Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 8 September 1899 — Page 11
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LIGHT BRAHMAS
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Orawfordsvlile. Ind. ree^e trough
Bree^,erand,Sh| thoroughbred POLAND CHINA hogs,B.P.Rocks. Stock ano Eggs -for sale.
INA hogs, B. P. Eggs fc 15,
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FARMERS and HORSEHEN.
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Then Guatcmoc toc.k torches in his hand and was lowered into the shaft by a rppc. Next came m.v turn, and down I went, hanging to the cord like a stfglsiV'to itiC thread, and the whole was very "deep. At length I found myself standing 'by the side of Guatcmoc sit the foot of tho shaft,
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*THe3' bjlcics
of man,abovc
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wgatm«Awlt41k4 (^s.^iKivvTii')Mi.\-»cllMtrKk
treasure in tiie first year of Cuitlahua, emperor of .-Mexico, and aim most fearful curse on himshon!:l"iinTit: to steal it. Beyond us and at riyhft finales to the shaft ran another passage'), paces fn length anil^lngii euenigh^fifr fii mair to" wal-k in,'which Ird- tt chtrirfhcr hollowed in tiie can h,
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l.v.'go as liiai, wherein 1'
•write f5ilay iff Ditchfegiiain.. "®y
irlactd-
rhat undergroiiiul vtmlt at Hovillo where Isabella do .Sigui-iisa was briukotl up living. .his pi«e??'i askwl.
ThSEie whTfeltKtnr noCTM||^ l.lnyS^^ lyi'P^d (j •, lljrtj JE 'oflr^oimfSffjIon. No' *!r" hijjge„vqu bp.
brother,
reason lor an."thing that 1 may Bet oxv Jt-coniar^^qiaarT^rir^o~Aiz{^" noble was a^t pyr side. Then thgso above be®ttt
Jo
Jo^rerjthe j&rffMdjKclj^of trea|-
onS and is -tlify
n-aol/ed wi ^io
by oic
Chat«mo^ looted the ropi's'aiiri cheeked" tlieiu, while the Aztoc and I roUod them down "the pat-rage into thu cliaitibcr, as here in Englautl.irien roll a ojisk of ale. For two hours am in ore wo. worked till at length all were dowiiL and t.lic tulo was ciiiplere. The i.isr parcel to lo lowered was a siiek of- jewels that' burst oi«m as it came and deseei.ded upon .us in a glittering rain of L't-ins. Ap it chained, i), great nc.-klace of invetaldf of surpiif-.sing size and l.'«:my-f-il hh-ot
iny head and huhg:
upon i»iy shoylderf. ..«« Ktvp it, brutlit-flr-," laughed Gimteinoc., ••in im-iiHity of ti.is night," n.ntl, nothing loath. l"hfll t!te lunitile in my breast. Thai ntxiklat-e I hnro yet, and a siuik of ltr—tlusiaallcsc Pave oiie—I gavw to imr gracicaisi Queen .Oiwu'iic wonji^foivniani' vtars, and for this mtaoh it siiaTfAjTiurred .vith mc, Tho'ugli irfc value i« i'Vii'^fess, pf/ say tlibse who are skilled in B«tr priwless, or no it.is doomed t«:lio in the nu'ld of Dui-hyigjiaiii churchyard j^id may that'sariie curse which is grjived'upoh the ffoiie* t'b'af hides tl^"lrrjfstiVo:6t the Aztl-e* falls upon bbn who «t»lii.ibfrHjn lay, biaies. ... ', ,. ,lLr.
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N'ow, leaving.tiie haiubcr, wo three en u-mi'"t"he timnel and beghtrtiuV work of building-{ho adAlxwall. \Vhtn it, was of a: height
U4\x«jn
:tym
natiiliree feet,
Giir.tejiioe jjau^pd frcm.liis labor.tiu^fjt^dq lhe hold a toi-cli alfft. ol)e.ye^ woiidferr iiig Vpljfet'WSvMvwi tb-seo' 1'Seti He*3r£cf buck Foruptim-e QHassinto.Ua tnnncl and. epoko to the Aztec iipbljv our copjjHjniQi}.. I5y name!
1 1
"What is flie fat?*jf discbf»ed frattbi%/ friendJV he Faidjin a voice that, _quiet though it Wiift, ^umlud-very.terrible, iiud ais h_c sjjolio hclooiel from his side the wajrclulsct with
:l])ikt«"
or -glaS that htafr
tew by a-thortg.: ?si Now the jizj^c turned gray beneath hie, du.sky.skiu an^tjruiblcdin his fc^r.
