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ONLY A MONTH; OR, A CURIOUS MYSTERY EXPLAINED. CHAPTER III. Even BO limp a specimen of hu- manity as Cyril Morgan found that, after all, existence in this primitive region had its charms, while Blanche said, quite truthfully, that she had never enjoyed herself so much in her life. As for Frithiof, he mnde no secret of his love for her. it was apparent to all the world: to the light-hrartcd Nor- who looked on approving- wegians l.v- One morning, a, little tired with the nrcvious day's excursion to the Si'pluHe Brae, they idled away the sunny r.airs on the fjord, Frithiof rowing, Swanhild lying at full length in the bow with Lillo mount- ing guard over her, and Blanche, Sigrid, and ('coil in the stern. "You have hern all this time at lialholm and yet have not seen King Bele's grave!'' Frithiof had exclaimed, in answer to Blanche's inquiry. "Look, there it is, just a gieen mound by that tree." "Isn't it odd," said Sigrid, dreamily, "to think that we arc just in the very place where the Frithiof Ka.fr ^ really liv<>d 1" "Hut I thought it was only a le- gend, ' said ('ceil. "Oh. no,'' said Frithiof, "the Sa- gas arc not legends, but true stor- ies handed down by word of mouth." "Then I wish vou would hand down your saga to us by word of mouth," said Blanche, raising her sweet eyes to his. "I shall never take the trouble to read it for mv- F.'lf in norm! drv, tiresome book. Tell us the story of Frithiof now as we drift along in the boat with his old home Framnaes in tiight." "1 do not think I can tell it real- ly well," he nai<] ; "but I can just give you the outline of it : "Frithiof was the .n.ly son of a wealthy yeoman who owned land at Framnaes. His father was a pii at friend of King Heie. and the king wished that, his only daughter Ingeborg should be educ.it cd by the same wise man who taiiflit Frithiof, so y<. see it happened that as chil- dren Frithiof and Ingcborg were al- ways together, and by arid by .-i" it not o.uitc natural that they should learn to love each other '/ It hap jx-neil ju<-t fo. and Frithiof v.iued th.-it. although li<- was only the s,.n <>f :i >c .iii:iri. jiof hinp should M-par- n tt- them or make him gi\e her up. I: t!i- n hap|X'iu-d lli:il King Be1e lie'.l and Frithiof's father, his jrreat fi I'-'id. died at the v:ime ti'r.e. Then l-'rithiof went to li\c- at Frarn ' ver yonder; hi- liad great ]..( tIM'flll a wonder allow even a king to insuH him, drew his sword and with one blow smote the king's shield, which hung on a tree, in two pieces. Soon af- ter this good King King of the far North, who had lost his wife, be- came a suitor for Inafeborg's hand ; but Helge and Halfdan insulted his messengers and a war was the con- sequence. When Frithiof heard the news of the war he was sitting with his friend at a game of chess ; he refused to help Helge and Half- dan, but knowing that Inpeborg liad been sent for safety to the sacred grove of Balder, he went to see her in 'Kllida,' though there was a law that whoever ventured to approach the grove by water should be put to death. Now Ingoburg had al- ways loved him ami she agreed i<> bo betrothed to him, and taking leave of her, Frithiof went with all haste to tell her brothers. This time also there was a great assem- bly at Bele'n grave, and again Fri- thiof asked for the hand i>f Inge- bo rg, and promised that, if Helge would consent to their hrtroih.il. he would fight for him. But Helge, instead of answering him, asked if he had not been ki the sacred grave of Balder, contrary to the law? Then all the people shouted to him, 'Say no, Frithif! Say no, and In- geborg is yours.' But Frithiof said that though his happiness hung on that one word he would not tell a lie, that in truth he had been to Haider's Temple, but that his pres- ence had not defiled it, that he and Ingeborg had prayed together and had planned this offer of peace. But the people forsook him, and King Helge banished him. until he should BOVRIL IS TNG GREAT BODY-BUILDER See the British Medical [ Journal. Sept. 16. '11. I and the Medical Times. ! Nov. 18. '11. B-2-12 thiof, however, felt that he could no longer bear to be near Ingeborg, since she belonged not to him, and soon ho came to