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friends when at Upsala (as indeed was the case with his 

 brother collegians generally, for by his kindness and conci- 

 liatory manners he had made himse]f much beloved) ; yet, after 

 his recent experience at Ornas, he cared not to make him- 

 self known, until after he had ascertained the political bias 

 of the parson. In furtherance of this object, therefore, he 

 went into the barn, and assisted the servants in thrashing. 

 But as he soon learned from the conversation of his com- 

 rades that their master was a true Swede, and anything but 

 attached to the Danish party, he boldly avowed himself to 

 Jon, who gave him a most hearty and hospitable welcome. 

 Thus kindly received, the knight spent several days at this 

 place, for the most part in consultation with his generous 

 entertainer, as to the best means of delivering their common 

 father-land from the yoke of the stranger. 



But in the meantime Persson and the Fogde had made 

 public proclamation that Gustavus was in Dalecarlia ; and 

 all the bridges and passes were in consequence strictly 

 guarded ; and the country swarmed with emissaries of 

 Christian, who searched for him in every direction. His 

 situation was now perilous enough, but rendered doubly 

 so by the suspicions of his fellow-servants. On one occa- 

 sion, Jon's housekeeper coming unexpectedly into her 

 master's room, found him respectfully offering a towel to 

 the strange servant, who was then making his toilet; and 

 though on her inquiring the cause of this singular pro- 

 ceeding, the parson managed to put her off with some excuse 

 or other, he saw it would not be prudent for Gustavus to 

 remain under his roof, and therefore sent him to a trusty 

 peasant, named Sven Elfsson, who lived at a hamlet called 

 Isala. 



