The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 22, 1886, Page 3

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Office over Wright & Glorius’ store. 29 Physicians. DRS. RENICK & BOYD icians and Surgeons, BUTLER, MC. -- -t0emes OFFICE: SIDE SQUARE, OVER LEVY’S, Renick srosidence and Fort Dr. Boyd’s residence, Fulton Street, north C. P. church, 1 L,RICE, M.D., Eclectic Physi- Ue cian and Surgeon. All calls prompt- wtiended to. Office up stairs over ’ Drug Store. W.H. Batrarp, §. CHRISTY & BALLARD, {HomonuPaTHIc: MHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, M.CuRisty, , front room over P.O. All calls tredatoflice day or night. Tele- communication to all parts of the ty. Specialattention given to temale r C. BOULWARE, Physician and «Surgeon. Office north side s uare, h Mo. Diseases of women and chil- Sepecialtv. W. SILVERS, ORNEY : LAW Will practice in Bates and adjoining ties, in the Appellate Court at Kansas and in the Supreme Court at Jeffer- } Price North Side Square, over McBride’s, gitf WY W. GRAVES, Notary -:- Public. Office with Judge John D. 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We have two sets of Abstract books made by different parties and make Abstract of Titles by one set and compare with the other and can thus make Abstract of titles that are absolutel) correct and we will stand responsible for them. ith. Have been here along time and expect to stay awhile longer. Sth. Make loans with or without Commission. 9th. Invite you to come and see us and have ourterms, rates and etc. explained to you before making application elsewhere. 10th Our office is with the Butler National Bank, Opera Hou:« Block, Butler, Mo. WALTON & TUCKER Land Mortgage Co. SCHWENCK & OLDEAKER. Boot & Shoe Makers BUTLER, MO. Boots and Shoes made to order The best ot leather used. 4g tf PARKER’S HAIR BALSAM the popular favorite for dressing the hair, Restoring color when ‘ing Dandruff, . U 3 the The best Cough Cure you can use, And the best preventive known for Consumption. 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The warm tropical moon threw its rays down upon the sleeping hacienda, or poaicss sne of Senor Don Pablo Maria Gomez The long line of white buildings, enclosing within them the pativ or court-yard, where the air was heavy with the scent of the orange- blossoms and fragrant with the subtle odor of the limes, had in the moonlight a strange weird look, as though they were not real. The house itself was of but one story, and covered a wide expanse of ground. Buiit of stote, its wmdows, with their wooden bars, made it iook something like a goal;and its severe outlines and sharp right angles gave little hint of the wealth and luxury within. For Don Pablo was rich beyond almost the dream of avarice. He did not himself know the extent of his wealth. Lying there in the moonlight, about a thousand yards from the great house, were rows of palm-huts, heavily thatched, and in these were the sleeping slaves. His great-grandfather had received the ant trom the king of Spain, and with itan allotment of Indians, which prac- tically covered all that the Hidalgo could capture. His son, Don Pablo's grandfather, had been among the fore- most to urge the importance of negroes, and had added largely to the labor force of the Esmeralda ranch. Well fed and well treated, the slaves had increased until Don Pablo had now no very distinct idea of how many he did own. In point of fact, just as they were parts of his enormous estate—fifty- one miles long by thirty wide—which he had never seen, so there were men owned by him that ie had never spoken to. But if Don Pablo did not know all, his daughter and only child, Donna Carmen, knew most of them. Mounted upon one of her horses, and attended by her peon, old Juan, she rode here and there over the place, and knew almost every corner of it. To say she was almost worshipped by the “people” is not to overstate the thing in the least. Were any of them sick, Donna Car- men would give them medicine; were any in trouble, to Donna Carmen they would go for comfort; it would be difti- cult indeed to say how many little Carmens had been named after her. Wher then, Don Pablo invited Don Louis Medina, a third cousin of his, to come to the ranch for a visit when his danghter returned for the last time from the convent of Our Lady of Mercy, where she had been educated, all the women on the place rejoiced; for did they not know that their senorita had been betrothed to Don Louis ever since she was ten years old, and was not Don Louis as handsome and gallant a youn feliow as you could meet? Most assured- ly he was. The older men, however, were not so well satistied, holding, as they did, that Don Louis might be, and probably was, all very well; but he was not, in their opinion, worthy of Donna Car- men. The strongest believer in this view was old Juan, who had looked af- ter his young mistress from the time she was a little baby, and who worshipped the ground she trod on. However, as Juan would have felt the same, no matter who came to woo, this was, perhaps, to be expected. To tell the truth, Don Pablo himself felt some- what the same way, and therefore, list- ened with great patience to old Juan’s grumbling. But it was summer-time for the young ple. Riding out in the cool morn- ing, spending the hot noon on the wide iazza, lazily reclining in that universal sama of the Spanish race, filling up theevening with music, with merry talk, and joyous laughter, the cays went swiftly by. Don Pablo would listen to the two, happy in his daughter's happiness, and recalling now and then, as he watched them, the days when he went to see his Mercedes—she who died after a brief two years