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Updated: June 13, 2025
"Yes, it's a fine doctrine that Hellgum is spreading! That's why half the parish has gone over to him. No one has ever had such absolute influence over the people, not even Strong Ingmar himself. He separates children from their parents by preaching that those who are of his fold must not live among sinners.
"One evening, as Storm was sitting in the classroom writing, a score of them came in and began preaching to him." "And what did Storm do?" asked Ingmar, unable to keep from laughing. "He was so astounded at first that he couldn't say or do a thing. But, as luck would have it, Hellgum had arrived a few moments before and was in the kitchen talking with Gertrude." "Was Hellgum with Gertrude?"
For a moment Ingmar stood quietly looking on. To him it was like a dream, wherein the thing one desires most suddenly appears without one's knowing whence or how it came about. Now and again Hellgum cried for help. "Surely you can't think I'm such a fool as to help you!" Ingmar said in his mind.
"He stood quietly listening for a while; then he said as meek as you please that she was right, he had acted in haste. And in the afternoon he took Gunhild back to her parents and made everything right again." Ingmar glanced up at the old man with a smile. "Gertrude is splendid," he said, "and Hellgum is a fine fellow, even if he is a little eccentric." "So that's the way you take it, eh?
To her it simply meant that God wanted to spare them as He had once spared Noah and Lot. Were they not being called to a life of supernal glory in God's Holy City? It was to her as if Hellgum had written that they would be bodily taken up into heaven, like the prophet Elijah. They were all sitting with closed eyes, deep in meditation.
Halvor and Karin exchanged glances; both were afraid of committing themselves. "You know, Ingmar, that there is no one in the world who is more dear to us than you," said Halvor. "Yes, yes; but what about the sawmill?" Ingmar insisted. "The principal thing is to get all your timber sawed." At Halvor's evasive reply, Ingmar drew his own conclusions. "Maybe Hellgum wants to run the sawmill, too?"
Suddenly one of the men dealt Hellgum a terrific blow on the head that made him let go his hold on the axe and fall to the floor. Then the others threw down their clubs, drew their knives, and cast themselves upon him. Instantly a thought flashed across Ingmar's mind.
I thought you would wonder why Hellgum had given in like that to Gertrude." Ingmar did not reply to this. After a moment's reflection the old man began again. "There are many in the village who want to know on which side you stand." "I don't see as it matters which party I belong to."
All you've got in the world are your two empty hands." "I verily believe you want me to throttle Hellgum!" "They said down at the village that this would soon blow over if you could only induce Hellgum to leave these parts." "Whenever a new religious sect springs up there's always strife and dissension," said Ingmar. "So this is nothing out of the common."
On seeing Karin seated by the open window, he remarked: "You must have heard all that Hellgum said." "Yes," she replied. "Did you hear him say that he could heal any one who had faith in him?" Karin reddened a little. She had liked what Hellgum said better than anything she had heard that summer. There was something sound and practical about his teaching which appealed to her common sense.
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