"Aleksi, come and help your sister!" "Daddy, take me to the woods with you" "Don't take him." "He's too little." "He has to help out with his sister" "That's women's work." "I want to go hunting" "Let the boy go." "The forest runs in his veins" "Get some clothes, we'll spend the night in the lean-to" "A handsome grouse." "That it is" "It's a good life here in the woods" "You're your own lord and master." "With no one bossing you around" "The 1910s" "My back is killing me." "Let's saw higher up" "What if they'll complain?" "l reckon they won't" "Good Morning." "Good Morning" "Hell, this is no good." "It's a waste of a tree I'll have to reduce your pay" "There's no need for that lf you're not happy with the rules, go work somewhere else" "To hell with the company rules!" "That damned posse!" "A pay cut for a few measly inches" "The workers pay dearly for the capitalists' profits" "Sounds like you've been going to those agitators' meetings in town" "They're telling the truth." "Bosses don't care about our health" "Look at me, with this darned lumbago" "And that one's gonna die of tuberculosis soon" "No one's forcing us to be here" "Who the hell is that?" "is he sneering at us?" "He's Hihnavaara's son." "They call him Mosku" "God damned hell!" "My ankle!" "is it badly hurt?" "Sprained." "Damn this life on a log site!" "Alright if I sit here?" "Go ahead" "How's your ankle, Kuisma?" "Getting better" "You could have been hurt even worse" "Vodka!" "Should we buy some?" "Yeah, let's get some" "Tomorrow's a working day." "lt's for medicinal purposes" "How much is three bottles?" "Five, five" "Aapo, pay him" "I won!" "They'd just lose it on cards." "It's safe with me" "What the hell did that Russkie sell us?" "My head's spinning" "Mine too." "Like I was about to die" "You call this food?" "A man can't keep going on reindeer piss!" "Go wash your mouth with soap." "It's not my fault there's no meat ls this your idea of a job site?" "The food is inedible and thieves keep looting the men's beds" "Aapo and I got robbed last night." "You have hangovers" "You got drunk and lost your money." "There are no thieves here" "The meat delivery got stalled." "We'll sort out the situation soon" "Have you seen the storekeeper?" "Nope" "Gone out drinking again" "Mosku, can you read and count?" " l reckon I can" "Follow me." "You got the storekeeper's job" "And Henteri's coming with us" "So they made him a storekeeper?" "Like he could handle the job I wonder if he even knows how to write" "Tobacco... tea..." "barley... coffee" "I'll mind the books outside while you hand me the goods from inside" "We're not letting the boys in to steal." "Understood?" "Understood" "Next!" "I'll have some coffee and tobacco." "Coffee and tobacco" "He's putting on airs." "He sure is" "Next!" "Have any booze to sell?" "There's no booze" "So give me some coffee and tobacco then" "Cash only." "You have too many card debts" "Don't mess with me." "What's stopping me?" "Go back to the shore." "Next!" "He's rotten to the bone." "Cheating workers like no one can" "Take it easy, I'll get rid of him" "Aapo, let's get out of here!" "Fine" "Next!" "Mosku, help!" "Help!" "Put the ax away and weigh the anchor or I'll slice his neck!" "To the raft, uickly!" "Damned, damned, hell!" "Don't." "The log floaters might hear it and come to the rescue" "Next time I'll skin you like a goose" "I put in a little bonus for good work" "So what do you say, shall we continue our partnership?" "Why not, if we can agree on the pay I think we can." "So let's drink to that" "Good thing we made it to Matti's house before dark." "It's a long haul - from here to Korvanen." "And we're all weary of walking" "The brand on these reindeer is not Matti's" "Look who's here." "With a gun and all ls the master of the house home?" "Yes, he is ls he inside?" "He's right here" "This is Matti's house." "lt was, before he sold it to me" "He sold it to you, eh?" "Aapo, gimme the bottle." "My mouth is dry from all that walking" "We're not spending the night with that lackey for the logging bosses" "Where did he get money for a house?" "He's only got a few reindeer" "Accordionist, let's hear some music!" "Have a drink first to warm up your fingers" "Please, just a little flour." "The kids are ill and hungry" "No more credit for you." "Your men are out in the yard drinking lf they went to work, there'd be food for the kids too" "Once the revolution begins you'll lose all your goods!" "What a load of nonsense." "So what can I do for you, Mosku?" "I have a couple of tubs of fish in the boat." "Would you buy some?" "Well, they're always needed." "What