Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-01-04

hiueous - UWsTers OF tie deep
water drifted into the upper tide mon.
| STEERS OF the muck at the Nile bottom.
turtles. huge crawtisI, varAr NEVIS.
spouteu ShaiAeS.~ euIl3s.Ss 3ieslcne.I cred
lures that had never seen the daF,
/ great arlfts OF ir2secEs.. with frogs. tau
/ peies-everEthing OF aquatic animate
| LIE came up dead or dying terribly.
/ Along either bank water buffalo and
t WalloWlag swine, which had been in
| the pools near the river, cIaInheret
I ponderousiy, snorring at every step.
/ vessels were putting about and fly
ing Tor the shore. From the prov Of
one tall boat with distended sails a
| 1sure was seen to spring high and dis
I appear under the red torrent. Rioting
crews OF river men fought for first
landing at the accessible places on the
banks. Memphis shriekeI. and the pas
lures became compounds of wild BEASTS
| that deafened heaven with their suv-
age believing.
| Pepi and Mari had no thought of saw
ing themselves. It was Masanath who
nu2t save them. Selling the sweep,
she roIet with superhunlan strength
toward the nearest shore. the Marsh OF
the Disseminated Soul
The raft grounded. and as viscous
wash of red Tapped across it she Ieapeu
forth, landing with both feet in the
horror. She doundereu out and. crying
to her servants to follow her, fed Ike
q mad thing up the sandy stretch to-
ward the distant wall of rock
The boat. Hghtened of her weight. re
ceived backward thrust as she lelpe.I
and drlfted out OF the reeds. The
heavy current caught it and swept Il.
across the smitten river to the Mem
phlan shore. 1t bore two insensible
figures.
Masanath ran, thinking only to leave
the CHASTITY fool behind. Her wet over
+ dress tapped about her ankles It. too
was stained, and she tore it off as she
ran. Ahead OF her was q sd gging lime
stone wall, with no gap. but Masa-
nattl, hardly SINE, would have dashed
herself against it il hands had not de-
tained her
Blood. Blood" she shrieketf. HOLY
Ptah, save us.''
Pence some one made. answer.
''God is with us
The voice was calm and reassIrinr.
the hands frm. Here, then, was one
who was str0ng- and unafraid and
therefore a safe refuge No, longer
called upon to care for herself, MASH
nath fell into the arms OF the brave IN
known: and ceased to remember.
Consciousness returned to her SLOWLY
and inconlpletely. Horror had dazed
her, and her surroundings, but family
discovered in an all enveloping gloom,
were not conducive to mental repose
and clearness.
She became aware first that she WAS
somewhere hidden from the sunshine
and beyond the reach of the strange
odor from the Nile
Next she realized that she was shell
| tered in Il cave, that slender lines Of
white daylight sifted through the in
terstlces OF Il door, that a lamp was
/ burning somewhere behind screen,
| that hairy thing sat in corner and
| looked at her with halt human eyes
and that, as she shrank at the sight,
the warm support under her head
| moved and a fair face, framed with
golden hair, bent over her.
Then her eyes, becoming clearer as
her recollection returned, wandered
sway toward the wallis of her shelter.
They had been hewn by hands. There
was an opening in one side, leading
into another and darker crypt. Was
| not this tomb2 She was In the Tomb
OF the Disseminated Soul, Terrified,
she struggled to gain her feet and fly,
but the awful memory Of the plague
/ without returned to her overwneln-
ingly- Gentle hands restrained her,
and the same voice that had sought to
soothe her before continued it's soft
| comforting now.
Thou art safe and sheItered.' she
heard. No evil shall hefaIl thee"
| Was this the spirit of the tomb? If
so, it was most lovely and kindly. But
q solemn voice issued out of the dark
/ cell beyond. This, was the spirit of q