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ONLY A MONTH; OR, A CURIOUS MYSTERY EXPLAINED. CKAPTEB I.- ' "There' is M'ss Morgan," ex claimed Cecil, "that lady in a blue ulster ; and there is her uncle just Joining her." "Many thanks for your kind help," said Frithiof, and with a second bow and a smile from his frank eyes he passed on and ap- proached Mr. Morgan. "Welcome to Norway, sir," he exclaimed, greeting the traveler with the easy courteous manner pe- culiar to Norwegians. "I hope you have made a good voyage." "Oh, how do you do, Mr. Falckl" said the Englishman, scanning him from head to foot as he shook hands and speaking very loud, as if tho foreigner were deaf. "Very good of you to meet us, I'm sure. My j niece, Miss Blanche Morgan." Frithiof bowed, and his heart be- 1 gan to beat fast as a pair of most lovely dark-gray eyes gave him such a glance as he had never before re- - ceived. "My sister is much looking for- ward to the pleasure of making your acquaintance," he said. "Ah!" exclaimed Blanche, "how beautifully you epeak English ! And how you will laugh at me when I tell you that I have been learning Norwegian for fear there should be dead silence between us." "Indeed, there is nothing which pleases us so much aa that you should learn our tongue," he said, smiling. "My English is just now in its zenith, for I passed the win- ter with an English clergyman at Hanover for the sake of improving it." "But why not have come to Eng- land ?" said Blanche. "Well, I had before that been with a German family at Hanover to perfect myself in German, and I liked the place well, and this Eng- lishman was very pleasant, so I ' thought if I stayed there it would be 'to kill two flics with one dash,' as we say in Norway. When I come to England that will be for a holi- day, for nothing at all but plea- sure." "Let ine introduce my nephew," Raid Mr. Morgan, as Cyril strolled up. "And this is my daughter. How now, Florence, have you found your boxes?" "Allow me," said Frithiof; "if you will tell me what to look for I will see that the hotel porter takes it all." There was a general adjournment to the region of pushing and con- fusion and luggage, and before long Frithiof had taken the travelers to his father's carriage, and they were driving through the long, pictur- -M|iie Strandgaden. Very few ve- hicles passed through this main <tr<-'t, but throngs of pedestrians walked leisurely along, or stood in groups talking and laughing, the women chiefly wearing full skirts of dark-blue serge, short jackets to match, and little round blue serge hoods surmounting their clean white caps; the men also in dark blue with broad felt hats. To Knglish visitors there is an in- describable charm in the primitive simplicity, the easy informality of the i>] !.< ; and Frithiof was well content with the delighted excla- mations of the new-comers. "What charming ponies!" cried Blanche. "Look how oddly their manes are cut short manes and long tails ! How funny ! we do just the opposite. And they all seem cream-colored." "This side, Blanche, quick! A lot of peasants in sabots ! and oh ! just look at those lovely red gables 1" "How nice the people look, too, so different to people in an English street. What makes you all so hap- py over here 1" "Why, what should make us un- happy 1" said Frithiof. "We lovo our country and our town, we are' the freest people in the world, and life is a great pleasure in itself, j don't you think ? But away in the mountains our people are much more grave. Life is too lonely there. Here in Bergen it is per- , fcction." Cyril Morgan regarded the speak- er with a pitying eye, and perhaps would have enlightened his ^absurd ignorance and discoursed of Pall Mall and Picadilly, had not they just then arrived at Holdt's Hotel. [ Frithiof merely waited to see that they approved of their rooms, gave them the necessary information as to bankers and lionizing ; received ; Mr. Morgan's assurance that the whole party would dine at Hcrr Falck' s the next day, and then, having previously dismissed the car- riage, set out at a brisker pace than usual on his walk home. Blanche Morgan's surprise at the happy-looking people somehow amused him. Was it then an out- of-the-way thing for people to enjoy life? For his own part mere exist- ence satisfied him. But then he was as yet quite unacquainted with trouble. The death of his mother when he was only eleven years old had been at the time a great grief, but it had in no way clouded his after-life, he had been scarcely old enough to realize the greatness of his loss. Its effect had been to make him cling more closely to those who were left to him to his father, to his twin-sister, Sigrid, and to the little baby, Swanhild (Svarnheel), whose birth had cost so much. The home life was an extremely happy one to look back on, and now that his year of absence was over and his education finished it seemed to him that all was exactly as he would have it. Faintly in the dis- tance he looked forward to further success and happiness ; being a fer- vent patriot, lie hoped some day to be a king's minister- the sum- mit of a Norwegian's ambition ; and being human he had visions of an ideal wife and an ideal home of his own. But the political career could very well wait, and the wife too, for the matter of that. Take BOVRIL not medicine. If you are not feeling quite up to the mark take a cup of Bovril daily. It will strengthen you. and. more still, it will enable you to properly digest and benefit by your ordinary meals. CHAPTER II. Herr Falck lived in one of the pretty, unpretentious houses in Klavedalen, which are chiefly owned by the rich merchants of Bergen. 