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ment Of the roof fall, and, 90 hssaid in his story
was minded TO hy.
the end that generations sgo had oyertsfen Ii,
He knew thstthe chances Of being able 20 rescp.
me were few indeed, whereas those that he
many. Then he remembered what my suffer.
science would reproach him in the after years
should he leave me TO my fate. and went on.
Now he could see the half-detnched mass OF
the roof still hung; II was a smaller fragment
that had fallen, one nearer to the entrance. lie
could see also that 7 lay IN the same position be
because I neither moved nor spoke, though, In
fact, ! had but swooned under the agony of my
Are. you dead - he whispered, and I heard
bis voice, through my sleep, and, Itting my
never thought 70 see him again. -
DO behold a spirit" said "or ISL you
"it is 1. ignatic, and I have brought a lever.
Now when flift struggle forward II you can"
Then he placed the trunk OF the thorn tree in
what seemed to him the best position, and put
all his strength upon IT,. 1t was in vain; even 80
he could not stir the rock.
Try a little more to the right" | said, faint
ly; there is q better hold"
lie shifted the lever and dragged at It till his
muscles cracked, and ! felt the stone tremble as
"ff you can help ever SO little It will comet"
Then in my despair, though the anguish Of it
nearly killed me. l set my palms upon the
ground, and, contracting, myself like a snake
LNHN IN ntlu Nltn " 1DEktlF lINhs NuEuNl uINhEu
with my back, till the point Of the stone was
raised eight or ten inches from the ground,
next instant the lever slipped. and down Il came
Ing 70 the ground with my fingers. 50 soon 4,
the point Of rock that had been lifted from my
ground between my thighs.
Now he seized me By the arms and tore me
Tie Hee st snSusff st row e 10 rise = But itV could not because
Of the hurt to my back.
nYon must carry me, ssn9s;" said; "a .,or.
us, then, giving me the. candle, lifted me from
the ground Ike an infant, end staggered for
some seven or eight PAGES, not more, when there
was a dreadful, crash behind us. The roof had
fallen in, and the spot which we had occupied
some thirty seconds before was now piled high
with rocks.
stone. above as!" and he rushed forward Til we
found ourselves, exhausted and bleeding, among
the grasses outside the mine.
for my escape; then, lifting 1t, l looked my pre-
server in the face and said
~ swear by the name Of God, sehor, that He
never made a man nobler than yourselfl'
The next instant fell forward and tainted
there among the ferns.
the mouth Of that accursed mine back to Gum.
aryo In a litter, and during oil this time I had
iii. SO iii, indeed, that was scarcely allowed to
speak with any one. Now, howeyer, ! was much
better, ana one AFTERNOON Int SENIOR StT1CklADu, |
by my foster brother Molas. lifted me
from my bed into a hammock;
by the way, lg1atio," said the se6or, when
i isl" he added. taking It from his neck; and
about its making me hefr to the empire OF the
.ztecs In the heart Of every Indian. and the rest
pain pa and ssI ala Sot know r%Ss what Sa y yon W %eilsi ssyin wtH
=" Is the door shut, sefor 2' | asked " and are
you sure that there is no one on the veranda?
Than RI Fat A. vpttr chair naarar and wilt |
tell you something. I am not certain that !
should take this talisman hack again. still l will
Know. sehor. that this broken gem is at once
the foundation. stone and the secret symbol OF a
been initiated into il. you are now one Of the
Iords, seeing that the browning and vital cere-
mony of the creation of g Lord of the Heart con-
neck for the space OF a minute only by myself.
who am the chief lord and Keeper OF the Heart
lays. Before we part I will call chapter of the
'rder, for even among these mountains we have
itual and raised to the rank OF a chief lord. as
$ your right; meanwhile / will instruct you
n its mysteries, as II is my bounden duty to do.
tervant Of the Heart is silence, and that silence
demand Of you. Men have died ere now. sehor;
Ies, they have died on the rack in the dungeons
" the InQuisition, and shrivelled as wizards In
he fires of the stake sooner than reveal those
Kings that have been told them upon the faith
cannot preyail-no. not with the best of
. Hut suppose that a man should not keep ST.
ence, l%gnatio,, what then ~ he asked.
There ts a land, %sefior," ! answered, where
,h me most nc sr tsikat nv II grow sys dumb NIB a., and Id ITS borders OF ,Ss
ieart, for fearful is the doom of a false
you %sr N tina. II ! repeat anything I may
Indeed, no. senior; but you may happen TO
lie. ] speak on the Heart; do you hear with
III hear with the Ears" he answered.. catching
z Very we'll. senor. since you have now sworn
ecrecy TO me by the most solemn oath that can
the lips of man; / will, speak to you openly:
,nOw IL, though how much of IL Is truth and
much is legend ! cannot say:
" You have heard the story OF that white man, |
IT god, sometimes called Quetzal by the Indians.
md sometimes Cucumatz; who came to these
sfteTw va rdg he ts vanished Has ) sdd away Sisyn IN a ' sSip,p prdmisr
ng that when many generations had passed he
would return again.
reated Cell into the hands OF two brothers.
whose chief city was either at Palengue or in its
ike Christians, worshipped one good god. the
rue God, under the name OF the Heart OF
ave those OF fruit and flowers. Now, Of these
one married u wife from another cOun-
daughter Of devils. very beautiful. and a
7" Soon this woman. as in the story Of the wives
solomon and their lord, drew away the king,
{ the gods OF her, own land, and brought II
bout that he offered human sacrifice to them,
hen there arose a great confusion In that coun-
~, and the end OF 1t was that the people III
ided themselves into two parties, the worship
ers OF the Heart OF Heaven and the Worship
ers OF devils.
They made war upon each other. till many
I their chief men were killed: then they camo
D an agreement whereby the nation was sun
cred. Half of II, under that king who had
married. the woman, marched northward. and
ecame the fathers of the Aztecs and other
RIDES, and half, the faithful wOrshippers OF the
leart, remained in the Tabasco country.
"NOw, from that day forward evil overlook
9th these peoples. for, though the Aztecs -four
shed for awhile, in the end the Spaniards de-
them. The worshippers of the Heart
lso were driven from their cities by hordes OF
who rolled down upon them, and
faith persisted, or seemed To perish"
- Hut what has this history IN do With tha