Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-11-12

kings who CAME after him. Also he set
this fate upon 1t: that while the heart
remained unbroken, 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 fragments were one stone.
"Now, when these king brethren
quarrelled and parted, they sawed the
token asunder, as you see.
eat 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.
snow of this stone, through all the
ages it has never been lost, and it is
known In the land from end to end; he
who wears it for his life being called
Keeper of the Heart and also Hope Of
those who wait, since it may happen
in his day that the two halves may
come together again"
"And'wha if they do?"
Then, SO says the legend, the In
dams will once more be a 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" answered, "or the greater
part of it. Indeed, if what hear is
true, the lost half of the talisman that
has been missing for so many gen
erations is in Mexico at this moment.
and, SO soon as am well enough, go
to seek him who bears it, and who has
come from fa 10 Hp1 Tl,% 4, ,,,l...
we must part, senor."
where has this man come from?"
he asked eagerly.
II do not know for certain" an.
swered, "but think that he has come
from the sacred city of the Indians, the
hidden golden city which the Spaniards
sought for but could not find, though
1t still exists among the mountains and
deserts of the far interior"
why do you want to visit it, Tgna-
tio?"
ITO understand that, senior, YOU
must know my history" And 1 told
him OF the failure of the great plot and
the part that l had played in it, all OF
which have already set out, also of the
secret hopes and ambitions of my life.
"Senor," l added, though l am
beaten am not yet crushed, and still
oeslre 70 Dullo up a great Indian en-
pire. First, will seek this man that
the two halves OF the heart NAV come
together and the prophecy be fulfilled
then, if maybe, 1 will travel with him
to the city, Heart of the World, care
less whether 1 live or die, but deter
mined, if there is need, to die fighting
for the fulflment of the dream of an
Indian empire-Christian, regenerated
and stretching from sea to sea-that ]
have followed all my days"
The dream, Ignatio? Perhaps yor
name it we'll, yet few have such noble
dreams. And now, who goes with yor
on this Journey"
who goes with me? Molas, as fal
as the temple where the Indian is
After that, if proceed, no one"
Then said he, "the prospect of hunt
ing for that city pleases me, for an
an adventurer to my heart. 1 an
ready to start tor Tobasco, and thu
Sacred City, and wherever else yo,
like, SO soon as you are fit to travel"
"Do you swear that on the Heart
senor?" asked.
"By all means; but should prefer t.
give you my hand upon it." And h,
stretched out his hand, which took.
Good. You swear on the Heart
and You give me your hand-the oatl
Ia perfect"