Telegram-herald., 1889-09-10
L FORTH BY HIS OWN HAND.
BY II. RIDER HA0G Ard.

cEs1aD-I 49, - lrt4.~ cFe-1rI VIZ %
psessloz. Bat we oslsss th4t TIE hour II
ce1yeraace . a. had. 4l1 ~ith tas s1-eua
yc-ee 81 Egypt AID o. tie aaclenE Co.'s of
ExgPL - ~losS ca1se tho1 art q a. zen
o0uacs ~e CAL lpoR tLes o Prince, 10 60
tEe sword 0t Cur delvse4sce He4rzen
Twenty thousand good zna e. ueu .re
swora 70 vail upon Ihy word. 4nd a. thy
sxlal ~ rec ss 01e, 10 plt Tic Greclzn
- TIE sword. and nth Their blood and sub
stance % build taee = throne sci more sure
- ca the SOL u kneEl than are Is z1cleut
Fyr4mics-slcn . throne as snal egea roll
TIE Roman .egions back And for that sig
Ia, q sLa-- De the de4ta q rn-L bod h2rlet,
C-sopAtra- Her death must thou compass,
y harmachis, "a such fashion as shall be
Shown 70 thee, aat With her blood 4ls1int
tne roy = throne q Egypt
'Canst thou refuse. . our Hopei Doth
not tas hoy love OF country swell within
Thy hearLi Canst thou dash tae cup Of
Freedom from Thy lips and bear 70 dTink
The bitter drsught OF s-zvesl Great IS the
emprise, and may be II shall fail, ard shou
with thy lie. as We with ours, shalt pay
tae price OF our endeayor But what Of
that, Harmachisi Is life. thea. 50 sweett
Are No 50 soft.y cushioned on tne stony
bed OF E4rthi Is bitterness aud sorrow ia
Is sun - small and scant = thlngs uo we
here breathe 30 divine al ar that We
should fear 70 face the passage OF our
bre2thi " nat have we here Dut hope and
memory What see we hear but shatowst
Shall we then fear 10 pass pure handed
where fulnlment IS and memory Is lost IN
It's own source aud shadows die in the Il light
whlch cast thelnl O, Harnachis, that man
alone : truly 0lest VINO crowns his life with
Death most splendid wreath. For since
10 a. the Brood OF Earth Death hands his
poppy flowers, happy indeed IS he 70 whom
there Is occasion gwen 20 weave them IN a
crown OF fame undying. And how can a
man more g!oriously die than IN q great
sudeavor 70 strike the gives from his
country's limos, 80 that she again may
stand in the face Of Heaven and raise the
shrill shout OF freedom, and, clad once
moro IN the pauopiy OF strength, trainp.e
under foot the memory OF servitude, defy
Ing tyrsnt nations OF the earth again 10 set
the seal OF their dominion on her orowl
s.Khem calls thee, Harnachis. Come,
then, come, thou Deliverer; leap like H0rus
from the ornament, break her fetters,
scatter her foes and rule a Pharaoh on
Pnaraoh's throne"
Enough, enoughi" cried, while the
long murmur OF applause swept about
the columns and up the massy walls.
Enough. Is there any need thus 10 adlure
me- Had ! a hundred lives, would 1 not
most gladly lay them down for Egyptw
well saidl we'll saidlr answered Sepa.
Now 90 forth with the woman yonder, that
she may make clean thy hands before they
touch toe sacred emblems, and thy brow
before il Is encirclsd OF the diadem."
And so | went forth with the old wife,
Atoua, into a chamber apart. There, NUT
tering prayers, she poured pure water up
on my hands into a ever Of gold, and hav
ing dipped fine cloth into the water, there
with wiped nv brow
20 happy Egyptv she said; 40 happy
Prince, that art come to rule IN Egypt .
royal youth too Royal 10 be q prest-so
shall many fair woman think; but, per
chance. for thee they viii relax the priestly
rule, else how shall the race OF Pharaoh be
carried onl o happy /, who dandled thee
and gave nv flesh aud blood 10 save thee
O royal and beautiful Harmachis, born for
splentor, happiness and lover
Cease, cease said, for her talk Jared
upon ne; "cal me not happy till thou know
est nv end; and speak not 70 me OF love,
for with love comes sorrow, and mine is
another and a higher way"
"Ay, a., 50 thou sayest-and Joy, too, that
comes with love Never talk lightly of love,
my King for IL brought thee here La TAI
but II is always the way-'The goose on the
wing laughs at crocodiles,' 50 goes their
saying down At Alexandria; but when the
goose Is asleep on the water, IL IS the crocO-
dies who laugh Not but what women are
pretty crocodiles. Men worship the croco-
dies at Anthribis (CrocodopoliS), but they
worship women al the world overi La
how my tongue does run on. and thou about
% be crowned Pharsohl Did ! not prophecy
II 20 theel Wei, thou art clean Lord OF
the Double Crownl Go forthn
And l came s0rth with the old wife's fool
ish talk ringing ia my ears, though OF
truth her folly bad ever a grain OF wit in Il.
As I came, once more the Dignitaries
rose and bowed before me- Then my
father. without delay, drew near me, and
placed within nv hands golden image OF
the divine Goddess Ma tTrut0), and golden