Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-18


speak to me Of things that perplex me.
! live and move in this mortal world,
and yet (you tell mel three centuries
have passed since what is called my
death. To me it seems as II had but
slept through a night, and were awake
again. Nor can | tell what has
happened-whut my life and thoughts
have been-during this long lapse of
time. Yet IL must be that / live an
other life; | cannot rest in extinction.
Three Times you have called me forth;
yet whence l come hithor, or whittier /
return, is unknown to me"
There is a memory of the spirit"
replied hamnialSan, land a memory Of
the body. They are separate, and can
not communicate with each other.
Such is the law "
yet remember, as il it were yes
terday, the things that were done when
MonteEuma was King And well do
remember you, Bamaialtanr'
at is true ! live again, Princess,
though not in the flesh and bones that
died with you in the past But in the
old days was acquainted with mys-
teries, and learned the secrets of the
world Of spirits; and this science still
remained with me after the change, so
that was able to know that | was /,
and that you could be recalled to speal.
with me through the tongue Of Miriam.
But there are some things that do
not know and it is for that have been
bold to summon you"
"What can toll you that can be of
use to you in this present life, Kainaia-
kan, when all whom we knew and
loved are gomez"
ITO you only, Semit2in, is known
the place OF concealment Of the treas
ure which, in the old times, you and l
hid in the desert, indeed remember
the event and somewhat of the region
of the hiding; but | cannot put my
hand on the very spot. / have tried 10
discover 10 but when I approach il my
mind becomes confused between the
present and the past, and / am lost"
81 remember II Well" said Seiuitzin.
eve rode necrosis the desert. carrying
the treasure on mules. The air was
still and the hsat very heavy. The
desert descended in a great hollow: Won
told me it was where, in former days.
the ocean had been. At last there were
rocky hills before us we rode towards
a great rock shaped like the pyramid
ON which the sacrifices were held in
Tenochtitlan. We pussed around its
base, and entered deep and narrow
valley, that seemed to have been
ploughcd ont of the heart Of the earth
and TO descend into it, Then. But
what is it you wish 70 do with this
treasure, Kamaiakan2"
1t belongs to your race, princess
and was hidden that the murderers OF
Montezuma might not seize it. was
bound by an oath, after the peril was
past, to restore it 10 the rightful
owners But our country remained
under the rule of the couquerors; and
my life went out. But now the con-
querors have been conquered in their
turn, and Miriam is the last inheritor
of your blood. When have delivered
to her this trust, my work will be done.
and cHn return TO the world which
You inhabit The time is come: and
only by your help S2n the restitution
be made"
Was there, then time fixc1?n
THE stars k,ll me so. And other
events make it certain that thcre must
be no delay. The general hts ii in
mind 10 discover the gates through
which the waters underground may
arise and again form the sea which
flowed hereabouts in the ancient
times Now, this sea win fn the
ravine in which the treasure lies. and
make IL forever unattainnble. A youth
has also come here who Is a,illedfn the
sciences, and whom the general viii
ask to help him in the thag he IS to
attempt"
who is this youthg7 asked sem.
itzin,
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 have
been nenr such q one. Can II be sop
'Iho other self, Nho now sleeps
knows Of HIM, replied the ancient
Indian. "He IS wellloolsinr vouth
and think he has desiTe towards