Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29

Right. Hotepr Rameses exclaimed. at
was such belief that made a world con-
| queror of my grandsire.'
Nay. thy pardon. oh my prince. Hotep's
counsel will not always hold,' Kenkenes oo-
| jected.
Give me to know wherein it faileth," the
prince demanded.
I Alas in thousand things. In truth a
man even draws his breath by the leave of
Others"
BY the puny god, Harpocratesr' the
avowal have heard in a moonr'
Kenkems flushed. and Rameses. recover
| Ing from his amusement, pressed his ad-
vantage.
let me give thee bit of counsel from
mine own store that thou mayest hook with
Drawer eyes on life. Take the world by the
throat and it will do thy WILL
Again dispute thee, o Rameses.'
Name thy witress - the prince insisted.
kenkenes leaned on his elbow toward him.
'Canst thou force woman to love thee?'
he asked simply.
Ta-user glanced at the prince and the
| sleepy black eyes of the heir narrowed.
Let US go back to the ISSUE he said
I'VE spoke of others shaping the future of
u'en. You may ret force woman to love
you, but no love or lack of love of a woman
should misshape the destiny of any man"
That is a matter of difference in tenn
rerament, my prince" Ta-user put in.
1T may be, but it is the expression of
| mine own IDEAS he answered roughly.
The lashes of the princess were smitten
down Immediately and Siptah's canine teeth
Sl'ttered for moment, one set upon the
other Kenkenes patted his sandal impa-
tiently and looked another way. His gaze
fel, on To- She had lost interest in the game
The color had receded from her cheeks and
now and again her lips uembied- kenkenes
locked and saw that Sets eyes Were ador-
Ing Ta-user, VINO smiled at him. With
sudden rush of heat through his veins, the
young artist turned again to 10, and watch
ed till he caught her eye. With look he
invited her to come to him. She laid down
the dice. during the momentary abstraction
OF her playing-rates, and murmuring that
she was tired came and. sat at the feet of
her champion.
Wherefore dost thou retreat, Io?" Ia
user asked. Art vanquished?'
"At one game, aye,' the girl replied vehe-
mently.
Kenkenes laid his hand on her head and
said to her very softly:
IF only our pride were spared, sweet 10,
defeat were not so hard
The girl lifted her face to him with some
questioning in her eyes.
''Knowest thou aught of this game, In
truth?" she asked.
He smiled and evaded Il have not been
fairly taught.
Ta-meri gathered UP the stakes and
Nechutes, collecting the dice, went to find
her seat. But while he was gone she
wandered over to kenkenes and leaned on
the back of his chair.
LET me give thee a truth that seemeth
TO deny llSSII III Tie tApIeSSiOii, . IL Soiu,
turning so that she faced the young artist
Say, on" ne replied, bending over her
1.-THE more Indifferent the teacher in this
game of love, the sooner you learn said
To- Kenkenes took the tiny hand extended
toward him in emphasis and kissed it.
Sorry TRUTH he said tenderly AS he
leaned back in his chair he became con-
scous of Ta-meri's presence and turned his
head toward her Her face was so near to
him that he felt the glow from her warm
cheek His gaze met hers and, for mo-
ment dNelt.
He took los hands. which were >casped
across his knee, and rising, gave the chair
to Ta-meri. He found taboret for him
self. and as he put it down at her feet he
saw Nechutes fling himself into chair and
scrowl blackly at the nomarch's daughter
Kenkenes sighed and interested himself in
the babble that went on about him.
The first word he distinguished was the
name of Har-hat. pronounced in clear tones.
Menes. who sat next to Kenkenes. put out
his foot and trod on the Speakers toes.
The man was Siptah.
Choke before thou interest that name
again. the captain said in whisper.
''else thou wilt have Rameses abusing Har-
hat before his daughter"
What is amiss between the heir and the
fanbearer?" Kenkenes asked.
Everything! Rameses fairly suffocates
in the presence of the new adviser. The
Pharaoh is sadly torn between the twain.
He worships Rameses and body of Osirisi
how he loves Har-hat! But sometime the
council chamber with the trio therein will
fall-the walls outward, the roof, up-mark
met
Again, clear and with offensive emphasis.
Siptah's voice was heard disputing, in the
general babble.
Magnify the cowardice of the Rebu IL
you will, but it was Har-hat who made
them afraid" he was saying.
The slow eyes of Rameses turned in the
direction of the tacit challenge. Menes
black brows knitted at Siptah, but Ken
kenes came to the rescue. A Tyre the in
evitable instrument of ancient revels, was
near him and he caught 1t sup, sweeping his
fingers strongly across the strings.
A momentary silence fell, broken at once
by the applause of the peace loving, who
cried "Sing for us. Kenkenesr
He shook his head. smiling. II did but
test the harmony of the strings; harmony
is grateful to mine ear"
Menes' lips twitched. eff harmony is
here" he said with meaning, you will find
it in the instrument"
Again a voice from the general conversa-
tion broke in-this time from Rameses.
'Kenkenes hath outlasted an army of
other singers. l knew him as such when
mine uncles yet lived and my father was
many moves from the throne. 1t was while
we dwelt unroyally here in Memphis. They
made thee sing in the temple, Kenkenes.
DoSt thou remember"
aye" Ta-uSer took ii up. ''They made
thee sing in the temple and it went sore
against thee, Kenkenes. Most of the upper
classes in the college here were hoarse or
thee by force from thy tutors because thou
couldst sing. Thou vast stubborn lad
as pretty a mimoSa and surly as a
Gagged lion. l can thee now chanting
with voice like lark, and frowning like
very demon from Amenti!''
The princess laughed muSically at her
own narration and received the applause
of the others with a serene countenance.
art still as reluctant, Kenkenes?" the
Lady Senci called to him.
The hesitation between Senci's invitation
and his answer was not noticeable. He put
the instrument out of his reach. tossing it
on a cushion little distance away.
Not SO reluctant he said turning his
face toward the lady, ''as unready. l have
exhausted my trove of songs for this self
same company, wherefore they will not
listen to reiteration, which is ever insipid"
Siptah buried his clenched hand in
cushion on the floor near him.
80, thou paternal prince he said, ere
peat us prayer of exorcsm as a father
should, and rid US of our fears of Mesu
the Jew
Mine exorcism of the Hebrew sorcerer
Mesu, will be harsher than formulas
shall not beseech the Israelites and it will
avail them naught to beseech me-"
Thou art ominous light of Egypt" Ken
kenes commented quietly. wilt thou open
thy heart further and give us thy mean
ing?"
"Hast lived out of the world, son of
Mentu? The exorcism will begin ere long
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