The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-08-08


was gone we should have spoken to-
gether OF what had passed, and OF the
dangers that lay before US. but TINS
was not SO; think we felt, all OF us,
that there was nothing more 70 De SAID,
IL Is useless to fight against Fate, ana
II Is still more useless TO be afraid OF |
him, seeing that whatever we do or
leave updone, he has his will OF US Al
last.
So we sat and chatted of indifferent
things. our life at the mine mt Cumaryo'
that night which we spent Ia inc
hacienda of Santa Cruz, the death OF
our brave companion, Molns, and i
know not what besides Presently the
child awoke. and its parents occupied
themselves with IL, finding resem-
blances to each other In its tiny Tea
lures, while walked up and down the
hall. counting the lamps, smoking ana
wondering where l should be by this
time on the morrow.
At length the gates opened, Tor now
IL was almost the middle OF the night,
and there came through them Dimas
and guard of priests. The old man
bowed before us and said that the time
had come To lead us before the councii
in the sanctuary, but that we were To
have no fear, seeing that from all that
he had been able TO learn our offense
would be leniently dealt with.
MAYA asked what was 70 become OF
the infant, which could not be left
alone, and he replied that she must
bring IL with her, whereon she began
to wrap it in a serape.
Your care is needless, said Dimas.
There IL a secret way To the sanctu-
AIRY from this place, by which pro
pose to lead you in order that the child,
our lord, shall not be exposed 10 the
raw cold of the night"
Then he took bunch of keys from
his girdle, and, handing them To one
who accompanied him, fellow priest
| and member of the council, he com
rrsnded him 10 go forward with several
| OF the escort TO open the doors ana
! light lamps in the passage that lay be-
tween us and the sanctuary. The
priest went. and, having waited awhile
we followed him, TO find him standing
by the marble wall which separated
the passages from the sanctuary
On seeing us approaching he gave the
signs. which were answered from with
In; next he opened the false door with
a silver key, leaving the key and the
| bunch to which IL was attached fixed In
the lock, for Dimas TO take as he passed.
This. however, the old priest did not
do. for he thought that we should all
return by the passage, and M we
stepped into the sanctuary he con-
tented himself with closing the door
without locking It,
We took seats that had been prepared
for us In the open space before the altar,
Maya being placed in the center and
the senior and myself on either side OF
her. Next the priest of the Records
rose and announced that the business
before the council was the trial OF
three of its members, Maya, Lady OF
the Heart, the white man, Son OF the
sea, and Ignatio, the Wanderer, Lord
Of the Heart from beyond the mountains,
upon the charge of having broken their
oaths, which they took as members OF
the council Having read this formal
accusation the priest set out the case
against us, clearly but briefly:
ION this very night Of the festival OF
the Rising Waters = year ago." he
began, you strangers, among other
things, sworo upon the altar, setting
In pledge your souls and bodies for the
fulfillment OF the oath, that without
the consent OF this high brotherhood
You would not attempt to leave the
gates OF the City OF the Heart. Yet but
the other day you were overtaken and
seized in the act OF flying across the
mountains to the wilderness beyond
! Nor is this all OF your crime, for with
you was that infant, born of the white
, man and the Lady of the Heart, the
heaven-sent child of prophecy, Of
whom you wichedly sought to rob Us
and the people. Say now, how do YOU
plead to these charges?"
1--WE plead guilty" answered Maya
, 'but we ask to be heard in our own de
, Tense. Listen, lords: since that might
( when we were married by your com
: rnanti my husband and myself hay,
been logged by murder, and yonder
as High Priest OF the Heart and prcsi
/ dent of your councils, he sits wh'
; would have murdered us.
I. Il see among you this night some o
\ those who waited on me upon the da,
r OF our escape, having the Lord Dina
at the head OF them. What did the,
n tcllme? That plot had been discov
! cred. made by this Tikal. 20 murde
! my husband. my child and my friend
h Irnatio, the Wanderer. They told INT
n also that TilSal would be deposcd be
O. cause of this and his other crimes, am
that the infant in my arms would thi
/. very night be anointed cacique OF tn
q People OF the Heart. Is It not sc
d Dimas?"
i at Is so, lady" he answered, IAN
d learn that you are not the only one
who are on trial TINS night. Ihoug
q your case Is taken first, that OF TilSa
/ the high priest, and others will follow
Is but tin then, in virtue OF his rank and o.
Il fee. he sits as president OF our council.
o Now TilSal sprang from his seat, bu
q Dimas turned upon him and sale
e sternly:
% Keep silent, lord, or speak only
% fulill the duties OF your place. You
trial shall be just. but know that ther
4 is no hope OF escape for you till II
70 done, seeing that your guards are di
1. armed and all the paths are watched
; Tikal seated himself again and May
10 went on:
> son that very night Of the coming {
n Lord Dimns, when | was alone in IN
n chamber. Indy Nahua, the wife I
:. Tikal, crept upon me and strove
IN murder this my child" and she set OF
the story telling how the senior and
~ hearing her cries for help. had enterc
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