do you want for them?" "I need some coffee, bread and salt. -lt's a deal" "Let's go to the parlor" "The master sent me for some coffee, tobacco and matches" "She's a pretty girl, that Mari." "She'd make you a fine woman" "Would you buy some furs?" "I have fox furs at home" "Yeah, well, I usually keep some in store- but they've been going cheap lately because of the big war in Europe" "You should try selling them to Russia, Murmansk perhaps" "You'll get a better price there" "Pekka!" "Can you help Mosku carry the fish tubs into the cellar?" "Sure" "Look at him." "Eating like a pig while our children are starving" "Drink with us workers, Mosku!" "He's the bosses' henchman" "Give me a drink I hear they're rallying troops in town." "There'll be an uprising, no doubt" "Should we join the troops in town?" "Why bother?" "Politics will just get you in trouble" "is it Mitri?" "What brings you to the Finnish side of the border?" "Who's asking?" "Mosku lt's a free country for anyone to walk through" "They're not Finnish reindeer you're leading there?" "These are my own reindeer" "Drop by for tea with me if you cross to the Russian side" "Greetings, Tovaris Mosku" "Keep your hand off the trigger." "Give me the gun, butt first" "Looks like our storekeeper has set out on a trading expedition" "You shouldn't wander in the woods alone, you might run into a bear" "Nice pants." "Take them off" "Some nerve you had, hitting me on the head with an ax" "You know what a headache feels like, Mosku?" "You'll know soon enough" "A tough goose will soften nicely on a cold perch" "Mosku!" "Nice fur coat and nice pants!" "Thanks for the merchandise." "The furs will sell well in Russia" "Harasho, Mosku!" "Who did this to you?" "Give me a cigarette" "Civil war has started, and you're running butt-naked in the wild" "Let's go inside" "The Reds' headuarters have fallen in Tampere" "The Red Guards in Oulu and Kemi further north have been disarmed ln Tornio the Reds were beaten in battle and their leaders executed" "But hundreds of Reds managed to escape to the eastern borderlands- and now these gangs of vengeful bandits are here to pester us" "The civil guard has managed to maintain order in our village" "Although we have no resources for military operations, we need to act" "Reindeer owners in the borderlands must be protected from the bandits" "The Kuronen Brothers went looking for lost herds around calving time- and still have not returned I wouldn't cross the border now, what with the shooting and all" "The rebels may join forces with the local bandits" "The ones I hear Mosku has had personal experience of I can confirm I found Mosku stripped to his long johns, running in the wild" "He had run into Rupipää's gang." "His head was bruised and battered" "You had to tell everyone that?" "I suggest we send out troops to look for the stolen reindeer" "Are you up to the task, Mosku?" "l might very well be I'd go too but I've got some brickwork to do at home" "Maybe I'll join in later in the summer" "Troops need to set out right away." "Any other volunteers?" "I might as well go alone." "Better chance of going unnoticed" "So that's settled then." "Right" "Mosku knows the area the best, and he has no family to care for l'll arrange for you to have policeman's authority" "You'll report to me. I'll send you back-up, if need be I need a gun and cartridges" "So Mosku, you still remember how to read and write?" "Sure do, you taught me well" "And that was ten years since." "Has it been of any use?" "Indeed it has." "Made me storekeeper on the log floating team" "Nowadays only guns seem to be of any use" "I have no more to give" "We're short of everything now" "Someone's coming" "It's that devil, Mosku!" "The slaughterers' henchman" "What the hell?" "Don't shoot!" "They'll hear it at the house and shoot us as rebels" "Maybe you're right I know a hut in the woods." "Let's hide there until things calm down" "You're a smarter man than I thought" "It's a pity though." "I had him nicely in my sight" "You old cow!" "I'll kill you" "Across the river!" "Damn!" "It's just one man!" "What's the rush?" "The bandits came." "They killed my father and stole our reindeer" "How many were they?" "There were five of them" "Where?" "Three kilometers that way" "Behind the steep hill" "Take me with you" "Can you shoot?" "Yes." "I've hunted with my father" "Can you manage?" "Yes" "Mosku, help!" "Put... gun away!" "Where's the camp?" "Where's Rupipää?" "Don't kill him!" "Follow the tracks back home." "I've no time to look after you" "Mosku..." "Mosku's by the brook!" "Let's go!" "You hit for the gully..." "Kriska!" "Darn