The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-12-29
CHAPTER XIX.

CHAPTER XIX.
The cavalier was reused from his slum-
bers by a cause at first incomprehensible.
The moonlight had vanished from the
prison, and deep obscurity had succeeded,
but i'm the little light remaining he saw,
as he started up, the figures OF several
men, one of whom had been tugging at
his shoulder, and now whispered TO him,
as he instinctively grasped at his dagger:
peace, cavalier / am a friend, and
give you liberty"
al will thank thee for the gift when !
am sure / enjoy it." said the neophyte,
already on his feet; 81 remember thy
voice-thou art one of the followers of the
knave Narvaezs"
81 am one who laments, without ex-
tenuati lg, the folly of the General" said
the voice of Duer0. But tary not to
question. Hasten-thy horse IS ready.
where is the youth Fahunnot 1t is
not in my power To desert the secretary.
Here, senior" whispered Lorenzo. Il
am ready"
"Ah, friend Fabueno, l am glad to
hear thee speak so cheerily; it assures
me thy wound does not affllct thee--
And my VarletS, SenOrf"
"Ihey wait for thee, Don Amador De
lay not the door is open. The mage
will guile thee TO thy klnsman.
mend me TO Cortez; and if thou art at any
time found fighting on the pyramid OF
Zempoala, remember that Duero Is not
thine enemy" 80
BY heaven, ] should think / dream;
said Amadcr. Stay, senior! L woulu
thank thee for thy honorable and most
noble benevolence; and, IN ADDITION,
would tax thy charity in favor Of certain
Moor -
Decentralization, thou pTatest as IL
thou vert among thy friends in ChrlSteh-
DOM and Of infidels. too, as ii there were
no Christians to be thought Oh s2ld d
voice, in which Amador instantly recog
nized the tones Of the enchanter. i said,
the captive should be freed; but never
lot that he should not be reduced TO oonoS
again by his own folly!-Be silent, ana
follow me-.
The neophyte had collected his scat
tered senses, and instantly assuming the
prudence which he now understood was
necessary 10 his safety, he ISSUED rom
the prison. The moon was sinking pc
HAD the vast and majestic peaks Of the
interior deep shadow lay over the
great square, on one side OF which Stooo
the dungeon; and only on the top OF the
mi ecipal tower trembled lingering ray. /
: silence still deeper than the darkness |
Invested the Indian city; ard Amador |
could distinctly hear the football OF SEN
tiael as he STROBE to and fro over the l
terrace of the pyramid. He looked to that
quarter whence, as he judged, had come
the shafts which had so nearly robbed |
him Of his fellow prisoner. The cross
bovmen slept on their post, in the mid
and quiet air. at the base OF the temple.
Give me thy hand, Fabueno," sad
Amador, drawing his poniard again from
the sheath. II will shield thee from the |
dogs this time. And now that ! snuff the |
br sath Of freedom ! think ii Will need a |
craftier knave's trick than that OF Sal
yatirrra 10 deprive me OF IT second /
tine"
Following the MAJ ician, as he stole |
cautiously along, the brothers IN mis- /
fortune crept on with a stealthly pace, |
uncer the shadows OF buildings and trees; |
till exchanging the more exposed open |
ness OF the square for the safer gloom OF a |
street, they advanced with greater assur- |
ance ana raIiulty.
The stone dwellings of the Tlatoani |
gave place 10 the earthen and wicker |
cal ins Of the suburbs. The gray glimpses |
OF morning had not yet visited the east I
when they reached the extreme edge Of |
the town, and betook themselves to the |
covert OF a clump Of trees, under which, |
in the figures that were there visible, Don |
Amador recognized with Joy his war horse |
and has followers.
"keIoice in silence" said Botello, in |
teHuptiag his rdptures; "fOr there is an |
ear al no great distance very ready 10 hear |
thee. Mount and be ready. -SenGT secre /
tary, thy sorrel is lied 10 tie n.imosa.-
You can look to your equipments = little, |
while ! see If heaven will not confirm the |
fate OF Visions; for / dreamed ] should |
riie back 10 Cortez on good roam charger |
to-day"
The magician disappeared, and Amador, |
suppresSllg his ardor, when be found |
that not only his attendants and horses, |
but even the well fieshed sword wr-sted |
from III n IN the evening was in readiness
10 be restored 10 him, grdSped il with ex-
ultatiDn, and sprang into the saddle |
Then passing towards Fabueno, and find |
ing that AS arm caused him much paia
IN the act OF mouniI-4g, he assisted him 10 /
ascend with has own hand; "A condes seen
sion that went 10 the heart of the sccre-
tary.
From Fabueno also he learned, in a few
words, somewhat of the secret Of their
liberation. Less than an hour after ANA
dor had fallen asleep, and while Lorenzo
was SUI kept awake by the pain OF his
wound, the door OF the prison was opened
and Botello thrust in; who comforted the
secretary with d mystic, but still an I'M
equlYocal assurance of freedom before
sunrise; and commanded him not 10 wake
the novice, but 10 follow his example-he
would need IMMIGRATION from slunlber
10 support the tCils of the coming day
what previous understanding might have
existed between the enchanter and the
senior Duero he knew not: but certain he
was, B0tello had predicted a speedy de
liverance for all; and all were now de
Hvered.
II have often considered" said the
novice, thoughttully, that The existence
OF magical powers, either for the purposes
OF prediction or enchantment, was inc0m-
patibie with the known goodness and Wis
dom OF God; for surely if the power to fore
see would have added anything To the
happiness OF man, God would not have
cenied 1T 10 men generally. And as for
the powers OF enchantnent as they can
only be used for good or bad purposes, it
seems 30 me that 10 employ them for the
first would be 10 accuse the Divinity OF an
insufficient benevOlence; while TO exer-
else them for the last would imply a sup
position that heaven had not all men
equally under its protection
This, Therefore, is my o, irion; though
i must confess that, sometimes. when
governed more by passion or magma ton
than by reason, l have had my misgiv-