The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-04-04

learned OF the my stery Of the movements
Of the stars, and Of how the earth rolls on
among them. Twas instructed in that an.
cient knowledge which is called magic, and
In the way Of Interpretation of dreams, and
Of the drawing nigh TO God. was taught
the language of symbols and the outer and
inner secrets thereof. became acquainted
with the internal laws Of good and evil, and
with the mystery OF that trust which IL
held Of man; also ! learned the secrets OF
the pyramids-whch l would that had
never known. Further, I read the records
Of the past, and of the acts and words Of
the ancient kings who were before me
since the rule Of Horus upon earth; and ]
was made to learn all craft Of state, the
lore Of earth, and with it the records OF
Greece and Rome. Also learned the Gre.
clan and the Roman tongues, OF which in.
deed already had some knowledge-and
all this while, even for five years, kept my
hands clean and my heart pure, and did nc
eva in the sight of God or man; but Ia
bored heavily to acquire all things, and to
prepare myself for the destiny that await
ed me.
Twice every year came greetings and let
tiers from my father, Amenemhat, and twice
every year sent back my answers asking
If the time had come to cease from labor
And so the days of my probation sped away
till grew faint and weary at heart, for be-
ing now man, ay, and learned, longed to
make beginning OF the life of men. And
ofttimes wondered IL this talk and prophe-
cy of the things there were to be was but q
dream born Of the brains Of men whose
wish ran before their thought. ] was, in
decd, Of the royal blood, that I knew; for
NY uncle, Sepa, the Priest, showed me the
secret record of the descent, traced without
break from father unto son, and craven In
mystic symbols upon tablet Of the stone Of
Syene. But Of what avail was it to be royal
by right when Egypt, my heritage, was a
slave-a slave to do the pleasure and minis
ter to the luxury of the Macedonian Lagida
--ay, and when she had been so long a scrf
that, perchance, she had forgot how to put
off the servile smile Of bondage and once
more to look across the world with free
dom's glorious eyesa
And then bethought me of my prayer
upon the pylon tower OF Abouthis and OF
the answer to my prayer, and wondered If
that, too, were dream.
And one night, as weary with study,
walked within the sacred grove that is in
the temenos Of the Temple, and thought
such thoughts as these, l met my Uncle
Sepa, who also was walking and thinking.
'Holdp' he cried, in his great voice;
"why is thy face so sad, Harmachisl Hath
the last problem that we studied over
whelmed theel"
"Nay, my unSe" I answered. II am
overwhelmed, indeed, but not Of the
problem; it was light one. My heart is
heavy within me, for l am aweary of life
within these cloisters. and the piled-up
weight of knowledge brushes me. 1t is of
no avail to store up force which can not be
used"
"Ahl thou art impatient, Harmachis," he
answered; sit is ever the way of foolish
youth. Thou wouldst taste of the battle
thou dost weary of watching the breakers
fall upon the shore, thou wouldst plunge
therein and venture the desperate hazard