The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-01-25
."There is no time to hy," answered
the set1or, sbherefoTe 1T is y counsel

sILere Is .DuJ. one lining 20 90; yea
ourselves and trust to fortune, IT, Il, iin IN
deed, fortune has any 5000 IN store t9r
It's. Only. I wish that we, had done it
. n eis ~ SN', - - - '.:5.
Now, as she~spol1e by the light OF the
rising sun we Saw great number OF
men forming a circle round the house,
With them were several captains ann
lords, and AMONG these T. recognized
Dinas and Tikal. -. ~.s.:.y,
LET us put q bold face on it, said
Maya So We opened the door, walked
out, and came into the presence OF
Tihal. :Dimas and the ether lords. (.
Whom do ynu,, seek that you, come
with an armed force2' asked Maya
''TVhoih' shoulds / seek but your fair
saw that his eye was Wild, as though
with drink.
sTeil Us Of what We. arei:: charged
that yan FOLLOW . rs as s tA9Hgh re were
Lady, tie, Old priest a il1,,!
gravely, sit would. seen, Chat .you have
earned this name, you and your COM
panions .toge ther-:-, Listen two days
since you were rnissing:sand the lady
Nahua YVES ALSO missing Search was
made, and at last youi.9private APART
ments were broken open, q I'D there size
was discovered bound and gagged.
flight ard followed a fter yon'', - o..':si
''Did she then tel you %yhy we 4Hed?"
asked Maya. ibid she, tell you that
she crert to any c|,a1nberJi1se 4 thief il
the night. aud there was, found in tho
act Of doing murder on my child?"
No. Lady, she told us nothing Of all
this indeea.'l her nlanllertwas strange,
for SO soon as she was recovered some-
what she took back her words, and
said that she lkslew, nothing of,,you. Or
your plans and tbat If YOU had lied we
should do we'll to let You go before
worse things happened. But knowing
that for all this she had reasons easy TO
be guessed. VIC followed you and found
YOU, and now ve1arrest you. to answer
before the council for your great sins,
in that You have broken your solemn
oaths by attempting to leave the land
without tho consent OF the council. ana
have added to Your. crimes by taking
e with you this child, the Heaven-sent
deliv,arer: on whom rests, the, hope. Of
our race" s. ,
eff we have broken our oaths,' said
Maya, Eve broke them to save our
lives. Were we then to stop in the city
till the knife of the assassin found US
v y
a murderer was set upon my husband,
and perhaps one stands there and she
pointed to TilSal, ''who could tell US
who he was and whence he came, Three
days ago another murderer sought
the life of our child ard that muir
dcrer the. wife of the Lord I'ilzal- Is it
then sin that we should take from the
land one whose life is not safe with.
in it?
'SA1l these. matters ron can lay be-
fore the council, lady answered
Dimas, 'and if Nahua is what you say,
without q doubt she must suffer for her
crime. Yet her evildoing cannot pay
for, yours, for when you found your
selves in danger you should have
claimed protection from those who
could give! it. and not have batalsen
yourself to flight, like thieves in terror
of the watch Come, enter the litter
that is prepared for you, and let us be
going -, 49,, ~,
Then. we started OF our, journey
back there, is nothing to. tell, unless it
is to say that after its own fashion il
was even more wretched than chat
which we had just Then,
indeed, we were footsore, hungry and
hope OF freedom shone before us like
q
we travelled in comfort, 1t was to find
s 8 III exposure and death awaitingntt
Maya and the ss1,.:s,ss,,.. fIaaia each otha. Y
and their child to console aifsstl, ,;5hy1
had nothing except such friendship az
they chose to spare me, the; memory OF
my many failures, the clinging bitter
ness of conscience, the fear sati ven !.
geance to be wreaked; @anA' the hope.of Il
r. FrxoAxa
an outworn ana disappointed man, was
prepared to welcome the doom tlfat
awaited me, but huw Would &c be with
the others who were still full Of .loye
and youth? .,| - 80 t,s- ~.
Late that night. we reached the city
and were led, not to, the, raslacfi where (
we lived, but toward the inelosure Of
,s..sHow is this9n- asked .lAaya,~of The
captain of the guard. sst0ur read lies
yontaer." Ts'' -.
'sNo, my lady, he answered; "my
orders are e tal,e syo ' up the stairway
Now Maya pressed her face. against
the lace Of her child and sobbsd; Tor
She knew. that once more we must IN.
habit the dlrksorre vault where hcr' Ia
ther had. been taken to die. They, led
us up the stair. and down the narrow
way TIL we stood il the '.llaamlpl;t ,haall
and heard our prison gates clash Behind
us. Then they gave US food and left
us alone.
Ash nused thus, even through the
massive, walls Of the vault Il heard q
woman scream, end springing, from
my bed. ran into the central hall
where the lamps burned ALWAYS. Hero
l met Maya, clad in her night dress
only, and running down The hall, her
eyes filled with terror - ~. -. = . q
'''Vhat has happened?a said Stop
ping her, and as spoke the senior came II
up. '--.a. s.4-
ooh, I have dreamed,' she gaspedi
II have dreamed a fearful drea1n. I.
dreamed that my father, came to nae,
and--I cannot tell 1.-THE child-the
child and she broke down utterly
and could, say no more. i.'...s u
'.Tfiis place is full Of evil memories,
and her strength is sllatttered,b said the
what. Come back, wife, and sleep"
"Sleep!'' she answered. II do not
think that ! shall ever sleep again; and
sleep I,shalk 60 mad oh,
that dream! TrsilY the curse .of, Natal
has taken hold Of nae: e. 49, ..sss
Some few hours later we met agaiin
II Tie great hall but Maya said Instl.
inq 81 6er dream, nor did I ask her
tellit,, thon gil Gould see. from Her fae6
that it was not forgottetf: atks ~
made prste1llsee to eat and ST Is for