The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19

! Of angry negroes. hatred of OZiel, the
/ calculated eXpediency of having Sir
4 Roger removed from his own path to
/ the desired treasure, with yet a senti-
ment, though weak of horror at
/ the heathenism he saw-these emo
and gave little hope TO Oziel. The
men covered behind him, waiting,
as they ever waited, the order of
the master whom they had always
obeyed unquestioningly. They eyed the
/ blacks with terror now, as strange and
ferocious We're the gestures and cries of
the savages, and, knowing they were
outnumbered u to I, pressed back into
the corner with blanched cheeks. No
hope was there from them.
Sir Roger used his strange staff; Oziel
had nothing but his great arms Don
neseau sWOOped down on the old man.
for whom he seemed to have a peculiar
hate, the aVenging hate, doubtless, for
the man whose power over the people
he had up to now been unable to break
Once, twice, right and left, the stout
lad succeeded in striking straight with
his huge fists. Each blow told like that
of butchers ak, and each sent a vic
tim to the ground. but over them
leaped a score, and closed with the
New Englander. He had a last vision
Of Sir Roger with the heavy golden
snake sweeping. scythe-like, the field
before him, only to be overpowered, and
then OZiel was crushed beneath a
swarm Of bowling demons. He gave
himself up for lost; he expected each
moment TO feel the prick of the knife.
or be strangled at the throat. He
painted for breath. heaving his great
chest against the black mass which was
upon il; his eyes filed with blood, and
in one instant all the past rushed in a
swift panorama across his brain He
saw the harbor OF Boston, and Justin
in the boat laughing; Lynch, with his
courtly voice, enticing his friend, and
Marian weeping. and a swift wave of
despair rushed over him that he had
failed to keep his promise to the girl
and keep the boy from harm. Marian's
tears. They were his last thought. and
then inconsistencies let him for a lit
tie while as he felt himself borne from
the temple, toseed on the shoulders of
the bowling mob.
When he again found breath he was
bound with tough roots of vines. hand
and foot. The savages had carried him
swiftly round the shore of the lake. and
he saw that he was on that point of
land where the dance of the previous
night had taken place. Sir Roger was
being swept along by his side. spea king.
but with a voice that was drowned in
tAiN ~ AtS dIDOuL nllll- II he OLD man still
retained his serpent staff. To the rude
altar which stood on the very edge of
the promOntory above the lake the
captlVeS were carried and cast upon il |
ana then there was a pause and a great
crying out and running to and fro |
while the helpless victims struggled on |
the stone. In the midst of it, Oziel was |
aware Of a tall man pushing through
the crowd, and DiXey Lynch stood over
him The rooJIa'S faro vac hrool
big grin Of malicious triumph and he
leereu upon the Puritan. He was pant |
ing with excitement. yet even in that
moment he seized chance TO taunt the |
lad. INC
How now. my saucy turnip grower
he cried. will you interfere again in |
the affairs of gentlemen MY good Dom |
nereau has most happily provided for
YOU Twas merry thought TO Law yoi, |
here for sport for his black friends. But |
what message shall I take back TO Bos-
ton and pretty Mistress Marian?'
Justin" cried the hopeless Ozied.
Have your
"Justinr' said Dixey Lynch. You
need think no more Of Justin. my med
dlesome Puritan. His part is not yet
finished. Shall l tell you what his flu
ture viii be? Donnereau has arranged
for his as well as you. Good Donner
eau. you VIII notice, has a great innu-
ence in these parts. Justin will have
high rank: he win spend his life here
as high priest: 10 Obi until, like old Sir
Roger here. his virtue leaves him and
the man Of the snake dies out, when
he VIII, like as not, be sacrificed for vet
another. It's the fate of rulers of the
people, Oziel, and you are lucky to be
spared these caprices of fortune"
You villains, o. you villains, These
savageS with all their hid