us all!" "Mosku is in the camp!" "Mosku, you devil!" "Kriska!" "You two go that way, and you go that way" "Join my gang" "We've got the same blood running in our veins" "Together we'll be kings- share what we take from fools, like the first brothers before us" "Mosku didn't bring back any reindeer." " He sure didn't" "But this time he got to keep his pants" "They say he's been killing Skolts on his journeys" "Cut the head off one of them and stuck it on a pole" "Christ!" "Do you always greet your guests with a gun?" "You never know who comes in through the door" "Your house looks like a campsite." "Plenty of work here for a wife" "There's a reason why you came here?" "Yes" "Master Sau sent for you." "Some high officer wants to see you" "A high officer, you say?" "Look at your pants." "The knees are all worn out" "The forest takes its toll" "That's some pagan country we've got here" "Hundreds of kilometers of Russian border" "is that him?" "Yes" "Moves in the woods like a wolverine, is as nasty too" "Mosku?" "I'm Commander Wallenius from the Lapland Border Guard I need a good guide to the borderlands.-l know the area I hear you've been chasing reindeer thieves there." "Them too I plan to cross to the Russian side to fetch the stolen reindeer" "Will you come as our guide?" "Hell, I might as well" "Can you show me where we should look for the reindeer?" "The map's not right." "That's a river, not a lake" "And that hill is further south." "This map will lead you astray" "Really?" "l trust Mosku more than the map l hear there was a problem with arms the last time you went I'll let you borrow this" "On behalf of the State I promise you won't run out of cartridges" "That's a rifle and a pistol, packed in one" "Where did you get it?" "From Wallenius" "Wallenius." "Selmi I'm Ali" "So no one else came from the village?" "No" "They'd just get in the way. lt's me and Mosku the Skolts are scared of" "They call you Evil Mosku" "The say you've stuck a reindeer thief's head on a pole" "That's just a crock of shit" "You're making a name for yourself" "What is this?" "A shelter for the Skolts' reindeer" "That lake is not on the map." "Where are we?" "The path we're on will find its way" "is it far?" "Behind the hill." "We'll leave the reindeer here" "There's someone in the yard." "Do you know him, Mosku?" "Those are my pants" "Darn it, it's them" "We'll encircle the house." "The three of you take the left side" "Mosku and I will take care of the men in the yard" "Try to avoid shooting." "l'll take the man with the pants" "Let's go" "Put the ax away" "Those are my pants, you devil" "We found these in the shed." "Finnish furs." "From my reindeer!" "You keep watch." "Selmi!" "Damned thieves!" "Keep it down" "Start talking!" "Where's Rupipää?" "And the stolen reindeer?" "He went to join the revolution." "And the reindeer?" "Over there, a couple of kilometers from here" "What's the problem?" "l need to take a shit" "You can shit in your pants." "Hell, no" "Can you go with the prisoner, Selmi?" "Let him relieve himself." "Yes, sir" "We'll take a cigarette break" "Get the belt!" "Too long for a shit" "You're some shit guard." "What happened?" "Major, sir, he had freed his hands." "He took me by surprise" "He's too far by now to catch." "We've blown our chance of surprise" "There's just a few weaklings left there." "Are you trying to fool us?" "Where are the rest of the reindeer?" "Rupipää sold them to Murmansk" "They're lost and gone." "Turned into fur coats for Russian ladies'" "These are Skolt reindeer lf there's no other law known here we'll apply the law of the wilds" "How many of the furs came from Finnish reindeer?" "Thirteen, I counted" "We'll take thirteen reindeer." "Why bother to count?" "Rupipää's robbed hundreds of heads from us." "We'll take those in return" "We have no right to confiscate all the Skolts' reindeer" "This is not a looting expedition" "What do we do with the prisoner?" "Should I take him for a shit?" "We're not going to start killing people for nothing." "Let him go" "You don't seem pleased with our trip?" "Well, nothing wrong with it lt's just... if we return with only a few heads- the villagers sure will sneer at us" "These Skolts are cunning." "They've hidden the reindeer well" "There are reindeer close by." "Straight ahead of us" "Keep your hands off your guns or you'll bite the bullet!" "So this is where you're hiding the reindeer you stole from us Finns" "Looks like my journey paid off." "Prepare for the vultures, Mitri" "Mosku, look what I found here!" "It'll make a fine cap again after we burn down the lice" "Shit, it