The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-14
that his rank was so far above hers

that his rank was so far above hers that their union could never be.
 About her neck, held by cord, Uar- da wore an amulet upon which was en- graven characters not of the Egyptian sort. This amulet had hung about the neck or Uardas mother when the sol-
 dier Kaschta bought her. "Ah," cried Rameri, you are, you must be, of royal
 blood. I know not what the writings mean, but I know that some day they will tell of your high birth. And, Uarda
 l will tell you no more lies. I am not a noble only but I am the son of the Pharaoh. Do not cover your face with
 your hands, Uarda. for if I had not
 seen your mothers jewel, and if I were
 only prince, by Horus himself, the
 son or Isis, I must have loved you. They
 design to send Pentaur not to Chennu
 but beyond 1t to the fatal mines of the
 mountains. They design to unthrone
 my father. Pentaur must be saved and so must my fathers throne. We shall
 meet again, but now farewell. These
 conspirators. hear, have called me tho moulting 'hawk-they shall soon feel the talonsi of the royal eagle" Ra-
 meri gave Uarda his hand. She pressed 1t passionately' to her lips. Uarda looked after her royal lover pale and speech less.
 As she gazed she saw another man ap- preaching. It was her father, the sol dier. He came to tell her that he was
 under orders to form one of an escort taking prisoners to the north. ''To rrt.- 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 if it could be frus- trated. q have but one life," answered the soldier. but I would willing give it to save his. I will devise a way" Meantime Rameri, upon returning to
 tho palace, had found his sister and Nefert in an unusual state of excite ment. The faithful chamberlain of the princess had learned that the regent
 had, by some means, kept back all the letters sent from Egypt to the army | including those of the royal family. | Rameri announced his intention of at 1 once proceeding to Syria to the camp of | pis father ans id his sister all he had | learned of the conspiracy against the | king and of the treachery intended
 against Pentu1r A messenger from Ameni came to inform Bent Anat that
 in order to purify herself she must make | pilgrimage to the shrine of the Elmer ald-Hathor,y whose temple was near the emerald mines of Mount Sinai The princess sent an answer that she had no objection to making the pilgrimage. Then she turned to Rameri--the boy seemed suddenly to have ripened into the man and she acquiescsd in all his arrange ments.
 They were that they should set out
 after sunset with few faithful attend
 ants on swift horses as far as Keft, a
 city on the left bank of the Nile to the
 north; thence ride across the desert to
 the Red Sea, where they could, get a
 Phoenician ship and sail to the port of
 Ala. Then. by forced marches, they
 could cross the peninsula of Sinai and
 reach the Egyptian camp to make the
 king acquainted with all that was going
 on in Egypt And Pentaur must be
 rescue--that was Bent Anat's part to
 devise.
 She at once sent a trusty messenger to the Governor of Chennu. commanding him in the name of the king to detain every ship that might attempt to pass there and to prevent any prisoners who might be on board from being smuggled beyond the place for which their legal commit ment called. All prisoners sent by order of Ameni were to be held at Chennu un- til the will of the High Priest could be further learned. Bent Ahat openly an- nounced her departure and ordered Ne fert, who longed to be again under the protection of her husband. to accompany her on her pilgrimage. Then came to her