Pittston Gazette

              8TAHMSIIK1D IKr.O. { vol.. XLV. NO. » I 1 Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. 1'ITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1894. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. (•'tffiWSaP* ing rout, and after us canity t Jn- Spaniard.; shouting uu their saints and Hushed Willi victory. But scarcely had we turned tho corner when they saiif? another sont;, for those who were watching 1,00(1 f»vt above us gave the signal, ami down from ou liit-di came a rain of stones and bowlders tiial; darkened the air and crashed among them, crushing many of them. swamps In) l.ad parsed mora tlian enougli. So 1 hurried also to tlieriver, intending to cross it. Hut all that day and all that night it rained as it can rain nowhere else in the world that 1 have seen, till at lant we waded on our roiid Unco deep in water, and when \vc came to the ford of the river it was to lind a wide, roaring flood that no man could pass in anything less frail than a Yarmouth herring boat. So there on the bank we must stay in misery, suffering many ills from fever, lack of food and pluntitude of water, till at length the stream ran down. ace rather than in supplication, his tluu-11 pB muttering prayers, Father Pedro passed on to the place of his doom, now xnt-y saw us iuso, anu at our poor array I heir column twisted forward like some bugosnake in tho crack or a rock till they canm to within a hundred paces of us. Then tho Spaniards raised their battlecry of St. Peter, and lance at rest they chargi d us with their horse. We met them with a rain of arrows that checked them a little, but not for long. Soon they were among us, driving us back at the point of their lances anil slay lug many, for our Indian weapons could work little harm to men and horses clad in armor. Therefore we must fly, and indeed flight was my plan, for by it I hoped to lead tho foe to that part of tho defile where tho road was narrow and tho cliffs sheer, and they might be crushed by the stonos which should hall on them from above. All went well. Welled. The Spanlards followed, Hushed with victory, till they were fairly in the trap. Now a single bowlder came "rushing from on high, and falling on a horse killed him, then, rebounding, carried dismay and wounds to those behind. Another followed, and yet another, and I grew glad at heart, for it seemed to me that the danger was over, and that for the 6ccond time my strategy had succeeded vT™^ Vltjf.- ETC. TYKICHT 169n.grTHtAVTHOR.. D shall In- no escape." renegail" lie : ure that, this time there DR. HOLMES DEAD "Ok-h-h!" while the two giggled with delight. The page was 1703. "I know well that there will be noes cajie for one or otlu r of us, Juan lie (iarcia," 1 answered. Now we play the last round of the name, but do not boast, lor Cod alone knows to whom the victory shall Ik; given. You have prospered long, but. a day maybe at hand when your pros pcrity shall cease with your breath. To your errand, Juan do Garcia." "Pnt dowu three there," said she. Another cut brought 407. "That makes 10. Now I get another. Good! That's five more. Fifteen isn't bad." The Helmed ami Poet's Knd Wjis Peaceful. On they struggled, seeing a wider wayill front where tin- cliffs sIojkhI, and |n-r haps half of them won through. Hut lien? tho archers were waiting, ami now, In tho place of stones, arrows were bailed upon tlieiu till at length, utterly bewildered and unable to strike a blow In their own defense, they turned to Qy toward the ojiuii country. This llnished the light, for now we assailed their llank, and once more the rocks thundered on them from uNive, and the end of it was that those who remained of the Spaniards and their Indian allies were driven in litter ryut back to the plain beyond the pass of Pines. T)ie second girl opened at 269, so thai nine was her first count Next time sh* "cut" three, and the last number wa» seven, making her, as she observed, "high man." DIED IN HIS BOSTON HOME, For a moment ho sat silent, pulling at liis pointed Ix-aril, and watching him I thought that I could see the shadow of a half forgotten fear creep into his eyes. If so, it was soon gone, for lifting his head be spoke boldly and clearly. Three days and nights we waited there, and 011 the fourth morning I made shift to cross, losing four men by drowning in the passage. Once over, I hid my force in the bush and reeds and crept forwaid with six men only to see if 1 could discover anything of the Whereabouts of the Spaniards. Within an hour 1 struck tho trail that they had cut. through the forest anil followed It. cautiously. Presently we came to a spot where the forest was thin, and here Cortis had camped, for there was heat left in I lie ashes of his fires, anil among them lay .the body of an Indian who had died from sickness. Not 50 yards from this camp stood a huge ccilio, a tree that has u habit of growth not unlike that of our English oak, though it is soft wooded and white barked and will increase more in bulk in ~0 years t han any oak liny In 100. The Fuel of lliC Di-rense Kept Quipf The third one began with 76, added five and collapsed on the third for the right hand page was 1461. For Several Hours "This is my menage to you, Thomas \\ ingficld, anil to such of the Otomie dogs with whom you herd as we Have left alive today. The Captain Iiernal Diaz offers you terms on behalf of his cxcclli ncy the vice- "I'm stuck," she said, with the philosophic air of a thorough sport. She began to rummage in her purse, and the highly entertained drug clerk drew three chocolate ice cream sodas. Th« Kindly and (ieiDial "Autocrat of the upon him!' You sh;Ul cry It yet more loudly before 1 have done, for know that Guatcmoe. did not suffer alone. One lies there who sulTereil with him and spoke no word, and I also, your princess, was doomid to torment. \Ye»escaped when death was at our door, for 1 told my husband that the people of the Otomle hail true hearts and would shelter us in our sorrow, and for his sake I, Otoinic, disguised myself in the robe of a wanton and fled with him hither. Could I have known what I should live to see and hear, could I have dreamed that you would receive us thus, 1 had died a hundred deaths In-fore I came to stand anil plead for pity at your hand#. [CONTINUED.] UreakfaAt Table" ra.it-il Awnjr Juit After Now tlio tumult began again, for some shouted one name and some another, but in the end a priest and noble named Maxtla steppid forward, a man of great power among the Otoinie, who, above all, had favored an alliance with the Spaniards and opiDo.-;cd the sending of an army to aid Guatcmoc in the defense of Tenoctltlan. Nor did he come alone, for with him were four chiefs, whom by their dress I knew to 1*; Tlascidans and envoys from Cortes. Then my heart sank, for it was not difficult to guess the object of their coming. roy." What are his terms?" I asked. Merciful enouuh to such ncstilcnt rebels the Meridian of a Beautiful October He observed after the girls departed* "That's the first time I ever knew th« city directory was a gambling implement. "—Chicago Record. After this battle the Spaniards troubled us no more for many years except by threats, and my name grew great among the people of the Otomle. Hay, With All His Family at Hi* Hcd Father Pedro paused on to the place of hi* doom. fiirie— ill« Career a* a l'hyalclan, a Joar naliat and a Poof —IIin Keceot Removal One Spaniard I rescued from death, and afterward 1 gave him his liberty. From him I Inquired of tho doings of lDe Garcia or Sorceda and learned that he was st ill in the service of Cortes, but that Marina had been true to her word and bad brought dis grace upon him because he hud threatened to put Otouiie to tho torture- Moreover, Cortes was angry with him lie-cause of our cscajie, tliti burden of which Marina had laid upon his shoulders, hinting that ho had taken a bribe to suffer us to pass the gate. and again shaking his head fiercely to free himself from the torment of the inseota which buzzed about it. From Beverly Farms H;nt«ued Ills End. A Hint to CroMiu. But suddenly from above there came a sound other than that of the rushing rocks, tho sound of men joining in battle, that grew till the air was full of its tumult; then something whirled down from on high. I looked. It was no stone, but a man, one of my own men. Indeed ho was but as tho first raindrop of a shower. Boston, Oct. 8. