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Now, thought the victors, we shall get our maidens back again. So, taking their time to wash off the blood and dust, to bind up their wounds, and to eat their supper, they thought it would be an easy job to load up all the girls on their ox carts and carry them home. But the valley brides, thus suddenly made widows, were too true to their brave husbands. NOW THOUGHT THE VICTORS WE SHALL GET OUR MAIDENS BACK AGAIN SO TAKING THEIR TIME TO WASH OFF THE BLOOD AND DUST TO BIND UP THEIR WOUNDS AND TO EAT THEIR SUPPER THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AN EASY JOB TO LOAD UP ALL THE GIRLS ON THEIR OX CARTS AND CARRY THEM HOME BUT THE VALLEY BRIDES THUS SUDDENLY MADE WIDOWS WERE TOO TRUE TO THEIR BRAVE HUSBANDS
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. 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. ONT 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 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
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