The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-06-29


,y.y.,,t sn orta contact; we must VII
b. r,.,c.,s,,i means il possible. unless IL
"a, tss th,. announcement this afternoon
T@.ha. ease ve nlt.st resort To extreme
trssa<1z--.s-
T,,ev a,suers..i. Enc aud Jan-ils irnme
dat IL prepared for siege, hiiing ih4
ve,,,loYss with Fiaiss of stone TO resist az
= r.ws and provided food and water
s,-a...a for several days.- sssss.-l kiafsa'
4. tfosed himself at the temple to send
,b.. news il ;he announcement was made,
wai!c Kulcan gnarsled Leila. --------
I At sunset Iklapers messenger cams.
Chains had ANNOUNCED that Leila Was q
( be the Ka;uu sacTifce7--the, news was IN
! eyervb oiv's in,uth. Eric sent Jan lila TO
i J.sa III, once sss. kew guard a, the hopse.
Has iol was i'm has lss,lsie-r al hrs belt,
his riac in the large rrcm, Mule several
axes ana spears-shalp and Reen steel
h "a v IL ATTY fan, Et,icsI! and Jsn:ils.'
Il grew darker. and they did not APP
! near The city WAS strangely silent he
could hear none OF the usual evening
sounds. A deep. solemn hush hung over
all. and the splashing nf the river against
the howlders came clear, 70 his ears IN
the failing shadow. BE stepped outside
and stood before the door. and bis tall
II Lure was outlined darkiy against the
| hight within He had almost resolved
| tod asert his post when he deserted two
| figures approaching. one of them aipar-
| emily Iklapel. lie walked toward theni,
and noticing that their blankets almoAt
| covered their heads stopped short and
/ peerel into their faces as they came up
to.l.iIn. ''' "''"' |sf'
q The STOPPING figure, SO Ike Ikiapel in
it's rninnicry, strait htened up before him
/ snd,!enly, and at the salne instant he
was seized frohi behind IN q siselike
grip and thrown to the ground He
struggled to release his arms and draw
his revolver. but his ,assailants had fni
creased in numbers, A gag was forced
into his mouth, and his arms We're bound
behirti him. He was allowed to lie
there fog. a moment, and, then they
raised MIN to his feet, He..saw that he
was surrounded by a number OF men In /
ipriestsilrobes, bait III was 100 dark TO /
recognize any of, them, He looked iii
vain for Chalpa's face, but the priest
was not visible One Of the band went
into his house. and bringing forth the
candle led the WAY into. the ,pinon orr
chards, the rest following with Eric,
who, resisting salIenly in ynav;iiling
self eensure, WAS carried ,bodlyDum ~
They hurried him along, as though fear
ing pursuit, through the orchards, along |
the river again until they CAME. to the |
ancient burial place, where they halted
a moment to be Joined by Chalpa. His 4
BLACK eyes gleamed Ia fierce Joy as be /
leaned over Eric and smiled. his cruelest /
smile. so fall IF hate and fendish salts
faction that it chilled his captive's heart
for a moment ijHuq GhiI3nhs 2u1 al
e'}Aif, our pale -Quetzal has lost his
power!t Why, does be not strike his serv-,
ant dead with his eyes? Where, is his
strength now? IF he;i5e d god, let him
nov, rave himsel6q See,B he said, tnrno
ing 70 lls fellc.wl priests, '...See the sick,
weak god; how he lies there pale and
ftehie!li Why does he not call forth his
thunder and strike Iussdeads9o De n
."Show us now, thy mighty, magic, O l.
wonder worker" cried another, "before.
we entomb thee forever!" ---
,G lte Goes not answer added Chalpa
10 mock pity. she is silent before his /,
Speak, o |doer 2 Of strange
deeds, ana speak thy last. for isiieneed 7
you Wl1 be forever this night. y buod +;
Eric made no attempt to speak, know
ng chat the effort would but provoke
herr derisiong land they o raised him I
lgaip, carrying him to a ruined, massdi,
d ancient tombs. Here they placed /
lin, and Willie one held the 'hickeIIfne
light lftleg others removed several fat tF;I
ZONES, revealing an opening large, | r,
enough to admit a man Into this thew i
-one after another, and pushed
feet first, into what he found to 1T
, e:. q great square ,passageway chokeaJf
With debris. One man remained or. I
,nafd at the entrance: the rest followed
he light in Chalpa's hand down. the I'M ia
lined passage. n 4
me ar was cool in the passage, but t
ioe CAMP and"the light ofickered now a
~ then ashley proceeded; Ha.noticed
eVetal branching passages, but his bear. b
IS ioflowed the main one until thew 6
anne ooltslowest depth, where IL seemed c
2 ascend beyond ito a still farther dis v
'hce: Here they laid him down and g
re" back-all but Chalpa--wlo, stand. is
" over Mm with aiscowl of hate; ad. 2
iesSed hlm' holding the light close to b
FOOL, to think to outwit Cbalna tbsfiG
lttiesnake, the willy serpent, Z kl.aow bu
"a isSs gov many men have aiisd who
os3f 5S1st pe ). rattlesnake's path? Their rt
ones are whitening in . secret places: d
know. them no more; their o
eH44ofy even J. ';fafedi and gone4--eyeneEEE
: i ,!pa4s5s TWllh for ,Kinchahau,r our. A
~ LIVES S4S yhEis servant and hates all false y
~ dtfpfreforei leave you to him here n
the darkness, Listen and yysoj Won vii ID
ar The river running overhead: Wweeiaura til
wv beheath it's bed. You VIII bsys BE
NE TO listentoI itsev6ice2 and be laJlsd ia
ssieep9t Mo- one will Il disturb ti,o,,rroI Il
7 a'4as fhls night, @ false god; forrbere ha
az az nleyer) comes. h You will csleep the roo
ara s,s cones II III Yh ~ Glalcu a ae
Win one Last bitter glance p Of r45sg ~
aipa left him. l'FErtffc saw the light CT,
ow DIM as his eaptors went up and wi
'ns the tunnel, and then itadisah- re-
" hen the footballs. ceased he pT,
e. q ~, tne solemn sound above him TN
f'cn told hirn that the lriver frfoIjed rart
% o'Hr ans hsad. 9He realized that he an
2 ~ B 9hs OF the most ancient of the sta
pts o1 which IklapeI. had informed iai
a. so old that it had Been foo,r.Ipotfner FAM
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