Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-17

Beck, near Mt. Sinai. The news ENCOURAGED
the young prophecies to assure Micah with
vivid warmth that when the people should
march eastward they would Certainly 20 % the
mines to release the captive Hebrews who we're
These were good words. and Micah. Who vas
leaning on the breast Of her comforter. would
gladly have heard more, but those who we're
looking out INTO the distance from Aminadabfs
roof were now in great excitement. From tbs
north came dark cloud, and directly after =
lastly thousand voiced cry and shout. with
believing, neighine and bleating. such As had
never been heard before-snd the multitude
nous and many-voiced mass Of men and herds
came rolling along in that interminable stream
which the astrologer's grandson when watch
ing from the temple at Tanis, had taken for the
serpent from the neither world.
Even now, by the light Of dawn, Il was EASY %
mistake it for An army Of disembodied spirits
driven from the stronghold Of the dead; for =
pale gray column Of dust reaching to the biue
asure % could s. distineuished among x tie m
mense sWarming, noisy throng which vas sn-
veloped IN the cloud. Every now and again tho
sunbeams caught the metal point Of lance Or
Of brass vessel with bright CLEAN. and the
loud shout Of one voice could be heard above
> Now the foremost waves Of the stream had
reached Amfnadab's court yard in front Of
which lay vast tract Of pasture laudA
Commands rang out and the multitude halted
and parted like mountain lake which. flooded
However, the narrow streams soon reunited,
and, taking possession Of the broad, level
pasture land now wet with morning dew. tho
procession Of men and beasts settled doEn 70
rest. and there the veil Of dust that had hidden
them presently vanished
The road remained for some time wrapped IL
the cloud. but IN the meadows. men. women
and children were to be seen in the blaze Of tho
rising sun, with oxen and asses, sheep and
goats and in little while tent after tent was
erected IN the fields around Aminadab's and
Nahshon's houses. The cattle were penned IN
with hurdles; poles and stakes we're driven into
the hard ground. awnings spread, COWS f1t-
tered, herds Of oxen and sheep. driven 70 water
aud fires lighted. Long nle8 OF women. carry
ing Jars on their heads which they balanced
with easily and beautifully curved arms. passed
by the well behind the old sycamore, on the
bank Of the nearest canal
To-day. as on every other work day,a bumped
OF turned the water wheel Il irrigated tho
land that the owner II the oxen must leave On
the morrows but the slave that drove it thought
him, worked on IN the stolid way he vas used
to- watering the grass for the enemy into
whose hands it would fail
Il was good hour before the WlnderInE
crowd had al reached the camp and Miriam.
as she described 10 Aminadab-Whosa eT11
were no longer strong enough 20 see q dis
many sight from which she would gladly have
turned away her eyes,
She dared not tell the old man openly al she
saw, for It would have destroyed his glad hope
she. who trusted with the whole ardor Of an
inspired soul in the God Of her fathers had
shared till yesterday the confidence Of the old
man. although the Lord had certainly granted
her the fatal gift Of seeing things and hearing
words no one else could comprehend ina
generally took place IN her dreamA but also ia
lonely hours when she dxad her mind IN meol.
tation on the past and the future
The message from the Most H1gn which
Ephraim had carried to Joshua in her name
had come TO her from invisible lips - ano 14t
under the sycamore, thinking OF the exodus.
and of the man she had loved from her child
hood; and this very morning, between mid
night and dawn, as she lay under the venerable
tree, overpowored By fatigue, IL seemed % her
that she had again heard the same Folco I1o
words had vanished from her mindas she Woko.
but she knew that they had been sad and
Dminoua
Vague as the warning had been. L stIIl
haunted her painfully, and the cry which came
np from the plain was certainly no shout Of joy
t having happily reached their brethren and
he first OF their wanderines. as the old nan 1t
ler side believed: nay IL vas the angry cry of
ierce ungoYerned men wranEling and light
ne for pleasant spot in the meadow u1craon
o pitch their tents or for = good watering place
or their beasts By the vel or on he banks of
he rfVuletz
Rage, disappointment and despair we're card
q that cry; and presently. looking round FOR
he sDoE whence it rose the londcst she heha|1
woman's corpse borne along By some bonds
on sheer Of tent cloth and rnIn babe
'ouched by the finger Of death. which II1