The Aztec Treasure-House

Departimiento y ha entre los engaños. Catales y ha que son buenos, e tales que malos, e buenos son aquellos que los omnes fazen a buena fe e a buena intencion.— Alonzo el Sabio , Setena Partida, Titulo xvi., Ley ii. The Dying Cacique. CONTENTS. PROLOGUE. I. FRAY ANTONIO II. THE CACIQUE'S SECRET III. THE MONK'S MANUSCRIPT IV. MONTEZUMA'S MESSENGER V. THE ENGINEER AND THE LOST-FREIGHT MAN VI. THE KING'S SYMBOL VII. THE FIGHT IN THE CAÑON VIII. AFTER THE FIGHT IX. THE CAVE OF THE DEAD X. THE SWINGING STATUE XI. THE SUBMERGED CITY XII. IN THE VALLEY OF DEATH XIII. UP THE CHAC-MOOL STAIR XIV. THE HANGING CHAIN XV. THE TEMPLE IN THE CLOUDS XVI. AT THE BARRED PASS XVII. OF OUR COMING INTO THE VALLY OF AZTLAN XVIII. THE STRIKING OF A MATCH XIX. THE SEEDS OF REVOLT XX. THE PRIEST CAPTAIN'S SUMMONS XXI. THE WALLED CITY OF CULHUACON XXII. THE OUTBREAK OF REVOLUTION XXIII. A RESCUE XXIV. THE AFFAIR AT THE WATER-GATE XXV. THE GOLD-MINERS OF HUITZILAN XXVI. THE GATHERING FOR WAR XXVII. AN OFFER OF TERMS XXVIII. THE SURRENDER OF A LIFE XXIX. THE ASSAULT IN THE NIGHT XXX. THE FALL OF THE CITADEL XXXI. DEFEAT XXXII. EL SABIO'S DEFIANCE XXXIII. IN THE AZTEC TREASURE-HOUSE XXXIV. A MARTYRDOM XXXV. THE TREASURE-CHAMBER XXXVI. THE VENGEANCE OF THE GODS XXXVII. THROUGH DARKNESS TO LIGHT XXXVIII. KING CHALTZANTZIN'S TREASURE EPILOGUE. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. THE DYING CACIQUE THE LETTER FROM THE DEAD PACKING IN THE CORRAL THE FIGHT IN THE CAÑON THE CAVE OF THE DEAD AFLOAT ON THE LAKE EL SABIO'S PREDICAMENT MAKING THE PEACE-SIGN THE FULFILMENT OF THE PROPHECY THE STRIKING OF A MATCH CHECKING YOUNG'S OUTBREAK THE LEAP FROM ABOVE THE WATER-GATE THE TLAHUICOS AND THEIR GUARDS IN THE GATE-WAY OF THE CITADEL THE LAST RALLY EL SABIO'S DEFIANCE FRAY ANTONIO'S APPEAL YOUNG'S STRUGGLE WITH THE PRIEST CAPTAIN IN THE LIBRARY BEFORE THE OPEN FIRE Who'd hear great marvels told— Come listen now! Who longs for hidden gold— Come listen now! Who joys in well-fought fights, Who yearns for wondrous sights, Who pants for strange delights— Come listen now! For here are marvels told To listen to! Here tales of hidden gold To listen to! Here gallant men wage fights, Here pass most wondrous sights, Here's that which ear delights To listen to! THE AZTEC TREASURE-HOUSE PROLOGUE. "God sends nuts to them who have no teeth:"…