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VOLUME XVII.-NO. 778. ATLANTA, GA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOYMEBER 15, 1890. PRICE: *2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
THE WONDERFUL SOUTH.
Narrative of Her Unprecedented
Material Progress.
The Story that Continues to
Astound and Startle the
Modern Universe.
[In this department of the Sunny j
South we each week place before cur j
patrons current information relating to !
the almost inconceivable progress which j
is being made all over the South. It is ;
beyond the ken of the present day to ■
measure up in advance the magnitude of i
tbe growth and wealth of this section j
when they have developed to their full (
ness, tut the story is always now and ;
fresh, even astonishing, and the world is ‘
perusing It with dilated eyes. It gives [
us pleasure to say that in making up our j
facts we largely extract from the pages |
of the Baltimore Manufacturers' Record, (
conscious of its unabated loyalty to the ;
best Interests of the South, no less j
than of Its reliability in all matters per !
talcing to her advancemmt. In other l
respects, too, that handsome and buc- j
eeea'al publication is a credit to itself ■
aud to the whole country.—Ed '
THE WOED’S DESIRE.
A STORY OF OLD GREEK AND EGYPTIAN LIFE
BY
H. RIDER .HAGGARD AND ANDREW LANG.
The shipment of a cargo of Pocahontas !
coal to England, which we mentioned ■
several weeks since, did not mean iLat .
Southern coals were hereafter to compete j
with those of Great Britain In that mar- i
ket. While that shipment will undoubt :
edly be fo'lowed by many others ail such J
cargoes will be for a specific and n^-t for '
general consu■. p- ion, and win h<
apprtciabio efitet on the douthern coal
trade. Within a fortnight there has been
a not.' er event tbat will have conse
quences whose greatness cannot be
measured. The Philadelphia Natural
Gas C mpany, which controls all the
sources of supply upon which the manu
facturers of Pittsburg depend for fuel,
has given notice of its intention to cut
off the gas irom them ard to sell it outy
for Illuminating and household purposes.
The excuse offered for this sudden pro
ceeding Is that domestic consumption
and the co: sequent profits from that
source have become so large that it is
considered inadvisable to continue to
furnish the gas to manufacturi rs, whose
crude methods of U6ing it result in au
enormous waste to the Philadelphia Com-
‘A L4ZY SUMMER DAY’
ON SILVER CREEK, ABOVE ROUNSAVILLE’S MILL, FLOYD CO., G
: L
FEMININE WONDEES.
j C., exhaust nczzle; T.W Garbutt, Spann I
/ Gi, logging truck; C. Gilson, Auirusta.
] Ga , truss pad; John M. Hagert', Fartn-
EI.K AND COYOTE FIGHT.
paoy.
Whether this action means that
the natural gas Is giving cut and that
therefore the company finds it expedient
to economize the supply and to furnish
only to those who will make it a contin
ual source of profit, we cannot say. One
thing is certain. This withdrawal will
create an Immense demand for coai at
Pittsburg, where tbe daily consumption,
MO.OCO.OOO cubic feet of gas, was equiva
lent to'25.060 tons a day of coa'. West
Virginia miners will be the first to ben
efit by this change, and there will be re
newed activity in the coal fields of that
State because of it.
Man has to Hustle to Keep Up '‘"ff'on, w. Va, car coupling; J. Hoff
e I , 1..ill,. VIrt M.II! ..I . ,v. O’ 11
Lexington, Va., occupies a central
place in the fast developing county of
Rockbridge, of which it is the capital.
There the Chesapeake & Ohio and the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroads form a con
nection, giving that place ready access to
all points. L- xington is a oeautiful com
paet town tbat haa long been prevented
from t-xpandit g because surrounded oy
old estates that were bonded.by the vil
lage streets. An opportunity occurring
to purchase some of these outlying prop
erties was quokiy improved by a number
of enterprising citizens, who, a fortnfgnt
or more since, organized the Lexington
Development Co. and offered the stock to
the public last week. In a few Cays
mere than £{400,000 was subscribed, tbe
major part by L.xington people. The
North river passes through a part of the
property secured. On this stream are
three dams, and all along its banks are
level benches, some feet above possible
overflow, suitable for manufacturing
sites. The river has a strong, swift cur
rent, with ample volume in the driest
seasons. The company proposes to en
courage the introduction of mauufuctur
lug industries that will utilize this un
failing water power, and to lay out on
the elevated table lands sites for resi
dences. Two commodious hotels are
pr< jfeted, and many other ent rprises
are under aivlsement.
