32 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES able to walk; and soon he could go to the wig¬ wam his sister had built. When he entered the lodge and saw Bootup 's sister, he said to her: "You have saved my life." Now they all lived happily together, and at length Usitabulajoo asked the sister to stay and be his wife. "I will be your wife, even if it be for thirty years," she replied, "if you will keep far from the salt water. But if you ever encamp near the sea, then I am free from my vow, and I will return to my own land." Usitabulajoo was quite ready to make this promise, and they moved away to a strange country far from the ocean. There a baby boy came to them, and the two boys grew up to¬ gether very happily. But there came a time when Usitabulajoo moved his lodge; and on their journey a great storm came upon them, and they lost their way in the darkness. Usitabulajoo built a shelter where they could rest for the night, and wait for the storm to pass over. Early in the morning the wife awoke and thought she would go out and see what the country about was like. As she stood in the doorway of the wigwam she saw stretching be¬ fore her the great blue ocean! At once her love for the sea took possession