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The Iron from Ekeby
It was spring, and the iron from all the
Värmland foundries must be sent to Göteborg.
But there was no iron to send from Ekeby. They
had occasionally been short of water in the autumn,
and the cavaliers had managed Ekeby all the spring.
During their occupation, strong bitter ale foamed
down the granite steps of the Björksjö waterfall,
and the long Löfven might have been filled with
brandy insteadof water. While they reigned, no iron
entered the forges, but the smiths stood in their
shirt-sleeves and wooden shoes before the furnaces
and turned enormous steaks över on long spits,
while the smithy boys held larded capons in long
pincers över the glowing coals. In those days
dancing went over the foundry hills. The men slept on
the turning-lathes and played cards on the anvils.
In those days no iron was forged.
Then spring came, and the iron from Ekeby began
to be expected at the merchant’s office in Göteborg.
They turned over the contract made with the
Major and his wife, which spoke of many hundred
tons that might be expected.
But what did the cavaliers care about the contract?
They made merry, and there was joy and
music and banqueting in the land. All they attended
to was that dancing went över the foundry hills.
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