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Smithy would be getting quite anxious about him by now; and Thad concluded that he ought to hunt the other scout up, so as to relieve his mind. He had read enough of the character of the new tenderfoot scout to feel certain that Smithy would obey orders to the letter.
His brother, the effeminate Henri Trois, cared much for bindings and little for books: it is said that he was somewhat of a book-binder himself, as his brother Charles had worked at the armourer's smithy, and as some of his successors were to take up the technicalities of the barber, the cook, and the locksmith.
Kirsten, of course, was delighted at this new piece of good fortune, and insisted that the new house should be built and land bought. This time Peder consented, and soon they had quite a fine farm. Meanwhile the old man rode off on his new purchase, and when he came to a smithy he asked the smith to forge shoes for the horse.
"That is well," he said, "for I owe you my life, and I think that I can teach you that which will keep yours against any foe that you may meet; for you are of the right build for a good axeman, and not too old to learn." Then we went to the smithy, and there, while the thunder raged outside, he forged me an axe of the Danish pattern.
In this "Volksbuch" there are remarkable details concerning the hero's early life in a smithy and the prophecy of his assassination, which are lost in the "Nibelungen Lied," but preserved in the "Edda."
David guessed that Uncle Reuben must be searching the smithy. Then it descended rapidly, till finally it vanished behind the hill far below, which was just distinguishable in the cloudy moonshine. Uncle Reuben had gone home. David drew a long breath. But that patient quest in the dark the tone of the farmer's call that mysterious word Sandy, had touched the boy, made him restless.
"You may keep your musty wisdom to yourself! I want none of it!" said Antigone, scornfully. "I want all I can get," quietly responded Sarah. You'll be a deal happier, she says, with a dry crust and a good will to it, than with a roast ox and a complaining temper." "Ay, that's true!" said Emma, with a sigh. "Poor Emma!" laughed Antigone. "You get enough of it, don't you, at the smithy?"
I shall never pass one of the craft again without honoring him as distantly related to Pe-Ching by virtue of his calling. Vulcan has done much in the past in his smithy, forging the thunderbolts of war, but put all such weapons together and I will back the movable types of Pe-Ching for victory.
After the farmer had gone to bed, some half-dozen ploughmen and a few other poachers from Thrums would set out for the meeting-place. The smithy on these occasions must have been a weird sight; though one did not mark that at the time. The poacher crept from the darkness. into the glaring smithy light; for in country parts the anvil might sometimes be heard clanging at all hours of the night.
Farmhouse and village, mill, smithy, tavern, cross-roads store, held their breath Stonewall Jackson coming up the pike, holding Fremont off with one hand while he passes Shields. Sunset came, a splendid flare of colour behind the Great North Mountain. The army halted for the night. The Louisiana Brigade still formed the rear guard.
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