The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-12-16

had worn upon his brow, of which this
| IS the half, to be a treasure to the
| kings who came after him. Also he set
! this fate upon it: that while the heart
remained unbrokCn, for so long should
the people be one and whole; but if it
came about that it was cut or shat.
tered, they should be divided with it..
TO be no more one people until again
the fraGlleEts were one stone.
'NOy, when these king brethren
qunrrellcd and parted, they sawed the
token asunder, as you see.
''At length it came into the hands of
the great Guatemoc, last of the Aztec
emperors, who, before the Spaniards
hung him, found means to send it to
his son, from whom it has come down
to me
Now of this stone, through all the
ages 1t has never been lost, and it is
known in the land from end oend; he
who wears it for his life being called
Keeper OF tho Heart and also Hope of
those who witt since it may happen
in his day that the two halves may
come together again.
And what il they do?"
Then, SO says the legend, the In
dams Will once more be n mighty nation,
and drive those who oppose them into
the sea as the wind drives dust"
Now the senior rose from his chair
and walked up and down the room.
Do you believe all this?" he asked
suddenly.
Yes" | ansv1red, ''or the greater
part of it. ndA6, if what | hear is
has been missing for so MANY gen
erations is in Mexico at this moment,
and, SO soon as | am wei enough, | 90
to seek him who bears it, and who has
come from far to find me. That is whv
we must part, senor.''
where has this man come fromp,
he asked eagerly.
Il do not know for certain" an
sWered, but think shat he has come
irom the sacred city of the Indians, the
hidden golden city which the Spaniards
sought for but could not find thouoh
it still exists among the mountains and
deserts of the far interior
tio?" ~ = -
ITO understand that. senor. Won
must know my history" And | told
him OF the failure OF the great plot and
the part that had played il it, all of
which have already set out, also of the
secret hopes and ambitions Of my life.
Senor" | added. Though / am
beaten am not yet crush Il. aud | still
'+.tAAtt Al' Il tstt.lu lil.-l4-l cfli-
pre-. First. / will sock this man that
the two halves OF ths heart raw come
together and the prophecy be fuiGlie!:
then, If maybH, ! viii travel with hin
to the city, Heart Of the World. carc-
less whether 1 live or die, bat deter
mined, If there is need, 10 die igh5itiy
Tor the 1nlfilment of the dream Of ~
lndlan cnpire-Christiali regenerated.
and street 'hing from sea to sea-that |
have followed all my days''
The dream, Ignatio? PERHAPS YOU
name 1t we'll yet few have such noble
dreams. AAd now, who goes with You
on this journcy?'
Who goes with me? Molas. rs far
as the temple where the indian is.
After that, i | procced, no one.
Then aaid he, tho prospect of hunt
ing for that city pleases inc, for am
an adventurer to my heurt. | am
ready to start for Tobaseo. and the
Sacred City, and wherever else YOU
like, so soon as You are fit to travel"
Do Won swear that on the Heart.
icnor? I asked
i'J fll .le.ns; bat should prefer to
1--WE Eo5i ray band upon IL. Ana he
.iticse.seG eAt his liand, which | took.
''Good. i'ou swear on the Heart
and yon g.vc me your hand--the OATH
IS perfect.