The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-05-14

Arbaces sat. His releaser, had
given him sparinsly Of food; but the
chief susfenance that nerved his feeble
limbs was revengel
The priest Calenus. Calenusr
cried the mob. Is 1t hel No, IL ID q
dead man.
1T is the priest Caleaus.' said the
praetcr. bravely. What hast thou to
sayr
"Arbaces of Egypt Is the murderer
Of Apaecides. the priest Of Isis;
these eyes saw him deal the blow.
1t ID from the dungeon into which
he plunged me. II II from the
darkness and horror Of q death
by famine. that the gods have raised
me to proclaim his crime! Release
the Athenian-he is innocentr
at is for this. then. that the lion
spared him. A miraclei q miracier
cried Pansa.
"A miracle! q miraclev shouted The
people: remove the Athenian-
Arbaces to the lionr
"The power Of the praetor was as q
reed beneath the whirlwind; 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 but a
feeble barrier; the waves of the hu-
man sea halted for a moment. to en-
able Arbaces to count the exact mo-
ment Of his doom! In despair, and in
a terror which beat down even pride,
he glanced his eyes over the rolling
and rushing crowd, when, right above
them, through the wide chasm which
had been left in the velaria, he beheld
a strange and awful apparition: he
beheld, and his Graft restored his cour-
age!
HE stretched his hand on high
over his lofty brow and royal features
there came an expression Of unutter-
able solemnity and command.
Behold! he shouted with voice
of thunder which stilled the roar OF
the crowd; behold how the gods pro.
tect the guiltless! The fires Of the
avenging Orcus burst forth against
the false witness of my accusers ="
The fires Of the "avenging Orcus'
were those of the great eruption OF
Vesuvius in 70 A. D. Toward such 9
melodramatic climax, furnished hin
by Nature, the author had been spin
ming the lives of his characters In tn.
} little city which nestled under tn,
shadow of the volcano.
, The converging threads Of the stor,
; are many, giving in the final weaving
a complete picture of the life Of Pom
peii-its shops, tiny palaces, baths
forum, theater, circus, and all tina
! daily took place in the energetic lif
!; Of this toy copy Of Rome at the begin
ming Of the Christian era. The stOr
e centers around Glaucus the Atheniar
: brilliant, gay, witty, descendant of
: nobler race frivolling himself ava
I amid the coarser pleasures of the RI
3 mans, until finally all that was fin
! in him was brought forth by his Low
. for lone Of Naples, who, like himsel
was child Of Greece. And alongsfj
this tale Of love runs the pathetl
, story Of Nydia, the blind slave cir
!. who centers all her hopes Of happ
: ness in winning the affection Of ella,
Gus. To this end she gains possessio
o of love potion which the opuler
n Julia has had prepared in the belit
4 that 1t will bring to her the much-d
+ sired Glaucus. In reality the polio
!. is poison which will drive the vi
q fortunate drinker mad. 1t is designe
!. by the sinister Egyptian Arbaces
; clear his path to lone from his riv'
o Glaucus. In his raving, Glaucus com,
Il upon Arbaces just as the latter h.
+ killed Ione's brother Apaecides,
= young priest of Isis, who, much to IL
d annoyance Of Arbaces, has embrace
8 the new Christian faith. Arbac,
# throws the guilt upon poor Glauc,
3. with apparent success. But the prize
J. Calenus was hidden witness, wi
n. the final result shown in the great eI
IN sode of the book. As the crowd in Il
IS circus turned their eyes toward Yes
n vius, they beheld "a fire that shift
and wavered in it's hues with eve
" moment, now fiery luminous, now
W a dull and dying red. that again blaz'
d terrifically forth with intolerab
= glare. Then there arose on high t
" universal shrieks of women; the M
:. stared at each other, but were dun
,e At that moment they felt, the ear
shake beneath their feet; the wa
a Of the theater trembled, and beyond
:. the distance they heard the era
- Of falling roofs; an instant more a
the mOuntain-cloud seemed 10 roll
IT, wards them, dark and rapid, Ii
~ a torrent; at the same time it CO
ne forth from TIA bosom n shower