Chapter 26

"It follows that Harald Blacktooth obtained them from the only place he could obtain them, the other side of the Atlantic. There is historical warrant for believing that he voyaged to Greenland; and now we know that he landed upon the main North American continent. The legends of Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky are verified by archæology. In you, sir, I salute, most reverently salute, the representative of a family to whom belongs the credit hitherto given to Columbus." Colonel Raden plucked feebly at his moustache…