The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-02


en- chars, awaited my coming in silence.
Before theul, facing away from the seven
Sanctuaries, was set throne, around which
stood the Priests holding the sacred i'm
ages and banners. As came into the dim
and holy place the Dignitaries rose and
bowed before me, speaking no word, while
my father led me TO the steps Of the throne,
and in a low voice bade me stand beforeit
| And then he spaSe:
"Lords, Priests and Princes of the ancient
orders of the land of Khem-nobles from
the Upper and the Lower Country, here
gathered In answer 10 my summons, hear
me- | present unto you, with such scant
formality as the occasion can afford, the
Prince Harmachis, by right and true de-
scent Of blood the descendant and heir OF
| the ancient Pharuohs Of our most unhappy
land. Priest Is he of the lnmost circle OF
the Mysteries Of the Divine Isis, Master of
the Mysteries, Hereditary Priest Of the Pyr-
amids which are by Memh, Instructed In
the Solemn Rites Of the Holy Osiris. Is
there any among you who hath aught to
urge against the true line OF his bloodi"
He paused, and my Uncle Sepa, rising
from his chair, spoke: ave have made ex-
animation Of the records and there is none,
| o Amenemhat He is Of the Royal blood,
his descentis true"
as there any among you," went on my
father, "who can deny that this Royal Har-
machis, by sanctions Of the very Gods, hath
been gathered to Isis, been shown the way
Of the Osiris, been admitted 10 be the
Hereditary High Priest of the Pyramids
which are by Memf, and of the Temples OF
the Pyramidsw
! Then rose that old Priest who had been
my guide in the sanctuary of the Mother and
made answer: "There is none, o Amenem.
hat Of my own knowledge know these
things"
Once more my father spake: as there
any among you who hath aught TO urge
against this Royal Harmachis, in that by
! wickedness Of heart or life, by uncleanness
or falsity, IL is not fit or meet that we
should crown him Lord of all the Landsi"
Then rose an aged Prince of Memh and
made answer: 1--WE have inquired Of these
matters; there Is none, o Amenemhatn
1T is well, i" said my father; then naught
is wanting in the Prince Harmachis, seed
of Next. t.nebf, the Osirian. Let the woman
Atoua stand forth and tell to this company
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hour of her death, she who was my-wife
prophesied over this Prince, beng filled
with the spirit Of the Hathors."
Thereon old Atoua crept forward from
the shadow Of the columns and earnestly
told those things that have been written.
"Ye have heard, " said my father; 'do ye
believe that the woman who was my wife
spako with the divine voice"
We do they answered.
Then my Uncle Sepa rose and spale:
"Royal Harmachis, thou hast heard.
Know now that we are gathered here TO
crown thee King Of the Upper and the
Lower Lands thy holy father, Amenem-
nat rcnoCncing all his right on thy behalf.
We are met, not, indeed in such pomp and
ceremony as is due to the occasion-for that
which we do must be done in secret, lest
our lives and the cause that is more dear TO
MS than life should pay the forfeit-but yet
with such dignity and observance Of the
ancient rites as our circumstances may
command. Learn, now, how this matter
hangs, and If. after learning, thy mind
consents thereto, then mount thy throne, o
Pharaoh, and swear the oath
"Long hath Khem groaned beneath the
mailed heel OF the Greek, and trembled ut
the shadow Of the Romans spear; long has
the ancient worship Of It's Gods been des-
ecrated, and It's people crushed with OPP
preston. But we believe that the hour OF
deliverance is at hand, and with the solemn
voice Of Egypt and by the ancient Gods Of
Egypt, TO whose cause thou art Of all men
bound, we call upon thee, o Prince, 60 be
the sword Of our deliverancel Hearken
Twenty thousand good and leal men are
sworn TO wait upon thy word, and at thy
signal TO rise as one, TO put the Grecian
10 the sword, and with their blood and sub.
stance TO build thee throne set more sure.
ly on the soil Of Khem than are its ancient
Pyramids-such throne as shall even roll
the Roman legions back. And for that sig.
nal, 1t shall be the death OF that bold harlot,
Cleopatra. Her death must thou compass,
o Harmachis, in such fashion as shall be
shown TO thee, and with her blood anoint
the royal throne Of Egypt.
"Canst thou refuse, o our Hopei Doth
not the holy love Of country swell within
thy heartl Canst thou dash the cup OF
Freedom from thy lips and bear 10 drink
the bitter draught Of slavesl Great is the
emprise, and may be II shall fail, ard thou
with thy life, as we with ours, shalt pay
the price Of our endeavor But what OF
that, Harmachisl Is life, then, so sweet
Are we so softly cushioned on the stony
bed OF Earthl Is bitterness and sorrow in
its sum so small and scant thingl Do we
here breathe so divine an air that we
should fear TO face the passage OF our
breathi What have we here but hope and
memory What see we hear but shadowsl
Shall we then fear 10 pass pure-handed
where fulillment is and memory is lost in
its own source and shadows die in the light
which cast theml o, Harmachis, that man
alone is truly blest who crowns his life with
Deaths most splendid wreath For since
to all the Brood OF Earth Death hands his
poppy flowers, happy indeed is he TO whom
there is occasion given 10 weave them in
crown Of fame undying. And how can
man more gloriously die than in a great
endeayor TO strike the gives from his
country's limbs, so that she again may
stand in the face OF Heaven and raise the
shrill shout OF freedom, and, clad once
more in the panoply Of strength, trample
under foot the memory Of servitude, defy
ing tyrant nations Of the earth again TO set
the seal Of their dominion on her browl
"Khem. calls thee, Harmachis. Come,
then, come, thou Deliverer; leap like Horus
from the armament, break her letters,
scatter her foes and rule Pharaoh on
Pharaoh's throne"
Enough, enoughr' cried, while the
long murmur Of applause swept about
the columns and up the massy walls.
Enough. Is there any need thus 10 adjure
met Had hundred lives, would not
most gladly lay them down for Egyptp
"Well said well said I" answered Sepa.
"Now go forth with the woman yonder, that
she may make clean thy hands before they
touch the sacred emblems, and thy brow
before II Is encircled OF the diadem.n