The Washington times., 1919-05-25

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grown from a handful into q great
people, win certainly kin any
Israelites whom they find left
among them. Also we fear the
curses Of our priests who bid as
to depart"
Then / should fear these things
also" said Merapi.
"Not so, lady, seeing that being
the only beloved OF the Prince OF
Egypt, who, rumor tells as, viii
soon be Pharaoh OF Egypt, BY him
you win be protected from the an
ger Of the Egyptians. And being.
as all know well, the greatest sor-
ceress In the world, the over
thrower Of AmOn-Ra the mighty,
and one who by sacrificing her
child was able TO ward away every
plague from the household where
she dwelt, you have naught to fear
from priests and their magic"
Then Merapi sprang up, bidding
them to leave her to her fate and
to be gone to their own, which they
did hastily enough, fearing lest she
should cast some spell upon them.
So 1t came about that presently the
fair Moon OF Israel aud certain chin.
dren Of mixed blood were all Of the
Hebrew race that were left b
Egypt. Then, Notwithstanding the
miseries and misfortunes that
during the past few years by terror,
death and famine had reduced
them to perhaps one half Of their
number, the people Of Egypt re-
joiced with a great Joy.
In every temple of every god pro-
cessions were held and offerings
made by those who had anything
to offer, while the statues Of the
gods were dressed in fine new gar
ments and hung about with gar
lands Of flowers. As titular high
priest Of Anon, an Office Of which
he could not be deprived while he
lived. Prince Seti attended these
demonstrations. which indeed he
must do, in the great temple Of
Memphis, whittier I accompanied
him. When the ceremonies were
over he led the procession through
the masses Of the worshippers, clad
in his splendid sacerdotal robes
whereOn every throat Of the thot-
sands present there greeted him in
a shout Of thunder as Pharaoh"
or, at least, as Pharaoh's heir.
Il was on the following day that
Bakenkhonsu the aged returned
with more tidings from Tanis.
where he had been upon a visit. =
seemed that a great council had
been held there In the largest haD
Of one OF the largest temples. At
this council, which was open g. ali
the people, Amenmeses had 81 en-
report on the matter o. the Israel
ties who. he stated, were departing
in their thousands. Also offerings
were made to appease the angry
gods Of Egypt When the cere-
mOny was finished, but before the
company broke up in a heavy mood,
Her Highness the Princess Userti
rose in her place and addressed
Pharaoh:
by the spirits Of our fathers"
she cried, "and more especially by
that Of the good god Meneptah, my
begetter, ask Of you, Pharaoh
and ! ask Of you, D people, whether
the affront that has been put upon
US by these Hebrew slaves and
their magicians is one that the
proud land Of Egypt should be
called upon to bear? Our gods
have been smitten and defed; woes
great and terrible, such as history
tells not Of, have fallen upon rs
through magic; tens Of thousands,
from the frst-born child Of Pharaoh
down. have persisted In a single
night. And now these Hebrews,
who have murdered them by sor-
Gerry, for they are sorcerers all, men
and women together, especially one
Of them who sits at Memphis, Of
whom / will not speak because she
has wrought me private harm, by
the decree Of Pharaoh are to be
suffered to leave the land. More,
they are to take with them all their
cattle, all their threshed corn, all
the treasures they have boarded
for generations, and all the orna-
ments OF price and wealth that they
have wrqng by terror from our peO-
pie, borrowing that which they
never purpose to return. Therefore
l, the Royal Princess Of Egypt,
would ask Of Pharaoh, is this the
decree Of Pharaoh"
Now" laid Bakenkhonsu, "Phar-
aoh sat with hanging head upon his
throne and made no answer"
Pharaoh does not speak" went
on Userti. Then / ask, is this the
decree of the Council Of Pharaoh
and of the people of Egypt? There
is still a great army in Egypt, hun
dreds of chariots and thousands of
fOOtmen. Is this army to SIT still
while these slaves depart into the
desert, there to rouse our enemies
of Syria against us and return with
them to butcher us?"
at these words" continued Bak
enkhonsu. from all that multitud'
there went up a shout of Mo-"
The people say No What saith
Pharaoh" cried Userti.
There followed a silence. till sud
denly AmenmeseS rose and spoke:
Have it as YOU viii, Primers.
and on your head and the heals Of
al these whom YOU have stirred up
let the evil fall il evil comes