The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-20

right 70 question me. ret since you have adj
}nF rSon me 6y w{ hong, / w be open with you,
say, Is a stranger 70 'me, but Il Is true that Ss y my
being turns. toward her like a flower TO tho SUI.
I'LL to-day 1 had never seen her, yet when my
cursed grove, It. seemed TO me that I had been
born only that | might find her. II seemed to
me that for ages l had known her, that forever
she was mine, and that | was hers. oh, tell
me, lssachar, what Is thisi ls 1t but passion
That cannot sSStn be- Sn1 for rn / S Sisas Known Sr rnt ot SSrs" as
fair and have passed through somessuch fires.
Tell me, Issachar, you who are old and wise.
and have seen much, what is IL that over
what lie, i'll It is witchery. 1t is the wile
OF Beelzebub waiting TO snatch your soul, ana
4 you, hearken. to It you shall pass through the
nnG reh ne nre TO Moloeh. II not In The
oh, not in vain do 1 fear &, for You, my y son. and
not without reason was ] warned In II dream.
lhoS t,d Last nIs, night, as ! Lay II my tent Son nder
that your destiny might be revealed to me. AS
since you seek to learn the future, know that
he who is dear to you shall be tried in the fire.
he ie' shall f ors; sSTf lis faith al R's s R6p %lt tSv de SaS S anG
'oI ITSCn he ! shall mas pay roynb ths price rice Of ho sim, ,o,vor
known temptation, but the voice answered me:
LOT their own will only can they who were
good and Ill let them work each others woe or
veal. The goal is sure. but they must choose
Then as / wondered what these sayings
might. mean, the darkness opened and saw
y yo%s1 AziS Son st w + sn II FrSCs q S,t t5sos Srs while o
golden bow q Baaltis. And fire ragged about
I have forgotten, and moving through was the
Prince Of Death, who slew and slew and spared
there had fallen on me who love you a shadow
AzieI bowed his head and listened.
ct am hpnOred indepd - bp said with h,,,
S SG{ay = sh sSIS Ho a thing Of weight to the cheTn.
of your poor soul, Aziel. - broke in Issachar.
know that soul of yours of which you sneak so
w Nfh@'i made Dc e 4 as as that fles. Of f" any e Oh aai Sge SS be stii1
looks upon his face. The angels who fell were
tho first and greatest Of the angels. and though
our sins, again redeemed and eloritied we can
become among the miRhtiest OF their hosts.
man while there vet is TING, lest to you her lips
should be q cup Of woe and your soul shall pay
the price Of them sharing the hell of the worship,
1T may be So" said Aziel. but Issachcr.
what said the yoicei That this the woman of
1ssachar,, YOU believe that the Lady ELISA is
she of whom the voice spoke, and you bid me
and punishment. In truth. II l can I will obey
you, since rather. than forswear my faith, as
Nor do / believe that for any bride of woman's
love shall forswoar 1t in act or thought:
Yet II such things come about, It is fate that
flee his fatei But even though this iadv be
she whom l am doomed to love. you say that be-
cause she is heather ! must reject her. Shame
upon the thought, for IL she Is heather. it Is
through ignorance, and it may be mine to change
her heart. Because l stand in danger shall I
suffer her who was and is and shall be of me, to
he lost in the hcll Of Baal. whereof you spenkl
Nay, your dream is false; will not rehounce
and together we shall triumph, and that /
swear 1t you. Issachar."
Truly tho evil one has many wiles.' nm
swered the Levite. wringing his hands, land I
did i'll to tell you of my dream. seeing that it
can be twisted TO serve the purpose OF your mad
ness. Have your will. Aziel. and reap the fruit
Of 1t, but OF this / warn you-that while | can
find a way to thwart 1t, never. Prince. shall you
take that witch to your bosom to be the ruin of
Then, Issachar, on this matter there is war
between usi'
"Ay, there is war;" said the Levite, and left
him.
To be continued.