take leave of her and her husband. But good King It ing aid that the time of his own death w:is come, and he asked Fri- thiof to take his kingdom and In- g-eborg, and to be good to his son. Then he plunged his sword in his most of life? That is my religion. I hear that in England there ia a book to ask whether life is worth living? For me I ean't understand that sort of thing. It is a question that would never have occurred to me. Only to live is happiness enough. Life is such a very good thing. Do you not agree?" "Sometimes, " she said, rather wistfully. "Only sometimes 7 No, no, al- ways, to the last breath '" cried Frithiof. "You say that because things are as you like ; because you are hap- py," said Blanche. "It is true, I am very happy," he replied. "Who would not be harmv walking with you?" Something in his manner fright- ened her a little. She went on breathlessly and incoherently. "You wouldn't say that life is a very good thing if you were like our poor people in East London, for in- Make The Teapot Test Put "SAL AD A" TEA in a. warm teapotpour on freshly boiled water let stand for five minutes and you will have the most delicious cup of tea you ever tasted. 050 HAS THE FLAVOR! THE FRAGRANCE! THE DELICIOUSNESS that makes Ceylon Tea the beverage of delight In sealed lead packages ONLY. BLACK. GREEN OP MIXED "Indeed, no," he said, gravely. "That must be a groat blot on Eng- lish life. Here in Norway wo have no extremes. No one is very poor,. and our richest men have only what would be counted in England a moderate inco-ne." "Perhaps tlr: . is why you are breast, and so died. Before long . jUch a h; . ppy pco ,, ]e >. the people met to elect a new king, and would have chosen Frithiof, but "Perhaps," said Frithiof. but hi; felt a little Ire-lined to consider the ., , , , IVll' O> UtfblV -imllTTU I'J WUBMUDJ kllc he would only lie regent UllUmg s ; rob , eni o( the distri bution of son should be of age Then Frithiof woalth just thcn and the talk drift . went awiiy to his father s grave and wonderful new temple for the g<.>d, but still peace did not come to him. And the priest told him that the rr-ason of this was because he still kept anger and hatred in his heart toward Ingcborg's brothers. Helgo was dead, but the priest prayed him to be reconciled to H.ilfd.in. They were standing thus talking in round once more to that absorb- ing personal talk which was much more familiar to them. (To be continued.) PICKERING'S PEERS. As his father, the Earl of Claren- don, is no longer a young man, Lord Hyde's much-talked-of-action the new temple when Halfdan unex-l emigrating as a farmer ^ Can- pectedly appeared, and when he caught sight of his foe ho turned ada with his wife, and children and hia brother-in-law, Lord Somers, FIGHT WITH A DEVIL-FISH. A Terrible Struggle With One of These Monsters. One of the largest of fishes per- haps the largest of true fishes, since the whale is a mammal is the man- ta or giant devil-fish of tropical wa- ters. A man who catches one of these monsters knows he has been fishing, for he often stands in no small peril of his life before the creature is landed. In the Wide World Magazine a writer gives this lively account of his experience with an unusually large, manta: We were fishing from a gasoline launch some fifteen miles down the coast from Manzanillo, Mexico. I was standing in the bows, ready to harpoon a large fish that had bit- ten, and was heii.j pulled to the surface. Suddenly fish and line were snap- ped away, and through the clear water I saw a huge dark purple mass, scarcely a fathom below the boat. Shouting to our Mexican en- pale and trembled. But Frithiof ! ' lns no ^ tnat air * permanent exile gineer to start the launch, I threw 11 about it which lends, as a rule, a I the harpoon with all my strength. who for the first time saw that for- giveness is greater th.iii vengeance, walked up to the altar, placed upon it his sword and shield, and return- bring back the tribute due from " * "g Angamyroi the Western Isles ; and ' n 'f ' eld f out hls hand ^ Halfdan " . arid 1 he r,u*<i wiv r'r*mi-il/wl Af .... , auu iiiv- i/wo were reconciled. every one knew that if lie escaped i ,. ., ,.,.. ', .. that moment there entered with his life would be a on such an errand it! >mler. Once At the womler. Once a,am ! gjSft M-tS^ " * ^''i ^ Frithiof saw Ingeborg, and I,,- !