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Made in 4 styles sizes from8"to aa" in width with and without (Trass-catch- ing attachment Your hardware man probably has nil liter in Maxwell)* I^i-.v u Mowers i/ ' not lie can get It for you. Insist on Maxwell. Write na O..U MiiU 4 Soil, common sense, and her judgment was seldom at fault, while, like most Norwegian girls, slio had a most charmingly simple manner, and an unaffected light-heartedness which it did one good to eee. "Well, what news?" she exclaim- ed. "Have they come all right 1 Are they nice f" "Nice ia not the word! Charm- ing ! beautiful ! To-morrow you will see if I have spoken too strongly." "He says she is eve a prettier than you, Sigrid," said Swanhild, mis- chievously. "Prettier than any one we ever saw." "She? Which of them?" "Miss Blanche Morgan, the daughter of the head of the firm, you know." "And the other one?" "I hardly know,T didn't look at her much ; the others all seemed to me much like ordinary English tour- ists. But she well, you will see to-morrow." "How I wish they were coming to-night! you make me quite curi- ous. And father seems so excited Bergen houses it was built of wood. In the windows one could see flow- ers, and beyond them white muslin curtains, for aestheticism had not yet penetrated to Norway. The dark-tiled roof was outlined against a wooded hill rising immediately behind, with here and there gray rocks peeping through the summer green of the trees, while in front the chief windows looked on to a pretty terrace with carefully kept flower-beds, then down the wooden hillside heights on the further shore and on one side a break in the chain of mountains and a lovely stretch of open country. To the extreme left was the giant Ulriken, some- times shining and glistening, some- times frowning and dark, but al- ways beautiful ; while to the right you caught a glimpse of Bergen with its quaint cathedral tower, and away in the distance the fjord like a shining silver band in the BUD. As Frithiof walked along the grassy terrace he could hear sounds of music floating from the house ; Eomc one was playing a most in- spiriting waltz; and as soon as he had reached the open French win- dow of his father's study, a quaint pair of dancers became visible. A slim little girl of ten years old, with very short petticoats, and very long golden hair braided into a pig-tail, held by the front paws a fine Esqui- mau dog, who seemed quite to enter into the fun and danced and cap- ered most cleverly, obediently keep- ing his long pointed hose over his partner's shoulder. The effect was so comical that Frithoif stood laughingly by to watch the perform- ance for fully half a minute, then, unablo to resist his own desire to dance, he unceremoniously called Lillo, the dog, away and whirled off little Swanhild in the rapid waltz which Norwegians delight in ; the languid grace of a London ball- room would have had no charms for him, his dancing was full of firo and impetuosity, and Swanhild, too, danced very well ; it had come to them both as naturally as breath- ing. "This is better t'.ian Lillo," ad- mitted the child. "Somehow he's so dreadfully heavy to get round. Have the English people come ? What are they like?" "Oh, they're middling," said Frithiof, "all except tho niece, and she is charming." "Is she pretty?" "Prettier than any one yoxi ever saw in your life." "Not prettier than Sigrid?" said tho little sister, confidently. "Wait till you see," said Frithi- of. "She is a brunette and per- fectly lovely. There now!" as tho music ceased, "Bigrid has folt her left ear burning, and knows that we aro speaking evil of her. Let us come to confess." With his arm still round the child he entered the pretty, bright-look- ing roonj to tho right. Sigrid was :.t 1 1 ! at the piano, hut she Ka<l heard his voice and had turned round with eager expectation in her face. The brother and sister were very much alike ; each had the same well- cut Greek features, but Frithiof'n face was broader and stronger, and you could tell at a glance that h was the more intellectual of the two. On the other hand, Sigril possessed a delightful fund oi quiet Possessing exquisite freshness and a fullness of flavor not found in other teas CEYLON TEA- "Pure and Clean to a Leaf" BLACK, MIXED OR I Sealed Packets Only NATURAL GREEN I Beware of Imitations 05 MR. i.i:0li . ,. A. I'UTNAM, For nine years the Superintend- ent of Women's Institutes of On- tario. about their coming. I. have not seen him so much pleased about anything for a long time." "Is he at home?" "No; he went for a walk, his head was bad again. That is the only thing that troubles me about him, his headaches seem to have become almost chronic this last year." A shade came over her bright face, and Frithiof, too, looked grave. "He works very much too hard,' ho said; "but as soon as I come u! age and am taken into partnership he will be more free to take a thor ough rest. At present I might just as well be in Germany as far as work goes, for he -will hardly let me do anything to help him." "Here he comes, here be comes !" cried Swanhild, who had wander- ed away to the window, and with one accord they all ran out to meet the head of the house, Lillo bound- ing out in front and springing \ip at his master with a loving greet- ing. Herr Falck was a very pleasant- Shiloh's Gun STOPS COUGHS HKALS THE LONGS . 25 ChMS looking man of about fifty ; he had the same well-chiseled features as Frithiof, the same broad forehead, clearly marked, level brows, and flexible lips, but his eyes had more of gray and less of blue in them, and a practiced observer would have detected in their keen glance an anxiety which could not wholly disguise itself. His hair and whis- kers were iron-gray, and he was an inch or two shorter than his son. They all stood talking together at the door, the English visitors still forming the staple of conversation, and the anxiety giving place to ea- ger hope in Herr Falck's eyes as Frithiof once more sung the praises of Blanche Morgan. "Have they formed any plan for their tour?" he asked. "No; they mean to talk it over with you and get your advice. They all professed to have a horror of Baedeker, though even with your help I don't think they will get far without him." 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