of wedded life, aud left a void in her husband’s heart, which had never been filled. And now his Carmen was going to leave him; was thinking more of her future husband than of her fath- er, as that father believed. Is it any wonder that Don Pablo was not offend- ed with old Juan? The moon went down, and you could faintly see in the darkness some dusky figures stealing towards the house. A dozen of them, all small, looking more like boysthan men. Gathering around one of the windows, they worked at something in silence. By-and-by the wooded bars were taken out, and some of them stole into the room without a sound. A noise like a cry cut snort broke on the ear, and then two fizures passed | through the window, taken by the THE CHARLES A. VOGELEL ¢ THE HORNS. At Old Stand, East Side Square. thing in the And Provision Line. Of all kinds wanted. Chas. Denney. RICKLYpjcy BITTERS oniag SD.DEVEL WEAK sUNDEV=LOPED = Snieresting ad- gat | pari >; tothe unthinking =|‘ 5 | watehers outside, and then the whole disappeared as silently as they 1 oand Jon P dn a few mon } room. “G breath, i “Gone where?” added Pa “Oh, senor, she’s goue, and the win- dow x | Don Pablo rushed out of the room, | followed by Don Louis. | The examination which followed dis- closed but little, except that Donna Car- menand her servant Manuela, who al- ways slept in her room, had disappear- } ed—how, was easily seen trom the open | window and cut bars. | There was no trace to be found of | tracks. Nothing else seemed to have been taken; simply, as the peon woman had said, they were “gone.” Don Pablo sank under the biow. He seemed as though he were in a dream. He satin a chair staring vacantly before him, and nothing they could do seemed to rouse him. With Don Louis it was different. Cailing Juan, who, by-the-bye, was nearly distracted, he asked him if they had any tgreros, or tiger-hunters, on the estate. Learning there were two, he sent for them, and before long they came to him. Tall, thin, almost gaunt men, with more than one scar on their half- naked bodies; ther long, black hair twisted up into knots on top of the head, with heavy long knives hung at the waist, and in their hands the deadly blow-guns, They stood before the young man listening to his rapidly told Storv. Then they began their sexrel Quartering the ground to thev exumined every inch caretully, but without any resuit. Had there ever been any trail, the peons trampling over it would have efiaced it long before. At last the older of the two said to Don Louis: “Senor, los peros’”’ (the dogs). “What a fool I am! Here, Juan, bring the dogs here, and get that one of mine. All you people go in the house until we get the trail. Josefa, bring me some dress that your mistress wore.” In a moment or two Juan came out, leading five dogs. Large, with heavy dew-iaps, rather short legs, but long bodies, of a deep liver and tan color, they were as beautiful specimens of the Spanish bloodhound as one could see. Don Louis took the dress Josefa gave him, and calling the dogs, gave it to them to smell. This they did for some time. Then, leading them to the win- dow, he Jet them loose. Generations of man-hunting had taught these animals what to do. Slowly, with their noses on the ground they circled round until at last one of them lifted up his head and gave a pro- longed bay. Instantly the others gathered round him, and after smelling for a moment, repeated the sound. Then they started towards the canes, the tiger-hunters following them, and behind Don Louis and a dozen peons. Reaching the canes, the hunters found the trail, and examined it keenly for a few moments. “Senor, they are Mucyeas,” said the older. “Are you sure, Pedro?” “St senor.” ’s near the great feast, isn’t it?” ‘*Sé senor—next month.” Don Louis hurried back to the house to see Don Pablo, and to tell him the news. The Mucyeas were, in the old Spars ish days, the most dreaded of all the tribes in New Grenada. Highly civil- ized, brave, and most desperate war- riors, the old histories are full of ac- connts of their raids. Like the greater part of the South American Indians, they worshipped the sun, and oncea year held a great feast in his honor, at which they always had human sacri- fices. No need now to tell the two miser- abie men on the hacienda why the light of their eyes had been stolen away in the night. Donna Carmen was destined to have her heart torn from her body as an offering to the Great Lora of the Sky, the Mighty One, the Ruler of the Four Pillars of the Earth—Huana- chin! There would be warriors and pilgrims present by the thousand; there would be offerings of gold and precious stones, there would be solemn dances and hymns sung in honor of their god, and then the girl would be laid on the altar, and the white-robed priest would offer her bieeding heart before the shape- less stone which was heid in such rever- ence. Small wonder, then, when Don Pablo heard the name of the Mucyeas, that he threw off his apathy and prepared to fight for his own, : In a country where men habitually travel in a somewhat rough and ready fashion it does not take lon 0: Be ready for an expedition, and in less an. an hour a were saddled, mules packed, and Don Pablo, with Don Louis and some twenty mounted ns, all fully armed, had started. As before. the dogs, followed by the tiger-bunters, went first, and about ten yards behind these came the rest of the party. They passed through the cane pateo, struck the wide savannah, or grazing part of the estate, and towards j evening came to the foot of the moun- ; tains. a | Here they had a long consultation. |The trail led right up the rocks, and | Don Pablo knew that abouttwo leagues jin that direction would