The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-04-22

eraved upon tablst Of gold which hc set in
secret place in tho symbol Of the sanctuary. 10
be dsclared in the far-oHhour Whom the lost
Is founl and the signs Of the Day and the
Night arc como together !. i
.'To thee It speaks. unborn daughter OF
chief 10 be. whose nlme Is the name OF u ma,
tion. When my people are grown old ana
their number are leSsened and tholr heart IS
faint, then, maiden, take to thysSlf husband
q man OF the race Of the white god, son
Of the Solfoam, whom thou shalt lead hltncr
across the desert. for so my people shall once
more prosper and grow strong, and the land
shall be 10 thy child and the child OF tho god
east and west. and north an1 south, farther
than my eagles wing between sunrise ana set
Now as he read the face of TilIal
grew black with rage, and before ever
the echoes of his voice, had died away,
he sprang from his seat, crying:
"Whoever it was that wrote this lying
prophecy, god or man, let him be ac-
cursed. Shall the Lady Maya, for her
it must be whose name is the namepf
nation, be given in marriage to the
white dog who awaits his doom without
that door, and shall his son rule over
us? First will / see her dead and him
with herW
| Now one of the Oldest of the council,
a man named Dimas, who, as learned
J afterward, had been foster brother to
Zibalbay, rose and answered angrily:
sit seems to me that these things
must be so, Tikal, and beware how you
utter. threats of death, lest they should
fall upon your own head. We have called
upon the god, and the god has spoken
in no uncertain voice. The Lady Maya
must become wife to the white man,
Son of the Sea, and then things shall
befall as they are fated."
"What?" answered. Tikal, sis this
wandering stranger to be set over me
and all of us?"
"That do not know" said the coun-
cillor; "the writing does not say so; the
writing says that his son shall be set
over us, and as yet he has no son. But
this is certain that the Lady Maya must
be givento him in marriage, and in her
right he well may rule, seeing that she
is the lawful heir to her father and not
you, TilSal, although you have usurped
her place"
Now many voices called upon Maya,
and she stood forward and spoke with
downcast eyes.
"What shall / say" she began, "ex-
cept one thing, that my will is the will
of the gods, and if it is fated that
should be given to the white man in
marriage, why, so let it be.
For many years was taught to look
, elsewhere, but he who was to have beer
, nv HUSBAND" she pointed toward
Tikal-"chose himself another wife
, and now / see that he did this not alto
gether of his own will, but because i
I was so decreed. Ono thing more: !
a whom am but a woman, have no desire
, to rule or to take the place that the
q Lady Nahua now holds. The writing
+, saws that in a day to come, u far-ot
+ dav, some child of mine, if indeed | an
: that daughter of chief whose name i
r the name of nation, shall rule ii
i truth. Let him, then come in his hou
q and take the glories that await him
q and meanwhile, Tikal, do you sit in you
1 place and leave me to rest in peace"
t. Tho Lady Maya speaks you fail
+ TilSal and my daughter" said Malta
{ land if the people will have it, you ma
v do well to accept her offer, leaving tn
L future to shape itself. She says she
q ready to take the white man as hui
n band, but we have not yet hear
" whether the white man will take her &
L wife. It may be-" he added, with
smile, "that he will rather choose
/ die, but at the least we must have h
b answer from his lips, that is, ii you Il
a.. cept this prophecy as n voice fro
A. heaven. Say, do You accept it?'
d 'NVe accept it, answered the counc1
,e almost with one voice.
~, "Thcn let the white man, Son OF Il
4 Sea, be brought before us" said Matts
-, lTo BE CoNT1NUEpl