caught fire!" "Can you spare us some?" "Indeed we can" "Ali, get the cards." "Let's see who'll die first, Mitri or Silias" "Pull out two cards." "One for Mitri and one for Silias" "Enough of the drinking!" "Put the knife away" "What kind of a man are you?" "Are you a man at all?" "Seems it's time for bed." "Who'll guard the prisoners?" "I'll do it." "What are you drinking, anyhow?" "Have a taste" "Uh, you boys have guts of steel!" "Seems I owe you many thanks." "No big deal" "Good Morning." "Good morning" "Where are the prisoners?" "l beat them and let them go" "What happened?" "Did something hit me?" "You tumbled around drunk" "Where are the prisoners?" "They got away" "Have some coffee" "You bring back the reindeer and I'll take my men to Ivalo" "No, keep it." "The army's got enough guns" "Keep an eye on the borderlands and report any thefts to me" "This was a very good trip." "So it seems" "Let's go" "The reindeer were down there in the gully" "We'll leave out Rupipää's reindeer." "They'll just cause ill will I'll take out what's due to me." "Give me a couple as payment lt'll give me meat for the winter" "Put the reindeer in my pen, pick out a couple for yourself I'll do that then" "More of them were stolen." "They brought just a few reindeer- and the Skolts can't have eaten so many yet." "Maybe Mosku kept them I hear you went on a trip" "We caught Mitri in the act, scared him shitless" "Such is a man's life" "What do you have there?" "Can I look at it?" " Go ahead" "I'll be darned." "It'll do some fine trashing" "There he goes, acting the king." "I wonder where he stole the gun" "The 1920s" "is there anyone here?" "You sure know how to frighten people" "Let go of me I don't think I will" "Some nerve you have to shame me." "Right on the parlor table" "You could have at least taken me to bed" "You're such a savage I've been to the city and all" "Now where would that be?" "Stockholm" "You're lying." "Or maybe I'm not" "What were you doing there?" "l ate some oranges" "You could come and mind the house for me" "You'd have me for a maid and get rid of me when I've made my use" "No, I wouldn't." "You'd have much to keep and care for" "I can't come now, but let's see when it gets to winter" "I have a son, Sulo" "When I was a young maid in Ellilä the master had his way with me" "There was nothing I could do." "Men!" "Always up the skirt" "And there's old Postilla too." "I've promised to take care of him" "There's plenty of room in here" "You men can carry the stuff in." "I'll go light the stove" "Easy, boy" "Go wait outside." "You'll just get in the way here" "So you must be Sulo." "l am." "Mari is my mom" "Who's your father?" "l don't know." "Are you?" "Maybe I am" "You know what the devil said when they were shearing a pig?" ""So much screaming for so little wool"" "Wasn't that funny?" "Don't ruffle me, you devil!" "He takes to his mother" "Be gentle." "What is it?" "You have me with a child" "Are you happy?" "Yes, I am" "Greetings." "You must be Mosku I'm tailor Johansson from Rovaniemi" "How do you like my automobile?" "Not bad." "Does it go fast?" "Fast enough to scare a man." "Would you like to try it?" "Weren't we supposed to measure out a suit?" "Of course, lets go inside" "It's a fine machine." "Helps me expand my clientele" "Let's start with the pants." "Waist 90, 105 for the legs" "Please spread your legs." "That's 77 ln this suit you can wine and dine with the city gentry" "Has Mosku ever been to Helsinki?" "l've been to Stockholm" "But what about Helsinki?" "No, Stockholm" "And what a grand city it is." "Now let's get to the jacket" "He's a handsome man, that Mosku." "I almost envy you" "Shoulders 54" "Mari did well by snatching Mosku for herself" "She got a big house and a father for her bastard child" "They're not married." "Even though Mari is pregnant" "Good Afternoon, Dean." "Good Afternoon" "God's blessings to you all." "Good Afternoon, Dean lt's Mari Tanhua, isn't it?" "It's been four years since you were maid at the vicarage I see you're blessed with a child" "And this man must have played a part in it I'm Aittakallio, the Dean" "Aleksi Hihnavaara." "They call me Mosku" "Tailor Johansson." "Should we take your measurements too, sir?" "I could make you a new suit." "This one serves me fine I haven't seen you in church" "What I've heard about you is not what I'd call Christian" "Now that you are starting a family and have a child on its way- you should come to the church and have your banns published" "God is not kind to unwed couples who cannot christen their child" "We'll see when the time is right." "We have talked about it" "We'll