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

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"a maiden's heart is riddle, even
to herself" said Kamaialtsn.
"But there is sympathy that makes
me feel her heart in my own, rejoined
Semitzin. Love is thing TINT
pierces through time, and through bar.
riers which separate the mind and
memory Of the past from the present.
las you know, Knmaiakan--was
never welded; the fate OF our people.
and my early end, kept that from me.
But the thought Of thut youth is here, "
she put her hand on her bosom, r.
'and It seems 10 me that were we to
meet, should know him. Perhaps,
were that to be, Miriam and might
thus come to be aware Of each other,
and life henceforth one life"
"Such matters are beyond my knowl-
edge" said the Indian, shaking his
head. "1he gods know what will be.
1t is for MS, now, toregain the treasure
Are you willing, my Princess, to ac-
company me thither?"
~ am ready. Shall It be nowP"
mot now, but soon. win call
you when the moment comes. The
place is but a ride OF but two or three
hours from here. None must know our
departure, for there are some here
whom do not trust We must go by
night You will wear the garments
you now have on, without which all
might miscarry"
How can the garments effect the re-
suit, KamailkanP"
"A powerful spell is laid upon them,
Princess. Moreover, the characters
wrought upon them, with gold thread
and jewels, are mystical, and the sub
stance of the garment itself has vir-
tue to preserve the wearer from evil 1t
is the same that was worn by you when
the treasure was hidden; and it may be,
semitzin, that without its magic aid
your spirit could not know itself in this
world as now 1t can"
As he spoke the last words, low
sound, wandering and muttering with
an inward note, came pslpitating on
their ears through the night air II
seemed to approach from no direction
that could be identified yet it was at
first remote, and then came nearer, and
in a moment trembled around them,
and shivered in the solid earth beneath
their feet; and in another instant IL had
passed on, and was subduod slowly into
silence in the shadowy distance. No
one who has once heard that sound can
mistake IL for any other, or ever can
forget it, The air had suddenly be-
come close and tense; and now long
breeze swept like "a sigh through the
garden, dying away in a long-drawn
wall; and out of the West came a hol-
low murmur, like that of mighty
wave breaking upon the shore of the
ocean.
"The earthqualse!' whispered Ka-
maiakan, rising to his his feet. And
then he pointed to the stone basin.
"LooISl the spring!'
at is Ronem exclaimed Semitzin.
And, in truth, the water, with
strange, sucking noise, disappeared
through the bottom of the basin, leav-
ing the glistening cavity which had
held it, green with Shiny water-weed,
empty.
"'rhe time is near, indeedr' muttered
the Indian. "The second shock may
cause the waters from which this spring
came to rise as no living man has seen
them rise, and make the sea return,
and the treasure be lost. In few DAYS
all may be over. But you, princess,
must vanish; though the shock was but
slight, some one might be awakened;
and were You to be discovered, our
plans might go wrong"
Must / depart so soon?' said
Semitzin, regretfully "The earth is
beautiful, Mammalian; the smell of the
flowers is sweet, and the stars in the
sky are bright, To feel myself alive,
to breath TO walk, to see, are sweet
Perhaps ! have no other conscious life
than this. would like to remain as |
am; l would like to see the sun shine
and to hear the birds sing, and to see
the men and women who live in this
age, Is there no way of keeping me
here?'r
4 cannot tell; it may be,-but it
must not be now Semitziu." the old
man replied, with troubled look.
~ NHNo Va tAt gus tIt not our
ways. She whose body you inhabit-
she has her life to live"
But is that girl more worthy to live
than II You have called me into be-
ing again; you have made me know
how pleasant this world is. Miriam
sleeps; she need never know;
She need never awake again. You
were faithful to me in the old time;
have you more care for her
than for me? feel all the
power and thirst Of youth in me;
the gods did not let me live out my
life; may they not intend that l shall
take 1t up again now? Besides, | wear
hiriams body; could / not seem to
others to be Miriam indeed9 How could
they guess the truth2"
81 will think Of what you saw, Prin-
cess said Mammalian. "Somethinq
may perhaps be done; but it must be
done gradually: you would need much
instruction in the ways Of the new
world before you could safely enter
into its life. Leave that to me. am
loyal as ever; is it not TO fulfn the
oath made TO you that am hereq and
what would Miriam be to me, were She
not your inheritor? BE satisfied Tor