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two hundred warriors feasted in his hall and followed him to battle
the rest of you off a viking he had three ships
these he gave to three of my brothers
but i stayed that spring and built me a boat
i made her for only twenty oars because i thought few men would follow me for i was young fifteen years old
at the prow i carved the head with open mouth and forked tongue thrust out
i painted the eyes red for anger
there stand so i said and glare and hiss at my foes
in the stern i curved the tail up almost as high as the head
there she sat on the rollers as fair a ship as i ever saw
then i will get me a farm and will winter in that land now who will follow me
he is but a boy the men said
thirty men one after another raised their horns and said
as our boat flashed down the rollers into the water i made this song and sang it
so we harried the coast of norway
we ate at many men's tables uninvited
my dragon's belly is never full and on board went the gold
oh it is better to live on the sea and let other men raise your crops and cook your meals
a house smells of smoke a ship smells of frolic
up and down the water we went to get much wealth and much frolic
what of the farm olaf not yet i answered viking is better for summer
it was so dark that i could see nothing but a few sparks on the hearth
i stood with my back to the wall for i wanted no sword reaching out of the dark for me
come come i called when no one obeyed a fire
my men laughed yes a stingy host
he acts as though he had not expected us
on a bench in a far corner were a dozen people huddled together
bring in the table we are hungry
the thralls were bringing in a great pot of meat
they set up a crane over the fire and hung the pot upon it and we sat and watched it boil while we joked at last the supper began
the farmer sat gloomily on the bench and would not eat and you cannot wonder for he saw us putting potfuls of his good beef and basket loads of bread into our big mouths
you would not eat with us you cannot say no to half of my ale i drink this to your health
then i drank half of the hornful and sent the rest across the fire to the farmer he took it and smiled saying
did you ever have such a lordly guest before i went on
so i will give out this law that my men shall never leave you alone
hakon there shall be your constant companion friend farmer
he shall not leave you day or night whether you are working or playing or sleeping
i named nine others and said
and these shall follow your thralls in the same way
so i set guards over every one in that house
so no tales got out to the neighbors besides it was a lonely place and by good luck no one came that way
their eyes danced big thorleif stood up and stretched himself
i am stiff with long sitting he said i itch for a fight i turned to the farmer
this is our last feast with you i said
by the beard of odin i cried you have taken our joke like a man
my men pounded the table with their fists
by the hammer of thor shouted grim here is no stingy coward
here friend take it and he thrust it into the farmer's hand
may you drink heart's ease from it for many years
and with it i leave you a name sif the friendly i shall hope to drink with you sometime in valhalla
here is a ring for sif the friendly and here is a bracelet a sword would not be ashamed to hang at your side
i took five great bracelets of gold from our treasure chest and gave them to him
that is the best way to decide for the spear will always point somewhere and one thing is as good as another
that time it pointed us into your father's ships
here they said is a rascal who has been harrying our coasts
we sunk his ship and men but him we brought to you
a robber viking said the king and scowled at me
yes and with all your fingers it took you a year to catch me the king frowned more angrily
take him out thorkel and let him taste your sword
your mother the queen was standing by
now she put her hand on his arm and smiled and said
and would he not be a good gift for our baby
your father thought a moment then looked at your mother and smiled
soft heart he said gently to her then to thorkel well let him go thorkel
then he turned to me again frowning
but young sharp tongue now that we have caught you we will put you into a trap that you cannot get out of
so i lived and now am your tooth thrall well it is the luck of war
it is manifest that man is now subject to much variability
so it is with the lower animals
the variability of multiple parts
but this subject will be more properly discussed when we treat of the different races of mankind
effects of the increased use and disuse of parts
i remained there alone for many hours but i must acknowledge that before i left the chambers i had gradually brought myself to look at the matter in another light
had eva crasweller not been good looking had jack been still at college had sir kennington oval remained in england had mister bunnit and the bar keeper not succeeded in stopping my carriage on the hill should i have succeeded in arranging for the final departure of my old friend
on arriving at home at my own residence i found that our salon was filled with a brilliant company
as i spoke i made him a gracious bow and i think i showed him by my mode of address that i did not bear any grudge as to my individual self
i have come to your shores mister president with the purpose of seeing how things are progressing in this distant quarter of the world
we have our little struggles here as elsewhere and all things cannot be done by rose water
we are quite satisfied now captain battleax said my wife
quite satisfied said eva
the ladies in compliance with that softness of heart which is their characteristic are on one side and the men by whom the world has to be managed are on the other
no doubt in process of time the ladies will follow
their masters said missus neverbend
i did not mean said captain battleax to touch upon public subjects at such a moment as this
missus neverbend you must indeed be proud of your son
jack had been standing in the far corner of the room talking to eva and was now reduced to silence by his praises
sir kennington oval is a very fine player said my wife
i and my wife and son and the two craswellers and three or four others agreed to dine on board the ship on the next
this i felt was paid to me as being president of the republic and i endeavoured to behave myself with such mingled humility and dignity as might befit the occasion but i could not but feel that something was wanting to the simplicity of my ordinary life
my wife on the spur of the moment managed to give the gentlemen a very good dinner
this she said was true hospitality and i am not sure that i did not agree with her
then there were three or four leading men of the community with their wives who were for the most part the fathers and mothers of the young ladies
oh yes said jack and i'm nowhere
but i mean to have my innings before long
of what missus neverbend had gone through in providing birds beasts and fishes not to talk of tarts and jellies for the dinner of that day no one but myself can have any idea but it must be admitted that she accomplished her task with thorough success
we sat with the officers some little time after dinner and then went ashore
how much of evil of real accomplished evil had there not occurred to me during the last few days
what could i do now but just lay myself down and die
and the death of which i dreamt could not alas
when this captain should have taken himself and his vessel back to england i would retire to a small farm which i possessed at the farthest side of the island and there in seclusion would i end my days