The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-14

think. You prayed for heavenly Wis
dom, but whether or not you have
gained 1t within this last hour L do not
know. And then you prayed for love.
an immortal love. Oh, maiden, has it
come to you since yonder moon appear
ed upon the sky? And you prayed
'-Peacew she broke in. peace, and
mock me not, or, prince that you are.
I will make known your crime in heark-
ening TO the prayer of a priestess OF
Baaltis. I cell you 1 prayed for a SYM
Dol and a sign. and the prayer was an
swsred. Did not the black giant sprinC-
upon me 10 bear me away 10 be his
slave? And is he not a symbol of the
evil and the ignorance which are on
earth. and that would drag down the
beauty and the wisdom of the earth 10
their own level? Then the Phoenician
ran to rescue me and was defeated.
since the spirit of Mammon cannot
overcome the black powers of i'll. Next
you came and fought hard and long
till in the end you slew the mighty foe.
you, the prince, born of the royal blood
of the world" And she ceased
You have a pretty gift of parable.
lady, as il should be with one who in
terprets the oracles OF a goddess. But
you have not told me of what l, your
servant, am the symbol"
She stopped in her walk and looked
him fun in the face
4 never heard" she. said, that either
the Jews or the Egyptians. being in
structed, were blind TO the reading of
an allegory. But. prince, if you cannot
read this one, it is not for me, who am
but a woman. to set it out TO you.
Just then their chances met. and in
the clear moonlight he saw a wave of
trouble sweep over her dark and beau
tiful eyes, and a faint flush appear up
on her brow. He saw, and something
stirred at his heart that till this hour
he had never felt. and of which even
now he knew he could never more be
rid
Say. lady" he asked, his voice sink
ing almost to a whisper. in this fable
of yours am l even for an hour deemed
worthy to play the part of that immor-
tai love embodied which you sought so
earnestly a while ago."
Immortal love-" prince, she answered
in a new voice. a voice low and deep,
lis not for one hour, but for all hours
that are and are to be. You. and you
alone. can know if you would dare to
play such a part as this"
"Perchance, lady, there lives wo-
man for whom / might dare it.
Prince, no such woman lives, since
immortal love must deal. not with the
flesh, but with the spirit. If spirit
worthy to be thus loved and worshiped
now wanders in earthly shape upon the
world, seeking it's counterpart and its
completion. | cannot tell. Yet happy
would it be for such spirits were it so.
and should they chance to meet, for
then the answer to the great riddle
would be theirs
Drawn by an overmastering impulse,
Aziel bent over her to make reply,
when. suddenly. round a bend in the
path, but few PAGES from them, came
4 body of soldiers and attendants, who
were headed by a man clad in a white
robe and walking with staff. He was
gray-bearded and keen-eyed, thin in
face and ascetic il appearance. with
brow of power and a bearing Of great
dignity. Al the sight of the pair he
halted, looked at them wonderingly,
and with disapprOval
Our search is ended" he said in He-
brew, for here is he we seek, and alone
with him heather woman"
What do you here. Issachar2" asked
AZiel, somewhat cOnfusedly, for the
sudden appearance of the Levite dis
turbed him.
What do 1, prince? Surely you can
guess that your absence has been noted. !
We feared lest harm should have come
TO you, or that you had lost your path. /
but it seems that you have found
guide" and he looked at his companion /
sternly.
That guide, Issachar." answered !
Aziel lis none other than the Lady /
ELISA, daughter Of Saxon. the governor I
Of this city and cur host, whom it has /
been my good fortune to rescue from a +
yonder in the grove of /
the Goddess of Baaltis."
And whom it was my bad fortune /
to try to rescue in the said grove, as
my broken head bears witness" said I
Metem, who by now had come up, drag /
cling the two mules with him.
In the grove of the Goddess Baal- /
tisr' broke in the Levite, with a kind /
ling eye, and striking the ground with .
his staff TO emphasize his words. You, 4
a prince of Israel and a servant of Je- J
hovah, alone in the place of abomina- /
ton with the priestess of a fiend? File I
upon you, fie upon you, Would you, (
then. also walk in the sin of your fore /
fathers. and so soOn?"
Peace" said Aziel, in a tone of COM !
mand. This is no time or place for /
Between me and those who follow /
after false gods. or the women who I
worship them, there is no peace" re- /
piled the old priest, fiercely.
Then, followed by all the company, !
ne turned and strobe toward the gates F.
Of the city.
CTo be continued)