Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-07-07

In both mind and body-for
= truly his tale Is strange.
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CHAPTER Ii--continued.
While they were eating the appe-
uzing meal that the trumpeter spread
for them upon the camp table beneath
the solitary live oak that stood before
The tent, they watched the Cergeant
help the stranger down the hill. Ta-
king the blind man to the fire. he seat
cd him upon q saddle that lay near the
cooking tent. and came forward with
a salute.
Hes q priest, sir--a padre; and
nom what little / can make out Of
his lingo he's had a pretty bad time
Of Il. sir. Shall bring him up2"
Yes" t..
kynaston sprans up.
Mrs. Fame. do you and Miss Up
ton object to my asking the old fellow
70 take his breakfast here with us7 1
hardly like to send him down among
the prisoners to eat He seems a cut
above them. don't you known"
Why. Of course not, Mr.. Kynas-
ton. Please do exactly as you would
Y we we're not here. l am sure he
viii be very interesting"
SO Kynaston went down 70 the fire.
where the old man was explaining in
brokep English and Mexican patois
70 the prisoners. for them to translate
70 the AmericaEs. that he was more
tired than hungry. but that most of
ell he desired to hold converse with
the commanding officer. Having in.
troduced himself. Kynaston asked the
old man to come to his tent and Join
him IN coffee.
They found the two ladies' already
nt their meal. Kynaston seated the
old man between the two and poured
him a cupful OF steaming coffee that
woke him into speech.
Never before. senior, have crossed
the line. A Mayan am I. as all my
people we're for twelve generations
that stretch their hands back even
unto the days before there we're Span
iards IN Tenochtitlan
For the space Of twelve mems
lives have We lived under the shadows
Of El Tio. seeing always the surf break
On the outlying bars. Two years ago
! came north, even as Coronado came,
part OF the way on my feet. part on
nsses; always with pain. for to the
blind, senior. all paths are hard. And
Ut last my dream vanished"
Thy dreamf"
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"
He pointed his thumb over his
shoulder toward the FIRE. where the
prisoners still sat over the bacon and
hard bread that were being. cooked foI
them By the cooks Of the troop.
And art thou really blind?r
so that, senior; for fifty years
have not seen the light Of day"
Mrs. Fame and Dorothy murmuret
their sympathy.
$50 have come. senior. For nov
three hundred years I and my father
before me kept the shrine where Il hai
been deposited since the DAYS whe,
Cortez came back from the courts o
the old world to hold his court a
Cuernavaca. and. finding there In now
or the evil man, Pedrarias, his ene
my, retired to live upon his estates.
''Ye know. senior and ladies'. how
was said that the conquistador DO
Boned his first wife so that he coul
marry a second wife who should af
vance his fortunes. It was to this Sc,
ond wife that he gave those wonder
ful jewels. as all the world knows
the wonderful emeralds that Ouee
Isabella asked for In vain and this
made Cortez the most courted man 4
all Madrid. Hast thou heard of them
Mrs. Fame and Dorothy looked the
interest. All people are Interested
the mere mention of jewels or DR.
cious stones--even those who do n,
possess them.
Il have heard" said Kynastc
slowly the same tale all men kno,
the tale which Gomara wrote 10 u
effect that Cortez received as pa
Ci the ransom OF the Emperor Mont
Euma five great emeralds, and thi
when payment was made to the spa
ish king OF the royal ffth part of Il
treasure the stones were kept by Il
conqueror as part OF his own share
"Dost thou know then, or does al
man know, what afterward became
the stones7-
The old man leaned forward in h
eagerness. turning toward the soul
or kynaston's voice. His interest W
obvious
Dorothy and Mrs. Fame took
pains to hide their interest now.
1T was said, Of course-what tn
knowest--that the emeralds were
ken home by him to Spain. and th
when he married a seconG time
gave these TO his wife. The que
had hinted that she herself was q
unwilling to receive as a gift the
most wonderful stones.
They we're, senior. as Gomara sa
like this: One in the shape of a gre
rose. the second a fish with eyes
gold. the third an emerald cup. a
the fourth a mans head with ru
eyes set in the green surface. W
none OF these. senior. are we C
cerned.
The hfth and The most beauti
OF all was a great bell. made Of SO
Rmavald. that stood, perhaps-so Il