Our warriors retired to the hills, brooding over revenge.

Three days went by; when by night, descending to the plain, in silence they embarked; gained the great vessel, and slaughtered every soul but Yillah.

The bud was torn from the flower; and, by our father Aleema, was carried to the Valley of Ardair; there set apart as a sacred offering for Apo, our deity.

Many moons passed; and there arose a tumult, hostile to our sire's longer holding custody of Yillah; when, foreseeing that the holy glen would ere long be burst open, he embarked the maiden in yonder canoe, to accelerate her sacri flee at the great shrine of Apo, in Tedaidee .-- The rest thou knowest, murderer!" "Yillah! Yillah!" now hunted again that sound through my soul.

"Oh, Yillah! too late, too late have I learned what thou art!" Apprised of the disappearance of their former captive, the meager strangers exulted; declaring that Apo had taken her to himself.