In this way many people came to 4 dreadful and untimely end. Happily a St. George was raised from among the people, who delivered them from their terrible enemy. In this instance it was not a prince or renowned warrior clad in. shining mail, who, in single combat with the monster, wrought salvation for the people-but a humble village smith. Armed only with simplicity. aided by sagacity, he caught the python with guile, outwitting the storied subtlety of its kind, and encompassed the death of the oppress sor.
Deliverance was wrought on this wise. After visiting the other villages in the valley, the great python came to Drango, a small eminence a few miles above Wasi, where lived a blacksmith, a man strength, courage and resource, The Dea ex Machina.
The monster was mortal and the molten metal burned his vitals terribly. In a great rage he rushed off to the river to allay the burn, muttering maledictions on his destroy; er and vowing dire vengeance on return. And his strength such that he would. have" reached the healing waters of the river, and recovered from his hurt, had not the Goddess of Mercy, out of compassion for the oppressed people. intervened on their behalf by causing a landslide, which hindered the python and prevented him getting to the water; so with gr vith: ings and contortions, he perished miserably on the bank, where fossilized remains can still be seen, mine host averred, to attest the truth of the legend
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