The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-08
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viii be big" Concordla murmurcd
with equal lazlncsn
Aud upon their nntonlshed gaze.
even As they looked. arose up out
Of the brown depths great white
hound. They ierkcd their poles up
and behind them on the bank. threw
their arms about each other, and
watched the hound gain the shore
at the lower end Of the eddy climb
I tho sloping hank. pause 60 shake
/ himself and then disappear among
T the trees.
Nicota and Concordia giggled.
TRY Il again" Concordia urged
! No. you this time. And see what
/ YOU cnn bring up"
quite unbclleving. Concordln tossed
T In "a clod Of earth. And almost i'm
mcdiately helmetcd head arose on
7 the flood ClutchinE each other wort,
I tightly they watched tho man un.
{ der the helmet gain the shore whore
The hound had landed and disnp
+ pear into the forest.
/ Again the two Indian girls gir
glvd. but this time. urge as they
would. neither could raise the cour
hEc to throw anything into the Wa
I ter
Some time later. stili Riggllne over
tho strange occurrences. they were
+ eHpied los two young Indian men who
were hugFinF the bank as they pad
I died their canoe up against the
stream
what makes you laugh" one Of
them greeted
/ We have been seeing things.
/ Nicoya gurgied down To them.
Then have SOS boon drinking
I pulquo the Young man charged
7 Both girls shook their heads and
I Concoriia said.
I'VE don't have 10 drink % SEQ
Z things FIRST when Nicoya threw
/ IN banana akin We Jaw "a dog come
! ~ out 81 the water "a white dos
that was as big as a tiger 81 the
mountains"
\ Day 81 Miracles
And when Concordia threw IN a
clod the other Girl took up the tale
"up camo man wlth head ~
! HNW IT ~ fANNHf AHlAhRA AAA NNA-a
/ I can work magic
Jose. one 81 the Indians nj
I dr~nucd hla mate. "thlu merits a
Z drink"
And each ln turn. while the other
I with his paddle held tho canoe va
Z place took nwig from square
face Holland Gin bottle par; FUN ~
pulque
40 raid lose when the girls Ind
begged him fuf q drink 'One drink
~ pulau- and sou might He. more
white dogs na blk AZ tigers or more
iron headed men
IAN right" Slcoya accepted the
rebuff Then do you throw ln yo''r
pulqur bottle and sec what YOU viii
sNr We draw a dog and a man
Your prize may b. tho down"
- should Ike 20 80" tho devil.
said jose. taking another drain Al
tho bottle "Tho pulqtse ~ a tru'
fire % bravery. should very muci
like to ser tho devil"
tie passed the bottle 20 hts com
pauion with e gesture 60 finish a.
Now throw u into tho water. .
jose commanded
The empty bottle struck with 3
forcrfui spaHh. and the ovoklnE wai
realized with startling immodiacl
for up 10 the surface fioated th'
monHtroua. hairy body ~ the nlnif
spider. which was too much for or
binary Indian flesh and blood. 81
suddenly did both young men rccui
from tho sight that they capslzcs
the canoe. when their head
emerged from the water they struci
out Tor the swift current. and wcr'
swiftly borne down stream. followct
more slowly hy tho swnmped canoe
SlcnsR and Concnrdia had bcc'
too frightened TO RiEEls. They hol,
on 20 each other and waited. watch
INK tho magic water and out Of tn
tails ~ their eyes observing th'
frightened young men capture th'
canoe. tow II TO shore and run GU
and hide on the hank
The afternoon sun was getting low
in the sky er. the girls summoned
courage again 20 evoke tho magi'
water. only after much discussion
did they agree both to fling IN clodi
% earth at the same time And NJ
arose man and a woman Fran
els and tho Queen. Tho girls fci
over backward ln tho bushes ans
were themselves unobservcd as theS
watched Francis swim with tbs
Queen 70 the shore.
1T may Just have happencd-ai
these things may just have hap
pened NJ tho very times We throw
things In the water" Nicoya whis
pcred to Concordia five minutes
later.
But when We threw ono thing In
only one came up" Concordin ar
guod And when we threw two
two came up"
VERY we'll" said Nlcoyn. let rs
now prove u Let us try again. both
Of W.. II nothing comes IN then
have wc no power Of magic
/ Together they threw In clods. and
IN rose another man and woman.
/ But this pair Henry and Leonlcn,
could swim. and they swan side by
/ side To the natural landing place.
and like the rest that had preceded
them. passed on out OF sight among
/ tho trees.
4 Long the two Indian girls fingered.
/ For they had agreed TO throw moth
/ ing. and. N something arose. then
{ would coincidence bc proved. But II
/ nothing arose. because nothing fur.
/ thor was by them evoked, they could
only conclude that the magic was
truly theirs
They lay hidden and watched tho
water until darkness hid II from
their eyes. and. slowly and soberly.
they took the trail back TO their
| village. overcome by an awarcness
/ OF having been blessed by the gods.
CHAPTER xxi