"Once upon a time there was a beautiful Indian maiden, of course.

And she was, of course, beloved by a youth from another tribe who was very handsome and stalwart and a mighty hunter, of course.

But the maiden's father was, of course, a stern old chief, and when the question of his daughter's marriage came up, he, of course, declared that the maiden should be wedded only to a warrior of her tribe.

And, of course, when the young man heard this he said that in such case he would, of course, fling himself headlong from that crag.

The old chief was, of course, obdurate, and, of course, the youth did, of course, as he had said.