HE AGAIN HARANGUES THE PEOPLE. 



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to protection ; and as a proof of this being the general 

 feeling, no one but the treacherous villain, Arendt Persson 

 of Ornas, was found so lost to all sense of shame, as to be 

 willing for the sake of gold, to betray him. 





GUSTAVUS HARANGUING THE PEOPLE. 



Shortly afterwards, on a holiday during Christmas, and 

 as the congregation were coming out of Mora church, 

 Gustavus stationed himself on a rising ground hard by the 

 sacred edifice, for the purpose of addressing the people. It 

 was about noon, and a brisk north wind was blowing at the 

 time, which on occasions of moment like the present, is 

 always considered by the Dalecarlians a favourable omen ; 

 and the sun, which then little more than topped the moun- 

 tain of Esung, spread its glorious rays over the snowy 

 heights in the vicinity. The knight's intention of making a 