Eilijay, a town in North Georgia on tbe
line of the Marrietta A North Georgia
Railroad, is beginning to wake up to the
natural advantages of the rich country
surrounding It. Aside from the fertile
lands of all that region there are some
2,0G0 square miles of virgin forests tbat
can be drawn upon for timber for every
class of Industrie s of which that is the
main material. The Evans Land A Lum
ber Co., alive to this fact, has esti.b ish-
6d a plant whose building and yards cov
er fifteen acres. Ti.ey will employ 200
men in their various operations. A mill
to turn out 25,000 spokes dai'y is under
construction. A handle, barrel and cof
flu factory will soon be started. Ground
has been laid off'on which to buiid tne
larg* st ebair factory in the South. Twelve
thousand acres of as fine timber land as
can be found in North Georgia has been
purchased. A great wagon-building com
pany is projected; also an extensive tan
nery. Reiiab’e parties will contract to
deliver to it 10,100 cords of bark annual
ly for ten years. The Ell jay Land & Im
provement Co, will donate the site. A
canning factory is pr jected to use the
fruits and vegetables that now go to
waste for lack of a market. Other .enter
prises are under consideration. Evi
dently Eilijay has joined the column of
Southern pri gress.
with the Procession.
The young Kansas farmer goes
ont into the fields at daylight, and
by nightflal has cribbed 150 bushels
of corn. The young man’s sister cap
play the piano, do the housework,
and in bue’sst times gees ont with tbe
men amd does so much work as to as
tound her beat friends. A pretty Dick
inson county girl, aged 15, drove a self-
binder over 1,200 acres and took care of
the four horses hitched to the machine.
During the spring she helped to plant
120 acres of corn, did the housework for a
family of seven, went to ten darces, tried
twice to elope, taught the most interest
ing class in the Sunday school, and now
talks of goirg to Africa as a missionary,
and says if the Lord speaks up loud
enough she will go among tbe lepers.
A Brown county girl looked after her
father’s grape patch of ten acres, picked
the apples on 1 000 trees and when her
male parent pocketed $5 000 from the
sale of the fruit did notask for any of the
money—because she krew she wouHu’t
get a penny. She believes in the Alli-
O wing's Mil'", Md., thiil-coupi.'Lg; E. G,
Tvey, Buena Vista, Ga., flood gate; J. T.
Jefferson, Annapolis, Md , reversible
scissors.
The Most Common Misquotation.
“What is tbe mo?t common misquota
tion In the English language?” asked the
inquisitive raetnbar of the Cogbara C ub
this morning as the purist entered. The
answer came promptly:
“When Greek meets Greek, then comes
the tug of war.”
“Well, what Is the matter with that?”
asked the inquisitive member.
“That is the most common misquota
tion in the English language.” respond
ed the purist.
“I heard the late Roacoe Conkling say
once tbat he won a basket of wine from
Clement L Vallandigham on that quota
tion. He wagered that Mr. Valiandig-
ham could not tell what the correct words
were, nor who wrote them, nor when
they were Witten. And won on every
point. Now put yourselves In Mr Val-
landigham’a place. What would you
have dottb?”
“I should have declined to make the
bet,’’ said the inquisitive member.
“And I,” came from all parts of the
Hard Battling Betwe<.
San Francisco
u Foes in
■rk.
Pete the big elk out in the park, distin
guished himself the other night. Not
withstanding Pete’s long residence
among civilization, he Is always savage
at this period of the year.
coyote doubtl35S made a snap for its
‘ throat, but only caught the skin. Thesi
: animals kill sheep ny cutting the arter
ies in the neck and drinking the blood
until the sbeop is dead and the coyote
thought that in the absence of mnttoc
venison would not bs bad—San Francis
co Examiner.
Delsarte Index to Character.
Thoughtful people hibitualiy lower the
“1 and eyes.
For a week or more K^.been as full| , haalasts the head e!evatod .
of fight as a candidate' :!, of promises. ~ -
Nor is Pete particular as to the character
ance principles, can play tenns, is row a , room
boat, or ride the wildst horse in the : “But I should not,” said the purist,
county. j ‘“When Greeks joined Greeks, then was
Another young woman living in Irvtng the tug of war’is the correct quotation,
township worked In the harvest field as , It was written oy Nat- ani«i Lae, an Bag-
well as a man, herdtd cattle and sheep lishman, about the year 1700.”
for several summers, and this winter will i "Did you ever see It quoted correctly?”
teach school She has three young sis aBked the inquisitive member,
ters. who are following in her footsteps, i “Never In tne newspapers,” said the
Tbe bright daughter of a “rquaw” man ! purist —Utica Observer.
