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

and / slept awhile, to wake, sad, in
deed, but filled with a strange peace
peace.
Food is ready. my brother said
Zibalbay. Eat and rest here this
night; tomorrow you can return
Now when we had eaten, Zibalbay
spoke to me in the presence of his
daughter, who, though a woman, is
also of the Order, saying:
You are of our Brotherhood, and
therefore the words that 1 speak will
be repeated to none who are not breth-
rem, for l speak upon the Heart
I hear with the Heart, lord 1 an
swered
Listen! he went on. 4 come from
far with this maiden, my daughter
and We are not what we seem, but
who and what we are now is not the
hour to tell. This is the purpose OF
our coming-to find that which is not
lone, but divided; that which is not lost
but hidden. Perchance, brother, you
can point the path to it, and he paused
and looked at me with his piercing
eyes.
Nov, lord, understand to what his
words had reference, for are they not
part Of the ritual of the service Open
ing of the Heart? Still, because I des-
ire to be sure, and not to commit my
| self, / picked up a piece of burnt
wood, and, as though in idleness,
bent down, and, by the light of the fire,
drew the half of a heart with a saw
like edge upon the pavement of the
chamber where we sat; then I handed
the stick to Zibalbay, who took it and
passed it on to his daughter, saying:
Il have no skill at such arts; finish
it Maya"
"She smiled, and, kneeling down,
| traced the half of face within the
outline that 1 had drawn, saying:
rs it enough, or do you need the
writing also?"
"It is enough. answered. Now,
lord, what do you desire?'
desire to know where that which
is hidden can be brought to light, and
if it dwells in this land, for I have
journeyed far to seek it,
1t dwells here, I answered. for l
have beheld it with my eyes, and he
guards it who is its keeper
Can you lead me to him, brother?'
No, for have no such commands;
but perhaps 1 can bring him to you,
though I must journey by sea and
land ITO find him-that is, if he wills to
come. Say, what message shall ]
give? That a stranger whom I have
met desires to look upon the holy sym
Dol? 1t will scarcely bring him so far
A>oy, ISu MN llldl Tie IlOlT mas
| come for Night and Day to be
Joined together. that new sun may
shine in a new sky
CT can tell him this. but will he
believe it, seeing that / have no proof
Will he not rather think that some
cunning stranger and false brother
lays a plot to trap him? Give me
proofs, lord, or l do not start upor
| this Grand
"'Will he believe that which you
have seen with your eyes?'
He will believe it, for he has
trusted me from childhood
Then look, said the man, and
opening his robe at the neck, he kneel-
ed down in the light of the fire
There, lord, upon his neck hung
that which has been hidden from oul
sight since the sons of Quetzal, tbs
god, ruled in the land, the counterpart
of the severed heart which is upor
you'd breast. That is all my story
lord"
Now I, Ignatio listened amazed
for the thing is marvellous.
Did the man send me no further
messenger I asked.
.None He said that if you were a
true keeper of the mystery you
would come to learn his mission from
himself, or bring him to you''
And did you tell him anything about
me and my history, Molas?''
| Nothing; 1 had no such command
| On the morrow at dawn / left to bury
my wife, if she were dead, or to nurse
her if she still were sick, saying that
so soon as might be / would travel to