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              Wyoming Valley. ' 1'ITTSTON, FUI DaV, AUGUST :!1, 1801. ~ aw I8TABLTSHEI) 18 SO. » VOL.. XLV. NO. 5. » Oldest Newspaper in the eekly Local and Family Journal. i was unabie to move trom lack Ctf breath, had found his feet again. i'euie,' anil no nodded toward me, "met with an accident on the road." men dream or, nut \Tv rarely win, seeing that tho world has |w such natures and fewer nurseries wlwe they can bo reared. At once pure audpassionate, of royal bhxxl and heart, rfi natured and most womanly, yot braveis a man and beautiful as the night, wfi a mind atliirst for knowledge and a »lrit that no sorrows could avail to quell,Dver changing in her outer moods, anil yt most faithful and with tho honor of man, such was Otomie, Montezuma's oughter, princess of the Otomie. Was itwonderful then that I found her fair, or, Then fate gave mo her love, that at last I lotd her in turn? And yet there was that a her nature which should havo hold me tick had I but known of It, for, with all hei charm, her beauty and her virtues, at fcart sho was still a savage, and, strive as he would to hide it, at times her blood wqld master her. pents and up tho winding paths ot the mighty t-eociilli till we reached the summit, whore tho temples and idols stood, and here a great drum beat, and tho priests sacrificed victim after victim in my honor, and I grew sick with the sight of wicked ness and blood. Presently they invited me to descend from the litter, laying rich car pets and flow'ers for my feet to tread on, and I was much afraid, for I thought that they were alxmt to sacrifice me to myself or somo other divinity. But this was not so. They led me to the edge of the pyramid, or as near as I would go, for I shrank back lest they should seize mo suddc-ply and cast me bver tho edge. And there the high priest called out my dignity to the thousands who were assembled beneath, and every one of them bent the knee in adoration of mo, the priests above and the multitudes below. And so it went on till jl grew in/./„D *vibii tiie wunsiiijj, nnu me shouting, and the music, and the sights of death, and Very thankful was I when at last they carried me back to Chapoltopec. Here new honors awaited me, for I was conducted to a splendid range of apartments next to those of the emperor himself, and I wiw told that all Montezuma's household wore at my command and that ho who refused to do my bidding should die. more. K.very dougnc snau oe yours except that of marriage, and this will be withheld till tho twelfth month of the year. Then the four most beautiful maidens in the land will be given to you as brides." •'And who will choose them?" I askod. "Teule," ho gasjDed, ''you are a brave man indeed, and if you live I swear that 1 will always stand your friend to the death, as you have stoo l mine." ''What was tho accident?" she asked. AROUND THE WORLD. iiiom seen tnan 11 it nau nevei utwu hoisted. Had the cloud oonquered the stars? No. After awhile the clouds parted and rolled back and off. and there it stood with the same old emblazonment—the southern cross. So the hostilities of earth and hell may roll up and seem to destroy the hope of communities and of nations, but in God's good time the antagonism will fall back, and all obstructions will be dispelled and all the earth shall see it, the southern cross for the south, the northern cross for the north, the eastern cross for the east, the western cross for tl west, but all four of the crosses found at last in the new astronomy of the gospel to be one and the same cross, that which was ■et up 1,900 years ago, and of which I have found either a prophecy or a reminiscence in that uplifted splendor seen night by night while pacing the deck of a steamer on the Pacific. "Only this—thwc ho saved me from the jaws of a puma at the rtsk of his life when all the others flel from me and was somewhat hurt in thedeed. He saved mo thus," —and in a few words he told the story. DO TALMAGE VIEWS THE SOUTHERN CROSS FROM THE STEAMER'S DECK. Thus he spoke to me, but to the others he said nothing, casting no reproaches at "Nay, I know not, Teule, who do not meddlu Ln such mysteries," sho answered hurriedly. "Sometimes the god is judge, and sometimes the prhDsts judge for him. Then I fainted away. them She listened, and I saw that her eyes sparkled at the tale. When It was done, sho spoke again, and this time to me. His Eloquent Description of the Celestial Crucifix —What Christianity Has Bone It is as it may chance. Listen now to the end of my tale, and you will surely forget the rest. For ono month you will live with your wives, and this month you will pass in feasting at all the noblest houses ln the city. On tho last day of the month, however, you will bo placed in a royal barge, and, together with your wives, paddled across the lako to a place that is CHAPTER XII. THE COURT OF MONTEZUMA. •'Welcome, Teule," sho said, smiling. "You are not of our people, yet my heart goes out to such a man." And, still smiling, she left us. For the South Sea Islands—A Native Boy Now, for u week I was so 111 from my wounds that I was unable to bo moved, and then I must bo carried in a litter till we camo to within threo days' journey of the city of Tenoctitlan, or Mexico. Hero. [Copyright, Lonis Klgpsch, 1894.] Steamship alameda, in Midoccan, July 10.—There aro some things in the mind year after year remaining undefined. The time for explanation docs not seem to come. Wo had for years seen allusions to the southern cross. Wo knew not what it meant. We supposed it to bo an appearance in the heavens at certain latitude and longitude, yet we knew not exactly what that appearance was. But seated a few nights ago on the deck of this ship in our voyage around the world a gentleman bent over me and said: '"Tho southern cross is visible. Let us go and sco it." Going to the opposite side of the ship, I looked tip and lx;held it in ail is suggestiveness, looking down upon us, and looking down upon tho sea. Tho southern crossl It is ruado up of four bright stars. Ono star standing at the top of tho perpendicular Blew of the cross, and another star standing for the foot of it. Ono star standing for tho right hand end of tho horizontal piece of tho cross, and another star lor the left hand end of it". So clear, so resplendent, so charged with significance, so sublimely marking off tho heavens that neither man nor woman nor child nor angel nor devil can doubt it. Tho southern cross! To make it God put those four worlds in their places. Tho tender and tremendous emblem of our religion nailed against tho heavens with silver nails of star. Four aro enough. "Who is that great lady?' I askod of Guatemoc. "That is my cousin Otomie, the princess of tho Otomie, my uncle Montezuma's favorite daughter," he answered. Ono night we camped . In a rest house, of which there were many built along the ronds for tho use of travelers, that was and show me how you handle that groat bow of yours. Did you bring it with you, or did you fashion it here? They toll me, Teule, that there is no such archer in tho land." "She likes you, Teule, and that is well for you for many reasons. Hush!" named Melting of Metals. Thenco you will bo led to tho teocalli, named House of Weapons, where your wives will bid farewell to you forever, and there, Teule—alas, that I must say it!—you aro doomed to bo offered as a sacrifice to tho god whoso spirit you hold, tho great god Tezcat, for your heart will bo torn from your body, and your head will bo struck from your shoulders and set upon tho stake that is known as 'post of heads.' " [continued.] placcd almost on tho top of tho sierra or mountain range which surrounds the valley of Tenoctitlan. Next morning we took tho road again before dawn, for the cold was so sharp at this great height that we, who had traveled from the hot land, could sleep very little, and also Guatemoc desired if it were possiblo to reach the city that night. But as I lay in the hamber of tho palace of Chapoltopec thotramp of the guards without my door remtdod mo that I had little now to do with love and other dolights, I whose life hufc from day to day upon a hair. Tomorrow the priests would decide my fate, and whn the priests woro judges tho prisoner mfcht know the sentence before it was spoltn. I was a stranger and a white man, urely such a ono would provo an offering more acceptable to the gixls tJian that funished by a thousand Indian hearts. I l*d been snatched from the altars of Tabaeo that I might grace the higher altar*. oPlVnoetitlan, and that was all. My fate wouti be to perish miserably far from my hone, and in this world never to be heard of imre. AI using thus sadly, at last I slept. When I woke, tho sun was up. Rising from my mat, I went to the wood barred window place and looked through. Tho pjvlace whence I gazed was pUced on the crest of a rocky hill. On one side this hill was bathed by the blue waters of Tezcuco; on the other, a mile or more away, rose tho temple towers of Mexico. Along tho slopes of the hill and in some directions for a mile from its base grew huge cedar trees, from the lxjughs of vthich hung agtpy and ghostly looking urns. These trees are so large that tho smallest of them is bigger than tho best oak in this parish of Ditchliifjhanj, Dvhilo the greatest measures 22 paces round tho base, lieyond and between these marvelous and ancient trees were tho gardens of Montmima, that with their strange and gorgeom flowers, their marble baths, their aviaries and wild beast dens were, as I believe, the most wonderful In the whole world. [The gardens of Montezuma have been Ion? destroyed, but some of tho cedars still flourish at Chapoltepee, though the Spaniards cut down many. One of them, which tradition says was a fAvorite tree of the jreat emperor's. Treasures—according taauiugh (jalenintlon the author of this bookVhade upon the spot— about tto feet round ihe ltole. It is strange to think that a few tucientconifers should 4tPJ]n survjve nf all 8io g]urier. of .Montezuma's wealth aint .