The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-07-25

feast Tikal, the head of our hierarchy,
has gone, but other priests are left, nor
Is his will the will OF the Council or of
the People of the Heart, for whom the
Council tspealxs. Their will 1t Is that
this marriage should go forward, and
Dimas, my brother, as the oldest
among US, ! call upon you 70 celebrate
It,"
Now the company shouted In APP
plausc, for they were sot upon this
strange union of white man with their
lady, IL only because II was a new thing
and touched their imagination, and
even those Of them who were of his party
were wroth with Tikal on account Of
his i'll behavior and the cruel affront that
he had offered 20 his new-made wife.
30 soon as ths tumult had died away
the old priest, Dimas, rose, and taking
the hands OF Maya and the senior. he
joined them and said very touching
and beautiful prayer over them, bless
ing them and entreating the spirit,
Heart of Heaven, and other gods to give
them increase and TO make them happy
In each others love.
Lastly, he laid white sillSen cloth
which had been prepared upon their
heads us they kneit before him, and,
loosing the emerald girdle about tho
waist of the bride, took her right hand
and placed IL upon the arm OF the
senior, then he bound the girdlc round
wrist and arm, buclxled 1t, and in few
solemn words declared these twain TO
be man and wife in the face of Heaven
and earth till death undid them.
Now the cloth was lifted and the Cir
die loosed, and standing upon their feet
the new wed pair kissed each other be-
fore the people. A shout of JOY went
up that shook the paneled roof. and
one by one, in order OF their rank, the
guests pressed forward to wish JOY to
the bride and bridegroom, most OF them
bringing some costly and beautiful
gift, which they gave into the charge of
the waiting ladies. Last of all came
the old priest, Dimas, and said:
Sweet bride, the gift that am COM
manded by the council TO make TO you,
though Of little value In itself, Is yet
one OF the most precious to be found
within the walls OF this ancient city,
being nothing less than the holy SYM
boil OF the all-seeing Eye of the Heart
Of Heaven. which through you men be-
hold to-day for the first time for many
generations.
"Wear 1t always. lady, and remember
that, though this jewel has no sight,
yet that eye OF which IT Is token from
hour 10 hour reads your most secret
soul and purpose. Make your thoughts,
then, as fair as your body, and let your
breast harbor neither guile nor evil, for
of all these things in n day TO come You
must surely give account"
AS he spoke he drew from the case
that hid 1t nothing less than that awful
eye which we had seen within the hol-
low of the heart when with unhallowed
hands we robbed IL, substituting the
false for the true. Now IL had been set
ia band OF gold and hung 10 golden
chain which he placed about her neck.
so that the red and cruel-loolSinR gem
lay cleaning on her naked breast.
Maya bowed and muttered some words
of thanks, but / saw that her spirit
failed her at the touch of the ominous
thing, for she turned faint and would
have fallen had not her husband caught
her by the arm.
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