Chapter I: Front Matter

KING FREDERIK AT HOME 257

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“Post Office” _Frontispiece_

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“Where blossoming lilacs dip over garden walls” 9

“The old Domkirke reared its gray head” _facing_ 12

The Causeway in a Storm 15

Fanö Women 21

Seal of the Old Town in the Thirteenth Century 26

An Old House 31

The Iron Hand 32

A Watchman 38

“He found his prisoner faithfully guarding
the gun when he came back” _facing_ 48

“Eyes that spoke of things unseen by the crowd” 49

Peer Down’s Slip _facing_ 50

Neighbor Quedens 52

The Good Dean of the Domkirke 58

The Wife of the Middle-miller 60

Venus 61

“Did the honors on ceremonial occasions” _facing_ 62

Liar Hans 65

The Old Family Doctor _facing_ 74

“They crept about, the old men with their staffs” 77

The Christmas Sheaf 78

The Nisse _facing_ 80

“Blowing in Yule from the grim old tower” ” 84

“The whole family turned to and helped” ” 92

“We joined hands and danced around the tree” ” 95

“We ‘smashed’ the New Year in” ” 100

“We caught them napping there one dark night” ” 102

Getting Ready for the Review 104

The Stork came in April _facing_ 104

A Girl from the North Sea Islands ” 112

“There were booths with toys
and booths with trumpets” ” 115

The Girl Market ” 119

Where the Cows go in through the Street Door 121

“Trenchers of steaming sausage” 130

“I threw the last pebble” 141

King Harald’s Stone 143

“In my dreams I sit by the creek” 146

Where I shot my First Duck _facing_ 147

Picking Rävlinger in the Moor 153

Dagmar’s Despoiled Tomb 159

In Holme Week--The Old Ferry Raft _facing_ 162

Cruising up to the Seem Church 167

Riberhus 169

The King’s Ride over the Moor 176

“For God and the King” _facing_ 179

“The King and his men knelt
upon the battlefield” ” 180

Danish Women ransomed their King ” 181

“Comforted the King in sorrow and defeat” 181

Jackdaws in Council 186

“Ha! you were just going to fire it” 195

The Latin School Teachers 198

The Chimney-sweep 207

“We saw it on moonlight nights” 209

The North Gate 212

The Emperor’s Birthday _facing_ 215

“It’s come” 227

The Accursed Candlestick 229

A Strange Figure in Kilts 234

The Restored Domkirke _facing_ 235

The Cat-head Door ” 237

The Old Cloister-church 239

King Christian comes from Church 249

King Frederik 259

THE OLD TOWN