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Viking Boys

Chapter 8 THEREFORE THEY GO THEIR WAYS.

Word Count: 1837    |    Released on: 06/12/2017

step here and there along it. It might even be called a stairway; therefore the little room-which had been the

that the courage of a Viking-boy was going to be daunted by trow-laughter or ghost-lights. No; nor by stone walls and high windows! The walls of Trullyabister were rugged, and, on that side

ence in words; he shut his mouth up tight, and, scrambling over

erest, and when his hands were on the wind

he occupied such a position. Just as his face appeared at the window another face-a horrid face, from which a pair of large melancholy ey

readful apparition, but descended from his equivoca

ows and the distance. Although they were too intelligent to credit any story of trows, they had lively imaginations, and had been bred in a land where the mysteries of creation take fantastic shapes in the minds of a wonder-loving an

ut it," but Yaspard was in no hurry to tell. He retreated again into the ruin, whither his companions

, in the whole adventure, therefore it is not to be wondered th

back to our boat. There's nae gude tae be got o' sittin

ney, which was stopped up and grown over above, but had capacious ledges inside which suited admirably for the purpose they required. Their things were deposited there, and then the three adventurers sto

he had maintained in a most unusual manner. "It all works in!-works in beautiful!" he remarked. Now, that was not at all the kind of spee

e effect of dissipating all the fears with which they had b

nyway, they are as bad as Vikings, for they have captured a poor lady and shut her up in the haunted room, with her baby too-all just the way pe

rk mad?" Gibbie

t, as you please. I saw the mother, and I saw the baby; and I saw the back-I am

nted room! But how did they g

e, and that is

ulated Lowrie; "and yet," he added, "we must allow we

e did," reto

came to the window?" Gibbie asked.

t their imaginations, and the dread they were in, as well as the uncertain light, had caused them to fancy they saw something peculiar. They w

d, "Easy, easy, boys! One thing at a time! Don't let us forget, in our haste to be after this business, that we have other important matters on hand. We have to find

Gibbie, "that we are

Gibbie's brow, and sent him home believing as implicitly as before that Yaspard would find a way of making things come straight.

ouse. She was not a little disturbed on hearing of his disappearance, but the factor said, "There's nae harm come to the lad. Ye need not be frightened. It's pl

man, could shake Harrison's belief in his own theory of the matter. "You'll see I'm right," he ended with; "but I wad like tae ken what way young master is g

owrie was fidgeting in his chair, trying to gather courage to tell the yet more

er could hae thought that Mr. Neeven was a

, and one of the older girls cried out, "What in a

risoned in the haunted room, and his father listened to

stirred his soul, and the great glowing eyes that had appeared for one brief moment at the small window. It was al

s instead o' shutting up your ain? Weel, my boys, tak care that ye dinna find yoursel's in a trap, as mony a wild fellow o' a sea-rover has found himsel' in times

ff second best," said the boys confide

wi' if ye tackle Mr. Neeven, or meddle wi' ony o' his affairs. I wadna

such puir critters prisoned in such a place; and

just warning you tae be careful;-I mean that ye tell y

what you say,"

ss the matter, and a significant look he gave them

a comrade,

Bris

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1 Chapter 1 "CALLED AFTER THAT WORK WHICH HE HAD TO DO."2 Chapter 2 AH, MANY A MEMORY OF HOW YE DEALT WITH ME. 3 Chapter 3 WIDE TOLD OF IS THIS. 4 Chapter 4 HAPPY WAS HE IN HIS WARRING. 5 Chapter 5 THOU ART YOUNG AND OVER-BOLD. 6 Chapter 6 NOW EACH GOES HIS WAY. 7 Chapter 7 THE CARL ON THE CLIFF TOP. 8 Chapter 8 THEREFORE THEY GO THEIR WAYS. 9 Chapter 9 NO NEED OF BINDING OR SALVING HERE. 10 Chapter 10 MAY THE GODS GIVE US TWAIN A GOOD DAY. 11 Chapter 11 FAIR FELLOW DEEM I THE DARK-WINGED RAVEN. 12 Chapter 12 ENOUGH AND TO SPARE OF BALE IS IN THY SPEECH. 13 Chapter 13 HE IS YOUNG AND OF LITTLE KNOWLEDGE. 14 Chapter 14 OH, BE THOU WELCOME HERE. 15 Chapter 15 AND PEACE SHALL BE SURER. 16 Chapter 16 FOR NAUGHT HE WOTTED, NOR MIGHT SEE CLEARLY. 17 Chapter 17 NO GOOD IT BETOKENETH. 18 Chapter 18 OH, NEED SORE AND MIGHTY. 19 Chapter 19 SO HE SHUT ME IN SHIELD-WALL. 20 Chapter 20 FROM THE HANDS OF MY KINSFOLK. 21 Chapter 21 NOUGHT HAD'ST THOU TO PRAISE. 22 Chapter 22 GIVE YE GOOD COUNSEL. 23 Chapter 23 AND BOUND FAST THEIR SWORDS IN WEBS GOODLY WOVEN. 24 Chapter 24 MEET AND RIGHT IT IS, FAIR LORD, THAT I SHOULD GO. 25 Chapter 25 AND THERETO THEY PLIGHTED TROTH BOTH OF THEM. 26 Chapter 26 THAT WORK SHALL BE WROUGHT. 27 Chapter 27 OF THE VOLSUNGS' KIN IS HE. 28 Chapter 28 SEA-RUNES GOOD AT NEED. 29 Chapter 29 GREAT IS THE TROUBLE OF FOOT ILL-TRIPPING. 30 Chapter 30 SWEET SIGHT FOR ME THOU TWAIN TO SIT EYES ON. 31 Chapter 31 HILD UNDER HELM. 32 Chapter 32 HAIL FROM THE MAIN THEN COMEST THOU HOME.