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, famous as a poet and author, diod at bis residence on Beacon street from a complication of disoasoa. A wealthy magnate traveled from London to his native city in the midnight sleeping saloon. He was sitting on his berth in the morning, about to put his shoes on, when he was  oy a kind looking gentleman opposite, who was also putting on his shoes, with the inquiry, "My friend, are you a rich man?" I looked upon him and wondered. I looked again and knew. Suddenly thore rose before my mind a vision of that gloomy vault In Seville of a woman, young and lovely, draind Increments, and of a thin faced, black rotDod friar who smote her ulion tho llpe with his Ivory crucifix «ud cursed her for a blasphonilng heretic. There before mo was the man. Isaliclla de Blguenza had prayed that a fat« like to her own should befall him, and it waa upon hltn now. Nur Indeed, remembering all that had lieen, was I minded to avert it, even If It had been In my power to do so. 1 stood by and let the victim pass, but as he passed I spoke to hlin in Spanish, saylng: " Remember that whloh it may well be you have forgotten, holy fathor. Remember now the dying prayer of Isabella de Slgucnza, whom many years ago you did to death in Seville." i)r. \oln. lias b«en In foeble health for a long time, and although an iron constitution has long bullied disease it Indeed I never jet saw an oak tree so largo as •hi voiini •■.{-which 1 write, cither in girth or 1" it-; spread of top, unless it lie the Kirby oak or the tree t!:ut is called the King of Scoto, which grows at liroomc, that is the next parish to this of Ditchlnghnni. in Norfolk. On this ccitia tri*D many zaphilotes or vultim-s were perched, and as wo crept toward It 1 saw what It was they camc to seek, for from the lowest branches ilt tho cciba three corpses swung in the breeze. "Here are the Spaniards' footprints," 1 said. "Let us look at them," and we passed beneath the shadow of the tree. "Speak on, Maxtla," said Otomie, "for we must hear what there is for us to answer, and you, people of the Otomle, I pray you keep silence, that you may juoge between us when there is an end of talk- 4'0h, my people, I lieseeeh of you, make no terms with the false Teulc, but remain bold and free. Your necks are not fitted to the yoke of the slave; your sons and daughters are of too high a blood to servo the foreigner in his neeils anil pleasun-s. Defy Malinche. Some of our race Are dead, but itmuy thousands remain. Here in your mountain nest you can beat back every Tcule In Aiuihune, as in bygone years the false Tlascidans bent buck tho Aztecs. Then the Tlascalans were free; now they are a rai-e of serfs. Say, will you share their serfdom? My people, my people, think not that I plead for myself or even for the husband who is more dear to me than aught save honor. l)o you indeed dream that wo will suffer you to hand us living to these dogs of Tlusculans, whom Malinche insults you by sending as his messengers?" Alas, I saw tho truth I I had been outwitted. The Spaniards, old in war, could not bo caught twice by such a trick. They advanced down tho pass with tho carronades Indeed, because they must, but first they sent great bodies of men to climb the mountain under shelter of the night by secret paths which had been discovered to them, and there on its summit to deal with those who would stay their passage by hurling rocks upou them. Of tho 14 years of my llfo which followed the ilefeut of the Spaniards I can speak briefly, for, compared to the timo that had gone before, they were years of quiet. In them children were born to me and Otoinle—three sons—and these children wiw luy great joy, for I lovud them dearly, and they loved me. Jndoed, except for tho Btrain of their mother's blood, they were English and not Indian, for 1 ehristcned them all and taught tlienx our English tongue fUld faith, and tlu-irmieq pud eyes were moru English thup Indian, though their skins Were dark, lint J Jiad no )uek with tlu-so dear children of mine anymore than I liavo had with that which Lily boro mo. Two of them diitl—one front ft fever that all my skill would poll avail to cure, and another by a fall from ft lofty pedaf frcu, which he climbed (Marching for a Rite's iiest. Thus of tho thrnt (Df them—since 1 do not speak pow of that infant, piy flrstixirn, Dvhy perished in the siege—there rein/ijiud to me only the eldest and liest Ix-joyed, of whom I must tell hereafter. The magnate looked astonished, but answered th€ pleasant faced, tired looking gentleman with a "Yes, I'm tolerably rich." Xuw a great silent* fell upon tho multitude, who pressed together like sheep in a pen and strained their ears to catch the words of Maxtla. lug." A pause occurred and another question, "How rich are you?" "Two or throe hundred tbooaand pounds. Why?" "My speech with you, princess, and the Teule, your outlawed husband, shull be short and sharp," he began roughly. "A while lience you came hither to seek an army to aid Cuitlahua, emperor of the Aztecs, in his struggle with the Teules, the eons of (Quetzal. That army was given you against the wishes of many of us, for you won over the council by the honey of your words, and we who urgid caution or oven an alliance with the white men, the children of God, were overruled. You went hettce, and 20,000 men, tho flower of our jM-opU', fCdlowed yC Du to Tenoctitlan. Where are I bey now? I will tell you. .Some J.MH) of t l»ia)ii liave crept I Duck home, the rest fly to and fro through the air in the gizzards of the zaphilotes or crouch on the tinth in the liellic* of jackals. Death lias them all, and you led them to their deaths. Is it, then, much that we should s»vk the lives of you two in payment ft* those 20,- (000 of our Hons, our husliands and our fa I hers? But we do even ask t his. Here lie wide me stand emlDassadorsfront Malinche, tho captain of the Teules, who reached our «-ity but an hour ago. This is the demand that they bring from Malinche, and ill his own words: And In truth they dealt with them but too well, for my men of the Otomle, lying on the verge of the cliff among the scrub of aloes and other prickly plants that grew there, watching the advance of the foe beneath and never for one moment dreaming that foes might be upon their flank, were utterly surprised, .-x-arceiy nau wiey tlrqe to seize their weapons, which were luid at their sides that they might have th« greater freedom in the rolling of heavy masses pf rock, when fho prjDn.y, whq outgum hep*} thpm by far, were upon them with a yell. Then came a flght, short, but decisive. "Well," said the old man, "if I were as rich as you are and snored as loud as I know you do, I would engage a whole sleeping saloon every time I travsled."—Tit-Bits.As 1 came, a zaphilote alighted on the head of the liody that hung nearest to me, and its Weight or the wafting of tho fowl's wing paused the dead man to turn round so that Jie came face fo face with puC. I looked, started hack, fhci) looked ttgaift afijj sank to tho earth groaning, for here was ho whom I had come to seek and save, my brother, tiuatemoc, the last emperor of Anahuae. Here ho hung in the dim and desolate forest, dead by the death of a thief, while the vulture shrieked upon bis head. I sat bewildered and horror striken, and as I sat I remembered the proud slgiD of Aztec royalty, a bird of prey cjusping an adder |n its flaw, There before (lie was tlu, last of the stock, and, behold, ft bird of prey grip|Dcd his hair \n |ts talons, a fitting emblem Indeed ,,f the fall of Amihuac and the kings of Anahuae I The man heard me. He turned livid beneath liU bronzed skin and staggered until J thought that he would have fallen. He stared I4lDCDn me with terror In his eye to Ijce, as ho Ixjieved, a common sight enough, that of an Indian phief rejoicing at the death of ono of his oppressors, lie mixed his vinrDr and heqan to gpcttk. and heathens," "he answered, sneering. "Surrender your city without condition, and the viceroy, in his clemency, will ac ccpt the surrender. Nevertheless, lest you 8hq\ild say afterward that faith has Ixjcii broken with you, be it known to you that you shall not go unpunished for your many crimes. This is the punishment that shall bo inflicted on you. All those who had iMirt or parcel in the devilish murder of that holy saint, father Pedro, sh.