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They hastened to loose his arms and to set him on his way rejoicing. They even bore him on their shoulders for leagues in a sort of triumphal march, and did not permit him to walk until they had brought him safely and deposited him with his arms and pack before the doors of Don Leonardo! CHAPTER XVII. THEY HASTENED TO LOOSE HIS ARMS AND TO SET HIM ON HIS WAY REJOICING THEY EVEN BORE HIM ON THEIR SHOULDERS FOR LEAGUES IN A SORT OF TRIUMPHAL MARCH AND DID NOT PERMIT HIM TO WALK UNTIL THEY HAD BROUGHT HIM SAFELY AND DEPOSITED HIM WITH HIS ARMS UNPACK BEFORE THE DOORS OF DON LEONARDO END OF CHAPTER SIX
t with him from Cuba. Turning over the hieroglyphics and singular figures, to the wonder and amusement of the negroes, he saw that on the morrow an eclipse of the sun would take place, and he immediately resolved to turn the fact to good account. He summoned the chief of the tribe and told him to his no small amazement, in his own tongue, that to-morrow, the Great Spirit that ruled the sun would put a veil over it in displeasure at the detention of his white child by them, but that as soon as they should loose his feet and arms, and set him free, the veil would be removed. Amazed at such an assertion, the chief consulted among his brethren, and it was agreed that if the white man's story proved true, then he should be released. At the hour appointed on the following day, the negroes were surprised and terrified to see the gradual and almost total eclipse of the sun, and attributed it to the Great Spirit's displeasure because of their detention of the white prisoner, as he had foretold. AC THAT HE HAD BROUGHT WITH HIM FROM CUBA TURNING OVER THE HIEROGLYPHICS IN SINGULAR FIGUREINES TO THE WONDER AND AMUSEMENT OF THE NEGROES HE SAW THAT ON THE MORROW AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN WOULD TAKE PLACE AND HE IMMEDIATELY RESOLVED TO TURN THAT FACT TO GOOD ACCOUNT HE SUMMONED THE CHIEF OF THE TRIBE AND TOLD HIM TO NO SMALL AMAZEMENT IN HIS OWN TONGUE THAT TO MORROW THE GREAT SPIRIT THAT RULED THE SUN WOULD PUT A VEIL OVER IT IN DISPLEASURE AT THE DETENTION OF THE WHITE CHILD BY THEM BUT THAT AS SOON AS THEY SHOULD LOOSE HIS FEET AND ARMS AND SET HIM FREE THE VEIL WOULD BE REMOVED AMAZED AT SUCH AN ASSERTION THE CHIEF CONSULTED AMONG HIS BRETHREN AND IT WAS AGREED THAT IF THE WHITE MAN'S STORY PROVED TRUE THAT HE SHOULD BE RELEASED AT THE HOUR APPOINTED ON THE FOLLOWING DAY THE NEGROES WERE SURPRISED AND TERRIFIED TO SEE THE GRADUAL AND ALMOST TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN AND ATTRIBUTED IT TO THE GREAT SPIRIT'S DISPLEASURE BECAUSE OF THEIR DETENTION OF THE WHITE PRISONER AS HE HAD FORETOLD
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