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TUE SCULPTOR AND STATUE. 49 Price therefor, and immediately the woman passed off among the crowd and disappeared. While Tonatiuh was in the Spanish quarters, Montezuma was seat- ed in a private saloon of his palace. Before him stood Maxtla Ytzeoatl. They a to have been, for some time, engaged in conversation, for tezuma spoke : “*I want you to complete the statue as soon as youcan. You will Temain in the palace until it is finished, after which, I will make ample provisions for your future. The affairs of my government have become disarranged since the white strangers appeared on the coast, and I cannot tell what will come of their entering the city. For the present, I leave the entire management of the monu- ment to you, and when the white invaders have returned to their own country, 1 will give my attention to a proper erection of it on the Teocalli.’’ as omg: with a humble rage ae Oe oo the * . emperor. was ng t great » he net Tonatiuh, who had entered ye “Ah! good mother!’ he exclaimed, sal her familiarly ; “Tam glad to meet you. Come to my room. I would ask a few Without a word she turned, followed through intricate passages, across courts, among crowds of nobles and slaves, until they reached *s apartment. “I know what you would say,’’ she remarked, setting down her ae seating herself. ‘ You would know of Mazina — Where Maxtla started and fixed a suspicious me. POR Sy VIED then suddenly recollecting that she was the not — the far famed , as the Aztecs called her, he :, I gel, me arsine trey you tell me where | , egy bed head drooped forward; then, without re- floor, she said: her es Mazina ven. She is-in go ak ves. She is in spirits, and well cared for. If you would see her, meet me at terminus of the western dike, this evening, at dark, and I will conduct you to her.’’ An exclamation of joy was trembling on Maxtla’s lips; his coun- tenance lit up with hope and satisfaction; when a courier entered the apartment, and announced that the em desired an immedi- ate audience with the sculptor. The man was imperative, and reluctantly he obeyed, though not until he had assured Tonatiuh shat he would be punctual to the appointment. COMiICDOOKS.COM ~ all