Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-12-12
HEART Of TIE WORLD.
by n. RIDER flAGCA2D.
Strange Story, Taken From Manuscript Bequeathed BY Ola
Mexican Indian lis Friend and comrade r.
Engiishman Named Jones.

own will about them. for | cannot for.
get that from generation to generation
those who went before him have rcapcd
nothing but disaster In their struggle
against the white devils, whom, because
Of the sins Of our forcfathers, It has
pleased God to set over u.s.
!, ''ThOsc were your fathers words, my
son, which he spoke to me in the hour
before his murder. And now you will
understand why | said you must wait
before you determined to be d priest. II
that is stillyour wish 1t can be fulfilled,
for your father left it with you to fol-
low the life you might desire
When he had finished speaking |
thought for awhile and answered:
"Whilc my fathers blood IL nnavcngcd
cannot become a priest
j 1T Is as thought said the old man,
with sigh. THAT cursed talisman
I which lies about your neck has begun
T It's work with you, Ignatio, and you
( will tread the path that the others trol.
perchancc to die in blood. as they did
/ v
Within week from this day some
Indians came to Tiapa disguised as
portcrs. whose mission 1t was to lead
me to the mountains among which my
father had lived, and where his treas
urcs still Inv hidden.
On the third day Of my journey we
reached n narrow pass in tho noun
tains, beyond which lay an Indian vii.
lagc. Here my guides took me to the
honsc Of one Antonio, to whom the
padre lgnntio had given me letters an
old man OF venerable aspect. who
| greeted me warmly and introduced me
to several caequcs who were staying
with him, did not know why.
So soon as we wcrealonc in the house
one of these caeiqucs, after addressing
me in words that could not UNDER
stand, asked me If had heart. To
this replied that hoped so, whereat
/ they all laughed Then the man An
tonic, coming to me, unbuttoncd my
shirt, revealing the talisman that had
belonged to my father, and at the sight
Of II al the company bowed.
Next the doors were locked and, SEN
tries having been posted before them, n
ceremony began which even now 1t Is
not lawful that should describe in de-
tail, wherein was first initiated into
the mysteries Of the Order Of the Heart,
and afterwards Installed as its heredi.
tary chief. thus becoming while yet
boy the absolute lord Of many thousand
men, brethren of our order who were
scattered far and wide about the land.
On the day after | had taken the
final oaths Antonio handed over to mo
the treasure that my ancestors boarded
In Il secret place, which my father had
/ left In his keeping. and 1t was great
! treasure. amounting to more than q
million dollars in value.
| Now | was rich, both in men and
money, still, following the counsel Of
Antonio, abode for awhile in the vii.
laee, receiving those who came to visit
me from every partof Mexico as Holder
Of the Heart and as first IN rank among
the fallen peoples o. the Indians.
Some three miles from the village
where dwelt lived two sisters, Indians
Of noble blood, though poor, one Of
them Il widow and the other very
beautiful girl, younger than myself.
1t CHANGED that was riding past their
house upon d certain Sunday evening
when most of the inhabitants Of the
valley were away at fiesta, and heard
screams coming from 1t.
Dismounting from nv horse ran in
at the door, which was open. and saw
one of the sisters, the widow, lying
dead ,lpon the ground, while two ban
dts, Aicxieans, were attacking the
Younger woman. Drawing my ma
chctc, cut them down.
! Now after this the girl whose life |
! had saved came to dwell in my village,
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