The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1898-03-24


the ~cw wed pair kissed each other be.
fore the rcoplc. a s-lcu or ~. Wont
up shat aA3 is tine pancicd ioc4. end
pns by one IN order of thsir raul.. tAe
gncS's pressed forward . wish jJy ~
lhc bride ard bridegroom. most of ticin
9rinnin. aoiue costly and icnu,iful
rift. wli;h they gave into the c.iarsfn 81
lhc Whiting ladies. Last Of all came
tie old priest Diinas, and said:
''sv cot Bride. tho pift that | am com
l.lrC4d rN lac council 10 l.lai-c 70 You,
tlioush Of litilc value in ITSELF yet
one OF the most precious 10 De- found
within the waila Of this ancient city.
being nothing LOGS than the holy SYM
brl cf the ali-sceinv Eye OF the Heart
OF Heaven. which through you men be-
hold to-day for the first time for many
generations.
''itcar. & always, lady, and remember
tliat. ll.ough tliis j-,ycl has no sight,
yet Chat eye OF which * IS token from
soul and pnlposc. Make your thoughts.
then, a. fair az your body, and let your
breast iarhtr neither guile nor evil, FOR
OF all those things in n day to come yon
must surely givc account.N
IS hc spoke he drew from the case
that hid II nothing less than that awful
eye which We had seen within the lol-
low of the heart when with unhailowed
hunds We robbed it. substituting the
false for he trrc Now it had been set
in q band Of gold and hung to'a golden
Chain which lie placed about her neck,
80 1Aal .nc red and crucl-loalsing rem
lay cleaning on her naked breast
Maya bowed and muttcrcd soinc words
Of THINKS bni ] sayy that licr spirit
failed hcr al the touch OF The cuinoua
thing. Tor she turned faint and would
have fallen had not her husband caught
her ly the arm.
While the senor ana hisNvile were re-
ccivilr Gifts and listening to pretty
ipceehes, % nurshsr Of attendants had
brought tables laden with every sort Of
food from behind Che pillars. where
they bad hcc- prepared, ard az . signal
thc fcast began. Il was long and ioy-
Qla though joy seemed 20 have isided
from the face Of Maya. WHO sat al the
head Of it, neither cating nor drinking.
but from tilc to time littinr the red
eye from Esr breast. as though it
scorchcd her SIM.
At lengiii she rose. and. accompanied
by hcr hi. bana, walked bowling down
The hall TO the courtyard, whore bear
crl waited Tor them with carrying.
'hairs. In these they seated taenr
ielVes and a procession hasjcs been
formed. very long and a5lcnalN, t4ougll
VIII not stily 10 describe ii, We started
o march round the great s1.lssc to .hc
,pu.G Of rlu2ic and a;uginr, oar path
being Tit BY the light OF the moon and
hundlNds ~ torches. Here IN this
square wtsc gathered all the population
IF thc its Of the Heart. faen, women
tnd children. To greet the bride. each Of
.hcin bearing flowers and flaming
torch, and never have | seen auv sight
more bcluiifql than ibis Of their well
como ihc circuit 81 the square being
accomplished the Procession halted at
he pa'ase gates, ana many hands were
slr,tehcd cut To help the bride and
bridegroom from thrir littcrs.
Il WINS et tliis u;oricnt that I. who
was standing ncar. felt man who was
wrapped in a large feather cluai; push
past me. and saw that he held some
hing which cleaned lilsc a knife BY
my frieud! Ia Spanish. and in so pierre
ing voice nat 1t caught the scnors
,ar. lie SWING roHrf. for dlrcndy he
was standing on his feet, and as lac
burned the man in the cloak rushed 3,
him AID stabbed with The knife. But
being warmed the scnor was too quisl.
for hial. Snringiug 20 one side with
tbs same movement be daait the would
be murderer great buffet. that caused
him TO drop the i.niir and sent him
Staggering into the dense SHADOW OK
the archway. For so,nu saconds 40 one
seemed to understand what had hap
pcncd and when they did and began TO
search Tor the man. he was not &c be
fnrnd. WHO Ike was or why he had at-
tempted this cosardly decd. was nc,cr
discovered but Tor my part / hayc Little
doubt bul that either tiiial himself or
some creature OF his was wrapped in
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