The Washington times., 1919-04-13

Never" he answered, and although he
'oke low. in that great stiffness his voice
,unded loud to me.
For while longer we watched, till sud
snly the sun sank. and only the glory
bout 1t and above remained, which took
lapes Ike TO the palaces and temples Of
far CITY that no mortal could reach ex.
,pt in dreams.
81 know not why. Ana. said seti "but
II the first time since was a man feel
raid. It seems to me that there are
mems in that sky and I cannot read
EN-"
81, too, am afraid" whispered. Look!
he pillars move. That OF fire goes be-
re; that Of black cloud follows after,
ID between them seem to see a count
IS multitude marching in unending COM
mics. See how the light glitters on their
ears! Surely the god Of the Hebrews Is
oot"
We descended from the ridge, and re-
tering the ehoriot, drove on toward the
ck Of the pass. Now this neck was very
rrow. not more than four PAGES wide for
a certain distance, and on either side
Of the roadway were tumbled sand
stone boulders, between which grew
desert plants and gulIies that had
been cut by storm water, while be-
yond these rose the sides Of the
mountain. Here the horses went at
walk toward a turn in the path, at
which point the land began to fall
again.
When we were about a half q
spears throw from this turn Of a
sudden / heard sound, and gIanc-
ing to the right perceived a woman
leaping down the hillside toward US.
The charioteer saw also and halted
the horses, and the two runner
guards turned and drew their swords.
In less than half a minute the woman
had reached us. coming out of the
shadow so that the light fell upon
her face.
"Merapi." exclaimed the Prince
and speaking as though with one
breath.
Merapi it was indeed. but in evil
case. Her long hair had broken loose
and fen about her. the cloak she wore
was torn, and there were blood and
foam upon her lips She stood gasp
ing, since speak she could not for
breathlessness. supporting herself
with one hand upon the side Of the
chariot. and with the other pointing
to the bend of the road. At last a
word came, one only. It was:
"Murder!"
"She means that she is going to
be murdered" said the Prince to me.
mo, she painted. "you-you! The
Hebrews. Go backl"
Turn the horses!" cried to the
charioteer.
He began to obey. helped by the
two guards. but because Of the mar
rowness of the rnad and the steep
ness OF the banks this was not easy.
Indeed, they were but half round IN
such fashion that they blocked the
pathway from side to side, when a
wild yell Of "Jahveh" broke upon our
ears, and from round the bend, few
PAGES away, rushed horde Of fierce,
hook-nosed men. brandishing knives
and swords Scarcely was there time
for us to leap behind the shelter OF
the chariot and make ready, when
they were on US.
"Hearken," said to the charioteer
as they came, run as you never ran
before and bring up the guard be-
hind!"
He sprang away like an arrow.
Get back. lady" cried Seti. This
is no woman's work. and. see. here
comes Laban to seek you" and he
pointed with his sword to the leaders
Of the murdeTers.
She obeyed, staggering few PAGES
to a stone at the roadside, behind
which she crouched. Afterward she
told me that she had no strength to
go further, and. indeed. no will. since
if we were killed it were better that
she who had warned us should be
killed also.
-ow they had reached us. the whole
d Of them, thirty or forty men. The
t who came stabbed the frightened
ses. and down they went against the
k. struggling. On to the chariot leaped
Hebrews. seeking to come at us, and
met them as best we might, tearing
our cloaks and throwing them over our
arms to serve as shields.
h, what a fight was that. In the O~en.
had we not been prepared, we must
@ been slain at once, but, as il was.
place and the barrier of the chariot
g us some advantage. So narrow was
roadway. the walls Of which were here