The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-03-24

| low-spreading out
lines stand out against the horizon.
"a bright night gives promise OF a
brighter day." exclaimed the man. en-,
! Enthusiastically. watching the glowing
orb as 1t slowly, majestically rose In
the heavens.
"And future bright with hope
makes happy wedding day." respond
ed the woman at his side, joyfully.
Eyes. the outlook is encouraging
The rigors Of the bondage of our peo'
pie are constantly growing less, and
there Is an abundance of food in
Goshen, so that now even the poorest
have plenty"
"And that is not ALL" exclaimed the
woman, "for Brother Naashon says
the elders have hopes that ere long
Egypt will even give us our freedom. .
Eyes, II Moses queer notions had
not led him to leave the palace feel
sure that before this we should have
had the liberty we long for"
"How good and faithful Princess
Thermutis has been to us, In spite OF
his desertion and flight" responded
the woman, warmly. 1T Is now fully
two years since he brought that ter.
rible burst Of persecution upon us, and
had 1t not been for the intercession OF
the princess, | tremble to think what
might have been our lot now"
well, dear, we do not have to
think Of those dark days. Let us
think of the Joy which has come to us
and of the morrow"
They had reached the doorway as he
finished speaking, and paused in the
shadow for last parting embrace
when the terrified sob of woman
sounded from within. The girl sprane
from her lovers arms and into the
house. crying:
What is it, mother? What Is it,?
"Oh, Elisheba. such dreadful news
The new king has Just issued decree
withdrawing all the privileges of the
Hebrew people, and condemning us to
the bitterest bondage we have yet
known"
who told thee" gasped the girl
ut cannot be true. oh, surely It can.
not be true." she sobbed, throwing
herself into her lovers arms.
THY brother, Naashon, has lust
brought word" replied the old WON
an. "and has fastened away again to
confer with the elders
Then l. too, must be going"
"Oh, Aaron" she sobbed, cinging
appealingly to him, "and tomorrow
was our wedding day."
He could not trust himself to speak
II was like being suddenly plunged
from Paradise into the abyss of hell
How bright the future had seemed
Now how black with the threatening
clouds of oppression. He knew what
the cruel hand Of pharaoh could do
for as a child there had been burned
into his memory terrible sights AID
sounds-the beating and even slayins
of the helpless slaves, the privatfon
and suffering and woe.
No one could ell what the morrow
would bring forth, and 1t Is little won
der that the weeping girl chung to her
lover, reluctant 20 let him go. Sud
denly the thought of what the kings
edict would mean to others In Goshen
flashed across her. She would not be
selfish, and, responding to the better
impulse, she withdrew her hands, say
ing. as she did SO:
sXoc Nta,, v,ruot M Eytohxko
wait Do what you can for our peo-
ple.'
Almost revereutly Aaron stopped
and kissed the forehead of the brave
girl.
For your sake will be faithful"
he said simply as he turned to go.
Had he known what Elisheba's in
junction and his promise involved, a
drawer heart than his might have fall
tered. Naashon returned next day
and told all about II. OF the call for
rome one to make the perilous Jour-
Dey to the princess to ask her help.
Ut Aaron's conserving to go and OF his
prompt departure.
hhu thCy Wdltcu Ills TetuTn,
events moved on swiftly and terribly
among the Hebrew people. The threat
OF the king that they should know
that pharaoh ruled once more In
Egypt was carried out with awful ven
geance. But in their anguish and
their suffering the people locked
not to God for relief. Was not the
princess their friend? Had not she
helped them in their hour of need be-
fore? Relief had been obtained be-
fore from Egypt. It would be so
again.
Thus they reasoned. and when at
last Aaron returned to Goshen with
bis report that he had seen the prin-
cess and she had pleaded with the
king in vain. they still chung to the
thought that somehow relief would
come. And from time to time there
we're evidences that the princess had