The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-21

most; 70 be the cscique q this city by your
swered. land 10 escape from this place back
/ desire also I9nstio should have as much
gold a. he needs 10 enable him to carry out his
be Ray % and NahSs
and their descendants, orauRht care. may rule
in the City Of ths Heart I'll the worlds end.
"and u shall go hard u cannot get II for you.
Now will leave you, for must have time to
nor nay till we have spoken again. And as for
YOU. strangers. remember that your lives de-
Two more days passed or so We reckoned by
the number of meals that were brought TO us,
1 Us' Other doctors came indeed and saw libsi'
bay, who lay upon his bed like one plunged In a
deer. sleep but though they tried many RENE
second day we were gathered round his couch
watching him and talking together sadly
fear OF death had broken our spirits 50 that even
the senor ceased to be merry, and the presence
"Aas Y's she sSld THAT was an eV day when
We met yonder In the land vt Yucatan, and,
I SoE oSe ia Se %SEi S%ny
worth so little, you are Doomed to pay so dear.
Fortune has gone hardly with you also. lgnatio,
who are fated thus for the second time to see
Say now. friend, !" and she caught the seHor
by the arm, would H. not be best that we should
make an end Of ali this folly, and that should
give myself to Tikalr Then could bargain for
you DOtn, tudJ DtlOTb pttbfu W nlill hIOulu
with my own eyes see you safe across the noun
tains, taking that with you which would make
or think that you LEFT me to dishonor, Tor so
soon as you were gone should seek the arms OF
another lord whose name is Death. and there
take my rest till, In some day unborn. you came
Cease to talk thus. Maya. said the senor,
drawing her to his breast whatever there is
to bear we will undergo together, since even IL
could be so base IS to buy safety at such price,
without you my life would DE worth nothing to
me. and indeed had rather die at your side
at is my fault that ever we came to ths pass
seeing that il I had taken your counsel we
should not have set foot within the City OF the
Heart. But curiosity oNercame me. for longcd
To see the place. as now long tn see the last Of
Il: also, had turned back mus; have left
Ignatio to go on alone. Keep your courage;
our danger is great. ] am sure that we shall
escape from these dungeons and be happy with
70 speak. he kissed her upon the lips aud COM
fortcd her, wiping away the tears that ran from
II was just then that I looked up and saw
Natal standing In the doorway, for we were
gathered not in the hall. but in Iibalbays cham
Der. watching the scene curiously and with u
Greeting,". he said. and forgive me that Il
come So late. but my business is secret, and such
g. IL best done at night How does it go with
He lives" I answered; 81 can say no more.
for he il sensclcss and. without doubt, soon
must die. But come see for yourself, a..
lie cannot live long" he said. well. death
i his ss, eha Ana to my
pass from mouth to mouth among the people.
many ofwhom declare that Tikal has muir
dered Xibalbay, and demand That you. lady,
should he brought before them, that you may
be named caciqIe in his place,
Tikai by the chiefs Of his party that as. do what
he will. he will never clear himself OF the death
make away with you also, lady, aud Of course
with these two strangers, your friends. seeing
.hat then there VIII ps laid 91 ha 70 aspn.r nv
at n secret council held this afternoon. and once
he issued the order for your deaths. only to re-
for at the last saw that his heart overcame his
reason. and he could not bear thus to divorce
himself from you, lady, though what he said was
that he would not stain his hands with the
blood OF one so young and fair. still. will not
deed, In jeopardy from one hour to the next"
Now he paused and Maya asked in a low
Have y2u no plan to save rs. Natal 7"
Why should J have g plan, lady, who with
old man" broke in the senior. hut tell you
not leave this place alive" and as he spoke, with
asnddcn movement he spranG between Natal
III We are to bc murdered like birds u,
cage" he went ON, "ai least your neck shall he
twisted first DG you nnd nd n g. .rorod
Natal, ttinching little before the seniors herco
face and hand optstrctched as though TO grir
him. but would have you understand some
thing. also; namely. that II do not return pres
emily. there arc some without who will come 10
And then they will find your carcass" broke
in the senior. and what will all your plots and
schemes advantage you when you are lump OF
Little, indeed. confess" he answered. |
myself viii reap some PROFIT. and with that. in
this sad case, must he content, But. do not lie I
30 hasty, white man. ! ask ed why should have |
N MI / Z. ha1
Then Il you have one, let us hear 1t without
more ado" said the senior.
plans will please, the Lady MAYA ycndcr and |
clear that there is but one alternative: the |
death Of all Of YOU by tG-morrow's liRht. Your |
daughter and myself. | shall not hesitate 10 |
take them
Any more than 81, shall h hSsi's tn to take
remember always that il you do not make your !
plan such MS We can accept You will leave this !
Again Natal bowed and continued;
In one way only has Tikal been able to paCify /
the Lady Maya Shall be prodn"cd before the |
Council of the Heart. in the sanctuary Of the !
Waters being the first day when ii /, lawful /
for the council 10 sit in the sanctuary, and !
TSs Words of Zibahsy have taken AXE MT Strange
hold Of the people. although they cried him |
down as he spoke them, and they desire 70 know /
and once more the severed halves Of the symbol |
of the Heart are laid side BY side in their place
upon the altar. Xibalbay told them that he be- |
lieved that then the goal would reveal his Iur- |
pose, and show what part each 81 You should /
play in the fate that Is to bc, and therefore the !
people. aye, and many among the mobiles, and /
even the Council Of the Heart, look 20 see some |
sign or wonder when bay and Night are come |
together. and that which was parted Is made /
one. for they begin Ia hold that the madness OF |
Zibalbay Is from heaven, and that the voice Of |
heaven sent him on his Journey"
Now Natal thought for while, ana went on: |
" Lady, am old and for many years | have |
followed the worship OF the gods, doing sacri- /
flee To them and impOrtuning them " ith prayers,
and yet never have known the gods 10 make
answer IN their vOtHrtes, or heard the voices OF |
the immOrtals speaking into human ears. IL
seems that gods are many, thus, psrChaGcc,
these strangers have their own. and. lady, thus
II comes that in my age ask myself II there
are any gods other than those that the mind OF
man has shaped from nOihingness or fashioned
in the likeness OF its own passions. | cannot
tell, but think that were in sore a STRAIT as
You md yourselves tonight | should not hest
tate To give n voice 10 these dumb gods"
What is your meaning = asked Maya.
This: When the severed halves of the heart
are set in their place upon the altar, II there be-