y Arabian horse, Marko followed him, threw him, bound him, and
led him to the place where his son lay. Then he bound the two together,
tossed them on the saddle of the Arabian horse and rode home. There he
put them in prison.

Hearing this, the wife of the general wrote a letter to Marko, begging
for mercy for her husband and son. Marko promised to release them on
condition that she release Milos and his brothers. This she did,
honoring them and making them rich presents.

"Now, for the love of Heaven," said she, "see that my husband and my son
return to me."

"Never fear," answered Milos. "Give me the general's black horse; adorn
him as the general adorned him; give me a golden chariot with twelve
horses, such as the general rides in when he journeys to the emperor in
Vienna; and give me the robe that the general wears on state occasions."

The wife provided all that he asked, and gave the prisoners for
themselves a thousand ducats. Then they rode away.

Marko welcomed them, released the general and his son and provided them
with a strong body-guard back to Varadin. Then Milos and his brothers
divided the ducats among them, kissed the hand of the king's son, and
rode away into their own country.

THE DECISION OF LIBUSCHA

There dwelt once in the neighborhood of Gruenberg Castle in Bohemia two
brothers--Staglow and Chrudis, of the distinguished family of
Klemowita--and these two had fallen into a fierce dispute over the
inheritance of their father's lands. The older son Chrudis thought that
he should inherit all of the estate--and that is the custom in some
countries, you know--while the younger son, Staglow, declared that the
property should be equally divided.

Now it happened that a sister of the princess Libuscha Vyched lived at
the court. She entreated the princess to settle the quarrel according to
law.

The princess yielded to her wish, and decided that the brothers should
either inherit their father's estate jointly or divide it into equal
shares.

All the lords of the country assembled to hear the rendering of the
decision--brave knights from far and near. Chrudis and Staglow, of
course, were present, very curious to hear what their princess would
decide. Pungel of Hadio, proclaimed far and wide as the bravest of all
the knights of Bohemia, was also among the company.

The princess herself rendered the decision, standing in white robes
before her people. The two brothers stood near, and sc