-fate j As he spoke the screen at tho far end of tho chamber was drawn aside. Beyond it a man sat upon a broidered cushion, who was inhaling the fumes of the tobacco weed from a gilded pipe of wood, after the Indian fashion. This man, who was no other than tho monarch Montezuma, was of a tall build and melancholy countenance, having a very pale faco for one, of his nation, and thin, black hair. He was dressod in a white robe of the purest cotton and wore a golden belt ami sandals sot with pearls, anil on his head a plume of feathers of the royal green. Behind hiiu were a band of Imautiful girls somewhat slightly Clothed, some of whom played on lutes and other instruments of music, and on either side stood four anciont counselors, all of them barefooted and chul in the coarsest garments. CHAPTER XI. THE BAYING OF GUATEMOC. T. De Witt Talmage. Now, after this dreadful day I was kindly dealt with by the people of Tabasco, who gave me the name of Teule, or Spanlard, and no longer sought to put me to tacrlfloe. Far from it Indeed, I was well clothed and fed and suffered to wander where I would, though always under can) of guards who, had I escaped, would havo paid for it with their lives. I learned that on the morrow of my rescue from the priests messengers were dispatched to Montezuma, the great king, acquainting him with the history of my capture and seeking to know his pleasure concerning me. But the way to Tenoctitlan was far, and many weeks passed before the messengers returned agaiu. Meanwhile I filled tho days learning the Maya language and also something of that of the Azteos, which I practiced with Marina and others, for Marina was not a Tabascan, having been born at Painalla, on the southeastern borders of the empire. But her mother sold her to merchants in order that Marina's inheritance might come to another child of hers by a second marriage, and Ahus In the end the girl fell into the hands of the cazique of Tabasco. * So I came up and showed him tho bow, which was of my own make und would shoot an arrow some CO paces farther than any that I saw in Anahuac, and wo fell into talk on matters of sport and war, Marina helping out my want of language, and before that day was done we had grown friendly. It's the Unexpected That Happens. "Ever trip when you expected to?" sententiously queried the conductor as he finished making up his account on the rear seats. "Course you didn't. No man over did. Right there's the whole secret of many a railroad and street car accident. Nobody expects to trip—oh, no—but that la the time they do trip, and then it's all over. When we had gono a few hundred paces, tho path came to tho crest of the mountain range, and I halted suddenly in wonder and admiration. Below mo lay a vast bowl of Jnnd and water, of which, however, I could seo nothing, for the shadows of tho night still filled it. But before me, picreing the very clouds, towered tho crests of two snow clad mountains, and on these tho light of theunriscti sun played, already changing their whiteness to the stain ol blood Popo, or the Hill that Smokes, is the name of the one, and Ixtac, or the Sleeping Woman, that of the other, and no grander sight was ever offered to the eyes of man than they furnished in that hour lx-fore tho dawn. From the lofty summit of P«po went pp great columns of smoke, which, what witlj the fire in their heart and tho crimson of tho sunrise, looked like rolling pillars of flame. And for tho glory of the glittering slopes below, that changed continually from the mystery of white to dull red, from red to crimson and from crimson to every dazzling hue that tho rainbow holds, who can tell it, who can even imagine it? Nono Indeed except those that have seen thi sun rise over tho volcano of Tenoctitlan. Now, when I heard this dreadful doom, I groaned aloud, and my knees trembled so that I almost fell to the ground. Then a great fury seized me, and forgetting my father's counsel I blasphenled tho goda of that country and the people who worship ed them, first in tho Aztec and Maya lan guages, then, when my knowledge of these tongues failed mo, in Spanish and good English. But Otomie, who heard some of my words and guessed more, was seized with fear and lifted her hands, saying: So at last I spoke and said it was my bidding that I should bo suffered to rest awhile till a feast was prepared for mo in the apartments of Guatemoc tho prince, for there 1 hoped to meet Otomie. For a week tho Prince Guatemoc and his company rested in the town of Tabas co, and all the time we three talked much together. Soon 1 saw that Marina looked with eyes of longing on tho great lord, partly because of his beauty, rank and adght, and partly because she wearied of her captivity in tho house of the cazique and would share Guatemoc's power, fur Marina was ambitious. She trietl to win his heart in many ways, but he seemed not to notice her, so that at last she spoke more plainly and in my hearing. "Do you ever expect to fcrtpt Of course yon do, and you don't know when thnt'Jl be. An accident's an accident pure au'i simple, and the most unforeseen thing in „ the whole wide world. A man dotaut, know he's going to fall in front of a train or car until he's down in front of it and beyond hope. A man doesn't know he's going to miss the handrail and slip under the wheels until he's gone. The only thing to do is to miss your train. Your life's worth more than an hour. Street cars must be looked out for In the same way. Only the people who are sure they can get across before the car are the ones to get hurt.' '—Philadelphia Call. My tutors and tho nobles who attended me answered that Montezuma, my servant, had trusted that I would feast with him that night. Still my command should be done. Then they left me, saying that thoy would come again in an hour to lead me to tho banquet. Now I threw off tho emblems of my godhead and cast myself down on cushions to rest and think, and a certain exultation took possession of me, for was I not a god, and had I not power almost absolute? Still, being of a cautious mind, I wondered why I was a god and how long my power would last. So soon lis tho screcn was drawn all tho company in tho chamber prostrated themselves upon their knees, an example that I hastened to follow, anil thus they remained tlU Mhj emperor matte a sign witn the gilded bowj of his pipe, when they rose to their feet again and stood with folded hands and (eyes fixed abjectly upon the floor. Presently Montezuma made another signal, and three aged men, whom I understood to be embassadors, advanced and asked (tit# ptaycf of hlin. He answered thon» with a i«o4 of thp hoaij, and cney retpottUni Jjojh IMS jiresewxi, piating obcisawjo and stepping IWK-'liward till they mingled with the crowd, Then t he emperor spoke a word to one of tho counselors, who bowed and came slowly down the hall, looking to tho right and to the left. Presently his eye fell upon Guatemoc, and indeed he was easy to see, for he stood a head taller than any there. "Curse not the awful gods, I beseech you, lest some terrible thing befall you at once. If you are overheard, it will be thought that you havo an evil spirit and not a good one, and then you must die now trod by torment. At tho least the gods, who are everywhere, will hear you." "Let them hear," I answered. "They aro false gods, and that country is accursed which worships them. They are doomed, I say, and all their worshipers are doomed. Nay, I care not if I am heard—as well