The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-04-03

Brethren" he said, 1.-The words seem
clear, and yet so strange is this writing
that l fear my learning is at fault and
that had best give it to others to de-
cipher"
mo, read, read" they cried again,
almost angrily.
Then be read: This is the voice of the
| nameless god that his prophet heard in the
year OF the building Of the sanctuary. and
graved upon tablet of col which he set in a
secret place in the symbol of the sanctuary, to
| be declared in the far-od hour when the lost
Is found and the signs of the Day and the
Night are come together.
TO thee it speaks unborn daughter of a
chief to be- whose name is the name of a ma
ton. When my people are grown old and
their number are lessened and their heart is
faint. then, maiden. take to myself husband
a man Of the race Of the white rod a son
OF the Seafoam. whom thou ala lead hither
across the desert. for so my people shall once
more prosper and grow stron- :. and the land
shall be to thy child and the child of the god.
east AMI west and north ana south. farther
than my eagles wing between sunrise and
set"
Now as he read the face of Tikal
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 name of
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 herr
Now one of the oldest of the council.
a man named Dimas, who, as learned
afterward, had been foster brother to
Zibalbay. rose and answered angrily:
1T seems to me that these things
must be so, TilSal, 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, lis this
wandering stranger to be set over me
and all of us?"
THAT do not know" said the coun-
cillor; 1.-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 given to him in marriage, and in her
right he well may rule, seeing that she
is the lawful heir to her father and not
you, Tikal, although you have usurped
her place"
Now many voices called upon Maya,
and she stood forward and spoke with
dOwncast eyes.
What shall l say" she began, Eek
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 l was taught to look
elsewhere, but he who was to have been
my husband"-and she pointed toward
Tikal-''chose himself another wife,
and now / see that he did this not alto
gether of his own will, but because it
was so decreed. Ono thing more: /,
whom am but woman, have no desire
to rule or to take the place that the
Lady Nahua now holds. The writing
says that IN a day to come, n far-off
day, some child of mine if indeed am
that daughter of chief whose name is
the name of a nation, shall rule in
truth. Let him then come in his hour
and take the glories that await him,
and meanwhile, Til1al, do you sit in
your place and leave me to rest in
peace"
The Lady Maya speaks you fair,
Tikal and my daughter" said Natal,
land if the people will have it, you may
do well to accept her offer, leaving the
future to shape itself She says she is
ready to take the white man as hus-
band, but we have not yet heard
whether the white man will take her as
a wife. 1t may be" he added. with a
smile, that he will rather choose to
die, but at the least we must have his
answer from his lips, that is, if you ac-
cept this prophecy as voice from
heaven. Say, do you accept it?7
I'VE accept it, answered the council,
almost with one voice.
Then let the white man, Son of the
Sea, be brought before us" said Natal.
EASTER GREETINGS.