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

CHAPTER XIII
or, rii Hr AgD now IT rNDrD
Glow came tlia .ly here. Maya. and
what does sire ss-il. ID. s,Ecr us'-nd
IT do rlt i.aJY how she canc.
saspci bis wife Il had begun tarrc
,lrs ltvg.ii Cor 81 Yep Nb.l. ~ '.lt
GpN IA iaisor. saw her behind
h4-iAm "a har hand q naked lsnii
nl ar hi'l- tlic room WIKI ler ctct
'reWntlg they fcll upon the cradle
ANA. lG inc he knife, ahc tool. % s.vp
toward H. Then I turned and gripcel
. her. AclGing her as wen as ! was able,
3r. she was too strong for re and
RAGGED ne forward. so chat lad il not
boon for~ lsnatio here By row she
would have made an end OF our child,
'Is this true?n said the senior to
Nahua
ut is true. white man, 'shcanawcrCa
"Nhy do You desire TO kill one so m
noeentg he asked crain.
rs 10 not natmvil That should wish
to destroy the child Who is to siipplant
my child, and 20 break the heart OF he
woman who has broken my hoart?"
Nahua answered sDllenly. "Amcug
many other things l have learned,
white man, OF that ceremony which is
to take place tomorrow. whereat my
husband is to be deposed and my child
dii----c,,c;--l, ttat they may make room
.... > VS.. ...4-1 your child, YOU the white
waudcrcr- cad yo~r sou. the heaven
bora DE fogaog,l.ined.
"AAat have tsc 80 do with these
THINGS. @ woman with the heart of q
puma he asked. If TillRl is to be
driven from bis place. il is because OF
his crimes
And ii y5u and yours arc 70 be set
ia 81. white man. without doubt II is
bcsase of y0ur virtues; and YET. black
hearted lsravo iliat rou arc. | tell Won
shat I i-uJr al the truth. | laio1v
,osg you lcrGed The prophecy se.,ing
DC i.is9 ioi he true within The holy
iyiapai Of ile heart. | know gla0 that
my father helped You Go the deed, FOR.
although be Is dead. he wrote down
tiEt tate before he died and gave IL 20
me, together with the true prophecy
.hai you cared TO steal from the holy
5a- .-a-T.
Yes. have the proofs, ard when
nccdfal J win show them. / did not
como here 20 do murder. at least upon
the infant, brt the sight OF j. sleeping
in ita cradle ovcrcame me. and of a
Sudden | determined to v,rcelS my ven
gcaacc upon III and upon its mother.
noupce You 90 the council. then shall
not fat; thea you VIII he l,aown for
what YOU are, and die the death tlat
you deserve
1t comes into my riind. husband. e.
said Iaya, coldly, that il We would
save oT own lives we must rob chs
womun Of hers. Such doom she las
richly earned. nor will any blame us
when they learn what was her GRAND
here
1T seems that it IS so, l answered.
sadly, ''aud vet the thing is awful"
1T IS awful. but It must be done. g
said tho senior. and il falls on me to do
it for the sake of my wife and child"
Now ne stepped to where NAHUM Icy
AID l-nelt beside hcr, and we two drew
,tsiAe. sick at henr.. and hid our faces
in or hands. Presently he was with
rs again.
is II done?' asked MAYA. hoarsclv.
mo. nor will it be by me-" he TN
swcred. IN 9 fierce voice; 'soonor would
| choke the breath ont of nay own body
than strangic this dcfenscless woman.
erucl-hcartel nurdcrcss though she is.
II she is 20 he killed, some other man
must do the decd
''Ihcn il Win rcmaiu undonc," said
NNTa. And now. since we have Thus
determined let rs think Of fight. foi.
INC night draws on, and in flight is our
only h1rc.'
WHAT then, is to be done with this
woman?' | asked. I'VE cannot take
her with rs"
no, but we can leave her here.
gagged and bound, till they chance to
ind her, answered the senior.
"liearSen. Nahua. we spare YOU. and
70 do it 10 forth to our own deaths.
May Your fierce heart learn lesson OF
mercy from Inc decd Farewell"
Two hours had gone by and three fir-
ures wrapped in rough serapes, such
as the cAnmon people wore, one of
whom. 2 wor1an, carried an infant in
her arms, might have been seen eau
tlously dcsccnding the city wall bv
means cf a wooden ladder that r.n from
rs rlmiait 20 the jcttv built upon piers
at the foot Of it. which was used as n
nocriag place for boats during the
months 81 humiliation.
AS was common at this season OF the
year. the lake wa already rising. and
Hoating in Inc shallow water ae The
end OF thc jetiy lay pleasure sisiT
winch the sorcrand / were accustomed
70 use FOR the purpose Of fishing whom
ever we corld escape for q few hours
.t-A -e'aA-it tl-E IL INC CIV.
Into this slsiif we cntered. and. HAVING
hoistcd the sail. set our course bv the
stars. steering for that village whence
2 year before VIC had embarked for the
City Of the Heart.
inc WIND being favorable to us our
prcrrcss was rapid and bv the first
gray Light of dawn we caught sight of
she village not mile away. Hero
however. we did not dare to land. for
we should be seen and rceornized.
t,lerSlore We bcachcd our boat behind
tic shelter OF some dwarf water palms
thrSc iurlongs or more bciov the vii
inGc' rnd' having hidden her as well as
Np Wpre noie. set ont at once toward
thc rean.ainh
~ isr%th the evening f-ll. md we
eain aga iar sc night. Il carlnina /, carr
ps eANe.. % sleep beneath tile shaGov
a a collar tree without fire and ,.itt
.lltle. iood having no covering except
loyefd morning the mir grew cold.
.9f uiiyecy We were at some nciehi
/, Dove 'ie iiSc. aud the tender influi
ae.'@h - vail pitcoGsiv. p vail that
Wi''il o~f hearts. Still we rose ryfth
,he sun and went on our wav. for "a
St''iasA ihRt there wes nothiue else 10
90 throughout that da~. with ever
Ne"rFtng footsteps. we journcvcd. i'm
az sunset NC reached the snow 'ine