The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-12
The Fires of Montezurna
Legends Of the Aztecs.
JAMES JOHNSTON DAVENPORT.

sands OF life s hour-glass are
nearly pent e-on snail m,ngse
with the departed spirits of thy |
parrnts ia those bright palaces
to which they are gone, and TO
whom I must give an account OF
the charge entrusted to rue. III
ann forbidden to reveal their
names. or even tell thee Of thy
native land Thy parents were
too pure for this world, and mts-
fortunes and persecution tracked
them through life. They died in |
the self same hour. when thy lit |
tie existence was counted but III
moons. and they entrusted thee|
TO ny charge and also wand,
| of a texture so tenuoflS and feX
ibla that IL car be wound around
! the body like 9 band, and worn
through life with no possibility
OF IFS detection 1t has been IN
/. thy family for centuries How it
| was first obtained is traditional.
| and mystery hangs oyer its'
! III story. Ii has been. preserved as
| o sacred relic, and handed down
from generation TO generation as
IA peculiar Legacy. IN ages past
| il is said TO have performed, in
Iced. great wonders, accounts
If which have come down thron-
| IN dim and traditional channels.
II is said IT, poss the power
i,f eworeising malignant spirits,
F. md countera ctinq the designs OF
the Evil Ones.
| % Colindrina. impatrently
| Interrupted Montezuma, what
has become OF the wand9
i Be patient and hear. My guar
, liam and protector eontlmed:-
i. this wand | have owrn about my
i person ever since thy parents
dihyered il 20 me. Thou art its
r heir and no thee ir rightfullv be-
/, longs.
When partially rising from his
/ sick bed. he requested me TO
. hand him a small box, no larg-
z ar than shell OF an acorn, and
Al which lay on the table very near
], him.
II did as requested.
u He then continued An hour
!, sgo / unwound from my body,
: the wand which thou wiat find
: ianclosed in this tiny box. Take if
lit is thine by regular decent
: guard it well; for there is .
prophecy concerning it-that the
time viii come when this wand
! shall rescue thee. or some one
closely connected to thee from
SOME great impending evil.
So saying, my kind guardian,
and protector .c.l back upon his
, couch. and in 2 few moments
breathed his last. leaving me a.
tione in the world with this soul
4 legacy.
! Bal the wand. Collndrina, -
lwhat hast thou done with IT
en- geriy inquired MoDtezmna.
/ Until such an impending evil
| shall hang over us, cannot tell
Its virtues is all that has been
vouched safed, she answered.
| Such an impending evil hangs
lover us now, ami threatens our
! .hildren, and me, and thee, my
| t'oliIs1rina. and unless We can a.
vert it, our destruction os doom
led
| What has occurred9'r she En-
jqnired.
! Quickly Montezuma related to
| her the adventures Of the noun
tain. wizard in the village Of
Peeos, and his cruel malisnity in
| whitening the right arm of all its
inhabitants
| Colindrina listened, and repli
I'd: Truly hits Is terrible cal
unity; but in what way are we
involved in ita
! Am / not the guardian, and
protector of my peopleg rejoined
Montezuma against whom does
thus fiendish wizard aim his NAL
ignity. but me, and through me
The worship OF the Great Spirit
II he prevail then are our sacred
! fires extinguished, our alters all
| over thrown. our religion eontem
ned and | destroy.
! During the occurrence of this
| interview between Montezuma.
,ndColindrina. Olatha, burning
With desire to signalize himself,
in single combat with the wiz
<ard of the mountains. and raw
ing with fiercest indignation, ~
reused in behalf of Iutha, had
started off with the returning
messengers on their way back
TO the village of Pecos. The sis