die now by torment as live a year in the torment of approaching death. But I shall not die alone. All tho sea of blood that your priests have shed cries out for vengeance to the true God, and ho will avenge." Thus I raved on, being mad with feaT and impotent anger, while tho Princess Otomie stood terrified and amazed at my blasphemies, and the flutes piped and tin dancers danced behind us. And as I raved . saw that tho mind of Otomie wandered from my words, for she wiu staring to ward the east like who sees a vision. Then I looked also toward tho east and saw the sky was alight there, for from the edge of the horizon to the highest parts of heaven spread a fan of palo and fearful light powdered over with sparks of Are, tho handle of tho fan routing on the earth, as it were, while its wings covered the easterr\ sky. Now I ceased my cursing and stood transfixed, and as I stood a cry of terror arose from all the precincts of the palace, and people poured from every door to gaze upon tho portent that flared and blazed in the east. Presently Montezuma himself came out. Attended by his great lords, anC\ in that ghastly light I saw that hU lips worked and his hands writhed over each other. Nor wus the miracle done with, for anon from tho clear sky that hung oyer the city descended a ball of fire, which seemed to rest upon tho points of the lofty temple In tho great square, lighting up tho teocalli as with tho glaro oi day. It vanished, but where it had been another light now burned, for the templi of Quetzal was afire. "You go hence tomorrow, prince," she sAid softly, "and I have a favor to ask of you, if you will listen to your handmaid." "Speak on, maiden," ho answered. "I would ask this, that if it pleases yon you will buy Hie of the cazique, my master, or command hint to give me up to you, and take me with you to Tenoctitlan." God wastes no worlds. He will not encourage stupidity. If yon cannot see the southern cross in the four stars, 40 stars will not make you see it. Up yonder they stand, the four stellar evangelists upholding the cross. What a gospel of the firmament! The cross that Constantino saw in the sky with the words, "By this conquer, '' was an evanescent cross and for one night, but this southern cross is for all nights and to last while creation lasts. So every night of this voyage among the islands of the Pacific I am reminded by this celestial crucifix of the only influence that has turned the islands from their cruelty and shamolessness and horror—the influence of the crosa Before the hour had gone by, pages and nobles entered, bearing new robes, which were put up6n my body, and fresh flowers fp crown fny (leaa, ana l was ieu away to the apartments of Guatemoc, fair women going before me who played upon instruments of ipuslc. A Grateful Rejected One. Also I learned something of the history And custom* and of the picture writing of the land and how to read it, and, moreover, I obtained groat repute among the Tabascans by my skill in medicine, so that in time they grew to beliov# that I was ii» deed a child of Quetzal, good god. And the more I studied this pcopte the less I could understand of them. In FROSt ways they were equal to any nation of our own world of which I had knowledge. None are more skilled in the arts; few are better architects or boast of purer laws. Moreover, thof were brave and had patience. But their faith was the canker at the root of the tree. In precept it was noble and had much in common with our own, such as the rite of baptism, but I have told what It was in practice. Guatenioc laughed aloud. ''You put things plainly, maiden," he said, "but know that in the pity of Tenoctitlan iny royal wife and cousin, Tfcuichpo, awaits me, with her thrpe other ladles, who, as it chances, are somewhat jealous." "I am truly sorry to give you pain, Mr. Hankinson," said the young lady, "but please do not allude to this subject again. I can never be your wife." "That is your final answer, Miss Irene?" Hero Guatemoc the prince waited to receive mo, which he did as though I, his captive and companion, was tho first of kings. And yet I thought that I saw merriment In his eye, mingled with sorrow. Bending forward, I spoke to him in a whisper: "It is." When I had feasted my eyes on Popo, I turned to Ixtac. She is not so lofty as her "Nothing can induce you to change your decision?" Now Marina flushed beneath her brown skin, and for the first and last time I saw tpr gentle eyes grow hard with anger tushe answered: 'husband," for so the Aztecs name the volcano Popo, ,iml when first I looked I could see nothing fjiit the gigantic shape of a woman fashioned in tinny? and lying like a corpse upon hef lofty bier, whose hair streamed down t!)0 mountain side. But now the snnbenms caught her also, ■md she fivi tned to start out in majesty from a veil i f i -sy lul it, a wonderful and thrilling si;,lit. i... U'autiful as she was then, still I lay." li.t, Sleeping Woman best at eve. Then the in * a gjjape of glory on the blackncss iK'neailj and is ttlaff )y swal lowed up into the solemn night as tnedark draws its veil across her. "My mind is finally and unalterably made up." *'Hail, prince," he said. "The royal Montezuma desires to speak with you, and with the TeuTe, your companion." "Miss Irene," said the young man, rising and looking about for his hat, "before coming here this evening I made a bet of £5 with Van Perkins that you would say "no' to my proposal. I have won. It was taking a risk, but I was dead broke. Miss Irene," he continued, his voice quivering with emotion, ' 'you have saved a despairing man from the fate of a suicide and won the lifelong respect and esteem of a grateful heart. Good evening."—London Tit-Bite. "I asked you to take me with you. prince. I did apt ask to lie your wife 01 "What drtea nil this mean, prince?" I said. "Am I befooled, or am I indeed a god?" Excepting the throne of the deity, I think there will be no higher thrones in heaven than those occupied by the missionaries. Others have lived and died for their own country. These lived and died for the natives of other countries. Many of tho missionaries were the graduates of Valo or Princeton or New Brunswick or Oxford or Cambridge or Edinburgh and were qualified for pulpits, for editorial chairs, for medical achievement, for great words and deeds in courtrooms, for commercial successes that would have brought all honors and all luxuries to their feet. Many of tha women of this foreign mission cause were brought up in refined associations, could play well on musical instruments, were the charm of best society, had attractiveness that fitted them for any circle of ease or opulence. Such men and women took whalcshlps for foreign lands, lived on fare that only ooarsest digestive organs could manage, were tossed for months on rough seas, landed amid naked savages, abode in grass huts, spent their life amid the squalor, and the stench, and i the vermin, and the epidemics, and the low : vices of those whom they had come to rescue. Of a roll of 180. names of such men and women not more than four or five of them were ever heard of outside of their kindred or tho circles of barbarians among whom they lived. love." "Do as J Teule," said Guatemoc, and led the waj jip fhe tilt we replied the place Dvhere the wooden screen had been, which, as we passed it, was drawn behind us, shutting us off from the hall. • Hush!" ho answered, bowing low and speaking beneath his breath. "It means both gotxland ill fur you, my frjend Teule. Another time I wilt teli you." Then he added aloud: "Docs It please you, O Tezrat., god of gods, thut wo should sit at meat with y6u, or will you eat alone?" "But pcrchance you meant it, " he saiC" dryly. "Whatever I niny have meant, prince, it is now forgotten. I wished to sec the great city and the great king, because I wean of my life here and would myself prow great. You have refused me, hut perhaps a time will come when I .shall grow greai in spite of you, and then 1 may remembei the shame that has been put upon nit against you, prince, and all your royal house." When I had lived a month in Tabasco, I hod learned enough of the language to talk with Marina, with whom I grew friendly, though no more, and it was from her that I gathered the most of my knowledge, and also many hints as to the conduct necessary to my safety. In return I taught her something of my own faith and pf the customs of the Europeans, and it vrtte the knowledge which she gained from me Which afterward made her so useful to the Spaniards and prepared her to accept their religion, giving her insight into the ways ot white people. Here we stood awhile, with folded hands and downcast eyes, till a signal was mado to us to advance. ''At the least," thought I to myself, "even if J must