The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-09-11

wood, and at the end thereof pomegran-
ate In silver, 10 hold tho hand from slipping;
and together, in silence, we went side by
side 70 where the lion lay. When we came
10 the place 1t was DeaTsundown, and there,
upon tho mud Of the canal bank. we found
tho lions slot, which ran into thick clump
of reeds.
snow, thou boaster," said, "wilt thou
lead the way into yonder reeds, orshallIW
And l made as though would lead che way.
i'Nay, nay,n he answered, 'sbe, not so
madi The brute will spring upon thee and
rend thee Seel / will shoot among the
reedsl Perchance, II he sleeps, 1t will
arouse him." And he drew his bow at
venture. f fgSFrF IrE1 &
And how it chanced know not, but the
arrow struck the sleeping lion, and, like
fash of light from the belly Of cloud, he
bounded from the shelter Of the reeds, and
stood before US with bristling name and yel-
low eyes, the arrow quivering In his Hank.
He roared aloud In fury, and the earth
shook. 0'l'@
"shoot with the bow" / cried, 'shoot
swiftly ere he springp sss
But the courage had left the breast Of the
boaster His jaw dropped down and his
fingers unloosed their hold 80 that the bow
fell from them. Then with loud cry he
turned and fed behind me, leaving the lion
In my path. But while stood waiting my
doom--for though l was sore afraid
would not fly the lion crouched
himself, and, turning not aside, with one
great bound swept over me, touching me
not. He lit, aud again he bounded full on
the boaster's back, striking him such blow
with his great paw that his head was
crushed as an egg thrown against stone.
he fell down dead, and the lion stood and
roared over hin. Then j, was mad with
| horror, and, scarce knowing what I did,
grasped my spear, and with o. shout /
charged. AsIcharged the. lionlifted him.
self up on his hinder legs to greet me, SO
that his head stood up above me- He smote
at me with his paw, butwith allmy strength
drove the broad spear into his throat, and,
shrinking from the agony Of the steel, his
| blow fell short and did no more than rip the
skin. Back he fell, the great spear far In
his throat. Then rising, he roared In pain
and leapt twice the height Of man straight
into the air, shifting at the spear with his
| fore paws. Twice he leaped thus, horrible
TO see, and twice he fell upon his back
Then his strength spent itself with his rush
ing blood, and, groanins like bull, he died; /;
and i, being but lad, stood and trembled
with fear, now that all cause OF fear had
passed
But rs stood and gazed at the dead body
OF him who had tainted me, and at the car
cass OF the lion, woman, even the same
old wife, Atoua, who, though knew it not
as yet, had offered up her flesh and blood
that might be saved alive, came running
toward me. For she had been gathering
simples, wherein she had great skill, by the
waters edge, not knowing that there was
lion nigh (and, indeed, the lions for the
most part are not found in the titled land,
| but rather in the desert and the Libyan
Mountains), and from distance had seen
| that which have set down. Now, when
| she came near she knew me for Harmachis,
and, bonding herself she made obeisance 10
me, and saluted me, calling me Royal, and
worthy Of all honor, and beloved and chosen
Of the Holy Three, ay, and even by the
name OF the Pharaohl the Delivererl
But l, thinking that terror had made her
sick OF mind asked Of her what she would
speak.
els IL q great thing" I asked, ''that
OF such talk as thinel There live, and have
lived, men who have slain many lions. Did
| not the Divine Tahutimes the Osirian slay
with his own hand moro than two hundred
llonsi Ia IL not written on the tablet that
is between the paws Of the living Koremku
(lhe Sphinx that Is set beyond Memf,
nigh TO the seven pyramids, that he slew
lions aforetimel And have not others done
likewisei Why, then, speakest thou thus,
o foolish womanp
All Of which said because, having now
slain the lion, was minded, after the man
ner Of youth, 10 hold IL as thing Of no ac-
count But she ceased not TO make obei-
sance and To call me by names that arc too
high even 10 be written.
20 Royal One" she cried, "wisely did
thy mother prophecy. Surely the Holy
Spirit, the Knepth, was in her. o thou
conceived by q godi See the omen. The
lion there-he growls within the Capitol at
Rome; and the dead man, he Is the Ptolemy
the Macedonian spawn that, like for
eign weed, hath overgrown the land Of
Nile; with the Macedonian Lagide shalt
thou 90 TO smite the Lion Of Rome. And
the Macedonian cur shall fly, aud the lion
shall strike him down, and thou shalt strike
down the lion, and the land Of Khem shall
once more be freei freel freei Keep thy
self but pure, according TO the command
ment Of the gods, o son Of the Royal
Housel o hope Of Kheml be but
ware Of Woman the Destroyer, and
as / have said, so shall it be-
Poor am l and wretched; yea, stricken
with sorrow. Ihaye sinned In speaking Of
that which should be hid, and for my sin
have I paid in the coin Of that which was
born Of my womb; willingly have paid
for thee. But have still Of the wisdom Of
our people, nor do the gods, in whose eyes