The Syracuse Register, Volume 7, Number 43, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 3 September 1896 — Page 3

. HEART OFME WORLD? BY H- RIDER HAGQARD. I A Star?, From • Msaaserfot B*> ' twsth-d by an Old Jblkio InJUa t» Ills Priced and Cosradf. a» FngiUA* asaa 5 until jaata. ■ , ■ • : ■ ■ ' ■ «3 . ; ■■. . j Oopyruhted. MHi bjOJ Rider . CHAITr.R XXlJL—CfißnxtrD. “Did r.be then tell you why we fled?" Baked Maya. “Did she till you that she crept to tny Chtimlx-r like a thief in the tii: id. an I f, 1 m-the ■' Bet of tjuhr; i;iur ler on my eh'ild?" "No, !;■ ly. the t>*!d us nothing of ail '-this.- 11.dt jd. Ji. r i:.-;::u .;r wcs ;■*range,;! for so • fe, she y. •» reeovi r* d aotney ; ■ what die io./. ’ : !, -r words, and I Mid 1 **s. ' ' 1 ‘ «■” y A film bi • . ’■. -h t yJi •■- > _b, '' •>• Worst* |t / t 1 / b. . 1 • >u and' found ' you, ahd'tiow v.e nrresl y »". to answer ' bcf< re the c< ".nd! f r your great bins, in that yon fenrr bro’fop yipur. sofetnn O:.' -ly . •:/-.»« 1.-a'. .■ tlr- lard-. 11 <• :, cut ■TH e c.-u:.-'il and ■ bare nd<h !t '» si t j taking’ , wii'h y. ii "bi. : b tile Fib-arm-ent deliv< ; on v, i< :.i r -'.s the hope of . <> ,ir r *r-r-" . ' h:ire woken <>t;r i saM , Maya..’, "we;.l ! them to e our.l I " j n t<>stop In the citytill tlre-l:: iOf I ire :»-■ n- xin.' found us out? On.tl - ri|-r; tb/lit of riy marriage j a tnurdej < r tv. y »<• t• t:i I!:.’, hr. b..:y!y and per’:.; tone •- '. ! ‘he pom’'l t.• 111; .1. ■■ ■: ■ Id 1 ti Iv ’ wbu h:’ -.-u-. nti ! v b i-. Three days ii co ato tiler m... ■• ;/r .-v. -it the lift* of our child. an I t' .tt, t’.iurderqr the wife of'the I.—d Tikai. la It then a in tl ' we -W. 1 tnk<-fr ri the land? one 'whose liby is npt safe' wltiiIn. it?” . ; j “AH the:* Anstters yon enn lay before t.l e cdmieil, lady." answered ] Dinrts, ;‘:i’ }■ if h.diva is V.! nt '.on , without n d ■ il>t bhc must stiffer for her | tfrlme. ¥et her cvibb.Tc ■cannot par I for yours, f -r| wb.cn you hrnnd* yohrsj,| er’v , it: . !- -< r ■ I s’ - -'d ■ ' c & ' ■c> ■ y ■ . . ■■'■■ ’ ■ ire’abe:! if t<>‘■ t ho-ves in 1 tcrriir ’ Tof the :!ij • s . co" r tl»f Utter I th*’ is jircparkal for vm, and let us be | <nin/.<, ■ Then- we itarted.b .Of.-.onr j»mrnry ; back tlicry-liL lib' b •'!n t< 1 '■•si* »to»ay -aftfr ifs.-cAvn f.-tfehion it wns <v< n i;j >c wr ■ ht l than that which- ’.VC had ■>;;-bslc d. T'b< r>. Indi '■ ‘ ■' racked .with! fear.*, liut at l.fist •’thi' • hot-.' of "free lAuf slit me' beftirel- v, like ■ .a ye h! n,- ■iir. -c b • -x s now. alt hough v . ' b b ; n ■■ • it W.IS to find'. sb,’.;. .• x;- •■ire :.i i d/;r. !i n.tit. •t: ■ ■ at Inst. ■ ' I J ' .. Mnva and the senbr .haA cneh other and 1 -r cl JJd to <ymso!c thdjm. bul 1 hi i T. d.bhil’ exo. pt.li.uch frh AUhip • they ch ■ h »>:■•-. tb -' r;ttn -'rv (■! ' nty many -fii ures, the cHngiife bittern■' - < f .<’■ >y.... . .. t o f- v.-: 'gcanee to be :d,-ed. and th| hope of !■' . bey I the ■. ' ¥1 'l| ■re 1. an . e ■- nat I < ■. • • d-f -• ’ ■ phtepared tj the. di ■ BtraH 1 me. l»ut ho v y. ■■uld. iffi be with tin others who w.-rvzstkb full of Bntl youth? i I l.:0e that’ nlrrht Wcrea>:h*rithee;’Y and ivi r-.- !J.!. r:-'’ to : we th 1,-tf>u| ’ toward Abe -iu|■’. KUirc.of " the pyramid- ' r "1! ?. . . • ' Mala of the. captain i.f the /Hard. - nxidliis > ■ ]' ' “Ko. my- la.tv." lie answered; “fay orders are to take l«lu (up- tij ■ stairway of the p ■ .:'.uid."' , : "I h .! I -■•■?.- r ’ 1 ■ a-.linsf • the face yf n< r tjfiiW an 1 I for ’ ah<- I -JV that <>>.■.' ■f,-’--'- "te must ir,- ■ -■ habit the dar’.;s''s’-iy Van It w li-.ro'her fhth . r .had. I'cen t td.i-b jtodb’ I They led us np’thtt stair and- n me narrow Avar till w*' - * ssl lih I the 1 ithplit hall and b . ; • tbi its. Then- they guvejfUs fp si and left u ■. ' bf*' \ ■ I nri’sed thus, riycn •’ - »ir’> the /fnavsirc trails of the rtpdi I heard a ? y.opi;.n K|-rcar.i, ivT:', 1 sp. b.--.-imr fn-:n ■ whore .thy ;lat.i|> - burnt d' aluJaySi. Ilyrc,l met Mpya, clad In h-r m'cht dr--ss , only, a-ndl Running ddwn tljc hail, her ; CT<-- tiii. i with v.h.r. e'-'. '“Whatl has .h.-ty. rte I.;" I said, stop* i p‘n;; her, ami im> I spike the s»’nor eanie ! - u;>. ' Li* ■ ‘ I “Oh. I hnrr dreamed,” gasped: “( Lave drcaim-d a i-'alrfu! dreatn. I d.'s- : i:iii d t’ist :„v f.i’h.r Vame tome, [B»id—l-..cannot t.'.l it -the child the i •■h:'.l-n I • t ■; -b.e down utterly , aid <■• 'ild -a- n<> i: re • I io , p!:v •■> is !-.di i.f evd men-. ■ b' >, aAd hr ‘ rvtrg’ h i - • ih- ■ teryd.” -aid the Sit., r w-' ■ .i w e •l-.-ad i- A '->>-r •-•■:;e-i ,w: t. I-;- :. v. ,fv,-an<l sleep." - “Sleep!'’ she atiswiTs-d.' ■“! do not! thi ~• I -.1.a1l ever . ’. : n;and’ yet. unless I slvcp I shall go mad Oh. I that dream! Tni’v the curse of Mattai . h; o hold of me*’ -Some fcwdio-.trs later wo met again' in the gfxfi-t ha’f. bus Mara mid noth« : | tots of b< f drs-.'.i''.cr>or didjl ask- her to tell it, thobyh I could «e<' her face t' :i• t•' ■ :>■ fe ’t.;i ’■ Vi z made pretense to cut, and for awhile - in silence. J J- FAKVA -.Byai'.*'.WlTjhtSß 'Some, bt’hrs ysi--.’M »>|A again -the i \ gates were o;- -> irritieh them ] * «>mc Tikal wid si guard inf live men. | -.1,. : t» where; we,'were acated, mar th .- far i nd of the h.yjli. “Wh..'. '■* ■ v of as?’asked Maya. “Can not leave toe u peace even ■ here in -'-’tr-’b -.■•»?"■ . ’ . “1 desire to speak with you alone, Maya.” “1 hen.. Tikal. 1 t»dl y yi n->w what I have t id yon before t!..it 1 witfitoi listen! . ore v.’o: i!s .-.'b>ne. Ifyonhavje anythitig to say, say jt In the prMBnM I . of-rnv hL- a -i ’and my friiatd.ob gv and i■ ~ . “You spea*.-.- --.it hly to one whocomcT herein th- t !iv’< of all of vou.” In* apswcTcd; ''still I will | bear with vtw in lh : - M I hy.fr borne with you in tottch el'F. Listen: All jour crinx's tfre LtvAn to me, for Nahua. my wife, has njvcuhd them to aie. I know how yen' and that dead icijue.-M-attai. on whom the curst? of lit’iven hr.. m>yx justly fall. ■>. forged t: ; . •. , ..- and vbb.'-’.’-i t‘-,e asstot* wary, fJ' 1 have b.l the proofs of it in mv hat’d."- ■ I“Ik» you know that!we did this to’ Save ov.r live.sl’” asked Mayas “for If We bn I not done - it Mitttai would bttvc : . nlv. d t in or h r that by nmoving t tc he might aksaye his daugb- . ter in her , . . “I do not know why yon did it. notdo 1 care, seeing tnak nothing can li ■ ;.-h a C--I- -.bit IV: 1 that v o •it in ord- r shat > ’ ihight win jondcr white man as a buslband- At the leu At tto thing Is done, and vengeance waits von, wugvnnce front v.’. ieh there h but one esmpe.” ! ... “What escape?" asked Maya, quickly, for w*h -; shi* learned, that 1 ileal knew cveryCuing all hype bad faded from her heart, as from ©fcrs, ‘Mura, two people live, and two al m', who know this talc. Nahtm. my w Ce, and myself. Till this morsteg Uscrt* was Lui odc. for NaUuu on*s* Icl'ii me of it when, she found that you had not reaped, and thia Uta has donr that v*ajr tea rid ot yon rhotn the

as her rival. Therefore It was that she ■ would have held me back from pursuing i you, and therefore it is that she will appear before the Council of the Heart this night, so that her evidence may insure your instant death in the I it of Waters. But as it chan- cs least of any- , thing on the earth do I desire that my ! eyes should lose sight of you, whom ( now ns ever 1 love better than anything on the curt!-..’’ - ,*.< NoW’thc sennr grew white with rage, and he broke in; d “You will do well to kee > such words to yourself. Tikal. for bf this bo sure, if you do not. 1 will add to my crimes, . uud you shall not leave this placy alive, i No need to look at your guards. What do I care for your gvaids; who have but one life tolb« .- Speak thus again. I end before they reach you you shall be I I deml." I "Let him go on. husbond.”sftid Maya; [ . “u l.;J’ - ’ : : B fpV insult novi ’ 1 Ontiriue, : -‘>-t ! l»te .TikuL bitt, tdy your own sake, rd- I I strain .' ■■■■’: ■"■ If. and say nothing that a i husliand should not ht-ur." •It is for—this rcn'AS'-h.".he went on,- j t..' : ■’ ! c'b-e .of the io r’s :o .-er. ! “that 1 have co-ac here ivtth.a plan to . I.save you alb yes. even - this braggart I v.b.ite man wnohas robbed me of you, i If N;.!..:.. a: dlr. T ::t, ■ v. .11 ! ; : . • ; \■ •. r i v.! >b •'/■ A ■ lift he < vlilence of th» m bi desL ojed boiort your t-v- ■>, wl..> I. tb -r - whocen prove thN‘ow-. I ••• -i.il 1-■<:!’at-at. a price.! 1 will . I even 1 ring the true tablet of the nrnphb- i f M- ittal’s c nf< ->>ion ■ j and i’. tt'-v them wit . fir- b fore you.” “Vou will be silent, ■’-said Math, “but whntof Nahnu? \\ ii! she be :>il< ut also?" Now Tikabs dark fa c grew evil with . bur ■•' of his <->wn, th. ■ , whether i were of murder, or of whut, I do hot kt’ ( nv.. “Ls-nte Nab.ua to in- "he saß*. “IVith- . draw the ,’..trgoy.’U n:ado against her of .I'l-.i-' :i;c t<’ l. .d i •it’-.er child, and-! free her thus id the lice I of appearing thls-nL'lit In tlie sunct u.sry. an t f-sw-.-nr torbuthat no Word of,her dlfe::dful si- ret ever pass’-hir bps'. j "l >en. , - von will t-e tried uts’u one. fc&ue only. ’ that of having broken yor.r'oaths l>.y ; , flying the ty. n crime that is not be- | i yond forgivenc'-*.” ■ • ? ~-i of a r.ri.