-ill lDe burned at the ptake, and the eyes of all who beheld it shall Ixj put out. Such of tho leaders of the Otomio as tho judges may select shall be hanged publicly, among them yourself, Cousin Wingflcld, and more particularly tho woman Otomic, daughter of Montezuma, the late king. For the rest, tho dwellers In the City of Pines must surrender their wealth into the tl-eas ury of the viceroy, and they themselves men, women and children, shall be led from the city and be distributed, according to tho viceroy's pleasure, upon the estates of such of the Spanish settlers as he may select, there to learn the useful arts of hus bandry and mining. These are tho conditions of surrender, and I am commanded to say that an hour Is given you in Which to dec ide whether to accept or reject them.'" The One Condition. "Bless me, my boy," said the country uncle, "there's no eiid of fun down it our place. You must come and sea as in time for the husking bees.'' "Deah me!' said the city nephew nervously. "I shouldn't care evah to husk a bee unless some one would first wemove the sting, "—youth's Companion."Look," and she walked to where Jho spear that had been hurled at her lay upon the pavement and lifted it, ' here Is a means of death that some friend has sent tis, and if you will not listen to my pleading you shall soy it used beforo your eyes. Then, If you will, you may send our bodies to Malinche as a peaf«offering. But for your own sakes I plead wjth you. Defy Malinche, and if you must dit at Just die as freemen and not as slaves of the Topic. Behold now his tender mercies and see ti libit that shidl lie yours If you take another counsel, the counsel of Maxtla," and coming to tlie lifter on which I lay she rent my robes from me, icavipg me almost naked to the waist, and unwound the bandages from my wounded limb, tturn lifted me up so that I rested upon lujr sound foot "What devil are you," ho said hoarsely, "sont from hell to torment ino at tho last?" ''Remember tho dying prayer of Isabella do Slgucnza, whom you struck and cprsod," | answered, mocking. "Seek not tQ £i}ow yr(ienco f am, but remember this only, fipw luid forever." Poy a m(nnent fie stood still, heirless of the urging;! of hte tormentors. Thw* his courage canio to him again, and hu crlod with a great voice: ' Get thee behind me, satan. What have I to fear from theef I remember that dead sinner well—may her soul have peace—and her curse has fallen upon me. I rejoice that it should bo so, for on the farther aide of yonder stone the gates 01 ncaven open to my sigiii,. not, umi liehlnd me, satan. What have 1 to fear from th»?e?" OL1VEH WENDELL HOLMES, Too (ato I saw it all and cursed the folly that had pot provided against such phanpes, for indeed I never thought it possiblu that the forces of tho Hpaniards could find the spcret trails ppoi) UDC farther side Of the mountain, forgetting that treason makes must things possible. was at last sh&tterod. Tlio last hour* of I)r. Holmos were passed quietly, with bla family by liis bedside. Vor tho rest, jointly with Otomle I was named cazioue ot tno C ity ot fun's tit a gfj'.'it council tin t v.~. - held after 1 had destroyed fh" Hjiai.i,.: lid their allies, and as such we had »*;.!•• though not absolute power. By the eyjiviso of this power in the end I suececdcd in abolishing the horrible rites of human sacrifice, though, because of this, a large number of the outlying tribes fell away from our rule, and the eppijty jif tho priests was excited against me, The last saerjthv, except one only, tho most terrible of iheiii all, of jvhich I will tell afterward, tliat was ever vclcbrntctf on tho teocalli In front of tho palace took place after the defeat of tho Spaniards in the pass. Dr. Ilolmos returned from Beverly farms alDout 10 days ago, and the removal greatly fatigued Him, and, it is thought, hastened his end. The family residence was darkened and apparently deserted, and few knew that lDr. llolmes was In Boston The news of his death, which occ urred at 112:15 o'clock Sunday afternoon, was kept quiet until a lato hour last night. Father—I don't approve of this young Qian that is calling on yon regularly. "Why. he comes of good family, I'm sure, and"  Not the Right Sort. I sprang to my feet, with an oath, and lifting the bow I held I sent an arrow through the vulture, and It fell to the earth fluttering and screaming. Then 1 bade those with mo to cut down the corpses of Quutemoo and of tho prince of Tuculia and another noble who iuing with him and hollow a deep gravo beneath the tree. There I laid them, and there 1 left them to sleep forever in its melancholy shadow, tiul thus for the last time I saw Guatcuioc. piy brother, whom I came far to save uu.i fouud mii'ly for burial by the Spaniard. CHAPTER XX XL THE SIEGE OF TIIE CITY OF PINES. Father—That's well enough, but I uotice the gas bill is just as big as when he first began to call Chicago Inter Ocean. The battle was already lost. Prom a thousand feet above us swelled the shouts of victory. Tho battle was lost, and yet I must light on. As swiftly as I could I withdrew those who were left to me to a certain angle in the path, where a score ot desperate men might forawhile hold hack tho advancc of an army. Here I called for some to stand at my side, and many answered to my call. Out of them I chose 50 men or more, bidding the rest run hard for tho City of Pines, tl|pre to warn those who wore left in garrison that the hour of danger was upon them, and, should I fall, to conjure Otomle, my wife, to make the best resistance in her power till, If it were possible, she could Dvrlng from the Spaniards a promise of safety for herself, her child and her people. Meanwhile 1 could hold tho pass so tha( time might (hi given tq shut (he gates and man (he walls. With the main body of those who were left to me I sent t»ack my son, though ho prayed hard to be allowed to stay with mo. But, seeing nothing before me except death, I refused him. •' 'Deliver back to uie Otoinie, the daughter of Montezuma, and tlu* renegade of her jiaraiuour, who is known as Teule, and wliohas fled from the justice due to liis crimen, and it shall be well with you, people of tlie Otomle. Hide them or refuse to deliver theiu, and the faU'of the City of l'ines shall lie as the fate of Tenoctitlan, queen of the valley. Choose, then, between ley love and my wrath, people of tho Otomic. 1 f you obey, the |Mtst shull be forgiven, and my yoke w ill lie light upon yuu. If you refuse, your city shall lie stamped flat and your very name w iped out of tho records of the world.' Heart Failure tlie Immediate Cause. "Ijook!" she cried in a piercing voice, and pointing to the scars and unhealed wounds UJMin my face and leg. on the work of Teule and the Tlascalan; see how the foe is dealt with who surrenders to thriu. Yield If you will, desert us if you will, but I say that tlien your pwn bodies shall lie marked in a like fashion tilf uof. an ounce of gold is left that can minister to the greed of the Teule, or a 1P»U or a maiden who can laltor to satisfy his lnilo tepee." Heart failure was tho immediate cause of Dr. Holmes' death, though tho doctor has slowly failed for the last four or five yearn. An asthmatic diiliculty also assisted in tho final breaking down of the aged "autocrat." A Tragedy of the Lawn In Thre* Acta. Crying thus, he staggered forward, saying: "O (rod, into thy hand I commend my splritl" May his soul have peace also, for If ho was cruel at least ho was brave and did not shrink lieneath those torments which he had luilleted on many others. Now this was a little matter, but ita results were large. Had I saved Father Pedro from the hands of the pabas of tho Otomle it is likely enough that I should not