die. ft is something to have veu this country of Ansihuao, Its king, its customs and its people." '."The gods like good comiDany, prince," I sa5f. "Your report, nephew," Raid Montezuma in a low voloe of command. Now, as I gazed the light lxjgan to creep down the sides of the volcano?, revealing the forests on their Hanks. But Btill the fast valley was filled with mist that lay in dense billows resembling those of the sea, through which bills and temples tops started up like islands. By slow degrees ;is we passed upon our downward road the vapors cleared away ai4fcj.hu lakes of Tezcuco, Chalco and Xochicalco shono in the sunlight like giant mirrors. On their banks stood many cities. Indeed the greatest of these, Mexico, seemed to float upon the waters. Beyond then) and about them were green fields of corn and aloe and groves of forest trees, while far away towered the black wall of rock that hedges In the valley. Now, during this talk I had discovered that among those gathered in the hall was the Princess Otomie. So when we passed to thg low table around which we were to sit on cushions I hung back, patching where she would place herself, and then at once seated myself beside her. This caused some little confusion anions the company, for the place q( honor had been prepared fu£,ine at the head of tho table, tho seat 06 Guatemoc being to my right and that of his wife, the royal Teculchpo, to iny left. Dr. John P. Gulliver, former president of Knox college, used to tell a story in which coeducation figures. Soon after Knox college had begun to admit women to its collegiate course an anxious father asked Dr. Gulliver if the young people under his charge were not liable to fall in lovo and become engaged while in college. In reply Dr. Gulliver said: "I suppose there are not more than two or three young men in the village where you live whom you would be willing your daughter should marry. At home her acquaintance is confined to them. Here she has an opportunity to become acquainted with the very finest young men in this part of Illinois." In telling this story Dr. Gulliver used to add, with a smile, that the daughter was sent to Knox.—New York Sun. ''I went to the city of Tabasco, O glorious Montezuma. I found the Teule and brought him thither, also I caused the high priest to be sacrificed according to the royal command, etna now J flftnd bnok the imperial signet,-" an(i Jie gave the ring to a counselor. CJIAPT2R XIII. thomas BE&noS A. (Tod. Again Guatemuc laughed and of a sud den grew stern. Little did I, plaii Thomas Wjngfleld. gentleman, know wacn I rose that morning that before sunset I should be a god, ami, after Montezu»ia. the emperor, the most honored man, or rather god, in the City of Mexicq. "You are overbold, girl," he said, "foi less words than these many a one miglii find herself stretched upon the stone ol sacrifice. But I will forget them, for youi woman's pride Is stung, and you know not what you say. Do you forget them also, Teule, If you have understood." "Why did you delay so long upon the road, nephew!" So I abode for four months and more- in the house of the cazlque of Tabasco, who carried his kindness toward mo to the length of offering mo bis sister in marriage. To this proposal I said no as gently as I might, and be marveled at It, for the girl was fair. Indeed so well was I treated that had it not been that my b«art was far away, and because of the horrible rites of their religion, which I was forced to witness almost dally, I could have learned to love this gentle, skilled and Industrious people. "Hnroiioe of the chances nf the lonrnev. While Having my life, royal Montezuma, the Teule, my prisoner, Dvas bitten by a puma. Its skin Is brought tq you as an offering." It came about thus: When I had break fasted with the household of the Prince Guatemoc, I was I'd to the hall of justice, which was named the. ''tribunal of God." Hero 011 a golden throne sat Montezuma, adminlsteriii; '.utice in such pomp as 1 cannot descri.Ce. About him were his oounsolors and grrnt lords, and before him was placed a human skull crowned with emeralds so large that a blaze of light went up from them. In his hand also he held an arrow for a scepter. Certain chiefs or ca Then Marina turned and went, hei bosom heaving with anger and outraged love or pride, and as she passed me I heard her mutter, "Yes, prince, you may forget, but I shall not.'' '•Your scat Is yonder, O Tezoat," she said, blushing beneath her olive skin as she spoke, Now Montezuma looked at me for the first time, then opened a picture scroll that one at the counselors handed to him and read in it, glancing at me from time to time. •'Surely a god may sit where he chooses, royal Otomie," I answered. "Besides," I added in a low voice, '"what tetter place can he find than by the side of the most lovely goddess on tho earth?'.' Now cries of fear and lamentation arose from all who beheld these wonders on the hill of Chapoltepec fvnd also from the city below. Even i was frightened, I do not know; why, for it may well bo that the blaze of light which we saw on that and after nights woa nothing but tlio brightness of a comet, and that the fire in the temple was caused hy a thunderbolt. But to these people, and more especially to Montezuma, whose mind was filled already with rumors of the coming of a strange white race, which, as it was truly prophe sled, Dvpuld bring his empire to nothing ness, tho omen seemed very evil. Indeed, if they had any doubt as to tlielr meaning, it was soon to be dispelled, in their mind at least, for a/ wo stood, wonder struck, a messenger, panting and soiled with trav el, arrived among us, and prostrating him Often since that day I have wondered 11 some vision of tho future entered Into the girl's breast in that Jiour, or if in her wrath she spoke at random. I have wondered also whether this scene between her and Guafcentuo had anything to do with the history of her after life, or did Marina, as she avowed to me In the days to come,' bring shame and ruin on her country for »!jo love of Cortes alone? It is hard to say, and perhaps these things had nothing to do with what followed, for when great events have happened wo atv apt to search out causes for them in the post that were no cause. This may have been but a pass ing mood of hers and one soon put out of mind, for It is certain that few build up the temples of their lives upon some firm foundation of hope or hate, of desire or despair, though it has happened to me to do so, but rather take Chance for their architect, and indeed whether they take him or no he is still tho master builder. Still that Marina did not forget this talk I know, for in after time I heard her remind this very prince of the words that had passed between them—aye, and heard his noble answer to her. All day we journeyed swiftly through this fairyland. We passed through the cities of Amaquem and Ajotzinco, which I will not stay to describe, and many a lovely villa"»C t hat nestled upon the borders of Lake Chalco. 1'lieu wo pnteFPd PR the Iffeat causeway of stone built llko a road resting on tho waters, and with the afternoon wo canio to the town of Cuitlahuac. Thence we passed on to Iztapalapan, and here Guatemoc would have rested for the night in the royal house of his uncle Cuitlaliua. But when' \Ve reached the town wo found that Montezuma, who had been advised of our approach by runners, had sent orders that we were to push on to Tenoctitlan, and that palanquins had been made ready to lieur lis. "The description is good," he said at length. "In all save one thing—it does not say that this prisoner is the handsomest man In Anahufto. Sav, Teule. why have your oouowymen landed on iuy dominions and slain my people?" "I know nothing of !