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FOURTH PAGE
THE SUNNY SOUTH
JANUARY 21, 190 *
U/ie YoRe
By Elizabeth Miller
A Romance o/ the Days
When the Cord Kedeemed the
Children of Israel from the
Bondage of tgypt + ^
day
CHAPTER XVII.
The Heir Intervenes.
T Tanis, the next
after the arrival of Men-! Ply and reverently every day; lie must
eptah, there came a mes- j live in dally contemplation of the time
Thebe* 1,. I when he must meet Masanath also
Ilotep's situation was most poignantly I fan-bearer for attention, since the Pliu-
unhappy. He was lixod under the same | raoh had been too oppressed with heavier
roof with the man that had taken his !
love by piracy; lie must greet him affa-1
senger
matters to read the letter.
In his sympathy for his friend's strait,
the scribe .gave over his objections to
Rachel. Kenkencs had suffered for her,
and if he would, he should have her.
Between the king and persuasion was
Har-hat, viTally Interested in the defeat
of any movement toward the aid of
Ken.kenes. The one hope for the sculp
tor was the winning over of tile Pharaoh,
and only one could do it. And that was
Among: Raineses, who was betrothed to the love
ourtiers there were others who were
alive to the time nature of the
from Thebes to
, , i bis sovereign—the wife of the prince,
Hotep, and tin; royal sciibe^ wllom jj t , im ust serve till death. Hardest
retired to his apartments | of all, he must wear a serene counte-
to read the letter. ! nance and cover his sorrow most surely.
And after lie had read j for his own sake and for Masanath’s.
lie was glad that he had Ta-user still remained at court. Setl,
so luded himself, for his in a fume of boyish indignation at Rame-
demonstrations of relief at ses, attended, her like a shadow
the news the message, im- j the courtiers tlieie weie olhois woo were] ^ Hotep, and against liej* will,
parted were most extrav-1 not alive to the tr*ue nature of thej Hotep, summoning his servant, had Ills
agiuit and unrestrained.! princess and who joined Seti in his re- j disordered hair dressed, fresh robes
For the moment he permitted no reminder; sentment against, the heir. |brought for him. and a. glass of wine for
of Kenkenes’ present plight to subdue his Amtin-meses and Slptah, snarling and; refreshment. On the way to the palace-
joy in the realization that his lriend was j malevolent, had le t the court abruptly! ( t) p | le nle t Ta-user, walking slowly away
not dead. 011 *he morning ot its departure for from the staircase. Raineses, solitary
Having exulted, he 'read the letter j 'i unis. the Hak-lieb received them once j , an( j luxurious, was stretched upon a
again, and then lie summoned all his I again, and an ominous calm settled over, cushioned divan in the shadow of a cau-
shrewdnes-s to his aid. i that little pocket of lei t,ill) in the; opy over the liypostyle.
He would wait till the confusion of thej desert Xehape.hu. j *-THg. gods keep thee, Son of the Sun,”
court’s settling itself had subsided before) Thus the court was torn with factions; Hotep said.
old internal dissensions made themselves
for
Why does he not marry
till he knew
ics had been
watched vig
il be for
he presented the petition
Furthermore, he would roll
lings and write the king’
tions with h.s own hand
that the reply to Kenkei
sent. Har-hat should be
ilantly.
B it order and routine were not re
stored In the palace of Meneptuh. The
unrest that, precedes a national crisis
has developed into irritability and pug
nacity.
Tunis was within hearing of the plaints
of Israel, and the atmosphere quivered
Moses appeare
each time nearer
and wherever he
>r shuddering be-
Meneptah
his under-1 evident again, but the vast murmur
unmunica-j Goshen was heard above the strife.
All this had conn
apace of a month.
time had elapsed, Hotep, fearing lo de
lay the petition of Kenkenes longer, lest
conditions should become worse rather
than better, met the Pharaoh in the hall
one day and gave him the writing. Earn
estly the scribe impressed Menoptali with
the importance of tiio petition and
begged him to
hour of solitud
“So it is thou, Hotep. Nay, but I am
glad to see thee.”
“1 came to thee with news and a petl-
o pass in the short j tion,” Hotep began.
When half o-l that j “Out with thy tidings.”
“Thou dost remember thy friend and
mine, that gentle genius, Kenkenes.”
