Bohemia nugget., January 20, 1899, Image 8

HEART OF THE WORLD.
BY H. RIDER
A Strango Story, Taken From a
Mexican Indian to Ills
Englishman
Copyrighted. 1891. by
tonffwes, butsUIl tnoro nra u iow ioic
lnjs. In the old (Sines, when they did
not ask questions, it was otherwise, for
then men of pluck wore ready for any
thing1, from revolution down to the
Rtringlnfr up of a coach land of fat mer
chants, but now is tho day of small
profits, and wo must bo thankful for
such triilot, as providence sends us."
"Snob as tho two Americans who (jot
drunk and killed each other," suffocated
the senor, whoso tongue was never or
the most cautious.
Instantly Don Pe.lro's face changed,
tho sham geniality born of drink went
out of it. and was replaced by a hard
and cimn'n-r look.
"I nm tired, senor," he siild. "as yon
must bo also. and. if yon will exciuo
me, I will ligiit another cifjnr and tnk
a nap hi mv hammock. Perhaps you
will u-nus3 "your.islf with the others,
senor, till yo- wiih to go to rest," And,
risin? , ho bowed and walked somewhat
unsteadily t the lnmmoek that was
suspended at tho far end of tho room.
When Don Pe.lro hid retired to his
hammock, whither tho Indian girl.
Luisa, was summoned to swing him to
sleep, I saw his son Jose and tho Atnsr
Ijan outcast. Smith, both of whom, like
the rest of the company, were more or
less drunk, cmno to tho scmor and ask
him to join in a gam j of cards. Guess
ing that their object was to make him
show what ca-sh ho had about him. ho
also affected to be in liquor, and re
plied nobily that he had lost all his
money in the shipwreck, and was, more
over, too full of wine to play.
"Then you must have lost it on tho
road, friend," said Don Jose, "for you
forget that you made those sailors a
present from a b?lt of gold which you
wore about your middle. However, no
gentleman shall be force I to play in
this house, so come an 1 talk while the
others have their little gam.-."
"Yes, that will hi bettor." answered
the senor, and he stiggercd to an empty
chair, placed not far from the table nt
which I remained, and was served with
spirits and cigars. Hero ho sat watch
ing the play and listened to tho conver
sation of the gamblers.
All thb while I sat at the little tabte
where my dinner had been served, say
ing nothing, for none spoke to me, but
within hearing of everything that
passed. There I sat quiet, my arms
folded on my breast, listening atten
tively to the tales of outrage, wrong,
and murder practised by these wicked
ones upon my countrymen.
Presently Don Smith called out:
"Look at that Indian rascal, friend;
he b as proud as a turkey cock in spring
time; why, he reminds me of the iigures
of the king in that ruin where wo laid
up last year waiting for the senora and
her party. You remember the senora,
don't you, Jose? I can hear her squeaks
no w," and he laughed brutally, and add
ed: "Come, King, and have a drinl-"
"Gracious, senor," I answered, "I
have drunk."
"Then smoke a cigar, 0 king."
"Gracious, senor, I do not smoke to
night." "My lord cacique of all the Indians
won't drink and won't smoke," said
Don Smith, "so we will offer him in
cense," and taking a plate he filled it
with dry tobacco and cigarette paper,
to which he set fire. Then he placed
the nlatc on the table before me, to
that the fumes of the tobacco roso into
the air about my head.
"There, now hclookslike a real god,"
said the Americano, clapping hb hands.
"I say, Jose, lot us make a sacrifice t
'him. There is the girl who ran away
last week, and whom we caught with
the dogs "
"No, no, comrade," broke in Jose;
"none of your jokes to-night; you for
get that wc have a visitor. Not bat
what I should like to sacrifice this old
domonio of an Indian himself," h
added, in an outburst of drunken fury
"Curse him! he insulted mo and my
father and mother, yonder on board
-the shin."
"And are yoil going to put up wit'i
that from this wooden old Indian g d?
Why, if I were in your place, by now I
would have filled him as full of holaj a
a eolfee roaster, just tolct the lies out."
"That's what I want to do'" said .lose
flashing hb teeth; "ho has Insultet'.
rae and threatened me, and ought ti
pay for it, the black thief." And draw
ing a large knife ho nourished it in in
face.
