The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-10-15
THE INCA's DAUGHTER
A PERUVIAN LEGEND.


his love of tho arts. especially those
connected with the Improvement of his
capital, proclaimed that whosoever
would find means of conveying water
with facility to his palace and to Cuzco,
should receive in marriage his youngest
daughter; then beautiful girl in the
first bloom of womanhood. This offer
was no sooner made, than young man
appeared, called Hussan, who declared
himself capable Of performing tho great
work lie was Immediately furnished
with as many men, and all the materi-
ais which he thought proper to demand,
and the work was commeuced. ,,
While the work, however, was in pro
gress, an incident occurred, Which
dampcd the ardor of the youth for the
accomplishment of what he had undorl'
taken, and seemed to overthrow all ox,
poctations Of its ever being mpleted.
Among the numerous attendants uSon
the wor kmon for tho preparation of
their food, and tho care of the camp in
which they dwelt, there appeorod girl
Of great beauty, and while attending
upon, her father, was observed by the
youthful engineer, who became so vic.
lenuy ouamored that his attention was
distracted and turned from the object
upon which his mind had been hither-
to bent He saw that the accomplish I.
ment of the work no had undertaken
would result in his marriage with the
daughter oftho Inca, and this, thougl
accompanied by oil the honors the SOW
oreign could bestow, would deprive hin
of that which he valued more than life
and tie him to n bride whom he haC
never seen, and had now ceased to de-
sire to know. KS SF1 Oh
Owing to the state of Hassan's mind,
neglect, languor aud disorder roignod il
he encampment Of the workmon, which
at first seemed to arise from n convic
ton on the part f the engineer that the
accomplishment of the work was be
yond his power. Some time passed
without any change, during which Has
san had frequent opportunities of meet
ing the attendant to whom ho had be
come attached. This, however, was by
and-by remarked by the people in sucI
a manner as to induce the young cir
to retire, and return no more to tn
camp-distracting still moro the min,
of the engineer, who was unable to OBJ
tain any further information Of her.
Tho confusion into which everythin,
was now thrown became known to tn
Inca, who soon learned also the real
cause of the engineers default and dc
termined to take his revenge by putting
to death the subject who had so grossl
and so openly insultcd his sovereign
The character, however, of the offenc
was such that Hassan was sent for bt
!. fore his execution, and appeared guard
IS ed, In tho presence Of tho Inca, VIII
D. sat upon his throne, surrounded by h
l, mobiles. Huasca, happening to be
!. man of moderate passions, asked Il
is culprit. in the presence of his noble
ID wSethey he had anything to say befo
s. his execution in extenuation of til
ID crime he had committed by treating h
& Sovereigniwith contempt.
le To this the young man replied, tht
s ho only had to thank Ills sovereign f
m all the favors he had received, al
Sc moro especially for that he was about
We receive, which would place him
Z 1yond the reach ofsuoh suffering as /
u had endured since he had been a
= quainted with the innocent cause of b
10 Wisfort9ns., p, .-.st,-,ps.v
y. Attic moment that the Inca W
" about to commit him to the tender m
=. 20 cics Of the executionors, the girl
!, have mentioned, suddenly appear
- among the crowd of mobiles, dressed
~ she had been in the camp of the VOL
men, and rushing into the centre OF t
80 hall, exclaimed
81 at"StayS 4pesJ AprestTtho hand of j.
s. tice for moment, while l put ono que
tion to the unfortunate cutprit. 1t "
-'- be such as the Inca will not dis
Q prove3hr0 TO Aoc'. 'lu1 4
'' From the moment of this strar
$. apparitiOn, until the demand of {
girl, there was not a sound het
onos The whole of tho noblos present
~ NAMED moliohless md silent; but,
pir no embarrassmeht overwhelmed tn
the presence of their sovereign wo
letlo have restrained equally their words
their acts, Huasca, who Alono soel
pnmoyod, nodded asaont to tho dem