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And now, after having paid the last sad rites to this strange man from the Lofoden Islands, and the still farther "Northward Ho!" AND NOW AFTER HAVING PAID THE LAST SAD RIGHTS TO THIS STRANGE MAN FROM THE LAFADEN ISLANDS AND THE STILL FARTHER NORTHWARD HU
give them to the world, I shall die happy, because I desire that people may know the truth, for then all mystery concerning the frozen Northland will be explained. There is no chance of your suffering the fate I suffered. They will not put you in irons, nor confine you in a mad-house, because you are not telling your own story, but mine, and I, thanks to the gods, Odin and Thor, will be in my grave, and so beyond the reach of disbelievers who would persecute." Without a thought of the farreaching results the promise entailed, or foreseeing the many sleepless nights which the obligation has since brought me, I gave my hand and with it a pledge to discharge faithfully his dying wish. As the sun rose over the peaks of the San Jacinto, far to the eastward, the spirit of Olaf Jansen, the navigator, the explorer and worshiper of Odin and Thor, the man whose experiences and travels, as related, are without a parallel in all the world's history, passed away, and I was left alone with the dead. HAVE YOUR PROMISE TO GIVE THEM TO THE WORLD I SHALL DIE HAPPY BECAUSE I DESIRE THAT PEOPLE MAY KNOW THE TRUTH FOR THEN ALL MYSTERY CONCERNING THE FROZEN NORTHLAND WILL BE EXPLAINED THERE IS NO CHANCE OF YOUR SUFFERING THE FATE I SUFFERED THEY WILL NOT PUT YOU IN IRONS NOR CONFINE YOU IN A MADHOUSE BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT TELLING YOUR OWN STORY BUT MINE AND I THANKS TO THE GODS ODIN AND THOR WILL BE IN MY GRAVE AND SO BEYOND THE REACH OF DISBELIEVERS WHO WOULD PERSECUTE IT UNQUOTE WITHOUT A THOUGHT OF THE FAR RICHING RESULTS THE PROMISETAILED OR FORESEEING THE MANY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS WHICH THE OBLIGATION HAS SINCE BROUGHT ME I GAVE MY HAND AND WITH IT A PLEDGE TO DISCHARGE FAITHFULLY HIS DYING WISH AS THE SUN ROSE OVER THE PEAKS OF THE SAN JACINTO FAR TO THE EASTWARD THE SPIRIT OF OLAF CHANSON THE NARRAID THE EXPLORER AND WORSHIPER OF ODIN AND THOR THE MAN WHOSE EXPERIENCES AND TRAVELS AS RELATED ARE WITHOUT A PARALLEL IN ALL THE WORLD'S HISTORY PASSED AWAY WHEN I WAS LEFT ALONE WITH THE DEAD
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