The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-06-13
The meas Daughter.
4 PERUVIAN LEGEND.

PERUVIAN LEGEND.
Hausca, the Inca OF Peru. whoreigncl
at the beginning Of the sixteenth cen.
fury, and vino was remarkable for his
love of arts, especially those connected
with the Improvement of his capital. pro
claimed that whatsoever would find the
means OF conveying water with facility
to his palace and Cuzco, would receive in
marriage his Youngest daughter, then a
beautiful girl in the bloom of woman
hood. This offer was no sooner made
than young man appeared named Has
san who declared himself capable Of per-
forming the great work. He was imme-
diately furnished with as many men and
all the material which he thought proper
to demand and the work was commenced.
While the work, however, was in pro.
gress, an incident occurred which dam
pened the ardor of the youth for the
accomplishment of what he had under
taken, and seemed to overthrow all ex-
pectations of it ever being completed.
Among the numerous attendants upon
the workmen for the preparation
of their food and the case of the camp
in which they dwelt, there appeared h
girl of great beauty, who, while attend
ing upon her father was observed b. the
youthful engineer, who became so vio-
Iently enamored that his attention was
distracted and turned from the object
upon which his mind had hitherto been
bent. He saw that the accomplishment
of the work would result in his marriage
with the daughter of the Inca; and this.
though accompanied by all the sovereign
could bestow, would deprive him of that
which he held dearer than life, and tie
him to bride whom he had never seen
and whom he had nov ceased to Cesire
to know.
Owing to this state Of Hassan's mind.
neglect, languor and disorder reigned in
the encampment of the workmcn, which
at first seemed to everyone to arise
from a conviction on the part of the en-
gineer that the accomplishment of the
work was beyond his power Sometime
passed without any change, during which
Hassan had frequent opportunities Of
meeting the young attendant to whom
he had become attached. This, how.
ever, was by-and-by remarked by the
people in such manner as TO induce
the young girl to retire and return no
more to the camp-distracting still more
the mind of the engineer, who was I'M
able to obtain any further information
concerning her. The confusion into
which everything was now thrown soon
became known to the Inca: who soon
learned also the real cause of the Young
engineers defaults and determined to take
revenge by putting to death the subject
who had so openly and grossly insuited
his sovereign. The character however
of the otEense was such that Hasson was
sent for before his execution, and APP
peared, guarded, in the presence of the
Inca, who sat upon his throne surround
ed by his mobiles. Huasca, happeninql
to be a man Of moderate passions, asked
the culprit, in the presence of his no
bles, if he had anything to say in ex-
tenuation of the crime he had coni-I
mitted in treating his sovereign with
contempt. To this the young man re-
piled that he had only to thank his SOW
ereign for all the favors he had received
and more especially for that he was
about to receive, since it would place
him beyond the reach of such suffering
as he had endured since he had become
acquainted with the innocent cause of
his misfortune. At the moment the In
ca was about to commit him to the ex-
ecution the girl we have mentioned APP
peared among the crowd of mobiles dress
ed as she had been in the camp of the
workmen, and rushing into the centre Of
the hall, exclaimed: "Stay, Inca, arrest
the hand of justice for moment, while
/ put one question to the unfortunate
culprit."
II shall be snch as the Inca will not
disapprove." From the moment of this
strange aspiration until the demand of
the girl not sound was heard. The
whole of the mobiles present remained
motionless and silent. But had no EN-
barassment overwhelmed them, the pres
ence of their sovereign would have re-
strained equally their words and their
acts. Huasca, who alone seemed I'M
moved, nodded assent to the demand Of
the girl, who now walked up to the youth
and laying her right hand upon his left
shoulder and standing little to one
side that his countenance might be well
seen by the Inca said; "Young man of
the hills where the Inca is ever known,
subject to Huasca, hast thou chosen the
child Of the wales in preference to the
daughterT' To which the youth after
steadfastly regarding the Inca, replied
"The will of the great source of light be
done. The sentence Of the Inca is just"
Then turning to the girl he said: 81
20 now with Joy to dwell where shall
await thy coming, to possess thee for
ever"