The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-06-23
CHAPTER XVI.

CHAPTER XVI.
After the dread night of the
storm and earthquake, the King
Of day seemed To- Linger at hi'
ROYAL toilet. behind the eastern
peaks Of the valley Of the old
church of Peccs. adjusting his
golden crown, and securely girt-
ing his shining girdle before en-
tering his blazing chariot to
make his duirnal drive through
the sky. Not unknown to him
were the schemes of his pale
faced consort. the envious Queer
IF night, who lay ambushed il
Ia cluster of stars near his
solar highway To darken the lus
tire Of his radiant career. Not a
lone to mortals seeming Dispute
| tudes. Earrings and dicoids are
confined for these bright lumi
naries of the vaulted sky are
doomed to like inharmonies.
The Montezima forces as soon
ds the first beams of dawn ap
peared began to prepare them
selves for the impending and ths
threatening conflict Of the day.
The war cry, OF death, TO tn,
dog Apaches, for the capture OF
iutha and the capture or deatl
III Olatha, burst from every lip
and ran from rank to rank, a.
long the bow and the war club
and relieved by the magic rod
from the maIgnity of the Wiz
card of the Mountains, their owl
hearts beat Expensive TO achieve
ments oold, and feats of noble
daring.
Great and renowned MonteZrl-
ma who had during the long un
hearabie night continued in the
deep Estuffa with the priests,
supplicating the great spirit who
sits enthorned. God, i'm the
glowing palaces of the sun, still
remained o, erwhelmed with s0r
row for O.atha s capture or his
.leath, regardless of the din oh
preparation by his followers.
Q cried he in his deep agony
IF soul, how can | survive the
loss of my noble my gallant boy
How can | ever look again upon
MS mother and bear to her the
idings Of the loss of her fair.
haired and blue eyed n. n
these and such like lamentations
did he indulge till the sun ha;
wheeled his chariot high above
the mountain peaks.
Thus detected and lamenting
he bowed his Dir, oping head up
ON the magic rod. not once in
thought, recurring to- It's magic
powers. as TO the prophecy con
corning 1t. that. it was destined
in some great emergency TO save
one of the race of his own ida
lized COlindrina.
The fierce Doglatha profiting
by the advice OF the Wizard Of
the Mountains, to bury his dis
appointed hopes. and remorse
meath deeds of dreadful daring
was conducting his forces from
his mountain camp by secret
path into the plain with a view
to surround and overwhelm the
Montezuma forces. at the wiz
Yards appointment. He so con-
conducted them along this hid
den path that his approach coule
not be discovered by his foes,
till the propifions moment ar
rived to insure victorious bat
tie.
His valiant foe stood in ready
preparation to receive his at
tack whenever made equally or
rather more confident of victory.
Thus situated were the two hos
tie parties, while the sun was
rolling in gorgeous ersnduer, a.
cross the sky till apprsacaling to-
wards the cluster Of the rayless
star, when the iuterme<adline ex-
qnisite moon stole IRON snbmh,
and began to throw ~ vail 80
the face Of the snn, cnstine die-
astroos twilioht over nellneefn,
and valley. Op1. - $3.50 -
birds a. - 49,