VThitt inean yont 16r2?"".tfd grispcl
SKYoii
know Veil 4irhat I raeanl,r Aiisever
ed Gmuemoc in the sjano tcTriblo voice, JU)d,lifted tliu TLen \.he dpoir,ai man fell "upon his kne^s c^fiig fd/ ana his'Mfiing sounded soijfwftil Inf tHat defep^nnd fobely pl»ce tbat-.inrtns li9«»r I weu^DQac to let in ii to a '"To a foe 1 can giyo incKiy^-'te ait&aife'r none,'-'t'nhiw^t^d Guatbmcfc, Antf whiit&g the- chib.?aloftr«iie Taaiicd upea thanoble and kinetL^iun w-itib .^Jow. ficn eelsing the ,b«dy in his gtrong Wnbraco .hjo'cast it into tnfe CTiarhtiet^wlth* thb'trcMiQre, aifd"
SX*«t£&!8 SMWS
aa tJroagh iho-jiead man%suid:.cbBprthem to his heart^i: ,jr«: •. ii.w: ec. Xo\Vj, 1 looked /vt GtiatcniOBj-who Jiad slain hiuv, wondering if'my hour vms at lmndalso, .for ldi^r wcil.Vfhut. ^-hcS princes. th.t few should share tho secret. "'Pair not, my brother," said Guato moc. ••JJstien. This man was'a thief, a dastard and traitor. As Wo know now, lie strbve twice* to bctrrty us Nytho Teulcs. More, it was his plan to sliow. thls nest of yealth to tlieni should they return again and to share the spoil. All this we learned froiy a wp?iian whonj'hc thought hla lovo, but who was in truth a spy. set to worm herself into the secrets of his wickcd liciut. Now lor hinntfffefrirts-flir-of-stmt—l^ook how ho grips-iteven in death a white man could not hug the stuff inoro closely toliiC breast. Ah, Teule, would that tho soil of Auahuac bore' naught but coyu for broad »md Hint and copper for tiie points of spears and iirrows thcn.liad her sons been free.forever. Curses on yonder dfcoss, for it is the bait that, sots theso «Ca sharks tearing at our throats. Curses on it, Isay! May it never glitter more in tho^unshinc may it be lost fonjvcrJ1' And ho fell florccly to the worfc of building «p the wall..
Soon iVwas almost done1,'l^tit befdro we set the last bricks, wJilch wcrfi. shaped in squares like the "clay -luiup tliat we use for the building of farmeries and hinds' lidfuses in Norfolk, I thrust a.tc^li.tliEaugh'tho, opening aiid looked for the last tunp at the treasure cliambor that was'also a' doadhouse. Thcre lay the glitjtcring' gcins, there, stood upon a jar, gleamed the .golden head of Montezuma, of which the emerald eyes sc6mdd to glarQ at me,.' aiid there, his -back, resting against.this same jar and his arms encircling, two others to the right and left, was tiie dead niun. But ho was no longer dead, or 6o it scorned to me—at .the least his eyes that were «liut had opeuetl, and they stared lit me like the emerald eyes of the goldcn statud above him, only morojCearfully.
Very hastily I withdrew tho torch, ami we finished in silence. When it was done, wo withdrew to tho. end of the passage and looked up tho shaft, and I for ono was glad to see tho stars shining fai heaven above me. Then wo mado a double loop in tho rope, and at a signal were hauled up till we hung over tho ledgo where the black mass of marble rested, tho tombstone of Montezuma's treasure and of him who sleeps among it.'
This stone, that was nicely balanced, wo pushed with our hands and feet till praeontly lfc-Xoll -forward- with-a heavy sound, and catching on tho ridge of brick Which had boon preparcd-to recfclve its-shut
powc ... ..... .... TjEta fve JvvfcnJ. dfraggc® t§) dnd-3»Sne to tfeoSsidtx^coJor. tjjfc |arth in &if<iby. y^' ]$o^f. (^eiask&i cif th¥f|Vatt^ noqlo who, iftid goiie flo\^i%ith us|ad(d returned no '^orer' •'Ho has chosen to stay and watch tljq treasure, like a good and loyal«man, till such time as his king needs it," answercct-
Guatcmoc gri inly, and tho listeners nod*. |dcdj unfici3^mU)ig|ill.^ 53 i.J
Tlicn they fell to and filled up the nqr"' row shaft with the earth that lay ready,, voj^iing js'lthout cease, and the da\Vn ^bTOkosTOfij rc_t'hc task was finished. Wh(rf at length titie noie was f'ull, one of ourcoin» at taar
f'A
tercd them on tliffuafked earth aiso he two young,*1 yes JJiat-hc.4iafl bpouKhtAvijli, hini.iii ^hc. .gci}ii ot'j-ttj3B sba& tiwiIgli^'Uy he did this I do not know unless it was "tomerktlie'spoE- AIT bcirfgdone, wegaffiercd up the ropes and tools, and embarking in the canoes came back to Mcxico iu the morning, leaving the cauoes at a landing place outside the city and finding our way to our homes by ones and twos, as we thought, unnoticed of any.