today bo writing this history here in th* valley of tho Wayeney. I do pot know if I could have saved hlin. I only know that | did not try, and that because of his death great sorrows pamP OPon mp- Whether I was right op wrong, wbo can sturD Thot* who Judge my story may think tnat In this as In other matters I was wrong. Had they seen Isaliella de Htguensa die wlthlL her living tomb certainly they would hold that I was right. But for good or ill, matters came about as I have written. Then I turned Pijr face homeward, for now Anahuae had no king to rescue, but it cluineed that before I went 1 caught a Tlasciihin who could s|Dcak Spanish, and who had deserted from the army of Cortes because of the hardships that, lie suffer,il |n their toilsome march. This man was present fft MD° niurder of Guatcuioc and nis find heard tho emperor's last words, )t seems that, some knave had betrayed to Cortes that an attempt would lie made to rescue tlm prlnoe, and that thereon Cortes commanded that he should lie hung. It seems also that Guate moo met his death as he had met the mis fortunes of his life—proudly and without fear. These wero his last words: '• I did 111, Malincho, when I held my hand from taking my own life lie fore I surrendered myself to you. Then my heart told me that all your promises were false, and It has not lied to me. I welcome my death, for I have lived to know shame and defeat and torture and to see my people the slaves of tho Teule, but still I shy that God will reward you for this deed. " Ten days ago Dr. Holmes roturned to his Heacon street, residoDCo from his summer home at ltevorly farms. Hofore that time slight symptoms of improvement in his condition woro noted, ami the removal was thought desirable. It proved, however, vory fatiguing, and tho doctor did not regain his former condition. When I had dwelt three years In tho City of J'jnes and two sons had been lxirn to pie there, secret messengers arrived that wer« to |kj sent |iD' th.u frjends of Guar teuioe, who had survived the torUire find was still a prisoner in tho hands of 1'ortes. From these messengers we learned that Cortes was alxiut to start upon an cxjiedltion to the gulf of Honduras, across tho country that is now known as Yucatan, taking Cuatcuioc anil other Azteo nobles with hipi, for he fea;cd to leave tlicin liehind. We heard also that there was much murmuring among the conquered trilies of Anahuae because of the cruelties and extortions of the Spaniards, and many thought that the hour had come when a rising against them might be carricd to a successful issue. "And if we it'ject them?" "Then l»o Captain Bernal Diaz has ordors to sack and destroy this city, and having given it over 13 hours to the mercy of tho Tlascalans and other faithful Indian allies to collect those whu may bo left living within it and bring them to tho City of Mexico, there to bo sold as slaves " 4 lU'U him ctutnuu, Cuju mu rutin gently to tho ground, for I could not stand alone, she stood oyer me, the spear In her hand, as though waiting fo plunge it to my heart should the people xt)l) demand our surrender to the messengers of Cortes. "Say, messengers of the Malinche, are not these tho words of Malinche?" I'.'ist Friday a sudden attack of heart failure seized him, which, with long standing asthmatic trouble, prostrated him, but Sunday morning ho had apparently recovered. After tho physician had gono, however, tho doctor was seized with a sovoro si a-m. and before medical aid could bo called ho had passed away. He was unconscious for a short time previous to his death. .'•They are his very words, Maxtla," said the spokesman of the cmliassy. I said, answer in an hour," "You shall have your Now there was a tumult among the jieople, and voices cried, ''Give theiu upfgive them to Malinche as a jieaeeoffcrtng." Otomle stood forward to sjicak, and it died away*, for all desired to hear her Words. Then she spoke: l'"or one instant there was silence; then of a .sudden t he clamor and tho tumult broke out again ten times more furiously than at llrst. Hut j.t was no longer aimed at us. Otomle had conquered. Her noble words, he» beauty, the tale of our sorrows and the sifdit of my torments hud duuo their work, and the heart of the people was filled with fury against the Teules who had destroyed their army and the Tlasoaluns that had aided them. Never did the wit and eloquence of a woman cause a swifter change They screamed and tori; their rubes and shook their weapons In the air. Maxtla strove to speak, but they pulled him down, and presently he was flying for his life. Then they turned upon the Tlascalan envoys and beat them with sticks, crying: Now, leaving the giito guarded, I hurried to the palticc, sending messengers as 1 went to summon such of the council of the city as remained alive. At the door of the palace I met Otomie, who greeted me fondly, for after hearing of our disaster she had hardly looked to see me again. "It seems, people of the Otomie, that 1 am oil trial before my own vassals, and my husliand with me. Well, I will plead Ciur cause as wi ll as a woman may, and having tho jiower you shaH judge between us uimI Maxi la and his allies, Malinche und the Tliwaians. What Is our offense? It Is tluU h« came hither by the command of Cultl&hua to seek your aid in his war with the Teules. What did I tell you then? I told you that ft the ]ieople of Anahuac wuuhl not stand together against the white men they must be broken one by one, like the sticks of an uiilMiund fagot, and cast into the (lames. Did I speak lies? Nay, I s|Mike the truth, for through the treason of her trilies, and chiefly through the treason of the Thiseolans, Anahuac is fallen and Tenoctltlan is a ruin sown with dead like a field with corn." Presently all were gone, and fearing a snare the Spaniards came slowly ami cautiously round the angle of tho rock, and seeing so few men mustered to meet them, halted, for now they were certain that we had set a trap for them, since they did not think It possible that such a little lund would venture to oppose their array. Here the ground lay so that only a few of them oould come against us at one time, nor could they bring their heavy pieces to bear upon us, and even their arquebuses helped them but little; also the roughness of the road forced them to dismount (rum their horses, so that if they would attack at all it must bo on foot This In the end they chose to do. Many fell upon either side, though 1 myself received no wound, but in the end they drove us hack; Inch by inch they drove us back. pr rather those who were left pf lis, {it thu points of their long lances, til) at length they forced us Into the mouth of the pass that is some Ave furlongs distant from what was unco the wall of the City of Pine*, And it came about also that the new viceroy stmt from Spain was stirred to anger at the murder of the friar by the rebellious and heathen people of tho Otomle and set himself to take vengeance on the tribe that wrought the deed. Around his bedside were gathered the members of his family—Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., tho only surviving son; Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and Edward J. Holmes, nophow of the lDoet. This wiu» the prayer of those who sent the envoys—that I should false a force of Otomiesund travel with it across the country to Yucatan, and therewith others who would be gathered wait a favorable opportunity to throw myself upon the Spaniards when they were entangled In the forests and swamps, putting tlieni to tho sword and releasing Gunteinoc. .Such was the first pur]Dose of the plot, though it hud many others of which If, }s useless to speak, seeing that tliey came to nothing. "Come with mo to tho hall of assent bly," I said; '"there I will speak to you." We went to the hall, where the members of the council were already gathered. So soon iuD the most of them were assembled— there were but eight in all—I repeated to them the words of De Garcia withoat comment. Then Otomie spoke, as, being the ilrst in rank, she luvd a right to do. Twice Ijefore J had heard her address tho Jieople of the Otomie upon these questions of defense against