The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-26

the city of Mexico to seek out the
keeper of the Heart and give him this
tidings, and that within eight weeks
or less / trust to report how 1 had
Jared The old man asked ne if 1 had
money, and without waiting to be an
swered, gave me two handfuls of
Jumps of moulded gdld from
a hide bag, whereof each Hump was
stamped with the symbol of the
Heart
LET me see one?" saidf,
"Alasi my lord Ignatio, / have none
Not far from the ruined temple where
this Zibalbal sojourned is the hacienda
of Santa Cruz, and there, as you may
have heard, dwell gang of men under
the leadership of one Don Pedro Nor
emo. who are by profession smugglers,
highway robbers and. murderers,
though they pretend to earn a living
by the growth of coffee and cocoa.
AS it CHANGED, l fell into the hands
of some of these men as I journeyed
homeward. They searched me, and,
finding the Jumps of gold in my pocket,
handed them over to Don Pedro him
self, who rode up when he saw they
had the fish in their net He examined
them carefully, and asked me whence
/ got them. At first I refused to an
swer, wherein he said that / should be
SOiihiiCA III d. uuuSGOll DIT the hacienda
until such time as l chose to speak.
Then, being mad to get back to nv
village and learn the fate of my wife.
l found my tongue and spoke the.
truth, saying that the gold was given
me in exchange for food by an old
Indian doctor, who dweit with his
daughter in an old ruined temple close
by.
Mother of Heavenv said Don Pedro.
1 have heard of this man before, but
now that 1 know the manner of mer-
chandise he trades in think L must
pay him visit and learn what mint
it was stamped at
Then, having plucked me bare as a
foul for the oven, they let me go with
out hurt, but often have sorrowed be-
cause, in my hour of haste and need.
told them whence the gold came.
since l fear lest I should thus have
let loose these villains upon the wan
derer and his daughter and in that
case they may well be murdered before
you can reach them"
Doubtless heaven will protect them"
| answered, though you acted foolish
ly. But tell me, Molas, how did you
lind me out and come here without
money!"
II had some money at home. lord.
and when had buried my wife 1 trav-
eled to F'rontera on the coast, where I
found ship bound for Vera Cruz, and
in her 1 sailed, giving my service as a
sailor, which is a trade that [ have
followed. From Vera Cruz made my
way to Mexico and reported myself to
the head of the Brotherhood in that
city, who as I expected, was able to
give me tidings of you.
Then l travelled on to this village
and arrived here tonight, having been
a month and two days on my journey.
And now, lord, if you can give me a
place to sleep in, since I am weary,
who for three night have scarcely shut
my eyes, tomorrow you can let me
know what answer must bear to the
old man, Zibalbay."
/, Ignatio, sat late that night ponder
ing over these tidings that filled me
with a strange hope. Could it be that
my hour was at hand after SO MANY
years of waiting? If there were truth
in prophecies it would seem so, and vet
my faith wavered. This traveller whom
Molas had seen, might be mailman.
and his symbol might be forged. 1
could not tell, butsat least, would put
the matter to the proof, for tomorrow,
or so soon as was possible, would jotrr-
ney down to Chiapas and seek him out.
Thinkfng thus, 1 threw myself upon
my bed and strove to Sleep but could
not. Then remembering the scroll that
my friend had given me, J. rose, pur-
porting to change my thoughts in study
ing it and so win sleep. 1t was a
hard task, but at length 1 mastered
its meaning, and found that it dealt
with a mine near Cumarvo, and de-
scribed the exact position of the mouth
of the tunnel.
This mouth. it would appear, had