The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-19
VIII.
AL chindus, the Priest-A
Supernatural Expe-
rience.

sweet. pure face. with the deep dark
eyes-like black pools on which the sun
shines-and hair the color OF night.
Her hands are slender and white as
marble. and her hearing is that OF =
daughter of the gods.
Nephthys grows dearer to ME and
| dearer. 1 no longer try to Dust her
from my thoughts; / know il is use
| less. Why should she not become my
/ VIE? Though l hold that celibacy Is
advisable for the priesthood because il
gives greater distinction and authority.
| II Is not imperative. and / have risen so
high that | can afford to follow my own
inclinations. The law does not linn I
! the number of wives man may take
10 himself. except in the case OF the
priesthood; a priest may have one wife.
Well! do not desire more than Neph-
thys; she alone can satisfy my heart.
But Will she? Such advances as I have
made have scarcely been warmly re-
ceived. 1t may be that my manner
chlllS her, that my face Is more calcu-
lated 20 inspire fear than love. ! have
| thought SO little of women hitherto, !
| know SO little of their WAYS. They
have never appeared TO me in any other
! light than as a necessary but lower
part Of the creation. Now, would
/ that l understood them better that /
For the desire Of Nephthys il like d
| thorn in my flesh, like a fame that bids
| lair to consume ne.
4 have been more accustomed 10
command than 10 implore, and ! know
none Of the tricks that please d
woman. When I look at my dark VS.
age and the eyes before which men
shrink away and hide their faces, I am
! scarcely surprised that Nephthys
should avoid me. should shrink from
! my glance-though it's evil is yelled for
her-as a flower bows before a hot
wind. But though I would il were
otherwise. though I would fain have
won her love, / can do without il. But
I cannot do without her. She must be
mine at all costs: life is no lonser
/ worth living out of the light of her
! eyes
Il have discovered that another man
! has robbed me of my hearts desire, a
man almost as highly placed and pow
erful as / am. Amasis, one of the king
magicians. He is the last man / cOuId
have desired as my rival. because.
though / hate, / cannot despise him.
/ Though he is wise in all the hidden
ways OF nature. he affects to work for
good rather than evil; he will have no
dealings with the powers of darkness.
except to Illustrate their designs. More
than once his will has met mine, and
the victory has not always remained
with me. He is OF a noble presence.
and a faVOrite with both king and peo-
| pie. As the gods have chosen To set
him against me. il shall be a battle 20
the death: l will sweep him out of my
path once and forever. The unseen
powers shall help me; I will do and
promise anything to get him into my
hancs He is the only man who has
ever defied me, he has been my enemy
and set my plans at naught more THAI
once Now he has done me this last
wrong for which there is no pardon.
They have played me a trick. Nepn-
thys has secretly become the wife of
Amasis. and / have lost her forever.
/ sit gnashing my teech, consumed
with rage and hate wondering how
shall avenge myself Revenge is all
that remains to me now, and 1t must
be as deep and bitter as my wrath.