/ 7 T T ?'** u Sa *' that it was Ingeborg herself. her to come with him in his ship "Fllida." but Ingeborg, though she loved him, thought that she owed obedience, to her brothers, And definitely depressing quality to such | It struck home, and instantly a actions, says the London Bystand- er. Indeed, it ia probable that and they bade each other farewell : ' but U.fore he went Frithiof clasped V ' / __. , , L i the Good Halfdan. his pride of birth forgot- ten and his anger conquered by his fot-V forgiveness, led his sister to Frithiuf and gave her to be his wife, in the povsi"-s..iiis. Imt the wre ju^t these three ful suord. n W'.'iderfu! br ice] and a wonderful shipealled 'Kllida.' vliicii had been given t one ,f h\ Vil<i>ii: ancestors by the ^a :-''< I. Put t'miigh he had all these things, rid ;iv the ninst powerful ninn in the kingdom, yet he was nlwaw >'.<!. fcr lie could not forget the <,ld days with IngelK,rg. So .,ne diy 1,,. crossed this fj..r<l t^i Bele's r:i\e. on her arm the wonderful bracelet. S<> then they jmrted, and Frithinf sailed away and had more adven- tures than I can toll you. but at last he returned with the tribute money, and imw ho thought Inpe- borg would indeed be his. But when he came insight of Framnaes, lie (bund that his house and every- thing belonging to him had been burned to the ground." "Xo. no. l-'rithiof. there was his horse and his ..| M g left." corrected Sigrid. "Don't you remember how they came up to him '" "Si i they did, but ".11 rise was gone; and, worst of all, Inge(,rn, they t<'!d him, had been forced bv her brothers to m.irry King Ring, who. of she had not !< !< his wife, have taken the kingdom from Helg- and Halfdan. Thm Krithiof was in despair, and cried out, 'Who dare speak to me of tin- fidel- ity of women '' And ho it, happened that thnt very dnv was Midsumiuer- <lay. and he knew (bat King Helge, Temple of Balder tho lovers received the blessing of the priest." "How well you tell it! It is a wonderful story," said Blanche. It was such a contrast to her or- dinary life, this (|iiiet Norway, where all was so simple and true and trustworthy, where no one seemed to strain after effects. Arid there was something in Frithiof s strength, and spirit, and animation, which appealed t.) her greatly, "My Viking is adorable!'' she used to say to herself; nnd gradually there stole into her manner toward him a sort of tender reverence. .She no * --- - ^ -- longer teased him plavfullv an< ] ' for his children, are the prime rca- regain strength, would attack ug their talks together in 'those long ! 6Ons fol [ a slcp , 'hich ^is certainly an j with renewed jerocity. Eventually, summer <l:ivs becam Lord llydu. great disturbance took place. Some monstrous creature rose to *,he sur- face and dashed at the boat, strik- ing out with what looked like two great wings. The strokes were, terrific, and we had the utmost difficulty in keeping clear. Had one. of these "wings" touched the boat, it would have been smashed like match-wood, and, as sharks wero watching the disturbance, our fate would soon have been decided. Although the water all around us was seething from the fury of the i monster's onslaught, we kept our beads, and did our best to disable the creature. | _ We embedded three harpoons in I it. We also fired three revolve* bullets into it, each of which pro- duced volumes of dark cxudus ; and every time the madly flapping wings came near enough, the man in the bows gave theJn a lance-thrust. Gradually the manta's struggles grew less, and it began to yield to the strain on the ropes. It was a long battle, however, for every now dant of the port to land our prize. Making it fast, we hoisted it on the crane, and ran it along to the rail- way office, in front of which we photographed it. It measured eigh- teen feet three and a half inches from tip to tip of the wings, and sixteen feet one inch from head to tail; near the centre it was over feet thick. We estithated its weight at five tons. When we had photographed the great fish, we cast it off the end of the wharf, and the sharks de- molished the carcass in