He accompanied him on his excursions to the mountains, and across the highest table-lands of the Telemark.

The young sailor seemed as much at home in the fields as in the fiords, and never lagged behind unless it was to keep his cousin Hulda company.
A close friendship gradually sprung up between Joel and Ole, and quite naturally the same sentiment assumed a different form in respect to the young girl.

Joel, of course, encouraged it.

Where would his sister ever find a better fellow, a more sympathetic nature, a warmer and more devoted heart?
With Ole for a husband, Hulda's happiness was assured.

So it was with the entire approval of her mother and brother that the young girl followed the natural promptings of her heart.
Though these people of the North are undemonstrative, they must not be accused of a want of sensibility.