Even then he refused to yield himself, but outwitted all who strove to kill or capture him.

Finally he met the fate of many another brave man,--he was betrayed by the woman he loved.

He had been smitten with a passion for the daughter of the Torda baker, the beautiful Rosalie; but her affections were already bespoken by the butcher's apprentice, Marczi by name, a youth of courage and activity.

However, she deigned to receive the outlawed chieftain's attentions, her sole purpose being to entrap him and deliver him up to his foes.

One evening, when she went to keep an appointment with Balyika, she notified the village magistrate and the captain of the yeomen.