♦, O king," I answered as fcrcll as I might, with tho help of Guatemoc, "and they are not my countrymen " Again slif blifehedand "Alas, I am no goddesn, hut pnly a mortal maid! Listen jj 1 fcayour companion our fWnw, you i«u&t issue it as a command, Nunc will dare to disobey you, not even Montezuma, my father." A Sheep That Hibernates. rlques were on their trial for treason, nor were they left long in doubt jw to their fate, for when §omo evident fad been hoard they were asked what they hod to say In their defense. K:nh of them told his tale in few words and short. Then Montezuma, who till now had said and Oou.. boMdiig, the mcioU of their indictments and pricked It with the arrow In his hand where the picture of each prisoner apiDeared upon the scroll. Then they were led away to death, but how they died I do not know. The story of the Christian heroes and heroines who came to these islands of the Pacific in the brig Thaddeus, the Leland, the Benjamin Bush, the Averich and the Mary Frazier under Captain Charles Sumner can never be fully told. All the talents, all tho scholarship, all the nerve and muscle and brain, all the spiritual energies of these Christly men and women put forth on behalf of peoplo whom they had nover seen, and whose names they had never heard pronounced until the day of the arrival on those islands. Some of these messengers of light were cut to pieces and devoured by cannibals. Some of them toiled to savo the besotted savage, while profligates of Christian countries landed from merchantman or war vessel or whali ing ship were trying to destroy them. The I daughter of one of the missionary families describes her mother as toiling until the ! skin was blistered off her arms and says that whilo her father was about to preach a group of drunken sailors broke the windows and one brandished a knife about his face, saying: "Here he is. I have got him I Comoon!" These missionaries sont their littlo children to America and Europe because they could not ho properly brought up amid heathenism, and what heartrending partings took place as fathers and mothers surrendered their children for the voyage across tho seas, in many cases those parents never seeing their children again! No regular postal arrangements, letters wero often not received until 18 months or two years old. The ship captain, Charles Sumner, for tho first part of the voyage to the Pacific with his group of missionaries scoffed at Christianity, but he was converted under the influence of their example and became their champion. Ho said about one of these Pacific islands: Unlike most curious creatures of the animal creation, the Persian sheep has •'two obief peculiarities." During tho spring and sumrnur months it accumulates an enormous amount of fatiu its tail, that appendage frequently becoming so enormously enlarged ati to weigh from 40 to pounds, a two wheeled curt being provided for its reception by most of the shepherds who raise this peculiar breed of animals. Its other "chief peculiarity" is this: During the winter or dry season the big tailed sheep becomes dormant, hibernating like a bear, thus consuming the fat stored up in its tail during the more favorable months.—St. Louis Stepublic. At length, when full four months had passed away, the messengers returned from the court of Montezuma, having been much delayed by swollen riven and oth«ir«ocsfdents of travel. So great was the liupor- So I rose and said In very halting Aztec to tho nobles who waited on mo, "Jt is my wiU uwjt my place shall always bo set by the ditto of the Princess Otomie." "The report says that you oonfess to having tho blood of those Teules in your veins, and that you came to these shores, or near them, In one of their great canoes." At those words Otonilo blushed even more, and a murmur went round among tho guests, while Guatomoc first looked angry and then laughed. But the nobles, my attendants, bowed, and tiH!ir spokesman answered: "That Is so, O king, yet J am not of their people, and I came to the shore floating on a barrel '' "I hold that you lie,''answered Montezuma, frowning,''for the sharks and procodiles would devour one who swain thua." Then he added anxiously, ''Bay, are you of the descendants of Quetzalf" So wo entered the palanquins, and leaving that lovely city of gardens were borne swiftly along the southern causeway. On we went past towns built upon piles fixed in the bottom of the lake, past gardens that were laid out on reeds and floated over the waters like a boat, past teocallls and glistening temples without number, through fleets of light canoes and thousands of Indians going to and fro about their business, till at length toward sunsot we reached the battlemented fort that is called Xoloc, which stands npon the dike. I say stands, but, »das, it stands no more! Cortes lias destroyed it, and with it all those glorious cities which my eyes beheld that day. Whou this trial was finished, certain priests entered tho hall clothed in sable tolxDs, their matted hair hanging (lown their fDacks. They were flerco, wild eyed men of great dignity, and I shivered when I saw them, i noticed also that they alone mado small reverenco to tho majesty of Montezuma. The counselors and nobles having fallen back, these priests entered into talk with tho emperor, and presently two of them came forward, and taking me from the* custody of the guards led me forward before the throne. Then of a sudden I was commanded to strip myself of my garments, and this I did, with no little shame, till I stood naked before them all. Now tho priests came forward and examined every part of 1110 closely. On my arms were the scars left by Do Garcia's sword, and on my breast the scarcely healed marks of the puma's teeth and claws. These wounds they scanned, asking how I had come by them. I told them, and thereupon they carried on a discussion among themselves and out of my hearing, which grow so warm that at length they appealed to the emperor to decide tho point. He thought awhile, and I heard him say: ' Tho words 0/ Tezcat shall be obeyed. Let the seat of Otomie, the royal princess, the favored of Tezcat, bo placed by the side of the god." Quebec Families. The province of Quebec has a law bestowing 100 acres of government land on every father of a family whojias 12 living children. Up to the piescntfthne 174,200 acres have been given under this law. Not all of these fathers, however, are satisfied with the amount of this bounty, for families of 20 children arc not rare, and the fathers of these want a proportionately Afterward this was always done, except when I ate with Montezuma himself. Moreover, the I'rlncess Otomie became known throughout the city as "the blessed princess, the favored of Tezcat," for so strong a hold had custom and superstition upon this people that they thought it the greatest of honors to her, who was among the first ladies in the land, that he who for a little spiwu was supposed to hold the spirit of the soul of the world should deign to desiro her companionship when ho ate. Now tho feast went on, and presently I made shift to ask Otomie what all this might mcati. "I do not know, O king. I am of a white race, and our forefather was named Adam." For a whole month we traveled, for the way was far and the road rough, and sometimes we must cut our path through forests and sometimes we must wait upon the Imnksof rivers. Many were the strange eights I saw upon that journey, and many the cities in which we sojourned in much state and honor, but I cannot stop to tell of all these. "Perchance that Is another name for Quetzal," he said. "It has long been prophesied that his children would return, and now It seems that the hour of their coming is at hand." And he sighed heavily, then added: "Go now. Tomorrow you shall tell me of these Teules, and the council of the priests shall decide your fate." higher reward. One old gentleman, Paul Belangcr of River du Loup, wants 800 acres in recognition of his family of 86 living children.—New York Tribune. At Xoloc we began to enter the city of Tenoctitlan, or Mexico, the mightiest city that ever I had seen. The houses on the outskirts Indeed were built of mud or udoDe, but those in tho richer parts were constructed of rodstone. Kach house surrounded a courtyard and was, In turn, surrounded by a garden, whilo between them ran canals, having footpaths on either side. Then there were squares, and in the squares pyramids, palaces and temples without end. I gazed on them till I was bewildered, but all seemed as nothing when at length I saw the great temple, with its stone gateways opening to the north and theD south, the cast and the west, its walls carven everywhere with serpents, its polished pavements, its teocillis decked with human skulls, thousands ■ipon thousands of them, and }ts vast surrounding tianquee, or market place. I caught but a glimpse of it then, for the darkness -was falling, and afterward we were- borne on through the darkness, I did not know whither. Now, when I heard the names of the priests, I trembled in all my bones and cried, clasping my hands in supplication: One thing I will relate, however, though briefly, because it changed the regard that the prince Guatemoc and I felt one to the other into a friendship which lasted till his death and indeed endures in my heart to this hour. How few housewives who have pored and soaked potatoes in water before cooking for years know why the potato should be soaked! The potato, especially If it has sprouted, may contain an excess of a poisonous principle called solanine. This is removed by soaking in water. The potato is closely related botanically to the night shades. I had learned enough of the language to talk with Marina. tance that the emperor attached to the fact of my capture, and so desirous was he to see me at his capital, that he had sent his own nephew, the Prince Guatemoc, to fetch n.