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"would have it that 'alio 'must 'needs have holp
and each person would have a difforent
version of the pitiable condition in '-which
"poverty had placed her.
That night Anne was busy, For years
she had boon gathering the finest of 'wool.
She surveyed the accumulated results of her
labor "with pride. Her boforo doubtful fnco,
now firm, road I will.
The next day, 'wl 'mi 'Capt. HaansOn,
stepped in, putting his p'with the shining
'gold braid on the comraodo, he found Anne
;busy spinning. ' ll gnoss, ' ' he said smilingly,
stroking his fierce mustache, "that Anno
Xowo has already hoard of the fair. There
vcan be no doubt she intends to win."
After he had told her more explicitly con
corning the conditions ho politely bade her
"Good Day," and wont on a similar orrand
to the next housewife At each placo, how
'ovor, ho found tracos of Karon's work. Ho
told mo one day as wo walked up larkt
'Gado that ho guessed she must bo a sort of
a "Hoxe-kono" and that she could make
trouble for poople.
How Anne 'worked spun wove cdl
'orod. ;Sho admired the cloth, now blue,
now gold in the sunlight that fell upon it
through the little south window. She
'wrapped it up in the village, "Avis" anil
'opened the packago three times that day.
Anno had received a letter from America.
'How eagerly she broke the seal. "I knew it
was from him." Hor husband told how
strange was the now land, itsOastloGardon,
its great buildings, how he had shipped to
the "Bahamas and would have boon lost if
U'acob Koxo had not thrown him a ropo as
he struggled in the waves. ;Ho told how ho
had boon unable to got his spay. ' 'But
Anno hastened over this. "Now I
have "gone to tho west, worked on the rail
roads and soon I will sond 3011 money to
come."
Anne now 'worked 'with redoubled energy.
She 'wished to show hor husband that she,
too, would help make a homo.
The eventful evening had arrived. Anno
'had come to Oapt. Haanson's kitchen 'with
hor cloth, and it "was 'now on 'exhibition in
tho largo room. Everyone was tihoro, loud
mouthed Karne MariD, talking out by 'tihe
gardon, timid Johanne in a corner of 'the
largo room, silently surveying the groat
variety of cloth, hor "wandering dyes now
and then resting on a piece, "which in 'the
yellow glow of the fish-oil lamps, "was now
blue now gold.
As the Tillage critics examined the 'doth,
noting whether it "was good or bad, or in
difforont, it seemed their unanimous opinion
that Anne's production "was the best and
accordingly it received tho prize. Of -course,
there wore those "who thought otherwise, and
old Karon got enough new gossip to make
horsolf a welcomo guest at some houses for
a long time to come. Anne Lowe
thanked tho kind Father for His mercies
shown unto hor. That night it soemod 'as if
hor prayer "was beginning to bo answered.
Soon another letter came and with it a
yollow papor- -an order for money. It "was
noised about that Anno Lowe waB to dispose
of her goods and sail to Amorica.
Anne had watched the purple and tgolfl
spreading over tho hoavonB from tho misty
mountains of Sweden, mado ;bold'when 'the
sun in his majesty rose above the horizon
making gladness in the hearts of these poor
people.
That afternoon, from the Sock of a little
steamer she waves hor handkerchief to 5her
friends standing on the wharf. She casts "a
glance at tho old house, now bleak and
lonely behind tho spectral beeches. She
turns away, hor hankorchiof to hor eyeB.
Tho voyage is long and tedious. As the
captain comes by ho has always a 'kind 'word
for little Valdomar, who smiles and some
times tries to talk. But on the last half of
tho voyage ho becomes sick, tho captain can
not speak much more to him, but Anno does
not become down-hearted. She arrives at
'Castle Gardon, tho rain splashing into 'their
'wooden shoes. She is hustled into a train.
All is strango; all is hurry as if rushing
'with tho great train itself. Peter thought'it
'was tho veritable Jotunland, which his