drop by the church next time we visit Sodankylä I'm expecting your call" "Weren't we supposed to go to the church?" "All in good time" "Bring us another round" "No matter how deep l'd bury the kettle they always dug it out" "So when at break they told me to put the kettle the boiling- l put a weight on the kettle and rowed with it to the lake I dropped it into the lake and told them that anyone who'll ever see" "me carry a kettle again can have his name written on it in gold" "Remember me, Mosku?" "From log floating camp." "Sure I do" "Could you buy me a drink?" "I've been too sick to work this year" "Go splutter somewhere else!" "Can we go now?" "Put your jacket on" "And don't breathe towards the Dean." "You reek of liuor" "So here's our unwed couple." "You finally came for the banns" "So we have. -l took the liberty to draft the papers in advance" "Now all I need is your signatures" "There you go, write down your name I knew one day you'd bend to my grace, Mosku" "Damn you, Mosku!" "Pardon me, Dean!" "Wait!" "You embarrassed me in front of the dean!" "Soon everyone will know" "I'll be damned if I ever marry a scoundrel like you!" "Not me, not Mari!" "What is this?" "They're setting up a big log floating site in Pihtijoki" "We'll make this a halting-place, to serve the passing workers" "And who's going to serve them after the baby comes?" "We'll hire a maid and a farmhand, if need be" "You'll look after the house." "I'll look after the reindeer I knew this would happen." "You treat me like a maid" "How many did you brand?" "Seventy or so" "That's not bad." "Yup, but the eagle will take its share I saw it flying over the herd just a while ago" "Where?" "Over there" "So this is where Mosku's been hiding his herd" "He's got helpers too" "Where did he get so many reindeer?" "He must have stolen the reindeer and put his brand on them" "Right, but how do you prove it?" "l'll find the proof" "Postilla, let me cut the hay!" "Don't give him the scythe!" "He'll hurt himself" "Now I won't." "I know how to mow" "We have to obey Mari, you and I" "You'll have plenty of chances to mow once you grow up" "Mosku, there's a letter here for you" "Well, I'll be darned." "That's tomorrow!" "Where the hell has this letter been lying for the past two weeks?" "Selmi, can you take care of the hay?" "I have to be in Mutenia tomorrow." "Wallenius's orders" "We can handle it." "Right, Sulo?" "You're leaving me alone again!" "Selmi and Postilla will stay here" "Damn!" "People are starving while Mosku's got stores to feed the whole county" "See if you can find an empty sack" "Take a look at this" "There are no ears on this fur." "No, there aren't" "We found our proof" "It's biting!" "It's a whopper!" "Lift them higher!" "How did you find it?" "There were even more of them when I used to hunt with my father" "Can it smell us?" "No." "We're below the wind" "Hello there." "Hello" "So, did you find any?" "No, just a couple of bulls" "What a strange summer." "There aren't even any mosuitoes" "The reindeer are running all over the damned woods" "But Mosku's had no trouble finding his herd." "He's even hired helpers" "Aapo and I have been wondering about the size of his herd" "He wouldn't happen to have some of yours in there too?" "You don't think that devil's been branding our reindeer?" "Maybe he has" "Just think of all the Skolt reindeer he had after the raid" "No one dared ask him about them." "He had Wallenius backing him" "He's a strange man." "Always roaming in the woods alone" "Try find out what he's up to, and you'll find yourself growing moss" "He's left lots of bodies behind him in the wild" "Are you afraid of just one man?" "Wallenius is not here to help him." "We should look into his doings" "We're not afraid to take him to court- if he's been stealing our reindeer." "But we need some proof" "We have proof" "Aapo and I found some furs in his shed with the ears cut off" "That damned scoundrel, he's destroyed the evidence!" "Right, but how do you prove whose reindeer the furs came from?" "Every man here is missing reindeer!" "Hell, there's got to be a law for Mosku too!" "So you had it. ls it a boy?" "Don't touch him." "You'll sueeze him to death" "Where's Postilla?" "In his grave." "Cutting hay was too hard on his heart lf you had stayed, he wouldn't have killed himself at your work!" "He was such a good man" "The court has considered two claims that are related to each other" "Freeholders Hammaslahti and Hirvasoja have first accused" "Aleksi Hihnavaara of reindeer theft- who in turn accuses the plaintiffs of libel" "Two witnesses remember seeing Skolt reindeer