The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-19

cannot strike Arnasis except through
the woman he loves. but that is the
surest way. He will suffer ten times
as much in her sufferings as he would
in his own. And she is not out OF my
reach; she is too frail TO resist my Will.
She is jealousy guarded, but | car
wait, and TO the watcher who has pa
thence the opportunity never fails t.
come. Let me md her alone. and !:
viii have such a revenge as never mar
had before.
THE whole plan lies clearly before
me. 1t seems quite staple; there should
be no danger. In the temple my au-
thority is absolute. ! can come and
go as l please. do as ] like No man
can say who is inside If / close tie
doors. ! am to meet Nephthys in Q
lonely place where she cannot summon
assistance. and where no one shall.
witness our interview. I have a spe-
cious tale ready that viii bring her
Then | shall have but 10 look her full
in the face and exert the Whole force
of my will and she will fall at my fee.
as though smitten by pestilence. \
trusty helper viii be at hand who Will
convey her, unseen, 10 the temple, aIiI
all difficulty VIII be over.
Il shall have had my revenge both
on her and Amasis; it will be a ven
geance worthy even of me. She shall
serve the gods in the desert; never
, again shall she hold communion with
her fellows. She shall ha as one al
ready dead; the death in life shall BIT
hers. The terror and grief of Amas.s
! when she disappears forever leaving tic
trace behind her-when he searches day
after day for some sign of his beloved
of his bride of only a few weeks
and is baf1ied at every step, viii DC
balm TO MY wounded spirit. 1t vii
be a long -drawn-Out agony, sufficlen;
To break the heart and spirit of the
strongest: I shall see him witherlng
away before my eyes. All, II is On
evil day for the man or beast who ven
lures 10 cross the path Of Al Chindus.
And il will be sweet, too. to bC
avenged on Nephthys, the woman who
has sighted and scOTned me. for ms
love of her has turned to bitterest hate
That she should have dared 10 slight
mel. who have come forth from He'll
opo,is, with the mighty ones of the
temple of the sun, the wielders of pro-
lection, the princes of eternity, Have
/ not magic formulate made by invisible
helpers to drive out the stroke OF god
law unto myself? Is not my power
50 great that, perchance, some day
may even aspire to the throne of the
Pharaohs? All the wisdom of the ages
lies in the hands Of the priests. Ny
blood boils in my veins when | Trims
how he and she must make merry over
the way they fooled me; such simple
Trick. against which any man less wise
than | would have been on his guard.
For some time the voice did not
speak. and when il was heard again il
sounded strangely faint and exhausted
II am dying" it whispered, dying
slowly but surely; all my power can
not avail me. / met Nephthys face TO
face, / sent forth my will TO smite her,
but il was met by a stronger-the will
of Amasis-and the evil that should
have struck her has fallen back on
{ myself. II had TO find a victim. il was
deadly enough to kill, and failing 10
reach her for whom it was intended
for the power Of Amasis compassed her
round like a shield-it has recoiled on
mel must die.
rs good. then. stronger than evil?
Or is IL only that Amasis has attained
to a greater power than l?
II make all preparations for death.
Ny body will be embalmed after the
manner OF the great adopts among the
Phoenicians, and rarely practiced even
by them on account of the cost and