BEwS] LEGENDS 669 



In the morning, when he had finished his meal, he again started 

 out to hunt, saying to his sister, " You must now carry out my in- 

 structions as I have given them to you." He did not go to his 

 hunting grounds, liowever, but hid himself near the lodge and kept 

 a faithful watch on his home. He had been there quite a long time 

 when suddenly he perceived his friend running toward the lodge, 

 which he entered. After waiting a few minutes the brother ran to 

 the lodge and on entering saw his sister and his friend struggling 

 fiercel}', the latter striving to get out of the lodge. As the brother 

 entered the man let go at once of the sis-ter, whereupon the former 

 said : " My brother, my friend, now we are doomed to die. I can 

 do nothing in the matter." Making ready an arrow, with a twang 

 it .sped into the breast of the man, where it stuck quivering, while 

 the victim, reeling, fell backward to the ground. Thus the brother 

 killed the man who had been his friend. Drawing out the arrow 

 he exclaimed: "Well, do you now l^elieve what I have told you in 

 this matter? " But his sister made no reply. 



The strange man and the brother did indeed look alike. They 

 were of the same height : they had the same kind of hair, half of 

 it reddish in color: they had the same kind of raiment and their 

 robes were alike, even to both having been torn. 



Then the brother said to his sister: " Xow, I suppose we must 

 hide the body of this man, and, moreover, you must by all means aid 

 me in this matter, for now. of course, we are both guilty. It had 

 been better had you consented to what he desired, for he wanted 

 to marry you. We will dig a grave where the fire burns — that is, 

 under the fireplace." Then they two dug a very deep grave under 

 the fireplace, in which they placed his body. They took great 

 pains in covering the grave, so that one would not know that a man's 

 body lay buried there. Over the spot they rekindled their fire, and 

 thus finished the task. 



The brother then said: "My younger sister, now have the courage 

 to do the best you can, for we two in appearance at least must live 

 as husband and wife, as it is certain that in one, or perhaps in two 

 days the woman will come here. When she does it must appear 

 that we are indeed husband and wife in order to niislead her." 

 Then he said further: "I shall not go to another place again: we 

 shall remain here together." 



So they dwelt together thus until the next day. As soon as it was 

 morning they sat together, becau.se they constantly expected that at 

 any moment the mother of the dead man would come in haste. 

 Hence they lived as husband and wife, and the brother kept saying 

 to his sister : " Be of good courage ; you must do exactly as I tell you, 

 for we must try to escape in order that we may live until we reach 

 the distant place whence we two started." 



