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”'Who took ot somewhere or other and had stuck in his pocket to buy a theatre ticket with It turned out that the iven it to Fru Bjornson For it seemed quite unthinkable to her that the master should have any money to take out with him
”This complete indifference of Bjornson to s In this connection I may tell of a little trip he once took with Jonas Lie
”The two poets, who did not live far apart, had long counted with pleasure upon a trip to Pere Lachaise, where they wished to visit Alfred de Musset's grave At last the day caed earnestly in conversation, they drove away through Paris
”When they came to Pere Lachaise, and wanted to enter the cemetery, the driver stopped them and asked for his pay Then it appeared that neither had any ly explained, and asked hiain But the two gentle soft hats had not inspired the driver with any ree of confidence He reat crowd of the boys, loafers, and well-dressed Frenchmen who always collect on critical occasions The end of the affair was that the poets had to get into their cab again and drive all the long way back without having had a glis, Lie went in to get soe
Nevertheless, both poets ian question, which had accidentally coet all about Alfred de Musset”
Finally, a story iven that is told by Bjornson hiive to a beggar But just as I was going to give thean to wonder whether Karoline had not soars So I took the boots in ot a little worked up because I did not quite dare to give thear myself And the further I went down the steps, the ot, until I stood over her And then I was so angry that I had to bluster at her as if she had doneBut she could not understand a word of what I said, and looked atinto laughter”
From his early years, Bjornson kept in touch with thewith the people of other lands than his own Besides his visits to Denthy sojourns in the chief continental centres of civilization, in Munich, Ron journeys was that which brought him to the United States in the winter of 1880-81, for the purpose of addressing his fellow countrymen in the Northwest
His home for the last thirty years and ion of Southern Norway Here he has been a model farmer, and here, surrounded by his farandchildren,--his patriarchal presence has given dignity to the household, and united its meuests, friends old and new, to enjoy his generous hospitality There has been provision for all, both bed and board, and the heartiest of welcoreeted, as like as not, by the sight of his own country's flag strea the personal greeting that awaited him upon the threshold
Bjornson died in Paris (where he had been spending the winter, as was his custom for many years past), April 26, 1910 He had been ill for several months, and only an extraordinarily robust constitution enabled hi February, when his death had been hourly expected The news of his death occasioned derief not only in his own country, but also throughout the civilized world Every honor that a nation can bestow upon its illustrious dead was decreed hi; a warshi+p was despatched to bear his remains to Christiania, and the pomp and circumstance of a state funeral acclaimed the sense of the nation's loss
LIST OF WORKS
SYNNoVE SOLBAKKEN Fortaelling, 1857 MELLEM SLAGENE Dra, 1858 HALTE-HULDA Dra, 1860 KONG SVERRE 1861 SIGURD SLEMBE 1862 MARIA STUART I SKOTLAND Skuespil, 1864 DE NYGIFTE Ko, 1868 DIGTE OG SANGE 1870 ARNLJOT GELLINE 1870 SIGURD JORSALFAR Skuespil, 1872 FORTAELLINGER I-II, 1872 BRUDE-SLAATTEN Fortaelling, 1873 REDAKToREN Skuespil, 1874 EN FALLIT Skuespil, 1874 KONGEN 1877 MAGNHILD Fortaelling, 1877 KAPTEJN MANSANA Fortaelling fra Italien, 1879 LEONARDA Skuespil, 1879 DET NY SYSTEM Skuespil, 1879 EN HANDSKE Skuespil, 1883 OVER AEVNE Forste Stykke, 1883 DET FLAGER I BYEN OG PAA HAVNEN, 1884 GEOGRAFI OG KJAERLIGHED 1885 PAA GUDS VEJE 1889 NYE FORTAELLINGER 1894 LYSET En Universitetskantate, 1895 OVER AEVNE Andet Stykke, 1895 PAUL LANGE OG TORA PARSBERG 1898 LABOREMUS 1901 TO FORTAELLINGER 1901 PAA STORHOVE Drama, 1904 DAGLANNET 1904 TO TALER 1906
MARY Fortaelling, 1906 VORT SPROG 1907 NAAR DEN NY VIN BLOMSTRER 1909