The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-11

= K-SD OnAf~TEH XXXII.
rus PROMISED LAND.
OND sunset, shortly after hts mar.
riaea wokd came to the tent
n" a Ksnksnss that an Amalekits
- chisftnin on his WAY to Egypt
I'D paussd for The night lust without
- eacamp@snt o. Israel
\ "Hsrs may b an opportunity 70
Vsak WIN thy father" Rachel sue.
oeeed- he prospect Of TALKING once
a0in to 0oes hs had left behind was
80 TO fun of pleasure for the young
A0vpe1an 70 receive calmly. Hurriedly
- dhpotehed one a his serving men
- ~ Amalekite to bid him await Q
nosaeA but Rachel called the mes
oDgg back
Ten ths Amalekite that thou COM
81 from an Egyptian noble. for such
~ master u, and this chieftain 10
0ogo willing 70 take command from
Euvp< than from Israel"
n servant In HIS snthusiasm and
~ importance of his mission told the
. ADalekits that no came from Q prince
- ngypt
1hs chieftain was q youth who had
5ust succssded his father over his
poopao and was on bic way to Mem
- bearing tribute to Msnaptsh. TO
III tributary nation Egypt was re-
not& splendid and fun OF glamour.
r. name was synonymous Of the
Woeld and al the siories thereof. and
DeztcuIariy bed Il appealed to the &C
- e~o~Aw~<x~S. - 49, .>~>xA ~ -
80 nany DUptiarse bot thsy were
1nAoo prisoners laboSinG In the mines
- oDnat q svsrsssrs o. seribss o. u.
ooe1o9t exile who wes governor Of
- pgov0eA and surety thsse were ne
uUrsssnkAtivss Of ths land.
NV - wss 70 sst . glance at rsal
Drvpt. so
- ~ sasH hours Of the dawn Q to-
Nwss came b his pallet and told him
= awsd toass that the prince was
. vi(AouG Trsoulous with pleasurab,e
tsuUodatlun. ~ went ont into the misty
daybeeak TWILIGHT It the open, and
0ers ~ met an imperial stranger who
ooWGed Over him - palm over Q
eAruh kt sinUis glance the Amals-
~ cav that there was q circlet Of
~ about the brow. that the face was
~ and that ths garments swept the
sends. An this was Significant. but
when the stranger delivered him two
rolls. one addressed % the chief OF
the royal scribes Of the Pharaoh, the
other to the royal mp-.et. and paid him
sith q jewell the Amaieklte, conv inced
Ard satisnsd, psostratsd himself.
hi We may not know what the
youth thought when hs found that
sAers were few In Ill Egypt like this
princvly stranger.
After these writings came, with all
o6elify, 20 the hands OF those who loved
him In Egypt silence fell between
them and Kenkenes.
Neneptah erected no more monu-
mentp after the eighth year Of his reign,
. for In that gear Mentu, the murket,
died None could ali bis place, since
TO hie name was attached the title
ne Incompatible" az befitted the
artist Of that great Pharaoh likewise
titled, who had 20 loved him and his
geniua Mencptah. in memory Of Mentu
and his artist son who had served his
king 20 well. set up no sculptor nor
any murket In his place. II 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 Seuci
wae short, II was most happy save
perhaps for the absence OF Kenkenes,
but after the, letter came from the well
beloved son there was more cheer In
[, the heart OF the father. Kenkenes was
not dead. only absent. as he would
have. been bad he lived In Tanis or
Tnebes. Furthermore. the young man
had spoken giowingiy and at length on
the future OF Israel and the Promised
Land, and Mentu told himself that he
zaight visit Kenkenes one day In that
new country.
Sine there wers no children In their
nouse, SeneI and the murket spoiled
Anubis. and I'm the eyes OF his devoted
master the ape had earned his soft life.
shortly after the departure Of Kenke-
nes Mentu discovered the ape burying
something I'm the sand OF the court
yard Hover beds. In spite of the IA
voeite's vigorous protests Mentu over.
turned the tiny heap Of earth and dis.
covered therein the lapis lazuli slgnet
There was but one explanation Of the
apea possession OF the gem-he had
torn the scarab from about the neck Of
Unas when he flew In his face the mo-
ment the light went out. After his
nature. he kept the jewel because II
was bright.
Allthese things-the discovery Of the
signet In the tomb. the safety of Ken
kenes when all the other firstborn had
died and the testimony Of the miracles
to the power Of Israers God-made the
good murket think deeply. Indeed. al,
Egypt thought deeply after the exodus
OF Israel. and to such extremes was
this sober thinking carrjed thar tbrou0h