the dawn of the last day shall bring it."

"Now I go hence! You will never again behold me! All that is here in the
house I give you! My dulcimer alone will I keep. Let no one venture to
fix his habitation on the little islands which lie around here. There
dwell the little underground ones whom you saw at the festival, and I
will protect them as long as I live."

With these words Guru vanished. The next spring Orm took the golden horn
and the silver ware to Drontheim where no one knew him. The value of the
things was so great that he was able to purchase everything a wealthy
man desires. He loaded his ship with his purchases, and returned to the
island, where he spent many years in unalloyed happiness, and Aslog's
father was soon reconciled to his wealthy son-in-law.

The stone image remained sitting in the house. No human power was able
to move it. So hard was the stone that hammer and axe flew in pieces
without making the slightest impression upon it. The giant sat there
till a holy man came to the island, who, with one single word, removed
him back to his former station, where he stands to this hour. The copper
kettle, which the underground people left behind them, was preserved as
a memorial upon the island, which bears the name of House Island to the
present day.




THE ICELANDIC SORCERESSES.