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"Ll sweet." 'or | he said, got to ) Fri dof, 3 'at the kitchen door sleeves, 'I am shoe: . "You! oh' Frithiof I" isd Swan- 'startled into gravity, : I Travit pond." smiling. "'Sigrid is cook and housekeeper ; you are the lady: "1 help; and I am the man for the '| coals, knives, and boos. 2 Every respectable household has a wan *| for that part of the work, you *{ know." ' ; oT "Yes, yes," she hesitated; "but Bure | will be tea-cups broken,' said I light bt" 3 We must-have a little one to boil the kettle, and Swan- hild is sure to come in cold after , P11 just put Cecil's little vas- . "How lovely they are! Do you ~§"know, Frithiof, I think our new | | life is going to be like the smell of these chrysanthemums -- healthy and good, and a sort of bitter- | "I never knew. they «had any smell," he said; still intent on his "Live and learn," said Sigrid, laughingly holding out to him the et of beautiful flowers--red, white, crimson, yellow, russet, and | in every variety. ; -."T should like to come to King's | Cross too," said Sigrid. "But per- haps it is better that I should here and get things quite ready. hope *Swanhild will turn up 'all to travel all that way alone.' ~|in their new h« . Bhe seems such a little thing' you | "'Bhe clearly doesn't think me conipetent,"' he said, laughingly threatening her with his brush. . "Order! order | you two, or there Sig- rid, laughing. _ "I beliove he will do the boots quite scientifically, for he has really studied the subject. There, put the china in the sitting- room, Swanhild, on the corner shelyes, and then we will come and unpack." By nine o'clock everything was arranged, and they came back to the sittin lighted the pretty little lamp, and was 'writing' to. Herr Siversten to say he would be glad of more work, "'Come,"' said Bigrid, "the even- ing won't be complete without some music,"and I am dying to try that piano. 'What shall be the first thing we pay in our new home, Swan- hild ¥"? '"'For Norge," said the little girl promptly. . "Do you know we had quite a dis- ougsion about that at Rowan Tree House the other night," eaid Big- rid. : "They were all under the im- pression that it was an English air, and only knew it as a glee called 'The Hardy Norseman,' Mr. Boni- face calls Frithiof his Hardy Norse: Jan because he got well 80 quick- ly." . "Come and sing, come,' pleaded SBwanhild, slipping her hand. caressingly.into his and drawing him toward the piano. And ingly eno he fonsehted, 4nd this foreign land, they sung together the stir- _{ xing Norway national song. "" CHAPTER XXII. 5 ge % y "My. dear, she, is s Your little Swanhild! Bhe isa born dancer and catches up everything with the greatest ease," said Mme. Lechertier one autumn' afternoon, | when Bigrid at the usual time en- tered the big, bare room where the Frithiof, do |. y "» out, you say," he ng. 'Is e him on a matter of ur| you not come in and wait?' child. "Frithiof will soon "Thank you," said old Herr Siv- 'ertsen. "These stairs are terrible work; I shall be glad not to have to ¢limb them again. But houses are all alike in London--all alike! Story after story, till they're no better than the tower of Babel." '"Frithiof has gone for a walk with a friend of his," she explain: ed: "But he will be home in a few minutes. 1 always persuade him to take a good walk on Batur- day if possible." "In consequence of which he doesn't get through half as much work for me," said Herr Sivertsen. 'However, you are quite right. He ed more exercise. Is he quite well again?' "'Quite well, thank you; though 1 suppose he will never be so strong as. he once was," she said a little sadly. "You see overwork and trouble and poor living must in the long run injure even a strong man." "There are no strong men now- g-room, where Frithof had | Avoid substitutes. mpany, Limited, Montreal a-days, it seems to me,'"' said the old / author gruffly. "They all knock out sooner or later--a de- generate race--a worthless gener- ation." "Well, the doctor says he must have had & very fine constitution to have recovered so fast,"' said Bigrid, * *'8till, I feel rather afraid sometimes of his doing too much again. Were you going to suggest 'some more work for him?" 'Yes, I was; but perhaps it is work in which you could help him," said Herr Bivertsen, and he ex- plained to her his project. "If only I could make time for it,"' she cried, "But you see we all have busy lives. I have to see to house almost entirely and there is always either mending or mak- rom COAL © » TER LIGHT IL (Kerosene) Sanaa ED Baler ence um SRA RAR oh ae 05 Aladdin Bldg. Montreal and On ing in hand. And Swanhild and I are out every afternoon at Madame Lechertier's academy, By the bye, that is why we have on these pea- sant costumes, which must have surprised you." "It is a pretty dress, and takes me back to my old days at home," said Herr Sivertsen. "As to the work, do what you can of it, there is no immediate hurry. Here comes your brother!'"' and the old man at once button-holed Frithiof, while Roy, who had returned with him, was ready enough to talk with Sig- rid as she stood by the fire mak- ing toast, little Swanhild in the meantime setting the table for af- ternoon tea, lighting the lamp, and drawing the curtains. (To be continued.) "A New and Brilliant Era Dawns for Madame Japan. The handy paste in the big can. Ready for instant use, A few rubs bring the shine.' 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