The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-10-01

instruct her in the TRUTH said the Prin-
| cess. And she, in turn, might speak to
me OF things that perplex me. / live and
| move in this mortal world, and yet you
tell me- three centuries have passed since
what is called my death. To me it seems
as if l had but slept through night. and
were awake again. Nor can I tell what
has happened-what my life and thoughts
| have been-during this long lapse of time
Yet it must be that 1 live another life: I
| cannot rest in extinction. Three times
you have called me forth; yet whence 1
come hither, or whittier return, is I'M
known to me-"
There is memory of the spirit" re-
piled Kamaiakan, 'and memory Of the
body. They are separate, and cannot
communicate with each other. Such is
| the law"
'Yet remember, as if it were yester-
day, the things that were done when
| Montezuma was King. And well do l
| remember you, Kamaiakan ~
! 1T is true live again, Princess, though
not in the flesh and bones that died with
you in the past. But in the old days l
was acquainted with mysteries, and
learned the secrets OF the world of spirits
and this science still remained with me
after the change, SO that L was able to
know that ! was /, and that you could be
recalled to speak with me through the
| tongue of Marian. But there are some
things that L do not know; and it is for
that l have been bold to summon you"
What can tell you that can be of use
to you in this present life, Kamaiakan,
when all whom we knew and loved are
gomez"
is"To you only, Semitzin, is known the
place Of concealment of the treasure
which, in the old times, you and hid in
| the desert. L indeed remember the event.
and somewhat of the region of the hid
| ing; but cannot put my hand on the
very spot. l have tried to discover it
but when I approach it my mind be-
comes confused between the present and
the past, and l am lost"
II remember it WE'LL" said Semitzin.
| I'VE rode across the desert, carry
ing the treasure on mules. The air was
still, and the heat very heavy. The des-
| ert descended III great hollow you told
me 1t was where, in former days, the
ocean had been. At last there were rocky
| hills before US; we rode toward great
| rock shaped like the pyramid on which
| the sacrifices were held in Tenochtitlan.
| We passed around its base, and entered a
| deep and narrow valley that seemed to
have been plowed out of the heart of the
earth and to descend into it. Then.
But what is 1t you wish to do with this
! treasure, Kamaiakan?''
1T belongs to your race. Princess
and was hidden that the murderers of
Montezuma might not seize it. I was
| bound by an oath, after the peril was
| past, TO restore 1t to the rightful owners
But our country remained under the rule
| OF the conquerors, and my life went out.
| But now the conquerors have been con-
| quered in their turn, and Miriam is the
| last inheritor of your blood When /
| have delivered to her this trust nv work
will be done, and / can return to the
| world which you inhabit. The time is
| come, and only by your help can the res
| titution be made.''
| WAS there time fixed?''
| 1.-The stars tell me so. And other events
make 1t certain that there must be no de-
| lay. The General has it in mind to dis
| cover the gates through which the waters
underground may arise and again form
| the sea which flowed hereabouts in the
ancient times. Now, this sea will fill the
ravine in which the treasure lies. and
make it forever unattainabIe A youtb
has also come here who is skilled in the
sciences, and whom the General will ask
to help him in the thing he is to attemnt },
"Who is this youth Pr asked Semitzin.
He is of the new people who inherit
this land; his name is Freeman
There is something in mel know not
what-that seems TO tell me l have been
near such one. Can 1t be so?"
1.-The other SELF. who now sleeps, knows
of him." replied the ancient Indian.
He is well-looking youth, and think
he has desire toward her we call Mir
iam."
And does she love him?" inquired
the Princess.
"a maiden's heart is riddle, even to
herself" said kamaiakan.
But there is a sympathy that makes
me feel her heart in my own re-
Joined Semitzin. ssLoye is a thing