«s and a great eacort of warrior? with him. "Slay me if you will, Q king, but I beseech you deliver me not again into the hands of the priests." "Alas!" she whispered, "you do not know, nor dnre I tell you now. But I will say this, though you who are a god may sit where you will today an hour shall como when you must lio where you would not. Listen. When wo have finished eating, say that it is your wish to walk in the gardens of the palace, and that I should accompany you. Then I may And a chance to speak." ''We are all In the hands of the priests, who are the mouth of God," he answered coldly. "Beside* I hold that you have lied to me." One day we were delayed by the banks of a swollen river, and in pastime went out to bunt for deer. When we had hunted awhile and killed three deer, it chanced that Guatemoc perceived a buck standing on a hillock, and we set alxmt to stalk it, five of us in all. But the buck was in the open, and the trees and bush ceased a full 100 yards away from where he stood, si that there was no way by which we might draw near to him. Then Guatemoc began to mock me, saying: "Now, Teule, they tell tales of your archery, and this deer is thrice as far as we Aztecs can make sure of killing. Let us see your skill." Then I went, foreboding evil, and Guatemoo also looked downcast. Bitterly did I curse the hour when I had said that I was of the Spanish blood and yet no Spaniard. Had I known even what I knew that day, torture would not have wrung those words from mo. But now it was too late. Never shall I forget my first meeting with this prince, who afterward became my dear companion and brother in arms. When the csoort arrived, I was away from the town shooting deer with the bow and arrow, a weapon In the use of which I had such skill that all the Indians wondered at me, not knowing that twice I had won the prize at the butts on Bungay common. Our party being summoned by a messenger, we returned our deer with us. Ob reaching the courtyard of the cazique'g house, I found it filled ,wlth warriors most gorgeously attired, and among them one more splendid than the rest. He was young, very tall and broad, most handsome in face and having eyes like those of an eagle, while his whole aspect breathed majesty and command. His body was incased in a cuirass of gold, over which hung a mantle made of the most gorgeous feathers, exquisitely set in bands of different colors. On his head he wore a helmet of gold surmounted by the royal crest, an eagle, standing on asnake fashioned in gold and gems. On his arms, and lieneath his knees, he wore circlets of gold and gems, and in his hand Wtu a copper bladed spear. Bound this man were many nobles, dressed in a somewhat similar fashion, ercept that the most uf them wore a vest of quilted cotton in place of the gold cuirass and a jeweled panache of the plumes of birds instead of the royal symbol. "The blemishes do not come from within the body, nor were they upon It at birth, but have been Inflicted by the violence of man and beast.'' How a Bnaslan Emperor Financed. A messenger, pnvtipo end soiled with "I have been here before, and I see the difference. Formerly as soon as my anchor was down my ship was surrounded by dissolute men and women, skimming out from shore and trying to come aboard. How different now! Christianity has made the change." And when some one traduced the missionaries he said: "Oh, you need not toll me these stories. I have lived four months with these dreadful people and know them well. I knew the natives, too, as they were many years ago, and 1 am fully convinced tbat the change I see is from the influence of the religion of the Bible." Among other expedients to raise money fvan resigned the crown in favor of a Tartar khan who was baptized under the name of Simeon. Ivan feigned to withdraw himself from public affairs, but in reality be held on to them and made the new czar call in all the charters formerly Accordingly, when the feast was over, 1 said that I desired to walk in the gardens with the Princess Otomie, and we went out and wandered under the solemn trees that are draped in a winding sheet of gray moss, which, hanging from every bough as though the forest had been decked with the white beards of an army of aged men, waved and rustled sadly In the keen night air. But, alius! we might not be alone, for after us at a distance of 20 paces followed all my crowd of attendant nobles, together fair dancing girls and minstrels, armerl with their accursed flutes, on which they blow in season and out of It, dancing as they blew. In vain did I command them to be silent, telling them that it was written of old that there is a time to play and dance and a time to cease from dancing, for in this alone they would not obey me. Never could I bo at peace In-eause of them then or thereafter, and not till now did I learn how sreat a treasure is solitude. trove}, arrived. self before the majesty of the emperor he drew a painted scroll from his rolM.; and handed It to an attendant noble. So desirous was Montezuma to know its contents that, contrary to all custom, he snatched the roll from the hands of the counselor, and unrolling It he began to read the picture writing by the baleful light of the blazing sky and templo. Pros entiy, as ne watcnca ana ne reaa, .Montezuma groaned aloud, and casting down the writing he covered his face with his hands. As it chanced, i,t fell near to where I stood, and I saw painted over it rude pictures of ships of the Spanish rig and of men In the Spanish armor. Then I understood why Moutezuma groaned. The Spaniards had landed on his shores! Then the priests consulted together again, and presently their leader spoke some words Into the ear of Montezuma. He nodded, and rising from his throne oame toward me, who stood naked and shivering before him, for the air of Mexico la keen. As ho advanced he loosed a chain of emeralds and gold that hung aoout nis necK ana unciaspca tnn royai cloak from his shoulders. Then with his own hand he put the chain about my throat and the cloak upon my shoulders, and having humbly bent the knee before me, as though In adoration, he cast his arms about 1110 and embraced me. Now Guatemoc led me to certain apartments of palace of Chapoltepec, where his wife, the royal Princess Tepulchpo, was awaiting him, a very lovely lady, and with her other ladies, among them the Princess Otomie, Montezuma's daughter, and some nobles. Here a rich repast was served to us, and I was seated next to the Princess Otomie, who spoke to mo most graciously, asking me many things concerning my land and the people of the Teules. It was from her that I learned first that the emperor was much disturbed at heart because pf these Teules, or Spanlards, for he was superstitious and held them to be the children of the god Quetzal, who, according to ancient prophecy, would come to take the land. Indeed so gracious was she, and so royally lovely, that for the first time I felt my heart stirred by any other woman than my betrothed whom I had loft far away in Kngland, and whom, as 1 thought, I should never see again. And, as I learned In after days, mine was not the only heart that was stirred that night granted to the and bishoprics, and all the charters were canceled. Thla curious Interregnum or by whatever name it should be designated lasted nearly a year, and then Ivan declared he did not like the new regime, and dismissing the baptized heathen again took up thesoepter, which as a matter of fact he had never really discarded. "I will try," I answered, "though the shot is long." So we drew beneath the cover of a ceiba tree, of which the lowest branches droop ed to within 15 feet of the ground, and having set an arrow on the string of the great bow that I had fashioned after the shape of those we use in England I aimed and drew it. Straight sjied the arrow anil struck the buck fair, passing through its heart, and a low murmur of wonderment went up from those who saw the feat. Awhile went by, and I saw that we had left, the city and wore passing up a steep hill beneath the shadow of mighty cedar trees. Presently we halted in a courtyard, and here I was hidden to alight. Then the Prince Guatemoc led me into a wondrous house, of which all the rooms were roofed with cedar wood and its walls hung with richly colored cloths, and in that house gold seemed as plentiful as bricks and oak are with us in England, ped by domestics who Ik ire collar wands in their hands, we went through many passages and rooms till at length we came to a chamlier whore other domestics were awaiting us, who washed us with scented waters and clothed us in gorgeous apparel. Thence they conducted us to a door, where