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106
JERUP.
Chap. XXXVI.
where lived only a poor cotter, with his two daughters.
One day a poor woman passed by, and begged a little
help in Heaven’s name. Said the eldest sister, “My
hen has just laid an egg; take it, and be welcome.”
But the youngest gave her nothing but harsh words.
Then the poor woman struck the air with her staff,
and there came forth a farm, which she gave to the
eldest daughter. Again she struck the air, and there
appeared a castle, in which lived a “ smaa konge; ”
this she assigned to the youngest; but the girl became
proud and haughty ; her husband soon got tired of her,
and sent her back to her father’s cottage. The elder
sister and all about her thrived—her cattle increased;
her lands were reclaimed; and she and her descendants
grew rich, as the farms round Jerup testify even at this
time. After a delay of half an hour a peasant agrees
to furnish us with two carriages—a low sort of
stuhl-wagen, not on springs, but by no means rough, drawn
by two horses—and bring us back to-morrow, for the
sum of seven dollars each; waggons to come “strax”—
immediately. Now, if there be a detestable word in
the Danish language it is “ strax; ” it always signifies
any space of time, beyond the endurance of human
patience and resignation. At the end of two hours they
come, a splendid pair of young chesnuts; they would
not disgrace Hyde Park; the blacks too are good
serviceable beasts, though less showy. Horse-flesh
improves as we go northwards. From the stables we
drive close to the sea-side, one wheel in the water
along the hard sand. A terrible coast this; the very
shells are pounded into powder by the waves—all save
the pelican’s-foot,* and that is strong enough to resist
* Strombus pes pelicani.
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