Thus it was that I helped in the burying of Monts-zuina's treasure, for the sake of which was destined to suffer toniiic in days to come. Whether any will help to unbury it I do not know, but till I left the land of Anahuac the secret had been kept, and 1 think that then, except mv self, all those were dead who labored with me at this task. It chanced that I piissed the spot as I cjune down to Mexico for the last time land knew it again by the two trees that, were growing tall and strong, and as 1 went bv~with Spaniards at niy sido I swore in roy heart that they should never finger the gold by my help. It is for this reason that even now 1 do not write of the exact bearings of the place where it lies buried \yith the bones cf the traitor, though I know them well enough, seeing that in duys to come what I set down here might fall into the hands of one of their nation.
And now, before 1 go on to speak Of the siege of Mexico, I must .tell of one more matter—ur.mely, of how I.and Otouue, my wife, went up aiaon^ the people of the OUniie and won a gn^at'number of thein Had to their iillfgiitnee-to th "'Aztec"Crown: It- liuisti Tie kiiowii -'ifTisy tale-hob'hot made this cltttr a! ?e itiy, r.hivt,- tho A sStee pdwor wj'.s not oftone pcopte-liur built r.p'of scv* eraJ. ar.d *imsucroitniliiig it.wore many other tribes, somTTiBf "Whom were in aliianco with jorssuBjoc?fo it^ and soin^.of th6m" wttc its"dea"ftl^ enemies. Such for insttrtice,-were tiie Tlascalans, a'small Itttt warlike-pcOpl&Jiviagbt^wecii Mexico and the coasts by w.hase help Corres overcaao Montezuma and .Guateinoc. Beyomi t|« Tlascalans and tot lie west .tiie great Otomie racci., lived qr lives among .its lnourir tains "Tliey arc a .braver nation tliah.thc Aztecs, sppaktrtg' ariothcr larigu&ge, of ii difTerefit blofrd rtndiiiade up of many clabs Sometimes11hfey were Siibj ect to the greai Azt-eo empiwy soroetimes in alliance and sometimes at ^pen war with it and in clcwe friendship yitli tho Tlasealans. It was to draw the-tie ^Icfser Ijctyeep tiie Aztecs arid the OtQimes, ^Kp,w^,ta(tJip.^^itj
clan^ apoiO'tto-BsoBl*' Vt *Ipg^mdj that Montezuma took ta^wife the daughter and
Wj^ngr JCly? ladj^li«l ia^^bkth, aM her chlffwas otoiiue i^yAyiTe, hfereiilGiry princess of the ptoOToT- 'Sut^fliou^ h^Tjink grralt ^fco^fig ii^^inotlier's people^tts fjseS-OWrtrue baiH "vtiUtfed^fticni btJ^jtTOceyianttiMcn asm chikl.: Still she was well skilled in their language andrW$-T tpius, havi^ig bo^a jjrough t4up: nurses ariijl tutors o|^lui'jbribeg« frpni ^ici}"s"ha drdW'af'gtPa_t^rcyc|yVe every' ycjivr §nQ'oyo:ri ^from she cSbrcj^ed' nufu^ rplfe «H»yd-4 ty thafr wcr5 feiiti6r?d 'to'-hcrfar niorefree ly than they had been to Montezuma,4itSri father,- axsr vm.'t"
Now, as bas"-l)cjn- saiaa, .«onie:of, tbesq, Otomie clanjS hal- joined tJio Tlascalans, and as" their,, allies had token ?part iiuthe. war on the side "^f„ the gpaiutirds thehj-' fore it was decided at a solemn council that Otomic and I hor hufeband, should go on an embtissy^to the chief .town of the nation, that was known as, tlte City of Pines, and sta,i\:o to-vpin it back to..'thy. Aztec standaixl,
Accordingly, heralds liaying been sent before us, wo staTtcd upon otir jonrney, not knowing how wo Should be receivinl at tho end oOt^.JSaiuught--days wo trav cled in great pomp and with an ever increasing* escort, for when the tribes of the Otomie- learned that their princess was come to visit them in person, bringing, with her hor husband, a man of the Teules who haft espoused the Aztco cause, they flocked in vast numbers to swell her retinue, so that it came to pass that before wb reached tho City of Pines .we were accompanied by an army of at least 10,000 mountaineers, great men and. wily,,who mado a.savage