, 1878-01-18

tlluk thtf' Viii bv hdl mpiv Dehuup, M
si.
There led. AS above mentioned, oul 8
one p,'hWay mp 'n 'h' iilSrry grazing
grounds. hut o,c Nhu lrr 'i might g't up
there, though ur dri u1tgnt the beaten nav,
By rowing round small land hip nni
mporipg AZ the foot uf the cIi1. ouc migrt
get up. 'hrueh tle val Wis ~ steep
that il had seldom ueru tgod len by the
goat, Nho else IS uot very particular about
her WAy.
SATURDAY came and Tore AaS ont doors
the Who'e day. Never va, such dny
. the sun played So the NoudS danced, ami
every now ani Thea some ore sang and
calGd upon the cliff lie sat in froot ot
/ the soor when dusk cane and deNy mi,i
crcpt upward along the hills. lie looked
toward the cliif; all was QIiet there.
He looked toward lIuSaby farm, and then
he jumped into the boat aud rowed around
the slip.
Upon tho cliff, before the hut, sat
AsIaug, her days work done. She thonght
that since Tore could MT come, all the
more would other people come, and she
let loose the dog and >irollo away. She
sat where she could look down into the
valley, but there stood :he mist, and
somehow she did not like either to look
down there just nov. Then she novel
away, aud without any more thought she
came and sat On the opposite side of the
cliff, where she could look down over the
Fjord. There came peace to her from
the long view of the water. a.
While she WAS sitting there she thought
she should like to sing, and she chose a
song with long notes and burden, which
hoated far away into the calm evening.
She found that >he liked to hear herself
sing, and when she came to the end of
the tirst verse, she began the second with
louder voice. But when she had sung
that verse it seemed to her rs if some
body was answering her from far below.
"Dear me, what Can it bel' she thought,
and stepped out on the uttermost ledge,
aud threw her arms around tall birch
tree which stood there and trembled over
the abyss. She looked downward, but
she saw nothing. The Fl ,rd lay quietly
asleep; not h bird was stirring. She sat
down again and took up her song. Bat
this time somebody answered with the
same tune and mach nearer. Asaug
sprang up aud leaned once more over the
ledge. Thea she saw boat moored at
the foot of the clif, and so far below that
it tlooked like anut-Shell. She drew the
eyes upward and caught sight of red
cap climbing the naked wall. "Who can
that be2' she asked, and made a long
leap backward. She dared not answer,
for she knew full well who it was. She
threw herself down on the green sward
and took hold Of the grass with both her
hauds, as if it were she who must not
miss the grasp. The roots loosenel; she
shrieked, thrust her hands deeper into the
sod, and prayed to God Almighty to help
him. Then she felt that this Was truly
TO try God, and could not be expected to
be granted. But only this one time"
she burst out, "help him, oh! only this
one time!' She clasped the dog as if it
were Tore she would hold fast, rolled
with it over the green sward, and thought
that these minutes would never come to
an end. ar.se. .
But suddenly the dog sprang up, start
ed toward the ledge wagged his tail and
barked; turned back to Aslaug, jumped
with his fDre-paSs into her lap aud
barked; twisted round again and barked
with frantic restie,sness, while a red cap
arose above the ledge, and Tore leaped to
her bosom.
There he lsy for whole minute.
Neither of them spoke, and when they be-
gan to talk there was not much wit in
what they said.
But old Junt, when he heard about it,
said word which was not u1witty. He
threw his fist down on the table, and
thundered through the room, "rhere is
might in that boy, and the girl shall be
his"