-e. T'kal; tell ns. 1 I -what Is that price tve must pay?" _ ■ | < “The. price is votrrscjf. Maya. Nay. I hear toe nut, and y 1 1. while man, k■ ep silent. If. you will swear upon the ] . Ih-r.rt t-> L-c<-.me my wife, within s'X i ! toonths from thb d # .v, then. I_ on iny ! t .will Bwcar that' thb white man, lour husl.and, v. ho is'not a our hr brio!, for he von the cop. "!’t of the council ~ fi r. !■’.• i“ -.;■ -th“ 'i.::nZ. t/Niij.-. I I ' v tiie.r / rn. as b.e n:;,y d’ -'.re. “1 ear, also, and bv this, yon I may see i- d -epahd ib-v-est.isTny love I ; for you. that your son -shall nut bo dis- ; nos:.c's«cd of tl.e place anil .rank which | ■He hqlds Ih tliC eyes pf t'.-- /• > tple a-s’a Lleavi :i L : ♦ de :v-. r r. wl . - ■ . .min/ was. fore! I I v i " L y My child U give place to j ■ ora. Mai to (> .. ■ 1, '. I held je’.t till' halid ; ,T ■ . cto yon. Maya, -bnt jpu refused j •it and tricked t and from i'hat refusal I Las sprt!!.’g the <h athof ymir father and * u -. other nww s. ’■ I •-Do not refuse me again., lest these ? in ro;z .1 end inn’ti- ' --. i .’>u ;>,nd tipon US toll. - it IS] no strange <-r unnat urn! thing, I ask of i ] vou that s‘ou should wed . the men to I w ho'n for many years .you were j f afliarti cd. and fake yc-er place as the ! ■ tirst 1.-wiv i:i this city’. Instead of ririrg ▼oum -f i-v, r v ith your tosdotoP.lktM to th-: :s;.i.t;t:f;i-r. •’.» of de::tl, ~" '‘ . “Yet |t Is t'i..,r ■ • .-• ;-c and Un* j natural; TikaL that a wife, should be asked to part tlius from her liusbrnd , ! Hut stay; it is for him to spenk, n< t to®, I for he inav be gk-1 to buy safety at thi*- cos*. - I’.;-.’. what do you say, I;*- . ir.- tio.' T- 11 though.l fear year an.- ‘ iL< r. for -it i- < tb gu ■■:«■*. seeing that all that you etin <!< ire, I fre i. :n atnltr nsnre, to enable you to] exi —ate your plans..” “It, is true, I; j! v," I. replied, he j . offers inc these thing's, though whether ( - , ' ~v, and it.is tr ie. alto, that 1 h.l-ve no : wife hens whom I must leave, and no j p--, • • save that -’f a tnulor's death. I s I I :u!-- r .S 1-- r' pr.anisc ] I n. si\ !>'“i l-v a .>ur' '■■i-.'/r.-L’'• yen ■ kj :■ ■br. , • 'it via- 1 that he. | < r.v fr:«-«:-l; came ’■> visit this a•- ut::-. I | citv. Th--refcrv 1 say let our fate lx-i I "i d ■■ are' very noble wvirda, friend.” ' she :.isl, “.such as equid have < U'ie6nly , f ' ■ ' < ,ir!. .\ Ido yon speak. ”■ - : ... I “1 have nothing to say. Maye.” re- ’ pt I th- seis-• with u lilt’c latrgb. '"“ex pt that I wonder why ' -’ii waste time which Wc r: ; -’ht bp nd Lapp .-. tog ther hi I- lining to tlii-s fc< -v.'siu . suits. If you bi i.me go to save y■■ 1. perhaps I might thin!; al-ut it. Lut cerly In ill not stir on . - i.iour. ; bid - to save myself from any death." ' "It «eetos that I bavegot toy answer,’’ ! said Tikal. "May.none of you n-gret it | trwnip’ht when yod. come to !>■>’; down f ir,to the I’it of Waters. V,cl!. t?me pr< r.,e>. and. 1 have iniivh t<> d-> I ef-t-rc I ye meet again." and lie turned to ’ leave iis. ■ . ' . 1' st T.iit be thought- that after T»k.a! WM gtofe ‘W ’*!;Oll!,l '".»>■ a’-A,!,,.-!; to-' vg-.-tlii-r yf.'vha’. !-.-d '-assed. and of the I i danger- that i;iv ,l-efore—n-i: But this,’ •was iil think wo.-fait,'a I of os I that tin re wa.s.n<>'. !ii:,g h:orv 'obc said. < It is useless to fight against Fate, and ] It is still more wstorss to' be afraid bf J I ldto« seeing tliat'nbatev.er do or I 1. ,ne 'in-tonc, he ha* bis will of u# at - > »wc sat and chatted of indifferent I that right which' we -sp-nt in th* ! hacienda-of Santa Vruz. t.i-’ dc.iti: <•< !■• ur ’-rare eompaitfen.', Molas, find. .1 ; 1. ■ . •■• n ■ .what I* ■-.•! -s. Pro - ci.; .1 aw, nd its p:j: :•'> o. ec’-usl themselves with it, fiudhig rcsetnblatices to each other m i’s tiny f.-u---t’ltes. tt|ii!<’l walked upend down the c, -.::i’.'"the lan.: L’ _• v. ,c-dcring wf-erc 1 diouid be by this time on ihi'-morr’w. / , At length the gates opened, for now it wn 1 . utmost the i'i ■’.-.!!»■ of the night.i .■’pl there.cnti’c through them Diinas find a guard of pri< st . The ,<>!d. nmn bowed before nyand said the tin e hail come to kad us before the council | in the sanctuary, but tliat v e were to ; have no. fear, w-ving that from all that ] he had j»ee!> aide to It art l our, offense would be leniently dealt w:th. i Mava u.-ked v.hnt was to become of the infant, whi.