The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-18

stood among them safely from the beginning Of
time. We replied that we did not know, and
yne Tier i iyr seemed too prosstrSted to tell
our deliverers that we had been imprisoned IN
the hollow Of the pyramid. even II they knew
On reaching the shore we. found a gathering
Of awe:Atricken Indians, perhapi her nay hsve
pie of the Heart. .O~pen-mouthed ana almost
without, comment, thy listened 70 the tsle OF
When II was done one among them suggested
that the white man should be killed, as without
gcsnce Of heaven upon their race. but this pro.
posal. seemed TO find no favor with the rest
P'rda doubt i'fhf they would. have found he
spirit to make ar. an ne em What Of foo Us and pp olo The
ing we required. and even weapons. such ms
machetes, bows and srroWs, and hlowpipssi and and
what became OF them; and u any o; their mum
Der or Of their children still survive; SO we
turned our faces to the mountaina, and on the
told us the secret of the passage which we had
passed blind folded Thus at len 9Th. having locke
our last upon the blue waters of the Holy Lake,
sparkling In the sunshine above the palaces OF
leave that accurscd country Of the Heart, where
so much evil had befallen us.
ENvoi.
NV friend. now 7 have finished writing that
story of how I Came TO visit the Golden City OF
the Indians. which so many have believed TO be
fabulous. and that now exists no more. tlse
s sen1 !; = st SsH ana am d 4 srSs and y b mTy i1'er''' you 70
Perhaps you would like to know tho details OF
our Journey; but IN asq Ut ~ , 9sye
both Of us fell III with fever. from which
thought that we should not recover, but recover
we did by the help OF some wandering Indians
who nursel us. and at length reached this place.
from which we had fled for our lives nearly Two
Then the hacienda was deserted. for II had the
reputation OF being haunted. though some of
Tho Indian Ipppnipute. Or m Their slaves. OF that
great villain, Don Pedro Moreno, still worked
patches Of the land.
place. for It was here that he had first seen his
wife; and so We sold that girdlc OF emeralds
and gave to me when we were imprisoned in the
hall OF the pyramid. and with the proceeds
bought at "A cheap rate from the Government OF
the day. who had entered into possession OF
them, this house and the wide lands around IL,
that have cultivated ever sincri tam. ,,oro an
ished. ! had PLAYED my last card and IL had failed
rue. and albeit with a sorrowtul mind, aban-
doned my hope for the regeneration of the In
dians. which | had no longer the means
or the yigor TO attempt. Also was no longer
Lord of the Heart. for 1t was lost yondcr beneath
the waters of the Holy Lake and with 1t went
much of my power.
gethcr. but | think that during all this time he
was dying. He who used to he go strong ana
That hour when Sisyadied upon the pyramid. and
though he seldom spoke OF her. ! know that
she was always present in his thoughts.
Twice in the spring seasons he suffered from
calenturas, as we call the fever of tho country.
which left him sallow in face and shrunken in
body. and when the spring came round for the
third time. | begged him to go to Mexico for a
change, returning to the hacienda in the sum
mcr. In vain. he would not do 1t; indeed | do
not think that he cared whether. he lived or
died. so the end of 1t was that the calentura
took him again. and die he did In my arms,
happily as a child that falls asleep.
Now my days are accomplished also. and !
go to join him. Ny friend. farewell. Perhaps
you will think Of me from time to time. and
though you are n hereto. send up q prayer TO
heaven for the welfare of my soul.
THE Esd.