"I am not like to forget him so long
as a. bird sings or tbe Nile ripples make
music. Osiris pillow hiili most softly.”
‘Tie is not dead, niy Prince.”
“Nay!" Raineses cried, sitting up. “The
1 for the tears
1 the identity of the supplicant.
Meneptah promised and continued to
his apartments. There Har-hat came in
a few moments, and Meneptah, after his
custom, gave over to him the state com
munications of the day, and after some
-Meneptah s weak-1 little hesitation, tossed the petition of
stubborn worshii
minister.-- of tli
with omen and portent
In tills place and that,
the temporary capital,
came he left rejoicing
hind him.
Meanwhile the fan-bearer laughed hi?
way into the throne,
ness for him gn-w inti
The old and trusted
monarch took offense and
lips; the m-w held their pc.
elation. Tiie queen, hereto!',
self-effacing, laid aside hex
day and, meeting her lord at the door I faithfully. It may be important, and ij “Jn th
of the council chamber, protested in the I know not from whom it is, I promised | soul lik<
•quaint himself in an | knave should be bastinad
with its contents and • he wrung from us!”
“Thou wouldst deny my petition. I am
thee to intercede for
sealed the
•e for trer
-e meek
.-pindle
come to implore
him.”
Baineses bade him proceed.
‘‘Thou art acquainted with the nature
of Kenkenes, O Prince. Ife is a vision
ary—an idealist, and so firmly rooted are
Kenkenes among them. his beliefs that they are to his life as
"Thou canst attend to this matter as natural as tho color of his eyes. He is a
well, good Har-liat. Wily should 1 takeI beauty w'orshiper. Athor possesses him
up the private concerns of my subjects i utterly, and her loveliness blinds him to
ml j when 1 am already burdened with heavy ! all other things, particularly to his own
me (cares? But do thou look to this petition j welfare aniT safety.
beginning he fell in love, and a
his in love is most unreason-
name of his dynasty aijd his realm. | Hotep it should be given honest atten-
Bu-t file king was beyond help, and the (tion.’’
queen, angry and hurt, bade him keep For seven days thereafter every letter
Har-hat out of her .-fight, and returned sent by tie- king was written by Hotep.
to her women. Thereafter even Menep- At the end of that time lie met Mcnep-
! ing. immoderate and terribly faithful.
1 The maiden is beautiful—I saw her—most
divinely beautiful. She is wise, for I
! saw that also. She is good, for I felt it,
' unreasoning, and when a man hath a
tod hath spoken tho
But she is a slave—
tah saw her rarely. j tah again, and bending low before him, j woman intuition, t
The bethroliai of Keme.ses to TIar-hat’s asked pardon for his insistence, and] truth to his heart,
daughter gave further material for con- begged to know what disposition the Son! an Israelite."
tention. it seemed to indicate that the of Ptah had made of the petition of hi.-?'j “By the gods of my fathers, T ought
fan-bearer had budded for himself for friend. He was irritably informed that | not to marvel! Nay, now. is that not
two reigns. the matter had been given over to the-like the boy? An Israelite! And half
the noble maids of Memphis mad
him!”
“He is not for thee and me to judge,
O Raineses,” Hotep interrupted. “Tho
gods blew another breath in him than
animates our souls. For thee and me
such conduct would he the fancies of
madmen; for Kenkenes it is but living up
to the alien spirit witii which the gods en
dowed him. it seems that Har-hat look
ed upon the girl, and taken by her beau
ty, asked her at tiie Pharaoh's hands for
his harem.”
“Ah, the—!
honorably?”
It is not for me to divine," Hotep
went on calmly. “The fan-bearer sent
his men to take her, but she fled from
them to Kenkenes, and he protected her
hid her away—where none but Ken
kenes and the maiden know. Har-hat Is
most desirous of owning her, but Ken
kenes keeps his counsel. Therefore, Har-
hat -overtook him in Tape, where lie went
to get a signet belonging to his father,
and imprisoned him till what time he
should divulge tiie hiding place of the
Israelite.”
“Hath he put him to torture yet?”
“Aye, from the beginning, though not
by tbe bastinado. He rends him with
suspense. But I have more to tell.
There was a signet, an all-potent signet,
which belonged t-o the noble Mentu—”
"Aye, 1 remember," Raineses broke in.
"That should help tiie dreamer out of
his difficulty.”
