The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-14


,y the hair for him to look on. Then he
aughed 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
,hild But the girl, who was sharp of
ongue-for an OF this I heard in after
sears-said TO him ''that he did well to bow
he knee, for this child was indeed Pharaoh,
he greatest of Pharaohs, and his name was
he Osiris and his throne was Death"
At this saying Auletes was much troubled,
md shook and trembled, for, being wicked
nan, he greatly feared the entering into
Amcnti. So he caused the girl to be slain,
because of the evil omen of her saying, cry
ng that he would send her to worship that
Pharaoh whom she had named. And the
,ther 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 song thereon, which is still sung
about the streets. And this is the beginning
hereof:
Ptolemy the Piper played E
Over dead and dying; -sa-ss.a sss- .1-=--ss-
Pipcd and played he well.
Sure that fate Ct his was made
OF the danls reed signing
Ger the streams OF hell.
There beneath :he Shadows gray.
With the sisters three, .....-
Shall he pipe for many day.
May the Frog his butler Dbl
And his wine the water Of shat countrie-
Ptoiemy the Piper! a- -
After this the years passed on, nor did I,
beng very little, know any thing of the
great things that came to pass in Egypt;
nor is it my purpose here to set them out.
For /, Harmachis, will speak only of those
.hings with which 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
1air of the divine Nout, and my eyes were
blue as the blue lotus. and my skin was as
the alabaster within the sanctuaries. For
now that these glories have passed from
me I may speak of them without shame
Strong was also. There was no youth of
nv 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 vearned to hunt the lion; but
he whom | called nv father forbade me to
hunt, telling me that my life was of too
great worth to be so lightly haZarded. But
when l bowed myself before him and
prayed he would make his meaning clear TO
me. the old man frowned and answered
that the gods made all things clear in their
own season. For my part, however, went
away wroth, Tor there was youth in
Abouthis who with others had slain a lion
that fell upon his fathers herds, and, be-
ing envious of nv siren 9Th and beauty, he
set it about that was cowardly at heart
IN that when l went out 10 hunt l slew
naught but issclsals and gazelles. Now, this
was when l had reached my seventeenth
year and was man grown. .. III
1t CHANGED, therefore, that as went sore
at heart from the presence Of the High
Priest, my father, met this youth, who
called to me and Knocked me, bidding mo
know the country people had told him that
a great lion was down among the rush.
es by the banks of the canal which runs
past he Temple, lying at a distance OF thir-
ty sta lila from AbouJhis. And, still mock
ing me, he asked me if l would come and
help him slay this lion, or would go and sit
among the old women and bid them comb
my side lock. This bitter word so angered
me that / was near 10 falling on him; but
in place thereof, forgetting my fathers say
ing, answered that If he would come along
would go with him and seek this lion, and
he should learn if i were indeed a coward
And at first he would not, for, as men know,
it is our custom to hunt the lion in compa-
MES; so it was my hour to mock Thereon
he went and fetched his bow and arrows
and sharp knife. And brought forth my
heavy spear. which had a shaft of thorn
wood, and at the end thereof pomegran-
ate in silver, to hold the hand from slipping;
and together, in silence, we went side by
side to where the lion lay. When we came
+ha ,,la 4 fhnra
upon the mud of the cana! bank, we found