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The chief pulled up his horse, while his co his voice, he cried: "Jubal, relight your lamp; I have come far to see you You know me,

Jubal Monsieur le chef?"

"Pardonnez ht Then ca of soft wings and glea creatures

"These are

laugh, as she pointed to the perches Rows of pert ravens stood upon

tip-toe along the bars looking with bright eyes upon the strangers;

while here and there an owl opened his crooked beak and said Too

whit, Too whoo A strange creature, olfish head and limbs,

crouched by the hearth; but after three or four furtive glances at

the intruders, he skulked back into a dark corner of the cabin Frolare with shy, treacherous eyes

The old woman was short, and stooped; but her eyes onderfully

bright Nay, when she looked from the dark corner, phosphorescent

jets seemed to break from them

"Come, mother, toss the cup and tell me what Fortune has in store

for me this time," said the chief, who had seated hi stool in the corner

"I will," she replied; "why should I not when I arand chef de Metis" And hobbling

away, she took froe cup without a handle, black on the