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The people thronged outside tn e. prin cipal gateway, as Gilbert was carried >-N_tenderly in the litter toward the city, ^'.V^felield^hisjrifle securely and loosened his revolver ur its holster, not knowing Hp; the outcome of events, but resolved to see the thing through in the interests of ethnology. Every step his bearers took revealed new wonders to him, and he was becoming rapidly convinced of the truth that he was in a city of the past Up the temple's causeway they bore him to the clean white chamber on the Wgt top-its dazzling gold plates arousing calculations of their intrinsic value in his mind at once-and they placed the litter in the center. Then they brought him water and food-the first duties of Atzlan hospitality being to supply the ri: guest with these before anything elso is done. 7 Bowing low before him, the priests, - who had regained in some measure their composure, offered him sheets of the. crisp, gauzy waiavi, a kind of bread made of meal finely ground and baked upon hot stones; thin as a wafer these sheets were rolled or folded, and they melted in his mouth deliciously. Then they brought him baked meats and : cakes, with a sweet drink made, from the sprouting wheat, called kali. After he had eaten Jua fill, which he did in a slow and careful manner, avoiding the betrayal of the fact that .he was nearly starved,fora god should not,he felt, show vulgar hunger and thirst, they brought him a small carafe of the sacred aitsi, which he found to be a very ordi nary brand of corn whisky, but exceed ingly streng, i When he had finished he drew ont his meerschaum, filled and lighted it This proceeding was watched by the priests and as many of the chiefs as could see 4 into the chamber with undisguised fear and trembling. The striking of. the. match upon the stones and the bursting of the little flame into life was a signal for a startling outcry. When the grate ful smoke proceeded in gently rising circles from his mouth and the aroma filled the air the looks cast upon this liv ing censer were of profound awe. As each new wonder unfolded to. their gaze messengers were sent forth, and their voices could be heard by Gilbert as they announced the progdigy to the 1 people who waited without. The situation began to grow perplex ing to the visitor after awhile. He won dered what was expected of him, and questioned his ability to perform his du ties as a god. The role might be an ex acting one, and he felt the need of in struction. The white faces which he' .aw around him seemed to-forbid the idea of barbarism, and he addressed to. h.alc?r? ....7-m1 questions in the language i- aiaster br to be au -rrj ?JP . ?r>f$ ?OU?J!**. ".Vi-.':? liiiUy g V'.i . ix -"i , ..-ens aws. .... >.a?.}B _ hr vite 5 ' fcTu-t; . . Kia ? W(A ,r\P ' 3? - .. - ~.-.r? _ ; by itiiiori' v '".-.s ! hat ana ?OW??? - rye yaly.' ?Lv - lowed by the objetajaoua yi- . - '~-? . leading, in thApHfeavor to show aim honor, 5:?-T ' ??_ "I wonder," he mused, "if they expect .. me to fly away suddenly, or if this sort of thong-'is going to last If it does, it ^jtE?Tgrow intolerable to a man of modest. tastes.n Turning his eyes he encountered the gaze of Ch al pa, whose forbidding face showed the utmost terror, the muscles of his lips working with spasmodic twitches as he met Gilbert's piercing, questioning glance. The latter knew intuitively that the man before him had some special cause to fear Lim, and as he noted the evil countenance he resolved to keep a watch upon him, feeling in stinctively that here was an enemy, and possibly a dangerous one. He observed at a glance the general divisions of society in the crowd below and about him. The white robes of the priests marked their vocation, while the dress of the chiefs and the opulent citizens distinguished them sufficiently from the ordinary rabble. He counted between thirty and forty faces as white as his own, and many that were nearly white, so that there were evidently a white and a reddish brown race occupy-: ing the great circular tenement, having intermingled and intermarried until the general type was a ' dark brunette. He noted also the surprising beauty of the young women and many of the men. There was a decided facial resem blance among them all, as in the Mon golian race, but it was a far more pleas ing one-the features of the people were markedly regular. He observed no weapons among them of any sort, al though a few days later he detected the presence of bows, arrows and small stonlTtipped javelins in the houses, and seve/al skillfully made crossbows of hcfc?Showing an advance in civilization far. beyond that which the prehistoric Aztecs had attained at the time of their overthrow. He was surprised at the pro fusion of gold and silver ornaments, worn by even the children, denoting a source near and easily worked from 'f which the precious metals had been ob tained. ' Perplexing as was the situation in which he found himself, he felt that he was fortunate in the opportunity it af - _ forded him for a delightful study of an unknown race. "I can at least do the doctoring for the whole city, if all else fails me," he thought "I doubt if there's - another M. D. in the place. And there's that camera up above, there! I might turn an honest penny making photo graphs." While these practical ideas were going through his mind he strode down tL* steps and began to descend the cause way. At the foot of it stood little