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Van Kamp grinned understandingly, and agreed to the infamous ruse. "By the way," continued Mr. Ellsworth, with a still happier thought, "you must allow Mrs. Ellsworth to furnish the dinner for Mrs. Van Kamp's shiver party." "Dinner!" gasped Mr. Van Kamp. "By all means!" Both men felt an anxious yawning in the region of the appetite, and a yearning moisture wetted their tongues.
But how had Sylvius Hogg become acquainted with Ole Kamp's history? Simply through the last letter that the Naval Department had addressed to him at Dal. In fact this letter the last he had received, and one whose receipt he had not mentioned to any one contained another letter, dated from Christiansand.
When the ninety-seventh prize was drawn, the one consisting of seven thousand marks, the audience feared for a moment that Sandgoist was the winner of it. It was won, however, by ticket number 9627, which was within only forty-five points of Ole Kamp's number. The two drawings that followed were numbers very widely removed from each other: 775 and 76,287.
Ole Kamp's ticket bore the number 9672; but whether this number proved lucky or unlucky, whether the young sailor had any secret reason for his confidence in it or not, he would not be present at the drawing, which was to take place on the fifteenth of July, that is to say, in twenty-eight days; but it was his last request that Hulda should take his place on that occasion.
"And when is the marriage to take place?" "As soon as it pleases God to bring her betrothed, Ole Kamp, back to us," replied the girl. Joel then proceeded to relate Ole Kamp's whole history. Sylvius Hogg, deeply moved, listened to the recital with profound attention. He knew all now. He even read Ole's letter announcing his speedy return.
Sylvius Hogg opened the letter and read it aloud. To his great regret the missive contained only some very vague information; and the professor was unable to conceal his disappointment from the young people who listened to the letter with tears in their eyes. The "Viking" had left Saint-Pierre-Miquelon on the date mentioned in Ole Kamp's last letter.
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