The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-12-08

W sDul, one is Il 1901 not 10 feCc We IL.
SenoT, continued Narvaez, addressing
himself again 10 Amador, 81 may as wei
tell you, that the magician Boteilo, whom
you VIII presently behold, Is a favoTit,
soldier and chief enchanter to that infide
rebel Cortez, whom God coniound, Will
all his mutinouS friends and upkoldeTs
high and low, strong and feeble, Amen.
II say, senior, his chief magician con
tlnued the General, speaking rapidly
and impetuously, as utterly to prevent
Don Amador from making the amendment
he meditated to the curse, and insisting
that Narvaez should revoke it, as far a
least as it concerned his kinsman, the
knight-"hs chief magician, by whose
AID, 1t Is supposed, the runagate GeS
perado has been enabled TO impTison the
Indian emperor And, knave or not, Dor
Amador, 1t cannot be denied, that whef
struck down, after surrendering himself
TINS morning, by the currish soldier, Cabo
pan, he cursed the Smiter with short
lie and a long death; which curse was
fulfilled upon him on the instant; iol
striking Boteilo with his spear again, his
morse plunged, threw him violently, and
falling, he was instantly spitted on the
spear OF footman. He has been dying
ever since; and sometime, doubtless, his
agony will be over; but he is as good as
dead man now"
Amador surveyed the prisoner as he
entered He was, in figure and age,
very much such a man as Baltasar,
but in other respects very dissimilar
HIS face was wan, and even cadav-
erouS; but this might have been the
effect Of the blows he had received
from the dying soldier, as was made
probable by the presence of several spots
of blood encrusted over his visage. His
cheeks were broad and the bones proml-
nent; his eyes were hollow, and express
i've of wild solemnity, mingled with
cunning; his beard long and bushy, and
only slightly grizzled, and a rugged mus
tache hung over his lips so as almost to
| conceal them.
His apparel was of black cloth none oil
the freshest, the principal garment OF
which was "a long loose doublct, under
which was buckled an iron breastplate-
| his only armOr; Tor, instead OF moron,
| he wore cloth hat OF cap2cious brim,
| stuck round with the feathers Gf divers
| birds, as well as several medals oil the
| saints, rudely executed III silver.
Besides these fantastic decorations, he
| had suspended to his neck several lnstru-
ments OF the Cabala-a pentacle OF silver,
and charms and taliSmanS written over
with mystical characters, as well as a
little leathern pouch filed with various
dried herbs and roots. 1 his mystagoGue,
an agent of 20 little Importance among
many OF the scenes Of the conquest, was
led into the presence OF the General, and
approached him without betraying any
the other hand, did he manifest anything
like audacity or presumption; but hitting
his eyes to the viSage OF the BIScayan, he
gaZed upon him with silent ard grave
earnestness, that seemed somewhat to
discomfort the leader.
"Sirrail sorcerer," said he, "since the
devil has deserted you at last, call up
what spirits you can muster, and md ne
why shall not hang you for spy, early
in the morning.
i rol
the warrior magician in the holy gibber-
ish Of his art, with q voice of sepuichrai
hOilowneSs and with Il couDtenance
cleaning with indignation or enthusiasm.
ain the name of God, Amen, DEFY the
devil, and am the servant oil his enemy;
and in the land of devils, OF Apollyon in
the air, Beeizebub on the earth, and
Satan in mems hearts, ! forswear and
defy, contemn and denounce them; and
pray for, and foresee, the day when they
shall tumble from the high placesl
"All this thou mayst do, and all this
thou mayst foresee," said the General;
'but nevertheless thy wisdom will b
more apparent 10 employ Itself little III
the Investigation of thine own fate; which,
| promise thee, is approaching to Crisis.
Let me know what vert thou doing when
thou vert found proving this morning so
near to my camp
Gathering the herbs for the suffumga-
ton which shall tell me in what part OF
the world thou shalt lay thy bonesW said
the magician solemnly. 1.-THE moon, in
the house OF Alchil, showed me many
things, but not all; a thick smoke came
over the crystal, and ! saw not what ]
wanted; | slept under the cross, with
skull on my bosom, but it breathed moth
ing but clouds. Wherefore | knew, it
should be only when the wolf spoke to the
vulture and the vulture to the red star,
that Camael the angel should unlock the
lips OF destiny, and lead me whittier
longed to follow
~ am ever bound to thee" said the
General, with manner in which an at
tempt at mockery was mingled with a
natural touch Of superstition, ''for the
extreme interest thou seemest to cherish
in my fate and again | say 10 thee, | Will
Immediately converse with thee on that
subject. But at present, senior nigro-
mante, warn thee, ut Will be but wisdom
to contine thy rhapsodies within the limits
OF answers to such Undergraduates as |
shall propose thee.-Where lies thy mas
ter, the outcast and arch rebel, my
enemy"
"My master is in heaven said Boteilo,
with a devout and lofty earnestnesS, land
there is no outcast and rebel but he that
dweleth III the pit, under the foot OF
Michael; and he is the enemy"
"Sirrah! | speak to thee of the knave
Cortez," cried the General, anerily.
When vert thou last at his side3 and
wherei"
"At mdnght-on the river OF Canoes,
where he has rested, as thou knowest,
for a night and a day"
ayr sid the Biscayan fiercely;
within a league of my headquarters, |
whittier my clemency has suffered him to
come"
'eWhither God and his good star have |
drawn him." said the magician.
"And whence ! will drive him TO the |
rocks Of the mountains, or the mangroves /
of the beach, ere thou art cured of thy |
40. my wounds are healed!' said Bo-
telo; ''the hand that inflicted them is
stiff and cold, and Herman COrtez yet lies
by the river, Ay, the holy unguent,
blessed of the fat OF q pagan's heart, hath
dried the blood and glued the skin; and
yet my Captain, whose fate | have seen
and spoken, even from the glory of noon
% the long and sorrowiui shadows of the
evening, marshals his band within the
sound OF thy matin bell and wO be to his
oeman when he is nearer or further!"
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