The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-16

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/ Yes; the saeter girl will make a bed
| for you beside her own. -
| Beside her Ownr'
why not2 Is that less comfortable
than the ice and the snow"
Prof. Detrius Moraine did not reply,
but we saw that he had been shocked.
Abstract science usually takes no &C
| count OF the amenities of life: but here
was scientist-if he was scientist
who actually recOiled from one of the
most innocent customs of the country.
Il think you would win as to his being
| an old bachelor, " said my friend thought
fully. Perhaps l lose as to his vocation
am rather afraid so. for a genuine hide
bound scientist would sleep without a
murmur IN pig-sty in order TO elucidate
a pet theory"
The professor took a turn about the
storhaus and stables and finally came
Dack 10 the lmperturbable landlord.
80 GU can furnish me a guide and a
man or two who could build me a tenn
porary shelter on the field, and cook my
food for a few days."
i There are no men at Ormeim."
Can not even have guide2"
Not unless Lars will 60"
And Lars will bring me to his sister
ana leave me in the saeter, as you call il,
alone with her."
80 it will be-"
"BahH' he exclaimed relapsing into
English. This is Infamous :"
The innkeeper could understand enough
from his infection and gesture to realize
that an objurgation had been uttered, and
he resented it in his sullen reply:
we cannot change our country or our
people for every one who passes by. You
deserve no guide from Ormeim or, YOU
should be let go to perish in the autumn
Jempests!"
Tut, TUT No offence: no offence!"
returned the professor, seeming at last to
realize that his cherished project was at
the mercy of his own behavior, in a land
where ttunkeyism is unknown, where
little profit is expected, and where all
service to strangers is given by favor
rather than by command.
The truth is, landlord" he continued
IN conciliaJOry and almost confidential
manner, Il am student of-of-thlngs
"a rather meet the devil than a woman,
when l am at work. Indeed quite so
at any time. Blab, CAB, poke. pother
fuss, muss, litter, litter Why, it drives
me mad :"
The landlord with staring eyes svmpa-
theticaly pressed his own head with his
hand, and nodded as though he believed
him literally.
''I've seen nothing but women, women.
women in Norway; and it's unstrung me-
IL worried me to think of going up there
and being shut up with woman for two
weeks"
1T will be under the avalanche if for
so long" interrupted the landlord.
shut up with a woman for two
weeks, continued the professor, scientist
like paying no attention whatever to the
simplest and most important facts CON
fronting him, with her futter and put
ter and her cycling and prying. Lord l
come all TINS distance TO work QUITO
work out-u'
The saeter girl will hate you Just as
sut1clently;" broke in the landlord
stoutly.
This was new view of an old theory to
Prof. Detrius Moraine. He seemed at
first to relish it: but it piqued him. too
de removed his glasses, Furnished them
furlously with his handkerchief, glared
at myself and companion, who endeay-
ored to appear innocently unconscious of
his yexations, and finally exclaimed rather
CURLY:
lymph Where's Lars?"
At the landlords sturdy call OF Glars !
Lars !" noisy shutting and grunting
mingled with CHEEKY cries of ''Eeg kom-
mer" Il am coming were heard from
the vicinity of the stables; and presently
a typical Norwegian skydsgut or post
boy bounded up the steps and into the
inn.
He was one of the iolliest and merriest
OF his class we had seen in all Norway
tow-headed, big-eyed, open mouthed, and
ripping and running over with a gurgling
and boundless good nature.
"By Jupiter" exclaimed my friend en-
Enthusiastically, 'if Lars sister is as hand
some as Lars, that old glacier will so melt
| inside of two weeks time that the whole
! Mldtfeld will come tumbling into the
Rnnncf1a1 a
rememb eredr'
The landlord placed his big hand on
Lars shaggy head and said with touch
of fondness.
He is but l6. He is strong as the OK.
He has kindly ways And other laud-
atory things as best he might, betokeuing
that young Lars possessed a Mark Tapley
sort of philosophy for all unpleasant
! emergencies and ready backdoor out of
every eXasperating difticulty.
Besides concluded the innkeeper
gravely, Lars is a widows son; and
widows children are the best ana bravest
! of the young, il Norway"
amen ~ said the professor solemnly.
and we liked him none the less for the
! heartiness of his response.
| But here our curiosity was both piuued
and batt1ed by the disappearance of the
| three, after a whispered consultation he
tween the landlord and the professor. who
meantime gave several well-detined head
| lerkings toward US, within private room
On emerging from this an hour later
| the landlord was swelling with impor
lance; the professor wore as contented a
face as it seemed possible for him to wear
and there was q look of eager expectancy
in the eyes of young Lars, whom we pri
yately piled with questions without avail
Our last recourse was to draw the pro.
fessor out at supper This would be an
easy task, we thought, as we were alone
| with him at table.
Our wager must be definitely decided
and, besides, we were becoming more
deeply interested IN the personality of
the Supposititious scientist, in Young
| Lars. who had certainly been engaged AS
| his guide and in this wondrous scholar
| sister, about whom we built all manner
of pretty romances among her olden loved
mountain saeter scenes.
To every fair inquiry of the road the
! professor politely responded. We gave
| him our names and vocations, which IA
received with conciliatory "A -a-ahs21
We descanted upon the scenery, the
curiosiJies of Norwegian travel, the ne
culiar customs Of the country, and even
| endeavored to awaken responsive conf.
dences through railing at the plenitude of
women in Norway
But the professor, with his "Ahs ~
"ENactlNsH' quite sosW and the like
merely muuched his food and blaudly