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

But the thought OF that youth Is here
she put her hand on her BOSOM
land 1t seems to me that, were we 10
meet, / should know him. Perhaps,
were that to be, Miriam and might
thus come to be aware of each other,
and life henceforth one life"
"Such matters are beyond my knowi-
edge" said the Indian, shaking his
head. ''The gods know what will be.
1t is for us, now, to regain the treasure.
Are you willing, my Princess, to ac-
company me thither?'
81 am ready. Shall it be now9'
''Not row, but soon. will call
you when the moment comes. The
place is but a ride of but two or three
hours from here. None must know our
departure, for there are some here
whom do not trust. We must 60 by
night. You will wear the garments
you now have on, without which all
might miscarry."
''How can the garments effect the re-
suit, Kamaikan?''
ga powerful spell is laid upon them,
Princess. Moreover, the characters
wrought upon them, with gold thread
and jewels. are mystical, and the sub
stance of the garment itself has vir-
tue to preserve the wearer from evil. It
Is the same that was worn by you when
the treasure was hidden; and it may be,
Semitzin, that without its magic aid
your spirit could not know itself in this
world as now it cam
AS he spoke the last words, low
sound, wandering and muttering with
an inward note, came palpitating on
their ears through the night air. It
seemed to approach from no direction
that could be identified, yet it was at
first remote, and then came nearer, and
In a moment trembled around them,
and shivered in the solid earth beneath
their feet; and in another instant it had
passed on, and was subdued slowly into
silence in the shadowy distance. No
one who has once heard that sound can
mistake it for any other, or ever can
forget it. The air had suddenly be-
come close and tense; and now a long
breeze swept like sigh through the
garden, dying away in a long-drawn
wall; and out of the West came a hol-
low murmur, like that of mighty
wave breaking upon the shore of the
ocean.
The earthquaken' whispered Ka-
maiakan, rising to his his feet. And
then he pointed to the stone basin.
''Look. the spring.
at is gomez exclaimed Semitzin.
And, in truth, the water, with q
strange, sucking noise, disappeared
through the bottom of the basin, leav-
ing the glistening cavity which had
held it, green with Shiny water-weed,
empty.
THE time is near, indeedn' muttered
the Indian. "The second shock may
cause the waters from which this spring
came to rise as no living man has seen
them rise, and make the sea return,
and the treasure be lost. In few days
all may be over. But you, princess,
must vanish; though the shock was but
slight, some one might be awakened;
and were you to be discovered, gu,
. plans might go wrong"
NSiust I deee<A 80 soon?'' ss4k
6enitzin, regret<uily. The earsl *
, beautiful, Kamaiakan; the smell Of the
flowers is sweet, and the stars in the
sky are bright. To feel myself alive
to breath, to walk, to see, are sweet
Perhaps 1 have no other conscious life
. than this. l would like to remain as
am; would like to see the sun shine
and to hear the birds sing, and to see
the men and women who live In this
age. Is there no way of keeping me
'. HEREOF
L cannot tell; it may be,-but il
must not be now, Semitzin," the old
man replied, with troubled look
''The ways of the gods are not oul
ways. She whose body you inhabit-
she has her life to live"
''But is that girl more worthy to live
! than /? You have called me into be-
ing again; you have made me know
how pleasant this world is Miriam
sleeps: she need never know
! she need never awake again. You
, were faithful to me in the old time
: have you more care for he,
I than for me? 1 feel all the
I power and thirst of youth in me
, the gods did not let me live out my
life: may they not intend that 1 shall
r take it up again now? Besides, weal
r MiriNm's body: could l not seem t.
4 |
they guess the truth?''
4 Il will think of what you say, Prin
4 cess" said Kamaiakan. 'Somethinl
a may perhaps be done; but it must b
done gradually: you would need much
instruction in the ways of the new
r world before you could safely ente
{ into its life. Leave that to me. l an
4 loyal as ever: is it not to fulfill tn
|, oath made to you that am here? an
Y what would Miriam be to me, were sh
4 not your inheritorq Be satisfied 70
t the present: in few days we will NEE
e and speak again"
4 1.-The power is yours, Kamaiakan; j
b is well to argue, when with word yo
e can Danish me foreveri Yet what Il
4 were to say that, unless you consent t
o the thing desire, will not show yo
where the treasure lies?''
: princess Semitzinr' exclaimed tn
Indian, remember that it Is nc
t against me, but against the gods, the
you contend. The gods know that
v have no care for treasure. But the
e will not forgivea broken oath; and the
> will not hold that one guiltless throug
!, whom it is brought to naught."
{ 'Wel, we shall meet again." an
i, swered Senitzin, after pause. 'sBu
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