Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-02-13

d, aid, reborn, thread the vast maze D;
! say, shall ] companion thea.
Wherever thou goesb In whatever form OF
lie thou livest, there shall I bel Art thou
waited TO the fartheat star, art thou buried
In Ament's lowest Deep in lives, Ia Deaths,
IN sleeps, in wakjngs, IN reuAembranaea,i in
pbhsions, In af the fevers of b outer
Life, In al the chs asss Of the Hpirit-stiiL,
u thou witt Atone Aad forget No No more, I
shAll b with thee, wai,ing thine hour Of re-
demption. For thar tho nature Of the love
Divine wherewfth Il loves that which doth
partake OF its divinity and hath once By the
holy tie be4u bound to 1t. Judge then. Har-
machis; was It well to put this from theeto
the prizeof ear.nly womanl And, now.
dare not again TO inter the Word of Power
TIL thcse thugs be donei Harmachis, for
this season, . thee well"
As the last note OF the sweet voice died
away, the fiery snake climbed into the heart
Of the, cloud. Now tho c,oud rolled from
the horns OF light and was gathering in.o
tho biackness. The vision of the crescent
moon grew dim and vanished Then rs the
Goddess passed, once more anne the faint
and dreadful music Of the shaken sistra,
aus all was still.
hid my face In my robe and, even then,
my outstrcfched hand could touch
the chi corpse Of that father who b ddied
cursing me, I felt hope come back into my
heart, knowing that ! was not altogether
Lost nor utterly rejected Of Her whom / hid
forsaken, but whom yet I los cd. And then
WEAKNESS overpowcred me, aud ] s sept.
] woke, the faint lights of dawn were
creeping from the opening in the roof.
CHASTITY they lay upon the shadowy sculpt-
ured walls and CHASTITY upon the dead face
aud long white beard OF my father, the
gathered TO Osiris. I started up. remem-
bering all things, and wondering In my
heart what I should do, and as I rose / heard
faint football creeping down the passage
Of the names OF the Pharaohs.
"La! ll tdt' mumbled q voice that ]
knew for the voice OF the old wife, Atoua.
nWhy, tits dark as the House Of the Deadi
The holy n who built this Temple loved
not the blessed sun, however much they
worshiped him. Now, where's hi cur
tain r,
Presently Il was drawn, and Atoua en-
tered, Q stick in one hand and In the other
. basket Her face was somewhat more
wrinkicd and her scanty locks were some
what more white than aforetime. but for
the rest she was as she had ever been. She
stood and pcered o with hsr sharp
92iCA GyC3S " 0cC1u80 u luo DuA1OWn -
yet nanght could she go.
snow where Is hcf" she muttered.
"Osiris-glory to his name-send that he
has not wandered in the night, and he bhndi
Aiacki that I could not return before the
dark Alack! and alacki what times have
we fallen on when the Holy High Priest and
the Governor, by descent Of Abonthis, Is
left with one aged croue to minister 70 his
inhrmityi o Harmachis, my poor boy,
thou hast laid trouble at hi doorsi Why,
what's this? Surely he sleeps not. there
upon the groundf-'twil be his DEATH
Princei Holy Father! A~meuemhati awake,
arise" and she hobbled towards the corpse.
"Why, how 10 it'll By Him who sleeps he's
deadi INTENDED and alone-deddy dead" ard
she sent her long wall Of grief ringing up
tho s~ouiptured walls.
aHushi woman; be stili'' I said, gliding
from the shadows. :
'Oh, what art thouf' she cried, casting
down her basket wicked man, hast thou
murdered tbs holy One, the only holy One
in Egypt Surely the curse will fall ON
thee, for though the Geds do seem to have
forsaken rs now In our hour Of trial, yet 10
their arm long, and certainly they wlll be
avenged on him wao hath slam their
anointedi"
LOOK on me, Atoua." cried.
"Looki ay, / iook-thou wicked wanderer
who hastdared this cruel deedl Harmachis
Is o traitor and lost far away, and Amsn-
emhat, his holy father, is murdered, and
now TN all alone without kith or kin. ]
gave them for hum. 1gave them for Bar.
machis, the traitori Come, slay me also,
thou wicked one.n
Itook q step toward her, and she, think
Ing thatI was about to smite her, cried out
In fear:
May, good Sir, spare met Eighty and
six, by the holy Ones. eighty and six, como
next food OF Nile, and yet would l not die,
though Osiris is merciful to the old who
served himl Come no nearer-heipI help
helpr,
.sThou fool, be silent,"I said; .sncwest
thou me- no:Hn
t.Know theea--cau I know every wander
ing boatman to whom Sebek grants to earn
livelihood till Typhon claims his own,
And yet-why, tits strange-that changed
countanancet- that scarf-that stumbling
gaitl TITS thou, Harmachis i-'tis thou, oh,
my boyl Art come back TO glad mine old
cycsl ! hoped thee deadi Let mo kiss
~thce.-nay, l forgot Harmachis is q trai
tor, ay, aud q murderer Here lies the holy
A~menemhat, murdered by tho traitor
Harmachisi Get thee gonei I'll have
none Of traitors and Of parricidesf Get thee
TO thy wantonl-'tis not thou whom | did
nurse
.Peace. womani peacei ! slew not my
father-he died, alas ! wen in my arms ~
Gay, surely. and cursinR thee, Harmachis
Thou hast gwen death to him who gaye thcs
hfei La Ia I am old, and I've seen many
atrouble; but this is the heaviest ! revel
t11vn Ht.o lnota ~ nsn u.fncs hrt n -a,Id
were one this hourt Get thee gone, ! pral
fheet"
so d nurse. reproach ne noti-have I mo-
enough to bearf"
"Ah, true, truei I did forgeti Well
and what IL thy sinf A woman was thy
bane, as wornen have been to those heforl
thee, and shall be to those after thee. Ant
what . womani LM Lar j saw her, I
beauty such as never was-an arrow
pointed by the evil Gods for destruction
And thou. . young man bred IS o pr,est-
N III training-a very Ill trainingl 'Twa
NO fair match. Who can wonder that sh'
mastered theei Come, H~armachis; let M
kiss theei Il il not for q woman 70 be har,
upon Q man because he loved u sex To-
much. Why, that II but nature; an,
Nature knows her business. else had sh
made US otherwise. But this Is an eyi
case. Kncwest thou that this Macedonian
Queen Of thine hath seixed the Tempt
lands and revenues. and driven ava
the Priests-an, ave the holy Amen
emhat. who lies hsre, and whom she left
know not why; ay, and cause
the worship OF the Gods to cease With
these walls. Well, he's gone!-he's gone
and indeed he 10 better with Osiris, for hi
life was . sore burden to him. And har
thou. Harmachis: he hath not left the
empty handed; for Is the plot failed, b
gath.red ali his wealth, and It Is large, an
hid it-where, I can show thee-and thin
II Is by right Of desoent-n
:t.Talk not to ne OF wealth, Atoua. WheF
shall / 90 and how shall ] hide my shameI
aAhi true, true; here mayst thou NJ
abide, for II they found thee, surely the
would put thec to the dreadful death-a,
even TO The death by the cloth. Ma,
OF the holy Amenemhat have been pc
formed, , will fly hence. andcover us froi
the eses Of mrn till thee sorrows ore 10
gotten. La III il is o sad world. and IN
Of trouble as the Nile mud Is Of beetle
Upme, Hasmachis, come"
CHAPTER XVI
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