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Show r OurSfort THE upon the death of grmher, RULING FAMILY OF HOLYIK COMES TO AN END. NOW A NEW KING MUST BE APPOINTED TO THE THRONE, AND PRINCE VALIANT MUST OIOOSE ONE WHO HAS SONS TO CONTINUE THE LINE. ''BUT i JARL HAAKON IS MOST WORTHY, BUT DOES HE HAVE A MALE HEIR? VAL FINDS HIM SITTING ALONE, A PARCHMENT IN HIS HAND. "YES, 1 HAVE A SON, A STUBBORN, IMPUDENT, DISRESPECTFUL STRPUNGf WE QUARRELLED AND HE LEFT HOME TO ROAM THE SEAS, I LET HIM GO AND GOOD RIDDANCE, I WOULD NOT HAVE HIM OTHERWISE AND THEN, HIS IES BRIGHT WITH PRIDE, HE SHOWS V'AL THE PARCHMENT. H SENDS ME THIS MESSAGE . HE WILL BE COMING HOME AND ASKS MY FORGIVENESS. " IPJj. hitnttmfrAtiuGm "hi VAL HAS NOT SEEN ARN SINCE COMING TO THULE, FOR INSTALLING A NEW KING C? HOLVIK AND GETTING RID OF GRIMNER'S FAVORITES TAKES TIME. SO IT WILL BE A WHILE BEFORE HE CAN SEE HIS WOUNDED SON. tv tit likt SjIi Hit HE NEED NOT WORRY, FOR ARN IS RECEIVING THE TENDERESTOF CARE FROM LYDIA, HAAKON'S LOVELY DAUGHTER. SOMETIMES THEY TALK OR SHE SINGS IDLE LITTLE SONGS. OFTEN THERE ARE LONG SILENCES FILLED WITH DREAMS. M mm 1706 i i HE NEVER HAD MUCH TO DO WITH GIRLS. HOW WONDERFULLY SWEET THEY ARE OR IS IT JUST LYDIA? a-- next WEEK-Tf- ve i Kn Keatuw Syndtr Rival Inc, I97J World rhli rtMrvti |