zing him, he promptly
turned and fled. Jusup, meanwhile, made off in the opposite direction as
fast as his frightened legs would carry him.

Seeing that he was not pursued, To' Kaya returned, and went to Tungku
Long Pendekar's house. At the alarm of fire, all the men in the
house--Tungku Long, Tungku Itam, Tungku Pa, Tungku Chik, and Che' Mat
Tukang--had rushed out, but all of them had gone back again to remove
their effects, with the exception of Tungku Long himself, who stood
looking at the flames. He was armed with a rattan-work shield, and an
ancient and very pliable native sword. As he stood gazing upwards,
quite unaware that any trouble, other than that involved by the
conflagration, was toward, To' Kaya rushed upon him and stabbed him with
his spear in the ribs. For a long time they fought, Tungku Long lashing
To' Kaya with his little pliable sword, but only succeeding in bruising
him. At length, To' Kaya was wounded in the left hand, and almost at the
same moment he struck Tungku Long with such force in the centre of the
shield that he knocked him down. He then jumped upon his chest, and,
stabbing downwards, as one stabs fish with a spear, pinned him through
the neck. Tungku Itam, who had been watching the struggle as men watch a
cock-fight, without taking any part in it, then ran away. To' Kaya
passed out of the compound, and Che' Mat Tukang, running out of the
house, climbed up the fence and threw a spear at To' Kaya, striking him
in the back. Che' Mat then very prudently ran away too.

To' Kaya, passing up the path, met a woman named Ma' Chik--a very aged,
bent, and feeble crone--and her he stabbed in the breast, killing her on
the spot. Thence he went to the compound of a pilgrim named Haji Mih,
who was engaged in getting his property out of his house in case the
fire spread. Haji Mih asked To' Kaya how the fire had originated.

'God alone knows,' said To' Kaya, and so saying, he stabbed Haji Mih
through the shoulder.

'Help! Help!' cried the pilgrim, and his son-in-law Saleh and four other
men rushed out of the house and fell upon To' Kaya, driving him
backwards in the fight until he tripped and fell. Then, as he lay on
his back, he stabbed upwards, striking Saleh through the elbow and deep
into his chest. At this, Saleh and all the other men with him fled
incontinently. To' Kaya, then picked himself up. He had not been hurt in
the struggle, for Saleh and his people had not stayed to unbind their
spears