Warren sheaf., 1905-12-07

southern slope rose the sound ne had
heard some minutes before-a long.
Quavering note, ending In high eerie
vail
"SOme one caIleth Of surety" he
said, land by the voice it Is Il woman -
1T is Deborah. come up from the
camp to seek for mer' Rachel ex.
claimed.
With all the haste possible on the
rough slope they descended. The ground
was familiar to kenkenes, for the
niche WAS near the, foot Of the decliv-
ity.
Hallway down he called again. and
the answer came up from the hiding
place Of 4Athor. In another moment
they were within and beside the pros
trate form Of the Old Israelite. Rachel
dropped on her knees, crying out in
her solitude.
s ''The Lord God break them In pieces
and his fury be upon them"' Rachel
eried. '.rhey set upon her and beat
her and left her to the 1ackalsv'
"Set consume them.' kenkenes re-
sponded wrathfully. How came they
upon your
After a grim silence, broken only by
the low weeping OF Rachel, kenkenes
bade her continue.
The search they made for you was
not thorough, for one was i'll and both
were afraid. But they came upon the
statue again. and the sight Of it Knocked
them, so they overthrew it and broke
it."
Kenkenes drew 4 sharp breath and
glanced at the place where Atnor
should have been. Except for them
selves, the niche was evidently vacant
He turned to the two women. who
had talked softly together in Hebrew.
and spoke lightly.
I'VE have shelter for this night. safer
than any other place in all Egypt
Trouble no more concerning that. The
shelter for us is in the cliff to the north.
near ToOra. 1t is tomb, but others
before us have partaken Of the dead's
hospitality"
A~NAAs A'SooAoA Wy, AASnACAOS SCS-
tied her on one strong arm against his
breast. The free hand he extended to
Rachel, who had taken the mating,
and together they went laboriously
down the steep front Of the hill
He had covered his boat we'll with
the tangle Of sedge and marsh vines,
and after a long space Of search he
found it.
: Once again he lifted Deborah and
laid her in the bottom Of the boat With
its triple burden the bari sank low in
the water. but kenkenes welded the
oars carefully. The faint moonlight
showed him the way. Now and then
q red glimmer across the grain marked
the location Of farmers hut, but
there was no other sign of life. Even
at the Memphian shore there was little
activity.
When the line Of cultivation ended
Kenkenes knew he was in the pre-
cincts of the Marsh Of the Discomfort
ed Soul He rowed across what, he be-
neved to be one-haf Of its width and
drew into the reeds. He dragged the
bari far up ON the shore, once more
warm sand.
At the base Of the limestone cliff he
deposited his burden and brought to-
gether little heap Of dried reeds and
flag blades This he fired after many
failures by striking together his chisel
str h bn
the Nile while he made and lighted a
torch Of twisted reeds and stamped out
the fire. In the feeble moonlight he
discerned stairway Of rough hewn
steps leading into cavity in the wall.
The southern side OF the ascent was
sheltered by an outstanding buttress of
rock.
He put the torch into Rachers hand
and, taking up Deborah, climbed a
dozen steps to dark opening half
closed by a fallen door. Pushing the
obstruction aside with his foot, he en-
tered When they were all within he
closed the entrance and unroiled the
reeds.
There was a helter skelter Of mice
past them and a rustic Of retiring in
sects. The torch blaZed brightly and
showed him squat copper lamp on
the floor of the outer chamber. The
vessel contained sandy dregs Of oil and
dirty floss Of cotton. With an exela-
nation of surprise kenkenes lighted
the wick, and after a little sputtering
n hy,rp al SmoEiIv
NAY, now, how came lamp in this
tomb?' he asked without expecting an
answer
The chamber was low rooted and
small, the whole interior rough with
chisel marks To the eyes Of the sculp-
tor, accustomed to the gorgeous fres-
Goes in the tombs Of the Memphian
metropolis, the walls looked bare and
pitiful. There were several prayers in
the ancient hieroglyphics, but no an
cestral records or biographical paint
ings. Several strips Of linen were scat
tered over the door, with the custom
ary litter OF dried leaves, dust, refuse
brought by rodents, cobwebs and the
CASTOR chrysalids Of insects. In on,
corner was a bronze jar. Kenkenes
examined It and found It contained CO.