The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-04-21

can TO regain his wealth, or seem TO at
least, by the same device whereby he
had lost it. He smiled and said, with
well assumed heartiness:
ssIt is we'll, my Kulcan. wished to
give you an opportunity to recover II
| possible, what you had lost. 1t Is fair
bargain"
CITIZEN wager you now on the odd
dice five hundred taos against my SIS
ter!'' cried Kulcan, placing three inGots
| on the tablet A couple of other players
laid wagers also upon the odd side, and
Chalpa tilted the box
One glance showed that Kulcan had
won. Chalpa's face was serene, how
ever, as he replaced the dice, and the
young priest again wagered five hundred
| taos against his lost property He tilted
| the box and shot the dice out upon the
tablet once more, and Kulcan won again.
| He had freed his sister and regalned his
estates, and now for revenge! With a
look full of meaning into Chalpa's cruel
eyes, he cried:
''Once more, five hundred against five
hundred taos on the even numbers!
Chalpa did not dare refuse nor did he
dare cheat, yet five hundred taos was an
| immense sum for him, successful though
he had been in his operations. He felt
| GiIbert's keen searching gaze upon him,
and he feared to look up. His nervous
| fingers shook the box, and the dice rat
tied.
| Come cried Kulcan. ''You do not
fear the test now. You have taken the
same wager before from me!''
ST fear nothing" the gambler an
swered. 81 take the betr'
The other players also placed smaller
sums upon the board upon the even side,
and the trickster tipped the box. The
| eleven clay cubes rolled across the stone
with a clinking rattle, and the eager eyes
counted quickly. Kulcan had again
won. Chalpa had lost the fruits OF sew
eral years of swindling and usury.
Gilbert had seen that the odd dice had
come from the left and the even ones
from the right end of the dicebox and
formed his conclusions, but he refrained
from, announcing his discovery, or rather
his suspicious, and when Chalpa had
made over to Kulcan the sum of his
winnings they withdrew, followed by
the other players, who were delighted
with Kulcan's good fortune.
Chalpa, on being left alone, threw
himself upon the floor in savage frenzy
of rage and despair, and then and there
resolved to kill not only Kulcan and Gil
bert. but old Iklapel, for he knew the
secret of the treasure vault and sur
rnised how the silver had been obtained.
Although he would have feared to touch
# himself. he realized that Iklapel would
give it willingly to Eric for any purpose,
and he saw all Of his hopes and plans
vanish into air with a heart so full OF
hitter hate that he could not rest, but
wandered in the canyon until nearly
dawn. When he came home he had per
fected scheme of revenge diabolicat II
IFS ingenuity and hellish in its complete
ness, to which, from that day forth, ne
devoted all his thoughts and his tireless
sleepless, unresting energies
But Gilbert did not suspect this feel
ing. although he observed that Cha1pa
was endeavoring to gain his liking by 6
careful attention, but he suspected some
nI,rn6se much less serious. However
he did not allow it to disturb him, anc
his thoughts at this time were too full
of work and plans to admit OF much else
More than a year and half haC
passed since his arrival, and IN the las
few months he had done much work
He had thrown strong dam across tn
stream. built stone mill, made the ma
chinery for il, in the old German metho'
of wood and silver, and was almos
ready to turn the water into the slulce
way upon the silent wheel. But few
details remained to perfect the mechan
: ism and astonish the Atzlans by tn
sight of the river grinding their corn
He had established the knowledge an
art of glazing pottery, the making Q
candles; he h b improved the looms an
added modern devices, perfected thel
stills, taught them how to preserv
fruits, smoke their meats, and in a hun
IS dred other ways effected great change
a and found the people eager to adoI
is labor saving methods.
t But he wished to make still create
?, changes. He had found in some OF II
strata of the canyon walls iron IN gre;
s plenty, and he was SO constantly han
i pered by the need of this indispensab
4 metal that he had begun the erection
d a furnace and ordered the extraction
a large amount of ore. The supervisor
ID of these opera lions completely filed
ID DAYS with ardIlous labor. He had COZ
ID menced his furnace with modest idea
Is intending to slnelt his iron IN the cru.
n manner which Livingstone found &
IN natives using IA Central African lz
III pie conical clay furnaces with rude b