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THE KNIGHTS OF THE CROSS.

and moreover at bee nests, he stands on his hind legs immediately."

"Should he run away, thou wouldst never get him," answered Zbyshko.

Zyh, who had been dozing, woke up on a sudden, and began to sing,

"But thou, Kuba, art coming from labor,
And I, Matsek, am coming from sport!
Go early with plow to the clear land,
But I'd rather visit with Kasia the wheat,
Hots! hotsl"

Then he said to Zbyshko,—

"Thou knowest there are two of them: Vilk of Brozova, and Stan of Rogov—and thou—"

But Yagenka, fearing lest Zyh might say too much, approached Zbyshko quickly, and inquired,—

"And when wilt thou go? To-morrow?"

"To-morrow after sunset."

"To what bee nests?"

"To ours in Bogdanets, not far from your hillocks, at the side of the Radzikov swamp. People tell me that there bears are found easily."