among his herd- which all in all was growing suspiciously fast" "Farmer Kaalep Savukoski, whose house we now hold court in- vouches for Hihnavaara's resepectability and states that" "Hihnavaara is not a thief but a horror of all reindeer thieves- who has secured the continuation of reindeer farming in the region" "Get out, you scamp!" "Constable, throw everyone out and close the door!" "Get out of here!" "The court recognizes Hihnavaara's merits in battling reindeer theft" "But it finds no grounds for the 'law of the wild' he has applied" "The claims against him may very well be grounded lt is possible that Hihnavaara who is known for his arbitrary conduct- has put freely moving reindeer under his own brand" "This has however long been common practice in Lapland" "While speculations of this nature may be validly presented at an inn- they do not suffice as evidence in this court of law" "The court rejects the claim against Hihnavaara as lacking grounds" "And orders Hammaslahti and Hirvasoja by the authority of law- to pay 1000 marks in fine for libel" "as well as 750 marks to Hihnavaara in compensation for legal expenses" "The case is closed!" "What the hell kind of a law is this?" "You're saying we're guilty?" "He's the thief." "Getting rich on other people's reindeer" "And we're supposed to pay him?" "Hell, no!" "So this is what it's like." "Justice of the dominant class" "All pulling together to oppress the poor." "Calm down!" "A 200-mark fine to Hammaslehti for contempt of court!" "I'm not paying it." "I'll be damned if I will!" "Not even if you throw me in jail!" "Constable, throw this man out" "Don't touch my friend!" "We can find our own way out" "Let's go!" "Yet another unjust sentence." "He's a thief, that Mosku!" "Even the judge thinks so but there wasn't enough evidence" "Don't come snooping around Mosku!" "And stay away from my reindeer!" "Next time you won't be able to pay your way out!" "You bite like a rabid dog!" "I hear they kill dogs like that by shooting them in the head!" "Mind if I ask where you are going?" "Not at all" "To be housekeeper in Pihtijoki camp." "I'll straighten out these ruffians" "Straighten out?" "Wouldn't you rather lie limp on your backside?" "Seems you fellows are limp all over." "Come and feel how limp I don't think so." "So what about the game?" "Excuse me, mam, could you spare some flour and potatoes?" "My husband is ill and the children are starving" "Mom, Veikko is crying." "What should I do?" "Go to him, I'll be right there." "I'm too busy to help right now" "Ask Mosku, he's out there in the shed" "Could you spare me, Mosku, some flour and potatoes?" "My husband is ill and the children are starving I'll sell it to you on credit, just take it out of those bags" "What with the new separator, and all those bills- there's no money left." "Could you give us a loan, Mosku?" "I'll be damned if I will!" "You have only two cows- and you get a separator so tall it touches the ceiling" "No way am I putting a penny into nonsense like that" "You're a hard-hearted man, Mosku" "Go away, snot man!" "Don't cough close to us" "Go away." "You'll give us the disease of death" "Damn it, this is my mansion!" "I decide who stays and who goes" "You wanted to see me?" "Everyone despises me." "They're always driving me away" "You wouldn't have a small corner for me to rest in?" "Maybe I can arrange something." "Are you crazy?" "You'd bring that cougher into a house with a suckling!" "Marjakarhu stays I look after the guests alone, take care of the baby" "Where's the maid you promised me?" "Haven't got the time to go tracking down maids" "You know them better." "Just hire someone" "You brought that scoundrel here!" "Calm down, Mother." "Let's speak Finnish" "Uljana, bring us some tea" "Nothing left." "You didn't bring us the tobacco you promised" "Couldn't find tobacco anywhere" "They're short of everything in Russia" "They took our reindeer, half of the herd" "Who did?" "Those new Russkie-Soviets" "Took them to the collective farms and killed the female reindeer I had to get out of there, leave my house and lands behind I have no bread, no tobacco, not even a sip of spirits" "Should we make a deal?" "l've got nothing to trade" "Give me a reindeer." "That's a high price you want" "I won't give a female." "You can have a bull" "Here's the tobacco" "Has your herd grown bigger?" "indeed it has" "So that makes two of us." "Reindeer thieves" "Everyone has to pay in advance." "We don't sell on credit" "Let's have some more home-brew!" "Don't you have anything to do?" "Go warm up the sauna" "A mug costs one mark" "Money first" "Did you