Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-04-23

Tikal-"
What does Tilsal want?" asked the
senior.
He wants TO marry me, or Ia become
cacique of the city in my right, which
Is the same thing; at least hc will not
give me up without a struggle. Then
there is my father, who serves two mas
tiers only, his gods and his country, and
who will use me like piece in a game
II II suits his purpose; yes, and you, too
Our good days are done with. the evil
ones have Ia come, and after thcm--the
night llcncefurward we shall find few
opportunities of speaking even, for
shall be surrounded by officers and
waiting ladies, who will watch NV
every action and hear my every word,
and my father will watch. me also"
Now begin Ia he sorry that did
not take your advice and stop on the
further side Of the mountain. answered
the senior "Do YOU think we can
escape thcre?"
mo, IL is too late; they would track
us down. We must go ON now and meet
our fate, whatever 1t may he. Only
swear TO me by my gods or your own, or
whatever you hold dear, that You will
cleave TO me till ! am Scad as ] will
cleave to you," and taking his hand in
hers she looked up appealingly into his
face.
At this moment Zihalbay. who was
walking i'm front, lost in his own
thoughts, CHANGED to turn and see
them.
Come hither, daughter, and you,
white man" he said in n stern voice
Listen, both of you, | am old, but my
sight and hearing are still keen, though
yonder in the wilderness took no heed
of much that saw and heard. Here in
my own land II is otherwise. Learn,
white man, that the Lady of the Heart
is set far above you, and there ] think
she-will remain. Do You understand
INV meaning"
Perfectly" answered the senior,
striving Ia control his anger, but
chief, it is pity that you did not see
well to tell me this before. Had 1t not
been for what we and one dead were
able to do to save You, to-day your
bones would have been whitening In
the forest. Why did You not tell me
there that | was no tit company for
your daughter?"
because You were sent by the gods
to do me service, and because there
had need of you, white man." answered
Zibalbay, quietly, las maybe | shall
have need of you again. Had IL not
been Tor that chance we should have
parted compan, on the further side of
the mountain"
"In truth wish we hadi' exclaimed
the senior.
As l walked on side by side with Iii
balbay spoke to him. saying: You
use sharp words toward him who is my
brother, chief, and therefore toward
me-"
IL speak as / must" he answered
coldly. MANY troubles await me at
the city. Did you not hear what that
knave said last night, that TiIal, my
nephew, whom l left in charge, rules
in my stead? Well. this girl of mine,
who Is aflianced to him, and through
whom he hopes TO govern in after years,
may be the only bait that will tempt
him from his place, for he looks upon
me as one dead, and it will not please
him to lay down the rod of power. How
should il please him. then, and those
who follow him, to see a white stranger
holding that daughters hand and whis-
pering in her ear?
/ made no answer, for at that mo-
ment we turned a corner and came face
to face with the bearers of the filters
whom Zibalbay had summoned to meet
us.
There were forty of these men or
more; for the most part they were tall
and well shaped. with regular features
and, like Zibalhay and Maya, very fair
for Indians, but the look upon their
faces was different from any that l
have seen among my people. IT was
not stupid or brutal, or even empty,
rather did it suggest great WEAKNESS.
WEAKNESS was the master not of their
bodies, but of their minds, and looking
at them could understand what -5fbal-
bay meant when he said that lis race
was outworn.
Summoning the captain of the bear
crs Zibalbay talked to him while his
companions ate food that they had
brought with them, and | noted that
what he heard seemed togive him little
pleasure. Next he ordered us to enter
the filters.
We started forward down the noun
tain, and in an hour we had left the re-
gion of snow behind and entered the
cedar forests
At length, as the evening began to
fall, we entered the village of corn
growers, a half-ruined place, of which
the houses were for the most part built
Of adobe or mud bricks and rooted
with a concrete of white lime.
When Zibalbay descended from his
litter all those present Frustrated them
selves and remained thus, till, followed
by some of the head men, he had passed
into a house, which was made ready for
his use, leaving us without.
Presently q messenger came from Iii
HALLIDAY to summon us into the house,
where we found an ample meal pre-
pared, consisting chiefly of fish from
the lake, baked wild fowl, and many
sorts of fruit. BY the time we had
finished eating and had druak the
chocolate that was served to us N cups
of hammered silver, the night had fallen
completely. / asked Zibali'ay IL we
should sleep there; tc which he replied
shortly that we were about to start for
the city.
Accordingly we set out by the light
Of the moon, and were guided to little
harbor in the shore of the lake, where
a large canoe, fitted with a mast and
sail and manned by ten Indians, was
waiting for us. We embarked, and the
breeze being off land, hoisted the sail
and started toward the Island of the
Heart, which stood a distance of about
fifteen miles from the mainland.
The breeze was light; but after the
cold of the mountains, the air was so soft
and balmy and the scene so new and
strange, that for one did not regret
our slow progress Nobody spoke in
the boat, for all of us were lost in our
own reflections, and the Indians were
awed to silence by the presence of their
lord, who alone seemed impatient, since
from time to time he pulled his beard
and muttered to himself
Before us lay the tabled golden town
we had so longed to see. Soon our feet
would pass it's white walls and our eyes
behold its ancient civilization.
"What waits us there?" whispered
the senior, and he looked at Maya.
She heard his words and shook her
head sadly. There was no hope in her
eyes, which were dimmed with tears.
Then he turned to me as though for
comfort, and the easy fires of enthusi-
asm burnt up within me and answered:
"Fear not, the goal is won and we shall
overcome all difficulty and danger. The
useless wealth of yonder golden city
shall be ours; and by its help. shall
wresk the stored up vengeance of ages
upon the oppressors If my race and
build up a great Indian dominion
stretching from sea to sea, whereof this
city shall be the hearth He heard and
smiled, answering:
sit may be so, for your sake / trust
that it viii be so, but we seek different
ends, Ignatio," and he looked again at