Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-06-21

'But why is il that You are only a
sergeant now?" asked the storekeeper
'Arter l 'ad been captain about two
! years, the government hoficials discov-
cred that the two sapphires / had paid
for the commission wasn't real, so !
was reduced to sergeant"
you wished to see a king" said the
book agent to the storekeeper, land
l can crafty your desire, for / am a
king myself.
Il am Spanish by descent. Some Of
my ancestors went from Spain to Ire
land at an unknown period, and from
\ Ireland my family came to America.
As a boy, / naturally took an interest
in the nation of my ancestors, and I
learned the Castilian tongue. 1t was i'm
this way that l happened to read in
| an old Spanish book an account Of the |
| mysterious silver city Of Yucatan. ] |
determined to discover the place, and, a |
few years ago, I set out for Yucatan.
taking with me on my quest little save !
small silver-plating battery which ! |
was agent for at the time
Twill not fatigue youwith anaecount
of my search for the city. Suffice it 10
say that, after long wanderings and in
credible hardships in the forests Of
Nucatan, at last came in sight Of an
immense city, surrounded with high
walls which were covered with plates
of silver. While staring in admiration
was seized from behind and blindfoId-
ed. When | next opened my eyes
found myself in a gloomy dungeon.
where l was to await the time when ]
should be given 10 the sacred alligators.
] marveled at the brightness of the sill
yer walls, and the chief of police told {
me that the police had to polish them {
with rags. Thereupon / gave him !
recipe for O silver polish / had sold in
View Jersey. Z
When the next sun rose l heard a /
asst tumult outside the prison walls. @
md / trembled, for / thought the hour S,
If my death was nigh. But no! a CRATE
nj people, who had hitherto polished g,
heir abundant silver by the tedious =,
rocess Of rubbing it with rags, re- h
eived me, and was rendered rousing 81
walton that lasted until night. was
iven entire charge of the treasury. -.
Il introduced many Of the arts of -,
Ivilization, thereby mourning the en- =.
lity of the high priest, Batpillrafferty. -
ne custodian of the temple of the moon ~
ld the hereditary feeder of the sacred "
ligators. | showed that a pretended &C
iracle of his, where the sacred ALI
itors lay as dead, stiff and immovabIe. re-
as nothing but a state of temporary Co
talePsy, easy to produce. After that az
set about accomplishing my ruin. on
series Of spiritual manifestations TO
ok place at the temple of the moon. We
d the great goddess, Broranidget. th'
nounced that, unless 500 colossal sill hls
r statues and $4,000 silver statuettes his
herself were placed upon the walls S
the city within month, the inhab. m
nts were doomed. It'll
AS custodian of the treasury. 1 was Der
Tered to prepare the statues and stat alto
ties. Terrible was the fear that sails
zed me when found that there was dit
y silver enough to make the statues frol
new my life would be sacrificed. tice
ere was no way to get more silver. TO
ere was no way to win the hand of fort
queen Arymann and become king =,
the silver city, which the pretended Al
rec Of the goddess had tantalizingly u,
Jared TO be my reward in case the =
tues and statuettes were made. SoIt
A week nassed rrho - you
e. but how was - 49, -. .te "eie ice
ties? 1t was while was walking hv R'
temple of the moon that the chance prov
'orery of a lead half dollar in NV to,
ket gave me an idea. wonld max post
statuettes of lead and plate then, Eng
h silver; for these people knew I'll
hing of the art of plating. did so mac.
became king of the silver CITY and nual
band of the princess. said
But l foresaw that the enmity of kind
would accomplish NV liar
l. So making casts of all the smaller
eles of palace furniture, replaced
n with duplicates made of lead ~
ed with silver, and hid the original nc (
eles in the vaults, ready for the time "V
n should attempt to make my es- repl,
by floating down the river to the "A
Il on large raft. ] constructed the and
III my leisure moments, of i'm hear
sc logs fastened together by ropes. race.
queen was easily persuaded TO go is NO
me.
he night for our departure came
there and 7 sorr pa.a IN, i'o gu nigh
sReaking away. The seoundrel AM
scared. He said he had taken the Pian'
to pieces, and that the logs were II
he temple of the moon near by. l I'd"
him reconstruct the raft, and fol- 10 %
d him as he penetrated the temple ano
dragged forth great logs and rolled
to the riverside. The raft was re- Nm
eaving Batpillrafferty tied. we set +
the raft heavily laden with silver
light we foated through the forest;
at dawn we heard the boom of surf
knew that the sea was near. Nv
leaped; l was just embracing nv -
.ed wife for vefy joy. when the raft
bled beneath my feet, and. in 80