The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-07

] the door. Lady, / await your pleas
urs." he added, as soon as he had gone.
1t is here" she answered. and drew
/ from her bosom a little papyrus roll
/ who wrote this?" he asked.
Il know not. prince; it was given to
me to pass on to you
"Then he opened the roll and read il.
1t ran thus: Though we parted with
+ bitter words, still in my sore distress
/ l crave the comfort of your counsel.
/ Therefore. now since 1 may not speak
with you openly. meet me, / beseech
| you, at moonrise in the palace garden
/ under the shade of the great fig tree
with five roots. where l shall be ac
companied only by one I trust. Bring
no man with you, for my sake
/ Elissa."
! Aziel thrust the scroll into his robe,
and thought awhile. Then he gave the
waiting lady piece of gold and said:
Tell her who sent you that 1 obey
4 her words. Farewell"
J This message seemed to puzzle the
woman. who opened her lips to speak,
! then, changing her mind, she turned
and went.
! Scarcely had she gone when the
/ Phoenician. Metem, was ushered into
/ the presence of the prince.
"Oh, prince" he said maliciously,
/ pardon me if I caution you, but in
truth if yelled ladies fit thus in and
! out OF your III lItc VI
day, it will reach the ears of the holy
but violent Issachar, of whose doings
1 come to speak. and then 1 tremble
for you"
l.. Aziel made movement half i'm
patient and half contemptuous. THE
woman is but a serving maid" he
said, who brought me a message that
understood but little. Tell me,
Metem. for you know this place, does
there stand in the palace garden
/ great fig tree with five roots?
Yes, prince; at least such a tree used
| to grow there when last l visited the
city, whereof it is one of the wonders,
! because of it's size. What of it?'
| Little, except that 1 must be under
it at moonrise See and read, since.
whatever you may say of yourself, you
are. 1 think, no traitor"
mot if 1 am well paid to keep coun-
sci, prince" Metem answered with
smile. Then he took the scroll and
/ read ii.
Il am glad that the noble lady brings
an attendant with her." he said, as he
returned it, since the gossips of Zim-
Doe are censorious and might misin-
| terpret this moonlight meeting, as, in
deed, would Issachar. Well, doves will
/ COO and maids will WOO. and unless
| can make money out of it, the affair is
none of mine"
nave 4 IOl tOlQ yOu tiAdll lAACA 40 ~
question of wOoing?" asked the prince
angrily. 81 go only to give her what
counsel 1 can in the matter of the suit
| of this savage, IthObal. The lady
ELISA and have quarreled beyond re-
pair over that accursed sacrifice"
which her ready wit prevented"
put in Metem-
But 1 promised last night that
would help her if I could the prince
went on. land 1 ever keep my word "
Il understand, prince. Well, since
you turn from the lady, whose name
with yours is so much in mems mouths
Just now, doubtless you Will give her
wise counsel, namely, to wed Ithobal
and lift the shadow of war from TINS
city; for which, indeed, we shall all be
grateful to her, for none can move her
stubbornness. And, by the way, IL
when she has listened to your wisdom,
she should chance to explain to you
that the sight of today's attempted sac
rifice filed her with horror, and that
she parted with every jewel she owns
to put an end to it-well, her words
will be true. But, since you have quar-
relied they will have no more interest
for you, prince, than has my talk about
them So now to other matters" and
he began to speak of the conduct OF
Issachar in the sanctuary and OF the
necessity of guarding him against as
of FL as a consequence of his religious
zeal. Presently he was gone, leaving
AZiel somewhat bewidered.
Could it be true, as she herself had
told him, and as Metem now asserted,
that ELISA had not participated Will
ingly in the horrible rites in the tenn
pie? If so, he had misjudged her and
been unjust; indeed, what atonement
could suffice for such words as he had
used toward her? Well, to some extent
she must have understood and forgiv-
en- them, otherwise she would scarcely
have sought his aid, though he knew
not how he could help her in her dis
tress.
When ELISA returned from the as
sembly, she laid herself down to rest,
worn out in mind and body. Soon sleep
came to her, and with sleep, dreams.
At first they were vague and shadowy.
then they grew more clear. She
dreamed that she saw dim and moon
lit garden, and in it vast tree with
twisted roots that seemed familiar to
her Something moving among the
branches of this tree attracted her at
tention, but for a long time she
watched it without being able to dis
cover what it was. Now she saw. The
moving thing was a hideous black
dwarf. with beady eyes, who held in
his hand a little ivory-tipped bow, on
the string of which was set an arrow. !
Her consciousness concentrated itself !
upon this arrow, and though she knew |
not how, she became aware that it was I!
poisoned. What was the dwarf doing |
in the tree with a bow and poisoned /
arrow, she wondered. Suddenly a |
sound seemed to strike her ear, a sound /
of a mans footsteps walking over (
grass. and she perceived that the fig |
ure of the dwarf. crouched upon the /
bough, became tense and altered, and /
that his fingers frightened upon the /
bow string till the blood was driven !
from their yellow tips. Following the |
glance of his wicked black eyes, she /
saw advancing through the shadow a |
tall man. clad in a dark robe. Now he
emerged into patch of moonlight and /
stood looking around him, as though /
he were searching for some one. Then
the dwarf raised himself to his knees
upon the bough, and aiming at the |
bare throat of the man. drew the bow |
string to his ear At this moment he |
turned his head. and the moonlight |
shone full upon his face. 1t was that |
of Prince Aziel.
(To be Continued Next Monday.)
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