wo wore bidden to remove our shoes, and a coarse colored rolie was given to each of us to hide our splendid dress. The robes having lDocn put on, we were suffered to pass the door and found ourselves in a vast chamber in which were many noble men and some women, all standing and clad In coarse robes. At the far end of this chain)«t was a gilded screen, and from lichind it floated sounds of sweet music. One boy was the moans of the civiliza tion and evangelization of the Sandwich Islands. His father and mother were killed, and he ran away with his baby brother on his back. The infant was slain by a spear. The heroic boy got on a ship for New England. Ho was found weeping on the steps of Yale college, Connecticut. He told tho story of his native island. That story aroused the Christian world. "A little child shall lead them." The Tahitian islands have felt tho same supernal power. They had been in the habit of slaying aged parents, and where there were too many children in the family they were put out of the way. Cannibalism was a part of the diet. There war no law of morality for unmarried women. One of their religions sacrifices was a man and a pig roasted together. In the Fiji islands parents were buried alive, and wives were captured as buffalo are lasioed. Incantation was common and snake worsnip prevailed. Among tho .Marque- Bans polyandry, or tho custom of having many husbands, was considered right. An iron needle was worn in tho nostril. Tho lower Hp by forco of torture was driven out to utmost distortion. There was a canonization of filth and obscenity and massacre. The Friendly islands and the Society islands were at tho lowest depths in morals and cruelty. All these Islands have been illumined, and the most of tho abominations have sptDd away, not because of tho threat of foreign guns or as a result of national or international politics, but by the influence of that which yonder mighty crucifix in the night sky typifies. Let no ship captain ever soo it from a deck on the Paciflo, or uassenger, whether for pleasure or profit sailing amid these islands, Isoholdit, without remembering what' the southern cross has done for the besotted savages bounded on all sides by these vast wildernesses of water. "Hail, most blessed," he said, "divine son of Quetzal, holder of the spirit of Tezcat, soul of the world, creator of the World. What have wo done that you should honor us thus with your presence for a season? What can we do to pay the honor back? You created us and all this oountry; behold, while you tarry with us, It Is yours, and we are nothing but your servants! Order and your commands shall be obeyed; think and your thought shall bo executed before It can pass your lips. O Tezcat, I, Montezuma, your servant, offer you my adoration and through me the adoration of all my peoplo," and agiun he bowed the knee. He issued fresh charters to the monasteries, but was careful to keep back several fi.no slices of tho revenues, extorting from «ome of them BU.OOUand from some others 100,000 rubles annually. We shall see, as Ivan's character is unfolded, that this spoliation of the monasteries was not the only thing in which he resembled our own merry monarch, Henry VIIL He would send his agents into the various provinces, there to buy up at low prices the whole of some particular commodity for which the province was noted. Now some of his counselors approached him to console him, but ho thrust them aside, saying: Then, just as we prepared to go to the fallen deer, a male puma, which is nothing but a cat, though 60 times as big, that had been watching the buck from above, dropped down from the boughs of the coi ba tree full on to the shoulders of the Prince Guatemoc, felling him to the ground, where he lay face downward, while the fierce brute bit and clawed at his back. Indeed had it not been for his golden cuirass and helm Guatemoc Would nevex have lived to lie emperor of Analiuac, and perhaps it might have lieen better so. ''Let mo mourn—tho doom that was foretold has fallen upon the children of Anahuiic. The children of Quetzal muster on our shores and slay my people. Let me mourn, I say." Wtlll we wore allowed to walk togetftor under the trees, and though the clamor of music pursued lis whenever wo went, we were soon deep In talk. Then it was that I learned how dreadful was the late which overshadowed me. At that moment another messenger came from the palace, having grief written on his face. "Know, O Teule,"- said Otomle, for she would call me. by the old name when there was none to hear, ' this is tho custom of our land—that every year a young captive sho«ild lxi chosen to be the earthly image of tfce god Tezcat, who created tho world. Only two tilings are necessary to this captiv—namely, that his blood should bo noble and that his person should bo beautiful and without (law of blemish. Tho day that you Came hither, Teule, chanced to bo the day of choosing a new captive to personate the god, and you have been chosen because you are both noble and more beautiful than any man in Analiuac, and also lx'Cause, being of the people of the Teules, tho children of Quetzal, of whom so many rumors have reached. us, and whoso coming my father, Montezuma, dreads more than anything in tho world, It was, thought by the priests that you may avert their anger from us andthenpger of the gods.'' After retaining the monopoly for a while he would sell for a high rate, and even compel merchants to buy at the price# he named. He followed a similar course with foreign imports, creating a monopoly, and forbidding others to sell their fctocks until he had disposed of his owu. By these means he cleared 200,000 rubles la a /ear. —Gentleman's Magazine. "O king, forgive the tongue that must tell such tidings. Your royal sister Papantzln was sejseti with terror at yonder dreadful sight," and ho pointed to the heavens. "She lies dying in the palace!" "Speak," said MonjMuma. This was Guatemoc, Montezuma's nephew and afterward the last emperor of Ail' ahuac. So soon as 1 saw him I saluted him in the Indian fashion by touching the /earth with my right hand, which I then F&lsed to my head But Guatemoc, having scanned me with his eye as ji stood, bow In hand, attired In my simple hunter's dress, smiled frankly and said: Near to us sat another royal lady, Panantzln, the sister of Montezuma, but she was neither young nor lovely, anu yet most sweet faced and sad, as though with the presage of death. Indeed she died pot maily week a after, but could u°t rest quiet In her grave, as shall bo told, "We adore you, Q Tezcatl" chimed In the priests. Now, when they saw the puma snarl ing and tearing at the }Dersoii of their prince, though bravo men enough, the three nobles who wens with lis were seized with sudden panic and ran, thinking him dead. But I did not ruji, though I should have been glad enough to do so. At my side hung one of the Indian weapons that serve mem innu'wi 01 swoms, a cmo 01 wood set on both sides with spikes of obsidian, like the teeth in the bill of a swordfish. Snatching it from its loop, I gave the puma battle, striking a blow upon his head that rolled him over and caused the blood to pour. In a moment lie was up and at me roaring with rage. Whirling the wooden sword with both hands, 1 smote him in midair, the blow passing lDetween his »pened paws and catching him full on th& snout and head. So hard was this stroke that my weapon was shattered. Still it did not stop the puma.