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"'Glad!' said Pers Persson, 'should I be glad? I thought it was fool's gold, so it seemedbetter to take a certainty for an uncertainty. I sold my share in the mine to Olaf Svard forone hundred dollars.'"He looked very downhearted, and the minister left him standing there with tears in hiseyes."When the minister reached home, he sent a servant to Olaf Svard and his brother askingthem to come to the manse that he might tell them the nature of their find. He felt that hehad had enough of trying to spread the good news himself."But that evening, as the minister sat alone, joy again filled his heart. He went out andstood upon a hillock where he had decided to build the new parsonage. This, of course,should be very grand, as grand as the bishop's home itself. He was not satisfied,moreover, with the idea of repairing the old church. It occurred to him that, as there wasso much wealth in the hamlet, many people would find their way to the place, untilfinally a large town would probably be built around the mine. He reasoned that it wouldbe necessary then to build a large new church in place of the old one, which wouldrequire a great portion of his riches. Neither could he stop here in his dreams, for hethought that when the time came to dedicate this grand new church, the King and manybishops would be there. The King would be glad to see such a church, but he would