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Updated: June 23, 2025
'Tis plain to see you're not born to be drowned." And the sturdy fellow laughs till his great boots shake. "You've made a name for yourself to-day," says Falk. "'Olof' was a bit short, maybe...." "Aha-a-a!" "So now they'll call you Kohiseva and a good name too!" "'Tis as good as another," said Olof, with a laugh. "And longer, anyway."
And from within came a constant sound of many voices, as of men sitting round the hearth relating manifold adventures. Outside, all round the house, were voices too, loud and low, soft and harsh, with an undertone of whispering in corners, and footsteps moving here and there. All that there was of life and light and sound in Kohiseva seemed gathered this night at Moisio.
The girl gazed at him for a long time without speaking; the tenderness in her eyes grew to unutterable depths. "Oh," she whispered at last, very softly, "if she only knew how I love her now your mother! I never loved her so before." And she clasped her arms round his neck. The rapids at Kohiseva are well known; none so well known, nor so ill famed, in all the length of Nuoli River.
And folk pricked up their ears aghast down the rapids at Kohiseva on a stick of timber; it was more than any had ever ventured yet. True, there was the man some ten years back a foolhardy fellow from a neighbouring district who had tried the lower reach, which was less dangerous by far, but he was dead when he came ashore. Anyhow, it was to be done now.
He draws nearer she looks up, and gives him one deep, warm glance, and looks down again her cheeks flushed. Olof's face lights up, and he lifts his hat as he passes. Then the crowd surges round him with shouts of applause. "Bravo! Well done! Here's the man that's beaten Kohiseva! Who's the best man now?" Vantti steps forward and lays a hand on his shoulder. "Well done, lad!
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