music as we marched. But with them and with their chiefs as yet we held no convcrse^xcept-by way of formal greeting, though every morning when we started on 6iu« journey, Otomic in a litter and Ion a horse tliat had been captiired from tho Spaniards, they set up shouts of salutation and made tho mountains ring Ever as we went tho land, liko its people, grew wilder and more beautiful, for now wo were passing through forests clad with oak and piuo and with many a. lovely plant and fern. Sometimes we crossed great and sparkling rivers, and sometimes we wended through gorges and passes of tho mountain^- biit cyeiy hour we mount
ed higher 1111 at length Tao clim'ato "became like that of England, only far more bright. At last, on tlio eighth day, we passed through a gorge riven in tlio red rock, which was so narrow in placcs that threo horsemen could scarcely have ridden there abreast. This gorge, that is five miles long, is tho high road to the City of Pines, to which there was no other acccss except by sccret paths across tho mountains, and on cither sido of it aro sheer and towering cliffs that $iso to heights of between 1,000 and 2.000 foot. "Here is a pluco wbero a hundred men might hold an army at bay," I said to Otooiie. little knowing that it would be my
task to do. so in a d«jy xoxome. P-rescntly ttie ^gorgo took a furn", and 1 reined up amazed,- for before me was tho City of Pine? in all its beauty. The city lay in a wheel shaped plain that may measure 1 .\ miles across, and all around this plain ure mountains clad to their summits with forests of oak'and cedar trees. At tho back of tho city and in the center of the. ring of mountains is one, however, that is not green with foliago, but black with lava, and abovo the lava white with snow, over which again hangs a pillar of smoke by day and a pillar of firo by night. This was th.-} volcano Xaca, or the Queen, and though it is not 6o loity as its sisters,
Erizaba,
Popo aod Jxtac, to my mind it
the loveliest of them all, both becausc of its perfect shape and of the colors—purple and blue—of tjhe 'ftrq^" that it sends forth at ri'iglit or.^hen its heart is troubled. The Otomic^ worshiped this mountain as a god, offering human sacrifice to it, which was iiotwondcrful^rior once the lava pouring from its bowels?, cut a path tlirpugli the Pities-, alsoklicy think it hoiy.luid. liiuioted) so t^iat none dare set footupon its loftier
BUOWS.
N^terthelcss
I was dcit-ined to climb them—i'hnd one other. Now, in the lap of this ring of-4uoun-tains and watched over by the mighty Xa ca, clad in -its' robe of snow, its cap of smoke aiid"tts*crown of fire, lies,
Or"
lay.
the City of Pines, fJr now it is a ruin, or so I left it. As to.the .city itself it-was not so large as sonije others that Lliaye seen in Anahuac, having only a population of some thirty and five thousand spiels, since 'the Otomio, being a race of niountaiiiecrs, did not desire to dwell iij cities. Bdt if it was not great it'was'onc of the most beautiful Of Indian towns, 'being laid out in straight streets that met at tlio square in its center. All along these streets were houscsT.each standing in a garden and fur the most part built of blocks of lava and roofed with cement of white lime. In the midst of the square stood the teocalli, or pyramid of worship, crowned with temples that were garnished with ropes of skulls, while beyond the pyramid and facing it was the palace, the home of Otomie's forefathers, a long, low and very ancient building, having many courts and .sculptured everywhere with snakes and grinning gods. .Both the palace and the pyramid were cased with a liiie white stone that shone like silver in the sunlight and contrasted strangely with the dark -hued houses that were built of lavH.
