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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1912-5-2, Page 6p 1 ONLY A M. NTH OR, A CURIOUS MYS- ,ERYt' EXPLA N D. CtI ,'`bl,T'L T.—(Cont'd) "i 'here is. Alss Morgan," es,' elaimed Cecil, '.that lady in a blue Ailster; and there is her ;uncle just joining her." "zany thanks for y on.r kind 1aelp," said Frithjof, and with a second bow and a smile from his frank eyes he passed on and ap- proad hed Mr. Morgan. Welcome to Norway, sir," he npce'aimed, greeting the traveler �ritlx�the easy courteousmanner pe - cola A tea Norwegians. "I hope you zxavemade a good 'voyage." “Oh, bow dap y oat do, Mr. Feick?" said thengliShm n, scanning hiin fl•« an head ro loot as he shoek, hands land sl,eaking vtsr',y head, as if the foreigner were deaf. "Very ;acid f yolt t4 meet us, 1„ill sure. Myl ti;ace, tits llianehe Morgan.'? T ,litl,iuf halved, and his heart bei -1 gall to beat fast es a pair of most lovely dark -gray ey is gave him such 0 gl nee ashe bad never before re- cteived 'My sifitsr is laxil lx looking for- d to tlxr I11e asnre of making ,your acctaxxxaitaana«a",' h Said. an he, ''':slow ixtifiill :fou speak nglxsla ! And when I axing ell §Ii its ze teri,i ifuncet it.' ''Buta' l;ax:cl s there slaon1d sil:c'txr*a Ixettieeta us.' el, tdat'x'e is not1un ' tvlxie is , nadlelx gas that *sig , J he salt1 i� ius not. have et before titla Gi.'tfaatan family at hand tel jai"~fest iii "self in German, lax liked the 1pliace well, and this Elag lishnaxx was very pleasant, sex •1 thought it I to ped there it would' be ''to kin two dies with one dash,' us we sats ni :So.Irwat When I some to England th.tt will be for a holi- day, for nothing at all but plea- sure." "Let Inca introduce Illy nephew," said Mr, :Horgan, as Cyril strolled up. -And this is my daughter. How now, Florence, have you found your boxes?„' ''Allow me, said Frithjof ; you will tell me awhat to look for I will see that the hotel porter takes it all. There was a general adjournment to the region of pushing and eon - fusion and luggage, and before long Frithjof had taken the travelers to his father's carriRge, and they were driving throughthe long, pictur- esque Strandgacden. Very few 'Ve- hicles passed through this main. street. but throngs of pedestrians walked leisurely along, or stood in groups talking and laughing, the women chiefly wearing full skirts of dark -blue serge, short jackets to match, and little round blue serge hoods surmounting their clean white caps : the men also in dark blue with broad felt hats. To English visitors there is an in- describable charm 'in the primitive simplicity, the easy informality of the place and. Frithjof was well arcW win' to Elk ate bee content with the delighted excla- mations of the new -comers. ''What ellarnxing ponies t" cried Blanelie. "Look how oddly their ilialles are cert—short manes and long tails! How funny! we do just the opposite. ,And they all seem cream -colored.” "This side, Blanche, quick! r"`. lot of peasants in sabots! and oh! just look at those lovely red gable's !', "Mow mice the people look, too, so different to people in an English street. What makes yeti all so hap- py over here?' "Why, what should male us un-. happy' °'° said Frithiof. "W love our eoitntry° and our toixn, we are the freest people in the '~world:, and life is is great pleasure in itself, (isn't yea think', But away in the mountains Baur people are much' more grave. Life, is too lonely there. Here iu Bergen it is per- fection,'' erfection," Cyril Morgan regarded the speak- er with a pitying eye, and perhaps would have ,enliguteeed his absurd idnvl ilrce and discoursed of Pall Mall and Picadilly, had nut they just then arrived at Holdt.'s Hotel. i Frithjof merely waited to 'see that they approved of their rooms, gave them the necessary inf:raixatiun nal to bankers and lionizing, recti wed. Mr, Morgan's a staaa xee that the whole party . \rw oltk1 dingy ate .He r` " Pasch"s the next day clad tilers, .saki tar viously dlszaa;seal elk€ 4aar-. iaxttt at, :t l)rieker raise alaaax tier walk home, Morgan's surprise at -the ling peo,iile s;)mehti v . Was it then an out- -way aut^•-wa ft thiug for people to enjoy life l ]„ot his own