you have been false, so you must die.” She answered, “Why did you not slay me at home, that my bones might be gathered and buried by my own relatives?” He struck her forehead with the heavy branch of nuts which he had carried, and she fell dead at his feet. Then her cruel betrothed left her lying alone, and rushed down the valley to his own home.
nes′-tles
en-gage′-ment
gar′-lands
con′-stant-ly
sur-pas′-sing-ly
re-fu′-sal
bough
glow
maid′-en
wreaths
in-dif′-fer-ence
at-trac′-tive
spir′-it-u-al
dis-please′
fa′-vour
em-bow′-ered
tra-di′-tion, a story handed down from old people to their children continuously.
ram′-ble, a stroll or walk made without a fixed destination.
ha′-lo, a bright circle or ring of light surrounding a celestial object.
pan-da′-nus, a tropical tree, sometimes called the screw-palm.
cre′-dence, belief, reliance of the mind upon faith.
fore-bod′-ings, thoughts made gloomy by the fear of evil to come.
LESSON XXV.
THE RAINBOW MAIDEN.
Continued.
Dwelling in a village not far from the scene of Kaha’s death was a young chief named Maha, who had long been a secret lover of the peerless damsel, and who pined in the silence of unrequited love. To him a spirit having the bright
