WHEN THE CAT 's AWAY THE MICE WILL TLAY. 407 



The man, or he might better be called the woman, gave 

 one look behind, then fled without saying a word, and aban- 

 doned his love to a lioness that had been tracking her all the 

 way from the douar. The morning dawned again, but the 

 girl never came back to her father's tent. 