-h could not be left alonel and be replied that she must ] bring it with hey, « hereon she began ■ to w . up it in a serai*' , "Your cure is needless,” Mid Dunaa. i "There is a secret, way to the sanctu'ary from this place, by which 1 propose to lead you in order that the child, ' ouq, lord, shall not be exposed to the 1 r.i'.r-Yild of the irght.” ■ . The he took slmueh, of keys from his (Trdle. and. handing, them to one ] who aceompnnied him, a fellow pri -t anil a member of the council, he c> tn- \ manded him to go forward with several of the cs-ort to open the doors and 1 light lamps in the passage that lay be- j tween u’- and the sanctuary The priest went. and. having watted awhjfe. we followed him. to find him standing i by the marble wall wbi»h separawd ' the jjassoge* ftom the sanetqary I On seeing us approaelTng lti».gavethe ' ns. which were answered from within; next he opened the false door with ( ■ illver key. leaving the key and the ; bunch to which It wa* at tacked fixed In Dk ionk fer Dimat to take mhe pmmJ.

ThD. however, the old priest did not do, for be thought that we should a' return by the passage, and as wd stepped into the sanctuary he con ■ tented himself with closing the doo> Without.locking it. IVe took seats thathad been prepared for us in the open space before the altar. M: ■ a being placed in the center and I the senornnd myself on cither side of i her. Next the priest of the Records I > rb-’e'and unnqitnccd that the business i 1 before the council was' the trial of three of its members, Maya, Lady of the Heart, ‘he white man. Son of the . I sea. and Ignat io, the Wanderer, a Lord : of thi'Jleart froiii 1 -yotiJ the mountains. Upon thb dbu.’g'O < ' i;:.vi.::g broken their ] oaths. Which', they took as members of i the council. Having read this forma’- | accusation the priest set out the cas- 1 against us, clearly but briefly: , ■ “On this Very night'of the festival of ! the Rising a year rfgo," be t began,' -“you strangers, among other things, severe upon the altar, setting in p, i. r ■ yo r soutsand bixlies for th*I fuitii’i:;-. :it i f th* oath, that without ' I the consent of this high .broth. rbixsi I you would not attemnt to leave the gates of the< -ty of the Heart. Yet but ] the other day you were overtaken and\ ; seized in the act of flying across the iron’it. '! t > t:, > wl! a rue-s beyond i Nor is this all of your crimp, for with yon was that infant, born of the white 1 t.nan lin'd the. Lady of the Heart, heaven-; nt child of prophecy, of whom you wickedly sought to rob us | and the people.’ Say nbw, bow do you I plead to ti.c.sc charge ( “We plead guilty." answered. Maya, | “but we ;.s,k to I ■ i:< ard in our own de- . sense. 1.1 ten, lords: that night - rwhchwe were married by' your eon; ; ■ ; tuy ' t; ■' a:: J. ap-1 re. -elf - have ; i been d* ggc i by -mnrdor. and yonder, Ii ns High I‘riest of the Heart and preisi-, dent of your councils, he sits who would have murdered us. “I see among you this night some of those who waited on me upon the day of our escape, having the Lord Dimas at the head of them. What did they tell me?. That a plot had been discovered, made by this Tikal, to murder my husband, my child and my friend, Ignatio, the Wanderer. They told me also that Tikal would be deposed because of this and his other crimes, and that the infant in my arms would this very night be anointed cacique of the People of the Heart. Is it not so, Dimas? “It U so. lady," he -answered.' "and learn that yo-i arc n<>t the tmly phqs who. ate on trial this night- Though ■; i.ur case first, that .of Tilial. ■ I ■■ T- O ■tl. rs will ] hW; I till then, in virtue of hls rank ; nilof fii !1 - - its ; s pi'Z- i.l'. -n.: of out counpi V." j- ;--No\Tikai sprafig from h'isseat. wnt Dinins turned upon -him and Sail, j- sternly: '' 'll "h ep, silent, lord, or only to. fulfil 5 ! the duties of. yonr pl;? c. Yoiur ! trial shall -I - just, but know that there lis no hop ■of e-. -ip.' for yon till-id is .done, si-n * that Vmr gmartls areiijismd an 1;.'.1e- paths.are watched.” Tikai seated hiiuself again and Maya went on: ' ; j “(»n t hat very night of the coming, of [. • 1 Dimas, when I was alone in fey Lady N.d.v.a, the wife; of .Tikal. crept upon me ai d strove; to : r.artier this my child," and she set put the story telling how thepenor and 1, : hearing her e:-. sf >r help, had entered j the chamber and seitod and bppnd -] Nahua. Z I "Then it was,- brethren,, that terror 1 ’ took us ami v e lied, seeking to ewMme ?; nd where we coujdubt-live in safet v from one hour to another. Thisisonr sin.- and we leave bur punishment in ypnr .bands. Sr.reiy it was l etter that v. e triye t-> save tli* i hiljd- ’• Holt he :o : -lit live to play his part, v.ha' -o-r tl.