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"Very well, but it will go hard with me if I do not return in less than a year to lead Hulda to the church at Moel, where our friend, Pastor Andersen, will not refuse to make his best prayer for us!" And it was in this way that the marriage of Hulda Hansen and Ole Kamp had been decided upon.
"I have learned through the newspapers," he continued, "of the misfortune which has befallen a certain Ole Kamp a young seaman of Bergen and of a lottery-ticket that he bequeathed to his betrothed, Hulda Hansen, just as his ship, the 'Viking, was going down.
Would it pause or go by? The hearts of all three throbbed to suffocation. The kariol stopped. They heard a voice calling; but it was not the voice of Ole Kamp! Almost immediately some one rapped at the door. Joel opened it. A man stood upon the threshold. "Is Mr. Sylvius Hogg here?" he asked. "I am he," replied the professor. "Who are you, my friend?"
He had heard enough, however; and when he went back to the village, he told Heister Kamp what he had seen, and made her more curious than himself to find out what it could be, though she felt pretty sure that it must be a purse of gold. "How astonished was Monique when little Margot put the purse in her lap, for she was sitting at work just within the door.
I am anxious that nothing shall be left undone for these poor people to whom I am indebted for my life. Yes, if need be, I would not hesitate to sacrifice all I possess to find Ole Kamp, and bring him safely back to his betrothed, Hulda Hansen." Then Sylvius Hogg proceeded to give a full account of his adventure on the Rjukanfos.
You have no right to say that Ole Kamp is dead, so long as we have no proof that he perished in the catastrophe. The reason I speak with less apparent assurance before your children is that I do not want to arouse hopes that may end in bitter disappointment. But to you, Dame Hansen, I can say what I really think, and I can not, I will not believe that Ole Kamp is dead! No, I will not believe it!"
Then, by calculating its probable speed, and the time that elapsed before it was picked up, it certainly would not be impossible to discover the spot at which it was cast into the sea by Ole Kamp, that is to say, the scene of the shipwreck." Help, Junior, shook his head with a doubting air. Would not any search that was based upon such vague indications as these be sure to prove a failure?
"I want to bid on that!" "This here jug hain't fer sale at no price," Uncle Billy emphatically announced, nipping all negotiations right in the bud. "It's too pesky hard to sneak this here licker in past Marge't, but I reckon it's my treat, gents. Ye kin have all ye want." One minute later Mr. Van Kamp and Mr.
"It makes a perfectly fascinating suite," observed Mrs. Van Kamp, in a pleasantly conversational tone that could be easily overheard by anyone impolite enough to listen. "That delightful old-fashioned fireplace in the middle apartment makes it an ideal sitting-room, and the beds are so roomy and comfortable." "I just knew it would be like this!" chirruped Miss Evelyn.
Tutt, tell me just exactly what Mr. Ellsworth rented, please," he requested. "Th' hull house," replied Billy, and then he somewhat sternly added: "Paid me spot cash fer it, too." Mr. Van Kamp took a wad of loose bills from his trousers pocket, straightened them out leisurely, and placed them in his bill book, along with some smooth yellowbacks of eye-bulging denominations.
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