it up and took
it on board.

Further on they passed a large branch of a tree, on which there was a
crow's nest, with one young one in it. This, also, remembering the
solemn injunction of the priest, they carefully took up and saved.

As they were rushing madly on down the tawny, swollen river, they were
all struck with sudden excitement by seeing something struggling in the
boiling waters. Looking at this object more attentively as they drew
nearer to it, they perceived that it was a man, who seemed to be in
great peril of his life.

Chung's tender heart was filled with sympathy, and he at once gave
orders for the boatmen to go and rescue him. His wife, however,
reminded him of the warning of the priest not to save any man on the
river, as he would inevitably turn out to be an enemy, who would in
time work his rescuer great wrong.

Chung replied that at such a time, when a human being was in extreme
danger of being drowned, personal interests ought not to be considered
at all. He had faithfully obeyed the command of the priest in saving
animal life, but how much more valuable was a man than any of the lower
orders of creation? "Whatever may happen," he said, "I cannot let this
man drown before my eyes," and as the boat just then came alongside the
swimmer, he was hauled into it and delivered from his peril.

After a few days, when the storm had abated and the river had gone down
to its natural flow, Chung returned with his family to his home. To
his immense surprise, he found that his house had not been damaged in
the least. The gods who had saved his life had used their supernatural
powers to preserve even his property from the ruin and devastation that
had fallen upon the inhabitants of the city and of the surrounding
plain.

Shortly after they had settled down again, Chung enquired of Lo-yung,
the man whom he had saved from the flood, whether he would not like to
return to his family and his home.

"I have no family left," he answered with a sad look on his face. "All
the members of it were drowned in the great flood from which you
delivered me. What little property we had was washed away by the wild
rush of the streams that overflowed our farm. Let me stay with you,"
he begged, "and give me the opportunity, by the devoted service of my
life, to repay you in some slight degree for what you have done in
saving my life."

As he uttered these words his tears began to flow, and his features
showed ev