Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-07-13

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and instruct her in the truth" said the
Princess. "And she, in turn, might
speak to me of things that perplex me.
live and move In this mortal world,
and yet you tell mc) three centuries
have passed since what is called my
death. To me 1t seems as if had but
slept through night, and were awake
again. Nor can I tell what has
happened-what my life and thoughts
have been-during this long lapse of
time. Yet it must be that l live an
other life; l cannot rest in extinction.
Three times you have called me forth;
yet whence come hither, or whittier
return, is unknown to me-
There is memory of the spirit"
replied KamaialSan, land a memory of
the body. They are separate, and cam
not communicate with each other
Such is the law -
"Iet l remember, as if it We're YES
terday, the things that were done when
Montezuma was King. And well do 1
remember you, KamaiakanI'
''It is true l live again, Princess,
though not in the flesh and bones that
died with you in the past. But in the
old days l was acquainted with mys-
tcries, and learned the secrets of the
world of spirits; and this science still
remained with me after the change, so
that l was able to know that I was +,
and that you could be recalled to speak
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But there are some things that l do
not know; and it is for that have been
bold to summon You"
''What can 1 tell you that can be OF
use to you in this present life, Kamaia-
kan, when all whom we knew and
loved are gomez"
ITO you only, Semitzin, is known
the place of concealment of the treas
ure which, In the old times, you and ]
hid In the desert. I indeed remember
the event, and somewhat of the region
of the hiding; but l cannot put INV
hand on the very spot. l have tried tc
discover it; but when I approach it my
mind becomes confused between the
present and the past, and am lost
81 remember it WE'LL" said Semitzin
"We rode across the desert, CARRYING
the treasure on mules. The air was
still, and the heat very heavy. The
desert descended in great hollow: you
told me it was where, in former DAYS
the ocean had been. AT last there were
rocky hills before us; we rode towards
great rock shaped like the pyramid
on which the sacrifices were held in
Tenochtitlan. We passed around its
base, and entered deep and narrow
valley, that seemed to have been
ploughed out of the heart of the earth
and to descend into it. Then. But
what is 1t you wish to do with this
treasure, Kamaiakan?'
cit belongs to your race, princess
and was hidden that the murderers o.
Montezuma might not seize it. l wa.
bound by an oath, after the peril wa.
past, to restore 1t to the rightfu
owners. But our country remained
under the rule of the conquerors; ant
my life went out. But now the con
querors have been conquered in thei
turn, and Miriam is the last inher1to
of your blood. When have delivcre,
to her this trust, my work will be done
and l can return to the world which
you inhabit. The time is como; anC
only by your help can the restitution
be made"
"Was there, then q time fixed?"
1.-THE stars tell me so. And othe
cvoDts make it certain that there mus
be no delay. The general has it il
mind to discover the gates through
which the waters underground ma,
arise and again form the sea whiel
flowed hereabouts in the ancien
times. Now. this sea will fill tn
ravinc in which the treasure lies, an,
make 1T forever unattainable you'll
has also come here who is skilled in tn
sciences, and whom the general viii
ask to help him in the thing he is t,
attempt"
"Who is this youthP" asked Sen,
itzin.
"He is of the new people who inhcri
this land; his name is Freeman"
"There is something in mel know
not what-that seems to tell me hav
been near such one. Can it be sep
1.-The other self, who now sleeps
knows of him." replied the ancien
Indian. ''lIe is well-looking youth
and think he has desire toward
her we call Miriam"
"And docs she love himq" inquired
the princess.
"A naidcn's heart il a riddle, eve,
to herself" said Kamaialxan.
But thecs is sympathy that make
me feel her heart in my own" reioine,
eemitzin. Love is thing tina
pierces through time, and through bar
riers which separate the mind an,
memory OF the past from the present
Las You know, Kamaialan-wa
never never: ,w e l. the fate Of our people