The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-26


He's right Leonica," Henry ad.
mittud.
Then win 30 back TO the high
cordlIlcrasl" the poem asserted. "oh.
YOU men ofthe Cruel Just one. take
me back 20 the Cordillernsw
Hut tho stern leader shook his
head.
Here you were released. Our or.
ders went no further. No further
Jurisdiction have We over you. We
shah now bid goodbye and depart"
Hold on Francis cried. pulling
out his check book and beginning
To write. wait moment. l must
settle for this peon now. Next. be-.
fore you depart. have favor TO
ask u you"
EASY TO SETTLE
lie passed the check 70 the hAci.
endado. saying;
4 have allowed 10 pesos for the
exchange"
The hacicndsdo glanced az the
check. folded 4, away IN his pocket
and placed the end Of the rope
around the wretched creatures neck
in Francis hand.
The pcon ~ now yours" he aid
Francis looked ~ the rope and
laughed.
Behold now own human
chat,el. slave. you are mine, my
property, now, do you understand"
Yes. senior" the pcon muttcrsd
humhiy 1T seems when | became
mad Tor tho woman gave up ms
freedom. for that God destined me al,
ways Aftcrward 20 be the property
Of some man. The Cruel Just one Is
right. II ID Gods punlahmcut for
mating outside my race"
you made slave OF yourself fer
what the world has always consid.
cred the best Of all causes a
woman" Francis observed. cutting
the thongs that bound the poems
hands. And $40, make a present
II you 20 yourself" 30 saying. hs
placed the neck.rope In the poems
hand. ''Heuceforth. lead yourself
and put not that rope ia ans mans
hand"
While the foregoing had been uk.
ms place, lean old man. on foot.
had noiselenaly joined the circle.
Maya Indian he was. pure biooaled.
with ribs that corrugated mainly
thru hls parchment like skin. only
brecch .clout covered his nakcdneas.
IFS unkcmpt hair hung Ia dirty gray
tangles about his face. which was
high checked and cnacisted To cadav.
erousnesa
strings Of muscles showed for hia
calves and blccps. a few scattered
Hnags OF teeth were Visible between
hi. withered iipa The hollows under
his check bones were prodigaous
While his eyes. beads Of black. tsecp-
sunk in their sockets. burned with
the wild light OF patient In fever.
lie slipped eel like thru the circle
and claapcd the peon In his skeleton.
like arms.
''ie Is my fatherr' proclaimed the
pecn. proudly. Look at hint Ito il
pure Maya. and he knows the secrets
Of the Mayaz"
And while the two reunited ones
talked endless explanations. Francis
preferred his request to the sackcioth
leader TO find Enrico Solano and his
two sons wandering somewhere In
the mountains. and 20 tell them that
they were free OF all claims OF the
law and 10 return home.
''Thcy have done no wrongy" the
leader demanded.
mo, they have done no wrong"
Francis assured him.
Then II Is well. promise you TO
find them Immediately, for We know
the direction OF their wandering. and
to send them down to the coast 10
join YOU"
And In the meantime shall you be
my guests while you wait" the haci
endado invited eagerly. There Is a
freight schooncr at anchor in Juehi.
tan inlet now off my plantation. and
sailing for san Antonio. l can hold
her until tho noble Enrico and his
sons come down from the Cordll-
leras."
And Francis win pay the dcmur.
rage. OF courser' Henry interrupted
with "A sly sting that Leonica caught.
altho II missed Francis. who cried
Joyously:
"of course I viii, And II proves
my contcntiow that a checkbook is
pretty good to have anywhere"
To their surprise. when they had
parted from the sackcloth men, the
peon and his Indian father attached
themselves 10 the Morgans. and jour-
n eye d down thru the burning oil
fields 10 the plantation which had
been the scene Of the poems slavery.
Both father and son were unremIt-
ting In their devotion, first OF all 70
Francis. and next to Leonica and
Henry.
More than once they noted father
and son In long and earnest CONVEX
sations; and. after Enrico and his
sons had arrived. when the party
went down to the beach TO board the
waiting schooner. the peon and his
Maya parent followed along. Fran.
els easayed to say farewell to them
on the beach. but the peon stated
that the pair of them were likewise
Journeying on the schooner
81 have told you that was not a
poor man" the peon explained. after
they had drawn the party aside from
I h waiting sailors. This is true.
The hidden treasure OF the Mayas,
which the conquistadores and the
priests Of the lnquisitlon could never
find. IL In my keeping. Or. TO be
very true. is in my fathers keeping.
He IL the descendant. In the straight
line. from the ancient high priest Of
the Mayas.
"He Ia the laaf hiQh prt.at Ifo an1