-at may be, thah .that h; sdo . i I ■■ io pt here to be butchcrekl bj th.- e.wh ’myou have rai.-ed up to'rule you.” . When Maya hhd finished her speech the senor and 1 : ■.l lre.Ased the ■'-•ppncil , in turn, confirming all that she had ' s..’-I :;:vl submitting ourselves to the I judgment of the brotherhood- . J .Now we v.'cre commanded to! fall I back, while the council consulted toth ’r, arid .there-we awaited <>ur<|ooin. i’rc'.-.-n'tiy we w’e.rc brb.pght fptjward. I again, and Tikai spoke to us, spying ] that our sentence was postponm till tl.e charge against Nahua, the daughter I of Milttai, and against himself, Tikai. nd.h *!'. j riest of, the City I of, the lieart, had been considered;, addring. in a slow and trieaapliant voice; “Let Nnbna. the daughter bf Matta!. ; - - w!b<>- brought Into ! til pro -n<. .■ of the Heart,’ ; ] \V.- an-I ; '.hercd up ouri conn aee to’i . - i the mivancing fate, for we I knew ' that death wa .on us, and that - n r ; - t here was no more pi ty or escape. 'The door opened and Nahua eanm thro li it. lire -,<l in the rol c sos her e,: : i too green diadem ..',;Li be -.:rrnil i aly Iw ttye wife *or ni' ■'!i''r "f the ?ue|nue. A. ] • • is a >nr xisuie with me,; ].<• : r.liy after /she.bad! made her oVeiigin 'e to the altar. I iv 'e-i of tie' lb -Ard* fos<; I :■ . :• ie . < v. ;> t/:j! to da; m-.' the body of flic bifaut ■ • 1 ■ > f the Heart, and; her hr.ebar. 1, the white man, arid also) ] that she had aidevl ami abetted] Tikalj her huslinnd, in various acts of rrm-ity and misgovernment that were hllegeq against him. c-king her what she ph-.;d in answer. L“To the last charge., 'not rtiilty.’T, i a’>>- s_. i “Let Tikul defend Iris owir I . tl.e first, ‘guilty!’ ijdid at-. * < . • ’ p.;’ ail end to yonder brat, but M. dis ‘overed me. and 1 wm| cauglijt ano bound." I “Surely, brethren," said Dimas. ri> in r “w<- need carry this matter no fui tin r. We have heanl the evidence of Lady -M;:ya a .1 ‘lie others, and rz.w N. a . ' t-s -. a her crirae., 3h< i-.infv - > th.-.t she a’ .empted to take tl.e ii ■ i f him wl • ■::> >h-- knjew to be I th* sacred ’child, the hope of Itbfi l?ep< pie «v* the Heart, ard f‘-r such a sin it s tfi me that there is but .one puhishm n’. though it is terrible, and she who must suffer it is a woman and jot " high rank,” L "Staybroke in Nahua. “You hfire not In ard me out. and 1 have!the right | tfi speak before I am condemfied to die. You charge me with having pttemptod | to take tha life i>f Tl‘C sa--rvd.'child.‘the I hope of the Bcpple 6f the Heart,’and had I d ne this, doubtless I;should be worthy-o* Tour dooin, where as.- in truth, L l am wortnv of y "I’-r praise- [ J "Lords of the lluairi. this child whom ’ !!■ :’ven-Aent child; <d piophecv. whom to-night you would anoint as your cncsjue, deposing Tikai, I mv husband. an<L, who. as you believe, shall be the star .to light onr race to greatiicss and to victory, is: a living lie. fraud and a bastard!” Now a confusion broke out among the council, end angry voie*4 cfiUbd to ' her to cease her blasphemies, but. she ■ won silence and went on: I “Hear me out. I pray you. for even if I u: .lu. il it I should not dare to speak thus at raudem, but am prepared with proof of every word'l utter. You think that 1 Wctild have killed this child to Wring the heart of my rival 'Maya, and, indeed, 1 wish to wring it. ano that I would sot tny own sen in Lisi placc. and, indeed, I wish to set him there, and yet these were not me re -'»ns for the deed To i:r c isrisvzuT j —j I !!zrd nt Work. ’ Jowl BlifTcrs is taking, a two year* com; e in eloeulidn. Boneset— What’s tliat far? Juu Is—Study lug to ba » u» gUhrt.-“>> . ¥ U’BtkL

HONORED BY LI. The Chinese Viceroy Pays a Visit to Gon. Grant’s Tomb. Be Place* a Beautiful Wreath on tho Bier of Uhl Dead Friend, and Qlvej •300 Towarile the Monument Fund —Cails on Sirs. Vmnt. ’ New York, Aug. 31.—Li Hung'Chang was visited on a delegation Cf 30 Chinese merchants, representing Ibe Lee iainily in these parts. The most interesting part of the day s programme ; was the visit of-the ambassador to the tomb off Gen. Grant on iitverside drive. L> Hurig Chang had a gr'at admiration jor Gep. Grant, who was one of his heroes. At three p. m. the police stopped battle land nobody was admitted into ihirty-third street. A dense mass of people lined the sidewalks along Fifth R.venue as far as the eye could see. There Mere ijluecoats stationed all along the route which 'was covered by the distinguished visitor. Col, Fred Grant, ac- - companied by his son ’ Tys.ses Grant an<l by his brother’Ulysses Grant, of, Fan Djego, Cal., arrived at the Waldorf ■ st 2:2f) ofoloc-k. Mrs. Grant, the widow ;cf Gefi. Grant, who,was stayinga-t the i 1 Fifth A venue hotel,’ was driven to Col. j Grant’s house, 25 East Sixty-second i street, where Li Hung Chang was to visit Her after the ceremony at the tomb j was oyer. - An immense w reath w hich the ambastadori was tp place bn the tomb of the ~ | dead,; geheraT was first carried down- J l. ftairsj froni, the viceroy’s apartments.. ] This : wreath, carefully guardi d l y n I !' taember: of Li’s suite.