on tbe reservation wants a white bus-I ,
band—and she is worthy of one Her
sister married an Indian, and her father! TrouwttdOUX ox theOznrks.
gave them a farm and a c urse. He thinks !
the unmarried one is too good tor an In j The sun had just broken over the tops
dian. She has taught eebool, driven race j of theOzarks one warm morning in Jniy.
horses and won, has never been beaten in i qq.g m - a ; that always settles thickly over
a trade, equals any man in the county .. ... . , ... .. . , ,,
in fleetness of foot, can shoot with the j those haif mountains with the nigntfall
The Sequacbee Coa: & Iron Co. ia rap
idly developing its new town of Sequa*
chee, Tenn. It Is already recognized as a
postoffice by the U. S. authorities, and
several important industries to employ a
large number of operatives have been lo
cated and others are under negotiation.
Those secured are the Sequachee Agri
cultural Works, capital stock {100,000,
work on buildings to commence at once;
the Sequachee Manufacturing Co., with
the same capital stock, organized to
manufacture sewing machines and a
large line of knitting machinery, haa
machinery on the ground, and the fac
tory will soon be completed; a furniture
factory, also capitalized at {100,000, to
begin operations some.time in December
end employ from 100 to 125 men, and a
P“ n tng mill now in course of erection.
The development company is managed
pastern parties, and has a capital of
The Central Laud Co., of Buchanan,
Va., bad an unusually successful sale last
week. In two days somewhat less than
160 acres of property, divided into blocks
of lots, were dispose d of at auction at
prices tbat aggregated {10 000. The com
pany holds 2,850 acres (or later develop
ment. After the sale the directors met
and voted to use a large proportion of
tbe money derived from the sale in tbe
establishment of varied industries.
best of them, and would work bet hands j was going to pieces and disappearing as
off for her parents’sake. ! tne sun rose higher, leaving the gri-en
A Lincoln county g.rl got her father j and dense verdure heavy and wet with
to give her a f arrn and lives on it, look - the dew. In a cosey nook on a log over-
lng after eighty acres without help, and hanging tbe wild little stream that dash
last year cleared {1,000, besides buying ed down from a gushing spring above, a
clothes, machinery, and stock. This year native was seated earnestly playing a
she has a girl friend fora companion and jewsharp. He twanged the vibrant met
a hired man. | al with his thumb, keeping time by
A woman 60 years o.d has farmed near j splashing one of his bare ft-el in the clear
water beiow. After ten minutes, during
Noiawaka with continuous success. Her I
place is small, yet sbe makes money and
gives liberally to the needy. She never
leaves her farm except to attend the
meetings or a woman’s suffrage society.
A Hiawatha woman who has a hus
band helpless from*rkeumatism has kept
him and a large family of children by
directing work on an eigbty-aere farm
She is a zealous worker in church and
Sanday school, and says she owes no
one a cent. Her farm and build ngs are
in better shape than those of her more
fortunate neighbors.
There are hundreds of bright women
and girls who have taken up claims in
the western part of the State and lived
on them unt il they got a deed for the
land. T'cre are hundreds of women in
the State who manage to keep man de
pending on them from going hungry;
there are hundreds of women who can do
anything a man can do. has over done, or
ever tried to do, and there are hundreds
of women in Kansas who want equal
rights with men. The signs aiethat
what they ssk will be conceded them.
They have taken charge of the public
schools, and no State in the Union has
better. They are members of school
boards, connty and city superintendents,
and teachers. They lead in the educa
tional and prohibition movements.
They are making no noisy or threaten
ing clamor for equal rights. They are
simply showing by what they do that
they are the equals of man, and tbat the
ballot in their bands would not only be
safe, but wisely used for the develop
ment of a State that is oomlng to the
front with greater strides than any other
in the Union.—N. Y. Sun.
Patents Granted
To inventors in the Southern States dur
ing the past week. Reported for this
paper by C. A. Snow A Co., Patent At
torneys and Agents for procuring Pat
ents, Opp. U. S. Patent Office, Washing
ton, D. C:
J. P. Anvil, GaudeeviUe, W. Va., swing;
H. Casper, New Orleans, La., coin operat
ed lock for turnstiles; F. M. Chesney,
Ststersville, W. Va., car coupling; R. B.
Pace, Ironton, Ala., cotton-cupper; James
Powell. Chestnut, Va, car coupling; O. H.