Passing from the mouth of the gorge, we. travelc-d some miles across the plain, every foot of which was cultivated with corn, maguey or aloe and other Crops, tili we came to one of the four gates of the city. Entering it, .we found'the flat raoti oil either side^f the wide street crowded with women and: children,1 who threw flowers on us as-'-we passed and cried: "Welcome, princess! Welcome, Otoinie, princess .of the Otoiuie!" And when at length we lcachcd the great square it .seemed as though all the.inen in Anahuac were gathered there, and tlicy, too, took up the cry of ''Welcome, Otomie, princess of the Otoiuie!" tillk the earth shook with thfe sound. Me also--they 6aluted as'I passed by .touching .the earth with.-their: rigjjfc bands ,and thep.. holding- the band abovp the heail, but I tliini that .t iie Jiorsc I .rode caused them nicre woijder than I did, for the rabsti of them liad never seen'a horse and looked on it as'a monster-or a demon'. So wfcit on through the shouting mass, followed and preceded by thousands of watriors, mariy-bf them decked in'glittering feathermailand bearing broidered banners, till we had passed the pyramid,where I saw the priests at their cruel work above us, and'were come1 to' the 'palace' gates. Andherei, in a strange chamber sculptured with-'grinning demons, we found rest for awhile.
On the morrow to the great ball of the palace wan held a council of the chiefs and-.headipep.of the Otomie clans to ti*o number of 100 or more. When all were gathered, dresstd, as an Aztec'noble of the first tank, came out" With Otoinie, who wore royal robes and looked most beautiful in thein and tiie council rose to greet us. 'Otomie obade- them be seated and.adre be us "Hearr me, yon chiefs and captains my mother's cace, who am .your princess by ^ght jpf blood, .the Jast of your .ancient rulers, and, wlip am, morgoyer, .the daugli ter of "Montezuma, emperor of Anahuac," now'dead to fas, but livmcvermore in the a ihhnsioiis of the.sun. ""First, I-present1 to j'ou this, nly hilsband, tho 'Lord: Tfenle, to" whom was given in .inarriage.-when he held the. spirit pf Jhs -«od Tezeat^ and yvhom, when he luyl passed, the altaj? oJ the god', beiii^ chosen ,by heaven tip ajd us in our'war 1 wedded "anew after the fashion of1 the earth arid' bythe will of liiy royal -brethren:'-"-Kndw'f ehibfs "tind tains,' that this lord,: my husband is not of our Indian blood, nor is "he. altogether of-th»bl^.ot^e-Teulc{v--with-whom we are at war, Iut ratTier of that of the true children of Quetzalg^ae dwcllreffljin aJar off northern sea, who»e f^ssoffieRT^KSr.
And as they are foe® so 5, %j^lOT^is their foe, and, as doub||esi||rcgt lilyo liofrd, of all the deeds of amis i^t g-ere •firOTgl upon tho night of the ^ayil^g^f th^'l^jgir-s none were greater than his,"and it^vas he
ancie
scngt^. iycfii 1^ Quitln|ua, ttfer^aili i^y K»rd, ajiccrtaib &wfter.
Our king lias heard, and I also have heard with sliamc, that many of tho warrlofs of our. WoodJiaye joined. thejTlg^scalan% who •were eyer/, foe§ to-the Aztecs,. i,U| their ..unholy ^ian.w wit^i ti^e .,Teulcti, Xow for aw|iile t^) white in(Bn.^iM~ beaten back, bi^^^^ye-t^el»Bd'^ie,Jgp|d they covet, anJ they-will •return again iike bees.to a hafif dtiii)cl fjoyrer. They, will return, yett.-,ot.,ffioiyselv^ .they *»n ,do nothing againsfcjthe jgioi^'jof l^io^tiitian. _Putjiiow shjjjlj.t, ^b,i.''"witli.: tJipm come thpuqands and.tens of thpusands pf tiie .ljidiau ieoplqsf ..r.kiiow weli that npjv in this time of trouble, when-kingdoni6 crumble. When tho air is full of ,.po,rtenta. and \the-very, gods seem impotent, ..tlicre iire many who wctald
rseKo- :tlie
~niomentyarid! tiirn it to
their profit. There tiro many "lncn and tribes who'1 Wrii^mber irincteht wars and wrongs,1 and who cryr 'Now is the hour cf verigei*nco. NoSy wo wiH'thihk on tho V\ idows that the Aztec spears have made, ob the tribute 'which they luive wrung from our poverty to swell their wealth and on the captives who liava dccked the altars of their sacrifice!' "Is it not' so? Aye, ib is so, and I cannot wonder at it. Yet I ask you to remember this—that the yoke you would help to set upon the neck of tho queen of cities will lit your jjeck also. Oil,, foolish men, do you think that- you shall bo spared when by your aid Tenoctitlan is a ruin and tho Aztecs arc no.more people? I say to you, never! The sticks that the Teifles use to .beat shall bo broken one by one and cast into the firo to burn. If tho Aatecs fall, then, eariy or lute, every"tribe witiUji thisi' wido hind shall fall. They shall be slain, their cities shall be stamped fiat, their woulth shall be wrung from thun,andj|ttttlr
children-shall eat the bread of slavery and drink the water of affliction. Choose, ye people of the Otomi^. Will you stand by the men of your own customs and country, though they have been your foes at times, or will you throw in your lot with the stranger? Choose, ye people of the Otomie, and know this—that on your choice and that of the other men of Anahuac depends the fate of Anahuac... I am, your princess, and you should obcy .mc, but. today I issue iio eomjnand. I say choose between tlio alliance of tho Aztec and the yoke of the Teule, and may the God above tho gods, the Almighty, tho invisible God, direct yoqr choice."
