150 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES

Do not marry any one; for your father wishes you to do so, and he will speak of it, and that very soon. Yet it is for your sake only that I say this. You must not forget.”

Then she told him, word for word, all that his father had said about her; and yet the young brave was not astonished, for he knew now that she was not as other women. But he did not care, and he grew brave and bold; and when she told him that if he should marry another, he would surely die, it was as nothing to him.

Then he left her there in the forest, and re- turned to his own people; and the first words his father said to him were these:

“My son, I have found a wife for you, and the wedding must be at once.”

“It is well,” he said. “Let it be so.”

Then for four days they held the wedding dance, and for four days they feasted, but on the last day the young brave said:

“This is the end of it all!” And he lay down on a white bear skin, and then a great sick- ness came upon him, and when they brought the bride to him, they found that he was dead.

And kespeadooksit—the story ends.