. What happened at Olenberg . sted. Sohe seated himself on a bench, to freshen up a bit beforegoing on. Yet it hardly seemed necessary for him togo any farther, for everybody appeared to have heardabout the meeting by this time, and it really looked asthough more than half the people of the village hadcome back to the square with him. Hulda had come out from behind the chestnut tree,feeling decidedly vexed and disappointed, and wentover to where the young folks were gathered aboutPretzel. They were all talking at once. Some ofthem were begging Pretzel to tell them the news;others were guessing
. What happened at Olenberg . sted. Sohe seated himself on a bench, to freshen up a bit beforegoing on. Yet it hardly seemed necessary for him togo any farther, for everybody appeared to have heardabout the meeting by this time, and it really looked asthough more than half the people of the village hadcome back to the square with him. Hulda had come out from behind the chestnut tree,feeling decidedly vexed and disappointed, and wentover to where the young folks were gathered aboutPretzel. They were all talking at once. Some ofthem were begging Pretzel to tell them the news;others were guessing at what it was, and still otherswere saying it was a shame to keep them waiting like this, even though it was now only a little over an hour 80 AT OLENBERG 81 and a half before the time set for the meeting; whileoff on one side a group of women were jabbering in ex-cited whispers, with their fingers to their lips and act-ing altogether as though they were discussing sometremendous secret. Nor is it hard to guess what it was;. for if Louisa and Mammy Grimm had each a specialfriend to whom they told the news, it is easy to imaginethat each of these special friends also had a specialfriend who must be let into the secret. It is no won-der, therefore, that there were such mysterious whisper-ings and excited exclamations, and such a nodding of 82 WHAT HAPPENED heads, and altogether such goings-on, that the othervillagers could not think what it meant, unless it mightbe that a surprise party was being planned for some-bodys birthday. Have you found out yet what the news is? criedthe two dairymaids, as Hulda came up. Tut, tut, said Pretzel, who overheard knows the news yet—nobody but me. Dont be so sure about that, called back a big,rosy-faced young woman. It was Matilda Feesel, andshe turned up her nose at Pretzel and gave him a verysarcastic smile. I guess I know as much about thenews as you do. Pretzel shook his finger at her in his slow, deliberateway, and said: Mat
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