The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1920-06-12

Arbaces sat. His releasers had
given him sparingIy Of food but the
chief sustcnance TINT nerved his feeble
limbs was revcnge
1.-The priest Calenusi Calenusr 7
cried the mob. 'Is II hef No. II ID .
dead manf
.Tt II the priest Csienus, said the
practor. braveiy. What hast thou to
sayr
"Arbaces Of Egypt Il the murderer
of Apaecides, the priest Of Isis;
these eyes saw him deal the blow.
II 10 from the dungeon into which
he plunged mo. II Ia from the
darkness and horror OF death
by famine. that the gods have raised
me TO proclaim his crlmei Release
the Athenian---he 70 lnnocenti'
"'It Is for this. then, that the lion
apared him. A miraclel miracle 7
cried pansn.
"A miracle | n miracle + shouted the
people remove the Athenian--
Arbaccs 20 the lion I
"Thc power " the nraeior wns as
reed beneath the wh.rlwlnd: still, at
his word the guards had drawn them
selves along the lower benches. on
which the upper classes sat separate
from the vulgar They made hut
feeble barrier the waves OF the hu-
man sea halted for moment. to en-
able Arbaccs 10 count the exact mo
ment of his doom In despair. aud IN
n terror which beat down even pride.
he glanced his eyes over the rolling
and rushing crowd. when. right above
them. through the wide chnsm which
had been left In the velaria. he behcld
a strange and awful apparition he
beheld, and his craft restored his cour-
agei ttI laf.f
"Fle stretched his hand on high:
over his lofty brow and royal features
there came an expression of unutter-
able solcmnity and command. ~
.'Beho,dr be shouted with q voice
Of thunder which stnled the roar Of
the crowd: behold how the gods pro
tect the guiltiessi The nres Of the
avengins 0rcus burst forth. against
the false witness Of my accusersr"
The fires Of the "avenging Orcus"
were those Of the great eruption of
vesuvius In 10 A. ID. Toward such
melodramatIc climax. furnished him
by Nature. the author had been spin
ming the lives of his characters In the
little city which nestled under the
shadow Of the volcano.
The converging threads of the story
are many. giving In the fnal weaving
n complete picture OF the life of Pom.
peli--iis shops. tiny palaces. baths.
forum, theater, circus. and NIL that
daily took place In the energetic life
of this toy copy of Rome NJ fhc begin.
ming Of the Christian ERA. The story
centers around Glautus the A,heninn,
brilliant. gay. witty. descendant OF
nohler race frivolling himself away
amid the coarser pleasures OF the Ro-
mans. until finally all TINT was fine
IN him was brought forth by his love
for lone ~ Naples. who. like himself.
was child of Greece. And alongside
this tale Of love runs the pathetic
story or Nydia. the blind slave girl.
who centers all her hopes of happr
ness In winning the affection ~ Glau.
Gus. To this end she gnins possession
~ q love potion which the opulent
Julia has had prepared In the belief
that II will bring IN her'the much-de
sired Glancus. In reality the potion
ls n poison which will drive the un.
fortunate drlnker mad, II ~ designed
by the sinister Egyptian Arbnccs TO
clear his path 10 lone from his rIvnl
Glnucus. IN his raying. Glnncus comes
upon Arbaces Just as the Initcr has
killed Ione's brother Apacciles, q
young priest ~ Isis. who, much 10 The
annoyance Of Arhaces. hns er,hrnced
the new Christian faith. Arhaccs
throws the gull. upon poor Glnncns
with apparent success. Bni the priest
Cnlenus was n hidden witness. with
the final result shown In the great cpl
sode ~ the hook. As the crowd In the
circus turned their eyes toward vesu.
vius. they beheld ~ fire that shifted
and wavered In its hues with every
moment. now fiery luminous, now ~
n dull and dying red. that again blazed
terriDcally forth with intoIerable
gtare Then there arose on high the
universal shrIeks ~ women: the men
stared at each other. hut were dumb.