Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-06-11
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geance upon it and upon its mother
| In this | have failed, hut when | de-
nounce Won ~ the council, then | shall
not faill then suh Nili be known for
what YOU art, and die the death that
you deserve"
ut cdines into my mind, husband"
said Maya, coldly. THAT II we would
save our own lives we must rob this
woman of hers. sdrh doom she has
richly earned, nor will any blame us
when they learn what VIVA her crrand
| here"
ut seems that II is So" answered,
sadly, ,"and yet the thing Is awful"
| at Il awful, hht n must he DONE"
said the senior, ',ahd Il falls on me to do
II for the sake NJ my wife and child"
Now he stepped is where Nahna lay
and khelt beside her, and I've two drew
hside. sick al heart. and hid our faces
In our hands. Presently he was with
us again.
as il done"" asked Miva, hoarsely.
mo, nor will II he 10y me-" he an
| swcred; in fierce voice; sooner would
choke the breath ont of my own body
than strangle this defcnselcss woman,
| crucl-hearted murdcress though She is.
I IL she is 20 be killed, some other man
! must do the decd"
/ Then 1t will remain undcnc," said
Maya. And hpw, since I'VE have thus
determined, let ns thin! Of flight, for
the night draws TN. and in flight is our
only hope,
what, then, L. tn he done with this
woman?" | asked. ave cannot take
her with hA,"
gagged and bound, till they chance to
7 E..I
"Hearkcn, Nahua, we srarc You. and
! IA dn u ~ forth to our own lsaths.
! Nav your fierce heart learn - lcs.on of
mercy from the decd. Farewell
Two hours had gone by and three flg-
ures wra r?ed in rough serapas, such
rs the rontnun people wore, one of
whom, n wpmnh, rarrictl an infant in
her arms. might hrvr been seen eau
! tionslv Descending the city wall by
| mcans ~ n wooden ladder that ran from
( Its srr;init 10 the jctty built upon piers
ut tn" foo; Of il, which was used SIS II
mo,riug place for boats during the
months Of iuuudation.
As was .ommon at this scG"on of the
year, tho Lake WINS alrcady rising, and
| floating ia the shallow water at the
end uf thr icttt lay pleasure sliff
which the scnpr mud were a""us; oTcd
tn use for the purpose ri iiSh;r': when
4 evrr we could escape frr lew hours
/ from urr Wchrisumc lifc in he city.
Into This slliGf We entered. ;ud. having
hoistcd the sail. set our rcur. [ by the
Z stars, steering FOR that village whence
n wear lrfnrc we had embarked for the
City NJ tho Heart
The wind being favorable to us our
[ progress was rapid, and Ivy the first
gray light of dawn we caught sight of
tho village not mile away. Here,
! however. we did no. dare to land. for
/ we should he seen and recognized;
| therefore we bcachcd our boat behind
the shelter OF some dwarf water Palms
/ three furlonr-s or more lclo'v tho viii
lagc, aid. having hidden h'r as we'll as
| VIC were able, set out at once toward
the tnuuntains,
At length the evening fell. and we
cHnpcd for tho night. if camping IL can
bc called To slcrp beneath the ahalow
/ of n rctlar tree without fire and with
little, food having no GOV, ring except
our scraprs.
Toward morning the air grew cold.
for already we were Mt some height
above the lake. and the tender infant
began to wnil piteously, a wall that
wrung our hearts. Still we rose with
! the sun and went on our way, for It
seemed that there was nothing else to
do Throughout that day, with. ever
| wcaryifg loe1stcps, we journcycd. ill
at sunset we reached tho Snow line,
and saw before us that hunters rest
house where we had slept when first
| we entered the Country of the Heart.
LET us g in" said Maya, land find
food and shelter for the night
Now, our plan had been to avoid this
house and gain the pass, where pro-
posed 10 stay til daybrcalS and then
travel down the mountain slopes into
the wilderness.
IF we enter there, Maya, we shall he
trapped" said the senior. Our only
safety lies In travelling through the
pass before we nre overtallcn, for il is
against the law that any of your people
should follow us into the wilderness
"lf VIC do not enter my child will die
In the cold" she answered.
lyon were too tender to secure our
safety by putting that would-be muir.
dcrers TO death. Have you. then, the
heart, husband. TO kill your own child?'
Now, at these words, | saw the Sc
nor's eyes till with tears, but he said
only;
BE It as you will"
BY now, indeed, we understood, all
three of us. that IL we would save our
selves we must suffer the child to die,
and, however great our necessity, this
we could not do. So we went up TO the
house HhI entered, and there by the
fire sat the same man and his wife
| whom we had found in this room a
year ago.
"who are you9" he cried. springins
up. Pardon, lady, but in that garb !
did not know you"
H. Is best that you should not know
u.s." said Maya. ave are wanderers
who have lost our way out hunting.
Give Ia food. as you are hOund To do
Then the man and his wife, who were
kindly people, made obeisance TO us,
and set of the best they had before us.
We ate, and after eating slept, for we
were very weary. bidding the man
watch and tell us IL saw any stranger
approaching the house. Before dawn
| he woke us and we rose. A few min.
utes later he came into my room and
told me that large body of men were
in sight of the house. Then | knew
that it was finished and called the
others.
snow. there arc three things that VIC
can do. said. Fly toward the pass,
defend this house, OF surrender Our
selves"
There is no time Ia fly, answ cred
the senior, thereto il is my counsel
that we fight"
This Is folly, broke in Maya.
"There is hut one thing to 40; yield
ourselves and trust to fortune. If. in
deed. fortune has any good in store for
us. Only wish that we had done it he
fore we undertook this weary Journey"
Now, as she spoke by the light of the
rising sun we saw great number OF
men forming a circle round the house.
With them were several captains and
lords, and among these j recognized
Dimas and Tikal.
LET us put a bold face on it., said
Maya. So we opened the door, walked
out, and came into the presence OF
Tikal, Dimas and the other lords.
"Whom do you seek that you com.
with an armed force?" asked MAYA.
"Whom should ! seek but your fair
self, cousin?" answered Tilal. and !
saw that his eye was wild, as though
with drink.
"Tell us of what VIC are charged
that You follow us as though we were
evildoers.'
Lady," the old priest answered,
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