OtOmio ccasea, anu a murnrar or applause went round the hall. Alas, I can do no justice to the fire of her words any more than I can describe tho dignity and lovflliness of her person as it seemed in that hour! But 'they W-ent to tho hearts of the rude chieftains wlip listened.. Many of them despised tiie Aztecs as a womanish people of the plains,and the lakeg, a people of commerce.. Many, of them had blood feuds againSt them dai.ing back for generations. But Still' they krieW that their princess spoke truth, and that thetriuiuph of the Teule fy,^ .Tenoctitlan. \yot|Jd mean his triumph over every city throughoutthe land. So then and therc they chose, though in after days in tho stress of ^defeat and trouble many went back upon theit choice, as is tho fashion of nien '"Otomie," cried the spokesnian after they had .taken, counsel together,'? we have chosen. Princess, your words •:have .conquered us. We throw in our lot with the Aztecs and will fight to tho last for freedom froifi the Tetrle.1" "Now
sCe
that ypu are indeed my peo
ple, and 1 aiii indeed your ruler," answered Otomie. "So the great lords who are gone, my forefathers, your chieftains, would have spoken in alike case. May you never regret this choice, my brethren, men of the Otpmle."
And so ii cahie to pass that when we left the City of. Pines we took from it to Cuitlahua, the-emperor, a promise.of an army iof 20, 000 men vowed to serve him to the death in hiswttragainstt-he Spaniard.
A 1 E
THE CROWXIXG OF GiUATEMOC. I i' Our busiiK^s witli tbe pcoplo 'of the_0torn ie being ended fof awhHe, wo returned to tho city of .Tenoctitlan, whlcffwef^CKed safely, having been absGfijfca month and a d^g^au.w»s''3iBt:a little-time, and yet long enough for 'frcih sorrows to haWg fallen on that nipstiUiihtfppy io,wn|"fttnow tho AJmighty' had addc^r^th«?feiimens which wereilflid^ii^^fitft.jSheJiad tested of death Jby t^o sivciHof tiie ^vhite^teafi" now deatlyspis with ij^in%aot£a^j5tfg^ for the Sp^ijiartJBad bi^tight tiie fqul^ac^ ness-TOfEuTOge with" UiA, and snydlfb? raged thr^ugho^tt tiie Iancir —'Day by-jiiy thousands jfeJightSLof itifor tjieseignorant people tre£lttdth'5"plag^oTTy pourtijg''C6'rd water upon th^rTjodies of thg^etnitten, driving tiie fever inwaitf-to'the'VitaiiSjo that within two days th(^ nidst'bf'vS^^ [This treatment is followed anibn'i a ,.TtTs iiiVji..
died. the Ifld'Miili'Sf'" Mexico to tMs da£ bii't'if thn writer 'nay whuf: l,n Y,nn&*i tlu|t ..cojinjtry.. the patiqnt is JietgfBi&ly ctfreiTby ftt]
It was pitiful see tlieiii maddened with suffering* ^Uiev wandered to and fro about 'tiie" streets, spreafing the dis-
:ti^pelt'fa'i!:iind*^rder:'l^iey \v¥ie-'fylh^in
the Ii0«sftg(sth8y lay deacpiiy conipftnTeS irf thamarket places awaiting burial, locftaio siekn^sgj-took jtS,tqlLxf evMy^ajmlyj the v«a}vp4este wem"smitte}i by*|tat th^lt^
.. gwuo. j-»uu tuy uiav la still to tcH. 'Gnitliihna, fh'e'em'pertir wj^strucfe-doWH-bytheiHiies ?,- 'andwlien' tSe 'reached the 'City "hoklay.-: dyl ngi Still he -aesfrcd see usijtmd sent com maude that we should! be brought to his bedside,- :. ?a !Caijt g|d I pray Otomie not to obey. She, who was' without fear —ltrnghed~at—me, saying
What? my trusbohd, shall I"shrtnb from uiou -fltust. face?
