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Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 5 . S2 •. ^ o( sagacity, -A . had been 11 was the ial charge Ktimes the lemoration of its : :-^^r ; and is; foriiui had been very(led his com-?d but a shdrtthey receivedI was in lively ail ihou so belated, foster-in German, rolling his eyes,But after a time he addressed yet I have something [lovci icavLAa^^mv uo t^ao-j ^ht i^o /.08am:i iiaa here there is no ?fir UMAjaoHaw A o to his shipmates: iicr grapes, or edlie c ., and hy do my mind anything out !. I do not ?w they saw it, :i-sighted than k; it best to tack,* • -^t- -- ,? i -^d. sail, cast anchor and. LEIF ERICSON 53 launched a second small boat, which they had brought with them. Tyrker m-quired who was the leader of the party. He replied that his name was Thare,and that he was a Norwegian. But what is thy name ? Leif gave his name. Art thou a son of Eric the Red, of Brattahlid ? says he. Leif replied that hewas. It is now my wish, Leif continued, to take you all into my ship, andlikewise as much of your possessions as the ship will hold. This offer was accepted, and [with their ship] thus laden, they held theircourse toward Ericsfirth, and sailed until they arrived at Brattahlid. Havingdischarged his cargo, Leif invited Thare, with his wife, Gudrid, and three othersto make their home with him, and procured quarters for the other members ofthe crew, both for his own and Thares men. Leif rescued fifteen men fromthe skerry. He was from that time forth called Leif the Lucky. The time of Leifs voyage to Wineland has been fixed at looo For welearn that it took place while Olaf Tryg
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