The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-01-25

things. O woman with the heart OF g.
puma9, he asked. IF Tikal is to be
driven from his place, it is because OF
his crimes. ''F - ''' -
t.And IL you and yours arctic be set
In it, white man, without doubt tits
because OF your virtues; and yet, black
hearted knavc that you are, tell you
that / know all the truth. I.1now.
how you forged the prophecy setting.
the false for the true within the. holy
symbol of the. heart: e.l:hnow also hat
: my father helped you 10 the deed. fors
although he, is aend, he wrote down
that tale: before. he died and g;lve.i it 1tYo2
me, together with the true prophecy
that you dared TO steal from the, holy
sanctuary ,.:...... .,-s-,.s 49,.
Eyes, ! have the proofs, and when
nectlful / will show them. I did not
come here to da murder, at least upon
the infant, but the sigl1t Of it sleeping
In its cradle overcane me, and Of
sudden T determined to wreali ny Ven
7geance upofi it; and upofi its mother.
q In This have failed, 4but@svhcn de-
s,nounce you toytl,e council, then shall;
not, fa;i; then. yoa, will ,>l,e known for
what you are, and die the death that
you deserved - 81 ...s.s, s:4s.:y.
1T comes into my mind, husband"
said Maya, coldly, '*that if we, would
save our own lives we must rob this
woman OF. hers. Such a doom She has,
richly earned, -por will any blame US
when they learn what was her er7r -ahisa
here. ..
ut seems that It Is 50" r aanssw1;erea,
sadly, s'and vet the thing is awful. 80.
- eft is awful, but it uii1st be done
said the senior, "and it falls OH me tutio:
1t for the sake of my wife and child"
Z: Now he stepped TO, where Nahra Icy
and knelt beside her; and we two drew
'Aside, sick at heart, and hid our faces
in our hands. Presently he was with
us again. e't->-s'
ISIS it dene?" asked Maya. hoarsely.
.s.No. nor. will it be by me- he an
swered; in fierce voice; e.sooner would
I choke the breath out Of my own body.
than strangle this defenseless woman.
ael-hearted murdercss though she is.
If she is to be killed, some other man
must do the deed"
,'trhen it will remain undone." said
Maya And noiY, since, we haye thus
determined. let us think of fight, for
the night draws on, and in flight is on our
only hope"
woman2"@ Il asked. ave cannot take,
her with us. ~ .S -
mo, Dub. we "Cdll 1cttVt ElSsI ilC1e',
gagged and, bound, till they chance to
"Hearken; Nahua, we spare you and
to do it go forth to o1lr own deaths.
Nav YOUR fierce heart learn lesson Of
mercy from the deed. Farewell"
Two hours had gone by and: three fig
ures wrapped in rough 9serapcs, ss1ch
as the common people. wore, one Of
whom. a. woman, carried an infant in
her arms, might have been seen eau:
tiously descending the city wall by
means Of wooden ladder that ran from
It's summit to. the sjettH built upon piers
at the foot Of it, which was used as. a
mooring place for. boats during. the
months Of ini2ndation. H.. -.
As was common at this season Of the
year, the lake was already rising sing, and .Eq
floating in the shallow water at the
end Of the jetty lay a pleasure shiff
which the senior and were accustomed
u { for the purpose of dshing when
ever wy, could escape for a few hours
from ?nr %,..earisome life in the city.
in:o tnls sh'1i 20 entered, and, having
hoisted tho sail, set our course 1v the
stars, steering that village whence
year before we had "a barlsed for the
City Of the Heart; -, - -.,.,.'$o,: .r..:
The wind being favorable to us r our
pIOBEesS was Id plps diiIt ~ the G~tt
gray light of dawn we caught 81 at Of !,
the Village not a, mile away: Here I
however. we did not dare to land. for
we should be seen and recognized;
therefore we beached our boat behind !
the shelter of some dwarf water palms
three furlongs or more below the VII
fage, and, having hidden her as well as
we were able, set out at once toward
the mountains. " fs7@
At length the evening fell, and we
camped for the night, if camping it can
be called to sleep beneath the shadow
Of cedar tree without fire and with
little, food having no covering except
our serapes " . 49,. ~.
z Toward morning the air grew cold,
for already we were at some height
began. to wall. piteously. O wasilrthat
wrl1ng our hearts,. SELL we rose with
the sun and went on our way, for it
seemed that there was nothing else to
do, Throughout that day, with ever
footsteps, we joslrneyel, 't3ll
at sunset,cwe reached the snow line,
and saw before us that hunters, rest
house. where we had slept; when, first.
we entered the Country ct the Heart
'.I.ets us 20 in, said Maya. fnd
food and shelter for the night. . 80 :,
Now, our plan had been to avoid this
house and gain the pass, where We pro-
posed to stay till daybrealk and then
travel down the naol mountain slopes into
the wilderness
s1f We zen enter there, Maya, we shall be
trapped,," said the Ssef1di. T'sOnr only
safety: lies, in travelling through the
pass before we are overta,len, for it is
against. the law that anyof yout- people
should follow us into the :Wilderness.7
s.Ifzwe do not enter my child will die
In the cold, she answered, =. III (,
lyon were 100 tender to!seeure OUT
safety by putting that, would beT maar-
derers to death. HaEe,y then. the 1
heart hush band, to kill your own, ehild?7 4
Now, at these words: 4 say the ~
nars eyes ELL with tears, bit he: SAID
s;be ii as Won wi1l..s ~; = MI. ~,
nv. now, indeed, we understood, ali
three of us, that II we would save our
selves we must suffer the chi1d'tp die,
and, however great our necessity, this
we could not do. So we went up to the
house aud entered, and there by the
fire sat the same man, and his wife
whom we had found I'd this room q
wear ago. Al s.tz stA cs1gs b. -.aft 4
zssWho: are yon?; he: cried, lspriHging
up. Pardon, lady; butt that garb, I /
did not know YOU -
U.S. said Maya. 1--WE are wanderers
who have lost our way out 4hunting:J
Give us. food, as you are hound to do. : 4
!, Then the man and his wife, .Yhe were
kindly people, made sobsisanee e As.