The Iola register., 1890-02-07

brought boats, not knowing what. might
be meant by the mans words. But one
there was among them-a farmer
and an overseer Of canals-who was kins-
man Of my mothers and had been present
when she prophesied; and he turned and
ran swiftly for three parts Of an hour, till
he came to where l lay in the house that
| is without the north wall of the great tenn
pie. Now. as it chanced, my father was
away In that part of the Place Of Tombs
which Is to the left of the large fortress,
and Pharaoh's guards, mounted on asses,
were hard upon US. Then the messenger
cried to the old wife, Atoua, whose tongue
had brought about the evil, and told how
the soldiers drew near to slay me. And
they looked at each other, not knowing
what to do; for, had they hid me, the guards
would not have stayed their search till
was found. And the man, gazing through
the doorway, saw little child at play.
"W oman," he said, ''whose is that childl"
sit is my graudchild,' she answered,
''the foster brother of the Prince Harma-
CHS; the child to whose mother we owe this
evil case"
"Woman," he said, ''thou knowest Thy
duty: do it!' and he again pointed al the
child II command thee, by the Holy Namel"
And she trembled exceedingly, because
the child was of her own blood; but, never
theless, she took the boy and washed him
and set on him robe of silk and laid him
on my cradle. And me she took and
smeared with mud to make my fair skin
darker, and took my garment from me, and
set me to play in the dirt of the yard, which
did right gladly.
Then the man hid himself, and presently
the soldiers rode up and asked of the old
wife if this were the dwelling of the High
Priest Amenemhat! She told them yea,
and bade them enter, and offered them
honey and milk, for they were athirst.
Thereafter the eunuch that was with them
asked If that were the son of Amenemhat
who lay in the cradle, and she said: "Yea
yea" and began to tell the guards how
he would be great, for it had been prophe.
sled of him that he should one day rule
them all.
Thereon the Greek guards laughed, an6
one of them, sezing the child, smote of its
head with sword; and the eunuch drew
forth the signet of Pharaoh as warrant TO,
the deed and showed it to the old wife
Atoua, bidding her tell the High Prizes
that his son should be King without
head.
And as they went one of their number
saw me playing in the dirt and called out
that there was more breeding in yondei
brat than in the Prince Harmachis; and fol
moment they wavered, thinking to slay
me also, but in the end they passed on
bearing the head of my foster-brother, fol
they loved not to murder little children.
But, after awhile, the mother Of the deat
child returned from the market place, aao
when she found what had been done she
and her husband would have slain Atoua
the old wife, her mother, and given me ul
to the soldiers of Pharaoh; but my father
came in likewise and learned the truth, and
he caused the man and his wife to be seized
by night and hid away in the dark places OF
the Temple, so that none saw them more
But would to-day it had been the will OF
the Gods that had been slain of the sol
dlers and not the innocent child.
And thereafter it was given ont that the
high Priest Amenemhat had taken me to be
as son to him inthe place of that of Har.
machis who was slain of Pharaoh.
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