Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-15

400 feet below sea level The earth is
very thin-skinned In this region, too,
and whatever wasn't evaporated from
above would be likely to come to grief
underneath
"But, professor" said the musical
voice, II thought there was law that
water always seeks it's own level So
how can there be empty places below
sea-level?'
ITS the fault of the ancroid baron-
eter, my dear. We were very com
Portable and commonplace until that
come along and revealed snom-
allies The secret lies, 1 sup
pose, IN the trend Of the strata, .
which Is generally north and south.
You see the ridges cropping out all
through the desert; and there's q rood
deal of Lawn oozing over them, too.
They probably act as walls, to prevent
the sea from getting in from the west.
OF the Colorado leaking IN from the
east
In that case" remarked the Gener-
al "a little seismic disturbance might
produce change"
cit would have 10 be more than a
little. suspect" returned Meschines.
'Kama1akan. told me that the Indians
have prophecy that great lake will
come back and make the desert fruit
ful, and that there are some who know
the very place where the water will be-
gin to flow" And here the hammock.
with final CONFUSION, gave birth to o
beautiful young woman, in a diaphan-
Gus silk dress and a white lace man.
tilla- She crossed the veranda, and
seated herself on the broad arm OF her
fathers chair.
Why, that's tmportantr' said the
general, arching his browa Il wonder
If MAMMALIAN Is one of those who know
the placer If so, 1t might be worth his
while to let me into the secret.'
ooh, You couldn't go there! It's en-
chanted, and people who 90 near IL die.
The-e are bones all about there now"
This Kamaia6an appears to be a re-
markable parsonage; where did You
pick him mp" inquired the professor.
at was rather the other way" Tred-
noke replied, taking one of his daugh-
tiers hands In his, and caressing It.
"We are appendages to Kamaiakan.
You look 50 natural, sitting there, Mes
chimes, that forgot it's thirty years
since we met, and that all the signif.
cant events of my life have happened
IN that time,-the Mexican wnr, my
marriage, and the rest of 1t, have
been a widowcr ten years"
"And I've been bachelor for over
sixty" said Meschines, with queer
expression. "Your wife was Spanish,
was she notP''
"Her father was Mexican of Anda-
lusian descent. Bot her mother was
descended from the race of Azatlan:
there are records and relics Indicating
that her ancestors were princes in
Fenochtitlan before Cortez made trouble
there"
"And I've been losing my heart to a
princess, and never realized INV
audacityr' exclaimed the professor.
laying mis- hand on his waistcoat and
making an obeisance to Miriam.
She tossed her free foot and played
with the fringe OF ner reposo
81 will tell my maid to look for it,
she said; but think you must have
left it in papa's curiosity-room."
"No; I'm an Aztec sacrifice." cried
the professor, and they all laughed.
zone would have hardly anticipated"
he resumed after a pause, addressing
Trednol6e, that you would have made
double conquest-first of the men
and then of the woman!''
"The woman conquered me, without
trying or wishing to, and then, because
she was woman, took compassion on
me. Whether my country has bene-
flied much by the Mexican annexation,
can't say; but l know InezSmade a
heaven on earth for me" concluded the
General, In a low voice. His counten-
ance, at this moment, wore a solemn
and humble expression, beautiful
to see; and Miriam bent and
laid her cheek against his Meschines
knocked the ashes out of his pipe, and
sighed.
'No woman ever took compassion on
me-" he remarked. ''and you see the
result-ashes!'
"Ashes-with their wonted fires liv-
ing in them" said Trednolte.
We Wcrc taking ABOUT Jn1S lu01an
Of yours" said Meschines.
"Ay, to be sure Well, he was at,
t1ched to 1nez's family when I first
knew them II was peculiar reis-
toni not 1.-The that OF servant One
finds such things In Mexico. The con-
qnered race were Of as good strain az
their conquerora; the blood of
Montazuma was as blue az the
best Of the Castilian- There
were many intcrmarriages; and
there are many instances of the; sur
vival of traditions and records; though
the records are often symbolic, and
would have no meaning to persons not
initiated. But they have been sufficient
to perpetuate ties of personal nature
through generation; and the alliance
between Kamaiakan and Inez was of
this kind His forefathers, imagine,
were priests. and priests were a mighty
power In Tenochtitlan. For aught /
know, indeed, Kamaiakan may be an
original priest of Montezuma's: no one
knows his age, but he does not look an
hour older, to-day, than when first
saw him, over twenty years ago.
"He must bel'' said Miriam, with
some positiveness. Gle has told me of
seeing and doing things hundreds of
years ago. And he says" She
paused.
"What does he say, Nina adorada2'