The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-09-04

Of; but seeing that they were Greeks Of
Alexandria, the people would not, for the
Egyptians love not the Greeks. Then they
cried out that they were on Pharaoh's busi-
ness, and still the people would NOT, asking
what was the business. Whereou 0 eunuch
among them, who had made himself
drunken In his fear, told them that they
came tn slay the child OF Ameuemhat, the
High Priest, OF whom IL was prophesied
that he should be Pharaoh and sweep the
Greeks from Egypt Aid then the people
feared 10 stand longer q, In doubt, but
brought boats, not knowing what might
be meant by the mans words. But one
there was among them-a farmer
and an overseer Of canals-iyho was kins-
man Of my mtther's and had been present
when she propheaed; and he turned aud
ran swiftly for three parts Of an hour, TIL
he came 10 where lay In the house that
Is without the north wall Of the great tenn
pie. Now, as II chanced, my father was
away In that part Of the Place Of Tombs
which is TO the left Of the large fortress,
and Pharsoh's guards, mounted on asses,
were hard upon US. Then the messenger
cried 10 the Old wife, Atoua, whose tongue
had brought about the evil, and told how
the soldiers drew near 70 slay me. And
they looked at each other, not knowing
what 10 do; for, bad they hid me, the guards
would not have stayed their search till
was found. And the man, gazing through
the doorway, saw little child at play.
"Woman," he said, 'swhose Is that childi"
SIT Is my grandchild," she answered,
'the foster brother Of the Prince Harma-
CHS; the child TO whose mother we owe this
evil case.n
"Woman," he said, 'thou knowest thy
duty; do itr' and he again pointed at ths
child "T command thee, by the Holy Namei ~
And she trembled exceedingly, because
the child was OF her own blood; but never
theless, she took the boy and washed him
and set on him robe Of silk and laid him
on my cradle. And me she took and
smeared with mud TO make my fair skin
darker, and took my garment from me, and
set me TO play In the dirt Of the yard, which
1 did right gladly.
Then the man hid himself, and presently
the soldiers rode up and asked OF the old
wife II this were the dwelling Of the High
Priest Amenemhati She told them yea,
and bade them enter, and offered them
honey and milk, for they were athirst
Thereafter the eunuch that was with them
asked n that were the son OF Amenemhat
who lay 10 the cradle, and she said: "Yea
yea" and began 70 tell the guards how
he would be great, for It had been prophe-
sled OF him that he should one day rule
than all.
Thereon the Greek guards laughed, and
one Of them, seizing the child, smote OF it's
head with a sword; and the eunuch drew
forth the signet Of Pharaoh as warrant for
the deed and showed IL TO the old wife,
Atoua, bidding her tell the High Priest
that his son should be King without a
head.
And as they went one OF their number
saw me playing In the dirt and called out
that there was more breeding In yonder
brat than in the Prince Harmachis; and for
moment they wayered, thinking 70 slay
me also, but in the end they passed on,
bearing the head Of my foster-brother, for
they loved not TO murder little children.
But, after awhile, tine mother OF the dead
child returned from the market place, and
when she found what had been done she
and her husband would nave slain Atoua,
the old wife, her mother, and given me up
70 the soldiers Of Pharaoh; but my father
came In likewise and learned the truth, and
he caused the man and his wife 10 be seized
BY night and hid away in the dark places OF
the Temple, so that none saw them more.
But would to-day It had been the will OF
the Gods that ] had been slain Of the sol
diers and not the innocent child
And thereafter IL was given out that the
high Priest Amenemhat had taken me 70 be
as a son 70 him In the place Of thatof Har-
machis who was slain OF Pharaoh
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