TOE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
TUESDAY, MAY 10, IKS. '
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I Story of the Blazing Beast
VYlELL us story, granny, dear."
f bogged little Nell, snuggling
H close to the indulgent grand
mother, who was seated on
thp bo fa in front of the cheerful grate
fire after supper.
"Yes, a story, granisr cried Billy,
brother to little Nell, who jnrt that
miuute came Into the room muuchlug
the remnants of a bit of Jelly cake.
Then be took his seat on the floor at
dear old grandma's feett
Once upon a time, began grandma,
there dwelt to the great primitive f or
est a man who had a wife, a little son
and a daughter. This man was a lacy,
Ignorant cowardly fellow, too laxy in
deed to clear and till the soil that he
might furnish vegetable and fruit food
for his family, so their only sustenance
was tht flesh of fish, fowl and animal,
such as the man could find roundabout
In the big woods.
One day his wife told him that the
sked him to go out and find some-' by, VU of It
thing Tor the family to eat that thevi , "V V?l ' ST
tirtt t in ,th..M. - themselves together at night and be-
uiense'lron potliung over It full bf ootl
lug water, everythlug In'lng lu rendl
uess to cook, whatever the uiau might
le fortuuate enough to bring home.
On beholding the big toe the womau
fell back from It lu terror, crying out
-Why, that's from the foot of the bias
Ing boast! lVath to any jw-rsou touch
ing It I would starve and see my chil
dren starve before I would taste It"
Now, there was' a legend among the
forest people of that time aud pluoe
that a great beast part animal, part
bird, as large as an elephant aud hav
ing a beak like an eagle, eyes of fire
and a flaming tongue lived in the for
est Not only one such beast was
there, but a great many of them. It
was said that the "biasing beast"
would do no oue barm unless first at
tacked, but once having been hurt In
any way it never rested day or night
until It accomplished some awful re
venge. It was told that once upon a
time one of these beasts had been killed
food. Shouldering bis gnu, the man
et forth lu quest of game.
came reanimated with life, and while
the men slept It devoured them, flesh
It lot- In !, f..r .1... "u ' WOU1BU WBB lUmiUBr
shadows were very deep under the 'thM.th ,8t"rle8 of tte bl
giant .trees, thick with their uutrirn-
but the gluttonous man would not lis-
med limbs covered bv InterMelug vines. Jen l ,hcr n?r b uer warn'
and choked by underbrush. Thus it 'P-"" atoutlv refined to touch.
with the report "Cu'ii ueT-oum'uJ
:ue or hear anything. Hat ncarool;
Ui'd the cliIM nipped Into hi gras pa.
let again wheu the voice roared nbov
,M. .
;i.iui like uiiiuuiT, UII3 nine tvmiiir:
the very forest uud hills that strouhe
;uilea away and almost bursting th,
par drums of tu terrluwt proaim who
trembled In their beds: "I want my bl;t
t-o-e.' I want my big t-oe! I wnut m
big t-o-e!"
After tlie echoes of the terrible nn.
inoou curtiiiug yoice waseii tlw man
mice more gnvo nn onlcr, this time any
lUir: "All three of you get up and g
out aud see what It Is. OKI woman
you kvk up on top the house; Ik.v. yo.
:.vk down ou the ground; girl, you loV
U'twevn top aud bottom. In this wn
the beast cun't escape you."
For tlie third tl:ao be was obeye
without a murmur, for It wouKHiavt
lnvu as much as their lives were wort'
for the woman and children to hau
hesitated la carrying out the man"
commands. But the Instant the ni:i
was left alone there was heard a tori
Me noise in the chimney, and a !
lacked In that direction the mast hor
rlble sight met bis eyes. Powu the
chimney came a "blasting beaut." I;
eyes of Are looking right Into the fa e
of the man, who was speechless. It
tongue leaped like forked lightning
and It flapped its batlike wlug-i, mak
ing a deafening noise. Oue leap tht
huge, birdlike beaut made toward tlu
prostrate form In the comer and de
voured It without a moment's ilelav:
then back up the chimney It flew, cry
ing In a triumphant voice: "I've got mx
llg t-0-eI I've got my big t oe! I've got
my big t-o-e!"
And the story Is that never again
was the biasing beast or any other of
Its specie aeen on earth, and It Is sup
posed that they migrated to another
planet presumably the moon.-Wash-lugtoa
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THE BEAST LEAPED TOWARD THE PROSTRATE ,MAN.
was difficult for the man to distinguish
one object from another. But as he
was lu nowise particular about the
kind of flesh he ate one animal was as
good as another. After wandering
about, his keen eyes on the ground,
then on the tree limbs, a huge, dark
moving form caught his notice. There
away iu the thickest part of a great
tree it was half bidden away. In
stantly the man raised bis gun and
fired. Something fell to the ground a
' few paces away under the tree. He
. ran to the spot and picked np the ob-
Ject, which was about the size and
' -f A - In uAAanr.fr .nil wtlllH
turned out to be a big toe from some
strange animal's or bird's foot Put
ting the bleeding member into his wild
cat skin game pouch, the aan hurried
tuinw. fnr hnnmr wa imawlnff at
thought of the dainty and new kind of
dish they would soon enjoy.
The woman had a fire of sticks bias
ing in Jhe rough flreplacg and an lm-
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the bhTtoe, tEFmanTLTmaelf dresseoTIi
and put it into the boiling pot to cook.
When It was done be ate It to the last
shred of flesh. licking greedily the bone
and nail. But bis urging the children to
partake of the toe bad no effect on
them, for their mother's warning was
enough for them. With their mother
they went to the brook near by the log
cabin and cangbt enough fish for their
suppers.
By the time the second supper was
cooked the night was setting in, and
darkness shrouded the little log cabin,
seeming to curtain It from the rest of
the world. As soon as the frugal meal
was over the children crawled into
their teds of dried leaves and marsh
grass and fell asleep. Soon the man
and woman followed the children's
example and lay on their rude beds,
but neither of them slept The wo
man's eves were open, her ears oh the
alert for that which she feared. The
man was uneasy in his stomach, for
the toe meat which bad tasted so sweet
to him during the eating hud turned to
bitterness.
After a few minutes of suspense to
tlie woman and stomach ache to tlie
man a queer sound was nearu as or
swiftly rushing wings outside the cab
In door, which had no shutter and
therefore was wide open.
As the noise of passing wings ceased,
an awful voice shrieked through the
cabin, filling It with a deafening sound:
"I want mj big t-o-e! I want my big
t-o-e! I want my big t-o-er The man
shook as with a chill, the woman also
trembled, and the children awoke.
After tTfew minutes of silence tht
man said in a hoarse voice, "Old wo
man, get op and go out and see what it
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Is." Being the man's slave, the woman
got up and went out, running ali
around the bouse and returning to say
that she could see and bear nothing.
Just as she was settled In her bed
again there came that terrible voice
once more, and this time It shook the
very walls and the roof over their
beads: "I want my big t-o-e! I wanf
my big t-o-e! I want my big t-o-e!"
three times, then silence, as before.
Then tlie man, still shaking with fear
and suffering awful pangs of pain In
bis stomach, raised his hoarse voice
slightly above a whiter nud said to
his little son, "Boy, get up and go out
and see what It Is."
i.ike bis mother, the boy was afraid
to dlBobey, so be cre;it out of bed an('
;w gbjvcrliiif round the jmw to retun.
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