Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-24


whom our Moses, her pride and Joy, had
risen to such high honor.
'sThus came to be Is years old and lived
happily with the rest. In the evening,
when the herdsmen came home, ] sat round
the fire with the young ones and it pleased
me when the sons of the great owners pre-
| ferred me above the others and paid court to
me; but I rejected them all, even the
Egyptian captain who commanded the guard
in charge of the storehouse, for / always
thought OF you, the companion Of my child
hood. The best had to give would not
have seemed too much for q magic spell,
when at high festivals danced and sang to
the tambourine, and the loudest praise was
always for me. Whenever / sang before
others 1 thought Of you, and as did so
poured out all that filled my heart as lark
might, so that my song was to you and not
to the praise of the Most High, to whom it
was dedicated"
At this fresh glow of passion possessed
the man to whom his beloved confessed such
gladdening truth. He sprang up and held
out his armsto her, but she forbade him
with stern severity, that she herself might
remain mistress of the longing which threat
ened to be too much for her.
Her deep voice had different ring in it
as she went on, at first quickly and softly,
but presently louder and more impressiVely:
"And so l came to be 18, and could en-
dure Succoth no longer. , An unutterable
yearning, not for you only, came over my
soul. Things that had formerly bronghtme
joy now seemed empty, and the monotony
of life here, in this remote frontier town,
among focks and herdsmen, seemed to me
dreary and wretched.
HElaazap Aaron,o sor LII 4a-rsI4 - l..
read, and brought me books full of tales
which could never have been true, but
which nevertheless stirred my heart. Many
of them contained praises of the gods and
ardent songs, such as lovers sing one to
another. These took deep hold on me, and
when was alone in the evening or at mid
day, when all was still and the shepherds
and herdsmen were away at pasture, would
rehearse these songs or invent new, mostly
hymns in praise of the Divinity, in honor Of
Anon, with his rams head, or of Isis, with
the head of COW; but often, too, of the
Almighty Lord who revealed Himself to
Abraham, and of whom my mother spoke
more often as she grew older. And this
was what I loved best-to think in silence
of such songs of praise, and wait for visions
in which saw Gods greatness and glory,
or fair angels and hideous demons.
From merry child had become pensive
maiden who let her life go as it might.
There was no one to warn or hinder me; my
parents we're now dead and I lived alone
with my Aunt Rachel. misery to myself
and no joy to anyone else. Aaron, my
eldest brother, had gone to dwell with his
tather-in-laW. Aminadab, for the old home
of Amram, his inheritance, was too small
for him, and he had bestoWedlit on me. My
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ness had departed from me, and looked
down upon them in sinful scorn because
could compose songs and see more In my
visions than ever they saw.
NOW was 19, and on the eve of my
birthday, which no one remembered save
Milcah, Eleazar's daughter, the Lord for
the first time gave me message. He ap-
peared in the form Of an angel and bid me
set the house in order, for a guest was on
the way whom loved greatly.
sit was very early in the morning and
sat under this tree; so went into the house
and with old Rachel's help I set the house
in order and made ready bed, and pre-
pare meal with wine and all that we well
come a guest withal But noon came, and
the afternoon and the evening became night,
and the night morning again, and still
waited for the guest. However, as the sun
was getting low that day the dogs began to
bark loudly, and when went forth to the
gate tall man came hurrying toward me.
His hair was gray and in disorder, and he |
wore priests white robe all in tatrers.
The dogs shrank from him whining, but
knew him for my brother Moses.
"Our meeting again after such long
time brought me more fear than pleasure,
for Moses was fleeing from his pursuers be-
cause he had slain the overseer. But this
you know.
Wrath still flashed from his sparkling
eyes. He appeared to me to resemble the
god Set, and each of his slow words were
engraved on my mind as with hammer
and chisel He remained three times seven
days and nights under my roof, and since
was alone with him and deaf Bachelor
he had to remain hidden-no one came be