The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-10-27
CHAPTER ll---continued.

While they were eating the appe.
thing meal that the trumpster spread
for them upen the camp table beneath
the solitary live oak that stood before
the tent. they watched the sergeant
help the stranger down the hill. Ia.
king the blind man to the Ere. he seat.
ed him upon q saddle that lay near the
cooking tent, and camo forward with
q salute
Hes priest, sir--a padre: and
from what little can make out OF
mis- lingo he's had pretty bad time
OF II. sir. Shall bring him up"
Yes"
kynRston sprang up.
Mrs. Fame, do you and Miss Up
ton object TO my asking the old fellow
20 take his breakfast here with u.s. |
hardly like to send him down among
the prisoners TO eat He seems q cut
above them. don't you know"
Why. Of course not, Mr. Kynas.
ton. Please do exactly az you would
II we were not here, am sure he
will be very interesting"
SO Kynaston went down to the fire,
where the old man was explaining In
broken English and Mexican patols
to tho prisoners. tor them to translate
TO the Americans that he was more
tired than hungry, but that most OF
all he desired to hold converse with
the commanding officer. Having in
PRODUCED himself. Kyuaston asked tho
him In coffee,
They found the two ladies already
at their meal Kynas,on seated the
old man between the two and poured
him a cupful OF stcaming coffee that
woke him into speech.
Never before, senior. have l crossed
the line A Mayan am |. as oil my
people we're for twelve generations
that stretch their hands back even
unto the days before there were Span.
iards In Tenochtitlan
For the space OF twelve mems
lives have we lived under the shadows
OF III TIC. seeing always the surf break
on the outlying bars. Two years ago
came north. even rs Coronado came,
part OF the way on my feet, part on
asses, always with pain. for TO tho
blind. senior, all paths are hard And
at last my dream vanished"
Thy dream"
AYE senior my dream. for know
thou that came not without an aim,
That aim has been to follow and re-
cover what these thieves Of the world
have taken
lie pointed hts thumb over his
shoulder toward the fire, whore the
prisoners Stiil sat over the bacon ard
hard broad that were being cooked for
them by the cooks OF the troop.
And art thou really blind"
80 that, senior: for fifty years
have not seen the light OF day"
Mrs Fame and Dorothy murmured
their sympathy,
so have come. senior For now
three hundred years and my fathers
before mo kept the shrine where it has
been deposited since the days when
Cortes came back from the courts OF
the old world to hold his court at
Cuernavaca. and, finding there In pow
or the evil man, Pedrarias, his enc
my. retired to tive uron his estates.
"Ye know. senior and ladies, hew II
was said that the conqu!s,ador poi.
soned his first wii- SO that he could
marry n second wife who should al.
vance his fortunes IL was 10 this sec
ond wife that he gave these wonder
ful jewels, as ali the world knows;
the wonderful eiaeralds that Queen
isabella askca for In vain ard that
made C0rteE the most cpurted man In
NIL Madrid. Hast thou heard OF ;hemr"
Mrs Fame and Dorothy looked their
interest. All people are interested IN
tho mere mention CT Jewels or pre-
ciuus stones even those who do net
possess them.
Il have heard said Kyras,on
slowly, the sarae tale al! men know.
the tale which Gomara wrote to the
eject that Corter received As q part
of the ransom Of the Emperor Monte.
xmnA ave great emeralds. and thar