The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-10-10

forever. Where shall I .begin? ! know not.
have been your prince today That child
saw starye to death before my eyes; inch
by inch and day by day saw him starve.
But it is nothing Who am that should
complain because have lost my son, when
so many Of your sons are dead and their
blood is required at my hands? Listen
again. - and she went on to tell in burn
Ing words Of the horrors Of the siege,
Of the cruelties Of the Spaniartls and Of
the bravery of the men OF the Otomie
whom I had commanded. For full hour
she spoke thus, while all that vast audience
hung upon her words; also she told OF the
part that played in the struggle and Of
the deeds which had done, and now and
again some soldier in the crowd who served
under me, and who had escaped the famine
and the massacre, cried out:
ssIt is true We saw it with our eyes.
ssAnd so, - she said, .sst last it was fin
ished, at last Tenoctitlan was a ruin, and
my cousin and my king, the glorious Qua
temoc, lay prisone. In the hands Of Ma
linche, and with my husband Teule, my
sister, myself and many another. Ma
linche swore that he would treat Guate-
moe and his following with all honor. Do
you know how he treated him? Within a
few days Guatemoc, our king, was seated
in the chair Of torment while slaves burned
him with hot irons toeause him to declare
the hiding place Of the treasure Of Monte
yuma! Aye, you may well cry Shame
upon him!' You shall. CRY it yet mere
loudly before have done, for know that
Guatemoc did not suffer alone. One lies
there who suffered with him and spoke no
word, and I also, yonr princess, was doom
ed to. torment. We escaped when death
was at our door, for: I told my husband
hearts and would shelter us in our sorrow,
and for his sake I, Otomie, disguised my
self in the robc Of wanton and fed with
him hither Could I have known what /
should live to sec and hear, could have
dreamed that you would receive US thus,
I had died q hundred deaths before ca,::,c
to stand and plead for pity at your hands.
s'Oh, my people, I beseech of you, make
no terms with the false Tcule, but remain
bold and free Your necks are not fitted
to the yoke of the slave; your sons and
daughters are of too high blood to serve
the foreigner in his needs and pleasures.
Defy Malinche. Some of our race are dead,
but many thousands remain. Here in your
mountain nest you can beat back every
Teule in Anahuac, as in bygone years the
false Tlascalans beat back the AZtecs
Then the Tlascalans were free; now they
arc race of serfs. Say, will you share
their serfdom? Ny people, my people,
think not that I plead for myself or even
for the husband who is more dear to me
than aught save honor. Do you indeed
dream that we will suffer you to hand US
living to these dogs Of Tlascalans, whom
Malinche insults you by sending as his
messengefs?',
Look and she walked to where the
spear that had been hurled at her lay upon
the pavement and lifted it, here is means
ct death that some friend has sent us, and
If you viii not listen to my pleading you
shall see it used before your eyes. Then,
if you will, you may send our bodies to
Malinche as peace Offering. But for your
own sakes ( plead with you Defy Ma
hncbe, and if you must die at last die as
frcenen and not as slaves Of the Teule.
Behold now his tender mercies and see the
kO0 %l1kSt SLchAA ~ J0A oNsAA0 SAA|SSAA~A
couc-@l, the counsel of Maxtla, and COM
Ing to the litter on which lay she rent my
robes from me, leaving me almost naked
to the waist, and unwound the bandages
from my wounded limb, then lifted ME
up so that / rested upon my sound foot.
..Looke' she cried In q piercing voice,
and pointing to the scars and unhealed
wounds upon my face and leg. Look on
the work Of Teule and the Tlascalan; see
how the foe is dealt with who sufrenders
to them. Yield IL you Will, desert us II yon
will, but Isay that then your own bodies
shall be marked in q like faehien till not
an ounce Of gold is lett that can minister
to the greed Of: the Teule, or man. OK q
maiden who can labor TO satisfy his indo@
lence. - =.
Then she ceased, and letting me sink
gently to tho ground, for i could not stand
alone, she stood over me, the spear In her
hand, as though waiting to plunge it to
my heart shouh the people still demand
our surrender to the messengers OF Coftes.
For one Instant there was silence; then
of q sudden the clamor and the tumu14
broke out again tan. times mere fuziously
than at first. But 1t was no longer aimed
at us. Osonle had conquered Her noble
words, her beauty, the tale Of our sorrows
and the sight Of my torments had done
their work, and the heart ct the people
was filled with fury against the Teules
who had destroyed their army and the
Tlascalans that had aided them. Never
,iid the wit and eloquence OF "a woman
cause q swiftef change. They screamed
and torc their robes and shook their weap-
ons in tho ai Msaxtla strovc to speak, but
they pulled him down, and presently re
was Cying for his life. Then they turned
upon the Tlascalen cnvoys and beat them
with sticks, crying.
tsThis is our answer to Malinche. Kun,
you dogs, and take it, till they were dr1v
en- from tho town.
Now at length the turmoil ceased, and
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