“Aye. it should, my Prince, but it did
not. Kenkenes sent it to tbe Pharaoh,
with a petition for his own freedom, but
the cares of state were so pressing that
the Son of Ptah gave the letter, un
opened. to Har-hat for attention.”
“Raineses laughed 'harshly.
“Kenkenes would better Content him
self. The Hathors are against him,” he
cried. “What more?"
‘is it not enough, T5 Ramoses?” Tfotep
answered sternly. “He hath suffered
sufficient. Now is Jt time for them, who
profess to love him, to bestir themselves
in iris behalf. Thou knowest how near
tiie fan-bearer is to the Pharaoh. Persua-
;ky.”
rtest
"Thou wilt pay dearly for the
the keeper cautioned him. “The ;
labor is .within doors.”
"Give mu my wish according to tne
command of the prince.”
xne jailer snrugged ms shoulders. "As
thou wilt. Make ready lo follow the
canal workers tomorrow.”
sion
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Plagues.
The court was (gone and Masanath was
making the most of each day of her
freedom. 'Memphis was in a state of
Apathy, worn out by revel and emptied
of her luminaries. Ta-meri, intoxicated
with the importance or her position as
lady-in-waiting to the queen, had de
parted with her husband, the cup-bearer,
lo had returned to her home in On.
with an ache in her brave little heart
that outweighed even Masanath s for
heaviness. T'lie last of Seti s loverlike
ibehavlor toward her dated bach to a
time before the court bad gone to T hebes
—long, long ago.
Ta-user, also, had gone, but the fan-
bearer’s daughter did not regret her.
The other ladies who remained in Mem
phis, frightened at the loftiness of Mas-
anathe future, were uneasy In her pres
ence and seemed more inclined to bend
the knee before her than to continue the
girlish companionship that had once been
between them.
It was now tiie middle of June, the
height of Egyptian summer. In a little
space the marshes, which had been, for
eight months, favorite haunts of fowlers,
would be submerged, for tbe inundation
was not far away.
Masanath would hunt for wild-ducks
and marsh-hens, while there was yet
time.
It was an hour after sunrise. Her
raft, built of papyrus, was boat-shaped,
and graceful as a swan, pepi was at the
long-handled sweep in tho stern. Ma
sanath sat in the middle, which was
heaped with nets, throw-sticks, and bows
and arrows. A pair of decoy birds, tame
cannot reach tiie king that worketh land unfettereu. stood near her, craning
against Har-hat. Thou alone art as po
tent wtih the Son of ptah. Wilt thou
not prove thy love for Kenkenes and aid
him?”
Raineses did not answer Immediately.
Thoughtfully he leaned his elbow on his
j their small heads, puzzled at the move
ment of the boat which was undecipher-
jable, since they were motionless. Narl
sat In the prow, her hands folded, her
I face quite expressionless. The service of
the day was out of the routine, but as. a
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“Aye, thou hast said—if It were only
a small matter of courtesy. Thou know
est, O my Hotep. that I am betrothed
to the daughter of Har-hat.”
Hotep was on his feet by this timp, his
face turned away. Raineses could not
guess what a tempest raged in his heart.
“Be tliou assured,” the prince contin
ued grimly, “that only so long as Masa
nath is not yet mine, shall I endure Har-
hat. After that he shall fall ns never
Ttnave fell or so deserved .to fall be fora
Aye,—out stay, Hotep* I have not don*
I have some small -grain of hope for this
unfortunate friend of ours. Tiie mar
riage hath been delayed. I shall press
my suit and wed Masanath sooner, if
she will, and Kenkenes need not decay
in prison.”
Hotep did not stay longer. He bowed
and departed without a word.
Kameses Immediately hurried to the
well of the stairway.
“Hotep!” he called. The scribe, half
way down, turned and looked up.
“Return to me in an hour. Give me
time to ponder and I may more profitably
Ifelp thee," the printe commanded. Ho
tep bowed and went on.
The hour was barely long enough for
the smarting soul of the scribe to sootho
itself. Deep, Indeed, his love for Ken
kenes that lie returned at all. Masa-
nath’s name, spoken so familiarly, so
boastingly, by the'prince was fresh out
rage to his already affronted heart.
At the ejid of the hour he went once
again to Rameses.
“Thou hast said,” the price began im
mediately. “that Har-hat hath impris
oned Kenkencs till what time, he shall
divulge the hiding place of tbe Is-
ra elite?”
