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The Baby’s Mother
The baby was born in a peasant hut, east of the
Klarälfven. Its mother had come there one
day at the beginning of June seeking work. She had
been unfortunate, she told the crofter’s wife, and
her mother had been so hard to her that she had
been obliged to run away from home. She said her
name was Elizabeth Karlsdotter, but she would
not say where she came from, because, if any
one told her parents, and they found her, she felt
they would persecute her to death. She asked for
no wage, only food and a roof over her head. She
could work, weave or spin or look after the
cows,—whatever they pleased. She might even pay for
her keep, if they demanded it.
She had been cunning enough to come barefoot
to the cottage, carrying her shoes under her arm;
her hands showed traces of hard work; she spoke
the language of the country, and was dressed as a
peasant woman. They believed her.
The crofter thought she looked feeble, and did
not count much upon her working capacity, but
the poor thing must live somewhere, so she was
allowed to stay.
There was something about her that made
everybody on the farm friendly toward her. She had
come to the right place, for they were serious and
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