The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-03-20


slider his evil ways for day or 30,
and then haul him out with wind.
lasses. and tame him nfresh. Phoi II
could not feel mysel. to be Phorenice
u had no fine, red, shaggy man,
moth to take me out for my rides" :,
The boat was ten-slave galley,
which was churning up from the
farther side Of the harbor as hard NJ
well-plied whips could make oars
drive her; but Mt the sound of my
shouts the soldiers on her foredeck
stopped their nrrow-shots, and the
stecrsman swerved her of on n new
course to pick us up. Till the- we
had been swimming leisurely across
nm angle of the haroor, so as to avoid
landing where the sewers outpourcd;
but we stopped now, treading the
water. and were helped over the side
by most respectful hands.
The galley belonged to the captain
Of the port. n mincing figure Of
mariner, whose highest appetite In
life was to lick the feet OF the great;
and he began to fawn and PROSTATE
hlhlr'li uNb w "iNh
eyes had been blinded before he saw
the empress in such deadly peril.
But IL seemed she could be cloyed
with hattcry. "If you are tired OF
your eyes," said she, "let me tell you
that you have gone the way to
have them plucked out from their
sockets. Kill my mammoth, would
L.. hua ah h,,,,yalo a.
trinc frolicsomc? You and your sort
want more education, my man. shall
have to teach you that port-captains
and such small creatures are very
easy to come by, and very small
value when got, but that my nam.
moth Is nine--mine, do you under.
stand?-the property of Goddess
Phorenice, and ms such IL sacred"
The port captain abascd himself be-
fore her. III am an ignorant fellow"
said he. "and heaven was robbed of
it's brightest ornament when Phorcn.
ice came down to Atlantis. But "
reparation IL permitted me. I have
two prisoners in the cabin OF the boat
here who shall be sacrificed TO the
ltluInU1VlH iS''pa"NN U
would please him to make sport with
them. and spill out the last lees OF his
rage upon their bodies"
"rrisoners you've got, have you?
How taken?"
"Undcr cover OF last night they
were trying to pass in between the
two forts which guard the harbor
mouth. But their boat fouled the
chain, and by the light of the torches
the sentries spied them. They were
caught with ropes and put In dun.
geon. There Is an order not to abuse
prisoners before they have been
brought before a Judgment"
at was my order. Did these pris.
oncrs offer to buy their lives with
news?"
"rhe man has not spoken. Indeed,
think he got his death wound in he
ing taken. The woman fought like a
eat also, so they said in the fort. but
she was caught without hurt. She
says she has got nothing that would
he Of use to tell. She says she has
tired OF living like n savage outside
the city. and moreover that, inside,
there Is n man for whose nearncss she
Graves most nightly"
Tut" said Phorenicc. "Ts this n
romance we have swum to? You see
what afrectlonatc creatures we wom.
en- are, Dcucalion." The galley was
brought up against the royal quay and
made fast to its golden rings. hand.
ed the empress ashore, but she turned
again and faced the boat, her gar.
nents still yielding up slender drip
OF water. produce your woman pris.
oner. master captain. and let MS see
whether she is a runaway wife. or n
lovesick girl mad after her sweet
heart. Then I will deliver judgment
on her, and as like as not will surprise
you all with my clemency. am In u
mood for tender romance to-day"
The port captain went into the little
hutch Of u cabin with n white face. II
was plain that Phorenlce's pleasant
rics scared him. "The man appears
To he dead, your majesty. ] see that
his wounds"
'l,ring out the woman. you fool. I
asked for her. Keep your carrion
where II is"
saw the fellow stoop for his knife
10 cut n lnShing, and presently who
should he bring out TO the daylight
hut the girl had saved from the cave
tigers In the circus, and who had so
strangely drawn me 10 her during the
hours that we had spent afterwards In
compnnionship. II was clear, too,
that the empress recognized her also
Indeed, she made no secret about the
matter, addressing her by name and
mockingly making Inquiries about the
mcnagc OF the rebels, aud the success
81 the prisoners amours,
Iro BE Continued