The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-03-22

Under the walls OF karnak. Inc
great gray walls of Karnak, stamped
with STANCE Symbols carved with
kings signets, cut in cartouches, glowing
with The CLEAN Of vivid stain, a.nd wild
with the tangled blazonry of bas-reiiefs
Out beyond the soft, purple shadows Of
the great propylon the golden morning
shimmered slcepily along the stretch
Of the white land. Tall palms sWayed
lazily over the walls. Feathery acacIas
whispered as they sprinkled lacy tracer
les Of sun and shade upon the basins of
porphyry and mellow jade i'll which the
rosy lotus swan.
Through the ambient air insistcnt va
pors crept, of incense and summer bloom
The blue dome leapcd aloft like glad
thing of life, and bent to earth again as
a tender mother to her child.
Strong in the flush of young manhood,
love and pride, I stood with Isnco at
the base of the monOIith Of l'tah. BY
my side she chung, and warmed me with
the sway Of her rounded youthfutness.
Her dark hair crowned her brow
like night the day. Her face
was SWeCter than the songs OF
pentaOur. And through the thin, trans
lucent haze Of clin@ing linen that sWathcd
he 1.-the form, the undulating glow of
tho tender flesh but gathered Subtler
charms. The tinkling of the silver Gym
balls fell dull upon my ear, for her voice
was like spring waters laughing ever
shelly beaches. The rush Of the strain
ing throng passed like Il dream, Tor L
was deep in the siumbrOus fire of Der
great dark eyes More TO me than kings
and pagcants. yes, than gold AMI gods,
was lsineo my betrothed, the falrest OF
the fair.
On swept the grand cavllc2de, the
chanting cohorts of the king, in taWny
skins and clanking mail, the white-lCbed
sanis Of ntah, and the bare-limbcd AGO.
iytes of the temple, lions bowling in the
leash, tigers snariing at the sharp snlfI
of tie hunting hounds, the heavy ruttle-
Futile of the rolling charots, and the
grinding of the cars Of the sacred bull,
the triumphant songs Of the harDcrS the
fash Of polished horns in the great light,
the clash Of brazcn bars, the fanfare OF
snorting trumpets, and the swirl Of PAIN
branches.
So came the king for whom the people
watched.
Down fell the multitude upon their
knees, but we, so hemmed against the
granite wall, could hardly even bend
the head.
From under the grim soldity Of the
royal brow, fierce with tie aspic diadem
Of kings heavy with the triple pSchent
of the land OF Nile, a sudden. sullcn
glcam shot from his hot, dark eyes,
across the moii of bowling heads like the
red lightning lowers on the Libyan hills,
and rested upon the face Of !sihco my
hctrotI cd / saw his cola ian Is rlcnch-
ed, while n dead mumt moss fell within
my heart Then like the hoarSe roll OF
| thunder his voice racked tie hush;
THAT maid is mine I, Pharaoh, have
| spokcn!'
[ rccled AGAINST the great column Of
! hasalt, and my heart stopped. Was
! that my 1sineo who cried aloud in an
| guish? Were those her arms around the
! neck that was never TO feel their loving
/ clasp again? We're these the tremOrs of
her fear that were filing my heart with
! dumb frenzy? In that one dread moment,
with the last kisses of a lost love upon
NV palsicd lips, l died n thousand deaths!
Back fell the crowd. Swart Ethiops
clutched the flower Of my life. The air
turned red as blood. The very pillars
reeled overhead.
Then from the cirCling vortex Of the
throng that grinnod ghoulishly back at
! me. | saw her lifted to the side Of him,
the Lord of diadems, the Favored of the
/ Gods 7 saw her olive cheek pale beneath
| the sans1Ous caress of his hand | saw
| her shudder as his circleted arm pressed
close about her bare young bosom, and
his fingers toyed with the diSarrangemcnt
of her hair Then she raised her face,
and her eyes caught mine as through q
| crimson haze. She lifted her arms from
the hand of the spoiler and cried:
"Yet | am thine, only thine! Men steal
the body and corrupt the flesh but they
cannot stain the soul. Farewell, my
! PheOr, farewell! In the arms of Osiris,
eternity of kings, l win come back to
thee again.
and in the shades of death beyond the
Mad with the fire of reason and unreas-
on, / dashed into the thick Of the press
with a scream like a wounded tiger.
Clutching q huge stone from the boul-
dercd way, hurled it on like the black
singers of Thebes Full on the jeWeled
breast of Pharaoh the hurtling missile
struck Backward l saw him stagger
over his driver. Away plunged the un-
refined stations!
One instant / saw ISineo, my ISineo,
rise and smitc him as he lay, fair in the
face with the lash from the hands Of the
fallen cllariOteCr.
Then came a deadly blow, a binding
fash before my eyes, q chasring thun-
der in my brain, and all grew black.
Il
am Pheor who writes-the soul Of
Pheor
Pheor's body. died that day, three thous-
and years ago
am pheor reincarnate. FaIr-haired,
coId-eyed, hollow-chestcd, sternly gaunt,
and Anglo-SaXon. But / am waiting still
for Isinc0. | love her and long for her
ever. And | know that somewhere
! somehow, some time, she will come again
| to me.
! Valuable InforInation
l.. L. S., in Art III Advertising.
/ DISTINGUISHED Author (at conclusion OF actress
to vonng lad es' literary sociefy)-NoW, II thefe
are any questions you would IKE TO ASK s"''ii Nc
! most happy to answer them