The Washington times., 1910-07-14

OF chief Importance was our posi-
ton Luckily. only the day before 1
mao been study 5ng an excellent map
o. me country and was able to form a
idlIly good ldeo q where we were
We had been flung ashore. / decided.
on the east COsLSt OF Tucatan- perhaps
a hundred miles south o. cape Catoche,
ana about forty miles south Of AsCgu-
sion hay. where the German warship
was supposedly waiting for her lost
torpedo boat The survivors Of the
latter were undoubtedly heading for
Itefr ana a-1 we had to 10 was TO fol
low FASTER than they Travelled. and we
would OVeTtalle them " hat We would
90 then circumstances wocld deter
At this point in my lneditations the
tTau ran down into the sea and disap-
peaTe5-
I stopped short in utter dismay and
stared wildly across the vacant. spark
tHts waves No other thought was iu
my mluC except that our quarry had
taken boat and escaped
Curly read my thoughts Maybe
you re right, lyoieuaut- he interjected.
hlt con believe 1t. We been "a
UoudeTiu FOR q long time what sort
q ldiclS they was 10 leave a plain trail
-->- tiis when. by going just little
Closer U il- water they could maze
sure the tide would wash il all 0ut
& ID = Maybe they have gone of iu
q boat bEt nay guess IS IFat some
HiazlU EeDius in the party has taken
tumble so himself iii bet a STACK
double veil pick up the trail"
I did not uauSc 10 consider whether
taTly was right CT wrong The only
ehance Of ovcrtaklng our quarry laE
ln his beng right, and without a wore
/ recommended my trJt along the shore
soon halted again Leading I'D from
the sea across the beach almost TO the
woods was "A confusion of trampleq
sand, evidently due 70 the footprints OF
many men
You were right. C5,rIv,' ] exclaimed
i'm
Lets sea.- Curly bent over TIA
marks. studying them minutely- as Z
had seen him study those Of a fee-n~
-Auacle horse thief in far-away Arr
IONA
Then ss=H stopping. ne followed aIoH=
lEcE1- StgpPlne at last by certain marks
stamped deeply into thC sand
-Dur1ed If ] didn't think sO-- he
e1acu' -Jed- This print here warn:
made 10y none Of those IbuIChmen
IIere ain a man among EN- that's
got a foot slim enough 10 10 It, Ana
there amt none shaped like mis- ore
here neither II the court knows
herself and she thinks she do. these
here tracks was made by the Bishop
and that British dude
lle Bishop. / cried do YOU
mean it, That is good news ] We
sure he was dead. Do you really
think he escaped-he SO old
Escaped Well, now IOOtenaut, IL
stands TO reason IL warn't no ghost
that made this mark-not unless
they've got compound ghosts down IN
this here country Look at IL You
ciCn use 10 be so bad yourself al
reading marks considering YOU was
I looked Il took no second glance
20 show that Curly was probably
right The long slim Tpotst-U and
the broad, fat one could hardly have
been MADE DE any person on either
boat except the SiShop and Sir Henry
Curly went Of That Henry boy
must have got tE, Bishop ashore some
how though heaven only knows how
be did 90 and how he got him this far
FOR the old mans walking ike ne was
just about all IN He helped him TO
the beach and they started along il
LOOKS Ike they were headiu- for some
where pretty definite too
very likely The Bishop told me that
he had been all through this part OF
the country.
Wei, the DUtchmeu traiIed in be-
. Gind- all right They hit up the pace a
. trife- too. ] reckon Pike along loo
tenant unless YOU want 10 be too Iat5
r0r the o5seuuies.
50 we pikvd along. Half q mile far
Their we came TO another rocky point
that made into the sea This time
however, there was no going around it-
nor iudeeL- did I desire TO do so. for the
trail OF the Germans left the beach and
plunged into the uUderbTush- following
what a moments Investigation showed
was q Har5-tramUied pathway
Curly looked at me with grin It's
us for the tail grass now Z 8 pose" ht
CALCULATED as he pushed through the
I followed. just IN time to see the
plaiIsmau zip over some obStruct lon
and pitch forward, desperately but
Eaiuly ClutChiuS at the tWiEs and leaves
that surrounded him In an instant
he WaS I'D again. standing on ore foot
and CLasDi-E his SHIN with both hands.
''HIazes, how that hurt he Easped-
Amt il Ike an I1juu ali over 10 build
a trail and then be so blamed lazy as
20 leave q post stickiu' I'D In the middle
OF il 10 break his fool shfns over
He kicked EiCicuSIy bE- cautiously at
something at his feet.
Let me see" ] pulled aside the leaves
and disclosed g stone post fer all the
world like a miie-post. sticking out OF
the ground at the edge Of the path
Some mark on il CaTght my eye. and 7
looked closer
II guess this was put here intention
ally CuriF, said rs carved with
-.Sh6' muir curly dropped on his
knees and examined the rude chiSejinE.
what's IL mean, loCtena1t2' he de
.-N~ofody knows The Maya alphabet
has never been deCiphered Proba bly,
this IS a sort of siEn-pOst- telling where
this tran leads Come along
IS we followed the path. the sights
and sounds Of the beach fell away. the
glare Of the sands giving place TO an
.
thunder Of the surf sinking to a far
away nurmur- 50 intense was the
gloom that for q time my sun-daZZIed
ewes could distinguish little, and had
alr-ost TO feel NY way Later objects
BEGAN To loom uD out OF the darkness,
and after a while I was able 20 move
quite rapidly again
Curiy'S voice sounded over my Shout
der say. lOOtensut," he questioned
Z casually, what sort os people live in
these parts anyway
What so-t2'- Promptly I had recourse
to fnforma On cleaned from the bishop
Wen, supposed you'd cali them
ETeaseTs- They are much the s2me as
ordinary Mexican sants-mostlv In
dams with a small mixture Of Spanish
blood
They are descendants Of the great
MAYA nation that ruled here before Cor
F tez came According TO report, they
had q dozen great StOne-buiIt cities.
( whose ruins are still found Models OF
I some Of the temples and palaces are in
. the Smithsonian IN Wash fngtnn- and
'sSb--- The Quick pressure Of CurIv-s
hand. on my shoulder Tp-enfOrcnde his
/ whisper. and 7 stood silent. listening
/ for 7 knew not Nhat
I The Condemnation OF This Story ESzEl