The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-01-06

come the cattle. No need TO drive
these. Like the Gipsies who cannot
be kept from the road and the tent at
the first bursting of spring time buds,
they have tired of their reindeer-moss
fodder of the winter, have scented the
juicy blades that are springing to life
in the tiny far wales above them, and,
with genuine manifestations of joy,
crowd close upon the farmer and his
blaring luf. Then follow the saeter-
girls, picturesque in their bright bod
dices, white caps and short skirts, but
each bearing upon her shoulders a
yoke, from which depend baskets,
kettles and all manner of parapher-
MALTA, almost equaling in bulk and
weight the packs upon the ponies
backs.
Towards evening of the second day
we came to the saeter of Kron. From
a distance nothing could be distin-
guished but low, wide hut at the
side of gentle ravine, here and there
between the rocks spatched with bits
of yerdure. The horizon line was
close and serrated with masses of Itch
ened stone, here and there intersected
BY other gullies and ravines. Through
these, Lars SAID, the nerds wandered
long distances IN theIr dally grazing
lauhts. no human beings were at
first in sight about the saeter. Short
ly flaxen haired maiden, huge of
girth ana iimD, stood at the nut door,
aho' shadihg her eyes with her great
pare arm ana not her hand, looked
iong ana earnestly at US. Lars gurg-
led at this, ana MADE wonderful ges-
lures IN return. suddenly the girl
Iliiie, Lars called her-rushed at us
III SORT OF bounding gallop, ana selz-
ing my posSDoy gulde hugged MN
ecseaticaiiy, wrestling Win MIN, Turn
ing MN round ana ABOUT, ana again
uugging him, Whlle Tears OF JOY ilowed
down her honest race, perfect torrent
Oh questions ana lnter]ectlons mean
Time being poured upon him.
Inc saeter house or cabin In Itself
was rudely constructed OF pine logs,
lhough comfortable enough Tor the
purpose required. It's ROOF was OF pine
beams sheathed with birch bark In
many layers, ana this overlald by turf
ana 500. In the latter several species
OF mountain brambles and Wild How
ers were growing luxurlously. There
were TWO large rooms, perhaps twenty
ieet In length ana nearly as wide, and
against the whole OF one side of the
STRUCTURE was huge low shed, where
the nerds huddled In time OF long-eon-
tihued storm. One OF the two rooms
was kltchen, living and sleeping room
combined. Two holes IN the house
wall ana tne open door served Tor adj
nlttihg llght, ana there were no can
dles, lamps or lanterns about the place,
as ped Time always comes long before
nlght Time In the almost nightless
Norwegian summer.
Inc other room was the dairy. In
TINS was fireplace, suspended above
Whlch was huge cauldron kettle; and
near TINS was boiler built In the wall
IN whicn the milk Is heated to curd
ana Is nnaIly moulded In the most
primitive fashion, by stone weights,
INTO mysost or cheese, the whey being
lea 10 the swine or pigs, or, carried In
kruKker OF Kegs and TASKS, when not
700 remote, TO the valley homes below.
In her innocent and boundless hospi-
tallty Lars sister was determined that
we should occupy the girls bed while
they slept upon the floor beside us; but
we compromised by making our own
couch OF reindeer moss upon the saeter
noor: ana passed three nights in this