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An' another open the trunk, O, see here, Jim; see what a mine of money we foun' for General Veach, as he tuck up a han'ful of gole an' silver money an' sif it through his fingers, droppin' in the trunk, sayin', 'Ain't we got a pile o' money for gov'ment. An' he han' it over to a sojer to tote to the gunboat.
Every day the Dwellers in Asgard went to her garden Odin and Thor, Hödur and Baldur, Tyr and Heimdall, Vidar and Vali, with Frigga, Freya, Nanna, and Sif. There was no one to pluck the apples of their tree. And a change began to come over the Gods and Goddesses. They no longer walked lightly; their shoulders became bent; their eyes no longer were as bright as dewdrops.
And the next day they were heard singing and were seen, and on her who had lost her hair it was all growing as long as ever. We may very easily detect the hand of Lox, the Mischief Maker, in this last incident. It was the same trick which Loki played on Sif, the wife of Odin.
Sif, as you all know, is Thor's young wife, and she is very fair. It is said, too, that she is as gentle and lovable as her husband is rude and strong; and that while he rides noisily through storm and wind, furiously fighting the foes of the mid-world, she goes quietly about, lifting up the down-trodden, and healing the broken-hearted.
Then he laughed outright. "I calc'late, miss," said he, "ef you ride on that thar' load o' hay again to-day it'll be because them two's rendered incompetent o' action! An' they don't look to me much 'sif paralysis would set in yit awhile!" "Oh, dear who's this coming? just as we've settled down to accomplish something!" "It's the Chases. Girls we simply can't stop work to entertain them!"
You don't know anything about it. You've got a home and a kind father though it does seem to me that he isn't more'n about half there. But anyway he doesn't lick you, and you get enough to eat such as it is though that old aunt of yours doesn't know ANYTHING about cooking. Why, this is the first day I ever remember of feeling 'sif I'd enough to eat.
"Oh, Dollyrinda," she whispered as they stood in the hall, "do you s'pose your mother'll EVER say yes?" "I don't believe so," replied Dolly mournfully. "But, oh, Dot, how I do want to go! Seems 'sif I never wanted anything so much in all my life!" "You don't want to go a bit more than I want to have you. Why, Dollops, I shan't go, if you don't." "Oh, yes, you will, Dotty. You must.
"'How you git out de fier, Brer Tarrypin? sez Brer Fox, sezee. "'Sot en tuck it, Brer Fox, sez Brer Tarrypin, sezee. 'Sot en tuck it, en de smoke sif' in my eye, en de fier scorch my back, sez Brer Tarrypin, sezee. "'Likewise hit bu'n yo' tail off, sez Brer Fox, sezee.
To the palaces of all the Gods and Goddesses Thor went, but in none of them did he find Sif, his golden-haired wife. When he was coming back to his house he heard his name whispered. He stopped, and then a figure stole out from behind a stone. A veil covered her head, and Thor scarce knew that this was Sif, his wife. As he went to her she sobbed and sobbed.
Then he gave the golden hair to Thor, who placed it upon the head of fair Sif; and it grew there, and was a thousand-fold more beautiful than the silken tresses she had worn before. After the Asas had carefully looked at these treasures, and talked of their merits, little Brok came humbly forward and offered his gifts. To Odin he gave the precious ring Draupner, already dropping richness.
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