The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-15

t.. D sn attsmpt to present .,, to mSasrn nSasrn ssnosa % a; . s.d ..onnx sH sspss hf aaa traa9os mRsas fosnshs sshs' vs,r cyrii Sss had few good words s:ia for him. him by prrnsrHsj postsriHtyi him and the forces against which he struggled must be taken into consid- eration when judging this ,,,,s msn ,,,,nS wnS.
 He was an enthusiast; and after the manner of religious enthusiasts he sought to establish . theocracy. But
 nx:,.s w:: svss sT:: as %.n in hs 'sss social and political conditions existing In Alexandria in the. nfth century IS surs iic coulS snS not Ss ara%n without of "fIypatia" is great for all that, and the personages are real ana well arawn.
 It was in the early part of the hfth century that the young monk Phiiam- mon, brought up from childhood In the desert monastery of the Laura, some hundred miles up the Nile. felt bis boyhood's heart glow with . great de- sire to fly from his lonely life into the great world and there. among the throngs Of his fellow men. to do deeos of riEhteousness-to reform the woru a, and scourge the hesh ana the ssa. uesn So with the blessings of old Aopos Pambo he left the eternal purple or the cliffs on the seas of yellow sano that sursed around the fallen tenn ples of the lost Egyptian goos' an1 at last he stood by the moon sate VI Alexandria, viewing with wonaelns eyes that imperial commercial maI' that social and political pandemonluin.
 The great city. then tns s,.H moss ayu, h,r, ishing seaport in the world; dazSiea nsa nun ns with its magnificence. This hoise oI fhe vast population beat on his ears iIke inc murmur of the ocean waves. His heart grew bold. his spirits niehi here surely was the theatre wnere ne might give full play to Ihis noo.e - sen timents and aspirations TOT the 'ose" eYation of the world.
 Al manfkin of a fellow-a porter , .Iounging by the gate for chance to run errands-conducted him 70 the house of the patriarch Cyril, to whom old Pambo had given the youth let ters of introduction. But the little Ter low did not scruple first to take fnai- ammon some two miles out or tne way that he might help to carry basket he had to deliver, and when the young u,onk. discovering the trick, expressed a desire 10 box his ears, the porter be. gan to explain his act by tumble or phiiosophic chatter
 For" said he, you must know thai I am student of the great Hypatia. , keep the cloaks when sns gehry solHs
 .And who Is Hypatia." asked Phil amu1on. sIs she friend of the patrt-
 The little porter opened his eyes very wide. "of the human race in gener- al. my young friend" he said at iast' .sTns philosopher must rise above the .ndfvidusl snd contemplate the uniSef- A. they walked on. PhiiamHon was asto6nded by the multitude of monks whom they encountered everywhere! Monks' Monksl The lad had never im- agined so many monks. Spare. sinewy. grim, hairy men were most of them. from fine nearby quarries of Nitria- At one point they came upon mob or them. literally a mob of thousands. trying to break into place where Christian was being flogged by order of the prefect on . charge of the Jews that he had tried to incite riot. 'Ntt- ria tS the rescue" they & shouSea' ana fect.s soldiers and the stout gates kept them at bay.
 And what does this Hypatia teach 2" asked Philammon when they were De- yond the tumult.A w
 "Oh, the philosophy of the immor. tai gods, whose worship she will pres Christians" said the little porter And they say she is going to marry the prefect orestes if he will but give up his Christianity. Oh. she Is the queen of Alexandria; but Cyril hates her and he hates the Jews and he hates Orestes; and his Nitrian savages would tear them to pieces if they could"
 The world suddenly did not seem so simple a proposition to Philammon as 1t had among the sands Of the Laura. He already had an experience coming down the Nile which had given him q hint that it was rathcr complicated. He had fallen in with splendid gall ley on which was party Of Goths gigantic of figure, fierce and rude Of disposition--Amairic the Amal, des- cended from Odin on both sides; old Wulf, the sage man; and Smid, the ar- morer with their followers. who had been south seeking Asgard, the city of the gods of Norseland. The sim- pie minded barbarians were disappoint- ed bitterly that they had not found 1t and they were going back to Alex andria to squander the spoils earned by mighty fighting in Italy on the fair Pelagia and her nymphs. who were with them now in the slow moving galley.
 The women were the nrst Fhuem- mon had ever seen. He was aston!sh- ed, overcome. almost made afraid. by the sight of the fair companions or the Goths. "Come hither. thou boy monk" PeIagia had cried. "and tell me what and who thou art From the Laura. And dost thou remember any thing before the Laura2 Certainly thou vert not born there"
 "I am a Creek" Philammon had re- piled, "and remember faintly-that is, I think remember-a great house in Athens-and a great battle there-and coming in Q ship to Egypt"
 "Heavens!" the girl had cried. How stranget' Girls. which of you was it said he looked like mel"
 Philammon could not get the meet ing out of his mind. He was thinking oS the fair women when at last he was guided to the house of the Patri- arch Cyril. The patriot assigned him to work with the parabolant. band of monks who vent through the slums of the city by day and by night, re- Iieytng the necessities of the poor.
 The indolent and effeminate prefect , Orestes; the proud and chaste lectur- er on philosophy. Hypatia, and the ~sern and audacious Cyril were the fhree uersons mosf>talked of in Alexan- V dria then, The first represented the mower of Rome-such as 1t was In its decay. the second what was left of the hest of heather learning; ana the last the young religion or the Nazarenes which he advanced with weapons carnal and spiritual.