The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-26
The BdnkiVa'S
VengeanCe.
A LEGEND OF TiGlLS.
BY Margharita
Arlina Hamm.

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out Of the pride caiee sorro,r and tha
vengeance of Tho Lauliv,
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they hr.rudgad tbo bgur.ivo fnod ani
called il Il lazy and ol,tf,nous li,l ,,,+
none hurt il or laid ON il an url,ind bond
Then they drove il awav from tbair
houses and the roofs aud soil that IL rob-
bed the tame fowls Of thci. rico Somo
hurt il with sticks and stones Tho
bankiva showed no resentment br+ nIov.
ed and sang 10 tbe children .,y boforo
A new generation grew IN which for.
got the savings Of the wise mon mr. ra-
mcmbered them as dreams. Another CEN
craton came. which forgot the savings
altogether and new sultan ruled over
southern Iuzon.
He was warlike and cruel. selfish and
wicked II" had gold and levels. strong
Moro armor and .Iolo weapous lie had
cooks ana many slaves. The food of his
fathers was not good enough for him.
and he had strange dishes prepared in
his palace His people marveled M the
meats which were served. There were
deyilhshes and sea slugs. sharks tails and
tree cats, young antelopcs and timarao
calves.
One day the sultan ordered his servants
TO catch all the bankivas. ana il was done
They were still very tame and when rhe
men approached did not try to ESCAPE.
When captured, some were shut mn in
the houses and others were tcthered with
cords to trees or posts. They were fed
with rice and water an entire moon. and
then the sultan decreed catapusan. or
great feast, for three days in which the
bankivas wore to be killed cooked and
eaten.
The decree was carried far and wide.
and the people came in from the country
to take part in the festival. Hunters
and soldiers brought game of all sorts
from the forest and wild country: fisher
men brought live fish from the sea. rivers
and lakes. and farmers brought DoultI.v
and cattle from the farms.
On the morning of the first dav of the
feast, when the sultan was looking at the
cooks as they started the great fires, an
old man whom none had ever seen came
before him. saving:
"Oh. your highncss, have come TO beg
mercy for the haukivas Won are about to
slav for the feast They are sacred to
the Lord of the Winds. ana whose harms
them shall surely suffer"
Tho sultan was astouishcd at the old
mans boldpcss and called to his soldiers
to seize and bchpad the stranger Rut
when they approached him he faded AWAY
into the air and was gone, 4 third of
the bankivas were killed and cooked. and
beautiful, indeed. they were when served
at the feast. But when the people at.
tempted to eat them they turned to black
Goals. Those who saw il wondered and
some remembered that thcir orondnoth.
ers had told stories lope before obout tho
bankiva. vet they could nor remanber
what the stories were But the sultan
was filed with wrath. He swore yepge-
ance upon the old man and had several
slaves beaten with banboos for no reoson
whatever.
On the morning of the second day of
the feast. ma thp cooks were ranlonishino
the Grcs ana the sultan and his wiyes
and courtirrs were looking At the work
the old man suddenly aupnared before
them and again begged mercy for the
hankivas. Some of the people tremhlad.
because the stranger looked larrer Than
on the DAY before and because n terrible
light was in his ewes, but the sultan was
not troubled. The sight of the old man
doubled his wrath, and be again called
his guard to seize and bchcad the stran-
ger.
They drew their weapons and rushed