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Long before noon, the field below was dotted and the narrow pass was choked with dead bodies. In the afternoon, after a short rest and refreshed with food, the valley men, though finding that only four of the hill fighters were alive, stood off at a distance and with their long bows and a shower of arrows left not one to breathe. LONG BEFORE NOON THE FIELD BELOW WAS DOTTED AND THE NARROW PASS WAS CHOKED WITH DEAD BODIES IN THE AFTERNOON AFTER A SHORT REST AND REFRESHED WITH FOOD THE VALLEY MEN THOUGH FINDING THAT ONLY FOUR OF THE HILL FIGHTERS WERE ALIVE STOOD OFF AT A DISTANCE AND WITH THEIR LONG BOWS AND A SHOWER OF ARROWS LEFT NOT ONE TO BREATHE
 to get the girls and make them come home. The hill men saw the band of hunters coming after their daughters. They at once took their new wives into a natural rocky fortress, on the top of a precipice, which overlooked the lake. This stronghold had only one entrance, a sort of gateway of rocks, in front of which was a long steep, narrow path. Here the hill men stood, to resist the attack and hold their prizes. It was a case of a very few defenders, assaulted by a multitude, and the battle was long and bloody. The hill men scorned to surrender and shot their arrows and hurled their javelins with desperate valor. They battled all day from sunrise until the late afternoon, when shadows began to lengthen. The stars, one by one came out and both parties, after setting sentinels, lay down to rest. In the morning, again, charge after charge was made. Sword beat against shield and helmet, and clouds of arrows were shot by the archers, who were well posted in favorable situations, on the rocks. G THE DEER AND MARCHED QUICKLY BACK TO GET THE GIRLS AND MAKE THEM COME HOME THE HILL MEN SAW THE BAND OF HUNTERS COMING AFTER THEIR DAUGHTERS THEY AT ONCE TOOK THEIR NEW WIVES INTO A NATURAL ROCKY FORTRESS ON TOP OF A PRECIPICE WHICH OVERLOOKED THE LAKE THIS STRONGHOLD HAD ONLY ONE ENTRANCE A SORT OF GATEWAY OF ROCKS IN FRONT OF WHICH WAS A LONG STEEP NARROW PATH HERE THE HILLMEN STOOD TO RESIST THE ATTACK AND HOLD THEIR PRIZES IT WAS A CASE OF VERY FEW DEFENDERS ASSAULTED BY A MULTITUDE AND THE BATTLE WAS LONG AND BLOODY THE HILLMEN SCORNED TO SURRENDER AND SHOT THEIR ARROWS AND HURLED THEIR JAVELINS WITH DESPERATE VALOR THEY BATTLED ALL DAY FROM SUNRISE UNTIL THE LATE AFTERNOON WHEN SHADOWS BEGAN TO LENGTHEN THE STARS ONE BY ONE CAME OUT AND BOTH PARTIES AFTER SETTLING SENTINELS LAY DOWN TO REST IN THE MORNING AGAIN CHARGE AFTER CHARGE WAS MADE SWORD BEAT AGAINST SHIELD AND HELMET THE CLOUDS OF ARROWS WERE SHOT BY THE ARCHERS WHO WERE WELL POSTED IN FAVORABLE SITUATIONS ON THE ROCKS
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