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 CHAPTER I [Illustration] The other day, when I was busy in my garden, I heard the whir of swift wings and saw a flight of birds coming from the hills in the east. Something in the way in which they flew stirred me with a sudden thrill, and I stood up, feeling forty years younger all at once.