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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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Threats
of
civil
war,
of
a
fight
for
independence,
were
heard
throughout
Norway.
Meetings
were
held
more
or
less
secretly,
and
at
each
of
them
was
some
one
with
well-filled
pockets
and
glib
tongue,
to
enlarge
on
the
country's
wrongs,
and
promise
assistance
from
an
outside
irresistible
power
as
soon
as
they
showed
that
they
meant
to
strike
for
freedom.
No
one
openly
named
the
power.
That
was
not
necessary;
it
was
everywhere
felt
and
understood.
Men
who
were
real
patriots
began
to
believe
in
it.
Their
country
was
wronged.
Here
was
one
to
set
her
right.
Men
whose
honor
was
beyond
question
became
secret
agents
of
this
power.
The
state
was
honeycombed
and
mined;
society
was
a
tangle
of
plots.
The
king
was
helpless,
though
his
only
wish
was
for
the
people's
welfare.
Honest
and
straightforward,
what
could
he
do
against
this
far-reaching
machination?
The
very
advisers
by
his
side
were
corrupted
through
mistaken
patriotism.
The
idea
that
they
were
playing
into
the
hands
of
the
foreigner
certainly
never
entered
into
the
minds
of
these
dupes--at
least,
not
those
of
the
rank
and
file.
One
or
two,
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
member
of
the
Storthing,
a
born
leader,
he
might
have
been
prime
minister
long
ago,
but
for
the
distrust
inspired
by
several
unprincipled
dealings.
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.
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