the Spaniards. Tho llrst time, it may bo rcincmlicrcd, was when we came as envoys from Cuitlahua, Montozumu's (her father's) successor, to pray the aid of tho children of the mountain against Cortes and the Teules. Tho second time was when, some 14 years ago, \ve had returned to the City of I'incs (is fugitives after the fall of TcHoetttlan, and the populace, moved to fury by the deduction of nearly 20,000 of their soldiers, would have delivered us as a jx-ace offering into the hands of tho Spaniards. Soon tidings reached mo that a great force of Tlascalan and other Indians Were being collected to put an end to us root and branch, iuuI that with them marched more than a hundred Spaniards, the expedition being under the command of none other thun the Captain Bernal Diaz, that same soldier whom I had spared in the slaughter of tho noche trlste, and whose sword to this day hung at jny side. Although the poet's death occurred shortly after midday, It did not beoome known until a late hour last night. The was darkened, and police guardod the entrances to prevent tho boroaved family from being disturbed. Then they murdered him In the midst of a great silence. And so farewell to Guatenioc, the most brave, the liest, and the noblest Indian that ever breathed, und may the shadow of his tormenting* and shameful end lie deep upon the fame of Cortes for so long as the names of both of them are remembered among inenl "This is our answer to Malinche. Run, you dogs, and take it!" till they were driven from the town. Oliver Wendell Holmes was born at Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 1809. He graduated at Harvard college in 1839 and iwgan tho study of law, whloh he soon abandoned for that of medicine. After taking his degree of M. D. he spent some time in tho hospitals in Paris and other European cities. He returned to Boston in 1830 and ltegan practice. In 1838 he was olocted professor of anatomy and phyeiology in Dartmouth collogo, and In 1847 was appointed to a similar professorship In the mcdical school of Harvard university, from which he retired in 1883. The root's Life. When the message hud been delivered, I' shook my head sadly, for I could see no hope in such a scheme, but the chief of tint messengers rose ana lid me aside, saying that ho had a word for my oar. Now at, length the turmoil ceased, and some of the great chiefs came forward, and kissing the hand of Otomie suidi For twu more months I journeyed homeward, ami at length I reaehed the City of Pines well, though wearied, and having lost only 40 men by various misadventures, io find Otomie In good health and overjoyed to know me safe whom she thought never to see again. But wlien I told her what was the end of her cousin Guatemoe she grieved bitterly, lioth for his sake and because the last hope of the Azti"cs was gone, and she would not be comforted for many days.  Now we must peedq prepare our defense, for our (inly hope lay In boldness. Once before the Spaniards had attacked us with thousands of their allies, pud of their number but few had lived tq look again on the camp of (JurttM, What had been dono could be dono for a second time—so said Otomie In the pride of her unconquerable heart. But, alas, In 14 years things had changed much with us. Fourteen years ago we held sway over a great district of mountains, whoso crude olans would send up their warriors in hundreds at our call. Now these clans had broken from our yoke, which was acknowledged by the people of the City of Pines alone and those of some adjacent villages. When tfie Spaniards came down on me the first time, I was ablo to muster an army of 10,000 soldiers to oppose theui; now, with much toil, 1 could collect no more than between 2,000 and 3,000 men, and of these some slipped away as the hour of danger drew nigh. •'Princess, we, your children, will guard you to the death, for you have put another heart into us. You are right. It is better to die free than to live as slaves." "Guatemoc sends these words," he said. ' 'I hear that you, my brother, are free and safe with my cousin Otomie In the mountains of the Otomie. I, ulus, linger in the prisons of the Teules like a crippled eagle in a cage. My brother, if it Is in your power to help me, do so, I conjure you, by the memory of our ancient friendship and of all that wo have suffered together. Then a time may still come when I shall rule again in Anahuac, and you shall sit it my side.' " Difficult to Translate. v "" 1 es, people nt ttie Otomie, It is true, but I say that bad all the warriors of the nations of Anahuac played the part that your sons played the tale had run otherwise. They are dead, and liecause of their death you would deliver us to our foes and yours, (Hit 1, for one, do not mourn them, though among their number are many of my kin. Nay, lie not wroth, but listen. It Is better 11 tut they should lie dead in honor, having earned for themselves a wreath of fame and an Immortal dwelling In the houses of tlie sun, than that they ■hould live to lie slaves, which, it seems, is your desire, people of the Otoniic. There is no false word in what I said to you. Now the sticks that Mulinche has used to beat out the brains of Guatenioc shall lie broken and burned to cook the pot of the Teules. Already these false children are his slaves. Have you not heard his com mand, that the tribes, his allies, shall labor in tho quarries and the streets till the glorious city he has burned rises afresh upon the face of tlie waters? Will you not hasten to take your share In the work, people of the Otomie, the work that knows no riwt arid no reward except the lush of the overseer and the curse of the Tculc? Sure ly you hasten, people of the mountains! Your hands are shaped to the spade «nd the trowel, not to the bow and the spear, and it will be sweeter to toil to do the will and swell the wealth of Malinche In the sun of tho valley or the shadow of the mine than to bide here free u]Dou your bills, where as yet no foe has set his footl" It is true.'" cried a voice It was the Duchess of Gordon, a clever and beautiful Scotchwoman, who successfully dumfounded a pretentious dandy. ' See, my husband," said Otomie, "1 was not mistaken when I told you that my l«Loplo were loyal and true. But now wo must make ready for war, for they have gone too fur to turn buck, and when this tiding comes to the ears of Malinche he will lie like a puma rubbed of her young. Now let us rest. I am very weary." To fight further was of no avull. Here we must choose between death and flight, and, as may be guessed, for wives' and children's sake, It not for our own, we chose to fly. Across tho plain we lied like deer, and after us caiuo the Spaniards and their allies like hounds. Happily the ground was rough with stones, so that their horses oould not gallop freely, and thus it happened that some of us, perhaps 20, gained the gates In sufcty. Of my uruiy not more thun 500 in oil lived to enter them again, and perchance there were us many left within the city. He was beside her at a supper party, and in order to gain her good graces affected a liking for the Scottish tongue, declaring there was not a Scottish phrase he did not understand. On each of these occasions Otomie had triumphed by her eloquence, by the greatness of her name and the majesty of her presence. Now things were fur otherwise, and even had she not scorned to use them such arts would have availed us nothing in their extremity. Now her great name was but a shadow, one of many waning shadows cast by an empire whose glory hud gone forever. Now she used no pussionute uppetd to the pride and traditions of a doomed ruee, now she was no longer young, and the iirst splendor of her womanhood had departed from her. And yet, Its with her son ami mine by her side, she rose to address those seven councilors, who, haggard with fear and hopeless in the grasp of fate, crouched in silence before her, their faces buried in their hands, 1 thought that Otomie had never seemed luore beautiful, and that her words, simple us they were, had never •ixxm more eloquent.But it is cliielly as a writer that Dr. Holmes is known. As early as 1831 his contributions appeared