{"id":"01KG8AKZKEBDBKP3GZSZRHMMKH","cid":"bafkreia2gxtg5nyc63h5op2lgev6h2lnu3jsr7zbuzkb54mrjrfu7crr5a","type":"chunk","properties":{"end_line":10936,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:18.539Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Chunk 1","source_file":"01KG89J1HYC04JWXEK48P07WPK","start_line":10865,"text":"CHAPTER C.\r\nThe Pursuer Himself Is Pursued\r\n\r\n\r\nNext morning, when much to the chagrin of Borabolla we were preparing\r\nto quit his isle, came tidings to the palace, of a wonderful event,\r\noccurring in one of the “Motoos,” or little islets of the great reef;\r\nwhich “Motoo” was included in the dominions of the king.\r\n\r\nThe men who brought these tidings were highly excited; and no sooner\r\ndid they make known what they knew, than all Mondoldo was in a tumult\r\nof marveling.\r\n\r\nTheir story was this.\r\n\r\nGoing at day break to the Motoo to fish, they perceived a strange proa\r\nbeached on its seaward shore; and presently were hailed by voices; and\r\nsaw among the palm trees, three specter-like men, who were not of\r\nMardi.\r\n\r\nThe first amazement of the fishermen over, in reply to their eager\r\nquestions, the strangers related, that they were the survivors of a\r\ncompany of men, natives of some unknown island to the northeast; whence\r\nthey had embarked for another country, distant three days’ sail to the\r\nsouthward of theirs. But falling in with a terrible adventure, in which\r\ntheir sire had been slain, they altered their course to pursue the\r\nfugitive who murdered him; one and all vowing, never more to see home,\r\nuntil their father’s fate was avenged. The murderer’s proa outsailing\r\ntheirs, soon ran out of sight; yet after him they blindly steered by\r\nday and by night: steering by the blood- red star in Bootes. Soon, a\r\nviolent gale overtook them; driving them to and fro; leaving them they\r\nknew not where. But still struggling against strange currents, at times\r\ncounteracting their sailing, they drifted on their way; nigh to\r\nfamishing for water; and no shore in sight. In long calms, in vain they\r\nheld up their dry gourds to heaven, and cried “send us a breeze, sweet\r\ngods!” The calm still brooded; and ere it was gone, all but three\r\ngasped; and dead from thirst, were plunged into the sea. The breeze\r\nwhich followed the calm, soon brought them in sight of a low,\r\nuninhabited isle; where tarrying many days, they laid in good store of\r\ncocoanuts and water, and again embarked.\r\n\r\nThe next land they saw was Mardi; and they landed on the Motoo, still\r\nintent on revenge.\r\n\r\nThis recital filled Taji with horror.\r\n\r\nWho could these avengers be, but the sons of him I had slain. I had\r\nthought them far hence, and myself forgotten; and now, like adders,\r\nthey started up in my path, as I hunted for Yillah.\r\n\r\nBut I dissembled my thoughts.\r\n\r\nWithout waiting to hear more, Borabolla, all curiosity to behold the\r\nstrangers, instantly dispatched to the Motoo one of his fleetest\r\ncanoes, with orders to return with the voyagers.\r\n\r\nEre long they came in sight; and perceiving that strange pros in tow of\r\nthe king’s, Samoa cried out: “Lo! Taji, the canoe that was going to\r\nTedaidee!”\r\n\r\nToo true; the same double-keeled craft, now sorely broken, the fatal\r\ndais in wild disarray: the canoe, the canoe of Aleema! And with it came\r\nthe spearmen three, who, when the Chamois was fleeing from their bow,\r\nhad poised their javelins. But so wan their aspect now, their faces\r\nlooked like skulls.\r\n\r\nThen came over me the wild dream of Yillah; and, for a space, like a\r\nmadman, I raved. It seemed as if the mysterious damsel must still be\r\nthere; the rescue yet to be achieved. In my delirium I rushed upon the\r\nskeletons, as they landed—“Hide not the maiden!” But interposing, Media\r\nled me aside; when my transports abated.\r\n\r","title":"Chunk 1"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJP4DG2JAV4DXXMXSXWQF","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J1HYC04JWXEK48P07WPK","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AKZKMPJ7MVVHKXMBVCCAH","peer_type":"chunk","predicate":"next"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:22.126Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:34.057Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H"}}