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The Father
A Story by Björnson
[This dramatic little tale by the late Björnstjerne Björnson is so simply told that it seems almost destitute of art, which is to say its art is of the highest kind, for the art of simplicity, as every writer knows, is the hardest to achieve. It was translated into English a few weeks ago, for the first time, for the Boston Transcript, from which we reprint it.]
The man about whom this story is told was the mightiest in his parish. His name was Thord Overaas. He stood one day in the pastor's study, tall and serious. "I have been given a son," he said, "and wish to have him christened."
"What shall he be called?"
"Finn, after my father."
"And the sponsors?"
They were named, and were the best men and women in the community of the father's family.