Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-19

upOr the place
Il understand. You might come upon
some trace of your father"
THAT Is my meaning. l admit that II
is very slender thread upon which to
hang my hopes, but 1t is all that Is left
me. To find the burial place of Orm the
Golden became my next object, a somewhat
difficult feat seeing that he Is a person
who has altogether escaped the historian
pen However. 1 have succeeded"
WHAT exclaimed Godfrey, fncredu-
lolrsly. You have discovered the burial
place of this unknown Viking, who, grant
ing the reality of his existence, must have
lived at least a thousand years ago? And
on receiving a nod of affirmation, he asked,
How did you accomplish it? Within the
lofty tomb of thy sire Orm, the Golden.
continued he, reading from Idris' transla-
ton of the inscription, wilt thou find the
treasure, won by his high ARM There is
nothing here to indicate the site of this
lofty tomb"
There is just hint. Magnus, the Vik-
ing's son, is said to be of Deira.' / in
fer therefore that the father Orm was
in Deira he died. and in Deira he was
buried Look for the tomb in Deira, be-
came my watchword.'
''Deira." said Beatrice quickly. rs not
Deira the ancient name for this part OF
the country"
yes" Godfrey answered. land it is
rather a wide area for our friend Idris TO
explore. seeing that the name included all
the country from the Tyne to the Hum
Der, and from the PENNIES to the sea-"
True" assented Idris: "but We may
narrow the area of our search consider
ably. These old Vikings had such love
for the sea that they were usually buried
within sound of the breakers. We shall
not err. therefore. if we confine our at
tention to the seaboard only of Deira."
Even then you will have coast line
plore.'
"a glance at an ordnance map will help
US to fix the SITE
"In what way?"
THUS. I take it that Orm the Viking.
being master of much wealth. as is clear
from the words the ring. would build
for himself a dwelling or castle by the
sea- Around the abode of their chief the
vassals and dependents would fix theirs,
thus forming the nucleus of town. Now,
what name would such place be likely to
take?"
my dear Idris." said Godfrey protest
ingly, chow can tell?-or you. either?" he
well like most town names of Morse
origin it would probably end in the sylla-
BILE by"
st will grant you that much-no more"
'You cannot see at what l am aiming?
81 am completely in the dark
Receive a ray of light. then. Don't
you think that if this Orm built a town.
that town would bear his manner?
Surely you are not alluding to Orms-
But I am. This town must have re-
ceived its name from some one called Orm,
and it is my belief that this Orm was none
other than the Viking who figures on the
runic ring. In the neighborhood of this
town. then. we must look for the lofty
tomb of my Morse warrior NOW. TOUR
miles to the north of us. there is. so local
guide books say lonely valley called
Ravensda1e, containing
Containing" Beatrice broke in, excited
ly, containing rounded. artificial hilloca.
over fifty feet high, and known by the
name of OrmfeH- --.--..-
"Ah, I see YOU know it, smiled Idris.
Eyes. Ormfell or Orm's Hill, is the spot
where I shall find the bones of the ancient
Viking
land do YOU really intend" asked Beat
rice .sto bore your way to the heart of that
hillock in order to see what it contains?
"Such is the purpose thas has brought
me to Ormsby my object being to discover
whether this tumulus exhibits traces OF
having been recently opened. 1t may be
that in the sepulchral chamber within the
Eillock 1 shall light upon something That
will afford a clue toward discovering my
father 1t may be handkerchief merely.
a discarded lantern, tool, a matchbox. a
button or some other article trifiing in it
self but which skilled detective VIII
know how to employ in tracing the man he
wants l may come even upon pocket
book or a letter unwittingly dropped-who
can tell? Ormfell is my last hope. Fanciful
as it may appear to you, Godfrey, some
thing seems to whisper to me that the m
terror of that tumulus will furnish me with
the means of lifting the veil that has so
long shrouded my fathers fate"
There was In Idris' manner confidence
which his hearers did not like to quell by
the expression of cold doubt. though they
considered his expectation fanciful in the
extreme.
DO you intend to obtain the earl's sane
ton to make your excavations? asked
Beatrice. "Ormfell stands on the Ravengar
lands you know"
..Humph if should ask for permission
1 may meet with a refusal. In such cir
cumstances, therefore, feel myself JustI-
fed in committing bold trespass."
Breakspear," said Beatrice with blush,
II will intercede for you with Lord Ormsby.
for believe l am rather favor1te OF his.
Idris rendered her his thanks. He had al
most forgotten that the pretty maiden sit
ting beside him might one day be the in
heritrix of Ravenhall and owner of those
very lands the proprietary rights of which
he was preparing to set at naught.
But" continued Beatrice, IF you are not
going 20 apply for the earfs permission.
how do you intend to escape observation
by conducting my operations in the
dead of night"
Break into Vikings tomb in the dead
of night! What weird ideal
II shall not be the first who has so acted.
Miss Ravengar.'
You will not object to my help. 1 pre-
Sume?" Godfrey remarked.
.On the contrary shall be glad of 1t.
Il am half disposed to join in this roman
tic business myself" said Beatrice with a
smile How interesting If you should dis
cover the TREASURED!
I'VE are not very likely to discover treas
ure that was secreted thousand years
ago." commented Godfrey.
And yet said Idris, many sepulchral
barrows. opened in day, are found to
contain treasure-coins, drinking horns, ar
NOR and the like"
True; but in this case you forget that
the words on the runic ring were an express
Invitation to Orm's son-what was his name.
Magnus?-to possess himself of the treas
ure He would not leave much for posterity
to CLEAN.
Eyes, If he received his mothers ring;
but how If it miscarried? Hilda evidently
lived far away from her son Magnus, else
why should she have engraved her COM
munication on metal when she could more
easily have delivered 1t viva voce and face
to face? The messenger intrusted with the
ring may have gone astray. Travelling was
a difficult matter in Morse times, and many
periIs beset the wayfarer. especially way
farer who carried anything worth steal
ing Or consider this point, that
though Magnus was capable of I'M
Outstanding the runic riddle-otherwise
his mother would not have adopted such a
mode of communication-yet 1t does not
follow that his son or successor was equally
skilled. Surprising, then. that Magnus was
dead when the messenger arrived with the
ring, there may have been no one in Deira
ca ma BILE of interpreting the message. The