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and shouted at the top of his voice, "I came to be made beautiful, 

 Chief Pestilence!" Then all the maimed people on both sides of 

 the house beckoned to him and shouted. Those on one side would 

 say, "Come this way, come this way!" and those on the other side 

 said, "Come, come, come!" The prince remained standing in the 

 doorway. There were many good-looking women among these 

 maimed persons. They shouted and called him; but he stood still, 

 waiting until Chief Pestilence should come forth from his room in the 

 rear of the large house. 



Soon the noise of the maimed people ceased. Then the door of 

 the chief's room was opened, and, behold! Chief Pestilence came 

 forth with his beautiful daughter. He said, "Dear prince, come this 

 way!" Then the young man went to him and sat down on his right 

 side. 



Then Chief Pestilence ordered his attendants to bring his bath- 

 tub. They brought him a large tub full of hot water. Then the 

 chief took the young man, put him into this tub, and, as soon as 

 he was in the tub, the water began to boil and the water boiled over 

 the tub, boiling of its own accord. "When the dross was all off, the 

 chi f took the bare bones of the young man, put them on a wide 

 board, joining them together, and after he had done so, he called to 

 his young daughter, who leaped over the bones. Then the young 

 man was alive again. His features were changed, and his body was 

 as white as snow. 



Then the chief said, "Bring me a nice comb!" and his attendants 

 brought him a comb of crystal. The chief took it and combed the 

 prince's hair down to his loins. His hair was red, like tongues of 

 fire. He was the most beautiful of all. 



The chief did not want to let him go at once, but kept him in his 

 house for two days. The young man thought he had been there 

 two days, but in reality two years had passed. Then the young man 

 remembered his friend whom he had left by the brook before he 

 entered the house of Chief Pestilence. Now, the prince told the young 

 woman that he loved his friend by the brook; therefore the young 

 woman said, "Let us go to see him!" They went together; and 

 when they came to the place, they found the man's bare bones 

 heaped up there. Therefore the young prince wept, but the young 

 woman commanded him to take the bare bones to her father's house. 

 The young man did what the young woman had told him, and took 

 the bare bones to the chief. The chief ordered his attendants to 

 bring his bathtub. They brought it to him, and he put the bare 

 bones into the tub. Then the water began to boil, and the dross of 

 the bare bones boiled over the tub. Thus the young man saw what 

 Chief Pestilence had done to him. 



