Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-15

under the Tree Of Trees still standing
near Mexico Cts. aud at the close ~
bis career was a very pious and good
man.
Now this governor Of Durango Ind
very Young and handsome brother.
whom he had engaged m marriage to
the only daughter 81 the governor OF
Sonora. She was not young. Neither
was She very amiahlc or beautiful
Bnt Il suited he purpose " the amb.
tioua brother 10 thus tie the two head
families Of these two Mexican states
together. And as no one had ever
dared to doubt or question his nutbofi.
ty or will, he was insane with passion
when he found that nc the end of the
great fest aud bull fight his dashipe
young brother had secretly mnrried Tho
beautiful Indian girl, daughter of Jnbha
and He'd with her aud her father back 40
the mountains aud deserts of S0poro
PRESCOTT, the historian, tells us that
Cortez. when he frat invaded Ncxico
found posinen. or runners. who carried
he mails on their backs and made the
incredible distance of 100 miles each
day You must know there were no
horses there nc that time There we're
no cattle Of any kind The largest
domestic animal which Corea found In
the lands of the single nations was the
goat But now to yet on with INV
brothers head These swift runners or
pOstmcn are still to be found in the
mountains and deserts OF Mexico re-.
mote from postoiiiOes or postal lines
have used them often and always found
them most faithful and reliable
u was 10y one of these that the dread-
ful message was sent by the governor
Of Durango i'm the wake OF his hying
brother and his bride. The great IN.
dian chief aud his two happy children
had barely had time to throw them
selves from their horses under the
palm trees nc their own village when
the fatal message came from the furi-
Gus governor.
Now. naturally you would think that
Juhha. rich, influential, powerful n
every way would hoya resisted As ok
planned before, there is, nor never has
been since the DAYS Of Cortez. any re-
sistance ot all ln the Indians Of Mexico,
AZ against the Spnniard or Mexican. An
Indian of Mexico will fight or resist the
American along our borders. but the
terrible lessons they have had from those
of Latin blood they never can forget.
| And SO the great chief Jnhha only bowed
his head before the messenger He
would obey He would take back to the
bloody and mCrdlpss governor of DIV.
range his brothers head tomorrow The
messenger turned back The silent old
chief went aside with lis sorrow. The
sun was going down. The weary young
lovers had iallen asleep even Nv the mes.
sengor approached. as they leaned to-
gether under q grent pnlm tree Ia their
scrapes. And the henrt-brohen old chief
swas glad of that: as glad as any heart
broken man could be-. They at least
would have q little rest, one little space
Of peace and hope Of pure delight in
their sweet dreams together; only dreams.
He looked back over his shoulder as
they leaned together there Tho fuce OF
/ his beautiful child was settling down
| closer aud closer TO the breast of her
/ true young husband And maybe at this
moment some little SENSE of the great
wrong and u spirit Of resistance rose In
/ his stout heart for second. His fists
! clcnched and he bit his thin copper lips
/ ill they blpd. Then his two hands
| dropped nc his side ~ the branches OF
/ q tree might drop with the axe nc It's
root. and with deep sigh he passed on
aud entered the palm matched adobe
| house of his elder sister, shrewd. So
| date old woman who was q sort of In.
/ dian prcstcss. Slowly. sadly and very
/ briefly too, he told her the terrible truth
And resistance arose vi her breast
I for u second as il had in his. But re-
\ calling TO herself The fact that the chisl
had bowed his head at the mandate ol
/ the bl0Od-thirsty governor, and in NJ
lence consented TO take the hcnd Of IN,
handsome young husband and deliver
II in person on the morrow. she WA,
silent. For to say nothing Of the peri
! of disOhcdleuce, she knew that her broth
or never broke his word