DJUN'S MAGIC IN THE HOUSE OF THE CHIEF.
'Bring in whatever the canoe contains,' she said; and when everything was ready she went into the house, and the two orphan girls went with her.
'The chief's daughter is ill as well as her father,' so Djun heard after she had been back in the village for a few days, and she waited in the house, expecting to be summoned to work a cure. But though they had sent for her while she was living far from them, now that she was amongst them again she looked so like the girl they had known from a child that the people could not believe she could be a real shaman, and called in others. However, in spite of the care of these medicine men, both the chief and his daughter became worse and worse, and in despair, their kinsfolk suddenly bethought themselves of Djun. The girl was not in the house at the time that the messenger arrived, but one of the orphans met him, and asked:
'How much will they pay the shaman if she cures them?'
'Two slaves,' was the answer.
'That is not enough,' said the child; 'go back and tell them so.'
And the messenger went back and came again.
'How much will they pay the shaman?' asked the child as she opened the door to him.
'Two slaves and much goods,' answered he.