San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-26

capped from it alive. They do not de-
sire new things, they have little knowl-
edge of the world beyond their walls,
and seek for none.
Now, sirs, choose whether you will
accompany us In our march toward the
City of Waters, or whether You will set
your face to the sea again and forget
that you CHANGED to hear certain story
from a wandering doctor, whose mis-
fortunes had made him mad, and an In
dian girl who tended him."
Now listened to these words which
the lady Maya spoke very earnestly and
with power, and understood that they
meant much; they meant that in going
to the City Of the Heart we were, as she
believed, going to our doom.
Lady" 1 said, SIT may well chance
that death waits me yonder, but
thither / shall go II my strength does
not fail lac ard death will suffer IT,
For the senior here IL is different. He
has heard your words, and If he will
harken to them and TO mine, he will
bid rs farewell tomorrow and go his
wavs. leaving us to 90 ours"
She listened, and turning toward him,
said: You hear. What say you,
white man? And Il seemed to me
that she awaited his answer anxiously.
ayes, lady, hear" he replied, with
@ laugh, and douptless IL Is all true
enough, and l shall leave my bones
yonder among your countrymen. Well,
so be 1t; L have detern1lned TO go, ana
60 Will, since am foo IDLE to change
my mind. Also, 1t sc2ms 70 me that
after this days buslnc there Is more
danger In staying here than In pushing
forward.
II am glad that you are gong, SINCE
you go OF your own Iree VIII, she salu,
smiling. May our rear DC con1ounoeo
ana your Journey ana Ours prove pros
porous ana now Iee Us reee' Ior you
must De very weary q @ anu VIC
should De SURFING pci'fS ING GAVIN.
Next morning at thI 4rss break OF
hght we started on ou' iourIey' riaing
on three OF the m9les snaI
we nad captureu' anu ieauing
the fourth laoen WIN our gooos
ana water SKINS. gao were
an OF us 10 see tne iass OF tass lulheu
temple, ana yet II W. sac 70 me 70
leaVe IL, lot tnere, NC penoatn sonie
OF the masses OF me 10 n Una masoty, Jay
all that was ieIt OF my emo cpo los
ter brother, Molas, h hose bravery
and wit had saved our .i1es at the cost
OF his own.
Our plan was to ayo- rlilages where
we might be seen oy ms ana Keep our
selves hidden IN the RESP, TOT we
reared lest we shouIa o. Iollowea ana
brought TO account cause OF the
death OF Don Pedro an MS companions:
and this we were able DO, since hav-
Ing guns and ammunit 4 In plenty we
shot birds and deer foT our daily food.
travelling thus on rule back soon
our strength returned us, even to the
old man Iilbaloay, who had suffered
the most from fatigue and from III
treatment at the hands Of the white
men. In something less than a week
we had passed through the inha bited
| districts of Yucatan and far out OF the
reach of the white man, and now were
| journeying through the forest toward
the great sierra that lies beyond.
The senior was never weary of ques-
tioning the silent Zilbalbay as to the
history or rather the legend of the land
through which we journeyed, or of lis
tening to the lady Maya's description Of
| the City of the Heart, till even she
grew tired and begged him to speak in
stead Of the country across the water
| where he was born, of the ceaseless
busy life, and the wonders Of civiliza-
| ton.
Strange as 1t may seem, l,who watched
them both from day to day, know it to
be true that she was in mind the more
modern of the two, so much so indeed
that in listening to their talk might
have fancied that she was the child of
the new world, filed with the spirit of
to-day, aud he the heir Of a proud and
secret race diving beneath FL weight of
years.
81 cannot understand you," she would
saw to him. "Whv do Won so love his
tories and ruins and stories of people
That have long been deadp I hate them.
Once thew lived. and doubtless were
,vaiI ano,,o, il tha;r nlaoa and t;r,a
Wen enough IN .helr pace ana .,m ihs
put now they are past ana Done Win,
ana ~ is we VINO i've, hve, nvei ana
she stretched out her arms as tho9gh
she would clasp the sunshine 10 her
breast
u tell you, she went on, that this
nome o! mine Oh wnlcn you are 50 iohu
ing place, and those who dwell In IL are
| like ghosts who wander 10 ana 1rC