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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 No brother I will be courageous and true Then there can be no punishment and as for the pain of a few moments -- that is nothing It cannot compare with the pain that I have suffered in my heart for months. Death you see has no terrors for me' We found Bryan and Bridges waiting under the shade of a tree They read in our faces all they cared to know and sadly followed behind us Bryan leaning heavily on his friends arm As we neared the house, there sprang suddenly from behind a huge cactus plant a little brown body that sped toward us with the speed of some wild animal It was Sin De Vegas face lighted up when he saw him he ran forward to meet him and the two spoke together for a moment You will not fail me" De vega called back twice as we walked on By the sign of my fathers,' cried Sin in his pure Seminole, 'I will be there A tiger" -- and he drew up his beautiful little body proudly 'A tiger never forgets what he was promised' | 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 |