in various period ieals, and liis reputation ns a poet was established by tho delivery of a metrical essay entitled "l'oetry," which was followed by others in rapid succession. CHAPTER XXX. ISABELLA DE tslGt'ENZA IS AVENGED. "Rax me a sprawl o' that hubbly jock," replied the duchess without changing a muscle of her face. "Otomie," I answered, "there has lived no greater woman than you upon this earth." I heard, and my heart was stirrod, for then, as to this hour, I loved Guutemoc ts a brother. For many years after tho deuth of Guatemoe I lived with Otomie at peace in the City of Pines. Our country was poor and rugged, and, though wo defltd tho Spaniards and paid them no tribute, now that Cortes had gone liack ta Spain they had no heart to attempt our conquest. Save some few tribes that livid in difficult places like ourselves, all Anahuao was In their power, and thcro was little to gain except hard blows in the bringing of a remnant of the people of the Otomio beneath their yoke, so they let us bo till a more convenient season. I say of a remnant of the Otomie, for as time went on many clans submitted to the Spaniurds till ut length wo ruled over the City of Pines alone and some leagues of territory about it. Indeed it was only love for Otomie and respect for the shadow of her ancient race and name, together with some reverence for me as one of tho unconquerable white men und for my skill us a general, tliut kept our following together. The exqt isite looked appalled and then slunk away in confusion, while the commission was performed by a cavalier hailing from the north of the Tweed. "Icunnot tell, husband," she said, smil Lng. ,-lf I have won yourpruisc and safety, it is enough for me." "Go back," I said, ' and find means to tell Guatenioc that if I can save him I will, Iu 1857 he began in The Atlantic Monthly a seribs of articles under the title of "Tho Autocrat of the Breakfast Table," which wore followed in 18(50 by "The Professor at tho Breakfast Table," lu 1873 by "The Poet at the Breakfast Tablo" and in 1885 by "The New Portfolio." CHAPTER XXIX She wanted a turkey wing.—Youth's Companion. THK END OK GUATEMOC. Tho heavy gates swung to, and scurcely were they burred with the massive lDeams of oak when the foremost of the Spaniards rode up to theiu. My bow was still in my hand, and there wus one urrow left in my quiver. I set it on the string, und drawing the bow with my full strength 1 loosed the shuft throug i the bars of the gate at a young and gallant looking cavulicr who rode the first of ull. Now for awhile we dwelt in quiet at the City of Pines, und by slow degrees and with much suffering I pooovered from the wounds that the cruel hand of De Garcia had inflicted upon me. But we knew thai this peace could not last, and tlie people of the Otomie knew it also, for had they not pcourged the envoys of Malinche out of the gates of tlicir city? Many of them were wow sorry that this had lieen done, but it was done, und they must reap as they had sown. Still I must put a bold face on my necessities and make what play I might with such forces as lay at my command, although In my heart 1 feared much for the Issue. But of my foars I said nothing to Otomie, and if she felt any she, on her part, burled them in her breast. In truth, I do believe her faith In mo was so great that she thought my single wit enough to overmatch all the armies of the Spaniards. Now at length the enemy drew near, and I set my battle as I had dono 14 years before, advancing down the pass by which alone they could approach us with a small portion of my force and stationing the remainder In two equal companies upon either brow of the beetling cliffs that oyerhung the road, having command to overwhelm tho Spaniards with rocks, hurled upon them from above, so soon as I should give the slgnul by flying before them down the pass Other meusures I took also, for seeing that, do what I would, it might hapiDen that we should be driven back upon the city, I caused Its walls and gates to bo set in order and gurrisoned them. As a last resource, too, I stored the lofty summit of the toocalli, which, now that sacri flees were no longer offered there, was used as an arsenal for the materlul of war, with water and provisions and fortified its sides by walls Btuddcd with volcanic glass and by other devices till it seemed well nlgli Impossible that any should be ablo to force them while a score of men still lived to offer a defense. Reasonable. H!h Various Poetical Works, In addition he has published "'Astraea," 1850; "Currents and Countorcurrents In Modioal Soienoe," 1801; "Klsie Venner, a liomance of Destiny," 1801; ''Border Lands In Some Provinces of Medical Science," 1863; '"Songs In Many Keys," 1804; "foundings From the Atlantio." 1804; "Humorous Poems," 1805; "The Guardian Angel," 1808; "Mcchanism In Thought and Morals," 1870; "Songs of Many Seasons," 1874; "JohnL. Motley, a Memoir," 1878; "Tho Iron Gate and Other Poems," 1880; "Modical Essays,1883; "Pages From an Did Volume of Life,'* 1883; "Italph Waldo Emerson," 1884; "A Mortal Antipathy" and "Our Hundred Days In Europe," 1887; " Before the Curfew, " 1888, and numerous poems at various reunions and dinners. As a writer of songs, lyrics and poems for festive occasions he has long ocoupied the first plaoa In lb80 he visited England, where he was roceived with great cordiality. Editions of his collective poems have appeared from time to time, tho first In 1830. He had contributed largely to current medical literature, as well as to literary journals and reviews, and for a long time held a warm place a lecturer. It struck him truly between the joint of his helm and neckpiece, and stretching his arms out wide ho fell over the crupper of his horse to move no more. Then they withdrew, but presently one of their &um ber came forward lieoring a flag of truce. He was a knightly looking man, clad In rich armor, and watching him It seemed to me that there was something In his bearing and in the careless grace with which he sat his horse that was familiar to me. Reining up In front of the gato», hr raised his visor and began to speak. '"Friends," shesahl, "you know tho disaster that has overtaken us. My husband has given you tho message of the Teules. Our cuso Is dcsjDeruto. We have but 1,000 pien at most to defend this city, the home of our forefathers, and we alone of ull the peoplo of Anuhuuc dart; to stand in arms uguinst the white men. Years ago I said to you, Choose between death with honor and life with shame! Today again I say to you, Choose! For mo and mine there Is no choice left, slnco whatever you decide death must bo our portion. But with you It is otherwise. Will you die fighting, or will you and your children serve your re mainimr years as slaves?" So they mude ready for war, and Otomie was the president of their councils, lq which I shared. At length came news tliat a force of 60 Spaniards, with 5,000 Tlascalau allies, were advancing on the tity to destroy us. Then I took command And so the years rolled on, bringing llt(;lo change with them, till I grew sure thut fiero in this far place I should live and die. fill#; t.hnt WH4 not. hi hC« HIV Again she ]MUised, and a murmur of doubt and unrest went through the thousands who listened. MnxtJ/t stepped for ward and would have spoken, but the people shouted him down, crying: "Otomie, Otomie! Let us hear the wopU ut Otomio."of the tribesmen of tlie Otomie—there were 10,000 or more of them, all well armed after their own fashion—and advanced out of the city till I was two thirds of the way down the gorge which leads to it. But I'litl not bring all my army down this gorge, since there was no room for them to fight there, and I had another plan. I sent some 7,000 men round the mountains, of which the secret paths were well known to them, bidding them climb to the crest of the precipices that liordcred either side of the gorge, and there, at certain pliu*.* where the cliff is sheer and more than 1,000 feet in height, tc make u great provision of stones. She—Why does the ocean make thai moaning sound? He—Probably ono of tho bathers stepped on its undertow.