The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-02

name it well. but few have such noble
dreams. And now who goes with you
on this Journey"
.'Who goes with me? Molas, as far
as the temple where the Indian is At
ter that, if / proceed, no one. Who
would accompany a man grown old in
failure. whom even those that love
him deem a visionary, on such des-
perate quest? Why, If 1 should dare
to tell my projects even, men would
mock me as children mock an idiot in
the street. / go alone, senior, perhaps
to die"
"As regards the dying, Ignatfo. OF
course 1 can say nothing since all
men must die sooner or later, and the
moment and manner of their end is
in the hand of Providence. But for the
rest you shall not make this journey
alone, that is, if you care to have me
for companion, for / will accompany
YOU
| You, senior, you? Think what it
means: the certainty of every sort of
danger. the risk of every kind of death,
and at the end probability of failure.
1t is folly. senor."
"Ignatio,' he answered, 'I will be
frank with you. Notwithstanding all
/ the prophesies about the wonders that
will follow the reuniting of the Heart,
and the messages from the old man
building up an Indian empire greater
than that which Cortes destroyed, as
impracticable as it is grand, since the
time has gone by when it could have
/ been done, or, perhaps, ii has not yet
come.
Before the Indians can rule again
they must forget the bitter lessons and
the degradation of ages; in short, they
must be educated, Ignatio. Still, if
you think otherwise, that is your af-
fair; you can only fall and there are
failures more glorious than most sue
cesses. Do you understand me?"
Perfectly, senor."
VERY well. And now as regards the
search for this Golden City. To me
the matter seems very vague, since
] your hopes of finding it are based upon
| a travellers tale told by a man who
| died seventy or eighty years ago, and
the chance that a certain person, whom
| you have not yet seen, has come from
there, and is willing to guide you back
to it.
STILL the prospect of hunting for
that city pleases me, for l am an adj
venturer to my heart. If we ever get
further than the forest country in Ia
basco, where your friend with the to-
ken is waiting for you, our search will
probably end in the leaving of our
bones to decorate some wilderness or
mountain top in the unknown regions
of Guatemala.
But what of that? 1 have no chick
or child; my death would matter no
thing to any living soul. For years
have worked hard with small results;
why should I not follow my natural
bent and become an adventurer?
can scarcely do worse than 1 have
done, and think that such way of life
would suit me.
"That mine you showed me is rich
enough, no doubt, but 1 have no capital
to deal with it, and if / had, my ex-
perience of the place was such that
never wished to set foot in it again.
In short. L am ready to start for Ia
basco, and the Sacred City, and where
ever else you like, as soon as you are
fit to travel"
EDO. you swear that on the Heart,
senor?" L asked.
.By all means; but 1 should prefer
to give you my hand upon it, And he
stretched out his hand, which took
Good. You swear on the Heart,
and you give me your hand-the oath
! is perfect. We are comrades hence
| forth, senior, and for my part I ask no
better one. For the rest / have moth
| ing to say. L cannot promise that you
will find this city, or that, il you find
| it, it will advantage you. I am an I'M
lucky man, and it is more likely that,
by yoking yourself with me, you will
bring my miSfortuneS upon your head.
This / swear, however, that will be a
true comrade to you as you were to me
yonder in the mine. and for the rest,
the adventure must be its own reward.
(To be continued)