Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-04-21

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Turning his cycs ho encountered the
gayo q Chalpn. whose forhidiing FACE
showed the utmns, terror. the muacle.
/ II he lips working with spasmolic
twitche. NJ he met Gilheri's piercing
questioning glance. Tho latter know
iniuitiv"ly that the man h.fure him hal
some special cause 10 fear him, and ~
he noted the evil countenanra lac resolved
To keep watch upon him. feeling in.
stinctivrly that here was an enemy, aud
possibly n dangerous one
lie observed at glance the general
divisions ~ society Ia the crowd below
AMI about him. The white roloa 81 thu
priests marked their vocation. while the
dress ~ tho chiefs and tho upulrnt
citiHrns distinguished them sufficiently
from tho ordinary rahble. Ho counted
between thirty aud forty faces ne white
NJ his own, and many that were nearly
white, 90 that there were evidently a
white and n reddish brown race occupy.
ing tho great circular tenement. having
interfningled and intermarrir,l until the
general typo was q dark brunette. lilo
noted also tho surprising beauty 81 the
young women and many Of the men.
There was a decided facial resem-
blance among them all, as In tho Mon.
golian race. but II was a far more pleas.
ing one--the features ~ tho people were
markedly regular. He ohserved no
weapons among them 81 any sort. nj.
though n few DAYS later he detected IN.
presence Of bows. arrow. and small
stone tipped iavelins In the houses. and
several skillfully mad, crossl,ow. az
horn. showing an advance In civilization
far beyond that which the prehistoric
Aztecs had attained nj the time 81 their
overthrow. lie was surprlsed M the ur,,.
fusion Of gold aud silver ornaments.
worn by even the children. denotins a
source near and easily worked from
which the precious metals had been oh
tanned.
Perplexing rs was the situation In
which hc found himself. he felt that he
was fortunate In the opportunity IL AZ.
forded him for u delightful study ~ an
unknown race. II can nj least do tho
doctoring for the whole city. n all else
fails me" he thought. II doubt ~ there's
another NJ. ID. In thu place And there's
that camera mp above, thcrei | might
turn nm homes. penny making photo
graphs"
While these practical ideas were going
through his mind he strobe down tho
steps and began 10 descend the cause
way. At tho foot Of II stood little Eltza
smiling mp ut him. with hcr garland In
her hand. having evaded her grand
mothers eyes Gilbert took her up and
kissed the merry mouth with welcome
sense Of gratitude for the tender smile,
for he loved children. The action was
greeted by tho crowds with q generous
shout ~ joy: they ceased that moment
TO fear and began 10 love the fair haired
god.
lie walked around the court I'm q
scrutiny Of the gaudy and hidcous idols
until he came 10 that - Chalcu, the
serpent god, aud then a strange thing
happened. As he stood smiling IN al
the hideous face, which bore no more
meaning 10 him than a thousand other
misshapen heather effigies, the appar.
] emily solid rubble masonry 81 its pedes.
/ tai fell apart. and the heavy image tot
tered and fell PROSTATE upon its fac. he.
fore him. The occurrence was seen by
the entire populace. and for an instant
there was deep silence, which was fol.
lowed by cries ~ intense rejoicing -ths
event was accepted instantly by the
Atzlans as u natural aud proper one.
They felt that tho evil god had fallen
and bowed before hts master, and that
his dread reign was ended.
A single glance convinced Gilbert that
the disaster 10 tho evil deity was the re-.