Shaw, Tom’s Brook, Va., harness oi.; B
B. Farris, Rocky Ford, Ga.. boiler flue
. header; R. T. Fitzgerald, Ruffin, N. C,
! tobacco stick; J. Fulmer, Asheville, N.
which time the sun had got high enough
to shine straight iu his eyes, he took the
harp from his mouth, and wiping it.on
the- leg of his trousers, exclaimed;
“Thar! Ef that don’ settle’e>-, wfcut
will? ’
Before he had spoken another word a
stranger stepped from behind a big tree
and hdJressed him:
“That was the best tune I ever heard
played on one of those Instruments.”
The mountaineer looked at the stran
ger a moment, and then, drawing himself
up in a knot on the log said:
D’ve mean It, mister? ’
“Mean it? Of course. Why do you
ask?”
“It's like this, mister. Yes see I hev
been jest on the aige o’ jinntn’ th’ Simp
sod gal, over’n te’ holler, fer more’n er
yar, an’when th’ poppln’time rem she
up an’ says tbet I kain’t hev’er’ less I air;
play ther jews’a’p. I bin practisin’ hyar
on this log for nigh a month now, I
reckon, ev’ery day in th’ mornin’ ’fore
sunup, an’ I waz thinkin’ ez I sot hyar,
ez ef I didn’t git th’ hang ’o it purity
soon it’d be goodby, Sal. But yer made
me feel better, strapger, an ef yer rcun’
these parts nex’ week jest drop over on
ther slope ’cros-t th’ way an’ye kin be my
best man.”
As the stranger moved on down the
path the mountaineer struck up his tune
again and played with a vim that was
evidence that the stranger had been tell
ing him the truth.
Along with the fiddle the jewsharp still
ranks high as a musical instrument
in the mountain regions of Arkansas
and Missouri. A native who can’t play
the jewsharp is looked upon as having
very poor prospects.—Anaconda Stan
dard.
Angusta, Ga., and Chattanooga, Tenn.,
are probably to be joined together by a
long-hoped-for direct line, to De called
theAugnsta & Chattanooga Railroad.
This proper ed road will ran from Augus
ta tc Gaiuesvilie, and thence across North
Georgia to Chattanooga. It is said that
this enterprise has for backers a wealthy
syndicate which is buildiDg a line from
Chicago to Chattanooga. Should this
belief be well founded, then a new line
of communication between the metropo
lis of the Northwest and the Sonth Atlan
tic ports is something to be expected in
the early future, that will inure to the
advantage of the entire region throngn
which It is to pass.
or quality of his combat. As long as it is
a fight he is satisfied. He has tried to
stir up a muss with some of the deer that
share the enclosure with him and his
family, but though they have some lively
battles among tbemselves they evidently
consider tbat Pete is the JohnL.Snllivaa
of the cro yd and pay no attention to his
challenges. Nor can he force them to a
fight. Whenever he charges on them the
bucks dodge him in the brush, and, ow
ing to their lesser bulk, easily avoid him.
Pete’s long-legged offspring, born some
months ago, has rather a hard time of it
these dajs, but he hides himself among
tbe bnshes and so evades his parent's ir
ritation
Unto night before last the best fight
that Pete could getup was with one of tbe
fence post'. He butted and pawed away
at this until it. looked as if he'd smash
ed the fence. Fortunately tbe nig black-
tail buck showed up aud took Pete’s at
tentfon from the post, and by the time
he had chased the buck three or four
times around the paddock Pete had for
go ten about the post.
But night before last Pete got a chance
and showid what was in him. Though
be is out of temptr with his family, aud
indeed all :he other tenants of the deer
paddock, he nevertheless considers him-
sel ; their guardian and Will always sav
agely resent an attack on even his long-
legged son.
Pete was standing in the moonlight at
the eastern end of the paddock when a
little doe away off at the other end of the
enclosure gave a loud bleat of alarm
One oi the park policemen saw her spring
out of the brush, and to his astonishment
observed that a coyote was clinging to
berth-oat He started to her as f. st as
he could, but Pete was ahead of him.
The elk gave one loud answering call, a
round between the roar of a bull ana tbe
baa of a goat, with more of the roar
than the baa (n it, and then tore off to
the rescue oT the doe. According to tne
one spectator, Pate laid his horns over
against his back, and hardly seemed to
touch the ground after the first jump.
The coyote held on to the doe’s throat
until Pete was within a dozen yards of
him. Then he let go, and started for the
fence. He reached the palings, but could
not get through, and the now thoroughly
enrag-d ek overtook rim. Lifting his
front legs with amazing swiftness, Pete
brought his sharp hoofs do wnp-quarely on
the lntrud-r’s back. It must have broken
the coyote’s spine, for he made no far
ther attempt to escape, but lay there
struggling, yelping, and snapping. He
got one hold on Pete’s fore leg, but the elk
got fcis big horns to reinforce his hoof,
and alter some very lively thrashing
around he broke the coyote’s hold. Then
Pete went in to finish his adversary.