Hotep bowed.
"The fan-bearer charges him with
slave-stealing.”
“And sacrilege,” the scribe added.
The prince opened his eyes. “Aye, Ken
kenes carried liis beauty-love into blas
phemy. He executed a statue of Athor
in defiance of the sculptor’s ritual. For
this also, Har-hat holds a heavy hand
over him.”
“He deserves his ill-luck. Mark me,
now. He will not go mad with a year’s
-imprisonment, and he will profit by it.
Furthermore, he can not be persuaded
into betraying the Israelite, if he knows
how long and how' much he will have
to endure. Once sentenced, Har-hat can
acid nothing more thereto.”
Rameses clapped his hands. The at
tendant that appeared he ordered to
bring the scribe’s writing-case and im
plements. TV hen the servant returned,
Hotep, at a sign from Rameses. prol
pared to write. “Write thus to the jail
er at Tape: *By order of the crown
prince. Rameses. the prisoner. Kenkenes.
held -for slave-stealing and sacrilege, is
sentenced to imprisonment for one
year—’ ”
Hotep lifted his pen. and looked his
rebellion.
“Write!” the price exclaimed. “I do
him a kindness, with a lesson added.
Were it in my power to free him i
would not—till he had learned that the
law Is inexorable and the power of its
ministers supreme. Go on—‘at such la
bor as the prisoner may elect. No
further nunishment may be added there
to.’ Affix my seal and send this with
out fail. Thou canst write whatever
thou wilt to Kenkenes. For the Is
raelite, I shall not concern myself. The
nearer friends to Kenkenes may Took
to her. Mine shall he the care only to
see that they are not harassed by tli»
fan-bearer. In this I ful-ful the law
Let Har-hat help himself."
He dropped back on his divan and
Hoten slowly collected his writing ma
terials and departed.
Meanwhile Kenkenes seldom saw a hu
man falce. Food and water In red clay
vessels, bearing the sea! of Thebes, were
set Inside ms dor by disembodied hands.
At intervals lie saw tbe keeper, always
attended by the inevitable scribe, but
tiie visit was a matter of inspection and
rarely was the prisoner addressed.
He expected the return of his messen
ger in twenty days after the man’s de
parture. At tne expiration of that time
his suspense and apprehension became
more and more desperate .at the passing
of each new day.
Eight days later, about mid-afternoon,
while he lav on his pallet, the door
was tlung open .and his messenger stood
without. With a cry, Kenkenes leaped
to his feet and wrenched the scroll tronn
the man’s hand.
The letter was -from Hotep. conveying
such information regarditig his impris
onment as we already know. Kenkenes
read the missive calmly, and paid the
messenger according to his promise. The
(jailer, who had coine with the man,
read the sentence and bade the prisoner
make his chotce of labor.
“Anything, so it will but -give me a
• glimpse of the horizon,” he said,.
nearing. They
out from the
! shores, but Pepi poled nearer midstream.
] 91ie sat -down again, and looked at the
| decoy birds. Their timidity had increas
ed into actual fear. Masanath reached a
| soothing hand toward one of them and
it took wings and flew. The mate fol
lowed. unhesitating. The shining dis
tance swallowed them up.
“Let us leave this vicinity,’" pepi said,
suiting the action to the word, “it is un
holy.” He seized the sweep and drove
the raft about, poling with wide strokes-
At that moment, a cry. which was morO
of a hoarse wisper, broke from his lips.
“Body of Osiris! Tho river! The
river!”
Masanath leaned on one hand and look
ed over tiie sides of the raft. With a
bound and a shivering cry, Narl was
cowering beside her, the little craft toss
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on his knees, praying and shaking. And
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■red tinge. The action had been rapid.
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there, clarifying the opaque coloring. The
boat rode half its depth in red, the pad
dle dripped red. tiie splashes of water
within on tiie bottom were red, the
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rending one another and churning the
river into froth bv their hideous battle.
Dwellers of the deep winter drifted into
the upper tide—monsters of the muck
at the Nile bottom, turtles, huge craw
fish, water newts, spotted snakes, cu
rious bleached creatures that had never
seen the day', great drttts of insects,
with frogs, -tadpoles—everything of aqua
tic animate life, came up dead or dying
terribly. Along either bank water buf
falo and wallowing swine, which had
been in the pools near tne river, clam
bered ponderously, snorting at every
steo.
