The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-08-12

murder in Tiapn.. Three travellers and q boy,
the son Of one Of them, passing from San Chris
S' beus SO i near foS oMf t o%h. With " them they had a .
mule load ~ dollars, the price OF the merchan-
disc that they had sold at San Christobel. which
some Of our fellow townsmen, half-breeds Of
wicked life, determined 10 steal.
into the house where tho travellers lodged, and.
meeting with resistance, cut down the three
selves Of The silver. Just as they we're leaving,
one of them perceived q boy hiding nrneath n
bysd, and drSSSgiddSE him III ont MT! .n sSSys ib Ri,i ,6em him
Now, those who had done this wicked deed
were well known in the town; stu none were
OF their booty. and my godfather, seeing some
Of them present in the church. took for his text
the commandment Thou shalt do no murder"
Never have | heard n finer sermon; indeed,
before 1t was finished, VIC OF the men arose and
when The urcar. came to describe the slaugh-
ter of the lad " hum their wicked hands had of
a sudden hurled into eternity. many Of the con-
gregation hurst into tears.
Now, tell this story because II was then. for
Who some Few days before had been as full o.
life as was myself, that | came 10 know, what
death meant, md TO- HYnsdre r s;,bn1 , mat h l also also
i seemed to me that saw death standing ~
there / determined that I would he a priest and
do good all my days, in order that might find
room and told him Of my desire; He listened TO
might be SO, my son, holding as I do that the
things of the world to come outweigh those OF
this present earth ten thOusandfOld; but II can.
not be, for reasons that you shall learn when
you are older. Then, when my trust Is ended,
you may make your choice, and, IL you still wish
rive more years passed. away. during which
time l grew strong ana setiye ana skilled IN
teaching OF my godfather, who sent even to
spain to buy mt, books.
that had been published indeed, OF my own
race. the Indians. and OF their conquest by the
although IL maddened me to read Of the misfor-
tunes and cruel oppression Of my people, who
to-day were but a nation of slaves;
At length, on my twentieth birthday, my god
father, who now was grown very old and feeble,
called me into his chamber, and, having locked
the door, spoke to me thus:
My son. the time has come when | must de-
liver to you the la last fr m a sxSo Oh x ySI mu tatnsrd
by the soldiers when you were n little child, and
tell you Of your descent and other matters.
royal and ancient blood, for your forefather in
the eleventh degree was none other than Guate-
Spaniards murdered, which descent | can prove
TO you by means of old writings and pedigrees,
who even now do not forget the stock whence
sprang their kings"
said, proudly, FOR In my folly It seemed a fine
thing to be sprung from men who once had
Alas! my SON." the old priest answered sadly,
I'm this world might is the only right. and the
spaniards ended that OF your f0refathsrs long
that II will earn you reverence among the In
dams. 1t Is but q barren honor which you inherit
Yet there is one thing that has come down
to you from. your ancestor. Guatemoc, and the
you remember that on the night before he died,
your father set an amulet upon your, neck, and;
removing, II, gave 1t to me TO keep; Here 1t Is,
And he handed me n trinket made OF the half
Of u heart,shaped emerald, smooth with wear
but unpublished. that II Joined to Its missing Sec
tipn would have been large a. n doves egg.
This stone was not broken. but cut from the top
to the bottom, The line OF tine cutting hn pei 6eins so
half before him, could initiate the other. This
charm was bored through so as 70 be worn upon
some hieroglyphics and the outline OF half a hui
What is 1T ~ I asked.
The old priest shrugged his shoulders and an
"a relic that had to do with their wicked
little about L, except that your father told me
Aztec iuat i kings Sss and that The natives believe that
when the two halves Of this stone come together
the men OF white blood shall be driven from
Central America and that an Indian emperor
shall rule from sea TO sea-"
~.AA 6a w sSs1id + TX s6 U5seT h pa ashnssSWnssrTed testify.
who have no faith In such stories. or In stones
with the heads Of idols craven 9p9n them he1d l
little OF, the matter. since 1t Is not lawful that
should belong to secret cEEe ~ societies; sun; some
ship OF that talisman. you will be the head of II,
Ms your ancestors, were before you. though, 30
far as | can learn, II has brought but little luck.
know no more about It, but | will give you
letters to q certain Indian who lives in the dis
when S Tou W shoW him the stone. doubtless he will
initiate you into it's mysteries. though should
counsel You to have nothing TO do with them.
Listen, ignatIo. my son, you are a rich man;
how rich I cannot tell you. but for many gener-
atoms your forefathers have hidden up treasure
for an object which, will explain TO you, and
the gold will be handed over to you by those OF
your clan in whose keeping II Is.
eft Waa because OF this treasure that y0nf
father and your grestgrandfather were done TO
death with many others, since the Epm n o.
who. when they could come 20 1t by no other
means, tormented and killed them In their rage.
Now, this was the message or your father to
fathers had hidden;
up, that there has never departed from our
family the desire TO win back the crown that
cursed spaniards and their spawn, and TO es-
tablish an Indian republic. To this end we
might serve us when the hour was ripe, and be-
cause OF this wealth, OF which the secret could
not altogether be hid in the land which Is full Of
spies, some OF us have come 20 cruel deaths, asl
am about 10 do tonight;
but l shall die keeping my secret and when
my son grows up others may rule at Mexico, or
the matter, may have been forgotten, at least
cause TO further which it has been amassed, that
he will devote his ,ife TO the %humbling OF our
white masters, and the uplifting Of the race
which for centuries they have robbed murdered
and enslaved.
Nevertheless say 20 him that I lay no CON-
mAnds upon him as 10 these matters, seeing that
he must follow his own will about them, for /
cannot forget that from generation TO genera
ton those who went before him have reaped
nothing but disaster In their struggle against
the white devils, whom. because OF the sins OF
our forefathers. II has pleased God 10 set over u.s.
"Those were your fathers words, my son.
which he spoke TO me In the hour before his
murder. And now you will understand why
said that You must wait before You determined
10 be a priest. IL that Is still your wish, 1t can
he fulhlled, for your father left 1t TO you 10 fol-
| low the life you might desire"
When he had finished speaking i thought for
a while, and answered: While my fathers
blood is unavenged | cannot become a priest
1T Is as / thought" said the old mar with a
sigh. that cursed talisman which lies about
your neck has begun its work with you, lgnatio,
and you will tread the path that the others trod,
perchancs TO die in blood as they did. on why
cannot man be content to leave the Fighting OF
wrongs and the destinles of nations In the hands
OF the Almighty and His angelsf"
Because for good or evil the Almighty
chooses men To be His Instruments" Ianswered.
Within "A week from this day some Indians