Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28
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IN between the paws Of the living Koremku
,(the SPHINX that is set beyond Memd,
nigh to the seven pyramids. that he slew
lions aforetimei And have not others done
Mkewisei Why, then, speakest thou thus,
o foolish woman!"
All of which / said because, having now
slain the lion, was minded, after the man
ner Of youth, to hold it as thing Of no &C
count. But she ceased not to make obei-
sance and to call me by names that are too
high even to be written.
10 Royal OneT she cried, "wisely did
thr mother prophecy. Surely the Holy
Spirit, the Knepth, was In her. o thou
conceived by god! Sec the omen. The
lion there-he growls within the Capitol at
Rome; and the dead man, he is the Ptolemy
the NJ cedonian spawn that, like for
eign weed, hath overgrown the land OF
Nile; with the Macedonian Lagide shalt
thou 20 to smite the Lion of Rome. And
the Macedonian cur shall fy, and the lion
shall strike him down, and thou shalt strike
down the hon, and the land Of Khem shall
once more be free! free! free! Keep thy
self but pure, according to the command
ment Of the gods, o son Of the Royal
Housel o hope of Khem! be but
ware of Woman the Destroyer, and
as I have said, so shall it be.
Poor am ! and wretched; yea, stricken
with sorrow. have sinned in speaking Of
that which should be Ind, and for my sin
have l paid in the coin of that which was
born of my womb; willingly have l paid
for thee. But have still Of the wisdom OF
our people, nor do the gods, in whose eyes
all are equal, turn their countenances from
the DOOR, The Divine Mother usis) hath
spoken to me-but last night she spake-
bidding me come hithcr to gather herbs,
and read to thee the signs that should see.
And as have said, SO shall it come 10 pass,
II thou canst but endure the weight Of the
great temptation. Come hither, Royal Onem
and she led me to the edge Of the canal
where the water was deep and still aud
blue "Now gaze upon that face as the
water throws it back. Is not that brow
fitted to bear the double crown! Do not
those gentle eyes mirror the perfect
majesty Of kingsl Hath not the Ptah, the
Creator. fashioned that form to fit the i'm
perial garb, and awe the glance Of multi
tudes looking. >ugh thee to God?
"Nay. nay" she at on in another voice
-ashrill old wife's voice-"I will-be not SO
foolish, boy-the scratch Of lion is a ven-
omous thing. terrible thing; yea, as bad a.
the bite Of an asp-it must be treated, or else
It will tester, and all thy days shalt thou
dream Of hons: ay, and snakes; and,
also, It will break out in sores. But know
of it, know. I am not crazed for nothing.
For mark, every thing has its balance-in
madness is much wisdom, and in wisdom
much madness. La! Ia! lsl Pharaoh him.
self can't say where that one begins and
the other ends. Now, don't stand gazing
there, looking as silly as a cat in q crocus-
colored robe; but just let me stick these
green things on the place, and in six days
you'll heal up as white as a three-yesr
child. Never mind the smart Of it, lad.
BY Him who sleeps at Phllae, or at Abou-
this, or ct Abydos-as our Divine masters
have it now-or wherever he does sleep,
which Is thing we shall find out before
we want toby Osiris, say you'll live to
be Is clean from scars as a sacrifice to Isis
at the new moon, il you'll but let me put it
on.
rs it not so, my good folk~ and she
turned to address some people who had, un-
seen by me, assembled while she prophe-
sled. 'I've been speaking spell over him,
Just to make way for the virtue of my
medicine-la! la! there's nothing like Q
spell. II you don't believe it, just come to
me the next time your wives are barren;
It's better than scraping every pillar in the
Temple of Osiris, l warrant. I'll make 'em
bear like twenty-year-oldp palm. But then,
you see, you must know what to say-that's
the polnt-every thing comes to point at
last. La lap
Now, when heard all this, l, Harmachis,
put my hand to my head, not knowing if
droQplp6 Rnt nrosanflv 1polyip
q gray-haired man among those who were
gathered together, who watched US sharply,
and afierward learned that this man was
the spy of Ptolemy, yea, the very man who
had well-nigh caused me to be slain Of
Pharaoh when l was IN my cradle. And
then understood why Atoua spoke so fool
ishly.
"Thine are strange spells, old wife," he
said. ''Thou didst speak Of Pharaoh and
the double crown and OF form fashioned
by Ptah to bear it; is 1t not SOL"
"Yea, yea-part Of the spell, thou fool;
and what can one swear by better nova
days than by the divine Pharaoh, the Piper,
whom and whose music may the gods pre-
serve to charm this happy land. What bet
ter than by the double crown he wears,
grace to great Alexander of Macedonia BY
the way, you know about every thing. Have
they got back his chlamys yet which Mith-
ridates took to Cost Pompey wore it last,
didn't hel In his triumph, too. Just fancy
Pompey In the cloak Of Alexander-s puppy
dog in lions skin. And talking Of lions,
look what this lai hath done-slain q lion
with his own spear, and right glad you vii
lage folks should be to see it, for it was q
very fierce lion. Just see the teeth and
claws. His clawsi Alack. he's an Osiris
now, the body. And TO think Of it, but half
An hour ago he was an everyday mortal ike
you or me. Well, away with him TO the en-
bslmers. Come, aren't you going to take
away the body Of that poor lad, and the
hon, tool There. my boy, you keep those
herbs on, and you'll never feel your
scratches. / know thing or two for all
I'm crazy. and you, my own grandson!
Dear, dear, I'm glad his Holiness the High
Priest adopted you when Pharaoh made an
end OF his son; you look SO bouny. WAR
rant the real Harmschis could not have
killed lion like that. Give me the common
blood, say /. it's 50 lusty."
"You know too much," grumbled the SOY,
now quite deceived. We'll, he Is q brave
youth Here, you men, bear this body hack