I did not shrink from it; I did not so
much as suffer my eyelids to tremble:
though the steel Hashed within an inch
of them, for I knew that if once I
showed fear he would strike. There
fore I said calmly:
"You are pleased to jest, senor, and
your jests are somewhat rude, but 1
pass them by, for I know that you can
not harm me because I am your guest,
and those who kill a guest are not gen
tlemen, but murderers, which the high
born Don Joso Moreno could never be.''
"Stick tho pig, Jose," said Smith.
"He is insulting you again. It wil
save troublo afterward."
Thon ns Don Joso again advanced up
on me with the knife, of a sudden the
senor sprang up from his chair and
stood between us.
"Come, friend," he said, "a joke is n
joke, but you are carrying this too far.
according to your custom," and seizing
tho man by the shoulders, he pul oul
all his great strength and svvun? him
back with such force that, strikim
against tho long table with hb thighs,
ho rolled on to and over It, falling heav
ily to the ground on tho further side,
wlioncc ho rose cursing with rage.
By now Don Pedro, who had wakened,
or affected to waken from his sleep,
thought that thft time had come to In-
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"Peace, little ones, ponce l" ho cried
sleepily from his hammock. "Uomem
bor that the men aro guests, and cense
brawling. Lot them go to bed; It Is
time for them to go to bed, and they
need rest, and by to-morrowyourdllTor-enees
will be healed up forever."
"I take the hint," said tho senor, with
forced gayety, "Come, Ignatlo. let u
sleep off ou.-host's good wine. Gentle
men, Sweet dreams' to you." and he
walked across tho room, followed by
myself.
At the door I turned my hoad and
looked back. Every man In tho room
was watching Intently, and it seemed
to me that tho drunkenness hnd passed
from their faces, scared away by a
sense of some great wickedness waiting
to bo worked. Don Smith was whisper
ing Irfto the ear of Jose, who still held
the knlfo in his hand, but tho rest were
staring at us as pconlo stare at men
passing to the scaffold.
Even Don Pedro, wide awako now,
sat up In the hammock nnd peered with
his horny eyes while the Indian girl,
Luisa, her hand upon the cord, watched
our departure with some such fuco as
mourners watch tho outbearing of a
corpse. All thb I noted In a moment
as I crossed the threshold aw 1 went for
ward down tho passage, and as I went I
shivered, for the scene was uncanny
and fateful.
Presently wo wer3 In the abbot's
chamber, ovr sleeping place, and had
locked the door behind us. Near tho
waslwtand, on which burned a singfj
candle, set m tho nojk of n bottlo, sat
Molas, his face buried In his hands.
"Have they brought you no supper
that you look so sad?"' asked the senor.
"The woman L-ii.w gave me to cat,'
he answered. "Listen, lord, and you,
Senor Strickland, our fears are. well
founded; thero n a plot to murder us
to-night; of this the woman Is sure, for
she heard some yord- pass between
Don Pedro and a white man called
Smith; also she saw one of the half
breeds fctih some spades from the gar
den and place them in rca lincss, which
spades aro to bo used ia thu hollowing
of our graves beneath thb floor."
"I am afraid tltat we have beon toe
venturesornn In coming here," I said,
"and unlc we can escape at once we
must be prepared to pay the price of
our folly with our lives."
"Do not bo downcast, lord," said
Molas, "for you ha vo not heard all the
tale. The woman has shown me a
means whereby you can save yourselves
frosj death, at any rcte for to-night.
Come here " and leading us across the
room he knelt upon the floor at a spot
almost opposite the picture of the ab
bot and prc-iscd upon a panel in the low
wainscoting of cedar wood with which
the wall was clothed to a height of
about three feet.
The panel slid aside, leaving a space
barely large enough for a man to pass.
Through this opening wc crept one by
one, and passed down four narrow hteps
to find ourselves In a chamber hollowed
out of the foundations of the wall, s
small that there was only just room foi
the three of us to stand in it, our head:
being some inches above the level oi
the floor.
"How can we save ourselves by
crouching here like rats in a wall?" I
asked of .Molas. "Doubtless the secret
of the hiding place is known to thcttc
who live in the house, and they will
drag us out and butcher us."
"The woman Luisa says that it is
known to none except herself, lord, for
she declares that not two months ago she
dbcovcrcd it for the first time by fie
accident of the broom with whbh she
was sweeping the floor striking aga nst
the springs of the panel. And now let
us come out for a while, for it b not yet
eleven o'clock, and she says that there
will be no danger till after midnight."