bring them to | ground where the animals could not travel. Upon pointing this oat to the | enides, the older advised that the main ‘road across the mountains should ke | taken, and the party pushed forwaru as | fast as possible in order to intercept the Mucyeas in the valley beyond. | This plan Don Louis strenuously op- a fro, | Christian maiden should die by LE posed, believing, as he did, that the chance of losing them was too great. _ After an animated discussion it was finally arr 1 that Don Louis, with the dogs, ane enide and seven peons, should follow > Indians, while Don Pablo, witu te rest of the party, should try and cut them off. ; Tying bands of cotton around the dogs, so that they could see them in the dark before the moon rose, Don Louis wreng the hand of Don Pablo convul- Sively, as the latter said to him: “If you cannot save her, my son, kili her, if you can. It is better that a the hand of a Christian cavalier than that she should be offered up as a sacri- fice to those hideous gods of the say- ages!” And Don Louis, as he bent over to Teceive the other's blessing, registered a fearful vow in his heart. _ Leaving the rest Don Louis and hie little party struck rapidly up the mount- ain-side. The moa became rougher and rougher as they toiled up, the mules being bareiy able, with much urging, to keep pace with the dogs. As for the tiger-hunter, he seemed insensible to fatigue, ‘as he walked swiftly ahead of the party. About half-past one they camped, and, taking some food, lay down to Test. At daylight the next morning th started cat pie At the height they now found them- selves, the scenery was inexpressibly dreary; the scany vegetation scarcely veiled the dark rocks; the mountains were everywhere split into the most fearful chasms and rifts. 4 About noon that day they had to ] abandon the animals, and then be, 4 the chase on foot, Climbing with feet a and hands up the rocks, they toiled on, . and towards nightfall reached the high- 4 est point. Here they camped again. Once more at daylight they started, and by two in the afternoon again reached trees. The guide, who had narrowly watch- ed the dogs, came to Don Louis and warned him that they were close to the party now. A word from Don Louis, and all examined their weapons to see that they were ready. Then onward once more. s * - . s When the two girls, Donna Carmen and Manuela, had waked up only to find their beads wrapped up in cloths and themselves bound, their terror was extreme. Utterly unable to sew avy- thing, they felt themselves lifted up, transferred from one to another, and finally tied in the chairs which the Indians carry on their backs. 3 Then they were taken rapidly over E the ground, it being some eight hours after their capture before the wrap- pings around their heads were taken off. As soon as they saw their captors they knew what fate was in store for them. Manuela burst at once into tears, and loudly bewailed her fate, but Donna Carmen was perfectly still. She rode along, praying constantly, although, when thoughts of her father and of her lover obtruded themselves, she had the greatest difficulty in keep- ing back the tears. She talked to Manuela, trying to cheer her up with the hope of rescue, although poor girl, she had little belief in its possibility herself. Beyond the fact that the men made long journeys, and the girls were v tired, they were treated well, and fed with the best the Indians had. The second night they camped in a little glade in the forest; the Indians slung a hammock for Donna Carmen, and spread a mat for Manuela, and then building a tire, began to cook. Donna Carmen was lying in her ham- mock, the tears which she had kept back ail day streaming from her eyes, while below her, on the ground, Manuela had sunk into a troubled sivep. Suddenly they were ‘startled by the sound of guns, and six of the Indians round the fire sprang into the air only to fall prostrate. The next moment Donna Carmen heard the voice of Don Louis as he dashed into the open space sword in hand. “Louis, Louis!” she screamed, and in a second he stood between her and the savages. The tiger-hunter bounded into the lace, say with his machete, or long nife, cut off the arm of a man who had just raise! his deadly blow-gun. The dogs followed, and seizing three of the Indians, fairly tore them in Pieces. ; In the meantime, however, two of *i them had got their blow-guns raised, 4 and the two little darts flew th bh ay the air, one striking Manuela on arm, and the other Don Louis in the cheek. It was their last shot, however, for, with savage yells, tne ns C! on them and simply hacked them to pieces. When Won Louis was struck, he did not know it, and would certainly have died had it not been for the tiger hunter. Coming up to him he cut the arrow out, and was then going to suck out the poison, when Donna pushing him to one side, knelt and, applying her lips to the saved her lover's life Not any too soon, however. It was two days before.Don Louis .was well enough to be even carried ip alitier, and before that time Don Pablo, with his party, guided by the other tiger-hunter, bad joined them. Poor Manuela was buried in the woods. The slow journey back to the hacienda took nearly a week; but it wap not more than six weeks Jel lliant wedding saw Don Louis an | Donna Carmen made man and wife It | was then that Donna Carmen gave two | of the hamdsomest Spanish guns | | could be bought for money to the tiger- | hunters, one of which, preserved by the | descendants of the younger, I saw when | I bearu the story. | The magical effects ot S' in removing sorenee Sta sti finess makes : in iuvalubie at all times. H and Neuralgia promptlv vield to it. heumatis!