Hoofs and horns worked so quickly that
the policeman’s eyes could not follow
them.
Ouee Pete raised the prowler clean off
the ground with his antlers and tossed
him ten feet In the air. But the crippled
coyote was no coward, for a wonder. He
lighted fighting, and somehow got a grip
on Pete's haunch.
Then there was lively work. The
coyote was safe from Pete’s antlers, but
the big elk had his kickin apparatus very
handy, and It was no time at all before.he
had knocked the coyote off him and sent
him rolling down the slope to the middle
of the paddock. Then the fight was fin
ished.
Pete gave two bounds down the slope
and landed all four feet together on the
hapless coyote.
That probably killed the marauder, but
Pete by no means let up. He pawed and
kicked and gored the body until it was
cut to pieces. It was half an hoar before
the big elk quit mauling the cares as.
When he aid he simply sounded anoth
er challenge, of whioh there, were, of
coarse no takers, and then stalked haugh
tily around the paddock making bluffs
at the backs.
How the coyote got Into the paddock
Is a mystery. No break was to be found
in the fence, and it was evident that he
could not get out when the big elk charg
ed him.
There has occasionally been seen about
the park an old weather-beaten coyote,
that ordinarily kept well away from the
more traveled localities, though he has
been at night drinking from the water
trough. This is supposed to be tbe victim
of Pete’s hoofs and horns. Tbe doe tbat
was attacked, ia a small, weakly crea
turn, the feeblest in tbe paddock. The
Yl^'Avy. sensuous lips, square, massive
jaws and a thick neck indicate a vicious
nature.
Thin, compressed lips, bony jaws and
pointed chin show hardness and cruelty.
A nose cast In a heroic mold is rarely
found disassociated with some admirable
qualities of mind and heart.
A pinched, peaked or flat nose Dearly
always accompanies a mean, peevish or
crafty nature.
A brow corrugated with seams and
wrinkles is the external evidence of a
life of thonght and much care.
A brow innocent of line betokens a
vacuous mind.
Dilated nostrils betoken sensibility
and excitablity.
Contracted nostrils show contempt
and cruelty.
A full, high forehead denotes intellect
ual superiority.
A low, receding brow marks mental
density.
An elbow turned outward denotes con
ceit and self assertion.
Inward, It Indicates weakness, humil
ity and subordination of self.
In repose, it indicates ease, modesty
and self-prossession.
CHAPTER XXII.
Pharaoh Blept heavily in his chamber,
for he was wearied with grief and toil.
ButMerlamun passed into the chamber,
and, standing at the foot of the golden
bed, lifted up her hands, and by her ait,
called visions down on Pharaoh, false
dreams through the Ivory Gate. So
Pharaoh creamed, and thus his vision
want,:
He dreamed that he slept in his bed
and that the statue of Ptah, the Creator
descended from the pedestal by the
temple gate and cause to him, tow erlng
over him like a giant. Then ho dreamea
that he awoke, aud, prostrating himself
before the God, asked the meaning o’
his coining. Thereon the God spoke to
him:
“Meneptah, my son, whom I love,
hearken unto me The Nine bow bar
barlans overrun the ancient laud of
Khem—nine nations march up against
Khem and lay it waste. Htarken unto
me, my son, and I will give thee victory.
Ayake, awake from sloth, and I will give
the9 victory. Thou shait hew do wn the
Nine bow barbarians as a contryman
hews a dying palm. They shall (aii, at ci
thou shait spoil them But hearken unto
me, my son, thou shait not thyself go up
against them. Low in thy dungeon theic
jies a mighiy chief, skilled in the warlare
of the barbarians, a wanderer who hatu
wandered far. Tuou sha.t release him
from biH bonds and set him over thy
arxnle", and of the sin that he hath sian ed
thoushalt take no heed. Awat.-awake,
Meaeptah—with this bow which X give
thee shait thou smite the Nine bow oar-
barians.”
Then Meriamun laid tbe bow of the
Wanderer, even the black bowof Euryius,
on the bed biside Pnaraoh, and passed
thence to her own Chamber, aud the de
ceitful dieam, too, pass d away.
Early in tbe morning a wauingwoman
came to the Quean, saying that Puaraou
would speak with her. She went into
the ante chamber aud found him there,
and in his hand was the black bow Of
Eurjtus.