an incredi- bly short time. He (after popping the question)- ''Why do you cry, my angel? Did I offend you by my proposal 1" She (still sobbing) "Oh, no, dear, it is not that; I am crying for joy. Mother always said to me: 'May,' she said, 'you are such an idiot that you would not get even a donkey for a lover,' and now I have got one after all." She (tearfully) "Our engagement is at an end, and I wish to return to you everything you have ever given me." He (cheerily 1 ) "Thanks, Blanche I You may begin at once with the kisses !" They are married now. se long less full of mirth aiul laughter, but inure ear- nest ant! absorbing. Cecil saw all this, and she breath- ^ ^ health considerations, especially ; and then tho great fish, seeming to unusual one for a former young after a final flurry that caused the ed Balholra, where brothers, Helge nnd Halfd.Tn. . . __., holding an assembly of the Ingeborg' t brother, would be in th< p( .pie. and lie boldly asked for In- ,. rg'a hand. Helge. the king, furious, and rejected him with worn, nnd Frithiof. who would riot WoiT-.cn's commonest ailn.cnt llie root of so much of their Ill-health promptly yieldr, to the gentle but certain action of Na-Dru-Co Laxatives. 25c. a box at your druggist's. NATIONAL DftUQ AND CHCMICICO. Of CANADA. LIMITID. 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Just then l-'rithiof caught sight of the bracelet ho had givm Ingeborg on the image of Haider, and he toro it iin.-igo, wliich fell into" the flames on the altar. The fire spread and spread so that nt last tho whole temple was burned, nnd all tho trres of the grove. Next day King Helgo gave chase to Frithiof, but, luckily in tho night Frithiof's friend had scuttled all tho king's ships, nnd so his effort fnilr-d, and Frith- inf sailed out to sea in tho 'F.llida.' Then he became a Viking, and lived a hard life, and won many victories. At last he came home to Norway nnd went to King King's court at Yuletide, disguised H.S an old man; but they soon found out that he was young and beautiful, and he doffed his disguise, and Ingeborg trembled as she recognized him. King knew him not, but liked him well, and made him his guest. One night he saved Ring when his horse and slcdgo had fallen into the water. Hut another day it is hap- pened that they went out hunting together, and King, boing tired, fell asleep, while Frithiof kept guard OVOr him : As hft wptrhe*] a raven camo nnd sung in him, urging him to kill trie kine; hut a white bird urged him to (Tee from temptation, and Frithiof drew his sword and filing it fur away out of reach. Then the Vvng opened his eyes, and told Frithiof that for Homo time he had known him. and that lie honored him for resisting temptation. Fri- loves him," was her reflection. Sigrid. too, no longer doubted; indeed. Rlanehc had altogether won her ho.-irt, anil somehow, whenever they were together, the talks al- ways drifted round to I-'rithiof's past, of Frithiof's future, or Vri- man about town, the heir to a rich water to heave as if with an earth- earkkan aiul a fine estate, and the quake, it ceased its struggles, and son of a life-long courtier. In we towed it ashore, escorted by Hyde, who is shoals of sharks. Tying the boat up at the wharf, I got permission from tho comman- freely. 'Certainly she idark and we ir,ct-up. though slight- ly lame, was one of the few young tuiis opnons. happy about it, She was very for she felt mi re that Hl.-mchc would be a charm- ing sister-in-law, and love and hope sec-med to have developed Frit hi. .f in a wonderful way ; he had sudden- ly grown manly arid considerate, nor did Siijml feel, as she had feared, that his new love inter- fered with his love for her. ' Will there l>e church to-mor- row?" asked Ulam-he, as they rest- ed half-way. ''I should so like to go to a Norwegian service." "There will b,c service at some church within reach," said Fri- thiof; "hut I do not much advise you to go ; it will be verv hot, arid th-e place will lx- packed." "Why? Are you such a religions people?" "The peasants arc," ho replied. "And of course tho women, (,'hurch- K.ing and religion, that is for wo- men ; we men do not need that sort of thing." 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