ere,' said the Coyote, 'my brother the Wolf has just killed a
fat Doe, and perhaps he will give me a little of the meat when I tell
him about you and your troubles.'

"Away went the Coyote to beg for meat, and while he was gone the
young-man bathed his tired feet in a cool creek. Soon the Coyote came
back with meat, and young-man built a fire and ate some of it, even
before it was warm, for he was starving. When he had finished the
Coyote said:

"'Now I shall take you to OLD-man's lodge, come.'

"They started, even though it was getting dark. Long they travelled
without stopping--over plains and mountains--through great forests and
across rivers, until they came to a cave in the rough rocks on the side
of a mighty mountain.

"'In there,' said the Coyote, 'you will find OLD-man and he can tell
you what you want to know.'

"The Unlucky-one stood before the black hole in the rocks for a long
time, because he was afraid; but when he turned to speak to the Coyote
he found himself to be alone. The Coyote had gone about his own
business--had silently slipped away in the night.

"Slowly and carefully the young-man began to creep into the cave,
feeling his way in the darkness. His heart was beating like a tom-tom
at a dance. Finally he saw a fire away back in the cave.

"The shadows danced about the stone sides of the cave as men say the
ghosts do; and they frightened him. But looking, he saw a man sitting
on the far side of the fire. The man's hair was like the snow and very
long. His face was wrinkled with the seams left by many years of life
and he was naked in the firelight that played about him.

"Slowly the young-man stood upon his feet and began to walk toward the
fire with great fear in his heart. When he had reached the place where
the firelight fell upon him, the OLD-man looked up and said:

"'How, young-man, I am OLD-man. Why did you come here? What is it you
want?'

"Then the Unlucky-one told OLD-man just what he had told the old woman
and the white Beaver and the Coyote, and showed the stick the Beaver
had given him, to prove it.

"'Smoke,' said OLD-man, and passed the pipe to his visitor. After they
had smoked OLD-man said:

"'I will tell you what to do. On the top of this great mountain there
live many ghost-people and their chief is a great Owl. This Owl is the
only one who knows how you can change your luck, and he will tell you
if you are not afraid. Take this arrow and go among t