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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1956)
I Our Storn: WHEN THE MISTS OF DAWN LIFT, A SHIP DRAWS INTO THE STRONG HOLD OF GUNNAR FREYSSON, AND ARMED WARRIORS DISEMBARK. AND PRINCE VMJANT ORDERS THAT THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN BE HERDED DOWN THE B&--CH OUT OF HARM'S WAY. THEN THEY WAIT BEHIND THE PALISADE FOR THE RETLJRN OF THE. RAIDERS. WEARIED BEYOND ENDURANCE BY THEIR LONG STRUGGLE ACROSS THE SNOWY MOUNTAINS, THEY SUBMIT WITH HARDLY A WOUND. ALL EXCEPT GUNNAR FREYSSON AND HIS SON, HELGI ! KNOWING THE CRUEL FATE THEIR RAID HA EARNED THEM, THEY' PREFER JO DIE FIGHTING BOTH DRAW THEIR WEAPONS AND SPRING AT VAL I VilTH MERCIFUL SWIFTNESS VAL CUTS DOWN HIS TWO EXHAUSTED ATTACKERS. BETTER TC BF A 6UTCHEQ THAN WITNESS TH S: OW ANO HdRIBU OEATH THEfi "TEOi, S AVE MEfij:-ED." HE MUTTERS. OG5 3-0-56 " ' , I next wEEK-ADeW Paft.
