Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-01-30
CHAPTER XI.
ZIBALBAY TELLS His MISSION.

LLbALbhf lELLb HIS MlsolON
When we reached the ruins OF tn,
temple we ate and drank, then, know
ing that we could travel no further tina
night, ] spoke, saying:
Some two months since, Zibalbay
you sent message by that man who
died to save lis this day, to him who
among the Indians, is known as Lore
Of the Heart. Your messenger Travelled
fast and far, by sea and by land till he
found him an1 delivered the message.
ITO whom did he deliver it?" asked
zibalbay.
''ro me, for | am the man you seek,
and with my companion have jour
neyed here to find you, suffering many
dangers and evils on the path
prove that you are the man, and he
asked me certain secret questions, to all
Of which | returned answers.
"You are instructed" he said at
length, and turning to Maya said.
Come hither daughter, and give me
that which Is hidden in your hair"
Maya put her hands to her head, and,
drawing forth some small thing from
the dense masses Of her hair passed 1t
to her father.
us this what you would see?' he
asked, holding the object in the light Of
the setting sun.
! looked, and lol there before me was
the very counterpart of that which had
descended to me from my forefathers,
and which wore about my neck
ut would seem SO, unless my eyes
deceive me-" answered. "And Is this
what you have come so far to seek, IL
balbayp" and | drew forth the ancient
symbol Of the Broken Heart.
Now he leaned forward and examined
first the one half and then the other,
searching them with his eyes.
Then he turned to me and said:
Nov have day and night come to-
gother and soon shall the new sun
arise, the sun Of glory, for already the
dawn is breaking. Take that which is
In your keeping and will take that
which is mine, for not here must they
DC JOlueu, Dut lar away.
Listen, brethren, to my tale. Per-
chance, my brethren, you have heard
legends Of that ancient undiscovered
city, the last home Of our race, which Is
undefled by the foot of the white con-
queror"
I'VE have heard Of it and greatly de.
aire TO see II, answered.
III this be So" went on Zilbalbay,
I'm US you have found those who can
guide you to that city, Of which | am
the cacique and hereditary high priest,
and my only child here is the lady. You
wonder how 1t comes, then, that we,
being Of this condition, are found un-
guarded and alone, wandering like beg |
CARS In the lands Of the white man. |
Listen;
1.-THE City OF the Heart, as vt is called, |
ID Of all cities the most beautiful and |
ancient, and once in the far past she
ruled these lands from sea to sea.
80 great was her power in the early
days that all the cities whose ruins
may be found buried in these forests
were her tributaries; but as the years
went by hordes Of barbarians rolled
down upon her frontier towns, so that
they were lost to her. Still no enemies
came near her gates, and she remained
The richest and most powerful Of the
cities Of the world.
"Now, the City Of the Heart Is bull
upon an island in the center Of lake.
but many thousands of her children
1pon the mainland, where they cult
rated fields and dug in the earth for
Told and gems.
80 she hourished and her children
Nth her, till twelve generations since
vhen there care tidings to the kim
Il that day that nation Of white mer
lad taken possession of the empire
lear the sea, putting their inhabitan
o the sword and possessing themselyc
i their wealth. Tidings came also thai
hose white men, having learned the
ale Of the City Of the Heart and Of the
treasures OF gold with
which il Is adorned, purposed to seek It
nut and sack II
''When the cacique was sure that these
Mara ware tina. be took counsel with