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Niels Lindstedt, a pioneer farmer from Sweden. Niels likes to conceive a plan and then carry it out. Remembering his mother's poverty, he makes his dreams come true by clearing a homestead near Minor and Balfour, in the marsh area of Manitoba. His first sight of Ellen inspires his visions of a wife and children in a comfortable home. He makes a plan to be ready to have Ellen accept his proposal of marriage. This vision motivates Niels, who is ever ready to help neighbors, a steady worker even in winter, and a fair employer who pays his help well. When Ellen makes it clear that she does not want to be married, he leaves and works even harder, even though he is despondent. His lapse with Mrs. Vogel causes him, for the rest of his life, to be plagued by a strong sense of sin because he gave way to his passion. Once out of prison, he goes to Ellen to say that he would accept being a brother to her but is quietly overjoyed with her outpouring that she would attempt to be a wife. Both are very happy, for now they share the same vision. |