EIt.tr? smiling up at him, with her garland ia her hand, having evaded her grand, mother's eyes. Gilbert took her up sui kissed the merry mouth with a welcosao sense of gratitude for the tender smikt, for he loved children. The action wen greeted by the crowds with a generotw shout of joy; they ceased that moment to fear and began to love the fair haired god. He walked around the court ia a scrutiny of the gaudy and hideous idols until he came to that of Chalen, the serpent god, and then a strange thing happened. As he stood smiling np at the hideous face, which bore no more meaning to him than a thousand other misshapen heathen effigies, the appar ently solid rubble masonry of its pedes tal fell apart, and the heavy image tot tered and fell prostrate upon its face be fore him. ' The occurrence was seen by the entire populace, and for' an instant there was a deep silence, which was fol lowed by cried of intense rejoicing-the event was accepted instantly by the Atalans as a natural and proper one. They felt that the evil goa naa ranen and bowed before his master, and that his dread reign was ended. A single glance convinced Gilbert that the disaster to the evil deity was the re Bolt of a lack of care in the construction of the masonry of tb e pedestal. The fire which barned upon it before the image had in some manner weakened the plaster that held the stones together,-and the weighty idol had forced them apart at a very opportune moment. It did not need a very bright intellect to see the force of the event and the impression it had left, as well as the beneficial result to all concerned. One of their idols, and by all odds the mest hideous, was pros trate, and although he had no very strong religious scruples, and wished to establish no particular form of worship, he felt that it was a good beginning. Already, as he walked about, he had begun to plan means of elevating the people and rendering then: condition more in accordance with the times in which they dwelt. Here he stood, a man of the telephone phonograph-electric era, among a peo ple of the stone age, his mind stored full of scientific and mechanical facts, the simplest of which would be a miracle to these crude yet evidently intelligent barbarians. He perceived that they had booka, letters and records perhaps, yet they ground their meal by hand while a Rwift stream was flowing by their door and wasting its valuable power unno ticed. Here was occupation and amusement f.t once; he had no ties .to bind him to the outer world, and he could, he thought, at any rate return thither when he desired at any. time; he had no near relatives to mourn bis absence pr seek for him in his retirement. Then, too", he could write a book about these peo ple after he bad learned their language, traditions and social conditions. The prospect began to be pleasant; he MW the future city with ita water wheels turning merrily, grinding the yellow corn and pumping the water up into the irrigating channels and pipes-aye, and his mind roved on until he saw electric lights, telephone wires and newspaper offices. Then the reaction came, and he laughed to himself at his folly. But he saw that there were not even chimneys to the houses, nor glass to the windows, and he resolved to place them there. All this time he had held Eltza's little hand, and she had walked with him. In truth, the child had unwittingly led him to the different; images and other points of interest, for she, too, was alone today, and desired to see, before, her grand mother began to search for her, all the new and strange sights which her short stature prevented her from observing when in the procession. The people by AV?is time bad ceased to gather around iv: : ??? < , i Ley surveyed them from a ..iv .?->. Ti ey recognized their'vis i.\v. .. Oc 'i . t - iee everything in his new . th a delicate.tact they re : - : ? pressing, their attentions fact many of rth?m had .-. a cir houses, confident that | t\r ,>-?'. v.. id 'remain with them, and . uldseehim On the morrow ?..:?! y days thereafter. tLiiCW. ad a few.of the other priests n&? i'ciliv 3d him ata respectful dis tance, more~f rom .a' nat ural ignorance of their,.proper duties, under the circum stances, than from curiosity. This thought occurred to G?b?rt.'and he dismissed them with a polite gesture which wa3 readily understood and ac knowledged. The others, too, took the hint, and he was left with the child, standing before the altar of Chalchuitli, the goddess of love, the Atzlan Venus. . It stood at the corner of a projecting building, and was buried in flowers; its yellow face shining out with a satisfied and apparently intoxicated leer which {nade Gilbert smile. The child, too, smiled, and said some thing in her own' language, pointing to tho idol and then to Gilbert, who, ap prehending, shook his head merrily, whereat the child laughed again. Her ringing laughter caught the ear Df one who had been eagerly searching for her for an hour. It was Lela, who, unaware that Eltza was with the stranger, came quickly around the cor ner with a glad cry. Erect, lovely, her fair hair blowing in gracious ripplesYfrqm' her broad, noble j forehead;'she was truly a sight to make a man's heart stir within him. At the sight of Gilbert she stopped short, stand ing as though about to tum and'flee, i, She had not seen his face until this mo ment, and as his eyes met hers, full of surprise and admiration, a warm blush rushed into her cheeks and neck, her bosom