The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-05-11

| show vulgar hunger and thirst tnes
brought him afsmall carafe Of the s-acrel
/ aiisi, which he found 10 bc a very ordi
nary brand Of Germ whisky. but exceed
ingly strong.
When he had finished he drew out hi'
meerschaum. aIle,i and lighted IL Thi'
proceeding was watched boy the priests
and a. many Of the chiefs as could set
into the chamber with undisguised teai
and trembling. The striking of 'ht
match upon the sion.s and the bursting
II the little fame into life was sigma
for a startling outcry. When the CRATE
full smoke proceeded III gently rising
circles from his mouth and the aroma
filed the cir the looks cast upon this liv
ing censor were of profound awe. A.
eacn new wonder unfolGcd 10 theil
gaze messengers were sent forth. aue
their voices coald be heard by Gilber'
as they announced the pTos dizzy 10 th'
people who waited without
TIE situation began 10 grow perpie<
ing Ia the visitor after awhile. He won
/ dered what was expected Of him, and
questioned his ability 10 perform his du
ties as a god. The role might be an ex
acting one, and he felt the neel of III
| struction. The white faces which he
saw around him seemed to forbid the
| idea % barbari-m, and he addressed Il
| kulcan several Questions in II. Language
he was master Of 10 he answered only III
a strange. soft tongue, with many geru-
| fectiors and much apparent awe.
Finally, rested and fed, he rose and
strobe 10 the door, placing his wide
sombrcro OH his head. AS he did so all
| hurr!edly made way for him. When he
appeared III view of the waiting popu-
! lace they set upa great and joyous shout.
| to which lie wered by removing his
hat and bowling graciously. He was fol-
| lowed by the obsequious priests, kulcan
! leading. in the endeavor to show him
| honor
Il wonder" he unused, "if they expect
me to fly away suddenly, or if this sort
of thing is going TO last. If it does, it
will grow intolerable 10 man of modest
| tastes"
| Turning his eyes he encountered the
| gaze Of Chalpa, whose forbidding face
| showed the utmost terror, the muscles
| of his lips working with spasmodic
! twitches a3 he met Gilbert's piercing,
| questioning glance. The latter knew
| intuitively that the man before him had
some special cause to fear him, and AS
he noted the evil Countenance he resolved
to keep a watch upon him, feeling in
stinctively that here was an enemy, and
possibly dangerous one.
He observed at glance the general
| divisions of society in the crowd below
and about him. The white robss of the
priests marked their vocation, while the
dress Of the chiefs and the opulent
| citizens distinguished them sufficiently
from the ordinary rabble. He counted
| between thirty ana forty faces as white
as his own, and many that were nearly
white, SO that there were evidently
white and a reddish brown race occupy
ing the great circular tenement, having
intermingled and intermarried until the
general type was a dark brunette. He
noted also the surprising beauty of the
young women ard many of the men.
There was decided facial resem-
blance among them all, as in the Mon
golian race, but it was far more pleas
ing one-the features of the people We're
markedly regular. He observed no
weapons among them Of any sort. al
though few days later he detected the
presence Of bows, arrows and small
stone tipped javelins in the houses, and
several skillfully made crossbows of
horn, showing an advance in civilization
far beyond that which the prehistoric
AZtecs had attained at the time of their
overthrow. He was surprised at the pro-
fusion Of gold and silver ornaments.
worn by even the children, denotins a
source near and easily worked from
which the precious metals had been OBJ
tanned.
Perplexing as was the situation in
which he found himself, he felt that he
was fortunate i'll the opportunity it af-
forded him for delightful study of an
unknown race. Il can at least do the
doctoring for the whole city. if all else
fails Inc" he thought. 81 doubt if there's
another N. D. in the place And there's
that camera Up above, there. | might
turn an honest penny making photo
graphs"
While these practical ideas were going
through his mind he strobe down the
steps and began to descend the cause-
way. AT the foot of it stood little Eliza
smiling up at him, with her garland in
her hand, having evaded her grand
mothers eyes. Gilbert took her IN and
kissed the merry mouth with a welcome
sense of gratitude for the tender smile.
for he loved children. The action was
greeted by the crowds with a generous
shout Of JOY: they ceased that moment
to fear and began to love the fair haired
god.
lie walked around the court in O
scrutiny of the gaudy and hideous idols
until lie came TO that Of Chalcu. the
serpent god, and then strange thing
happened. AS he stood smiling nm AZ
the hideous face. which bore no mora
meaning to him than thousand other
misshapen heather efigies, the apnar.
entity solid rubble masonry of its pedes-
tai fell apart, and the heavy image tot
tered and fell PROSTATE upon its face ha-
fore him. The occurrence was seen bv
the entire populace, and for an instant
there was deep silence, which was fol.
lowed by cries of intense reioiciDg-tbe
event was accepted instantly nv tba
atzians as natural and proper one.
Ihey felt that the evil god had fallen
and bowed before his master. and that
his dread reign was ended.
A single glance convinced Gilbert tina.
the disaster to the evil deity was the re-
suit OF lack of care in the construction
OF the masonry of the pedestal. The fire
which burned upon it before the IMAGE
nao IN some manner weakened the
plaster that held the stones together. and
Inc weishty idol had forced them anart
at very opportune moment. 1t did not
need very bright intellect to see the
,oree OF the event and the impression it
nad left, as well as the beneficial result
20 al, concerned. One of their idols. and
ny All ODDS the most hideous. was nros-