part mere ea:ist- 4nCC satistcd him„ But then he twwas as yet quite unacquainted with trouble, The death of his mother when he was only eleven years old had been at the thne a great grief, but it had in no way clouded his. after -life. he had been se ar'cc.lay old enough to realize the greatness of his loss, Its effect had been to make him cling more ,closely to those who ~were left to hien---to his father, to his twin -sister, Sigrid, and to the little baby, Swanhild (Svarnheel), whose birth had cost so much. The home life was an extremely happy one to look back on, and now that his year of absence WAS over and his education finished it seemed to him that all was exactly as- be would have it. Faintly in the dis- tance he looked forward to further. success and happiness; being a fer- vent patriot, he hoped some ',day to be a king's minister—the sum- mit of a Xorw'egian's'ambition and. being; human he had visions of an ideal wife and an ideal .home of his own. But the political e';a.rcer could very well wait, and the wife too, for the matter of that. Take VRIL not medicine. If you are not feeling quite up to the mark take a cup of Bovril dally, It will strengthen you. and. more still, it will enable you to properly digest and benefZt by your ordinary meals. h AXwEic kept lawat>*LAWN MOWER adds to the p!easue of possessing "a well Teles`; notices the difference itt the Maxwell awn ,Mower theiitst time you cut the grasa NV -Mi it. e t,etbae Sfee`, Cutter Rniees, e,tt clean ad close, and hcaldtheir edge. CPRttroiled steel shafts meati easy xi:1min* The whole snocrer is so contlaact, so strong rials: perfectly b,'ila,tce,1 that euttiztg the lawn :Ns,ita:aolliftbettgml,apIseia,cassat)ut:teue-:.texercie„ that }rotils;•ujoy.folesizfom &' Rte* dvih wieh- telz- ,,,Y,• iug attachment. Yo tt r hardware maga i,ra ablyl,as rait girl in fitatvr1l's xfawn aAlow s -Tia; .. sltot for iear you. Insist on, riaxsw^eil. write as David Ramalt a Sans, St. biero, a�tA common sense, and, her judgment was seldom at fault, while, like most Norwegian girls, she had a most eharmingly simple manner, ,and au unaffected light-heartedness which it did one good to see. "'Well, what news?" she exciaina- ed "Have they come all right? Are they nice?" "Nice is not the word ! Charm- ing l beautiful ! To -morrow you will see if 1 havespoken too strongly." He says she is even prettier than you, Sigrid," said Swanhild, mis- chievously, "Prettier than any one we ever saw," "She? V'lzhich of them?" "Miss Blanche Morgan, the daughter of the head of the firm, you w," ",1:knond the other one?" "I hardly know, I didn't look at her march ; the others all seemed to me much like ordinary English tour- ists, But she—well. you will see ",How I wish they were coming -night! you make me clatite curi- ous, And father seems so excited CHAPTER II, Herr Flick lived in one of the pretty, unpretentious houses in Xlavedalen, which are chiefly owned by the rich merchants of Bergen.: The house stood on the right-hand side of the road surrounded. ounded by pretty little garden, it was painted a light-brov-n color, and like most Why doesn't she take NA -DRU -CO Headache Wagers They stop a headache promptly, yet do not contain any of the dangerous drugs common in Headache tablets. Ask your Druggist about there. 25c. a box. NATIONAL DRUG AND CHEMICAL CO. OF. CANADA, LIMITED. 122' meth r, ergen houses it was built of 'w xa the windows one could see 1 I's, and beyond them white al nslanxx curtains, for aestheticism had not yet penetrated to NTorway The dais. -tiled roof was outlined atgam, a s u',ded hill rising illrxxle bate behind, with here and there graa..