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LEGENDS OF VANCOUVER

cast his missile first; it swept through the air
like a shaft of lightning, striking the great
rock with a force that shattered it. At the
touch of that stone the ‘Grey Archway’ opened
and has remained opened to this day.

“ ‘Oh, wonderful power and magic!’ clam-
ored the entire tribe. ‘The very rocks do his
bidding.’

“But Yaada stood with eyes that burned in
agony. Ulka could never command such
magic—-she knew it. But at her side Ulka was
standing erect, tall, slender and beautiful, but
just as be cast his missile the evil voice of the
old medicine man began a still more evil in-
cantation. He fixed his poisonous eyes on the
younger man, eyes with hideous magic in their
depths—ill-omened and enchanted with ‘bad
medicine.’ The stone left Ulka’s fingers;
for a second it flew forth in a straight line,
then as the evil voice of the old man grew
louder in its incantations the stone curved.
Magic had waylaid the strong arm of the
young brave. The stone poised an instant
above the forehead of Yaada’s mother. then
dropped with the weight of many mountains,
and the last long sleep fell upon her.

“ ‘Slayer of my mother !’ stormed the girl,
her sufiering eyes fixed upon the medicine
man. ‘Oh, I now see your black heart through
your black magic. Through good magic you

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