Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-03-22

representatives Of the land
Now he was to get a glance at real
Egypt.
lower came to his pallet and told him
In awed tones that the prince was
without Tremulous with pleasurable
trepidation, he went out into the misty
daybreak twilight Of the open, and
there he met an imperial stranger who
lowered over him as palm over a
shrub At a single glance the Amale-
kite saw that there was circlet of
gold about the brow, that the face was
fine and that the garments swept the
sands. All this was significant, but
when the stranger delivered him two
rolls, one addressed to the chief Of
the royal scribes of the Pharaoh, the
other to the royal murket. and paid him
with jewel, the Amalekite, convinced
and satisfied, Frustrated himself.
But we may not know what the
youth thought when he found that
there were few in all Egypt like this
pr1nce]y stranger. .%.~
After these writings came, with all
fidelity, to the hands Of those. who loved
him in Egypt, silence fell between
them and Kenkenes. -'
Meneptah erected 10 more monu-
ments after the eighth year of his reign,
for in that year Mentu, the murket,
died. None could fill his place, since
to his name was attached the title
1.-The Incompatible" as befitted the
artist Of that great Pharaoh, likewise
titled, who had so loved him and his
genius. Meneptah, in memory Of Mentu
and his artist son who had served his
any murket in his place. 1t was the
one graceful act in the life Of the feeble
king, the one resolution to which he
held most tenaciously.
Though Mentu's union with Senci
was short, it was most happy save
perhaps for the absence Of Kenkenes,
but after the letter came from the we'll
beloved son there was more cheer in
the heart of the father Kenkenes was
not dead, only absent, as he would
have been had he lived in Tanis OF
Thebes. Furthermore, the young. man
had spoken glowingly and at length on
the future of Israel and the Promised
Land, and Mentu told himself, that he
might visit kenkenes one day in that
new country.
Since there were no children in their
house, Senci and the murket spoiled
nd in 1P rod
master the ape had earned his soft life
Shortly after the departure of Kenke.
mes Mentu discovered the ape buryine
something in the sand of the court.
yard flower beds. In spite Of the IA.
vorite's vigorous protests Mentu over.
turned the tiny heap Of earth and dis.
covered therein the lapis lazuli signet
There was but one explanation Of the
apes possession of the gem-he had
torn the scarab from about the neck OF
Unas when he few in his face the mo.
ment the light went out. After his
nature, he kept the jewel because 1t
was bright
All these things-the discovery of the
signet in the tomb, the safety of Ken
kenes when all the other frstborn had
died and the testimony of the miracles
to the power Of IsraeFs God-made the
good murket think deeply. Indeed, all
Egypt thought deeply after the exodus
of Israel, and to such extremes was
this sober thinking carried that through
very fear many added the name of the
Hebrews God to the Pantheon. Men
tn did not 90 SO far because he saw
but he shook his head and pondered
and was not wholly satisfied with many
things In the Osirian creed.
OF the love of Hotep and Masanath
something yet remains to be told. 1t
was common to examine the entire
family Of traitor as to their compile
ity in his misdeeds, and the option lay
with the Pharaoh whether or not they
should bear some of his punishment
Har-hat was dead, the army destroyed
at his hands When the news Of the
disaster reached Tanis Meneptah's an
ger and grief knew no bounds
After Rameses had been inferred at
Thebes beside his fathers and the court
had returned to Memphis the king
summoned Masanath. the sole repre-.
sentative of the family of Har-hat, to
give reason why she should not be ac-
cused of completely in the treason OF
her father.
Meneptah had taken counsel with
none on this step. Perhaps he had an
inkling that it would be unpopular
perhaps he thought he was but fulfill
ing the law. Hotep was at On com
| forting his family, who mourned over
| Belts, and post of the other ministers
were scattered over Egypt lamentine
their own dead, and few expected the
ungallant act Of the king.
But one day when all the court had
reassembled Nasanath came into the
great council chamber. Alone and
dressed in mourning, she seemed sc
little and defenseless that Meneptah
stirred uncomfortably in his throne
Slowly she approached the dais and
fell on her knees before the king. The
great gathering of courtiers held its
breath, wondering and plying.
Such was the scene upon which 10
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