The Washington times., 1919-06-01
CONCLUDED from Last SundayJ
CHAPTER XVII.
The Dream of Merapi.
~ PHARAOH" the Prince
resumed, "many moons
have gone by since last

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we looked upon each other, face to
lace, on that day when my father,
the good god Meneptah, disin-
herited me, and afterward fed
hence to Osiris. Pharaoh will re-
member why / was thus cut OF
from the royal root of Egypt. 1t
was because Of the matter of these
Israelites. who in my judgment had
been evilly dealt by, and should
be suffered to leave our land. The
good god Meneptah, being so adj
vised by you and others, o Pha-
raOh, would have sm1tten the IsaeI-
ties with the sword, making an end
Of them, and to this he demanded
my assent as the heir of Egypt. /
refused that assent and was cast
out, and since then you. o Pharaoh,
have worn the double crown, while
/ have dwelt as a citizen Of Mem
phis, living upon such lands and
revenues as are my own. Between
that hour and this, o Pharaoh,
many griefs have smitten Egypt,
and the last of them cost you your
first-born and me mine. Yet
through them all, o Pharaoh, you
have refused to let these Hebrews
go, as l counselled should be done
at the beginning. At length, after
the death of the first-born, your de-
cree was issued that they might go.
Yet now you follow them with a
great army and purpose to do to
them what my father, the good god
Meneptah, would have done, had l
consented, namely, to destroy them
with the sword. Hear me, Pha-
raoh!"
Il hear; also the case is well IL
briefly set. What else would the
Prince Seti say?"
This, D Pharaoh. That l pray
you to return with all your host
from the following Of these He
brews, not tomorrow or the next
day, but at once-this night"
why, o Prince?"
Because of a certain dream that
a lady of my household who is He
brew has dreamed, which dream
foretells destruction TO you and the
army of Egypt unless you hearken
to these words of mine"
81 think that we know Of this
snake whom you have taken to
dwell in your bosom, whence 1t may
spit poison upon Egypt. 1t is
named Merspi. Moon Of Israel, is
it not?"
THAT is the name Of the lady
who dreamed the dream" replied
Seti in a cold voice, though I felt
him tremble with anger at my
side, "the dream that if Pharaoh
wills my companions here shall set
out word for word to his magic.
ians."
Pharaoh does not will IT,"
shouted Amenmeses, shifting the
board with his fist, because Pha-
raoh knows that it is but another
trick to save these wizards and
thieves from the doom that they
have earned"
"Am l then a worker Of tricks,
o Pharaoh? If l had been such,
why have / journeyed hither to give
warning, when by sitting yonder
at Memphis tomorrow, l might
once more have become heir to the
double crown? For if you will not
hearken to me, l tell you that very
soon you shall be dead, and with
Won these"-and he pointed to all
those who sat at table-"and with
them the great army that lies with
out. Ere you speak, tell me, what
is that black cloud which stands
before the camp of the Hebrews?
Is there no answer? Then / will
give the answer. 1t is the pail that
shall wrap the bones of every one
Of you"
Now the company shivered with
fear, yes. even the priests AMI the
shivered. But Pharaoh
went mad with rage. Springing
from his seat. he snatched at the
double crown upon his head, and
hurled it to the ground, and ! noted
that the golden uraeus band about
It. rolled away, and rested upon
Sets sandalled foot. He tore his
robes and shouted:
AT least our fate shall be your
fate. Renegade, who have sold
Egypt to the Hebrew witch in pay
ment of her kisses. Seize this man
and his companions, and when we
20 down to battle against these IS
raelites tomorrow after the dark
80 1iFtc Iaf them he GOT with tho