The Legend of the White Reindeer 
tried, selected, and bought by the arch-enemy, 
knew the real object in view, and the chief of 
these was Borgrevinck, a former lansman of 
Nordlands. A man of unusual gifts, a mem- 
ber of the Storthing, a born leader, he might 
have been prime minister long ago, but for the 
distrust inspired by several unprincipled deal- 
ings. Soured by what he considered want of 
appreciation, balked in his ambition, he was a 
ready tool when the foreign agent sounded 
him. At first his patriotism had to be sopped, 
but that necessity disappeared as the game 
went on, and perhaps he alone, of the whole 
far-reaching conspiracy, was prepared to strike 
at the Union for the benefit of the foreigner. 
Plans were being perfected,—army officers 
being secretly misled and won over by the 
specious talk of ‘their country’s wrongs,” and 
each move made Borgrevinck more surely the 
head of it all,—when a quarrel between him- 
self and the “deliverer” occurred over the 
question of recompense. Wealth untold they 
were willing to furnish; but regal power, never. 
The quarrel became more acute. Borgrevinck 
continued to attend all meetings, but was ever 
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