The sun., 1894-08-19
HEART OF THE WORLD.
q, n. RIDER HAGeARD.
CHAPTER III.

rHE sESoR STRICKLAND.

vtil.o. because a friend OF mine. one Of the
t-,tbren NJ the Order Of the Heart had written
80. ..vt,, that there was an Indian in the
rslUhborbood who had in his possession an
.,ci.n, Aztec ssroll. which. being in picture
-y,,ing neither he nor any one else could read
mi. .croll had de.cended 10 the Indian
through many generations and with IL trali
,,or ,bs, I, told NJ a very rich gold mine in the
mountain. whereof the site was lost. which had
b.en closed ,o save I, from the grip Of Cortes by
On. ord.r ~ C;uateuoc. my forefather. whom
,h. s,aniard. murdered-nay their souls be
.~cprsed
Nov I had been ,auvb, the secret OF the pic
tnr. Uri,inu bv old Antonio nv fathers friend.
,-h.n a,.t ,vas Initiate.i into the mysteries Of
,h. Heat ,b,uUb I, rnus, die with me. for be.
Ii.ve that at this hour there ls no other man
i,vtno vbo can road f.
TbI. ,-ri,,n0 the Indian ras willing 20 give M
IN m. AZ Lord OF the Heart, and accordingly,
h.v,rg no,bIno be,ter 70 do. journeyed 10
Cnmarvo To study Il. In this matter, a. in
m.nv other. was. however. destined 20 meet
,-I,h di,appointm.nt. .t any rate for awhile,
o., on nv .rrival a, the bou.e Of nv friend I
h..rd ,ha, the Indian had died of n sudden
,ioknesa and that his son could not discover
whore he had hidden the scroll.
Another thing heard also. namely. that a
,vhi,e man. an Invle.e the first who had ever
Slated ,bese par,s had come 70 the village about
.,, months before. and was engaged in work ing
,o,n. old silver mines on behalf Of a company. a
,..t ,ba, he found dIr,cult. for the Mexican
~ ~'s-h .na, 10 ~. .h. aI.th',hoa., -, o.,
""heIs oi iHn. @ III 1no ,u nNI,, ,,-
"us VI MN nlil U.s. ~ 1s a., ,.,,.
IHn "
iron, .''l la,r l.,., Iis ~. mn" ,,.,
manning tn Saturday night. vere . gentle and
,nns ,nSn,.l. 80 h,,, ,h.v h,d ,h,, ssn,, ,hs,
Industrious people, but they mao TINS rault- that
on the Saturday night many Of them were ac-
n.,o,ne N 90, drnnk nm m nescal the spirit that
/. distilled from the root OF the aloe. Then their
.nring nm among them. for the most part about
women. that ended often enough In bloodshed.
Asit chanced, such fray arose on the night
~, nv arrival at Cumaryo and on the morrow
OF my 49,, .. ,nd. 80 ma On .Te .L,un dn
the little street. bordered with white. nat-roofed
nou.es a'I ,,-s.t ', - ,...-s
To attend mass In the limewashed church, where
the bell rang night ana Gay 70 scare eS' spirits
BACK 70 he,i; saw ,ne lIuis o, IL.
NJ a house. were two dead men. A handsome
indian oirl. with T.. sullen coun,enance wa. en-.
gagged In winding a serape or nlanket, around
one OF the bodies, but the other lay unattended
--..I, .,.t,. -, ~ ,Io,htn, -.,..,t,, 81 :.
certain STAINS upon ,he eiolnlns reveaiihs ths
man much wounded about the head and face
I'll. ~. h.xho. -, a.. ,,i,,.oo o.. on,, aoc,o-
whiie tne oaroer oi 'he Nh,Ase' is ohiy oocoor.
attempted To remove his hair with pair Of
blunt scissors so that he might dress the cut.
rt -. g. ,o.s,,,, h,, ,, on. ,o,L -.
Inc scene was ui.aiiu, M ou' nv oho 'ok iauon
notice OF Il, for Indian life cheap and In those
days death by violence was even moro common
..S S.-,aS,t ., nv ,h.,rast,. .taa =,
IN MEXICO IMAM u IN ho"' oh .heopp"si.e side oi
the street an old woman Chartered with q pas
ser by about the price of her oranges while
.hns-., ,.,,,L 49,. "a ,.,,.h,.- 60.
some chho.en win ehou'' anu iAushUei s.ro'e
10 lasso and drag away n pig that haunted the
nlare and n Virl ON her way 10 mass stepped
- ~. ,,,co,,..ad ,.,d, ,.hich ,.y 40 o,ts, q,
over 'he uiio' oou, ~nion iaS :" quie' IN
the shade, and, seeing IL was that of friend,
crossed herself as she hurried on
:. W., a. 81. go. =, ~ ~. ,,r..s -,
"has 70 'n' '"u'o "i '"i'' oen"f' AeeAoo oi
the barber.
"I think that I have the honor of addressing
non I,n.,,o :, ,ho ,,,,,. man onsw.r.d "a no,
ooh ish"'"' t"e At'io hian 'ns"eioo' 0ho' nv
ing his hands from their work, he made a sign
showino that he also WAS n member of our
p.a.h.s,ae, ,ha,,.h ,,,,.A,. 80.
brolherhon' tn"ush hu"oie ohe'
All. thought So" he went on as gave the
eountersign. iva heard that YOU were going tn
-. :, 4. 90, - =, -.
Flsit anu an Rlhl Ot u, weary OF urtss-