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when he wakes up scared.

If you need anything,

I'm in here.

Thanks.

Here's your breakfast.

He's burning up.

Where's that doctor?

He said he'd be here today.

It's only 7:
00.

Listen, you eat your breakfast

before it gets cold.

I'll do this.

You've been very nice.

And thanks

for this, too.

You eat now.

The doc says Davey's

coming along fine.

He'll make it.

We're getting up a kitty

to pay the doc.

The boys was wonderin' if there

was anything else they could do.

Have they got

any books in town?

Books?

I guess

I could round some up.

But I never figured Davey

for much of a reader.

Well, maybe he never had

so much time before.

Aye.

I'll see what I can do.

He ate everything.

Anybody who doesn't

like your cooking

Doesn't want to get well.

He's all right.

He went right back to sleep.

Well, then I'll... I'll

finish this.

You said the other night

that you had a son.

Died ten years ago.

Do you have a wife, too?

She divorced me.

She must have been bad.

No.

Just hated the sight of me.

That's hard to understand.

She did very well with it.

Does it hurt you

to talk about it?

Not anymore.

You mind

if I ask you something?

This is as far

as our ticket would take us.

Well, you were

going to ask that.

Weren't you?

What two Swedes are doing

in a place like this?

That's right.

We didn't know

we were coming here.

My father has an uncle

who lives in California,

And he used to write us

about his place.

So we decided

that's where we wanted to go,

But we didn't know

the country was so big.

So when we got this far

on the train,

We had no more money.

So here we are.

My father says that

when we make enough money,

We shall go to California

and buy land next to my uncle.

Only it's two years now, and

we still haven't made any money.

How's that?

Well, without help, we cannot

farm enough to make money.

And without money,

we cannot hire anyone to help.

Isn't there something

I can do around here

To kinda work off what

I owe you for all this?

You owe us nothing.

Sure I do.

I haven't got any money...

You are a guest.

Father would think

you had very bad manners

If he heard you

talk like that.

It is late.

Yes, father.

He doesn't think

very much of me.

It isn't you. It's our custom

he's thinking of.

What's the custom?

In Sweden, a girl is not

supposed to be alone with a man

Unless he's...

Well, unless they're...

It's a very silly

custom, anyhow.

Good night.

Good night.

Soon the boy will be

well enough to be moved.

He's still

very weak, father.

He's young.

He will get stronger.

Morning.

Good morning.

He's sleeping like a baby.

I wanna ask a favor,

Mr. Swenson.

Ja?

You've been very kind

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