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252THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH A ROMANCE OF THE SUPERNATURAL. By Mrs. Elia W. Peattie. CHAPTER IX. "Good God man, I cried when we were really on the outside and beyond the hearing of the council chamber, "they permit you to depart! They think you will be fool enough to return to be murdered for the crime of exercising your own personal liberty' De Vega turned on me with a look of pride and reproach 'Brother, we of Bimini obey the law 'You mean that you will tamely go to be murdered' 'Worse would follow than that which threatens, if I did not obey my fate For, understand, it is the decrees of fate which I bow to One of your race cannot understand this as can an Indian My death was designed when the plan of the ages was unrolled Were I to try to mar this plan I would bring disaster to all connected with me I would have no happiness if I should live, knowing that like a coward I had run form death Broth try to understand Not only would I be an outcast from society, but a haunted man as well surrounded by the spirits of the infernal regions who could consort with me and call me their companion For they also have thwarted the will of the great spirit This is the greatest crime an Indian can commit | 252 |