The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-04-24

Rameside army assembled on the
ground mfgnt check an open insurrec-.
ton. Furthermore, thou hast seen the
salutary effect Of thy visit to Tape
| when she forgot her duty to her SOW
ereign. Thy presence in the delta
would undoubtedly expedite the sup
preston of the rebellion likewise"
.Oh. aye" Meneptah declared. i
| must 90 to Tanis. It seems that l
must hasten hither and thither over
Egypt pursuing sedition like a scent
| hunting jackal Hast thou any simpler
plan to offer, holy father"
The old priest shifted little before
| he answered.
"The mysteries Of the faith are in
possession of Noses he began at last.
.sThe writing saith he hath e1erted
great influence over the bond people
in truth he aath entered a peaceful
! land and stirred it up-and time is but
needed to bring the unrest to open var
fare. Ye know that we hold the faith
by scant tenure in the respect of the
people. Ye know the perversity OF
humanity. SO if it were to come over
the spirit Of this Hebrew to betray the
mysteries, to scout the faith and over
turn the gods, he would have rabble
Egypt following at his heels. The rab,
Bile without a leader is harmless. Cut
off the head Of Moses and the insur-
rection will subside utterly"
Moses, though Hebrew, an infdel
and malefactor,' replied Meneptah,
sis a prince Of the realm, my foster
brother, Neferari's favorite son. Nay,
, he shall not die by hand Of mine" The
prelate raised his head and met the
eyes Of the king. After he read what
lay therein the dissatisfaction that had
begun to show on his ancient face Iad-
| ed.
The Pharaoh settled back into his
seat, and his brow cleared as if the
problem had been settled, but suddenly
he sat up.
"What have I profted by this coun-
cil?" He stopped abruptly and turned
to the crown prince. 'Help US, my
Rameses,', he said in softer tone.
| eve had well nigh forgotten thee"
Rameses raised himself from the
back OF his cathedra, against which be
/ lounged, and moved step forward.
"a word, my father he said calm
ly. 1Thy perplexity hath not been un-
tangled for thee, nor even thread
pulled which shall start 1t raveling.
| The priesthood can kill Moses" he
! said to Loi, "and it Will do them no
hurt. And thou, my father, canst coun-
| tenance it and seem no worse than
any other monarch that loved his
throne. Thus ye will decapitate the
monster. But there be creatures in
the desert which, losing one head, grow
another. Moses Is not Of such exalted
or supernatural villainy that they can
not fill his place. Wilt thou execute
Israel one by one as it raises up q
leader against thee?
Thou hast not fathomed the He
brew's capabilities, my father. In him
| is a wealth, a power, magnihcence
that thy fathers and mine built up for
| thee, and the time is ripe for the gar
nering Of ting profit. What monarch
| of the sister nations hath two and a
half millions of hereditary slaves-not
tributary folk nor prisoners Of war,
but slaves that are his as his cattle
and his aocks are his? What mon
arch before thee had them? None any
where, at any time. Thou art rich
in bond people beyond any monarch
since the gods reigned.
BY use they lave fitted themselves
to the limits laid upon them by the
great Rameses The feeble have died,
and the frames of the sturdy have be-
come like brass. They have bred like
beetles in the Nile mud for numbers.
Ignorant Of their value, thou hast been
Indifferent to their existence. Forget
ting them was pampering them. They
have lived on the bounty Of Egypt for
400 years and, save for the wise in
fictions Of year or two by the older
, Pharaohs, they have fourished unmo-
lested. How they repay thee, thou
seest by this writing. Now, by the
gods, turn the face Of master upon
them. Remove the soft driver Atsu
and put one in his stead who is worthy
the Office Tickle them to alacrity and
obedience with the lash--yoke them
load them-fill thy canals, thy quarries,
thy mines with them He broke off
and moved forward step, squacely
facing the Pharaoh.
Thou hast thine artist-that demi-
, god Mentu, in whom there Is super
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