
She made him como In and eat and sleep.
for he was tired and hungry. And heartily
the Amadan ate and heartily he slept. and
King of sweden.
She told him that when he would reach n
certain hill, the BeRgarluan would come down
from the sky in q cloud that he would see the
whole world between the, Beggarnan's legs
and nothing above his head, If ever he finds
himself beaten, she said. he goes up into the
sky 10 a mist and stays there 10 refresh himself.
You may let him go up once, but il YOU let him
40 up the second time he will surely kill you
when he comes down. Remember that, II
YOU are alive when the fight l. over come TO see
ne, nNDl are upnQ ! VIII go 10 ~pt' YOU.
The Amadan thanked her. parted with her,
and travelled away and away before him until
he reached the hill which she had told him Of
Aud when he came there he saw a great cloud
that shot out Of the sky. descending on the
hill, and when II camc down on the hill and
melted away, there 1t left the Beggarman of
the King OF Sweden standing. and between
his legs the Amadan saw the whole world and
nothing over his head.
And with a roar and a run the BegGarman
made for the Amadan, and the roar Of him
ratified The Star< III the SKY.
He asked the Amadan who he was and what
he had done 10 have the impudence to come
He said: They call me the Amadan Of the
Dough, and 7 have XII led Stat Nor, Stat Mari,
four Badach-. the Black Bull Of The Brown Wood,
md the White Wether Of the Hill Of the Water
ta,, and before night IIl have killed the Beg
garhlan of the King Of sweden
That Won never will, You miserable object"
says the ,~Beggarman. You're going 10 die
now, and III give you your choice TO die either
~ a marc squeeze oil wrestling or a stroke OF
Well" ssys the Amadsn,, If | have to die,
Id sooner die by a stroke of the sword "
All right says the Beggarman, and drew
But the Amadan drew his sword at the same
time, and both went TO IL And il his fights
before had been hard. This one was harder
and greater and more terrible than the Others
pnt together They made the hard ground
made The rocks into pebbles, and tho pebbles
into gravel, and The, gravel fell over he country
Ike hAllstOneS All The birds Of The air from
the lower end Of the world 70 the upper end
Of the world. and all the Wild beasts and tame
from the four ends Of the earth, anne foCking
to 500 the fight, and AZ length the fight was
putting So hard upon the Beegarman. and he
was getting 80 weak. that he whistled, and The
mist came around him and he went up into tho
sky before the Amadan knew He remained
there until he refreshed himself and then came
down, again. and AZ again he went for the
Nlnadan, and fought harder and harder than
before, and again II was putting too hard on
him, and he whistled ~ before for the mist 10
come down and take him NJ,
But the AmHdan remembered what the rcd
woman had warned him. he gave one leap
into the air. and coming down, drove his sword
through the BeGgarman's heart, and the Beg
But before no died. he put gcasa on the Anna
dan 10 meet and fight the Silver Cat Of the
The Amadan rubbed his wounds with the
iochshlainte., and he was as fresh and hale
as when he, had begun the light, and then he
~et out, and when night was falling he reached
the hut that had no shelter within or without
only one feather over II, and the rough rod
woman was standing in the door
Right glad she was to see The Amadan coming
back. alive, and She welcomed him right heart
lily and asked him the news
lie told her that he had killed the Beggar-
and fight he Silver Cat Of the Seven Glens
Well, she said. I'm sorry for you, for no
one ever before went 10 meet the Silver Cat and
came back alive. But she says, you're both
tired and hungry; come in and rest and sleep
so In the Amadan, went and had a hearty
~ -fA'a - ~ ''AH hA'a " NV lNANA ANlAk NIlf
called him up early. and she gave him direc-
tions where to meet the Cat. and how TO find
her. and she told him there was only one vital
spot on that Cat. and it was "A black speCk on
the bottom Of the Cats stomach, and unless
he could happen TO run his sword right through
that. the Cat would surely kill him. She said
My poor AInadan, I'm very much afraid you1l
not come back alive. | cannot 20 TO help You
myself or would, but there is a we'll IN my
garden. and by watching that well ! will know
how the fight goes with YOU. While there j.
honey on top Of the well / will know you are
getting the better Of the Cat, but II the blood
comes on top. then the Cat is getting the better
Of YOU. and If the blood stays there, | will know,
my poor Amadan, that you are dead"
The Amadan hade her goOd-by. and set out
TO travel 10 where the Seven Glens met at the
sea. Here there was a preCipice. and under
the precipiCc a cave. In this cave the Silver
Cat lived. and once a day she came out TO
sun herself on the rocks.
The %Amandan let himself down over the
precipice 10y "A rope. a d he waited until the
Cat came out To sun herself.
When the Cat came out at IL o'clock and
the Amadan she lot a roar out of her that
drove back tho waters Of the sea and piled
them up a quarter of n mile high. and she asked
to come there to meet her,
The Amadan said They call me the ANA
dan Of the Dough. and | have killed Stat Nor.
Stat Mari, Stat Beag, the tHilliaCh Of the Rocks
and her four BadaChS. the Black Bull of the
Brown Wood, the White Wether of the Hill
Of the Waterfalls, the Beggarman Of the King