“Dost thou know this weapon?” he
asked.
“Yea, I know it,” she answered, “and
thou shouldst know it also, for surely it
Bat el us from the fury of the people ou
the night of the first born It is tue bow
of the Wanderer, who lies in the place of
torment and waits his doom because of
the wrong he would have wrought upon
Hoping a Tigei\
A tiger of considerable size had control
of the east end of the E. T., V. and G.
switching yards last night. It ran af
fairs in that locality from about 11:30 last
night until 7 o’clock this morning. The
Forepiugh circus wagons were being
loaded on the cars east of Crozler street.
A switch engine was shoving some cars
about, when one of them became derail
ed,colliding violently with two cage wag-
oos, and the cage containing three ti
gers was badly damag-.d. The wood
work was crashed In, leaving a hole of
sufficient si zs for the tigers to get out.
One of the animals leaped from tbe
cage on to the flat cur, and from there to
the ground. The two! remaining ones
were about to follow suit when the train
er and several other employees of tie cir
cus rushed up to the cage ana preven csd
the exit. But one of the tigers was at
large, and as soon as the fact became
generally known a stampede of the peo
ple in that vicinity occurred. Even the
circus men struck out for tall timber,
aud rushed to inform the managers.
Preparations for the capture of the ti
ger were made. One of the Texas cow
boys, and the one must perfect in hand
ling a lasso, was detailed to make the at
tempt. The man handling the tiger was
also instructed to assist in the daugeronr
duty, and the pair went to work. They
located the tiger about a stone's throw
from the cage in which he had been con
fined. The hugs brute was crouched un
dera box car, between the rails. His
eyes shone brightly, and looked to his
captors as large as two fall moons. A
large dry goods box was procured, a hole,
bored in tne bottom, and the box placed
on its side convenient to the animal. One
end of the lasso was shoved through the
hole, and about 4 o’clock this morning
the Texan threw the rope. His judge
ment was perfect, and the lariot dropped
over the neck and left foreleg of the brute
to a nicety. The the work of landing
the animal in the box began. He was
pulled up to it slowly, and although he
resisted considerably was at safely lodged
in the box, but not until he had torn off
one glove worn by the cowboy and lacer
ated his hand badly.
The box was nailed up. and the tiger,
with the men as guards, left for Morris
town on the North Carolina train this
morning.—Knoxville Sentinel.
The grading of the Egyt Railroad, a
nine miles feeder of the Seaboard Air
Line eyetem in North Carolina, has been
completed, and the rails are to be laid at
once. Thie roadie to extend from the
Egypt coal mine to a point on the trank
line some three miles from the town of
Sanford, at which place the Cape Fear
A Yadkin Valley Road crosses the Sea
board Air-Line. Mr. Samuel A. Henezsy,
president of the Egypt Coal Mine Co., is
the promoter of this railroad, which will
carry the output of that mine to the two
trank lines for distribution to customers
at all points. It will also transport the
output of a brown stone quarry which
the coal company haa opened.
“If he hath wronged tbte, yet V is he
who shall save Khem from the baroar
ians,” said the Pharaoh. “Listen now to
the dream that I have dreamed,” and he
told all the vision.
“It is indeed evil that he who wonid
have wrought such wickedness upon me
should go forth honored, the first of the
host of Pnaraoh,” quoth Meriamun. “Yet
as the God hath spoken, so let it be. Send
now and bid them loose him from the
place of torment and put his armor on
him and bring him to tnee.”
So Pharaoh went out, and the Wander
er was loosed from his oed of stone and
ciothed again in his golden harness and
came forth glorious to see, and stood be
fore Pharoah. But no arms were given
him. Then Pharaoh told him all his
dream, and why he had caused him to be
released from the grip of the tormentors.
The Wanderer hearkened, saying no
word.
“Now choose, thou Wanderer,” said
Pharaoh; “choose if thou wilt be borne
back to the bed of torment, there to die
beneath the hands of the tormentors, or
if thou wilt go forth as the captain of my
host to do battle with the Nme-bow bar
barians who waste the land of Khem. It
seems there is little faith in thine oaths,
therefore I ask no more oaths from thee.
But this I swear, that if thou art false to
my trust 1 will yet bring thee back to
that chamber whence thou wast led but
now.”
