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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1899)
irIEART OF THEjWORLD, BY H. RIDER HAGGARD cMnr ciorv. Taken From n - Mexican Indian to His Englishman iv th which the honor lose, two curiou truc tvltli it kiimii v of t: imd lastly, baps containing dried llei.li, beans and euea-pa.sse. "All is safe," she said; "now let us cat. tjiut we may be strong to meet danger." , While we were ftllinpourselves thank fully with the dried meat the senor spoke to me. baying he hoped our pur suit had been abandoned. "You ean know little of these men to srx-ak thus." he answered. "Don Pedro wi'.l certainly seek to avenge the blood of his son." "Then what do you propose to do? lie asked. "Start on again, or stop here?" "Senor, we must stop here because we cannot travel farther, unless you would abandon the old man and his daughter. Moreover, in the forest it would be easy to overwhelm us, but this place is hard to climb, and here at least we may die fighting. Let us make ready for the worst, senor." "Ilow are we to make ready," he asked, "when we have nothing to fight with csccnt machetes and Indian blow pipes. Tlie powder in tnepisioi uasKs i ilamn and the cans will miss lire, so that if they come our death is certain." "It seems so," 1 answered, "anu yei if it pleases God we may live. Yonder lie stones in plenty; let us pile them up beneath the archway; perhaps we may kill some of our foes by rolling them down the steps." This we did then, while Maya watched us. At length the task was finished, and as we turned to leave the heaps of stones we heard a dog baying down by j he river, followed by a sound of men and horses forcing a path through the bush. "Look, here they come," said the senor. and as he spoke a party of seven or eight men. three of them riding on mules, appeared at the foot of the mound, and, dismounting, picketed their animals to trees. "Xow for it," said the senor, rising and shaking himself like a dog that leaves the water. "1 wonder bow many of us will be left alive when this sun sets?" As he spoke one of the men advanced to the foot of the stairway holding a great hound in a leash. For a moment t! dog sniffed the stones, then, lifting his head, he bayed aloud, whereat the band shouted, for they knew tiiat they had -trapped us. Still for a while they did not advance, but, gathering them selves in a knot, consulted together at the foot of the stairway. "Can we bargain with them, Igna tio?7 said the senor. "Impossible," I answered, "what have we to give that they cannot take?" "Then there is nothing for it except to die as bravely as we can," he answered. "This is the end of our search for the Golden City. The quest has not been a lucky one, Ignatio." She listened, and turning toward him, said: "You hear. What say you, white man?" And it seemed to me that she awaited his answer anxiously. . "Yes, lady. I hear," he replied, with a laugh, "and doubtless it is all true enough, and I shall leave my bones yonder among your countrymen. Well, so be it; I have determined to go, and go I will, since I am too idle to change my mind. Also, it seems to me that after this day's business there is more danger in staying here than in pushing forward." "I am glad that you are going, since you fro of your own free will.' she said. smiling. "May our fears be confounded J and your journey and ours prove pros-i your journey ana ours prove pros' pcrous. And now let us rest, lor you must be very weary, as I am, and we should be stirring before the dawn." Next morning at the first break of light we started on our journey, riding on three of the mules that we had captured, and leading the fourth laden with our goods and water skins. Very glad were all of us to see the last of that ruined tAmnlo nnrl irnf. ft. itmu cftrl t r tm tri leave it. for there, hidden beneath some of tho masses of the fallen masonry, lay , all tiiat was jett oi my menu ana ios- and wit had saved our lives at the cost ! of his own. Our plan was to avoid villages where i wc might be seen by men, and keep our helves hidden in the forest, lor we feared lest we should be followed and brought to account because of the dentil of Don Pedro and his companions: and this, we were able to do, since hav ing guns and ammunition in plenty we shot birds and deer for our daily food. Traveling thus on mule back soon our strength returned to us, even to the old man Zilbalbay, who hud suffered the most from fatigue and from ill treatment at the hands of the whits men. In something less than a week we had passed through the inhabited districts of Yucatan and far out of the reach of the white man, and now were journeying through the forest toward tho great sierra that lies beyond. The senor was never weary of ques tioning the silent Zilbalbay as to the history or rather the legend of the land through which we journeyed, or of lis tening to tho lady Maya's description of tho City of the Heart, till even she grew tired and begged him to speak in stead of tho country across tho water where he was born, of the ceaseless busy life, and tho wonders of civiliza tion. Strange as it may seem, l,who watched them both from day to day, know It to bo true that sho was In mind the more modern of the two. so much so indeed that in listening to their talk I might have fancied that she wus the child of ii i i mi I n , tlio new w orld, filled with the- spirit of r th,; helrof u prmu, and oisoiicu uaris, " Bequeathed by an Old Friend and Comrade, an Named Jones. "1 cannot understand you," she