The Burning Flames of Meleger's Death

Alfia snatched the billet from the fire and having quenched it with drawn water hit it long and secretly in her own room where thus preserved it acted as a charm to save the life of meleger. The mother now brought forth and fetched a pile of seasoned tinder ready for the torch she lit the torches and the ready pile. As the flames leaped up four times prepared to cast the fatal billet into the midst and four times hesitated to commit the dreadful deed so long the contest veered between the feelings of a mother's breast and the fierce vengeance of a sister's rage. Even when the heat of anger had dried up her eyes the conflict of her passion