The Yale expositor., 1901-10-04

the Indian had had his dwelling. his
heart gave a great bound, and a SEN
sation of fear come to him.
The hut of the Carib was gone.
The four posts which had supported
1t were there, having been sunk deep
enough in the earth to make them
firm. But of the house itself not
vestige was left.
The flood had torn 1t from its place
and carried it-no one could tell how
far-and the face of Mattazudo reflect
closed lips did not dare to utter.
While he stood gazing ruefully and
anxiously at the bare spot where once
the dwelling Of Namapa stood, he was
startled at hearing a chucxling sound
behind him, and his own name spoken
in the Indian voice. He turned, and
beheld the Carib himself coming to-
ward him.
'Namapa," he exclaimed, "You are
safe, them My heart stood still when
l saw the desolation the food had
brought. l was in terror"
For me?" asked the Indian, with a
knowing leer.
Yes, for you, you old rogue; but
more for-her. What have you done
with her? Trust you for willy Carib
to defeat the food of the most precious
prey of all. Where is she? Where is
she, l ask"
Slowly" replied the Indian. "Your
impatience will get you nowhere"
Curse youl Why do you not speak
and relieve my anxiety? Have | not
borne enough? Was it all pleasure,
do you think, to see the beautiful girl
| had sworn should be by own lying
as If dead. and Don Juan and Philip
and Gomez-those foolsl-sniveling
and groaning over her? Was it all
pleasure TO know that she was buried
in the ground to wait for darkness,
and that her fate depended upon you?
If you failed to take her out in time,
she would die of suffocation, even if
the drug did not kill her. And if you
bungled or blundered, the sharp eyes
of one of Philips men would see you,
and that would end the thing for you
and her and all of us. Come tell me
girl?"
The Carib chuckled.
"Only you and knew that the body
they thought was useless clay still held
the spirit Of the girl, and that II
alone-had the secret by which she
could be restored. And then at night,
when the crazy soldiers of the pretend
1v.,,n ak ba;,
games of chance, stole to the grave
and dug her up and brought her here.
/ placed in her mouth the powerful
drug that brought the blood into mo-
ton again, and in an hour she was a
living, breathing, beautiful girl, unin-
jured, the same as before, but without
a thought of the grave into which she
had been thrown, and demanding to
know why she had been stolen from
her room while she slept. Hol That
was good. l enjoyed her talk. You
chose well-she is a beauty. But you
were to come and take her away. Why
did you not Gomez"
You know why I did not Gomez"
replied Mattazudo, roughly. 1.-THE
by anxiety to know how you succeeded
whether you saved her from the
flood as well as from Philip and Co
meg
And she is safe?" said Mattazudo.
'You swear it? Take me to her at
once"
"Not yet, my impatient lover" re-
MI ha old cfI
enough, | swear; but there is a mat
ter of business between us. l have
kept my promise. How about yours?'
Curse you againl You keep me
here at such a time as this to talk
of gold?"
you promised me gold if l got the
girl for you. A man pays for what he
is eager to get. If l give you the girl
first, in your happiness you may for
get your debt Come, where is the gold
that was to be mine If l saved her
for you alone?"
With an impatient curse Mattazudo
pulled leathern pouch from his pock-
ct and flung it into the Indians hand.
There is your gold," he said. Now,
where is my sweetheart
"Slowlyi Slowly" muttered the In
dian, carefully emptylng the gold out
into his palm and counting it.
"It is good" he said. you have
kept your promise"
Hang youl" roared Mattazudo
"You have your gold, what more do
you want? Where is the girl?"
"Listen!" said Namampa. do you
know the ruin of the ancient temple on
the hill of the Caribs, where we go
once every moon to worship the gods
of our people?"
81 know! | know! The old stone
ruin on Carib HILL"
THE same" same Namampa. GO
there. Go there at once. You will find
the girl there"
Safer" asked Mattazudo again.
starting off in the direction of Carib
Hill.