Telegram-herald., 1889-09-05

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Sea An1 "a TAT sane asy ef ~ sFtA
@as bega $50 C-eopatrs. tie Quee1 Of
kgypt IL lose beds 4 passod ~ yeutn
w4tcai1g E1s o4ssr peop-s - Their laoorss
a11 solag IL "a o1t - w. &alous lie sresf
eo2r-s q ne temples. OF KY mother
knew n.ughL Tor sAe a-se ~hsn yet hucs
a. tce breast B-t srs ste died, - tas Cd
wife, Atoa2. tcl1 = ne, sic tocz froxn =
co1sr cf ivory a. urals q pare gela saa
izi1 it On NJ brow Ar1 tlose WHO sss her
do thls talag believed tlal sic Was as
tr4aghl Of TIE divinity 42c tn4E z Ter had
ness SIS torvslzdowec t1at TIE Gay 81
tie M4oe3oaiaa L4gld@ WAs ended
for Ptoleny Al.efss ftas Piper then were
tie double crown-4nd th.L ksypls scepter
should once aga.n pass 10 the hand q one
CT Eg4pl true aud roy4l race. Bal when
Iny father. tls higa Priest AmsneluL
wao even taen was fQl of years Tor / was
hls Only enid AID the chi.l of his axe she
who was h-s wife before NJ mother having
been. Tor what crime Enow not, cursed ~
ksknet with the curse 0f ozFrenless) / Say
when ny father q ne in and saw what tbs
dying woman Lad done, he Lifted up his
hand toward the vault of heaven aud a1ore1
the Invisible, because OF the sigu thst had
been sent Auc even as he e1Ored, behold
the H4thors MED Dy dylag mother VIII the
SPIRIT of Prophecy, aud size rose N strength
from the colen aus thrice prostrated her
self before tho cradle where l LAY asleep,
the Royal asp upon KY brow, aud cried
aloud
"Hal 70 thee fruit ef my womb Han %
thee, Royal child Hail 10 thea, Pharaoh
that shalt be. Hai ~ thee, God that ; halt
purge tue land, Divine seed Of y ekt-neb, the
Osirian- Keep thou pure. and thou shalt
rule and deliver Egypt aud not be broken
Bat II IN the hour of trial thou dost fail,
then may the curse OF al the Gods OF Egypt
rest upon thee and the curse Of thy Royal
forefathers, the justified. who ruled tbs
land before thee, even from the age OF
Horus; then IN life mayest thou DO wretch
ed, and after death may Osiris refuse thee,
and the judges Of Ameru give judgment
against thee, and Set and Sekhet torment
thee, even unril such time as thy sin is
purged, and the Gods Of Egypt, called by
strange names, once more are worshiped
in the temples Of Egypt, and the star Of
the Oppressor IS broken, and the footsteps
Of the foreigner are swept clean, and the
thing Is accom- piish-d as thou in thy weak
ness shalt cause il 20 be done"
And when she had spoken thus, the Spirit
OF Prophecy went out OF her, and she fell
dead across the cradle where slept, so that
awoke with cry.
But my father, Amenenhat the High
Priest, trembled. and was very fearful both
because Of tho words which had been said
by the Spirit OF the Hathors through the
mouth of my mother, and because what had
been uttered was treason against Ptoiemy.
For he knew that if the matter should come
70 ha Of ~ rh
his guards 10 destroy the life Of the child
of whom such things were prophesied.
Therefore, my father shut the doors, and
caused all those who were there 10 swear
upon the holy symbol of his Office, and by the
name OF the Divine Three and by the soul
OF her who lay dead upon the stones beside
them, that naught OF what they had seen
and heard should pass their lips.
But among the company was the old wife,
Atoua, who had been the nurse Of my moth
er, and loved her well; and in these days,
though know not how it hath been in the
past, nor how il shall be in the future there
Is no oath that can bind a womans tongue.
And so 1t came about that by and by, when
the matter had become homely IN her mind,
and her fear had fallen from her, she spoke
CT the prophecy TO her daughter, who nursed
me al the breast now that my mother was
dead This she did as they walked together
in the desert carrying food to the husband
OF the daughter, who was a sculptor, and
shaped the pictures OF the holy gods in tho
tOmbs that are fashioned in the rock-tell-
ing the daughter my nurse, how great
should be her care and love toward the child
that one Gay should be Pharaoh and drive
the Ptolemies from Egypt. But the daugh-
ter, my nurse, was so filed with wonder at
what she heard that she could not keep the
tale locked within her breast. and in tho
night she awoke her husband, and, in turn,
whispered OF It 70 him, and thereby COM
passed her own destruction, and the de-
struction Of her child, my foster-brother.
For the man told his friend, aud the friend
was q spy of Ptolemys, and thus the tale
came 70 Pharaoh's ears. Now. Pharaoh was
much troubled thereat, for though when be
was full OF wine be would make a mock Of
the Gods Of the Egyptians, and swear that
the Roman Senate was the only God TO
whom ne bowed the knee, yet in his heart
was he terribly afraid, as | have learned
from one who was his physician; for when
he was alone az night he would scream and
cry aloud 10 the great Scraps, who, indeed,
is no true God. and 70 other Gods, fearing
lest be should be murdered and his soul
handed over TO the tOrTnentOrs Also. when
he felt his throne tremb.e under him. he
would send large presents % the temples,
and ask message from the oracles, and
more especially from the oracle that is AZ
Phils. Therefore. when Il came % his ears
that the wife Of the High Priest OF the great
and ancient temple Of Abou'nis had. ere she
died. been filled with the Spiritof Prophecy,
and prophes.ed that her son would be
Pharaoh, he was much afraid. and sum
moning some trusty guards-who. being
Greeks, feared not % do sacrilege-he dis
patched them by boat CD the Nile with or
ders % come 70 Abouthis and cut OF tho
head Of the child Of tue Hlgh Priest a1d
bring 10 20 MIN IN a basket.
But. as it chance3. TIE boat wherein The
guards came was q deep draught. and tho
tine of their coming beng a. tho lowest
e55 of the river. 10 struck and remained
fast upon a bank % mud that Is opposite
the mouth II tie road that runs across %
the pans of A0osfhs. aud as The north
wind was blowing very ferceiy IL was hae
- sinS- Thereon the guards Of Pharaoh
called ont 20 she common people. who Ia
bored ~ lifting wa-cr along the banks ~
the river. n cone wi .h boats and take them
Or, bit seeing that thev were Greeks %
Aiexaot~i8. t1s people woDi6 not. for 'he
Fgvp-ians love n0- she Greeks Thea they
cried ont that fn~v were on Fharaoh's busi-
ness. and stil tte neop.e vos 4 Mt. asking
what was ere business - ne-eon ? ennucb
snr1g ttem. wh7 ha3 made himself
drunken Ia tis fear. tci5 then tha- they
cane ~ siav ffe ctf q - Anenemast. tte
HiEh Prnst - ut-r - vas p~ortesIsi
ttst he sh0r 9 ~ Fharsoh srf sweep -
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