The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-03-07
CHAPTER XIV.
MATS THE RECLAIMED.

MATS THE RECLAIMED.
Now from where we stood together,
just below the crest of the Sacred
Mountain, we could see down into
the city, which lay spread out below
us like a map. The harbor and the
great estuary cleaned at its farther
side, and the fringe of hills beyond
smoked and fumed in their accus.
toned fashion; the great stone circle
of our Lord the Sun stood up grim
and bare in the middle of the city, and
nearer in reared up the great mass
of the royal pyramid, the gold on it's
sides catching new gold from the sun.
There, too, in the square before the
pyramid stood the throne of granite.
dwarfed by the distance TO the size
of mole's hill, in which these nine
years my love had lain sleeping.
Old ZaemOn followed my gaze
aye" he said. with a sigh, al know
where your chief interest is. Deu-
Gallon when he landed here new from
Yucatan was a strCng man. The king
whom we have chosen-and who is
the best we have to chOose-has his
weakness"
''It can be turned into additional
strength. Give me Nais here, living
and warm to fight for, and 1 am a
stronger man by far than the cold
viceroy and soldier that you speak
about
Il have passed my word to that al
ready, and you shall have her, but at
the cost of damaging somewhat this
new kingdom of yours. Maybe, too,
at the same time we shall rid you of
this Phorenice and her brood. But I
do not think it likely. She is too
willy, and, once we begin our play,
she is likely to guess whence it
comes and how it will end, and so
viii make an escape before harm can
reach her. The high gods, who have
sent all these trials for our refine
ment, have seen fit to give her some
knowledge of how these earth tremors
may be set a-moving."
81 have seen her juggle with them.
But may hear your scheme?'
1T will be shown you in good time
enough. But for the present I would
bid you sleep, and take your woman
Chat is my daughter) when she is
set free, and bring her here as best
you can. And for that you will need
all strong mans strength" He
stepped back and looked me up and
down. "There are not many folk that
would take you for the tidy, clean
chinned Deucalion now, my brother.
Your appearance will be fine armor
for you down yonder in the city to-
night when we wake it with our
earth-shaling terror. As you stand
now, you are hairy enough and shay
gy enough and naked enough and
dirty enough for some wild savage
new landed out of Europe Have a
care that no fine citizen down yonder
takes fancy to your thews and seizes
upon you as his servant"
81 somewhat pity him in his house
hold if he does"
Old Zaemon laughed. "Why, come
30 think of it, so do T."
But quickly he got grave again.
Laughter and Zaemon were very rare
playmates. "Wen, get you to bed,
my king, and leave me TO go into the
Ark of Mysteries and prepare there
with another of the three the things
that must de done. 1t is no light bust
ness to handle the tremendous powers
which we must put into movement
this night. And there is danger for
Us as there is for you. So if by chance
we do not meet again till we stand
up yonder behind the stars, giving ac-
count to the gods, fare you well, Deu-
Gallon"
I slept that day as a soldier sleeps,
taking full rest out of the hours, and
letting no harassing thought disturb
me. 1t is only the weak who permit
their sleep to be broken on these oc-
casions. And when the dark was we'll
set. 7 reused and fetched those who
should attend to the rope. Our Lady
the Moon did not shine at that turn
of the month, and the air was full of
q great blackness. So l was out of
sight all the while they lowered me.
Preached the tumbled rocks that lay
at the deep foot of the cliff, and then
commenced to use a nice caution, be-
cause Phorenice's soldiers squatted
uneasily round their eamp-fres, as
though they had forebodings of the
coming evil. had no mind to further
stir their wakefulness. So crept
swiftly along in the darkest OF the