The National tribune., 1899-07-06


urers feltogeii:or into the water The two
warriors We're presently seen swimming
towards ne.gnbcriig tanoe; ard De Leon,
strangiifg under TIE flood, ileaved not his
last groan OF the CORY block of sacrifice.
The fugitives paused not 10 lament: they
resumed Their march. and gained the last
ditch. The events. of that march, and OF
the passage OF that ditch, are, like the
others, a series of i.orrors. Enough has
been narrated 10 picture out the dreadful
punishment of Ines who acknowledged no
rights but those of power, and preferred to
rob weak and childish race with insult
and murder, rather than TO subdue them,
as could have been done, by the arts of
peace. In the so.e incident which remains
To be mentioned, We record ti.e fate of an
individual whose influence had been felt
through most of tire events of the invasion.
la many cases tenefoialiy, but, in this,
disasiroUsly enough. This was tie en-
chanter, Bo.elio,-a man Just shrewd
enough TO deceive himself; which is, in
other words, To say, tfat he mingled in
his own person 80 much cunning with so
much Creduiity, that the former was ever
the victim Of tie latter. TIE devoutness of
his own belief in the efficacy Of ii:S arts,
was enough to secure them the respect and
reverence of the co;nlaol herd, as well as of
better men. in an age of superstition. How
much confidence was given To them by
Cortez, does not clearly appear in the older
historians; but II Is plain, Ec turned them to
great advantage. aid had tie a.. some
times 10 make the stars, as well as Ka.idon
OF the Crystal, furnis.. re9eatioas OF his
own limiting; and, il is suspected, moi With
ont grounds, that this very nocturnal
flight, projected originally urider the i'm
preston that the barbarians would not go
into battle after nightfali, and, when the
later events Of the siege had dispro"ed this
hope, still persisted in itfrola Ike persuasion
that 10 Mexican would handle a weapon on
the day of an Emperor's burial, was con-
ceiyed III the brain of the General before it
was coilnselled by the lips OF Bote'lo
AT all events tne enchanter did not, this
night, manifest any doubt in his own
powers With strange and yet natural
Inconsistency, he seemed to rejoice over tie
slaughter of his coIntrymen, as over the
confirmations OF his predictions. Twice OF
thrice, at least, he niuttered, and once even
III the thick of combat, to Don Amador, by
whose side he ever walked, at the head of
the retreating party:
Il said, this night We should retreat
we have retreated: ! said. there should be
death for the many, and safety for some
the many are at rest God receive their souls
and angels carry them to the seats of bliss),
and some OF us are saved"
BE not Over-quick in thy consumma.
tons, said Amador. I'VE are here now
at the third ditch, which is both wide and
deep, ard no bodies to bridge it; and seesi
thou not how the yelling ours are padding
III to oppose usg
Bodies enow!" cried the enchanter. ITO
morrow, at midday, when the sun is hot
/ test, We Shall see the corses lying along or
both sides of the eausey, like the corks of q
/ fisherman's net; and at the bitches, they
VIII come up like ants out of the earth, wheT
a dead caterpillar falls at their door Ye
say !, We shah be saved, and thou shall
see 1t; for i remember how thou ddst cary.
the back of that knave thatIa on me in tn,
streets of Mexico; and will carve a dozer
for thee in like manner, ere dawn, on thi.
causeway."
Boast no more: such confidence of
fends heaven; for thy life hangs here 81
loosely as apother'S."
The stari the star!" cried BoteIlo, 18th,
dim little star! is.it not shining? Th,
morning comes after it, and the eagles ar,
waking on the hills. They will snuff til,
|, battle, they will shrek TO the vultures, b
the crows, and the gallinazas, and dowr
!, will they come together to the lakeside ant
the lake. AT eveutide. we will see dea,
men floating about in the wind, and OF
the breast of each feeding raven; bu
! devils shall be perched on the corses of TIN
heathenw
4 Heaven quit. me of thy wild words, TO
4 they sound to me unnatural and damna
. BILE, as thoagh spoken by one Of thos
same demons thou thinkest of.-Speak II,
more,1Look, to thy life, for it is il
jeopardy.