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


Mexico. Molas. the messenger, VIII
tcil you al and bring you to those who
an initiate YOU. BID lliia 10 lead you
whittier lie would have lei me. Fare
well, and God 70 with yoa. Tull the
'ndians liog ! died, that DIZZY may not
mink that you have murdered nc"
To these words Of iliDa TIC scnor
nade no answer. bat thrust the token
nio his pocket vii tout locking Mt It.
Ike one who dreams Then, taking
he candle with Ei-:. lie crcnt forward
iown the tunnel and vanished, ana my
heart sank as | saw him 20, leaving me
my dreadful fate without n word OF
farewell.
doubtless he is too frightened to
spealS.H | thought. and it is right that
'ic should fly as quickly as possible to
save his life"
Now, as | was soon to learn. | was
LONG the senior bitter wrong in my
pind aceing that he never dreamed OF
tcscrtiag iac. but went TO iiad means
ii rescue. As he told nee afterwards.
when he reached the mouth OF the tan
iei pc colld think OF no way by which
| might be saved. since these noun
aims were uninhabited and IL would
axe several hours TO bring men from
! Crirlarvo
Outside the mine he sat himself down
! 10 consider what could be done. but no
! thought came, for it was impossible TO
use the strength of the horses in that
narrow place. Then he sprung up and
| looked round him in despair. Close to
ana was little ravine followed by
| wc.or, and on its very edge grew a
small mimosa thorn of which the long
roots had been washed almost bare by
q Hood. lie saw il and an inspiration
entered ia,o linn.
Springi-g ut the little tree, that
hring SO tough Il wood was the best
go-Hbie for lis purpose, he tore Il
from such rcothold as remained to it.
4 feW strokes with his heavy hunting
lnife trimmed off the branches ana
Ulcers. and soon he was ci.acpincr care
fully up the tunnel. dragging the trunk
after him. When he bad gone some
twenty races he hosrd another frag-
mont OF tac roof fall and so he said in
his story, VAS minded to fly.
1T is |, lgnaiio. end l have brought
lever. Now when lift, struggle for
ward If ycH can
Then he placed the trunk of the thorn
tree in what seemed to him the best
position, and put all his strength upon
1T. 1t was in vain; even 50 he could
not stir the rock.
Try n little more to the right
said, family; there is a better hold"
He shifted the lever and dragged at
it till his muscles cracked. and [ felt
the stone tremble as its bulk began to
rise.
IF You can help ever so little. it viii
eomc" he gasped.
Then in my despair. though the an
guish or 1t nearly killed me. | set my
palms upon the ground, and contract
ing myself like snake that is held
with fcrlled stick, thrust upwards
with my back, till the point of the stone
was raised to the height of eight or
ten inches from the Ground
For moment. and one only. II hunp
thcrei next instant the lever slipped
ana down it came again. Bat ! had
taken my chance, for, clinging to the
Moor with my fingers. so soon as NV
back was free, with a quick movement
l dragged myself foot or more for
ward. Then the point Of rock shat had
been lifted from my back fell again.
oue tliia tine 1t struck the ground be-
tween ray thighs.
Now he seized me by the arms and
tore me free, though 1 left one of my
long boots beneath the stone | strove
70 rise, but conld not because of the
hurt to my back.
on nnst carry me, Senor," | said.
lie glanced at the mass that treinblcd
above us. then. giving me the candle.
nIted ine from the ground like an in
fant and staggered forward down the
tunnel Perhaps we had gone some
seen Or eight PAGES, not more. when
there YVES q dreadful crash behind us.
The roof had fallen in and the sDot
nc We Lad occupied some thirty sec
cnds before was now piled high with
rocks.
Ont J said, "ciaclzs are showing in
she ST ne ahl We us!r and he rushed Tor.
ward till we found ourselves exhausted
ana bleeding among the grasses outside
the mine.
Now | bowed my head and returned
thanlSs for my escape; then, lifting it,
looked my prescrvcr in the face and
saidl
II swear 10y the name of God. senior,
yourself.
The next instant fell forward and
ialnteu there among the ferns.
Ten days had passed since was car
RED from the mouth of that .eerr.,el
mime buck to Culnarvo in a litter. and
during all this time | had su red
much pain in my back and been vcrv
iil--so i'll, indeed, that | was scarcely |
,iu.aWeh 20 speak with anyone. Now, |
however. l was mrch be.tcr. and one |
afternoon SauOr Strickland. assisted |
ny my foster brother MOlas, lifted me |
from my bed into a hammocls.
BY the way, Ignatio.r said the
senior When Alolas had gone. II never
rave you back this chailn OF vours
What qNcer-looSlng trini.ct d isl'
he added. taking 1t from hi, mock: /
and what did YOU mean bv roar tall |
IN the tunnel about its i,ialSin.e ,,i,, heir
To the empire of the Aztec ~ In, heart
OF every Indian. AMI the rest of it2i
know, senior, that tins broken rem
IS the secret symbol OF n lrrcau order.
OF which You are now one ri the lords
seeing that the browning and vital
ceremony of the creation of "A Lord of
the Heart consists in the HANGING of
the symbol about his neck for the
space of a minute only by myself.
Understand, senior, that the first
duty of the servant of the Heart is 81
lence, and that silence | demand of
, ~ J."
But suppose that man should not
keep silence, lgnatio, what then?r he
asked
There is n land. senor.- | an
swered. where the most tallxative
grow dumb, and it's borders can he
crossed by all, even by the Lords of
.he Heart, for fearful is the doom of a
false brother
You mean that If | reneat anv+b;n,,