, 1874-09-13

un1uer-cy, and whera the forest breathcs is fairy
tAe ual1da OF many, the nanlc Of Norway suggests
picture Of winteE-cothed pines and far-reachng
helds with lttla relief from the influences OF the
*ound Norway is peculiarly the a. Land Of Summer"
There is no doubt that tue birds at least think and
,her testimony is lkel! to BE- t,nswor.hy , and he be
hears tho thousand-voiced ehor.: Of the
lin lin from % ihe brch-s:len overh6e.d. sees tie
enift endless co!or-plny Of the sun-antsen glaciers,
tie calm lucid depth OF the sir-ccar ford, and the
trembling frrily OF tho brcbough under the sturdy
strength Of the dr,-ah he whobe gazo has hut
wclt upon all this will need other persuasion than
and the cuckoo. and the edfare about the peerless
beauty of NorHays summer. It is not heat that
ethereal eescncc. Who knows but the gncter itself
may do its share toward inteusfyng this life, at
.cast perception OF it? For the white, suow
peaked background with its reote breath Of winter,
grazing the horizon Of the mind, ects OF into
stronger aud bolder relief. And il the bird feels and
reoiccs In this, how much more should the artist!
The story is rich in pictures OF Norwegian
scenery especially OF the mountains and fjords :;
in sketches Of Norwegian home and social life,
its festivities, labors, games, religious ceremo-
nieB; and in illustrations of the legendary
maryels aud poetic myths that haunt the memo
rics aud imaginations 0: tho Norseznen. One of
these MYTHS ia the motive OF the following story,
told by Gunlild, describing
THE DEATH OF HEn HUSBAND, GUSSAR,
grandfather Ct tho hero OF Mr.. Doyosen's ro-
nance:
This WAS what she said: "Ttcrc was an old fir, the
finest mast that ever struck root this sds the
tains; but tho charmed, and one dared to
fell it for 1t belonged Hulder "a kind Of pereonica-
ton of the forest: sue ID described al maiden OF
wonderful beauty, aud only in this respect different
from her mortal rikters, THAT she has long cows.a
attached to her beautiful frae and 1t from tho top
Of that old fir that ehe called with her loor Ia straight
birch-bark horn widening toward one end. 1t is from
to long, and iB used for calling tha catto homo
At evening" her herds of motley cattle many time
nhe had been sitting there At cTentde, counting
her tocts and playing hec mournful loor until not
calf or kid missing. No man dared to fell tho
tree for it would havo been that mans death. Then
tAere came one day lumber merchant from town;
be SAW tho mast and offered 900 silver doilars for It.
I'd Lars Hcnjum ead he might have it II he could
Lnd the man who had the courage to fell it, Now,
and he would like 10 tho wonan, said he, either
with tail or without It, who would scare him from do
ing what hc had made up his mind to do So he feed
the mast and paid with his life fnr his bodncss. For
behind the mast stood the Ilu1fer, aud it not for
nothing that the last sroEc OF the AZ brought the hugo
trunk down on the lunbcr1nans head. since then i'll
luck has ever followed tho family and ever will follow
i, n said old Gunhisd.
But old Gunlild was not wholly right Gun
mar her grandson, though merely the son OF q
houseman, and not following q productive i'll
dustry,-boins an artist, aud, therefore, &C
counted thriftlcss.- .-outgrew the i'll luck, and
won the beautiful E.EnLild, who lights up the
book with sunshine, oTcn as sho Clorlhed Gun
uar's life. Fritz.