SJut-the hiaurriiiig was iot"fof'iong, for in the urgcncy of the times it, was necessary that anew emperor should bo crowned to ,takf command of the armies and rule the nation. Therefore on tho morrow of the burial of Cuitlahua the council of tho four electors was convened and with them lesser nobles and princes to the numbec, of 300,-.and J, among them in tho right of my rank as general and as husband of the -Princess Otomie.- There was no great need of dellberationJndeed, for though the names of. eeyeral ^were mentioned the princ&s kn6w there%eas-but one man who by birth, by courage and nobility of mind was'fltfed to'fcope with the troubles of the nation. That man was .Guatcmoc, my. fri«iid«aiKl—bioodbcothei^.the-nephew oi. the.GVQ_.last,emperors and .the husband of mynrifc.'B Kftit^r, Mfinte^fhia's, daughter/ Tecuichpo. All knew it, I say, except, strangely eyiiughf Qiiivtemoc Jrtiiself, for as we passedjiytfi AefcopnclH^ nkmed two other princes,"S&ying tlfaf^'iChout doubt •iiiE-.-betwoBcn tliem.. .....
It was a splendid iUHl .solemn sight, that Kathegjjcw^ fgwoat iaBdSfAhe-alacW, ore, dressgd jn JheiCj magnlficMnt" «bes. asuho^ffie l^sep^BitCiljal 300 lords ajid princcs, Ayhosat without the circlc, but "Tii'iie&rfng of all Uwt passed. Very solemn alsb'^as 'the grayer of the
taft,ftt,.gQld heiTthe ingtrfiTfest hadTrrade an ert3'? of hisf. pmyser,.ftltp^lit^bfr'the four^great electors fise, .saving: '•(Guatcmoc, iixthenameOf Godand"witli the v6iCtf of 'tlte" people1 of Anahuac,- wesumm3n(1^ou"
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TKCome,
1© us
go and make legOTtofj^ur.jpis^e^.ifjtlje wili^'fie"cause' my fiour ias cpnie." ..
Sot!iwe 4«yif'a^%«»e0'ti&B&ed inte
sheet te theugh"lie%ere-SlreSa3fy dead^aaawith incense burning ronnti&itnlfeigoMeif censors. When we entered, he was in a stupor, but"-pre£ently«he^ awoke, and it .was a^ougoed ^^ipi^th^^w^ waited, spring.
xuu uuu uje man evu case, lor my aays ar^iftnfS^Ted pestiJencte of ffie'Terules slays -r%'dse rTtflioMi "Chetf -'swoMsP spared Soon another"monarch must take my throne, as I «otibtyJir¥ fat-b'er'ft, and I do nofcaltogether gnerey for on him will rest the glory and the burden of tJie-.lagt fighfc of .the Aztecs., Your report, niece,: leitrine hcar^t s^yiftlyrT ,^iat^the claiis of.the Otomie, j-our yasiala.?" lord,-" &femie a'nswerecl7speaking
"My lord,-" Otomic answered, speaking Ittimtty-rmti-vrftlr bowcil hcadT- ixiay this' distemper leave you, and may you live to reigt6ovef| us3or My my l^isba^d ^eailef iui® I iittc won the lftost fnrt^o|. tkp J^plejOT tho Ob to ot$ caifec |»iid An arr 20%£{® iiKSli SFaltaf upon
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word tnfft' When tliosc aro "Spent there inoix^rojoilovy." ... donCj. djJU-rhtar dT ^cptczuma, $fM ^»ita^ah,^:'%a^fedrf^ie dying "ft The gfitls wero" wise :^ien they .Jou bo£}i \iponrthe$ttnejiof sacri:fice, and 1 was fbolisii wheii X.'wPuld have
Ueinyou, Teule. To you and all I say be o? a steadfast heart, and if you must die then die^ with hopor. The fruy drawst»W but I -shall^4pt yjare fCand whoskiwiiij its end?"
