Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories Author: Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen Release Date: November 2, 2004 [EBook #13929] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ILKA ON THE HILL-TOP *** Produced by Ted Garvin, Cori Samuel and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. ILKA ON THE HILL-TOP AND OTHER STORIES BY HJALMAR HJORTH BOYESEN AUTHOR OF "GUNNAR," "FALCONBERG," ETC. SECOND EDITION NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1881, 1891 TROW'S PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING CO., 201-213 East 12th St., NEW YORK To DR. EGBERT GUERNSEY. DEAR DOCTOR: I can never expect adequately to repay you for your many valuable services to me and mine. Nevertheless, in recognition of what you have been to us, allow me to dedicate this unpretentious volume to you. I shall have more respect for my little stories if in some way they are associated with your name. Very sincerely yours, HJALMAR H. BOYESEN. NEW YORK, January, 1881. CONTENTS ILKA ON THE HILL-TOP ANNUNCIATA UNDER THE GLACIER A KNIGHT OF DANNEBROG MABEL AND I HOW MR. STORM MET HIS DESTINY ILKA ON THE HILL-TOP Mr.