The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-01-15

WA ~ "A Wlie, At0ua, while
7TA EA kagS the body of the
u&&AlA Prince, my father,
NS&QSHA IN was made ready for
#4SMN4{lAGI burial by those
$cR{A,$N kH X skilled in the arts OF
Gl2SaTy%0 y embalm ing. And
b "A g esS7 when at last all things were
.JGJ5O done in order, crept from
my hiding place and made offerings to the
spirit Of my father, and placing lotus flow
ers on his breast, went thence sorrowing.
And on the following day, from where lay
hid saw the priests OF the Temple OF Osiris
and Of the holy Shrine Of Isis come forth,
and In slow procession bear his painted
cofiin TO the sacred lake and lay Il meath
the funeral tent In the consecrated boat.
saw them celebrate the symbol Of the trial
Of the dead and name him above all men
just, and then bear him thence TO lay him
by his wife, my mother, in the deep and
splendid tomb that he had builded near TO
the resting place Of the most holy Osiris,
where, Notwithstanding my sins, I, too,
hope 10 sleep ere long. And when all these
things were done and the deep tomb sealed,
the wealth OF my father having been re-
moved from the hidden treasury and placed
in safety, with the old wife, Atoua, / fed,
disguised, up the Nile till we came 10 Tape
Thebes), and here in this great city I lay
awhile, till place could be found where
should hide myself
And such place l found. For to the
north OF tho great city are hills brown and
rugged, and desert valleys blasted Of the
sun, and In this place Of desolation the Di-
vine Pharaohs, my forefathers, followed
out their tombs In the solid rock, whereof
the most part are lost TO this day, SO cum
ningly have they been hidden. But some
are open, for the accursed Persians and
other thieves broke into them in search Of
treasure. Andone night-for by night only
did leave my hiding place-just as the
dawn was breaking on the mountain tops,
/ wandered alone in this sad Valley Of
Death, like to which there Is no other, and
came TO the mouth Of q tomb hid
den amid great rocks, which hereafter I
knew for the place Of the burying Of the
Divine Rameses, the third Of that name,
now long gathered 10 Osiris. And by the
faint hight Of the dawn creeping through
the entrance saw that II was spacious,
and that within were chambers. On the
following night, therefore, / returned, bear
Ing lights, with Atoua, my nurse, who
ever ministered faithfully to me as
when was little and without dIscre-
ton And we searched the mighty
tomb and came TO the great hall Of
the sarcophagus Of granite, wherein
sleeps the divine Rameses, and saw the
mystic paintings on the walls-the symbol
Of the Snake unending, the symbol Of Ra
1.-THE SUM, resting upon the Scarabeus, the
symbol Of Ra resting upon Nout, the SYM
Dol OF the Headless Men, and many others
being initiated, well read the
mysteries. And opening from the long-de-
'cendinR passage found chambers where
IN were paintings beautiful to behold, and
II all manner Of things. For beneath each
chamber Is entombed the master Of the
raft whereof the paintings tell, he who
vas the chief Of the servants of the craft
n the house Of the divine Rameses And
N the walls Of the last chamber-on the
side, looking toward the hall Of
he sarcophagus-are paintings exceeding
and two blind Harpers playing
ipon their bent harps even before the God
hou; and beneath the floor these Harpers,
Who harp no more, are soft at sleep Here,
hen, In this gloomy place, even IN the tomb
u the Harpers and the company Of the
lead, took up my abode; and here for
light long years did work out my PEN
lnce and make atonement for my sin. But
Atoua, because she loved To be near the
ight, abode In the chamber Of the Beats
hat Is, the first chamber on the righthand |
ide Of the gallery looking toward the hall
4 the Sarcophagus.
And'this was the manner Of nv life On
very second day the old wife, Atoua, went |
orth and brought from the city water and |
uch food as Is necessary TO keep the life
rom falling, and also tapers made from fat
Ind one hour at the time of sunrise and
ne hour at the time OF sunset did 20
orth also TO wander In the valley for nv |
ealth's sake and 10 save my sight from |
ailinR In the great darkness OF the tomb. |
'ut the other hours Of the day and night.
ave when climbed the mountain TO watch |
he course OF the stars, spent in prayer
nd meditation and sleep, till the cloud Of |
In lifted from my heart and once more |
rev near TO the Gods, though with Isis, nv
eavenly Mother, might speak no more. |
md exceeding wise grew also, pondering
all the mysteries whereto held the key.
or abstinence and prayer and sorrowful
olitude wore away the grossness Of my
esh, and with the eyes OF the Spirit /
'arned TO look deep into the heart Of things
II the Joy Of Wisdom fell like dew upon
~ soul. -
Soon was the rumor waited about the CITY
nat a certain holy man named Olympus
bode In solitude In the tombs OF the awful
alley Of the Dead; and hither came people
caring sick that might cure them And
gave my mind TO the study Of simples,
herein Atoua instructed me; and bylore
nd the weight Of thought gained great
Kill In medicine and healed many sick. And
lus ever, as time went on, my fame was
oised abroad; and II was said that was
so O magician, and that IN the tombs I
nd commune with the spirits Of the dead.
nd this, indeed, did-though II Ia not
wful for me 10 speak OF these matters.
bus, then, II came 10 pass that no mora
eed Atoua 90 forth 10 seek food and water.
n the people brought it--inore than was
eesful, for no foe would receive. Now,
first fearing lest some might In The
'rmit Olympus know the lost HarmachIs,
would only meet those who came in the |
lrlmess Of the tomb. But afterward, when
learned how through all the land twas
I'D that Harmachis was certainly no
ore, came forth and sat in the mouth |
the tomb and ministered 70 the sick, and
times calculated natiyities for tho great
nd thus my fame grew continually, iii
length folk journeysd oven from Mtma