Now he aysHen trfor awh rle tluan of a .sudden, tliough an inspirationliaa sei^ ed liini, he cast the sheet from his face and sat up, upon lys couch mQAto^nt se^. for. ,the pestilence, hadi^ione it* w^w \yitji him., "Alas," lie wailed,- ''and alasl I see the streets of Tenoctitlan red wlti blood and fire. I sec her dead piled up in heaps, and. the horses of the,Teules trample them1 see the spirit of my people, and hec voice: is sighing, and her neck is heavy with Chains. The children ararfSft&Tbecause of tiie evil of the fathers ,- life are doomed, people of Anahuac, whom I would hkve nurtured as an eaglo nurtuics" her young. Hell yawns for you, and earth refuses you because of your sins, and the remnant that remains shall bo slaves from generation to generation till the vengeance is accomplished."
Having cried thus with a great voice, Cuitlahua fell back upon the cushions, and before the frigh toned lcCch who tended him could lift his hvstd he had passed beyond the troubles of this earth. But tho words whifeli lie had spoken remained fixed in the hearts of those who heard them, though they were told to none except to Guatemoo.
Thus, then, in my presence and in that of Otomie died Cuitlahua. emperor of the Aztccs, when he had reigned but 16 weeks. Once more tlm nation, moaraed its king, the chief of many a thousand of it* cSildren whom the pestilence swept with Jiiiu to the "mansion* of the sun" or perchance to tbe "darkness behind th* stars."
"the throne'of Anahuac.
Long may yoti live, and justly may you rule, and may the glory be yours of beating back into the sea those foes who would, 1 d@gsyytis.""tinti TO'yotrp&uatemoe, eo*perpjf of the Aztecs and of their vassal, tribra." A.nd ail the 300 of the council of corifl-rmation repeated ili a voice of thunder,11 to you, Guateinoc, emperor!" j^ojv the princa Jjinifelf stood forward^antffcpoke: ii "T.
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You lords of election and you, princes, generals, nobles and captains of the council of confirmation, hear me. None can say what thu gods have in-store for us. It may be victory, .or. it may be destruction, hut be: it triumph or death, let us swear great oath togetlier, my people and my bteUiren. Let us swear to fight the Teules arirl-the traitdrs whtf ""alct them,-for otir citia6,Jbuur~hedft^s in^ opjatfiars, tailtttf dtfr^-araSt-snmk-nigS rtjln^ tHl-il»,iifeaiSia are cumbered w-ith Aheir deatl and.tbe al-
sihipers. So, if we are destined to conquer, ofl# idiUKiph,sl«alL'e.ira$dc sni.v,-and-if ^SJT.v are doomed to fail, at least there will'"be av«? story to be tOjl^of-ens. Dojrou swear, my people aiid iny brethren fri 21 ."We swear," they answered, with shout.
It is well,'V^Sra*:.1Gua^moc. •••"And ihim".
now may everl who breaks thi: Thus/then, iS greatest the throne
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nur your life for i..,, _r.(i •'Peiice," I said and earner to her. It was too true. I, who am a physician, knew.the..svmptpms well. Indqe&thatfcife not bqen for .my skill Oto|iiie, wouldiiiaVo--died. Fo^idjiree long, weeks I fought with death at her bedside, and in the end I conquered. Tho fever left her, and, thanks to myTtS&Wuerije,* th^Jb li^Biiigre«car upon her lovely face. Inuring ei^it days her mind wandered without ceasing, and
while she did nothing but rave of Hie, the secret te¥ror'bf hcrI-h&rfr'wa§* afeelpsiod— that I should cease to care fSrtfer^-tbatlier wwht upon
I should leave he
should dra me back
4 ''How long have I lain ill, husband?" I told her, aqil,^e saii^Afli havo^ou mirsetl me all kfidltl ^ul a sickneaeo I Ll.I '"Yes, Otomie, I have tendetf you."
What have I done, that you 6hould bff s^ good to me?" sh^/murmured. Tliei^ some dreadful thought seemed to strike htr, for she moaned as though in pain and1 said: "'A
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Olanboea Kriu^dy— Read His Editorial.' From the TlmesiHlllsdale, Va I suffered with diarrlcei for along time and thought I was past beingicured I had spent much time ank money and buffered so much n«»wry' that I had almost decided to give nrf* hopes of rccoyefy «aistf await the n* Bult,-but noticing -vhe advertiaemeoV1 of Chamberlain't. Colic, Cholera and Dit|th®» :Rem®ijy ind also some tea-' tiinoniais stating how seme wonderful* cures had been wrought by this reme-
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