The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-25

/ take advantage OF her SlstieleSSneSS.
/ He spent much time with the old
( priest, for that strange individual
( seemed to have taken a fancy to him.
/ Beside. he was the only person about
the temple with whom he could at
/ first converse The knowledge of their
/ conqUerors' language had been guard
ed very jealousy by the priests Of the
Incas; his host told him that but one
! member Of a generation was ever
/ taught it.
/ But Keeth had a taste for Ian
| guag es himself, and before long he
was rapidly picking up the dialect OF
these people. With the priest he al
ways conversed in Spanish; but for
several hours every day he was more
/ or less in Imozene's society; and when
| two young folks who have no reason
/ for absolutely hating each other are
/ thus thrown together, they must find
/ some medium of communication. IN
der the girls tuition Keith advanced
in his study of the Indian tongue.
/ Imozene, though scarcely more than
/ a child in years (she was about seven
! ten, as near as Keeth could figure
from the Indian measurement Of
time). was a woman in thought and
feeling And as soon as they learned
to understand each other she showed
great curiosity in regard 10 the out
side world. Many things he tried to
tell her she could not understand
nor was It possible for him to explain
/ what ne meant, for her language had
no words by which he might express
/ his meaning. That the world beyond
/ the confines of her own mountains
was 4 vast place, full Of wonderful
/ things and wonderful people, was
the fact which impressed her most.
/ She was amazed that the white men,
when they already had so much,
/ should care to infest the Businesses Of
( the Andes for any cause whatever.
Keeth had in his pack a small map
/ OF Peru, which he showed her and
tried to explain its uses. She thought
That the diagram represented the
/ whole world, and when he told her
that even that vast territory, of which
/ her beautiful valley was but tiny
spot, was a very small portion of the
globe, she scarcely believed him.
'Dost thou really mean that my
/ lord?" she asked, laying her hand on
his arm and looking up into his face.
1T is even so. Imozene,' he replied,
the unfamiliar sounds falling from his
/ tongue haItingIy. Il would not tell
thee what was not true
She sighed a little and let her head
fall so that the waving black hair hid
! her face. 81 cannot understand why
thou earnest hither, my lord she
said. rs there anything my poor
! people have which thy people have
not? Have they not gold, and treas
ures?"
! Yes. Many Of my people have
riches of which thou hast never
dreamed. But am poor"
Thou wilt want for nothing here"
returned the girl simply. My people
count not gold as did those cruel men
who came to our land so many, many
years ago" She looked searchingIy
/ into his face again Thou art a war
rior; thou art handsome; thou know
est-oh, so much? Thou art rich
here
Thou wilt make me vain, Imozene. .
he said, laughing a little.
Thou art not like the men OF my
tribe" she went on. Thou art as
much a man. yet thou art tender, and
the red blood mounts to thy cheek
! ike a wOman's. Our men are fierce
and wild. Is II because they people
are better than mine? It is not be
cause thou art not brave; I know thy
courage. oh. my lord"
TT IS because we have learned more
while the years have passed" said
Keeth. Our young men are not
taught to fight and kill. They learn
/ peaceful pursuits. Yet they can fight
when there Is need"
And are there no warriors among
them?"
Yes. there are warriors. But all
have not to be called warrios to be
! called men.
/ Here my people are ashamed Of a
man who is neither warrior nor priest.
The women viii not look at him.
/ What do the women of thy land say
to the men who do not fght2 Do
they not scorn them?"
NO. princess. It is not considered
/ beneath them TO dig in the gardens
as the women do here"
/ Imozene shook her head IN wonder.
/ Then she raised her face suddenly,
/ and, looking into Keeth's eyes, asked.
Are there beautiful women in thy
land, my Iord?"
/ YES"
How do they look? Are they as
+ beautiful as the nen?" And she
/ looked at him frankly.
Thou hast too high an opinion Of
the mems beauty. Oh. princess" re-
/ piled Keeth.
/ Thou and the man thou caIlest
/ Ford art as handsome as my own
/ people. Thou art far handsomer than