The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-09-04

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Wilm,." said Kaspar weeping and
relapsing into the old, helpless condi-
ton, Wilm, kill the COW, kill me!
! do not care. Il Is only for your sal
Walton and your soul that I am ii fear!
See! This stone here il the old altar
OF the Picts, and the sacrifice that you
are going to offer belongs to the pow
[ ers Of darkness" s$ '.s5.
al II know nothing Of those things
answered Fake, laughing wildly. and
as one who Is determined to hear
nothing that might change his resolu-
ton. Kaspar, you are mad, and will
make me mad. But here he con
tinued, hurting the AK from him and
picking up the knife that lay on the
stone, Here! Keep the COW and lose
mel! He made a motion as il to
stab himself.
rs Kaspar threw himself on his friend
with an unaccustomeu Bwiftness OF
thought and action born Of the mo-.
ment. He tore the knife from his
grasp, ran TO the ak, swung it high
, and brought it down with such force
on the beloved cows head that the
tanimal fell dead at its masters feet
without a groan. ... zs..: II
+ a fierce fash Of lightning accom-
panied by single fearsome crash Of
thunder, followed the act. Fake
Hooked at his friend as man woilld
marvel ct child that had dared TODD
what he had not ventured himself.
.Strumpf seemed equally unmindful
LOT the thunder and needless OF his
partners establishment without !
word he began to skin the COW. Win
had to force himself to assist. He
did 1t with reluctance that. was az
great as had been his previous haste
and determination. ..5 go
"a storm seemed to have centarad
itself over their very heads. while
| tney worked over the bloody carcass
the mountains volleyed back the vol
! leys OF thunder, and binding light
nlngs Mashed around the stones. The
WIND screamed SO fiercely through the
valley that the. messy plains and the
! Dlack gorges seemed to scream back
In reply. sS s=.s = - -
Both men were dripping with rain
Mnen they had finished their task.
llney, spread the skin on the wet
1 ground and Fake lay down on it.
! kaspars rolled him up In it, tied It
around him under hts direction and
then asked with trembling voice:
Ian I do anything else for you.
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well" q -. : 3 3
Farewell, !" answered Kaspar "(,od
6e With you and forgive you, as {
IN. "a
-, nese were the last words that:
r alne neara. haspar disappeared tho.
neAt M l,t IN the black storm. The
:. .einpest grew with each second. Soon
!. nau . leacne st such pitch that Wtlm
Apew =, tnat :. never had he heard or seen
! one lke Y. me ilghtning was so in
oonsns a.u 50 nIllllant That Fake
teIriD!e e: 1ilumlna1ion, not
4 AZ - eae sulIounaing mountains i, but
. LIZ sea peyond the denle, the surf
ia isaAlns Wnlte against the rocky Is
s tIs ~ ~ Ine onine and the crests OF
M ll! ~. DiilloWs. Once he saw
$500 S a,sInasted Snip, strange and
9T len-lo 100 kklng In structure. It dis
- Y s'e'sain tne neAL moment.
Inc thunder became deafening
i powders began to roll down the hills
before the gathering torrents. The
rain came down with such might that
/ streams raced down all the slopes and
the sWampy valley began, to turn into
9 lake. :3.. { #$..5=
Kaspar had laid Wilm with his
:Ehead raised against the stone. But
i despite that, the Hood rose around
/ him till 1t reached to his hips. Win.
made desperate efforts to free him
sell, but the harder he struggled the:
more firmly did the hide bind him
last. He cried for Kaspar, but Kas-.
par was far away. He dared not call
on God. But he shuddered when he
Thought OF supplicating the powers to
which he had resigned himself. 81
The water rose and reached his
nostrils God. T am lost he cried as
"a stream washed oyer HIS face Then
The heard ! sudden roar. "a of 4 cas-
1cade. The water receded from his
mouth. The food had broken THROUGH
1.-THE valley. The rain lessened soon
after and 4 faint lfRht returned to the
sky. ~ So &