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these strangers, your friends"
IAN this must befsll as II chances" sh,
questions nor do your threats move me. II yo,
| are so base as to plot mischief against an Ole
man who has poured benefits upon you; plot on
that, come what may. will never be YOUR wife
words. lady. he said in quiet voice, and then
| with q low obeisanco he turned and went,
You have made a dangerous enemy, lady"
| said when he was out of earshot.
~ do not fear him, lRnatio;' ,-.
do fssT Sn tb1R tSst ii. plans S are % ready p,
trouble. Indeed, shal lie thankful il we live TO
By this time we had reached the Others
Are you weary Of waiting ~ she said to the
well. | should have been happier here than /
was yonder. Give me your hand and lead me
you but krow II, have dared more for your sake
than should have dared for my own"
What have you dared - he asked.
THAT you will learn in due time, II we live
long enough. friend" she answered. but oh! I
would we bad never set foot within this city,
train of I %bsbsy bay and M Maya. s who walked beside
him, once more we found ourselves upon the
no longer empty. for on It were collected men to
the number OF some thousands. indeed, all the
az e altar Psre seated Tks sy and bis f
Nahua, who was the only woman there, and
some hundreds OF mobiles, all OF whom | noted
On the other side were many vacant places
pany OF followers that he had gathered, advanced
70 take them. Tikal and every man present on
forward from the watch house behind the altar.
flowers. the elder Of them robed in pure
white; and uttered prayer to the Nameless
god the Heart Of Heaven. asking that he would
BE- pleased 10 accept the gift and to send a
blessing ppon the deliherations of his people
here assembled Then Iibalbay rose TO address
the multitude. and I noted that his fierce face
was pale and anxious. and that his hand shook,
although his eyes flashed angrily.
Mobiles and people Of the city of the Heart.
he began, ION this day year ago / your hercd.
itary ruler and caciquc. and the high priest Of
mission. This was my mission: TO find the
severed portion Of the sncred symbol that Is In
the sanctuary of the temple, the portion called
Day which has been lost for many an age.
"lou know that our race has fallen upon evil
Umes, and that year by year our Plumbers dwin-
die. till at length the end for the people IL in
sight, seeing that within somc few generations
they must die out and he forgotten. You know
the two halves of the symbol Of the Heart. Day
and Night, are laid side by side in their place
upon the altar in the sanctuary. then from that
hour this people shall grow great again: and you
know how g voice spoke 70 me IN answer to my
psye6 6c onrr s b sSr 70 ownq lor M
road to the sea. for there | should find that
which was lost.
my'council. the brotherhood Of the iieart. have
wandered alone with my daughter. the lady
my wanderings, and 10! I have found that
which wns lost. and brought II back to you. for
here u hangs upon the neck Of this lgnatio, who
desert" Now u murmur OF establishment went
up from the multitude. and Iibalbay paused
"Of this matter Of the finding Of the SYMBOL
he continued. - will speak more fully at the
proper time and to those who have right TO
hear II. namely. to the elected Brotherhood Of
the nrart. IN TIC holy sanctuary on the day OF
1ne hsns m %i Ma1sr Genf one or ihe eight en-
Council OF the Heart to meet IN the sanctuary.
hut first in this hour will deal with other
upon my mission left my nephew Tikal to sit
In my place. Y being agreed between us and the
two years he should become cacique OF the peo-
pie. have returned within the year and find
be anointed cacique, and more, that he. who
was affianced to my daughter, has taken an
other woman TO be his wife.
Last night with my own ears, ! heard him
proclaim his treachcry In the hall OF the palace.
and when spoke out the bitterness that was in
and told that Tikal having been anointed
could not now he deposed. ] use the word
asd ruled Over y" ana the nT peope for msnx
years? And can then he Geposed; |. who am
not a traitor TO my master, nor forswearer OF
my oathe as is my nephew yOnder -
Again he paused. and some of the audience with
those who had accompanied Ibalbay shonted
and were silent. Now Natal rose from his place
behind Tikal and spoke saying;
As one who had To do with the amounting of
Tikal To he cacique when we believed YOU and
the Lady Maya to be dead. | would ask you,
swer you. 10 tell rs openly what is the meaning
Of this journey that you have undertaken. and
for what purpose you have brought these two
strangers, who are named lgnatiO and the Son
of the Sea, with you In defiance of the ancient
law, which says that he who brings stranger
across the mountains into the City Of the Heart
shall die, together with the stranger
Sow when Zibslbay heard this question he
started, for he had forgotten this law, and saw
Nevertheless he answered boldly, since it was
his nature to be straight forward,
o,, - IL ~ heeSmes S You H. % Natal to question me,
lying prophet, reading In the stars that and
my daughter were dead, while we stu draw the
you, and scoruing subterfuge or falsehood set
out the whole matter in the hearing Of the, peo-
pie, that they may Judge between me, Your
- First, will say that had forgotten the law
of which you speak, whereof have broken the
letter, or II at any time remembered il my ne
cessties caused Inc To disregard II. Learn, then,
hat me stranger ira lgnsti3 IS OF royal Indian
went forth TO seek, and that the white man
whom you call son OF the Sea is AS u brother TO
ship OI the Heart the Lord lgnatio being no less
a man than the master or the order Ill yonder
This Lord Ignatio summoned to mo and Ii
came. lie came, and with his companion, son
Of the Sea, saved me ana my daughter from
shame and death AT the hands oil certain muir
derers, white men. Then " hen we had escaped
we tried each other and laid the symbols side by
side, and 10! Day and Night came together, and
they We're one.
Then also told him the story OF how IL hap
pened that was wandering FAR from my own
place, and he told me what was his purpose and /
he desire OF his life. And this is his purpose:
tu break the yoke that the white man has set !
upon the neck OF the Indians in the far lands, |
a nd To build up mighty Indian nation stretch !
ing from 10 sea, whereof this city, Heart Of !
the World, shall he the centre and the capital.
Then we made compact together, "A compact /
hat cannot bc broken, and IL was this; That !
the Lord lgnatio, with the white man. his COM |
pani0n, from whom he will not be separated, |
should accompany us here, where the symbols !
should he set in the appointed place, that the |
prophecy may be fulfilled and fortune
return 70 US. That | should give him |
So much as he may need Of the treas |
ures which lie useless In our storehOuses, that |
with them he may arm troops and bring about |
his ends; and that IN return he should bring to |
us " hat We need far more than gold and gems |
men and women with whom We may inter |
marry, so that our race ceasing to dwindle, may |
Dnce again multiply and grow great,
This, mobiles, is our compact and this is the |
path which the god who rules us has pointed |
cut for our feet 10 tread Accept 10 and grow |
great; refuse il and perish. For know that |
not for myself do speak. who am old and near /
10 deaf h. hut for YOU and your pOsteritG forever.