Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-05-19

'N h' 'ht w. VIII me IhMt hil
H,f ..,,t \ .u ,an h,l, me. aud
f. mall y" repaid let us now hasten.
tomorrow i- the daN that viii make
% mar our fattuu.-
EVERYTHING t. ready aui awaiting
val, suur ,r,itrs kul,tu. lklsisl aui
l.N. ia arc t.rinri. a.suu auttunu.l'1.
in ,Ilfai" .u~ lu 10" umplr Tho
lll man Be- .lulurhtr. be swear. We have
AulA Qu.'fnl hut kulyau may yet
N...l tot.N' bus precious hf'"
ln".W'L. hungry ru1Io .russcj Chal-
I,- f,.r
iir Viii not save u oven then. tho
rtN..I sm ,urr, dil not place him
i...ilr th" f,ls" Qucttal. they would la
,'.urath the water together aud cease 10
NeE u-'
The mail,u IL at the house - her
grandmother. old lnttu, whom have
commanded q, prcIar. her Tor her fate
,h,t- h,ugbi, aud Will not speak Ia me
l visited Boa but now hut | saw her not
Sull rhr Is w'll guarded hy men armed
with Qu-tsais ares We can thank him
TT that dressing
/ Wili talk with her" said Chalpa.
his,tcs lighting with stcely glitter IN
tho gloum "She will listen TO mol
liark What was that
Il was slight noise that made both
start ,aussd hy ListAh. who. returning
abus III" passage. stumbled over n
Nj u' lie .t"pI~d at once. seeing frics
u..fl.s,d finger. aud ftu'd mutinnluss
tna.ia aud lclslIR,, hk" two Attained
tat. p"rr,i ia every dlfc, iiun Ia silence
fut awhile. Then Tclrlp"c said
II was nothing a l,.oso Stone per
hnI=' They noi-olcs-ly assembled tho
ladder aud disappeared.
All the while Eric = hand hal been On
hia weapon. but be- was lusih to kill
th"m IA cold llo'sl although leo had
fully determined to slaughter Chalpa ~
he would a Tattl-snaka at rabid dog
siinpls "a rid the earth ~ vicious aud
dangerous animal II hal i,e,uInu sim.
ply question II H.lf defense. aud al
though ho had hcen hong IA arriving At
such devisiun hu was resolved 81 carry
u cut. Ia this he Was Justified. ha.-
much 40 Chalpa had tWl,o attempted
hi. life. aud would certainly XIII him n
hs had anuthcr opportunity. Ito could
not invoke tho law Ia AtEian with any
sense ~ security. and ho would le hls
own law aud rid tho city q vaso
scuundrrl
Mheh tho two hal gone he stepped
down aud related their conversation 10
i.istah. When ho hal concluded the
latter saidl
"Tspclf-o IL right there IL much oh
lection a. the sacrifice. People are say.
/ ing II IN Tins So ai@ilish a. They say
7 that luriFal WAS ay,rro "a n. aud they
believe ho will return ~ time 10 prevent
~ Int there Ia u strong party IN favor
~ II Too. They seem al,uut divided
some fear Chslpa and eide with him"
INA yuu SEQ lklapelr
Yes. replied iisiah. lie is guarded
by my nephew AEa, ani he permitted
M. Ia .Ieak ~ the high priest. lie was
flicd with sorrow. for ho thought you
dead lie did not believe that you had
left Va. "a Chalpa has said. but he feared
that you wero murdered When told
him you were here ha almost wspt fos
ius lie frightened NJ and appeared
years younger lie has told ma how "a
gc, ca the ault under the temple 10y ths
-, rrt dour witch YOU know. he says.
and We ara a. 20 there and le ready a.
rrscu" Leila tomorrow noon. lilo think.
u wise a. wait until then"
Did iuu suo l.elar" asked Eric, hiu
patience giving way entirely.
No. sho u with her grandmother
hut Hart. my wife. IL one ~ tho weaver.
and IL allowed Ia s"e her, YOU can send
her message aud comfort her"
Let us do ~ at once" cried Eric
"khe must l'c told. for that her heart /.
breaking know too we'll Gao 90 hel
and tell her all. Olive her this knife and
tell her to uss u uInn Chalpa " he be
come. too dangerous. but also tell her h
10 cautious aud ke"p our secret we'll
Gao quickly, viii await here patiently
Listah turned IN, Uillsft following
him along the passage. but slowly. Tn,
OLD man. accustomed "a the dark ways
could move RAPIDLY. aud ho soon van
ishsi la lees than thirty minutes h'
r.apIearvd smiling.
"She IL happy" he said. "Chalpa ha,
been there. but she tainted aud deiiet
him. and he feared o. touch her because
the i@oplo would know ~ II aud h,
shocked. She IL now sacred In theil
eyes. Jan. ia has been released, for they
think him not dangerous. ! suppose. aud
he will la here soon with food and youl
long thunder tube. II he can bring 4,
without detection. Everybody IL bus,
preparing for tomorrow. aud perhaps hs
Will not In observed. We must NEE,
him Follow mo"
They walked down the crypt until
they came Ia spot where there was M
oIrning into an unused apartment, tia
stones had fallen In aud choked tho tun
n.l. but there was room for = man u
squeeze through. once In the room
abovo ~ was easy 10 pass into another.
Hero comes Jan.ila at last" said
Eric ~ the youth began Ia descend the
ladder from the room above lia car.
ried with much difficulty - huge bundle
II hrcwood light branches. such ~
were used NJ fuel for the temple. when
he reached ID. foot % tho ladder he fell
Oh his knees and embraced Eric's legs
with many protestations 81 Joy
Il did not b-licvo You dead, any mas
ter ! knew you would return. have
brought the rifle aud the cartTidg. l-lt.
now "" can RESCUE lklaIel aud kulcan.
Their" ara many who are with you. Chal.
Ia Is feared more than he Is loved. aud
whon they see you many wall desert him
Let "a hurryl"
Hasten slowly. my lAd. Wewili walt
Tor the proper moment. then with duo
fleet aud III" pump IT our surroundings
Ne viii crush friend ChnlIa 30 that ho
~lll not rise again
S'' sAld Jan.ils. breaking into hls
bundle e faguts ia whi,h be hal con
'cal'd the rifle. Il have brought food
aud candl,s"
That's more "a the point. for | AIN
ocarly starved" answered his master.
But first We will 20 20 the chamber
1ndcr the temple There We can l~ near
lklaI"l and b" ready at any moment
show W. the way. Listah'''
They followed the old man. who held
a camille nloft. and after "a Journey Of
ilhaI~ a half hour came "a stop b..
f"r" AN apparently solid wall - large
stones. Ere recognized the great slab
In the center ~ "a door similar tu the
one Iklapcl had opened when they had
inspected the treasure vault,