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"We have come into our own," my father said to me. "This is the fulfillment of the tradition told me by my father and my father's father, and still back for many generations of our race. This is, assuredly, the land beyond the North Wind." WE HAVE COME INTO OUR OWN MY FATHER SAID TO ME THIS IS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE TRADITION TOLD ME BY MY FATHER AND MY FATHER'S FATHER AND STILL BACK FOR MANY GENERATIONS OF OUR RACE THIS IS ASSUREDLY THE LAND BEYOND THE NORTH WIND
nding their huge statures, there was nothing about them suggesting awkwardness. As I was a lad in only my nineteenth year, I was doubtless looked upon as a true Tom Thumb. My father's six feet three did not lift the top of his head above the waist line of these people. Each one seemed to vie with the others in extending courtesies and showing kindness to us, but all laughed heartily, I remember, when they had to improvise chairs for my father and myself to sit at table. They were richly attired in a costume peculiar to themselves, and very attractive. The men were clothed in handsomely embroidered tunics of silk and satin and belted at the waist. They wore knee-breeches and stockings of a fine texture, while their feet were encased in sandals adorned with gold buckles. We early discovered that gold was one of the most common metals known, and that it was used extensively in decoration. Strange as it may seem, neither my father nor myself felt the least bit of solicitude for our safety. NESS AS I WAS A LAD IN ONLY MY NINETEENTH YEAR I WAS DOUBTLESS LOOKED UPON AS A TRUE TOM THUN MY FATHER SIX FEET THREE DID NOT LIFT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD ABOVE THE WAIST LINE OF THESE PEOPLE MY FATHER SIX FOOT THREE DID NOT LIFT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD ABOVE THE WAIST LINE OF THESE PEOPLE EACH ONE SEEMED TO VIE WITH THE OTHERS IN EXTENDING COURTESIES AND SHOWING A KINDNESS TO US BUT ALL LAUGHED HEARTILY I REMEMBER WHEN THEY HAD TO IMPROVE CHAIRS FOR MY FATHER AND MYSELF TO SIT AT TABLE THEY WERE RICHLY ATTIRED IN A CUSTOM PECULIAR TO THEMSELVES AND VERY ATTRACTIVE THE MEN WERE CLOTHED IN HANDSOMELY EMBROIDERED TUNICS OF SILK AND SATIN AND BELTED AT THE WAIST THEY WORE KNEE BREECHES AND STOCKINGS OF A FINE TEXTURE WHILE THEIR FEET WERE ENCASED IN SANDALS ADORNED WITH GOLD BUCKLES WE EARLY DISCOVERED THAT GOLD WAS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON METALS KNOWN AND THAT IT WAS USED EXTENSIVELY IN DECORATION STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM NEITHER MY FATHER NOR MYSELF FELT THE LEAST BIT OF SOLICITUDE FOR OUR SAFETY
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