The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-05-16

IhouSu Tie princess nd0 Deen IOrDlG-
den TO approach the metropolis. With
Bent Anat was another seeming
youth. 1t was Nefert dressed as a
boy. Some of the soldiers Of the
regent had been killed in the fray,
and Ami demanded Of Ameni that Pen
taur be delivered up TO the civil au-
thorities for punishment. Not So"
replied Ameni. ent Is a priest,
and IL belongs to me alone to punish
nm. He shall be punished
Now, in the heart of the regent
struggled two paSsions-his ambition
and a love for Bent M He was old,
to be sure, and Bent Ana was young.
But il the princess would marry him
he would forget his ambitions and his
treason against her father. That she
loved the poet he well knew and as
she would not consider his suit he
resolved upon the destruction of Pen
taur and went on with his plots
against Rameses. Pentau was con-
demned to the QuarrleS at Chennu.
There was a temple there and Ami
kne that soon the culprit would be
relieved from his quarry labors by
order Of Ameni. who really loved the
young man, II become again a priest
in full service in the Chennu Temple.
Through the dwarf MENU the regent
earned that old Hekt held some secret
of Importance regarding Paaker and
Pentaur. He visited her In disguise
and upon promise to give her license
to practice her witchcraft unnarmed
she revealed to him the following
story: Many years ago-When she hao
been young-she a loved and been
loved by the Prince ASA. He had
deserted her-she had been a dancing
girl. In revenge she had stolen Assa's
grandson and substituted in his place
the son Of a gardener. Paaker was
the. SON of the gardener and Pentaur
the grandson of ASA. Now more
than ever was Ami resolved upon the
destruction of Pentaur-for If this
secret should ever come out the gulf
between Bent Anat and Pentaur would
not be SO great.
Rameri, visiting in disguise the
home Of Uarda, heard Of that under
current which had been stirred up
by the ambitions Of Ameni and AM
against his father. He resolved TO
go to Asia and war; the king OF
what was tr%anspiring during his ab-
sence. He old Bent Anat of what he
knew and of his resolve. Then ne
had a farewell interview with the
granddaughter of the p~araschites and
| thew confessed their mutual love. the
| girl did not know hat he was rim
| Rameri-she thought him some noble
and felt, even believing this, that his
rank was SO far above hers that tnell
union could never be-.
About. her neck, held by a cord
! Uarda wore an amulet upon which
was engraven characters not OF the
Egyptian sort. This amulet had
hung about the neck Of Uardaf
mother when the soldier kaschta
bought her. "Ah,' cried Rameri, "yo
are, you must be, Of royal blood ]
Know not what the writings mean
but I know that some day they vii
tell Of your high birth. And, Uarda,
{ will tell you no more lies. : I ain
not a noble only but I am the SOL
Of the Pharaoh. Do not cover your
face with your hands, Uarda, for II
had not seen your mothers jewel
and if I were only a prince, by
Horus himself, the son Of Isis, | must
nave loved you. They design to SEND
Pentaur not to Chenu but beyond il
to the fatal mines of the
They design to unthrone my fathe:
Pentaur must be saved and so must
nv fathers throne. We shall meet
again, but now farewell. These con
%spirators, I hear, have called me the
moulting hawk-they shall soon fee
| the talons Of the royal agile Ramer1
gave Uarda his hand. She pressed II
pas%sionately to her lips. Uarda look
| ed after her royal lover pale and
speeches..
AS she gazed she saw another mar
approaching It was her father, the
soldier. He came to tell her that he
was under orders to form one Of an
escort taking prisoners to the north
""To Chennu?" she asked. 'Th orders
were to the north only-to the mines
Uarda then told the soldier Of what
she had heard of the plot Of the regent
| against Pentaur and asked it 1t could
be frustrated 81 have but one life
answered the soldier. but | would
willingly give it to save his. | will
devise a way"
Meantime Rameri, upon returning to
the palace, had found his sister and
Nefert in an unusual state Of ex
element. The faithful chamberlain
Of the princess had learned that the
regent had, by some means, kept back
all the letters sen from Egypt TO
tho army including those of the rOya