The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-14

of Urada, who, at the command and en-
 treaty of the leach Nebsecht, placed it
 in Rui's body when the paraschites re-
 moved the human heart. This as a re-
 ward as he had promised, for the cure
 of Uarda. Nebsecht. in order to increase
 his knowledge, had desired human heart for dissection, and this was the only
 way he could get it; for among the Egyp-
 tians the heart was thought the seat of the soul, and to destroy 1t was to destroy
 the soul Ameni saw in the supposed
 translation of the heart of the sacred ram an opportunity to exalt his priestly office, and so ordered most gorgeous and sumptuous burial for Rui.
 As the procession passed the hut of the paraschtes the old man, crazed to think
 upon what he had done, rushed out and tried to seize the heart, which was borne in an alabaster vase. The man was a
 raving maniac A great tumult arose, and the populace attacked the old man
 and his family and set fire to his hut.
 Pentaur, seizing a pole, laid about him with such fury in trying to protect the crazy man and his family that he killed | four men and wounded several others. In | the midst of the tumult appeared a | stately woman, who commanded: For- bear I am Bent Anat, the daughter of ! Pharaoh" At the same time came to ! the aid of the poet-priest youth, who was none other than Rameri. Bent Anat and her brother had come in disguise to | see the funeral of Rui, though the | Princess had been forbidden to approach | the metropolis. With Bent Anat was an- other seeming youth. It was Nefort dressed as a boy. Some of the soldiers of the regent had been killed in the | fray, and Ami demanded of Ameni that | Pentaur be delivered up to the civil au- thorities for punishment. Not so," re- piled Ameni, "Pontaur is priest, and 1t
 belongs to me alone to punish him. He shall be punished
 l Now In the heart of the regent strug- gled two passions-his ambition and love for Bent Anat. He was old to be sure. and Bent Anat was young. But If the princess would marry him he would | forget his ambitions and his treason against her father That she loved the 1 poet nS Wtll kHcW anu do SiiO WOuiu iiO'
 consider his suit he resolved upon the
 destruction of Pentaur and went on with his plots against Rameses. Pentaur was
 condemned to the quarries at Chennu
 There was temple there and Ami knew
 that soon the culprit would be relieved | from his quarry labors by :, orders of
 Ameni. who really loved the yoRpg man. and become again a priest in Tull ser | vice in the Chennu Temple.
 Through the dwarf Nemu the re gent learned that old Kekt 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 unharmed she revealed to him the following story: Many years ago-when she had been young-she had loved and been loved l by the Prince Assa. He had deserted her--she had been dancing girl. In
 revenge she had stolen Assas grandson
 and substituted in his place the son of gardener. Paaker was the son of the gardener and Pentaur the grandson of Assa. Now more than ever was Ami resolved upon the destruction of Pen taur--for if this secret should ever
 come out the gulf between Bent Anat
 and Pentaur would not be so great.
 Rameri, visiting in disguiselthe homo
 of Urada. heard of that undercurrent
 which had been stirred up by tho am-
 bitions of Ameni and Ami against his father. He resolved to go to Asia
 and warn the king of what was trans- piring during his absence. He told Bent
 Anat of what he knew and of his re- Nsolve Then he had farewell interview with the granddaughter of the para
 schites and they confessed their mutual love. The girl did not know that he was Prince Rameri-she thought him
 some noble and felt, even believing this.