coming to any home at nightfall. Our sister is
lost, and never will be found. She probably
perished in the sea; or, to whatever shore the
white bull may have carried 'her, it is now so
many years ago, that there would be neither
love nor acquaintance between us, should we
meet again. My father has forbidden us to re-
turn to his palace; so I shall build me a hut
of branches, and dwell here.?

"Well, son Phoenix," said Telephassa, sorrow-
fully, "you have grown to be a man, and must
do as you judge best. But, for my part, I will
still go in quest of my poor child."

"And we three will go along with you!" cried
Cadmus and Cilix, and their faithful friend
Thasus.

But, before setting out, they all helped Phoe-
nix to build a habitation. When completed, it
was a sweet rural bower, roofed overhead with
an arch of living boughs. Inside there were
two pleasant rooms, one of which had a soft
heap of moss for a bed, while the other was
furnished with a rustic seat or two, curiously
fashioned out of the crooked roots of trees. So
comfortable and home-like did it seem, that

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