The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1898-03-24
HEART OF THE WORLD.
Continued from 4th page

tNohAiHucu rum 5tn paBc.)
nd saw before US that hunters rest
ionac where we had slept when first
re entered the Country of the Heart
Let MS 60 in" said Maya. -and find
| iool and shelter for the night
| Now, orr plan hal been to avoid this
house ana gain the pass, where we pro
;oscd % stay till Gaybrcak and then
lnvcl down the mountain slopes into
the Wilderness.
III We enter there. Maya, we shall be
raped. aaid The senior. "On. only
aiety lies in travelling through tn,
,ass before we are ove1lnlscn. ior IL /.
against Che law that any OF your people
'hould follow us into the Wilderness -
III We dOnot enter my child Will die
N the cold, size answered
"Ion were too tender TO secure our
afcty by putting that would-bc MUIR
'crcrs 20 death. Have you then. the
leart. husband. to kill your own ehild?''
Now, at these words. | saw the Sc
nor' eyes fill with tears, but he said
only;
BE it as you will"
BY now, indeed. we understood. all
three OF US, that If we would save our
selves we must suffer the child 10 die
anc. however great our necessity, this
we could not do. So we went W to the
house and entered. and there bv the
hrc sat the same man and his wife
whom we had found in this room q
year ago.
Who are your he cried. springing
up; Pardon, lady, but in that garb /
did not know you"
1T is best that you should not know
us, said Maya. I'VE are wanderers
who have lost our way out hunting:
tive us food, as you are bound to do.
Then the man aud his wife, who were
kindly people, made obcisance TO MS.
and set off he best they had before us.
We ate, and after eating slept. for we
were very weary. bidding the man
watch and tell us if saw any stranger
approaching the house. Before dawn
nc woke us and we rose. A few min
utcs later he came into my room and
told me that a large body of men were
in sight of the house. Then | lonew
that it was finished and called the
others.
Now, there are three things that we
can do, | said. Ely toward the pass
defend this house, or surrender our
selves"
There is no time to fly" answered
the senior. therefore it is my counsel
that we fight
This is folly broke in Mava.
There Is hat one thing TO do: Weld
Ourselves and trust to fortune, ii, in
decd, Torture has any good in store for
us. Only | wish that we had done it
heicre we undertook this weary jour
new"
Now, as she spoke by the light O.. the
rising sun we saw great number of
men forming circle round the house
With tac,n were several captains and
lords. ana among these | recognized
DirGs ana I'ilsal
Let MS put bold face on it, said
Maya. So we opened the door, walked
out, and came into the presence of
lllial, Dimas and the other lords.
Whom do You seek that YOU come
with an armed force?r asked MAYA.
Whom should ! seek but your fai,
self, eousin?' answered Tikal, and |
saw that his eye was wild, as though
with drink.
TELL us of what we are CHARGED
That you follow us as though we were
Lady" the old priest answered
gravely, 1T would seem that YOU have
armed this name, you and your com
paniona together. Listen. two DAYS
s;n &c yen were missing, and the lady
Nahua was also missing Search was
made and ct last your private apart
hen's were broken open, and there she
vas discovcred bonnd and gagged
from her we learned the secret Of vou,
light and followed after you.1
Did She then tel YOU why we nedq.
asked Maya "nid she tell Won that
she crcpt to my chamber like a thief in
jhe night, and there was found in The
let o. doing murder on my child?r
no, lady. she told ~ nothing of all
ms. indeed. her manner Wa stranrc.
or so soon rs she was recovered some
what she took back her words. and
and that she knew nothing of Won or
iour plans, and that if you had ilod we
should do well to let YOU 20 beforo
worse things happened Bat KNOWING
hat for all this she had reasons casv 70 |
'e guessed, we followed YOU and fnuna |
'ou, and noT we arrest you. TO anayye,, |
'ofore the council fer your great sine |
n that You have broken Your solemn |
a,hs by attempting TO leave the land |
without INC consent of She council. and |
rave added t. Your crimes by talsinr
an yea this child, the lIeaven-sent |
ISnvercr, on whom rests the hope of |
ur race" VI
, - "S HtNV oVOieen our ClthS,' said |
iaYa. we broke them to save our
iVSs; were we then to stop in the citv
III &c KNIFE Of Tic assassin fornd MS
W. Vn the very a'ght Of my marriage
uiuruSrVr WcS set upcn my husband.
nd perhaps one stands there ana rhc
ointed to Iilsal. '',9l, cncll toll -
'ho he was and whence he car,c. Thrcc
avs ago another murderer sourht
he life of orr child and fh.,t ,,,,,,
,ercr the wife of the Lord rn:al. Igit
hen sin that we should talSc fror, thc
n it?r e'''e "i'"-
All these matters vnu can Law no.
ore the council, lady, rnsworea
'inlas. and Il Nahua is vhaa Won saw.
'i'hor' doubt she must suffer fo,. bcr
rllne. Yet her cvildoinr cannot Dav
., Yours Tor when Won found v6u1
sivNs IN danger YOU should have
tanned protection from those WHO
ould rive II. cnd not have hctalzcn
oursclt 70 flight. like thieves in torror.
I the watch. Come, enter III. litter
Ding" ~ 10 &c
linen we started. OF our iou-ne-,
ack there is nothing TO tell. unless II
To say that after its own fashion II
as even more wrctchcl than that
men we had just accomplished. Then.
ldeed, we were fcotsore. hune-,., ma
lcked with fears. but at lcest the
one 81 freedom shone before MS lille
guiding star, whereas now. altbourb :
9 travelled in comfort, it vns 10 ti55
lame, exposure and death AWAITING ms
last. 10
Maya and the sencr had e,ch o.,o,.