}' rocks peeping through thesiamar green of the ,trees, while. in ,Front the chief windows looked on to as pretty terrace with carefully kept flower -beds, than down the wooden hillside heights' on the further shore and en on side a break in the chain of mountains and a lovely stretch Of open country, To the extreme left Was the giant > Iri15. u, some- times sl>'ining and glistening., some- times frowning and dark, but al- ways beautiful; while to the right yon caught a glimpse of Bergen with its quaint cathedral tower, and away in the distance the fjord like a shining silver band in tho tion, As Frithjof walked along the grassy terrace he could hear sounds of music floating from the house; some one was playing a most in- spiriting waltz; and;, as soon as lie had reached the open. French win- dow of his father's study, <a quaint pair of 'dancers became"visible. A slim little girl of ten years old, with very short petticoats, and very long golden hair braided: into a pig -tail, held by the front paws a fine Esqui- mau dog, who seemed quite to enter into the fun and danced and cap- ered most cleverly, obediently, keep- ing his long..pointed'.nose over his partner's shoulcler. The effect was so comical 'that Frithoif stood laughingly, by to -watch the perform- ance for fully half a 'Minute, then, unable' to resist his own desire to dance, he unceremoniously called Lille,' the dog, away and whirled off little Swanhild in the 'rapid waltz which Norwegians delight in; the languid grace' of a Londont ; ball- room would have had no charms for him, his dancing was full of fire and impetuosity, and Swanhild, too, danced very well; it had come to them both as naturally as breath ?ll6 .csrril�ur "This is' better than Lilro," ad- mitted the' child. "Somehow he's sb dreadfully Heavy to get round. Have the :English . people come What are they, ,like`?",. 440h, they're middling,' said Frithiof, "all except the niece, and she is charming." "Is she pretty?'" "Prettier than any one you eve s iw in yoiir life." "Not.,piettier than'. Sigrid`?" said, e',little.sister, conedenitly. " WTai' till yell heels' said-'Frithi__;. of - "She is "a brunette .Ind per-'' f.cctly lovely., There nc'w..." e th. music ceased,. "Sigrid- has felt her left 'eai bul•ning, and 'mows,,;that;..` we are speaking evil. of her.'Let us 'ome, to confess."\\ its) °'1,is arm. Stilt round Clio` rliild he entered -the pretty.' beialit look-` ing room to t;ho i' hc. alert. \vas fi 11 at t}led it 2i�o,h}gut' -h h zcl he z> d 1: d `iLlined- rosins.. 3 a ctF�tilcin in ,Iter Iger T�i�' sister wt ire v v, y a rnL�ellzp ltes)m a1 Tiilk arc `;the s i n e ti„ ell �Cnt fii`cieac � e ifixae tilt 1 rithio, s� yr Ft Vf} face urs btiop1 ap ! stronger, ani )41tit co.i]4; e1 J glance. -r " `. 31R. G ,Oli ti.e, A. i'l'.'l'\,11i, ?or xame years the Superintend- ent of 11'olnenas Institutes of On- tario about their coming. I Iaave arta seeaa Nina so much: p1ealseit gl is l anything for as bung tune," "Is he at hone?") "Nu ; he went for a �ti"allk,his' beadwas bad again. That is the only thing thait, troubles Inc about him, his headaches scent to haar°•e" became almost chronic this last year,,, .:\ shade came over her bright face, and Frithjof, too, looked grave. "Tic works very nxueh too hard," he said ; "but as 50011 ars I come Of age ancl am taken into partnership he will be more free to take at thor- ough rest. At present .r might just as well be in Germany as far a;• work • goes, for he -will hardly ].et. me do anything. to 'help him." "Here he, comes, here he ,conies !„ eried Swanhild, who had wander- ed away to the window, and with one accord they all ran out to meet the head of the house, Ulla bound- ing out in front and springing up at his master with a loving greet- ing. 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"Nu; they mean to talk it over with you tied get your advaee. They all p) of,aes 'd to have a horror of Baedeker, though even with your heti) I don't think they Will gets far without him,” "It is certain that they will itot. want to stay very y l: ng Irl t?.U' Ber- gen," er-gen, " said i' a a .Pales~, "the Eng - Belk neves} do, What should you satkah ricin if ;a*ou',. an took your summer er outitag at once and settled down at talvil err falholln for a few weeks, tlaeli you would be able to sed; a luetic of our friends and could start thein well on their tour." "What, aa« delightful plan„ sleek father i„ cried Sigrid, "only veru must COMB too, or we shall none + f us enjoy it." --(To.be continued.) Newfoundlandbas h s n public debt Ceeeding $20,000,000. BURGL AR PROOF GLASS, Burgla.s-proof glass is now made in France, Embedded in the glass are light wires running in parallel transverse lines about one ineh apart. ai t.. 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