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royal blood, till called down tho venge-
ance of tho gods upon them. Now my
uncle and you, lords, tell you this: Slay
yonder man If you will, but know that
then you must find another than me to
lure the Otomie from their rebellion, for
then complete what I began today and
follow him to the grave"
She ceased, and murmur Of amazement
went round the chamber, for none had
looked to find such love and courage In
this ledy's heart. Only Cuitlahua grew
angry.
to set your love: before your country?
Shame upon you, shameless daughter of
our kingl Why, 1t Is in the blood-as the
father Is, so is the daughter. Did not Mon
tezuma forsake his people and choose to
lie among these Teulcs, the false children
of Quetzal' And now this Otomie follows
in his path. Tell us how Is 1t, woman,
that you and your lover alone escaped
from the teocalli yonder when all the rest
were killed. Are you then In league with
these Teules! say to you, niece, that Il
things were otherwise and had my way
you should win your desire indeed, for you
should be slain at this mans side and
within the hour" And he ceased for lack
] OF breath and looked upon her fercely.
But Otomie never quailed. She stood
before him pale and quiet, with folded
hands and downcast eyes, and answered:
"Forbear to reproach me because my
love Is strong, or reproaoh me II you will,
I hsYe spoken my last word. Condemn
this manto die, and, prince, you must seek
some other envoy to win back the Otomie
10 the cause of Anahuac."
Now Cuitlahua pondered, staring into
the gloom above him aud pulling ct his
beard, and the silence was great, for none
knew what his Judgment would be. At
last he spoke:
$50 be 1t. We have need Of Otomie, my
niece, and 1t Is Of no avail to fight against
| q woman's love Teule, we give you Life,
and with the life honor and wealth, and
the greatest Of our women in marriage,
and q place In our councils. Take these
gifts and her, but say to you both be-
ware how you use them. II you betray US
may, If you but think Oh treachery-I
swear to you that you shall die death 80
slow and horrible that the very name of
1t would turn your heart to water, you
and your wife, your children ard your
servants. Come, let him be sworn"
I hearI, and my head swan, and mist
gathered before my eyes. Once again
was saved from instant death.
Presently 1t cleared, and looking up my
eyes mot those of the woman who had
saved me, otomie, my wife, who smiled
upon me somewhat s,Idly. Thon che priest
came forward bearing wooden bowl,
carved about with strange signs, and
flint knife, and balc me bure my arm. Ho
out my flesh with the knlfo, 80 that blood
ran from 1t into the bowl Some drops Of
this blood ho cmpticd on to tho ground,
muttcring invocations the while. Then he
turned and looked at Cuitlahua rs though
in question, and Cuitlahua answered with
bitter laugh:
"Let him bc baptized with tho blood Of
the Princess Otomie, my niece. for she Is
bail for him. ~
NAY, lord," said Guatemoc, ''thcse two
have mingled bloods already upon the
stone of sacrifice, and they arc man and
wife. But I also have vouched for him,
and offer minc in earnest Of my faith"
"This Teule has good friends" said
Cuitlahua. You honor him ovcrmuch.
But so be It,"
Then Guatemoc came forward, and
when the priest would have cut him with
the knife he laughed and said, pointing to
the bullet wound upon his neck:
"No need for that, priest Blood runs
here that was shed by the Teulcs Nome
can be filter for this purpose"
So the priest drew away tho bundage
and suffered the blood Of Guatemoc to drop
into second smaller bowl Then he came
to me- and dipping his finger into the
blood he drew the sign Of cross upon my
forehead as Christian priest draws 1t
upon the forehead Of an infant and said:
I'm the presence and the name of God,
our Lord, who is everywhere and sees all
things I sign you with this blood and
and the name'of God, our Lord, who is ey-
erywhere and sees all things, pour forth
your blood upon the earthr' (Here he
poured as he spoke.) "As this blood Of
yours sinks into the earth. so may the
memory Of your past life sink and be for.
gotten, for you arc born again Of the peo-
pie of Anahuac. In the presence and the
name Of God, our Lord, who Is everywhere
and sees all things, I mingle these bloods"
(here he poured from one bowl Into the
otherl land with them I touch your
tongue" there, dipping his finger into tho
bowl, he touched tho tip Of my tongue with
it) land bid you swear thus:
"'1, Teule, swear to DO faithful to the
people Of Anahuso and to their lawful gov.
ernors. swear to wage war upon their
foes and to compass their destruction, and
more especially upon the Teules, till they
are driven into the sea- swear to offer
no affront to the gods Of Anahuaa Iswear
myself In marriage to Otomie, princess Of
the Otomie, the daughter Of Montezuma,
my lord, for so long as her life shall en-
dure. swear to attempt no escape from
these shores. swear to renounce my fa-
ther and my mother, and the land whero
was born, and to cling to this land Of
my new birth, and this my oath shall en-
dure till the volcano Popo ceases to vomit
smoke and fire, till there Is no king In
Tenoot!tlan, TILL no priest serves the affairs
Of the gods and the people Of Anahuao are
no more people,"
When had sworn, Guatemoo caDle for
ward and embraced me, saying: "Wel-
come, Teule, my brother In blood and
heart. Now you are ono Of us, and we
look to you for help and counsel: Coma
be seated by me-"
looked toward Cuitlahua douhtfully,
but he smiled graoiously and said: '.Teule,
your TRIAL Is over. We have accepted you,
ond you have sworn the Solemn oath Of
brotherhood, to break which % TO dio hor-
nhly In this world and to Be tortured
through eternity In the next Forget all
that may have been aaid In the hour Of
your Weighing. for the balance Is In your
favor, and DO sure that II you give US NO
cause to doubt you, you shall find mono to
doubt US Now, as the husband Of Otomio,
you arc q lord among the lords, having
honor and great possessions, and as such
be seated by your brother Guatemoo and
join our council"
did as he bade me, and Otomie with
drew from our presence. Then Cuitlahun
spoke again, no longer Of me and my mat
te1s, but of the urgent affairs Of state. He
spoke In slow words and weighty, and