Then the Wanderer spoke:
“Of that charge, Pharaoh, which is laid
against me, I wtl! say nothing, though
perchance i" I stood upon my trial for the
sin that is laid againg' me I might find
words to say. Tnou aaketh no oath from
me. and no oath 1 swear, yet I tell thee
that if thou givest me ten thousand sol
diers and a hundred chariots I will smite
th tea foes of thine so that they shall
come no more to Khem, ay, though they
ba of mine own people, yet will I smite
them, and if I fail, then may those who
go with me slay me aud send me down to
heli.”
Thus he spoke, and as he spoke search
ed the hall with his eyes For be desired
to see Rei, the Priest, and cha-ga him
with a message to He en. But besought
in vain, for Rei had fled, and hid from
the anger of Meriamun.
Then Pharaoh bade his officers take the
Wanderer and set him in a chariot and
bear him to the city of On, where Pha-
roah's host was gathering. Their charge
was to watch him night and day with up
lifted swords, and if he so much as turned
his facd from the fos toward Memphis
then they should slay him But when
the host of Pharaoh marched from On to
do battle on the foe, then they shou d
give the Wanderer his own sword and the
great black bow, and obey him in every
thing. But if he turned his back upon
the foe, then they should slay him, or if
the host of Pharoah were driven back by
tbe foe. then they should slay him.
The Wauderer heard and smiled as a
wolf smiles, but spoke no word, Thereon
the great officers of Pharaoh took him
and led him forth. They set him in a
chariot and with the ctariot went a thou
sand horsemen, and soon Meriamnn,
Watching from the walls of Memphis,
saw the long line of desert dust that
marked the passing of the Wanderer
from Memphis, which he should see no
more.
The Wanderer also looked back upon
Memphis with a heavy heart. There, far
away, he could see the shrine of Hathor
gleaming like crystal above the tawny
flood of Sihor. And he must go down to
death, leaving no word for her who sat
in the shrine and deemed him faithless
and forsworn. Evil was the lot that the
gods had laid upon him, and bitter was
his guerdon.
Sad enough were his thoughts while
the chariot rolled toward the city of On,
where the host of Pharaoh was gather
ing, and the thunder of the feet of hones
echoed in his ean, when, as he thought,
It chanoed that he looked np. There on
a knoll of sand before him, a bow-shot
from the chariot, stood a camel, and on
the camel a man sat as though he waited
tbe oomlng of the host. Idly the Wan
derer wondered who this might bo, and,
as hs wondered, the men urged the
camel towsrd the chariot, and, halting
before it, cried:
“Hold!” in a loud voioe.
“Who art thon?” cried the captain of
the chariot. “Who darest cry ‘Hold!’ to
the host of Pharaoh?”
“I am one who has tidings of the bar-
bariana’’ the man made answer.
The Wanderer looked on him. He was
wondrous little, withered, and old; more •
over, hie skin was black ai though with,
the heat of the euu, and his clothing w&e
as a beggar’s rags, though the trappings
o the camel were of purple ieathe: and
bossed with silver. Again tne Wanderer
looked; he kne v him not, and yet there
vsas that in his face which seemed famil
iar.
Now the c ptaln of the chariot haco
the driver halt the horBes. and cried:
“Draw near and teii thy tidings.”
“To none will I tell my tidings save to
him who shall lead the host of Pharaoh.
Let him Mas from the chariot aud speak
with me.”
“That may not be,” said the '’aptain .
for he w; s charged that the Wa^derev
should have p eon with none.
“As thou wi t,” atis xered the aged mart
upon the catneh ‘ Go, then Go on to
iioom—thou art not the first who hatn
turned aside a messenger from the
gods.”
“I am minded to bid the soldiers shcoh
thee with arross,” cried the Captain in
anger.
* So shall mj wisdom sink in the sane!
with my biood.acd oe lost with my breath,
Snoot on. thou fool.”
Now the Captain was perplexed, far
from the asps it of the man he deemed,
that he was sent by the Goes. He looked
•it the Wand iier, who took but little,
heed, or so it seemed. But In his crafty
heart he knew that t:,is was the best way
to win speech with the man on the camel,
Then the Captain took counsel with tta
Captain of the horsemen, and ta tho
end they said to the Wanderer:
“Descend from the char ot, Lord, and.
walk twelve paces forward, and there
noid speech «i.h the man. But if them
goest one pace lurther forward, then we
will shoot thee and the man with ar
rows." And this he cried out also to him
who sat upon the caceel.
Then t -,e man on the camsl descended,
and walked twelve paces forward, and
the Wander descended also from the
chariot and walked twelve paces forward
but as one who heeds little what he does
Now the two stood face to face, but out
of earshot of the multitude who watched
them with arrows set upon the strings.
* Greeting, Odysseus of Ithaca, son o?
Laertes,”he said who was clad in beggars
weeds.