—Brooklyn Life. If any should read this, the story of my eurly life, ho will remember that the tale of the death of a certain Isabella do Siguenzu is pieced into its motley. He will remember how this Isabella, in the lust moments of her life, called down a curse upon that holy father who added outrage and insult to her torment, praying that he might also dio by the hands of funutlcs and in a worse fashion. After tho conquest of Anahuac by Cortes, among others this same fiery priest came from Spain to turn tho Indians to the love of God by torment anil by sword. Indeed of all of those who entered on this mission of peace he was the most zealous. The Indlun palias wrought cruelties enough when, tearing out the victim's heart, they offered it like Incense to Ilultzel or to Quetzal, but they at least dismissed his soul to tho mansions of the sun. With the Christian priests the tliumliscrow and the stukc took tho place of the stonoof sacrifice, but the soul which they delivered from its earthly bondage they consigned to tho house of hell. 1 know LJrn at once. Before jne wns De Garcia, my enmity, of whom I hud neither seen nor heard anyvhing fur hard upon id yours. Tlnio bod touched him indeed, which wus scarcely to be wondered at, for now ho was a man of 60 or more. His peaked chestnut colored beard was streaked with gray, his cheeks were hollow, and at that distance his lips seemed like* two thin red lines, but the eyes wero as they had always been, blight and piercing, and the same cold smile played about his mouth. Without a doubt it was De Gurcia, who now, as at every crisis of my life, upjteared to shape my fortunes to some evil end, and I felt as I looked upon him that the lust and greatest struggle between us was at hand, and that before many days were CPCCd the ancient and accumulated hate of one or both of us would be burled torovcr In the slluueo of death. How 111 had fato dealt with me now, as ulwaysl But a few minutes before, when I set that arrow on the string, I had wuvered for a moment, doubting whether to loose jt at the young cavalier who luydrad or at the knight who rode next to him, and set1, I had slain one with whom I had no quarrel and left my enemy unharmed I "Go bark," I said, An InTnittra Grain*. "I thank you, my people," she said, "for I have still much to tell you. Our crime is, then, tlurt. we drew an army after uk to fight against the Teulcs. And how did we draw tlds army? Did I command you to muster your array? Nay, I set out my cow, and I said 'Now choose.' You chose, aud of your awn free will you dispatched those glorious cojupanics that now are dead. My crime Is, therefore, that you chose wrongly, as you say; hut, its I still bold, most rightly, and because of thin crime 1 and iny nusnand are to Do given as a peace offering to the Teules. Listen. Let me t«;ll you something of those wars in which we have fought before you give us to the Teules and our mouths arc silent forevo* Wiiere shall 1 ijcgin? 1 know not. Stay; I bore a child—had he lived he would have been your prince today. That child I saw starve to death before my eyes; inch by inch and day liy day I saw him starve. But it Is nothing. Who am I that I should complain because I have lost my son, wlu»n bo many of your sons are dead and their blood Is required at my hands? Listen again," and she went on to tell In burning words of the horrors of the siege, of the cruelties of the Spaniards and of the bravery of the men of the Otoniio whom 1 had commanded. For a full hour she spoke thus, while all that vast audience hung upon her words; also she told of the part that I played In the struggle anil of She deeds which I had done, and now and again some soldier In the crowd who served under me, and who had escuped the famine and the massacre, cried out: though I have smull hopes that way. Still let him look for mo in the forests of Yuoatan."[TO BE CONTINUKD.J The tramp hud been soenoooraged by receiving a whole pie one day at a certain house on Third street that he beoame a nuisance by his frequent visits, and at last the lady of the honse turned him down peremptorily. Then it was he sought revenge. Coming again the next ddy, he was met by a firm refusal. Now, when Otomie heard of this promise of mine she was vqxed, for she said that it was foolish und would only end in uiy losing my life. Still, having given it, bhe held with me thut it must lie carried put, and tlu.' end of It was thut I raised 500 men, and with them set out upon my long and toilsome march, which I timed so as to meet Cortes in the passes of Yucatan. At the last moment Otomie wished to uc company me, but I forbade it, [minting out that she could leave neither of her children, and we parted with bitter grief for tho first time. One of the most provoking tilings about this warwiis the way one had to reluctuiitD ly leave one's food to the tender mercies ol the lire on u sudden alarm. It was heartrending, after u long und hungry march, to have to rush away to your station empty, only to return after the light ami ynd your food burned to a cinder. It may easily Uo guessed how wretched this makes ono when constantly related, as it was ou this particular march. The enemy never let us alone. Campaigning In Matabeleland. A series of gonial papers from bis pen, entltlud "Over tho| Teacups," appeared in The Atlantic Monthly during 1890. Tho rest of my army, excepting 500 whom I kept with me, I armed with bows and throwing spears and stationed them in umbusli in convenient places where the sides of the cliff were broken and in such fashion that rocks from aboyo could not be rolled on them. Then 1 sent trusty men as spies to wurn me of the approach of the Spuniurds and others whose mission It wus to offer themselves to them as guides. The latter years of his life have been spent in quiot retirement at Beverly Falls farm, broken occasionally by a lecture to the Harvari) Ktndents. "I only come," he said whiningly, "to see if you couldn't give me another pie liked that one you gave me before." It was on ono night In the early summer, having bid farewell to Otomie and taking my son with me, for ho was now of an ago \vhen, according to the Indian customs, lads aro bruughf f'K*i to face with the dangers of battle, that I dispatched the appointed oompantes to their stations on the brow of the preclplco and sallied into the darksome mouth of the pass with the few hundred men who wore left to me. I knew by my spies that the Spaniards who wero encamjied on the farther side would attempt Its passage an hour before the daylight, trusting to finding mo asleep. And, sure enough, on the following morn ing, so early that the first fays of the sun had not yet stuined file lofty snows of the vulcan Xuea that towered behind us, a distant murmuring which echoed through the silence of the night told me that the enemy had begu|) ?nprch. J moved down the pass to meet him easily enough. There was no stone In It that was not known to me and my men. But with the Spaniards it was otherwise, for many of them wero mounted, and, moreover, they drugged with them two carronodes. Time upon time these heavy guns reinulned fust In the bowlder strewn roadway, for In the darkness the slaves who drew them could find pp places for fho wheels to run on, till In the end the captains of the army, MMWlUJng to risk ft flghf *t eq grpa* ft dl» advantage, ordered thflU to hull until the day broke. "No, I can't, and I wouldn't if 1 could," snapped the lady, "and if yon don't go away I'll call the policeman." Sufficient. Of ail the hardships that I underwent I will not write. For 2 l/i months we struggled on across mountains and rivers and through swamps and forests till at last wo reached a mighty deserted city that is called Palenquo by the Indians of those parts, which has Ix-eti uninhabited for many generations. This city Is the most marvelous place that } have si«n in all my travels, tliough much of it is hidden in bush, for wherever the traveler wanders thero he finds vast palaces of marble, earyen within and without, and sculptured teocallis and the huge images of grinning gods. Often have I wondered what nation was strong enough to build such a capital, and who were the kings that dwelt in it. But these are secrets Ix'longing to the past, and they cannot be answered till some learned man has found the key to the stone symbols and writings with which the walla of the buildings are covered over. Wo became perfcct adepts ill the art of concealing the person. It is u fact that when once we gained our stations on an attack not a man of us could be seen ex uept when he raised his head to lire, su close did we lie, and this no doubt saved us many casualties, though alt of us had numerous narrow escajies. 