The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-09

nv forth 10 meet IT, For L lonRed
10 overthrow the foreigner, 10 set
Egypt free, TO mount the throne that was
my heritage, and cleanse the temples Of
my Gods. was fain for the struggle, and
Inever doubted OF its end. | looked into
the mirror, and saw triumph witten on
my brows. The future stretched path OF
glory from my feet-ay, glittering with
glory like Sihor in the sun. / communed
with my Mother Isis; sat within my
chamber and took counsel with my heart I;
lplanned new temples; revolved great
laws that would put forth for my peoples
veal; and In my ears rang the shouts Of ex-
ultation that should greet victorious Pha-
raoh on his throne
But still little while tarried at
Abouthis, and, having been commanded so
to do, let my hair, that had been shorn, grow
again long and black as the ravens wing,
instructing myself meanwhile In all manly
exercises and feats OF arms. Also, for q
purpose that shall be seen, perfected my
self in that magic art OF the Egyptians and
the reading OF the stars, In which things,
indeed, already had great skill q,
Now, this was the plan that had been
built up. My uncle Sepa had, for awhile,
left the Temple Of On, giving out that his
health had failed him. Thence he had
moved down 10 q house in Alexandria, TO
gather strength, as he said, from the
breath Of the sea, and also 10 learn for him
self the wonders Of the great Museum and
the glory Of Cleopatra's Court. There II
was planned that l should join him, for
there, at Alexandria, the egg Of the plot
was Matching Accordingly, when at last
the summons came, all things being pre-
pared, l made me ready for the journey
and passed into my fathers chamber TO re
ceiye his blessing ere Invent. There sat
the old man, as once before he sat when he
rebul1ed me because went out 10 slay the
lion, his long white beard resting on the
table Of stone and sacred writings in his
hand. When / came In he rose from his
seat and would have knelt, crying: "Hail,
Pharaoh" but caught him by the hand.
,.'It is not meet, my father" l said.
'Tt is meet" he answered. "It is meet
that should bow me before my King. But
he II as thou wilt. And so thou goest,
Harmachisl My blessing go with thee, o
my son, and may those whom serve grant
It 10 me that my old eyes may, indeed, be-
hold thee on the thronel Long have /
searched, striving, o Harmachis, 70 read
the future that shall be, but naught can /
learn by all my wisdom. II is hid from me,
md at times my heart fails me. But hear
mis-; There Is danger in thy path, and II
)omes In the form OF woman Long have
bnown it. and therefore hast thou been
Dallod 70 the worship OF tho heavenly Isis,
who bids her votaries put away the thought
Of woman TN such time as she shall think
well to slacken the rule. o my son, i
would that thou vert not 80 strong and fair
stronger and fairer, indeed, than any man
10 Egypt, as King should be-for In that
strength and beauty may lie cause of
stumbling. Beware, then, Of those witches
-ok Alexandria, lest like a worm, some one
of them creep into thy heart and eat its
secret out"
Shaver no fear, my fatherr answered,
frowning; "my thought is set on other
things than red lips and smiling eyes"
'Tt is good, he answered; $50 may it be-
fall And now farewell When next we
meet, may It be in that happy hour when,
with all the Priests OF the Upper Land,
move down from Abouthis To do my homage
70 Pharaoh on his throne
I So embraced him, and went. Alasl /
little thought bow We should meet again.
\ Thus It came about that once more
passed down tho Nile, travelling as q man
of no estate. And 70 such as were curious
shout me II was given out that / was the
zdopted son OF tho High Priest Of Abouthis,
having been brought up to the priesthood,
apd that had at1ast refused tho service
Of the Gods, and chosen 10 80 TO Alexan-
dria TO seek my fortune. For, be II remem-
bercd, I was BY all those who know mot the
truth still held to be the grandson Of the
old wife, Atoua. .64f.. yi ,.fedoc
On the tenth night, sailing with the wind,
20 reached tho mighty city Of Alexandria,