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WONDER TALES OF THE FOREST 15
her and little Marten, her grandchild and so all
;
went well for a time. But before long poor old
Pulowech came to the village in search of his
wife. He, as the others had done, entered the
lodge of Mrs. Bear, because it was the Indian
custom for a stranger to enter the first lodge he
came to. The children were glad to see him,
and gave him food, and told him about their
mother.
The mother soon learned that an old man
was with the strange children at Mrs. Bear s
She knew at once that he was her hus
lodge.
band, Pulowech. She went to the chief, pre
tending to be very much afraid.
"This strange old man who has just come
here is an evil magician/ she said. "If you
allow him to remain here, he will bring a great
pestilence upon
us all. You must have him
killed, and make a door blanket of his hide."
The chief and all the others believed her,
and were afraid of this evil magician, too. So
they hastened to do as she had told them; and
soon they had made a door blanket of poor old
Pulowech s hide.
Now that she had rid herself of her former
husband she had next to do away with the chil
dren.
So presently she said to the chief:
"My father, those two children who are at
Mrs. Bear s lodge are bringing sickness and
famine to the town. Just such a thing hap-