The sun., 1894-09-30

cupS come S2s 20 20 tSs Ss%S SSf noS w.
snstcSsd S sharp wprs Knife sS PS powder DEE sR n'
Now, friend,h he said, handing me the knife
RFs sses he e Sef sG wrist
Seeing what eth had & come e about, ziOalbsy M @ hell
wnced but az each n cut Maya srosned Then
having let the blood fall TIL twould run ne
%sn; pU U Cf shs sSs Sss@ s%cEs
leaving the flesh beneath black and chsrred.
=" Now as we have no spirits, there e nothing
with an attempt at smile.
Zibaibay went TO a bag and produced from Il
:" Eat this" he said: ut is better than any
nrewater."
The sefor took the stuff and began to swallow
IT, till presently saw that he could force no more
down, for a paralysis seemed to be creeping oyer
though weighed down by Irresistible sleep. Now,
seeing that notwithstanding our remedies the
snS spt besn TO ot walk m snd
| couraging him at the same time to keep brave
and d6ST ht Ssspst death Ss .osv
then his mind began TO wander and at length he
fell down and his eyes shut. ,
he was about to die, and with them kind OF
rage because was impotent. Already, to tell
now il broke out in bitter and unjust words:
This is your fault" said.
speak thus because you hate me-"
Perhaps am cruel. lady. Would not you be
% cruel u you saw the friend @ you love perishing
Are you the only one that can love" she
Unless we can rouse him the white man will
die, said Zibalbay.
her lips close to the seiiors ear. They say that
have killed you; Awake! awaken
| He seemed TO hear her, for though his eyes
did not open, he smiled family and murmured,
Then, with our help, he struggled from the
ground and began to walk again like man who
Is drunk. Thrice he struggled backward and
forward along the path our feet had worn. Then
eoS s spSf OF @ s
heart growing weaker every moment, TIL at last
we, had already abandoned hope, II bounded
violently II his breast .r and from every pore Of
dry, there burst so profuse a perspiration that
In the light OF the rising moon we could see 1t
II think that the white man will live now: he
has conquered the poison" said Zibalbay quiet
ly, and hearing his words, returned thanks to
Then we laid him In a hammock. piling blank
cts and serapes, over him till at length the per-
eyaporated taking the venom with It..
For an hour or more he slept, then awoke and
watching, looked at him in dismay, for we had
NOT not single IN s, Sp drop e give and this we were
1Ssea t9 tel ibsn s sro"ned and was silent
"Itwould have been kinder to let me die of
the the poison, for this torment of thirst is more
.'Can we try the cuevaa" faltered Maya.
should ali pc filsd her father
Yes, yes" repeated the ,sehor. at Il. impos.
sibls: Better that one should die than all four"
mule and ride forward 70 the pool where we
should camp tomorrow. The moon shines and
with good fortune you may be back in eight or
" It Il, useless" murmured the sefior. II can
never live so long without drink My throat is
.bansht zSdlbfy shTusTsd his ,hondss, He also
him 0ercely and said. Arey uoi
snail ride mysef2"
IT, Then he went muttsrins in his beard and in a
few minutes we heard the footsteps of the mule |
as II shambled forward into the desert,
Fear not" said to the senior; 1t is the poison
oh! that we had medicine to make you sleepv' |
could see that he suffered much.
cool sSns to pas ssG ID at mS mouth find
"nq 1SnRd It s, ps h
them. Then of a sudden his brain gave way.
and he began,o torn rave " h huskiy in many language:
me to die IN torment for the want Of a drink OF
Watert Why do you stand there and mock me
For a while we bore it. though perhaps our
agonies were greater than his own-then Maya
though with a heavy illness, thick black rings s
had appesred AIRED i bensath h his blue eyes and his
:, can endure this no more" she said in dry
vciGs; wSsh .rs yoqr friend Don ISnatio"
for and siesp yonasr s@s so no tRst
can wake you II there is need"
:. She looked at me reproachfully; but went
about thirty yards away. M Here Here n Il o1sG
all this story she told me afterward, and for the
Ss s hsr
was " s..a mgGss6s that hsE father should return
she felt as though her life were ebbing with
his own. for now she knew that she loved him
be dead and her heart would be broken.
=, Only one thing could save them-water. In
her. doubtless it lay in plenty, but who would
tare lar & to seek it thereS And yet the descent Of
soa sSs hd ae So MRss
ssS and Ssts m
pyramids Of the City OF the Heart, nor had her
head bs failed her. however lofty they might
Why. then, should II fail her now. when the
ne or the man she loved was At stalker And
hat 4 he died she wished to die also. Yes, she
When once she had made up her mind. Msya
yet about the task swiftly, Twas standing by
ne ne hssmmock. ma praying TO heaven to spare the
lands TO and fro and moaning in his misery,
shen I saw her creepup and look at him.
uddenly, but / tell you that You do not know
What What love Is, IS II live. whom you despise, will
eacn you, Don lEnatiO,"
took no heed, for thought her words foolish
nseen by me Maya glided away % where the
mules were Pieketed and provided herself with
Int, steel. tnder rope, and small water SIX In
4 untanned hide which she strapped upon her !
houlder. In another minute she was running !
o the cueva she paused 10 gather up the aloe :
3rches which had been thrown down there. and a
lsO TO look for one moment at the familiar face
4 night the night that she might never see a
gain. Then she lii a torch and crept through
he narrow opening.
The place had been awful in the evening when
ne visited II In the company OF the rest of us.
Tow, alone and at night. Il appalled, her Great G
Ilnds roared round Its vast recesses sucked II
hither from the hollow OF the EARTH and In
hem could be heard sounds like tO those of hu- Z
lan voices, sObbng and making moan. Maya 8
hivered, for she Thought that these were the d
hosts OF dead antiques hewaling their eternal II
riets IN this unearthly place; but she pressed
TODD on the brink II the pit. =
Here she halted To strip herself SO that there =
llght lie as little as possible to impede her :,
lOvements in climbing the stair, and twisted !.
er hair into knot; Next she tied the cord y