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

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| IN 4 few moments. and Meneprah, aft
er his custom, gave over to him the
state communion rions OF the day and
| after some little hesitation tossed the
petition OF keniienes among them.
| Thou canst attend to this, MATTER as
we'll, good Har-hat Why should I take
up the private concerns OF my subjects
| when I am already burdened with
| heavy cares? But do thou look to
| this petition faithfully. It may be
Important and know noe from whom
| it is. I promised Hotep it should be
| given honest attention.
| For seven days thereafter every let
ter sent by the king was written By
Hotep At the end OF that time he met
Meneptah again and, bending low be-
fore him, asked pardon for his insist
ence and begged to know what DISPOSE
ten the son Of Ptah had made OF the
petition OF his friend He was irrita-
bly, informed that the matter had been
given over to the fan bearer for atteu-
ton, since the Pharaoh had been too
oppressed with heavier matters to read
the letter.
In his sympathy for his friends
strait the scribe gave over his obiec-
lions to Rachel kenkenes had suf-
fered for her, and, Ii he would, he
should have her
Between the king and persuasion was
Har-hat, vitality Interested In the de-
feat OF any movement toward the aid
OF kenkenes. The one hope for the
| sculptor was the winning over Of the
Pharaoh, and only one could do 1T, and
that was Rameses, who was betrothed
to the love Of Hotep and against her
will
Hotep, summoning his servant, had
his disordered hair dressed, fresh robes
brought for him aud glass Of wine
for refreshment. On the way to the
J palace top he met Ta-user, walking
slowly away from the staircase Ram
! eses, solitary and luxurious. was
stretched upon a cushioned divan In
the shadow OF a canopy over the by
postyle.
The gods keep thee, SOD OF the SUM-
Hotep said
80 it is: thou, Hotep- Nay, but I
am glad to see thee
Il come to thee with news al Pc
Hron,'' Hotep began
Out with thy tidings."
Thou dost remember thy friend and
mine, that gentle genius, kenkenes?"
II am not like to forget him SO long
q r,s,> oJrr~
music. Osiris pillow him most SOFTLY"
HE is not dead,, my prince
"Nayr Rameses cried, sitting I'D.
'"The knave should be bastinadoed for
the tears be wrung from us!''
Thou wouldst deny my petition. 1
am come to impIore thee to- mtercede
for him.
Rameses babe him proceed
Thou art acquainted with the na-
ture OF Kenkenes,, O prince He is a
visionary, an dealist, and so firmly
rooted are his beliefs that they are
to his life as natural as the color of
bis eyes. He is Il beauty worshiper
AtIlor possesses him utterly, and her
loveIiness blinds him to- all other
things, particularly to bis own welfare
and safety. .-
I'm the beginning be fell In love, and
q soul like bis I'm love is most unreal
soning,, inlnaoderate and terribly faith
full The maiden Isl beautifuI-I saw
her-.most diNineIY beautiful She Is
wise, for saw that also. She is good,
for felt it, unreasoning, and when a
mann hath q woman's intuition q god
hath spoken the truth to his heart But
she is d slave-an IsraeIite.''
by the gods Of my fathers, ought
not to marveII Nay, now, is that not
Like the boy? An IsraeIife, and haf
the noble maids of Memphis mad for
him.
He Isl not for thee and me to- Judge
O Rameses, = Hotep Interrupted .The
gods blew another breath in him than
animates our souls. For thee and me
such conduct would be the fancies OF |
madmen;; for KenKanes it is but living
up to the alien spirit with which the
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