The age-herald., 1897-09-12

| triotic to congratulate him. So they persisted in organizing torchight pro sessions and in serenading him with the help of village fiddlers and buglers Related as these demonstrations of pub lie admiration were, there was no lack of sincerity and appreciation. Nanser is something more than a national hero. The Norwegians of every class may fair ly be said to worship him. In the estl- nation of the rude fishermen of the coast villages, where h5 is seen in his yachting cruises he is hardly less than a demi-god.
 Meanwhile, Narsen himself takes an almost boyish pleasure in his good for tune and fame but remains at work and maintains his. character as a man of sci=nce as well as a man of action. He is now well-to-do, his expedition having proved a good business venture, since a large income from his books and lectures has been secured. He has a fine yacht and has ordsred a new and better one. He has snug home among the cliffs and woods, but he intends to build a larger and more comfortable house. Prosperity has come to him, but it has not inflated his vanity, nor unbalanced his Judgment. He is man of singular simplicity of nature and mo- bility of character.
 The Man of Newspapers.
 Isban is the other unique figure, in Christiania-the man of letters as dis tinguished from the man of science and the hsro of action. He is on exhibition every day at the Grand hotel, where he spends the greater part of the afternoon IIa iy, h o,,de fo or- from the empty palace, and takes a. stroll each day at noon as far as the ho- ted. His is the most familiar figure in the streets of Christiania, but although every man, woman and child knows him by sight he does not seem to have acquaintances or friends. He usually carries a bundle of newspapers in his hand and passes rapidly through the ho- tel corridor to the open-air gallery of the dining room. He does not bow nor speak to any one, but takes 8 chair at a small table, and, after ordering a bot tie of wine or gin, becomes dseply ab- sorbed in his package of newspapers.
 Isben is a portly, large-framed man, with a high, dome-shapsd forehead ard a well-developed head. He has thick white hair, keen blue eyes behind a pair of close-fitting spectacles and coarse features. There is intellect in his fore head, sharpness of perception in his eyes, a suggestion of ill-temper in his nose and downright pessimism in his mouth his worst feature. He is carefully and indeed, tremendously dressed for ho- tel fr=quented mainly by wandering tourists. He wears a black suit, with silk hat and gloves-the conventional dress for "a literary man in London, but a most unusual one fer Christiania at midday. He has dignified carriage and a reserved manner and looks like dlp- lomatist and a man of affairs. Stared at hour after hour by strangers, he seems to be unconscious of the interest and curiosity which he excites. Occasion ally his eyes leave the newspaper for a sudden, quick glance at the fountain playing in the yard, or in the direction of some bustling stranger advancing with heavy tread. It is a momentary diversion of attention. In anothsr in- stant he is again many fathoms deep in his newspaper and apparently uncon- scious that many eyes are intently
 watching him. Possibly there is a touch of affection in his indifference to public attention.
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