The King's Fifth
The King's Fifth
“Whether they were there to care for our wants or to guard us, we did not know. But when we went out into the plaza, after making a brief survey of our new abode, they did not follow.
"I have an idea that Tlascingo's storehouse is filled with gold," Mendoza said. "Heaped up from floor to roof." Father Francisco with his cross was walking ahead of us, out of earshot.
"But how do we lay our hands on it?" he continued.
"Or carry it down from the mountain, if we do," I said, though the thought of st...ealing Tlascingo's gold was far from my mind.
"Perhaps it is stored in deerskin bags, like the one the Indians brought from the storehouse. They were scarcely gone long enough to fill a bag. Bags of gold we could toss down over the cliff." "Easily," I said, not serious about the matter. "One bag after another." "I watched the two men Tlascingo sent for the gold," Mendoza said. "I saw where they went. The doorway they entered. It is just beyond the place where the spring comes forth." We crossed the plaza, stopping for a drink at the spring.MoreLess
"I have an idea that Tlascingo's storehouse is filled with gold," Mendoza said. "Heaped up from floor to roof." Father Francisco with his cross was walking ahead of us, out of earshot.
"But how do we lay our hands on it?" he continued.
"Or carry it down from the mountain, if we do," I said, though the thought of st...ealing Tlascingo's gold was far from my mind.
"Perhaps it is stored in deerskin bags, like the one the Indians brought from the storehouse. They were scarcely gone long enough to fill a bag. Bags of gold we could toss down over the cliff." "Easily," I said, not serious about the matter. "One bag after another." "I watched the two men Tlascingo sent for the gold," Mendoza said. "I saw where they went. The doorway they entered. It is just beyond the place where the spring comes forth." We crossed the plaza, stopping for a drink at the spring.MoreLess
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