-was placed in a <ah ami taken to the tomb. Precisely nt three] o'clock Li Hung Chting. escorted ly Gen, Huger and Col. Grant, came clow nstnirs and w alked through the cor- > liiloJ of the hotel to the Thirty-third street ent'ranee. There a carriage was I awaiting, and he took his sent in it, Col. (Irai)t. Gen. linger and 'he official intcrph'ter occupied seats in the same: carriage. In the second carriage were I (leu Miles, Gen. Horace Porter and ! lleiiiy W. Cannon. Ulysses Grant, she I son of Col. Fred Grant, his uncle, j Ulyuses Grant, and Mr. Drew were in ! the th;rd carriage. Then came the ! (Tripese' minister and ex-minister to 1 C hina. George P. Seward. In the last tnrl’-age were four attendants of the) ambassador. Li Hung-Chang’s chai-r‘ ccdtipied a carriage all to itself, li liting Chang and patty drove up RBrCrside drive opposite the tomb ' 4:]5 o’clock. His- appearance was a sidna! for hearty cjieering. There was a Short delay bhile one of the Chine.-,' at ehifhnts hastened back to a rear ca:L ri: ge to bring Li Hung Chang’s seat and chair. When it arrived he was carried by four polieeinen from the road to the tdnrb. He carried an umbrella in otic hand and a gold-mounted cane in thiol her. iOn reaching the top of the steps I.i alighted. The heavy iron door leadiiig to the tomb was then opened. I.’, after taking in one hand his floral r entered the crypt and placed it ojn the iron casket. Befort doing so He made a profound bbw. Li’s wreath w.iA a beautiful affair. It was abqul -four feet in diameter and consisted of fiav leaves and white mauve orchi-is . thed with yellow velvet. The occasion •feeii-i'd to affect Li deeply. In ebn- - •ersa'tiun w ith Ci>.!.' Graht he referred q his.warm admiration of the late gen'rnl’s ipiar.ties. One of the leading rearions, he added, for rt’turnhig hoine-Ly w ay of America was to a i-sit his friend's gniAe, Through an interpreter he made Jmany inquiries about the mausoleum stOAvards w hich he forwarded Hon. John II Y’bung a check for .SSOO. '-After remaining standing fdr 20, minutes alongside of the casket Li utte’red scleral Avoids in Chinese and made a profound bo a’.. Stepping backAvard to the door, he repeated the same Avords to himself anil made a second bow. Then he withdrew. As "he seated himself it; th? sedan chair rhe crowd tittered a rousing cheer. Tllip seemed to pleas him greatly, for he’gently nodded his head. I The entire party then entered car- f r;:ig«'s.ar.d aackc driAen to tlw resid.-tfi-e I of ( 01. Gpant. in East Sixty-kecond street. There a crowd of T.IXK) pi'opie * awaited him. Li declined the Use of the s -dan chair and. leaning! on the arm j : of tlen. Huger and Co).Hrant, he as- } cemled the flight of carpeted steps. At ; : the door he w as met by UlyssesS. Grant, j soli of the lategeneral. The other mem- ■ b. i * of the party followed. The viceroy, 5 was conducted to the parlor, where he j aas received by Mrs. Grant, w idow as . the late general. Mrs. Grant and Li are old friends, and the meeting aa as 1 affecting. Mp. Grant met his excellency in China in 1879 Avhcn accompanying ] Geu. Grant on his triparound the world, j The viceroy was presented to all the I invited guests. IJe spoke feelinjfly to I Mrs. '.tn. Giant of the great loss shs j i had sustained in the death of her bus- i band, and said that he soul I always j | cherish the general s memory.. Then ! tfie viceroy presented Mrs.-Grant aa th 1 several pieces of valuable brocaded silk. a rare Chinese "Wise and a number of chests of&ea. !!>■ pre,-. ’ -t1 C. S. Grant, jf, son of Col. Grant, with a I vn!ual>lt' Jade stone. T$ viceroy seemed to enjoy bis visit I ; greatly. Refieshm/nts were served, but Li contented him**lf with taking t'.vo cups, of tea and smoking a few ‘cigarettes. TbJj visit lasted qn hour. When Li was on'tbe point of leaving.Mrs. Grant presented.him with a largesized, steel engraving of her husband: MUST PURGE THEMSELVES. Loalsvllie vtatclala Held lu < ontraipt of J Court for IlMOOra luk lujuurtiou t LouisviHe, Ky., Aug. 31.