Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-17

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ct his bidding the eunuch lifted up the head
by the hair for him to look on. Then he
laughed and smote it on the cheek with his
sandal, and babe one of the girls crown
Pharaoh with flowers. And he bowed the
knee, and Knocked the head of the innocent
child. But the girl, who was sharp OF
t~tongue-for all of this l heard in after
iyears-said to him ''that he did well to bow
the knee, for this child was indeed Pharaoh,
1.-THE greatest of Pharaohs, and his name was
the Osiris and his throne was Death"
At this saying Auletes was much troubled,
and shook and trembled, for, being a wicked
Imam. he greatly feared the entering into
lAmenti. {, he caused the girl to be slain,
because of the evil omen of her saying, cry
ing that he would send her to worship that
Pharaoh whom she had named. And the
other women he sent away, and played no
more upon the flute till he was once again
drunk on the morrow. But the Alexandra
ans made q song thereon, which is still sung
about the streets. Andthis is the beginning
thereof:
Ptolemy the Piper played
Over dead and dying;
Piped and played he well.
Sure that flute OF his was made
OF the dank reed signing
Der the streams Of hell
There beneath the shadows gray,
With the sisters three,
Shall he pipe for many o day.
May the Frog his butler bel
And his wine the water OF that countrie-
Ptolemy the Piper!
After this the years passed on, nor did /,
beng very little, know any thing OF the
greet things that came to pass in Egypt;
NOR Is It my purpose here to set them out.
ForI, Harmachis, will speak only Of those
things with which I have been concerned.
And as the time went ON my father and
the teachers instructed me in the ancient
learning of our people and in such matters
appertaining to the gods as it is meet that
children should know. So l grew strong
and comedy, for my hair was black as the
hair Of the divine Nout, and my eyes were
blue as the blue lotus, and my skin was az
the alabaster within the ~sanctuaries. For
now that these glories have passed from
me MAJ speak of them without shame.
Strong / was also. There was no youth Of
my years in Abouthis who could stand
against me to wrestle with me, nor could
any throw SO far with the sling or spear.
And much l yearned to aunt the lion; but
he whom / called my father forbade me to
hunt, telling me that my life was Of toe
great worth TO be SO lightly hazarded. But
when ! bowed myself before him and
prayed he would make his meaning clear to
me, the old mar frowned and answered
that the gods made all things clear in their
W season. For my part, however, I wen,
away wroth, for there vas a youth in
Abouthis who with others had slain q lion
that fell upon his fathers herds, and, be
ing envious of my strength and beauty, he
set 1t about thatI was cowardly at heart
in that when / went out to hunt I slew
naught but jackals and gazelles. Now, thi:
was when 1 had reached my seventeenth
year and was n man grown
Il CHANGED, therefore, that as I wen sore
at heart from the presence of the Hid
Priest, my father, 1 met this youth, who
called to me and Knocked me, bidding me-
know the country people had told him thai
Q great lion was down among the rush
es by the banks of the canal which runs
past the Temple, lying at q distance Of thir
lty stadia FROM Abouthis. And, still mock