Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-10

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in a high fever, and talks all sorts of non.
sense in his rawlings, which even nv daugh-
ter's old nurse, woman from Ascalon, does
not understand. But she believes she can
distinguish Kasana's name"
"a woman once more at the bottom of the
mischief"
''Cease jesting, reverend father" replied
the warrior, and he bit his lips. "a decent
widow, and this downy-cheeked boyP'
CAT his tender years." the priest went
on, in the same tone, "full blown roses
tempt young beetles more than buds do, and
in this case" he added, more gravely,
nothing could be more fortunate. We
have Joshua's nephew in our net, and now
it is your part not to let him escape the
tolls"
"You mean" cried the soldier, ''that we
are to keep him prisoner ?"
GAS you say"
"But you esteem his uncle highly?
Certainly, but higher still the State"
"But this lad"
"He is a most welcome hostage. Joshua's
sword was an invaluable weapon, but if the
| hand that wields it is guided by the man
whose power over greater men than he we
know too we'll"
"You mean Mesu, the Hebrew"
Joshua Will wound us as deeply as here
| tofore our enemies"
''But heard you yourself say that he was
incapable of treachery."
"And say so still; and he has proved
my words this very day. It was simply to
procure his release from the oath of fealty
that he this day put his head into the croco-
| dile's jaws. But if Joshua is a lion, in
Mesu he will find his tanner. That man is
Egypt's arch foe, and my gall rises only to
think of him."
''The cries of woe within the gates are
enough to keep our hatred alive"
And yet the feeble creature who fills the
throne postpones revenge, and sends forth a
pacifcator.''
with your consent, believe"
"Quite true" replied the priest, with a
sardonic smile. 1--WE have sent him forth
to build bridget A bridge, forsoothl The
dried-up wisdom of an ancient sage recon-
mends it, and the notion is quite after the
heart of that contemplate son of great
father, who, for his part, never shrunk from
swimming the widest whirlpool, especially
when revenge was in view. Well, Joshua
may try to build it. If the bridge over the
torrent only brings him back to us, will
give him a warm and sincere welcome.
But we, who alone have any spirit in Egypt,
must make it our business to see that as
soon as this one man has recrossed to our
shore the piers shall give way under the
Eyes, yes. ButI fear that we should lose
the captain if his people met the fate they
deserve"
sit may seem So"
"You are wiser than 1. ;"
"But, still, in this case you think am
mistaken"
"How could make so bold?"
"As member of the Council of War it is
your duty to express your own opinion, and
1 regard it now as my part to show you
whittier the road leads along which you have
come so far with banda9ed eyes. Listen,
then, and be guided by what tell you when
it is your turn to speak in the assembly.
Rule, the high priest, is very DID,"
"And you already exercise half his pre-
rOgatives."
rest of the burdenl Not for my own sake.
love a contest, but for the sake of our coun-
try. It has become deep-rooted habit to ac-
cept all that age decides and rules as the
language of wisdom; thus there are few
among the councillors who do not adhere to
the old man, and yet his statecraft, like him
self, goes only on crutches. All that is good
gets lost in Jog under his weak and halt
hearted guidance"
'On this point you may count on my sup
port, cried the warrior. "L will lend both
hands to overthrow the dreamer on the
throne and his senseless counselor"
At this the prophet laid his finger to his |
lip in warning, went close up to his COM
panion and said in low, rapid accents "I |
am now expected at the palace, so hearken |
only to this much: Ii Joshua effects recon-
ciliation, his people, the guilty with the in |
nocent, will all return. and the guilty will |
be punished. Among the innocent we may |
reckon the whole of the captains tribe, the |
tribe of Ephraim, from old Nun, the father,
down to the boy in our house."
"They may be spared; but as Mesu Is q
Hebrew, whatever is done to him"
sit will not be done in the open street;
and there is never any difficulty about SOW
ing the seeds of discord between two men
who have an equal right to rule IN their own
circle. will take care that Joshua shall
wink at the death of the other. and then
Pharaoh, whether his name be Menephtah
or" (and here his voice tell to q murmur)
''or Siptah, shall raise him to such giddy
height-for he deserves it-that his beWil-
dered eve will never see anything we choose
to hide from him. There is a dish of which
no man can cease to eat who has once tasted
it, and that meat we shall serve him with
al"
ga dish-meat %
"Power, Hornecht. Immense power. As
governor of province, or captain-general
over all the mercenary troops in Aarsee's
place, he will beware of quarreling with us.
know him. If we can but make him be-
lieve that Mesu has done him wrong-and
that overbearing man will of a certainty
give us some ground-and if he can but be
that the law prescribes such pun
ishment as we may inf1ict on the magician
and the most of his followers, he will not
merely consent, but approve"
"But if the embassy should fail?''
"Still he will come back to us; for he
never would break an oath. But in the
event of his being forcibly detained by
Mesu, who is capable of anything, the boy
will prove useful; for Joshua loves him,
his people set great store by his life, and he
Pharaoh shall at any rate threaten the lad;
we, on our part will protect him, and that
will bind us more closely than ever to his
uncle and Join him to those who are Troth |
with the King. Admirable l''
"And we shall yet more certainly gain
BUR end if we can bind him by yet another
tie, and now beseech you to be calm, for
you are too fiery for your years. In short,
our brother in arms, the man who saved my
life, the best warrior in all the army, and ,
who consequently must rise to thy highest
lonors, must be your daughters husband.
Kasana loves the Hebrew-that 1 know
rom my WIFE"
The frown once more knit tie archer's
brow and he struggled painfully to be calm.
He felt that he must subdue his aversion to
Ealing this man his son-in-law; for indeed
he liked and esteemed him, though he was
lverse to his nationality. He could not, I
indeed, refrain from muttering a curse, but
MS reply to the priest was calmer and more
than Bale had expected. If {
Kasana was so possessed by demons as to be I
lrawn to this stranger. then she should have +