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iIuUnS AIT CNC, III lily SucUglI SUdI DC do
the sun and neither the four elements nor
the two great principles of heat and cold
shall have power over the. Child of the
sun, run thy race, and rejoice in thy strength
The weary young man, ready 10 sink UNI
der fatigue and cold, and hitherto just about
to give up the further ascent in despair, plac-
ed a small particle oftlc gum between his
lips. 1t instantly dissolved, and suddenly
be felt a new principle of life. The stag
nant blood warmed and glowcd in his stiff.
cning veins his heart leaped his sinews
became strong; his spirits cheerful and full
Of elasticity and hope and anticipated VIC
tory once more filled his soul. He was q
new being. lie felt the strength Of an inn
mortal, and the enduring power Of the tire
less sun. His first impulse was to spread
his hands in gratitude TO this visible dispen-
ser of life and heat, who was at that mo-
ment descending the western horizon to light
unknown realms beyond its verge. Then
carefully placing the remainder Of the gum
in his ~vesturc, he sprang up the cone with the
strength and ~flectncss of n chamois. Up.
ward and onward, and still upward, and UNI
wearied and unccasing he kept his skyward
way, till the astonished troops below, who
had followed him until he appeared like a
minute speck on a snow white spire could
scarcely see him, and soon the mountain
mist and twilight yelled him from their view.
Three days and nights they remained en-
camped at the foot Of a mountain, and lie
did not reappear. His death was then con-
sldercd certain.-The camp was ordered to
be struck, and the soldiers returned 10 the
capital. The emperor received the news of
the failure and death of the bold a~spirant
for his crown, with undisguiscd delight. For
in sending thither, he had only sent him to a
more lingering species of death than he could
have received from the axe of the headsman.
The princess, though struck with deep grief,
gave not away to despair, for there was an
anchor of hope in her soul to which she Sc
cretly chung.
The day following the returns of the troops
an embassy from the Inca of Peru arrived
at the court of the emperor, TO negotiate a
marriage between the heir apparent to his
/ throne and the princess Eylla. This pro.
, position at once met with the appreciation Of
The emperor, who was DESTROYS to secure his
: daughter against farther attachment of a like
r nature with that form which he had lust res.
n cued her. The princess Eylla, therefore,
: was commanded 10 prepare herself for the
h nuptials, by proxy, to take place on the third
day after the arrival of the embassy. The
C limits OF a story will not permit US to enter
into the feelings of the princess on this an
nounccment. She consented and obeyed,
II because she looked for a diversion in her ia
S vor ere the fatal hour arrived-for she had
not yet given up Montezuma.
The bridal hour arrived, and the proudest hall
= of the imperial palace was gorgeously decked
n with banners, ~hangings of gold and crimson, and
innumerable suns composed of diamonds and
= precious stones. The pride and pomp and mag.
. %nificence of the mobiles was displayed in a de.
-, gree hitherto unapproached. The emperor, ar.
u rayed in his imperial robes, was surrounded by
his court--the princess Eylla, in robes of snowv
white, shining with pearls, and her BRIGHT hair
IS g%littering with jewels, stood on his right, her
a hand IN NASHVILLE the proxy of the prince of
Peru stood on his left. The first words of the
ceremony had begun to be spoken BY the birh
> priest of the sun. when a sudden commot.on at
o the entrance Of the hall drew all eyes and in.
S terrupt the rites. The color came like a flash
: Of sunlight to the pale cheek of the princess, as
she Looked up at the sound. TIE next moment
a noble youth maeniicently alfred in cloth of
> gold, silk and velvet, with a dazzling coronet ON
his brow, in which blazed a crescent of diamonds
= each of which rivalled in size and splendor that
on the imperial crown, strobe through the
: throng of courtiers, who made way for him as
G he advanced, and coming within the circle about
n the monarch, knelt before him, holding extend.
y ed in his right hand a single diamond Of wonder.
r tul size and beauty. Instantly every eve &C.
knowledged it TO be the counterpart of that ON
the imperial diadem.
'MoNTEzUMA! 1t is Montezuma! = cried a
hundred voices.
i an Mon,ezuma,' was the reply of the Young
If man, rising from his knee and looking proud)v
around but his eye softened as his glance fell
II on the lovely princess, who, between SURPRISE
and Joy, was nearly fainting in the arms of he,
attendants, j am Monte.uma, and have come.
: emperor, to claim the reward of my success
C Behold the twin-diamond to that in the regal
crown
AS he spoke, he elevated it aloft, in iuxta M.
a sition with that on the crown, and placed il 70
: every eye in full comparison. A loud sbopt Ar.
y know ledged the likeness, and then Mon.eznma