The Wanderer looked upon him hard
and kne w him through nis disguise.
* Greeting, Rei the Priest, Commander
of tne Legiou ot Amen, Chief of the
Treasury of Amen.”
■Rci the Priest I am indeed,’’ he
answered; “the rest I am no more, for
Meriamun the Queen has stripped me of
my wealth and offices—because of thee,
thou Wanderer, and the Immortal whose
love thou hast, won, and by whom thou
ha8t dealt so ill. Hearken—I learned by
arts known to me of the dream of Pha
raoh, and of thy sending forth to do bat
tle with the ba.-barisns, Then I disguised
myself as thou seest, and took the swift
est camel in Memphis and am come hith
er by another way to meet thee. Now I
womd ask thee one thing. How came It
that thou didst- olay the immortal false
that night? Knowest thou that she
waited for thee there by the pylon gate?
Aye, there I found her and led her to the.
palace, and for that I am stripped of my
rank and goods by Meriamun, and now
the Lady of Beauty is returned to aer
.Shrine grieving bitterly for thy faithless
ness—though how she passed thither 1
know not.”
“Methought I heard her voice as those
knaves bore me to my dungeon,” said
the Wanderer. “And she deemed me
faithless! Say, Rei, dost thou know the
magic of Meriamun? Dost thou know
how she won me to her.eif in the shape
of Argive Helen?”
And then In a3 few words as might be
he told RH aii how he tad been led
away by the magic of Meriamun, how he
who should have sworn by tne Stir had
sworn by tne Snake.
When Rei heard that the Wanderer
had sworn by the Snake he shuddered
“Now, 1 knew all,” he said. ,-Fear not,
thou Wanderer, act ou thee sh&u all th^
evil fall, not on that Immortal whom
thou dost love, the Snake that beguiled
thee snau avenge thee also.”
“Rei,” the Wanderer said, “one thing I
charge thee, i know that I go down to
my death. Therefore I pray thee seek
out her whom thou nearest the Hathor
and tell her aii tire tale of how I was be
trayed. So suail I die happi y. Tell her
also that I crave herforgivencss,and that
I love her and neroniy.”
“This I will do if I may,” Rei ana werec
And now the soldiers murmur and I
must be gone. Lisle.! T^e migatof the
Nine how barbarians rolls up the Eastern
branch oi Siher. Bat one day’s march
from On tne mountains run down to the
edge of the river, and taose mountain;
are pierced by a rocky pass, through
which the foe will sorely corns, set
thou thy ambush there, Wan.ierer, there
at Prosopis—so shait thou smite them.
Farewell. I will seek out the Hathor, if
in any way I can come at her, ana tell
her all. Buc o' this I warn thee, the
hoar is Dig with Fate, aud soon will
spawn a monstrous birth. Strange
visions of doom and death passed before
mine eye even as I slept last night. Fare-
we! ! ’
Then he went back to the camel and
climbed it, ard, passing round the armv,
vanished swiftly in a cioud of dust.
The Wanderer also went back to hit
chariot, where the captains murmured
because of the bait, and mounted it Bat
he would tell nothing of what the man
had said to him save that he was surely
a messenger from the Under World to
instruct nim in the waging ot the war.
Then the chariot and the horsemen
passed on again, till at nightfall they
came to tbe city of On and found the
host of Pharaoh gathering in the space
that is before the Temple.
CHAPTER XXIII.
When Meriamun the Queen had
watched the chariot of the Wanderer till
it was lost in the dust of the desert, she
passed down from the palace room to the
solitude cf her chamber.
Here she sat in her chamber till the
darkness gathered, as the evil thoughts
gathered in her heart, that was rent with
love of him whom she had won bat to
lose. Things had gone ill with her; to
little purpose she had sinned after such
a fashion as may not be forgiven. Yet
there was hope. He had aworn that he
would wed her when Pharaoh was dead,
and when Argive Helen had followed
Pharaoh to the shade*. Should she
shrink, then, from the deed of blood?
Nay, from evil to evil she would go. She
laid her hand upon the doable-headed
snake that wound her about, and spake
into the gloom:
“Osiris waits thee, Meneptah—Osiris
waits thee. The shades of those who
have died for thy love, Helen, are gath
ered at the gates. It shall be done. Pha -
raoh, thou dhst tonight. Tomorrow
night, thou Goddess Helen, shall ad tby
tale he told. Man may not harm thee,
indeed, but shall Fire refuse to kiss thy
loveliness? Are there no women’s hands
to light tby funeral pile?”
Then she rose, and, calling her women,