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Swiss is now seen armed for battle against Swiss, and German against German, that they may decide the succession of the French throne on the banks of the Loire or the Seine. The Dane passes the Eider, the Swede crosses the Baltic, to burst the fetters which are forged for Germany." Nothing of this kind was seen in England.
But you must remember that with sudden poverty comes, often, shrinking pride, and a degree of suspicion, and high scorn of those belittled pensioners who hang upon old ties; that old age, when it is sorely beset, is not always patient, clear-sighted, and just; that, when the heart of a young girl, in Sally's extremity, carries the helpless love that had been clad in purple, and couched in eider, and pampered with bonny cats, and served in gold, to Pride, and asks, "Stern master, what shall I do with this now?" the answer will be, "Strip it of its silken fooleries, let it lie on the ground, the broad bosom of its honest, hearty mother, teach it the wholesomeness of brown bread and cresses, fairly earned, and water from the spring, and let it wait on itself, and wait for the rest!"
'I slept the whole afternoon, I said; 'and, to tell the truth, I rather dread the idea of going to bed, it's so tiring. Look here, you've rushed over that last part like an express train. That passage to the Schleswig coast the Eider River, did you say? was a longish one, wasn't it?
But the mystery was explained when M. Fridrikssen informed me that this tranquil personage was only a hunter of the eider duck, whose under plumage constitutes the chief wealth of the island. This is the celebrated eider down, and it requires no great rapidity of movement to get it.
This is the way in which all the rooms, even bedrooms, are warmed in Japan, and the result is that fires are of very frequent occurrence. The brazier is kicked over by some restless or careless person, and in a moment the whole place is in a blaze. Presently the eider down and brazier were removed, and our dinner was brought in.
On the American Continent the pursuit is not followed, either by the native or white settler. "Another species common to the higher latitudes of both Continents is the `king-duck, so called from its very showy appearance. Its habits are very similar to the `eider, and its down is equally soft and valuable, but it is a smaller bird.
Then, as I bend over his cot, there is a small sigh, such a soft, comfortable sound! Then a sort of earthquake takes place under the eider down, and a tightly clenched fist appears and is waved in the air. He has such a pleasant, cheerful way of waving his fists.
They had killed an Arctic fox that supplied them with a meal, and a few ducks which they brought to our encampment, among which was the Eider duck, so remarkable for the beautiful softness of its down. In the evening one of the Chipewyan Indians, sent me some dried venison; and the next morning early we arrived at Churchill.
Tell him, Excellency, that I am come to explain the mystery of the eider downs." "Ah, ah, the eider downs! You know something?" "I know all." The Grand Marshal saw that the young man did not pretend. He asked him to wait a few minutes, and vanished into the park.
She and the colonel made a bustle out of newspapers, and a small sofa cushion of eider down was placed where it would do the most good. After the dress was all fixed, she got a wig and put it on my head, and a hat, with a feather in it, and then pinned a veil on the hair, so it reached down to my rose-bud mouth.
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