The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-25
CHAPTER III.

Now when they had come again to King
Chez and told him of the request OF the
King, he said unto them, Go. We, and
build your temple. And he gave them
a INT site where they might build.
So they built their temple and erected
their affairs, and the fame of their tenn
pie and of their sacrifices was noised
about among the people.
Now, the people said one to another,
Go to, let us go and see these new
things.
So much people went into the temple
and heard the doctrine of the priests of
King Manachek
Yet, nevertheless, they clave to their old
gods and forsook them not for the gods
of King Manachek.
But the servants Of King Manachek
taught them to make the strong wine,
and in this they rejoiced greatly for it
made their souls merry within them.
And 1t came to pass one evening that
some young men and men of the baser
sort hal drunken of the strong wine un-
til they were merry, when they COM
muned together. saying:
Let us, even us also, go to see this
strange temple and its priests; and let us
make a sport of them, that we may be
merry.
And when they were come to the tenn
pie they made a sport of the priests and
entreated them roughly.
And they defled the affairs and abused
the temple and some of the priests they
scourged.
Moreover, one of the priests they stoned
with stones that he lay down and died.
Now, when King Chez learned of these
things, he was exceeding sorry, and he
rent his clothes and tore his hair.
And King Chez sent a ship with pres
ents of gold and of silver and of pre-
cious stones. and he said unto them that
went on the ship, Thus shall We say unto
the King:
Behold I and my servants knew naught
of this thing and my heart is heavy with
in me because thereof.
Now, therefore, 1 pray thee, accept this
present from me, and cherish not up this
thing against me and against my people.
So they came to King Manachek, and
after they had spoken to him as they had
been commanded they laid before the
King the presents which King Chez had
sent.
And when the King had hearkened to
the message and had seen the presents
which they had brought. he said unto
them, 1t is we'll; go in peace.
So they came again and told these things
to King Chez.
Now, the priests of King Chez came
unto him and said, Let us. we pray. thee,
go also to the country of King Manachek
and build there likewise temple.
For peradventure when the King and
his people have seen our sacrifices and
hearkened unto our doctrine, haply they
will forsake their false gods, and cleave
to the gods of the Alamtes.
And the King said unto them, Go.
So they went unto the country of King
Manachek, and they built there temple
and erected their affairs.
Now, much people came to see the new
temple and the sacrifices offered therein;
but for all that they clave to their own
gods. and forsook them not for the gods
of the Alamites
And it came to pass that the people
were offended by the sacrifice of the
strange priests; therefore, they spake to
one another, saying:
Wherefore stand we here idle while
these strange priests do make a mock
cry of our gods and our temples by their
false sacrifices?
Come. let us make an end of them, that
they weary us no more.
So with one accord they came to the
temple and they cast down the affairs and
destroyed the temple, so that not one
stone was left upon another.
And some of the priests they beheaded,
and some they stoned. and some they
scoureed to death, and some they cast
And they slew them all, save one alone,
who hid in a cave and so escaped; and
after a long time came again to King
Chez, aud tcld him all of these things.
Now. when King Chez heard, he rent
his clothes, and tore his hair; and all the
people were exceeding wroth.
And they cried aloud, AS 1t has been
done TO our priests, even SO shall 1t be
done to their priests.
So they fell upon the temple and de-
stroyed il so that not one stone was left
upon another.
And some of the priests they behesded
and some they stoned, and some they
scourged to death. and some they cast
down from a high place.
And they slew them ALL save one alone,
who hid in a tree and so escaped; and after
a long time came again to King Man
achek and told him all.