52 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES

But all the older sisters laughed and taunted her.

“What a husband!” they said. “He is all scars and sores! Who would have an Oochi- geopch—a scarred man—for a husband!”

But the youngest daughter remembered the words of the father, and she waited patiently for the time to come when she would have no need for sorrow.

Early in the morning, when she opened her eyes, she saw that something wonderful had happened, for there before her, dressed in beau- tiful, embroidered robes, was the handsomest young brave she had ever seen.

“Why! Who is this?” she cried.

“This is the very same person you married yesterday, my daughter,” the mother said.

Oh, how delighted she was! And how angry and mortified her older sisters were!

And then the old chief made a great festival, and there were feasts and games, and after these were over, the two young people set out for the lodge in the far-away forest. When they reached the place, the old father and the mother were waiting to Welcome them. “Our children, you have made our hearts glad,” they said:

And 'kespeadooksit—the story ends.