Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-09-05

| then you must find another than me to
lure the Otomie from their rebellion, for
then complete what / began today and
follow him to the grave"
She ceased, and murmur of amazement
went round tine chamber, for none had
looked to find such love and courage In
this lady's heart. Only Cuitlahua grew
angry.
"Dlsloyal GIRL" he said, "do you dare
to set your lover before your country
Shame upon you, shameless daughter of
our king! Why, 1t Is in the blood-as the
father Is, SO is the daughter. Did not Mon
tezuma forsake his people and choose to
lie among these Teulcs, the false children
Of Quetzali And now this Otomie follows
In his path. Tell us how Is 1t, woman,
that you and your lover alone escaped
from the teocalli yonder when all the rest
were killed. Are you then in league with
these Teulesi say to you, niece, that II
things were otherwise and had my way
you should win your desire indeed, for you
should be slain at this mans side and
within the hour" And he ceased for lack
of breath and looked upon her flercely.
! But Otomie never quailed. She stood
before him pale and quiet, with folded
hands and downcast eyes, and answered:
! "Forbear to reproach me because my
love Is strong, or reproeoh me II you viii,
I hsYe spoken my last word. Condemn
this manto die, and, prince, you must seek
some other envoy to win book the Otomie
10 the cause of Anshuac."
Now Cuitlahua pondered, staring into
the gloom above him aud pulling at his
1 hao orI nd ha oil for
knew what his Judgment would be- At
last he spoke:
$50 be 1t. We have need Of Otomie, my
niece, and it is of no avail to fight against
q woman's love. Teule, we give you life,
and with the life honor and wealth, and
the greatest Of our women in marriage
and place in our councils Take these
gifts and her, but soy to you both be-
ware how you use them. II you bctray us
nay, If you but think OH treaohery-I
swear to you that you shall die death 30
slow and horrible that the very name Of
| 1t would turn your heart to water, you
and your wife, your children and your
servants Come, let him be swornl'
hearI, and my head swan, and mist
gathered before M eyes. Once again !
was saved from instant death.
Presently 1t cleared, and looking up my
eyes met those Of the woman who had
saved me, Otomie, my wife, who smiled
upon me somewhat s,.dly. Then che priest
came forward bearing wooden bowl,
carved about with strange signs, and
| flint knife, and balic mo bure my arm. Ho
out my flesh with the knife, 30 that blood
ran from 1t into the bowl. Some drops Of
this blood he cmpticd on to tho ground,
muttcring invocalions the while Then he
turned and looked at Cuitlahua rs though
In question, and Cuitlahua answered with
bittor laughs
"Let him bo baptized with the blood CT
the Princess Otomie, my niece for she Is
| bail for HIM. F"
NAY, lord," said Guatemoc, "thesc two
have mingled bloods already upon the
stone of sacrifice, and they arc man and
wife. But also have vouched for him,
and offer minc in earnest Of my faith"
"This Teulo has good friends" said
Cuitlahua. You honor him overmuch.
But so be it."
| Then Guatemoc came forward, and
when the priest would have cut him with
the knife he laughed and said, pointingto
the bullet wound upon his neck:
mo need for that, priest. Blood runs
here that was shed by the Teulcs. Mono
can be filter for this purpose
So the priest drow away tho bandage
and suffered the blood Of Guatemoc to drop
into second smaller bowl. Then he came
to me, and dipping his finger into tho
blood he drew the sign Of q cross upon my
forehead as Christian priest draws 1t
upon the forehead OF an infant and said:
I'm the presence and the name of God,
our Lord, who Is everywhere and sees all
things, I sign you with this blood and
make you Of this blood. In the presence
and the name'of God, our Lord who is ey-
erywhere and sees all things, pour forth
your blood upon the earthl'' (Here he
poured as he spoke.) ''As this blood Of
yours sinks into the earth, so may the
memory Of your past life sink and be for
gotten. for you arc born again Of the peo-
pie Of Anahuac. In the presence and the
name Of God our Lord, who Is everywhere
and sees all things I mingle these bloods"
(here he poured from one bowl into the
otherl land with them I touch your
tongue" (here, dipping his fngor into tho
bowl, he touched the tip Of my tongue with
it) land bid you swear thus:
"'1, Tcule, swear to DO faithful to the
people Of Anahuao and to their lawful gov
ernors. ! swear to wage war upon their
foes and to compass their destruction, and
more especially upon the Teules, tdu they
are driven into the sea. swear to offer
no affront to the gods Of Anahuaa. Iswear
myself In marriage to Otomie, princess Of
the Otomie, the daughter Of Montezuma,
my lord, for so long as her life shall On
dure. swear to attempt no escape from
these shores. swear to renounoe my ia
ther and my mother, and the Land whero
was born, and to cling to this land Of
my new birth, and this my oath shall en-
dure till the volcano Popo ceases to vomit
smoke and fire. till there Is no king In
Tepootitlan, till no priest serves the altars
of the gods and the people Of Anahuao ore
no more people.
When had sworn, Guatemoo came for
ward and embraced me, saying: "Wel-
come, Teule, my brother in blood and
heart. Now you are ono Of us, and we
look to you for help and counsel Come
be seated by me-"
looked toward Cuitlahua douhttully,
but he smiled graoiously and said: '.Teule,
your thai Is over. We have accepted you,
end you have sworn tho solemn oath Of
brotherhood, to break which % to dio hor-
nhly In this world and to. Be tortured
through eternity In the next Forget all
that may have been said in the hour of
your weighing, for the balance is In your
favor. and be sure that II you give us no
cause to doubt you, you shall find mono to
doubt us Now, as the husband OF Otomio,
you arc lord among the lords, having
honor and great possessions, and as such
be seated by your brother Guatemoo and
join our council"
did as he bade me, and Otomie with
drew from our presence. Then Cuitlahun
spoke again, no longer Of me and my mat
tors, but of the urgent affairs Of state. He
spoke In slow words and woighty, and
more than once his voice broke In his sor-
row. He told Of the griovous misfortunes
that had overcome the country, Of the
death of hundreds of Its bravest warriors,
Of tho slaughter of the priests and soldiers |