Show THE SONS OF NORSE SEA KINGS inhabitant 0 TO grona of islands here are about people scat over the twenty odi reeks or islets which constitute the faros group every man in the country la in some way the descendant of a king that Is the norse sea ings who fled to the islands in the ninth century and peopled them in spite his homes puns his turl hut and primitive life every good is conscious and proud of his ancestry and he bears himself like a highland prince he has no pers or social problems but be knows the hl story ot his island home and he la a constant reader of books mostly danish but not of the dime novel or der his literary taste Is inferior only to that of the icelanders who tor 1 years have raised and maintained an ideal of national literature of merit the dresses well his chest nut brown jacket trimmed with silver buckles and his comfortable knicker backers are made from the unadulterated wool of the moun tain sheep his warn band knit stock ings equal to those of the scottish highlanders aou d fetch high prices in america his boat has served as a model tor european builders who under the name of whaleboat supply navies with an imitation of the original surf fight ing faroe shell his home is well mighty un comfor table but snug to him apparently he drinks excellent coffee he gets the pure bean by the sack each house hold roasts its own supply and a fresh quantity is ground each time coffee la made so that none of the flavor Is lost sheep s or goats cream added makes it a beverage that even fine ho aels might take pride in duplicating |