showed ita heaving beneath the thin gown, and her eyes, so softly ten der at all timea, fell beneath his gase. He removed, his hat, and with * bow of deepest respect and homage to euch -j wondrous beauty and grue o presented the child, saying; "Pardon ino if I have 1 prevented ber- returning tb yon, bat her , company was so agreeable I had com pletely forgotten the time." . * Wasted words. Yet how sweetly the music of his voice, so low and tender, fell upon ber ears in that unknown god's tongue! She trembled with a new, strange fear, and hastily, with downcast eyes, reached forth her hand for Eltza's; but in doing so it brushed against his with a velvety touch that sent a rushing thrill through the bodies of each, touching their two hearts' cores with an electric contact. She raised her eyes to his with one straight, pnre glance, and taking the child's hand hurried away, leaving him standing there, with his sombrero in his hand, in a day dream. CHAPTER V. A MIRACLE AND A MEETING. The shepherd and his flock. Gilbert had made the rounds of the neat court and the af ternoon was neafc \-: ...... . ly spent when he again repaired to ti temple. He felt 'that to be the only pl ac where he could consistently claim a hal itation, yet he climbed the causews with something of the feelings of an io poster. There were several priests there wit Ddapel and Kulcan, and they were ev ?ently waiting for Gilbert's return, ual ering Mm into the small chamber wil profound obeisance. He entered and found it prepared fe occupation by the addition of the usui Atzlan furniture, consisting of a fe' gaudy striped blankets hanging oyer beam suspended from the rafters, and large bearskin, evidently an ancient an greatly cherished object, spread upo: tho floor over a bed of clean rushes. There was no fireplace in this room, a ?Tas usually the'case, and the walls wer of a pure and refreshing whiteness. 1 had a window on each side, and was a: exceedingly pleasant apartment indee aside from the luxury of its gold an* silver exterior. Gilbert felt that his lines had falle: in pleasant places as the priests retire and left him alone. The unexpected developments of th day had changed th? course of the fest: val, and the great feast had been for gol cen; a quiet, peaceful sense of relief an thankfulness Ailed all hearts, the deepl; religions among the people feelin hushed into solemn gladness by the day' events, and discussing with much aw the overthrow of Chalen, the thundei ons coming of Quetzal and the peacef n future so full of blessings that lay bc fore them, and when the night settle down upon the city they sought th el beds with a calm sense of securit; brooding over them in the presence o the fair god. Gilbert, too, went to his couch wit! somewhat the same thankful spirit h his heart. He awoke on the following morninj with that confused feeling that come on awakening in a strange place s tr on j upon him, and as he layon his bear skin robe he let his thoughts run ove the events of the preceding day. In th realization of his peculiar position then was uppermost in his mind the idea tba he had been placed there to accomplis! good. The thought of Pierce's fat? troubled him but slightly, for he knev that the balloon,, lightened of fully two thirds of its weight, would rise ah< probably convey him safely over th< mountain rang? into more habitabli and populous regions. In the future before him here he sav the opportunity not caly of study, bu for the exercise of his varied talents The first duty, he knew, would be t< master the language, and as he was i finished and remarkable linguist he ap prehended little difficulty in that direc ti on. Bey oi:d that the widest, wildes range of possibilities, verging even ?p?i the ridiculous, asserted themselves Then there crept over his thoughts t memory, dim at first, growing st ronge; momentarily, of a dream that had vis ited his slumber during the night, anc it unfolded itself before him, gathering form and details, as some dreams do, th? longer one dwells upon them. In it wai a vision of a fair,- sweet face with blu< eyes-the face he had seen in the even ing-and he felt a little suggestion of th? strange, tender thrill again. Although he was thirty, and, ht thought, had been so madly in lov< again and again that he was familial with the passion, yet that wild thril was a new and a weird sensation. He felt it tingling through him as he mused, and he wondered at it in a dreamy way, as a man might look hack upon au ex periment in opium smoking or hasheesh eating-as a sort of curious study in new emotions or feelings. A dose student oi men and of nature, as well as of science, he knew but little'after all of women, and had yet to witness the power ol love's strong passion in a pure woman's heart' .'