ELSKET, AND OTHER STORIES
BY THOMAS NELSON PAGE.
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ELSKET
AND OTHER STORIES
BY
THOMAS NELSON PAGE
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1893
COPYRIGHT, 1891, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS.
TO HER MEMORY
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| Elsket | 1 |
| "George Washington's" Last Duel | 52 |
| P'laski's Tunament | 118 |
| Run to Seed | 147 |
| A Soldier of the Empire | 180 |
ELSKET.
"The knife hangs loose in the sheath."
—Old Norsk Proverb.
I spent a month of the summer of 188-in Norway—"Old Norway"—and a friendof mine, Dr. John Robson, who is as great afisherman as he is a physician, and knowsthat I love a stream where the trout and Ican meet each other alone, and have it outface to face, uninterrupted by any interlopers,did me a favor to which I was indebted forthe experience related below. He had beento Norway two years before, and he let meinto the secret of an unexplored region betweenthe Nord Fiord and the Romsdal. Icannot give the name of the place, becauseeven now it has not been fully explored, andhe bound me by a solemn promise that Iwould not divulge it to a single soul, actuallygoing to the length of insisting on my adding...