—Judge Toney deckled ijaturday uiornlng that Mayor George I). Todd and the r„' mem bers of the board, of aidermen were h< contempt of court tor disobeying h.s injunction stopping the iinpeaehtneii: , of the board of publie safety. The de fenduhts are glvc.-i’une week in which t to purge themse.lves of contempt. Th»- ’ they will probably do by rescinding 1 the impeachment. If they refuse the ’■ jail stares them in the *face. ’ feerloiu CBarfie Ag«ln»l a VV u u>au and Her Son. 1 Perry. O. T., Aug. 31. —Mrs. J. C. Cat gles (foimerly Madden) mud her son, Charles Madden, have hen arrested near Perry Una charge of murder committeil near Caddo. I. T.. several years i ago. A warrant was also .ssu-.d tor the I arrest -if another son of .Mrs. Cagles, i but he has so far elude! the officers, i The alleged crime is the murder of a I wealthy man named Jeffries, and it is | charged that the Maddens, with the assistance: of their mother, l.illed Irin for Ids tr.oi.i. Mrs. i’afflat wA widowatd : wealthy,

SONGS AND SINGERS. •■ . { . Mascagni’s new opera is to have a .Japanese story for its theme. ; * Felix Weingartner. conductor of the Berlin opera, has just completed a symphonic poem, “King Lear.” Emperor William of Germany has composed a coronation march! which he has dedicated to the czar of Russia. The incidental music for Sir Henry Irving's production of “Cymbffline" has been composed by Mr. Hamilton Clarke. A new opera by Humperdinck, the composer of “Haensel and Crete),” is | to be produced at Munich ndxt winter. Its title is "Die. Koemgskinfler” (The King's Children). ’ For the past half dozen yearfe Warner's Safe Cure has not ba-n advertised in the weekly prttes, the city papers having been exclusively used. The Company manufac* taring the bld and reliable kidney and liver medicine have, however, come! to the conclusion that the country pa;>er is read more thoroughly than the city daily ami better resultsvan bo obtained bv returning to the weekly. Ju this they are correct, and w? hope our readers will prove it to theirt by reading the new.'ndvertisement jof the Warner's Safe Cure Co. which wi’-IJFS found in another column of this paper, ahd acting on the advice there found. ' I _| Ox the Roof.—Jawkins—“Why do you i applaud that rot!” Hog.’ "Hang it. if yon would do the same it would hejp you not to hear it.’’—Truth. J - Too Late to Mtml, There is a point bevoml which medication cannot go. Beforo.it is too. 'Bate to mend, persons of a rhcu:> atic' tcudem y. Inherited or acquired, should use that benignant de- , sense against Hie further progress of the ' superteiiai'ious m alady .ylicufnat ism. The ! name of this, proves rescuer is Hostetter’s i Stoma h Bitters, 'which., it should also be ! recollected, cures dyspepsia! liver com- ! plaint, fever and ague, debility and nervous- i i.css. A Goon Reason.— Nora “Is Moike going ‘t'th’ funeral.’” Bridget- “lodatelie isn't.'' N\ rn "An' phoyT’ Brideelt "Shure he | wuz at tis wake lasht noight. j—Truth. McVicker's Theater. The great American plav, *<ln Mizzourra,” begins the season Aug. 80. with a strong cast. Seats secured by matt. | I Customer—“l would like io kava a nice I gown to wear around the house.'' Salesi man .“Size of 'the*-house, .pleaser’-Phila-I delplii 1 lv Cord. I It is no parti ular credit! to Adam that he never chewed ’tobacco. I There was no ! Other matr for him to. beg .a “chaw” of.— I Texas Slfier. . | , , . t-irs s up. co free and jx-riiiaiientli cured. ■No fits after first day's uso-ot Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Ros orer. Free $2 trial bottle A treatise. Dr. Ki.ixe.933 Aiyh st. I’htta .Pair people love you, be Sappy; don't de ' nurnd the impossible by asking that the same p; • e . -ve you longer than a Atchison Globe. ■ _ j ■ A \ He—“ Let's kiss ard make up." She—"lf yon kissed me. I’d haye to make up all over again, sure enough.''4 N". Y. Press. “Who was best manat the . wedding?’ "The bti lc's father, if cbqerfuluess counts for anything."- Fuck • ■ T — ■ — - I r-r Pjso's Cure for Const,lmptioa both in my fan i v ai d t ra tide -j lit: G. W. Pattersox, Inkster. Mic n, N |v. ?>. ;s*4. Tom—“l ■lout know whether she sings or not." Jaely—"She doesn't. 1 heard her."— Puck. . . ■. ■ -I “Does yotir-husband spend much at the rates ft “No. G ergo doesn't draw a very targe salary .”—Town Tonics.Hall's C'atarrfi Cure Is taken internally I'r.c|’ 75c. It.is more pleasant to idiss a miss than to miss a kiss.- Philadelphia Record. Womhn have tn marry ito prove that they have had a chance. ’ It mnst*bc pleasant tojboa dog’s hose in summer —Atchison Globe.