1 had u pipt cut in two. On a sudden alarm we useCJ to drop down just us we wero, smoking oi not, und on this occasion 1 happened u have it 111 my mouth. 1 forgot all uliout U till a bullet knocked it out.—National Kevlow. "What are you doing, Freddie?" said the painfully smart boy's uncle. "Drawin pictures on my slate. " "What is this supposed to represent?" "A locomotive." "Don't do that, lady," he replied as ho started off. "I don't mean no harm. I was just thinkin if you could give me another pio I'd put it with that other one I've saved, and then I'd steal an old bieyclo frame and fix myself up so I could git around a good deal easier than walkin." Now, I thought my pjan good, and every thing looked well, and yet it missed fall ure but by a very little, for Maxtla, our enemy and the friend of the Spaniards, was in my camp—indeed I had brought him with me that I might watch him— and he had not been idle. Of these priests a certain Father Pedro was the boldest and the most cruel. To and fro he passed, marking his path with the corpses of idolaters, until he earned the name of the "Christian devil." At length he ventured too far In his holy fervor and was seized by a clan of tho Otomle that had broken fronj our rule upon tills very question of human sacrifice, but which was not yet subjugated by the Span lard?. One day—it was when we had ruled for some 14 years In the City of I'lnes —it came to my knowledge that the palxts of this clan had captured a Christian priest and desigm-d to offer him to the god Tez cat,. "But why don't you draw tho cars?" "Why—it—tho locomotive draws the cars."—Washington Star. Tlius do we seo that others besides republics are ungrateful.—Detroit Free Press. "Ho, therel" cried Do Garcia In Spanish. "I desire to speak with the leader of tho rebel Otomie on liehulf of the Captain Bernul Diaz, who commands this army/' KaritUn In the Art World* For when the Spaniards were half a day's march from the mouth of tho defile one of those men whom I had told off to watch their advance came to mo and made it known that Maxtlu had bribed him to go to the leader of the Spaniards and disclose to him the plan of the ambuscade. This man had taken the brilie and starhxl on his errand of treachery, but his heart failed him, and returning ho told me all. I caused Maxtla to lie seized, und before nightfall he hud paid the price of his wickedness. Van Dyke—Do you know that most of our currency is very inartistic? For instance, any artist could tell the government that thedesign of thenew|!100 hill is a very poor one. What Told. Now I mounted on the wall by means pf a ladder which woo at hand and answered, "'Speak on; I am the man you seek." "It must be pretty hard work pounding the pavement with that great ramuer,'' said the idler. A CurioiiM Kmployinent. Gent— Where wero yon employed last? Van Daub—Yes. But 110 artist ever jaw a $100 bill. —Kate Field's Wash- ''You know Spanish well, friend," said De Garcia, starting and looking ut mo ceenly beneath his bent brows. ''Say now, where did you learn It? And what Is your name and lineage?" "Sure," said Mr. Grogan; "it is not the droppin av the thing 011 the shtonea thot is the har-rd wor-k at all. It is the liftin avit up."—Indianapolis Journal. Attended by asmall guard only, I passed rapidly across the mountains, purposing to visit the cuzlque of this clan, with whom, although he had cast off his alio glance to us, } still kept up a show of friendship, and, if I could, to persuade him to release the priest. Hut swiftly as I traveled the vengeanoe of the palfas had been more swift, and I arrived at the village only to find the "Christian devil" in tho act of being led to sacrifice before tho image of a hideous idol that was set upon a stake and surrounded with piles of skulls. Naked to tho waist, his hands bound behind hint, his grizzled locks hanging about his breast, his keen eyes fixed uoon tho faces of his heathen foes in men- Gent—What were you required to do? Manservant—At a writing master's. ington. Manservant—I had to keep shaking the table When a new pupil wrote the words, "This is my handwriting before commencing to take lessons."—Ulk. Tho Lntrit, " And so," slut said, "at last it was finished, at last Tenoctltlan was a ruin, and my cousin and iny king, the glorious Guatenioc, lay a prisoner In the hands of Mallnclie, and with my husband Teule, my sister, I myself and many another. Ma llnche swore that ho would treat Guatonioc and his following with all honor. I)o you know how he treated him? Within .» few days Guateinoc, our king, was seated in the chair of torment while slaves burned him with hot irons to cause him to declare hiding place of the treasure of Montepuma! Ave. tou may well err 'Shame "It is true. We saw It with our eyes." There are all kinds of gambling in Chicago, no doubt of it. Three buds of promise in summer gowns came fluttering into a West Side drug storo and Went to the soda water fountain as if by instinct. On tho morning after his death the Spanish army entered the pass. Half way down it I mot them witl# my 600 men and engiigcd them, but mrffured thorn fo drive us back with some loss. As they followed they grew bolder, and we fled faster till at length wo flew down tho defile, followtxl by tho Spanish horse. Now, somo three furlongs from its mouth that loads to tho City of Pi»og this pass turns and narrows, and here tho eliffs are so sheer and high that a twilight reigns at the foot of them. In this city I hid with my men, though it was no easy task to pcrsuudo them to take up their habitation among so many ghosts of tho departod, not to speak of the polsomo fevers and tho wild I leasts and that haunted it, for I hud informa tlon that tlie Spaniards would pass through the swamp that lies between the ruins and the river, and there I hoped to ambush them. But on tho eighth day of my biding I learned from spies that Cortes had crossed the groat river higher up and was cutting his wav_Jhroutfh tho forest, for of "I learned it, Juan do Garcia, from a certain Dqu(iu Lulsu, whom you knew In your duys of youth. And my 14UU10 js Thopius Wlngfie|(\ "The doctors say that kissing is nnhealthy," said the young man to his girl. "What do you think of it?" "I never had much faith in doctors," she replied.—New York Press. Sliort and to the Point. No Kick Needed. "Why don't you get a boy to keep your desk in orderV" inquired the caller, "It lookd awfully littered up." "I keep it this way," said the man at tho desk, "to show that I'm always busy,1' fcjuW Do Manila reeled in his saddle und swore a great outli. ''MotJierof God!" he said. "Years ago I was told that you had taken tip your uImmIo among Byrne savage tribe, but since then I have been fur, tn Hpatu and 'wick indeed, and t deemed that yon were dead, Thomas Wlngfield. My luck is ptxid, In truth, for it has been ono of the great sorrows of my life that vou havo so often cucapcd me, "Will you let us have the directory, please?" said one of them. The bulky volume was laid before her. At length the dawn capio, and the light fsll dimly down the depths of tho vast gulf, revealing tho long ranks of the Spanlards clad In their bright armor and the yet more brilliant thousands of their native allies, gorgeous In their painted helms and their glittering coats of feathers. Poatcript. "Do yon hate me?" he faltered. "This is so sudden," she rejoined in oonfusion. And so they were divoroed.—Detroit Tribune. "Now, girls, remember the last figur» counts, right hand page, and each one gets three cuts. I'll begin. " "But why—oh, I see! —Chicago Tribune. Good day!" Down tho narrow wav wo jrau Jij seem Sho ODened tho book and said,