steal my purse?" "Hell, I never even touched it" "Don't... don't you...!" "You've had enough to drink" "Don't take that mug, woman!" "Sulo!" "Take Veikko back to the bedroom and see that he doesn't get out" "Go cough in your corner, you devil!" "You'll give us all tuberculosis" "Do as the mistress says" "Mosku said I could stay." "You all hate me like I'd chosen to be sick" "Mosku's the only one who cares" "Give me some home-brew for comfort." "Go to your corner" "Get back to your table or I'll throw you out" "I gave Marjakarhu my word he could stay" "Damn you, devil!" "You treat me like a maid I cater to drunken men, and you humiliate me in front the guests" "What do I do if those drunkards give me trouble?" "You seem to be faring well." "Had a helper there and all" "What's wrong with me?" "Do you go to the woods to avoid me?" "There's nothing wrong with you" "So what is it?" "Are you stealing people's reindeer?" "Who the hell told you that?" "People talk" "And you believe them." "l don't know what to believe" "Go back into your God damned woods then!" "In you go" "Weren't there any more reindeer?" "Didn't see any around" "What did I tell you?" "They'll soon be all bearing Mosku's brand" "That's twenty-six for you." "Didn't we agree on a hundred?" "It's our damned reindeer he's selling" "Pour me some too" "Hey, come with me." "My tent's right over there" "Put a bottle aside for me, Jenni." "l'd give anything you want" "Let's see after the bottle" "As we agreed" "I saw him waving his bills there." "How the hell else lf we don't do something he'll skin us clean" "You can brand an ear any way you like" "But when cutting low enough, the brand turns into Mosku's" "Show us how it's done" "We're on to you, no matter what the judge said in court" "Have you been taking lessons from Mitri, your new friend?" "He doesn't need lessons." "Mosku's a worse crook than Mitri" "Are you teaming up to rob us?" "No need for that I've been buying reindeer from Mitri" "He knows more about them than you dimwits." "Damn you!" "Damn!" "It went off by accident" "It may do that again if anyone tries to leap on me I'm not taking any more of this shit!" "Don't brand me!" "God damned hell" "It was Rupipää!" "You were dancing with a murderer!" "How should I have known" "There he is, as though he came at call" "He's armed." "So are we." "Are you scared?" "Where the hell did that come from?" "Should we go back?" "We're not chickening out" "Drop your weapons" "Are you badly hurt?" "Go get wood for a litter" "Kuisma stays here. I'll kill him if you try something" "I don't think you're up to shooting." "I'll leave you to die, you devil" "You can leave me here" "Come and help!" "Bring him into the bedroom" "How does it feel to die?" "is that what you wish for too?" "Home sweet home" "Well, well." "So you are Mosku?" "Wallenius called me and asked me to look after you" "He said you still had some catching to do together" "He said so?" "Let's look at the wound" "A bullet wound." "How did you get it?" "Things happen on the job." "It won't happen again" "On the job, huh?" "The wound is badly infected l can't operate until the infection is under control" "You'll take antibiotics and stay in the hospital for a few days" "You're not going fishing for a while" "Veikko went down the same path as Marjakarhu." "Tuberculosis took him I tried praying to the Lord but He wouldn't listen" "He has abandoned us" "He has cursed our house" "I've sent Sulo to stay with Jenni, and I am going there too" "You killed reindeer of mine and let my herd go" "Who the hell did it?" "Don't come blaming us" "We've been gathering our own herds for separation." "Ask the men" "So Mosku, someone's been killing your reindeer?" "What a shame." "You want a drink?" "You're in this together." "You knew I got shot" "I've had enough of your plots." "Who killed the reindeer?" "Start singing, vermin!" "Greetings, Tovaris Mosku" "You just keep refusing to die" "Hold it!" "Stay out of this, Selmi" "The only place you're going from here is the slaughter pen" "They paid you to do this" "Money talks like a Russian priest" "You're a worthy opponent, Mosku" "Go back into the woods where you belong" "Don't strain yourself too much." "l can manage" "The baby's already kicking" "What are you doing here?" "Can I rest for a while?" "Go to the bunks in the back" "What is it?" "Did you get into a fight?" "You and Sulo go back to the farm" "Maybe later I have breads to bake" "You have me with a child" "Don't touch him." "You'll sueeze him to death" "Don't take him with you." "He's too little" "He has to come." "The forest runs in his veins"