. He ros? and looked out the window. Tile canyon's depths were still black as night, but he heard the Voices of the shepherds as they drove out their flocks, and some pale columns of bluish smoke were winding sinuously upward in the still air, showing that fife was stirring in the strange city. He went emt and wandered along the bank of the winding river, where the pin on orchards grew down to the water's edge, and he saw the trout leap and rip ple its calm surface. Farther on were slight rapids, and he complacently se lected a site for his mill with a feeling of enthusiasm. There were deliciously picturesque spots along the stream, shady nooks with velvety greensward and prodigal with flowers unknown to hun, for he was not a botanist He found he had wandered for quite a distance from the city by the time the sun rose, and he returned more hur riedly, with an appetite for breakfast that he hoped would he rewarded. Kui can was at the temple when Gil bert arrived, and had prepared a meal for the guest It was evident that he lesired a closer acquaintance, for he en deavored to converse with the stranger, bringing all his knowledge to bear on the task, but in vain. Gilbert, however, relished his friendly intentions and sig nified his pleasure by cheerful, amiable railles. Beginning by pointing to various ob jects, with inquiring words and looks, the simple, aboriginal procesa of learn ing then* names was bogan at once, and In a few moments the two were increas ing their knowledge of each other's lan guage, which waa afterward followed ap day by day until Gilbert had mas tered the Atzlan tongue, and Kui can had acquired a fair knowledge of Eng lish. This was the beginning of their friend ihip, afterward to be tested by a terrible trial. After Gilbert had disposed of his breakfast of fruit and several delicious cakes of wada vi, and lighted his pipe, his mind reverted to the instruments, camera and other articles which he had left at the top of the cliff. Motioning Kulcan to follow him, he went down to the court and out beyond the city, and led the way up the cliff path. Kulcan followed him, with a fear in his heart that the stranger was leading him away to some remote clime or heavenly dwelling, he knew not what, but he feared equally to disobey. It was a long, hard climb. More than two hours elapsed before they reached the top, and Gilbert found it a far more difficult task than the descent had been. On arriving at the spot where the bal loon's slight cargo had been thrown out he selected such articles as would not be liable to injury at the hands of the in-, experienced Atzlan, such as the field glasses, quadrant, etc., and gave them to him to carry. He took them with a superstitious and very apparent fear and misgiving, but was reassured at the Bight of Gilbert's smiling face. The lat ter carefully carried the camera and photographic plates, the case of surgical implements, the barometer and the lit tle battery with the electric light wrap ping them in the blanket for safety, and again led the way, Kulcan following with pleasurable alacrity. Gilbert was rejoiced when they arrived at the temple without an accident to their precious freight and deposited it upon the floor in safety. He noticed Kulcan's curious gaze wander over the glittering objects with awe and specula tion, and taking the fieldglasses held them UP and motioned to bim. to look through them. He' did so, ana'started back in pale terror as he saw the giant' cathedral spires loom np immediately before him; but the wonder of it and his intense curiosity soon overcame his fear, and he gazed long and rapturously through the gleaming tubes, turning them in different directions in simple, childlike amazement When Gilbert, who had observed the stone implements in the city, and sur mised rightly that iron was unknown, slipped tiie chamois covering from the polished steel hatchet and handed it to the Atzlan, he took it with a tender, al most reverent, touch, for he r?cognized, from its shape, its use and purpose. His eyes moistened as he felt the marvelous keenness of its edge, but he did not realize its true value until Gilbert, with one quick stroke, severed a piece of cedar firewood at least three- inches thick and rapidly split it into pieces. He gasped with astonishment, which grew into positive terror, as Gilbert lighted the wood with a match and held, it aloft while it burned. Gilbert showed him several more such wonder*) and it was afternoon before Eulcan left him, and repairing to Iklapel related the' marvelous doings of the god. The old priest listened with smiles and nods,, for he felt that the younger must acknowledge the force of his prophetic utterances of the previous day, and then went himself to Gilbert's lofty lodging. Entering the room as Gilbert was busied in arranging his effects in a suit able and convenient disposal, the latter saw at once that his visitor was blind,.1 and rose to offer him aid, which was courteously and with priestly dignity declined with words of deprecating im port. Gilbert stood before the old priest, j and with practiced eye discerned that i he was afflicted with a mild form of cat-, traci, and he decided that' its removal would be his first care. Seating the old man he gently touched his eyelids, and the aged priest realized that the god was about to exert his power. Gilbert took'some chloroform from his little medicine case and applied it with his handkerchief. While the priest was under its deathlike influence he deftly and rapidly removed the dire hindrance to his eyesight, ere he recov ered consciousness and bound the hand kerchief over his eyes to exclude the now fading light of day. -- When the old mau recovered he strug gled to his feet, and feeling the bandage attempted to push it from off his eyes, bat Gilbert gently , restrained him, and he instantly comprehended his meaning; be knew that something had been done to restore his vision, for he could see light through the folds bf the linen, and he felt that he was once more to see the sun, and the trees, and the faces of his people, and he went away with .a glad heart. 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