Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-02-01

1 1 pace Ill Cuc WOIkTOOul, nc
papyrus scrolls lay before him
~ His fine implements We're not
In sight. The ink pots and pens were
put away, and the table, was clear ex.
cept for copper lamp that sputtered
and fiared at one end. The great art.
lists arms were extended across the
table,, his head bowed upon them, his
hands clasped. 80 The attitude was not
that Of WEAKNESS, but of trouble.
Kenkenes hesitated. For the first
time since the hour he left Memphis
for Thebes, months before. he felt q
sense of culpability .s He realized with
great bounds Of comprehension that
the results Of his own trouble had not
been confined to- himself. He began
to understand how infectious sorrow
Is.
.x He crossed the room and laid a. trem.
bling hand on bis fathers shoulder
Instantly the great artist lifted his
head and. seeing Kenkenes, nleaped to
his feet with "a cry that was all Joy.
The young man responded to. the
kiss of welcome with 50 little compo.
sure that Mentu forced him down on
the bench and summoned servant. -.
'.Rachel-thou knowest'- Kenkenes
began, speaking with an effort "a
+. AYE, know. Didst find her?' sfsa
Aye, and lost her &even while 1
fought to save her!' = "> "'
u "Alas, thou ;unfortunate!"s Mentu ex-
claimed. "Of surety the gods have
punished thee too harshlyv'
"Kenkenes was not in the frame of
mind to receive so soft a speech COM
posedly. a strong tremor ran over
him, and he averted his face. The
architect came to his side and smoothed
the damp hair --
'sThou needless, further, the 3atten-
don of thy slave, Kenkenes,'' he. sug-
gested. "a IN S5s II 4 4 $500 So - -
The young man shook his head. Tot
yet," he said. My time is short, and
It is thy help need.' .,T1ilr ,
Without further introduction Ken
kenes plunged into his story. He had
had no time to tell it four days be
fore. Then he Tad asked for Rachel
with his second word and, flnding 3
her not, had rushed Immediately to
the search for her.. ~ H1tl510 |
Mentu heard without comment. till
the story was done. Most Of it he had
known from Hotep, and only the re-
cent events at the tomb excited him.
When Kenkenes made an end the
architect brought his tclinched hand
down on the table with a force that
made the lamp wink and the nipple
ments rattle In their boxes above him.
Course that smooth villain Har-hat!'
he cried in a tempest Of wrath. "a
murrain upon his greedy, crafty lust!
The gods, blast him in his 4knayery!
Now is my precious amulet in his
hands. Would it were white hot and
chung to him like leech Z 4 Did I not
warn thee from the first?'' Iatt1,,iG1
. ,Kenkenes raised his head 1899 l2.a5
& 'Can you avoid d knave; II he hath
designs on you p he asked. Have Il
erred in; crossing his will Have 1
sinned In loving and protecting her
whom + lover 2, II f,fss 30.
s. Mentu's hands fell down at his sides.
The simple questions had silenced him.
bis son was blameless now that he
had expiated his onfenses against the
law, and from the moral standp
his persistence In his claim on Rachel
was just -praise worthy. .E!tai t t4.
s''Nay," he said sullenlv. 'sbut since
thou didst love the girl, how came it
that thou didst not wed her long ago
and save her this shame nger?n,