Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-05-31

when sne severed halves OF the
hsert are set in their place upon the al
tar, il there should be any gods thev
should give sign. The ancient sym
hol on the altar Il iiolhiN, and II IL
were to opcN Z, might he that writing
would M found within it, an ancient
writing of the gods prepared against
the present time that sl,aii ne to MS as
a lantern Ia ore Wandering in the dark,
or II might be that nothing would he
Found.
Now, as it happens, " searching
through the car''''zt records of the tenn
plc, I haNI discovered certain writing,
END n seems Ia me that your fortune
would bc great If that writing should
lie within the symbol on tho night of
the Rising Waters Here II is"
And suddenly. he produced a smell
plate vi duh gold JaNSe'F,'a rsGr with
symbols.
"nReaa Il, said Maya.
Then Natal read;
ITO thee il speaks, uuhorp iaug liter
of a chief To he, wl,~s Y2snc is the name
Of a aatinr When NV people have
gr.'wa old and their numbers have less
encd and their heart is faint. then,
lady, take to thysclf as husband n
man of the race of the white pod, A son
of the sea foam, whom thou shall, ,rat
hithCr acr'~~ the ,lrsC''', fci' ~ INV peo-
pie shah Nrcr' maiH prosper and grow
strong, and the land shall he to thy
child and the child Of the god, east and
west and north and south, furthe" 'han
my eagles wing bstw"er suntise and
ECt.
lie SATISFIED reading. and there WIS
si,tucc a. we looked on each other
4 IL
ming If this old priest and plottcr. II
was Maya who spoke first,
You have forged this writing. Mat,
tai, she said, "and nov Non desire that
| should So Il In the symbol, for you
arr mindful of that curse which is
written in the ritual. In short, if wv
do not fear the vengeance CT the god,
You fear the verg'~ancc of the order"
To Trs'ak the truth, lady, | fear
both. still, YOU must make your choice,
and Swif'lv."
Now She turned TO Us, SAYING.
advise mo, friends, to~ I know not
what Ia answer IN the faith of NV
people ! Nave lost faith. and It is to
Nours that | look for comfort, and vet
the deed seems awful, for il we arc not
wur>hipcrs of the namelcsS pod. still we
are all of rs brethren Of the arciert
mysteries of the lieart, and 20 do this
thing would hr W break our solemn
oaths, Come. let us put it to vote. and
do you, who are the oldest and the
wiseSt among us, vote first, lgnsii&"
so he it," | answered. FOR my
part L give nv Vhice against the trick.
OF the gods OF your people know moth
inE and think less, but am the master
OF our order in my own land, and viii
pSS offend against II, still, in this
matter Your lives are At stake as well
as mine; therefore, II of the three o.
us two are I'm favor NJ TIE act will be
bound NV their decision"
Wood, let it be So" said MAYA. "And
now. beloved, speak and tell us whe,hr"
you choose death and clean con-
science, or, life and my love to gladden.
it, end she looked into his face with
her beautiful ewes. and half stretched
out her arms as though she would clasp
him to her breast.
Il have no choice, ." he said II 40
not fear to die, If need Ne; but | should
be no man were to choose death while
u Is Your wish that l should live. Like
lgnatio, | say that the gods of this city
are to me nothing more than idols, and
to deceive that which does not exist Is
impossible. For the rest, became a
Brother of the Heart not by my own
wish, but by accident, therefore, on this
point, my conscience bricks me little.
Il win do your wish, Maya, and IL
yoa think il better that we should die,
WHIP IT us die and make an end"
Nay, answered with Hash of
reckless pasSioq, u think II setter that
we should I've TO- rom this unlucky
CITY, ana there h. happy in each others