- In a second I was east to the earth with a great shock, and the hrute was on me, tearing and biting at my chest and neck. It was well for me at that moment that I wore n garment of quilted cotton; otherwise 1 niust have been ripped open, and even with this covering I was sadly torn, and to this day I liear the marks of t he beast's claws upon my body. Hut now when 1 seemed to bo lost the great blow that I had struck took effect on him, for one of the points of glass had pierced to his brain. He lifted his head; his claws contracted themselves in my flesh; then he howled like a dog in pain and fell dead upon my body. So I lay upon the ground unable to stir, for I was much hurt, until my companions, having taken lier.rt, eamo back and pulled the puma off me. By tills time Guatemoc. who saw it ail, but till now Now I remained silent and bewildered, for of all this foolery J could understand nothing, and while I stood thus Montezuma clapped his hands and women entered, bearing beautiful clothing with them and a wreath of flowers. Tho clothing they put upon my body and the wreath of flowers on my head, worshiping me the while and saying: "Tezcat, who died yesterday, is come again. Be joyful; Tezcat has come again in the body of tho captive Teule." Now, when the emperor heard that his sister, whom he loved, was dying, he said nothing, but covering his face with his royal mantle he passed slowly hack to the palace. When tho feast was done and we had drunk of the cocoa or ohooolate and smoked tobacco in pipes, a strange but most soothing custom that I learned in Taliasco, and of which I have never been able to break myself, though the weed is still hard to oome by here in England, I was led to my sleeping place, a small chamber, paneled with cedar boards. For awhile I could not sleep, for I was overcome by the memory of all the strange sights that I had seen in this wonderful new land, which was so civilized and yet so barbamiiaGt'nrmun, The new hired girl had a sweet f?ce. "Surely, Teula, if I know anything of the looks or men, we are too equal in our birth, as in our age, for you to salute me as a slave greets his master." And he beld his hand to me. Now, as we stood in the great chamber, that was lichted with sweet smellimr torches, many men advanced and greeted Guatemoc, the prince, and I noticed that ull of them looked upon mo curiously. Presently a woman came, and I saw that her beauty was great. She was tall and stately, and beneath her reugh outer robe splendidly attired in worked and jeweled garments. Weary and liewildered as I was, her loveliness seized me, as it were, In a vise—never before had I seen such loveliness, for her eye was proud and full like tiie eye of a buck, licr cnrling hair felt u|Don her shoulders, and her features were very noble, yet tender almost to sadness, though at times she could seem fierce And all the while tho crimson light gleamed and sparkled in the cast like some monstTvuu and unnatural dawn, while the ttmiple of Quetzal burned floroely in the city beneath. She was not protty, but interesting. Brown curls clustered upon her broad, low forehead, and there was a kindlylight in her deep eyes. And I took it, answering with the help of Marina, who was watching this great lord with eager eyes; Then I understood that I was now a god and the greatest of gods, though at that moment within myself I felt more of a fool than I had ever been before. Now I turned to the Princess Otomle, who had stood by uiy side, throughout, overcome with \vonder and trembling. "I might say," eh© observed, "that I have very conservative fc'oas as to the way a servant should be treated. I am very modest in luy demands.'* *'It may be so, prince, but though in my gwn country f am a man of repute and wealth here I am nothing but a slave snatched from the sacrifice." And now men appeared, grave and reverend In appearance, Ixviring lutes In their hands. 1 was told that these were my tutors, and with them a train of royal pages, who wero to be my servants. They led me forth from the hall, making music as they went, and before pie piarched o, herald, calling out that this was tho gixl Tezcat, soul of V'orld, creator pf tho world, who had pome again to visit his peopjp. fliey let} me through all tho courts (tnd endless chambers of tho palace, and wherever I went man, woman and child bowed themselves to tho earth before me and worshiped me, Thomas Wingflcld of Ditchingham, in tho county of Norfolk, till I thought that I must Ik; mad. "Did I not say that this company was aocursed, princess of tho Otomle t" They sat breathless. "You said It, Teule," she answered, ''and it is accursed." "All I ask/* she continued, "is to be treated Hko ono of the family." They were too much overcome to speak.—Detroit Tribune "I know it," ho said, frowning. "It is well for all here that you were so snatched before the breath of life had left you, else Montezuma's wrath had fallen on this city." And he looked at the cazique, who trembled, such in those days was the ter ipQf ,of Montezuma's name. Then my thoughts flew to tho vision of that most lovely maid, the Princess Otomle, who, as I believed, had looked on me so kindly, and I found that vision sweet, for I was young, and the English Lily, my own love, was fir away and lost to nie forever. Was it then Wonderful that I should find this Indian poppy fairf Indeed where Is the man who would not have Jioen over come by }ier sweeetness, her beauty and that stamp pf royal grace which ©times with kingly blood arid the daily exercise of powerf Like tho rich wonders of tho robe she wore, her very barbarism, of which now I saw but the better side, drew and dazzled my mind's eye, giving her woman's tenderness some new quality, somber and strange, an eastern richness which Is lacking in our well schooled English wbmen, that at one and the same stroke touched both the Imagination and the senses and through them enthralled the heart. Now OtOmle paused as ono who has something to say. that she can scarcely find words to (It, but, I remembering only what had been gaid, swelled Inwardly with the sense tif n|y own greatness and because this lovely princess had declared that I was tho most licautlful man In Anahuac, I, who, tholugh I was well looking enough, had never before been called "'lieautiful" by man, woman or child. But in this case, as in many another, pride went before a fall. Then wo went Into the palace, and even In this hour of fear after me cauie the minstrels, as before. [TO EE CONTINUED.] Wrung From His Soul. "Oh, come off r enough. This lady was yet in her firs youth; perchance she may have seen some 18 years, but her shape was that of a full grown woman and most royal It was the appealing, liorrorstruck, heartbroken outcry of a strong man iu agony. Then )ie asked me if jt was a Teule, or 8p»piari|. I told fjim that f was no Span fard, but one of another white race who bad Spanish blood In his reins. This saying seemed to puzzle him, for he had never so much as heard of any other white race, so I told him sorhething of my story, at least so much of it as had to do with my being cast away. Nurse—Luke at the awkward little rascal, Try in to pit his tathin ring in bis eye. »)h, that southern cross! Wore ever four worlds lietter placed than those which composo it? Though they were uninhabited and built only for Uus significance, they were worthily built. Shine on until all the people of this hemisphere who see thee shall bethink themselves of the sacrifice thou dost depict! A cross not made out of darkness, but out of light. A cross strong enough for all nations who see It to hang their hopes upon. Ono night while I watched this celestial crucifix the clouds gathered, and the top of the cross was gone, and the foot of it was gone, and the outstretched arms were gon«. No more of Mr. Kajones bad seen his daughter Laura for the first time riding her bicycle In red bloomers.—Chioago Tribune"Greeting, Guatempe. my cousin," she said in a sweet voice. ''So you are come at last. My royal father has awaited you for long and will ask questions as to your delay. My sister, your wife, has wondered also why you tarried.'' Fond Mother—It is not awkwardness at all, Mary Jane, I* is instinct He takes it for & monocle.—Indianapolis Journal "It must lie spoken, " Otomio continued. "Alas, that it should be I who uni fated to tell you. For a year yvu. will rule as god in this city of Tenoctltlan.aiiid except for certain ceremonies that you must undergo and certain arts which you must learn none will trouble you. Your slightest wish will lie a law, and when you smile on any it shall bo an omen of good to them, and they will bless you. Even my father, Montezuma, will treat you with jreverepoq as an equal or Then they placed me In a litter and carried mo down the hill Chapoltepee and along causeways and through streets till we came to the great square of the temple. Before mo went heralds and priests, after me followed pages and nobles, and ever as we passed tho multitudes prostrated themselves till I began to understand how wearisome a thing it Is to lie a god. Next they carried mo through the wall of ser- Good Prospects. When I had finished, he said: "If I have pnderstood aright, Teule, you say you are no Spaniard, yet that you have Spanish plood in you and came hither in a Spanish ■hip, and I'find this story strange. Well, it is for Montezuma to judge of these matters. so let us talk of them no more. Come Now, as she spoke, I felt rather than saw that this lady was searching me with her eyes. One Comfort. Mamma — Robbie got thoroughly drenched today. He didn't know there was a shower threatening until he was caught in it "Had yor legs cut off in a railway ac cident, eh? Get anything from tho com pany?" "Greeting, Otomie, my cousin," answered the prince. "I have been delayed by the accidents of travel. Tabasco is far away; also my charge and companion, "Yes, but only $5,000." "Well, you can't kick."' World- Papa—Think, dear, he may grow np and make a famous weather prophet— Chioago Inter Ooean.  '—New York For Otomle seemed such a woman as