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They made her face almost as sober as his own. "There will be a blessing for you," said he, "if there is a blessing anywhere!" "If, uncle Rolf," said Fleda, her heart swelling to her eyes. He turned away, without answering her.
I am not careful about it; the less money one has the more it jingles, unless it gets too low indeed." "I will take it, Dr. Gregory, and feel myself under obligation to you." "No, I told you, not till the crops come in. No obligation is binding till the term is up. Well, I'll see you further about it." "But Rolf!" said Mrs.
Of all the sea-robbers who sailed from their rocky dwelling-places by the fiords of Norway, none enjoyed higher renown than Rolf, called the ganger, or walker, as tradition relates, because his stature was so gigantic that, when clad in full armor, no horse could support his weight, and he therefore always fought on foot.
Away they fled, at first in different directions; but it amused Rolf to observe that, rather than be alone, Hund turned to follow the track of the tyrant who had just been threatening and insulting him, and driving him to struggle for his life. "Ay," thought Rolf, "it is his conscience that makes me so much more terrible to him than that ruffian.
Then it occurred to Rolf that he had never seen any but an oak struck by lightning. "Is it so, Quonab?" "No, there are many others; the lightning strikes the oaks most of all, but it will strike the pine, the ash, the hemlock, the basswood, and many more. Only two trees have I never seen struck, the balsam and the birch." "Why do they escape?"
Quonab pointed to the east, made the sun-up sign, and shook his head at the victim. And Rolf understood it to mean that he would never see the sunrise. But they were wrong. The long night passed in a struggle between heath and the tough make-up of a mountaineer. The waiting light of dawn saw death defeated, retiring from the scene.
Her cottage, which was one of the largest in the island, was fitted up with more taste and comfort than was usually found in others, and everything about it bore the marks of competency and good taste. She had but lately married Rolf Morton, who had, a year or two before, been left a small property by his friend and guardian, Captain Andrew Scarsdale.
Erlingsen and Rolf presently departed, accompanied by Olaf, who was glad of an escort for a few miles, though nothing was further from his intention than going near the bears. The women and Peder were thus left behind. They occupied themselves to keep away anxious thoughts.
Skookum was somewhat better, but still very sick, and Rolf suggested: "Quonab, you take the gun and axe and lay a new line. I will stay behind and finish up the cabin for the winter and look after the dog." So it was agreed.
"There was a reason for Hund's talking so of wolves, my dear. Tell me quick what he said of Rolf, and what made him say anything to you, to an inquisitive boy like you." "He is like one bewitched, that cannot hold his tongue. While I was bringing the troughs, one by one, for him to lay, where the meadow was dryest, he still kept muttering and muttering to himself.
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