Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-03-01

weariness aud after a time was pass
ed through the lines and conducted to
the headquarters of the king. About
the royal pavilion in triple Gordon
paced the noble bodyguard of the Pha-
raOh.
OF one of these Kenkenes asked that
a personal attendant Of the king be
sent to him.
In little while some one emerged
from the Pharaoh's tent and came
through the guard line to the messen-
ger 1t was Nechutes.
"Nechutes," Kenkenes said in
strained voice, thou and are friends.
Lead me to the king, pray thee"
ITO the king?" the cupbearer repeat
ed doubtfully. 1.-THE king sleeps. Will
thine interests go to wreck if thou bid
est till dawn?"
II carry him a message" Kenkenes
explained. Hand hither a torch.''
In the wavering light of the fam
beau Nechutes read the address on the
linen scroll.
1.-THE king could not read by the night
lights" he said after little.
"Where is Har-hat?'
I'm his tent yonder,' pointing to
party colored pavilion.
LET the unhappy king sleep, then,
Nechutes. Far be 1t from me to bring
him back to the memory Of his sor-
rows. Lead me to thy shelter, if thou
wilt
With satisfaction in his manner,
Nechutes conducted his guest into q
comfortably furnished tent and showed
him mattress oVerlaid with sheeting
Of fine linen
At the first gllmmerings of the dawn
the melody OF many winded trumpets
arose over the encampment of the
Egyptians. Now the notes were near
and clear, now afar and tremulous:
again deep and sonorous, now full
and rich, and yet again zine and sweet.
While the army broke its fast and
prepared to move the king stood in
the open space before his tent with mis-
eyes on the east. The Red sea lay
there beyond the uplifted line of desert
sand, and it was the birthplace of
many mists and unpropitious signs.
Would the sun look upon the king
through a veil or openly? Would he
smile upon the purposes OF the Eha-
raoh?
There were situations, watery and
colorless, in the lower slopes of the
morning sky, and these were taking on
the light of dawn without it's .hues.
Long wind blown streaks crossed the
zenith from east to west, and the set
tlng stars We're blurred The moon
mad worn a narrowing circlet in the
night Meneptah shook his head.
suddenly some in the ranks of the
royal guard exclaimed to mate:
Look! Look to the sOutheast!"
Meneptah turned his eyes in that edi.
recnon, as though he had been COM
handed There, above the spot where
he had guessed the Israelites ito he. a
straight and mighty column of vaper
extended up, up into the smoky blue
OF the sky. The atortuous shapes Of the
situations across the zenith indicated
that there was great wind at that
height, but the column did Hot move or
change it's form. 1t was further dis
tnguished from the clouds over the
dawn by line amber light upon it,
deepening to gold i'm it's shadOws-so
vivid the tint that steady >cantempla-
ton was necessary to assure the be-
holders that it was not fire climbing in
and out OF the pillars heart. Egypt's
skies were rarely ,clouded and newer by
such formation ;as this.
Meneptah turned his troubled eyes
hurriedly toward the east. He must
not miss the sunrise At that moment.
unheralded, the disk Of the sun shot
above the horizon as if blown from a
crater Of the underworld blurred,
milky white, without warmth.
BE turned away and faced Nechutes,
bending before him; behind the cup
bearer stately stranger
At sign from the king the messen- |
ger came forward, knelt and delivered !
the scroll. g.,
"What is contained herein?'
Kenkenes took it that the inquiry
called for an answer.
"A warning, o king
As if to delay the reading OF it, the
king dismissed Nechutes and signed
Kenkenes to arise. Then he turned the
scroll over and over in his hands, in
specting it. IA
"Come," he exclaimed as if an idea
had struck him, ''do thou open it,
Kenkenes took the scroll thrust to-
ward him and ripped off the linen
wrapping. Unrolling the writing he ex-
ended it to the king.
Read It," was the next command.
Mine eyes are dim of late" he added
lpologetically.
Kenkenes obeyed, reading without
emphasis or infection, for he knew no
expression was needed to convey the
:orce Of the message to the already in
undated king.
When Kenkenes had finished, Menep-
!ah was standing very close to him, as
T assured of shelter in the heroic shad-
w Of the tall young messenger. The
,olor had receded from the monarch's