Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-06-02


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~t..n AAl caused all 'h" trouble.
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Wu..I. u ar..ptc,l At once without re-
t,ylr. t....r them upon an equality with
~. r.-' f the world AMI prevent the
ith.r drcal.ucc which would surely
ru~uv II they continued Ia their oil
t..~tuiu- and beliefs.
Then. following upon the old priests
words, Erlc stood before them and told
them simply and carefully Of the his
tory Of other nations. For two hours he
addressed them-and the gathering Of
priests grew 10 great multitude gro he
had ended telling them II Greece and
Rome. of England and America. Of
Peru and Mexico. and OF the race Of In
dams diving of the face of the earth be-
cause civilization Is too powerful for
them 10 resist. and they are too weak to
accept IL customs When he had fin
i, ned, behold. kulcan arose. and raising
his hands cried:
My brethren and friends, our Duet
Zal speaks wise words. fear he will
leave us If we are stubborn and head
strong. and we want him with us. DO we
notf' He WAS answered with shouts IT
hearty volume and feeling. Now that
Chalpa l. gone from us there will be no
more trouble, and feel that IL Quetzal
were our governor we would be prosper
Gus and content. desire not the office;
it Ill hciils me, for am too easily intiu-
enCcd TINS way and that. You want q
wise man. "a great father like our QUIET
zdl, who knows the men Of all the earth
that he may protect us from them and
guard us from the enemy who comes in
ftn' we know not. Let MS have % great
L.re;,ng i'll the estufa tonight and hold
another election. Go now and tell all
the people. and think well upon Iklapel's
words and Quetzal's and mine. the least
Of you all"
& 49, n IL I'LL
into tho temple and seated himself bc-
side him, Pierce standing outside looking
down with curious eyes upon the city.
Eric opened Mt once upon the subject
Of the treasure. telling him frankly how
much IL was valued by the rest Of the
world and To what mad extremes men
would go for tenth or u twentieth IL
IL. He told him its worth. but succeed
ed only In dimly impressing It upon III"
priest. but lklapel realized keenly the
evils that would follow repetition u
the scenes ~ Cortex OF PiEarros plum
behring's ss depicted by Eric. He heard
the latter through without saying ouch
until Eric finally said
"Now. my father lklapol, you Rre the
oldest here. You have said the treasure
IN mine. but II Ii yours and your people =
To- hold Ut to give away Tell mo now.
what say you as 10 its disposition
You have told mo many things" d"
began. "You have made my heart soar
aud my ears burn with wondruus tales
Of your great peoplo AMI thor cities.
yearn Ia see them. | long to witness
these wonders. but am old. aud grow
feeble. Int my people are young they
ara your brothers now Why should they
not SEQ aud have these tnarVelsf You
tell me that we have thu wealth ~ many
nations. aud ti.st wealth doe. al things.
Why cannot you bring these wonder.
hcref Need You leave ua N you can
command theso thingrl Need you ~
away II you can bring Them mere "a Us
Thus We can At one bound overteap the
gulf which separates us from the New
World aud be equal In wealth aud knowl
edge and power Ia any city ~ the earth
We ara Mt dull. wa learn readily
and YOU viii bs proud ~ your paopl,
before another decade passes Here ~
this city ven can plan new enterprises
put In practice Your theories II govern
ment. aud make ~ this ancient Aislan
80 full 10 all the memoris. % past ages
new and mighty oity-a monument d
your wisdom forever. leave n In you
hands. oh. my Quetsail tis yours Ia taxi
OF leave this treasure. give II Ia yo,
A. have thu power, but ponder well ga,
words, for they are full ~ wisdom give,
uo this day by uoi himself
but. answered Eric. 20 is no ordi
nary undertaking that you propose Tn,
man could not hope 10 rule this people
alose
You will have ell the power u thu
wealth behind Jon. interrupted Iklapel
"yuu can make the law"
"liut not enforce u, my old friend
Thsre's the rub. Money ,nay rule whsr,
N is feared ~ worshiIed. bat here
whers men do not need much, they a,
not fear the power ~ wealth. tn,
mere posAes@son "a money will not b.
enough foF Qua who wishes to rule pso
Pile Once upon . time. centuries aso.
Roman who Was very rich lSaght frou
the pfetoTian guards the great once q
smtetot. hut be could hold n only slsty
go days Then another aud al,l.T Roman
eeverus. Debated aud isehsaded him
That was long ago. but che i-sson 70
mains
Truly answered ikiarel, I'VE.
think foa have the ability b. manHg
ouT leurle They love yea and I'efhal'
fear YEA alan"
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well. wili ify u, u will be- 81 ~
psrimsn, II may fail. aad u MAY ptov'
al immenss success. ha, n " full q
srunhls AMI probably danger
IA may 10 49, said the old priest
"but n Is . isaAAble undertaking. Yu'
have i,shind Yun the know ledge - ~
The failures sni successes ~ other land
b. guide fou
4 have ~. cFtei Er,c No. I shai
nn, leave YOU. islapel W. w,ll hnil'
NJ A,flan ani make u . great ,ity ~
wonder - the world
H. wrut uni h. Pierce. aud iahin,
him ~ the hand sali "uii man "
male ~ NY mind We Will stay h.fv
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mean u atm RoinA g. run this i,lw,
mYssli after this ani Fiss " l..utu
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nnt guhfnnni ~ af,st we've iake'
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