810 A N4TUBALIST IN CELEBES ch. xii 



soon as they came off Maarom the king sent his warriors and 

 retainers ashore, ordering them to killMatindas immediately they 

 saw him. Matindas and his wife, however, overheard this dire 

 command, and Mogogunoi said to her husband, ' Take your 

 clothes off now and hang them on the wall ; then go and he in 

 the great box, while I will go and sit down in front.' She had 

 scarcely said this when the king came unattended to her house. 



' Where is Matindas ? ' he said. 



' He has gone into the forest,' answered his wife. 



' I have come here to kill him, and to take you away as my 

 wife. Would you consent, lovely Mogogunoi, to be my wife ? ' 



After some consideration she said, ' Willingly, king, for 

 Matindas is an indifferent, good-for-nothing fellow. But we 

 must be very careful, for the whole population of the district 

 belongs to the family of Matindas, and they would kill us both if 

 they discovered our flight. To avoid this jou must put on these 

 clothes and the mask belonging to Matindas, and then his family 

 will take you for him, and we can reach the boats in safety.' 



Considering this to be good advice, the king changed his 

 clothes, and, holding ihe mask before him, said to Mogogunoi, 

 ' Come now, let us go.' 



' Very well,' said she ; ' but my husband is accustomed to 

 jump down from the third step of the ladder and dance a war- 

 dance in front of the house before I follow him. Let us do this 

 also.' 



The king followed her instructions, but while he was dancing 

 Mogogunoi called to the retainers and warriors, saying, ' See, 

 there is Matindas ; kill him ! ' 



The warriors, who thought the war-dancer was really Matindas, 

 struck and killed him according to the orders they had received. 

 When they raised the mask and discovered their mistake they 

 were seized with a terrible fright, and took to flight in the greatest 

 haste. 



In this manner, then, Mogogunoi saved her honour and her 

 husband. 



The Stoey of Kawulusan (89) 



Kawulusan, of Pasanbangko, wishing to fish in the sea, 

 borrowed one day a fishhook from a friend of his. Soon after 

 he had commenced he hooked a large fish, but when he came 