would sav to him. "Why do you so love his tories and ruins and stories of people that have long been dead? I hate them. Once thev lived, and doubtless were well enough in their place and time, but now they are past and done with, and it is we who live, live, live,' and she stretched out her arms as though she would clasp the sunshine to her breast. . . "I tell you." she went on, "that this home of mine of which you are so fond of talking is nothing but a great bury ing place, and those who dwell in it are like ghosts who wander to and fro thinking of the things that they did, or did not do. n thousand years before. "Did my father but know it, he wastes time and trouble in making plans for the redemption of the People of the Heart, who think him mad for Ins pains. They cannot be redeemed. If I could have my will while I am still young. I would turn my back upon this citylwhich you so desired to see. taking with me the wealth that is useless there, but which it seems would bring mo many good things in other lands, and live "out my time among people who have a present and a future as well as a past." Then the senor would laugh, anil argue that the past is more than the present, and that it is better to be dead than alive, and many other such follies; and I would grow angry and reprove her for her words which shocked me, whereat she would yawn and talk of something else, for I and my discourses wearied her. Only Zibalbay took no heed, for his mind was set upon other tilings, even if he heard us, which I doubt. CHAPTER Xn. MAYA DESCENDS TIIE CtJBVA. One evening after we had left the forest country and with much toil climbed the sierra till we reached the desert beyond, a desert that seemed to be boundless, we set our camp among a clump of great aloes that grew at the foot of a stony hill. This hill was marked on Zibalbay's map as being the site of an underground reservoir, known as a cueva, whence in the old days, when this place was inhabited, the In dians draw their supply of water in the dry season from deep down in the bow els of the earth. That this particular cueva existed was proved by the fact that the ancient road, which "here was plainly visible, ran through the ruins of a large town whereof the population must once have been supplied by it, but when Zibal bay and his daughter slept here on their downward journey they were spared the necessity of looking for it by the discovery of a rain pool in the hollow of a rock. Now, however, no rain hav ing fallen for weeks, after wo had eaten and drunk such water as remained ,in the water skins, we determined to seek for the cueva in order to refill the skins and give drink to the thirsty mules. Accordingly we began to examine the rocky hill, and presently found a stone archway now nearly tilled up with soil and half hidden by thorn bushes, which wc judged to , be the entrance to the cueva. Having provided ourselves with torches we lit four of them, and 1 led Chamberlain' Cottyh Jtemcdy. This remedy is intended especially for , ., . . coughs, eoldH, eroup, whooping and influenza. It has become fi cough unouH for its cures of these disease, over a large part of the civilized world. The most flattering testimonials have been received, giving accounts of its good works; of the aggravating and per sistent coughs it has cured ; of severe colds that have yielded promptly to its eothing effects, and of the dangerous .attacks of croup it has cured, often sav- ing tho life of the child. The extensive ( it f wh00ping t.0UKh has shown I that it robs that disease of all dangerous consequences. Sold by J. A. Rexho.v, QottaL-e Grove. Joe Lyonh. Drain Druggist. The Qvcgonlan. And tho Bohemia Nugget for $2 per year, cash in advance. This is without doubt the greatest dubbing offer offered by Oregon newspapers today. The Oregonian is without doubt excelled by none, in point of news both local and foreign, is a clear print, and besides lias that great redeeming feature, de void of sensatiomil and disgusting literature. Remember tho two papers, the Weekly Oregonian and your home apper the Bohemia Nugget for $2. Rev. E. Edwards, pastor of tho Eng lish Baptist Church at Minersville, Pa. when suffering with rheumotinm, was advised to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm, Ho says: "A few applications of this liniment proved of great service tome. It subdued tho infhunationand relieved tho pain. Should any sufferor profit by giving Pain Balm a trial i will please mo. For salo by J. A. BuNt son, Cottage Grove, Job Lyons, Drain Druggist, Manuscript SCHOOL UOl NCiSCmjiimiw) . Grove public cehool: iioom so. I. i .it.ii, v.Hteh. Guv MrtHtowm, Myrtle : Wutklu. 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Jimmie Harms, Charley Me-Kiln-m", K.Inu ILunbrie, l'thel Knowl t it, Stella Morton, F.tta Spoil),', .Mabel Thornton. iioom v. N.-ttie liurdiek, Hemic Harmec, Alma Morton, Neva Perkins. Ida TIioiiihk, Geo. Witldem, John Waldern, Frank Whipple, Samuel Bennett, Win. Corey, Chris Jackson, Murl Jackson, Ktra linker. CIIUHCH NOTICHS. M. K. CIICKC1I. Hereafter the MTviws at tlio Metho-, (list Kpiscopul clitireh will bo aa fol low?!: Sunday school at 10 a. 111. rruneliiiiK every 11, 2nd and 3rd Sun- j duyant 11a. in. and 7:!i0 p. in. Kp- worth League at (1:30 p.m. Prayer' tneetinc every Thursday eveniinj at 7 :!50. Let iih hear the Gospel "it in the tower of Go.l." StnuiBL'H and friends are ' made welcome to all meeting. M. O. ltiiiXK, Pastor. KKVIVAI. MKKVICK.-. Rev. F. A. 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