"Has she any plan for our escape?" I
asked.
"She has a plan, though she is doubt
ful of its success. When the murderers
have been and found us gone they will
think cither that we are wizards or
that wo have made our way out of tho
house, and will search no more till
dawn. Meanwhile, if she can, Luisa
will return and, entering the chamber
by the secret entrance, will lead us to
the chapel, whence n'.'-? tHnlc, '- .
t-iy ' "
"(iiicro is thb secret entrance,
Molas?"
"I do not know, lord; she had no time
to tell me, but the murderers will como
by It. She did tell me, however, that
she believes that a man and a woman
aro imprisoned near the chapel, though
she knows nothing of them and never
visits the place, because tho Indians be
lieve it to be haunted. Doubtless these
two are Zibalbay and hb daughter, so
that If you live to come so far you may
find them there and speak with them."
Some minutes before midnight wo
extinguished the light, and, creeping
ohe by one through the hole In the pan
cling, closed it behind us and took our
stand in the little dungeon. Here the
darkness was awful, nnd as the warmth
of tho wine wc had drunk passed from
our veins our fears gathered thick upon
us and oppressed our souls.
Finally it the senor touched me.
"Harkr he whispered into my car, "I
hear men creeping about the room."
"For tho love of God bo silent," I an
swered, gripping hb hand.
0IIAPTJ3B IX.
THIS VUKh.
Now wo placed our ears against tho
panolllng and Jistoncd. First wo heard
Cr!flIK tllflf. U'ini 1-,,rl In !. ..(111........
then soft heavy noUos suoh as aro mado
ll.f rtnl ti.l..... 11 1 ....
"j ti. nura juiu iroin aueigiitto
tho ground, and a gentle rubbing as of
If you wnut old exchanges for
rending, or to stop the wind nwny
cnll nt the Bohemia Nugget office.
l'or sale cheap.
There are nhout 30,000 men nt
present actively engaged in mining
smelting, nnd milling ore in Colo
rado. In California there are
about 20,000.
The linker city Democrnt says
that 0 single blast recently ex
ploded in the Bonanza mine, nt n
deptli of 500 lect, brought down
I about 30 tons ot ore, of which 20
! tons contained $63,000 the most of
which was fine gold.
Ike Guker, the discoverer of the
famous Great Northern mine, near
Canyon City has received from the
j Trans-Missisippi exposition, nt
Omaha, n beautiful silver mednl
!nnd diploma, awarding him for his
jfine display of wire gold, thread
gold and gold bearing quartz taken
I from his mine, the Great Northern.
Oregon Mining Journal.
The Salem Journal in that
valuable paper's "X rays" column
quotes Shnkespenrc ns having
said "The good men do livenftcr
them." As we nre not a Shakes
pearean scholar, just for our per
sonal .satisfaction we should be
pleased to have the Journal 'X
rays" man name the play, act and
scene in which this quotation
iper the Journal may be found.
A Manila corespondent advises
any "young man, if he has money,
if he wants to make a fortune, to
Jcome there at once." The advice
maybe well intended, but if wc;
j were a young man and "had j
I money," we'd just stay right in.
Cottage Grove. As we haven't got
j the money we'll probably slay any
, way, that is until we see some of
jour good citizens coming toward
j our office with a jug of molasses
and a sack of goose feathers.
N0TICK OF FOHFKITUKK.
Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon
January 11, 18i).
To Alkx Contxkk:
You aro ln'reby notified that vu Iihvo
j expended at leant $200, in work tind
labor on eaeli of tliu two mining
'clainiH known and record jd in the
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"Drum Luniond" and "Opportunity"
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. ofiicc of tho County Clerk in mid L:tu
county, in order to hold n-.ud prcmiHCH 1
under the provinioim of section 2424 lie-!
vised Statutes of tho United HtnlcH,
beiiiK tho amount required to I old (he
Huid two claims for tho yearn 1807 and J
1898, roHpectivoly, and if within ninety
days after thu completion of the publi
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icci or reniHO to contribute your
portion of Haid expenditure
aH a co-owner, your inlercHt in the eiild
claimu will become the piopcrty of the
subscriber!), under staid section L'324.
J. II. Wiiitk,
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