——-— ~ , THE MARKETS. ■ r ■ ——J- ■ ' NS-w York. Aug ?!. . LIVE STOCK—Steersf 83 7" '■< 4 75 . Sheep • 8> fi I<o •lldgM ......... ,8 CO it 4 <» I LOTI: Minnesota Patents 3 35 <r .7 7-7 MlnreAitn Itakerk . 2 ;.7 << 2 !*> • . IVH.BAT No J Red, S'i>t... •■■■'■ No. t 3 ... ....... *2 ", 'i 7“ , ’’iTX ?•'<: 2, . .....|. *Jh~v'. r :7_ Western...; • LARD ' . .t 724-.< 3.7.7 ■! K- Mess. Old I 7 -2.7 ■- 27 eggs I ..... , 12W is CHICAho. CATTIj: I V X-. Stokers ana Feeders ... 24" w SIS Co' - tnd 8u115....[ 1 ! i W I; ■ I■ _ ; . J V Itev-.-h Packing... J ■RIFFI’ ............... J..... . 208 6 369 RfTTftk • W.st-r'n df'mY. .11.4® IS Fresh.. .1... 11»£<8 '! I< it ■. *f< >ps (per bu.|.. 1". •/ » ?5 PORK — Mess. “. L.~ .7 IS Si SN I 5'•ani....... j.. SJS h 3 37!4 Fl.< ' R Wint. r -<■ 5..»» ■ Rnrhijr 1. 2 N C 375 GRAlN—Wheat; September: < ’.•. Sl£ Oats v*. 2 Cash.J .’ M ® ■io; T’v -. No. ;• 3P-.-1 ."Ph Rarh v. Fajr to Cheice. ... 25 <» 35 MILWAUKEE. CRAfX. - Wheat. No.L’fSpring 8 56s<fi 57 ■; . Co>ri No. S :. .■ .1....... ' 22V. Oats. No. 2 White .*. 1«» <1 ; . N ■ 1 ?3«40 84 B. v. No 2. ..>... » » Jf>«4 POI K >i-.‘ .-. ....... SSO ff 5 65 . 1 \P.D 3 30 'I 335 ' DETROIT. GRAlN—Wheat No. I Red.. $ 62’i , Corn, No. -1........ 24 4e Sl*', Oats. No 2 White! .". 28%® 24 P.v. No 2. . . 33SV 33k4 ST. LfiflS. CATTLE Native Sij- rs. S 3 i»> 4.7) •r. e,.s • . . I 260 4 ( 3SO HOGS ... • ■ ..-1.-.••■••• 2 89 4i 3 40 SHEfiRP ■ I 2,25 © 4 00 " OMAHA.. CATTLE - Steirs..!.'... 83.40 ©4 35 Cum ...I l 1 25 Sr 3 tO ers ... .L...'.'.... ■ 3 60 . ft 3 SO .. : . 2tO '-i 3 10

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Good New* from South Dakota. The glorious results of this season’s harvest of goidengrain will pour a stream of sound money into the pockets of every Dakota farmer." < South Dakota, has thousands of acres cf choice farming and ranch land lying east of the Missouri river, and within one day's ride from Chicago or Milwaukee, which can now be bought reasonably cheap, but wi ieh before the end of'another year may be advanced in price. The -stock rajsing industry in South Dakota is profitable."and eastern capital' is now- being invested in cattle and sheep growing in that state. Diversified fanning, the growing of live stock, and .the products'of the dairy, Tire. > placing South Dakota foremost in the ranks of the successful western states. Those de.iring full information on the subject, and particularly those who wish to seek a new home or purchase land, are re--quested to correspond with W. E. PowellGeneral Immigration Agent. 410 Old Colony Building, Chicago, 111., or 11. F. Hunter, Inim grati >n Agent for Sou h Dak.itu, 2to! Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. • O'vtclassso..— She —“I fear vour love isj growing eeld. ’ He — "Not a .bit. It only seems cold in contrast with this iveatlier." —lndianapolis Journal. Summer Resorts on the Monon. The Summer resorts on the Monon Route are having a'“big season.”' West Bajleii I and French Lick'Snrings are more jiopular I than ever, and Paoli has staived a new.saw j itarium to take th i overflow. The water| of these springs ; .have been recommended by -prominent physicians aS superior in their 1 curative properties to those of jlot Springs, ] White Sulphur. or>evpn the noted spas and ! .‘bads’* of.Germany. West Baden imleeid has been fitly called “the Carlsbad of America.'’ Cellar Lake is prettier than ever iuhl just,as full of lisli. Thb railroad company has a fine park there and is soon to build a new station. ' , , . s There are a great many painters in tills world, but they are not .un-uinbereJ. Vert low rates will be made by the Mis- . sourl. Kansas and Texas Railway for ox- ! cursiousof Augustisth.September Ist. loth i mid 29.11, to the south, for Homeseekdrs ‘ and Harvesters. For particulars apply to the I nearest local Agent, or address James Barker, Gen. Pass, dt Tkt. Agt., St. Louis, Mo.

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