Vessels were putting about and flying
for tne snore. From the prow of one tall
boat, with distended sails, a figure was
seen to spring high and disappear under
the red. torrent. Rioting crews of river
men fought for first landing at the tic-
icesslble places on tiie banks. Memphis
shrieked and the pastures became com
pounds of wild beasts that deafened
heaven •with their savage 'bellowing.
Fepi and Narl had no thought o£ sav
ing themselves. It was Masanaith who
must save them. Seizing the sweep she
poled with superhuman strength toward
the nearest shore—the Marsh of the Dis
contented Soul.
The raft grounded, and as a viscous
wash of red lapped across it, she leaped
•forth, landing with 1h*Ui feet in the hor
ror. She floundered out and crying to
her servants to follow her. fled like a
mad thing up the sandy stretch toward
the distant wall &T rock
The boat, lightened of her weight, re
ceived a backward thrust as slit: leaped,
and drifted out of the reeds- The heavy
current caught it and swept it across the
smitten river to the Memphian shore. It
bore two insensible figures.
Masailaith ran. thinking only to leave
the gllastiy flood behind. Her wet over
dress flapped about her ankles. It, too,
was stained, and she tore iL off as she
ran. Ahead of her was a sagging lime
stone wall, with no gap, tout Masanath,
hardly sane, would ha ve dashed herself
against it, if hands had not detained her.
“Blood! Blood!” she shrieked. "Holy
Ptah save us!"
“Peace!” some one made answer. “God
is with us."
The voice was calm and reassuring, the
hands firm. Here, then, was one who was
strong and unafraid, and therefore, a safe
refuge. No longer called upon to care
for herself, Masanath fell into the arms
of the brave unknown and ceased to re
member.
Consciousness returned to her slowly
and incompletely. Horror had dazed her.
and her surroundings, but faintly discov
ered in an all-enveloping gloom, were not
conducive to mental repose and clearness.
She became aware, first, that she was
somewhere hidden from the sunshine and
beyond reach of the strange odor from
the Nile.
Next she realized that she was sheltered
in a eave; that slender lines of white
daylight sifted through the interstices of
a door; that a lamp was burning some
where behind a screen; that a hairy thing
sat in a corner and looked at her with
half-human eyes, and that, as she shrank
at the sight, the warm support under
her head moved and a fair face, framed
with golden hair, bent over her.
Then her eyes, becoming clearer as her
recollection returned, wandered away to
ward the walls of her shelter. They had
been hewn by hands. There was an
opening in one side, leading into another
and a darker crypt. Was not this a
tomb? She was in the Tomb of the Dis
contented Soul! Terrified, she struggled
to gain her feet and liy, tout the awful
memory of the 'plague without returned
to her overwhelmingly. Gentle hands re
strained her, and the same voice that had
sought to soothe her before, continued
its soft comforting now.
“Thou art safe and sheltered.” she
heard. “No evil shall befall thee.”
Was this the spirit of the tomb? If so.
It was most lovely and kindly. But a
solemn voice issued out of the dark cell
beyond. This was the spirit, of a surety.
She cowered against her fair-haired pro
tector and shuddered. But the maiden
answered the voice in a strange tongue.
Masanath would have known it to be
Hebrew, had she been composed. But
now it was mystic, cabalistic.
Presently the maiden addressed her.
“Deiborah asks after thee. Lady. How
shall I tell her thou findest thyself?”
“Oh, I cannot tell.” Masanath an
swered. “What has happened? is it
true or did 1 go mad?”
The Israelite smoothed her hair. “It
Is a plague.” she said.
“Then the hand of Amenti is on us.”
the Egyptian shuddered. “Whither shall
we flee?”
“Ye cannot flee from the One God,”
the voice from the crypt said grimly.
“Nay, but what have I done to vex
the gods?" Masanath Insisted. “O, let
me go hence. Whore are my serv
ants?"
“'It Is best for thee to bide here,” the
voice went on relentlessly. “For outsid
the sheltering neighborhood of the clios- j
en people the hand of the outraged God |
shall overtake Egypt an r i scorch her
throat with thirst and make her veins
congeal for want of water.”
Masanath gained her feet, crying out
wildly:
“My servants! Where are they? Let
me forth.”
The Israelite put an assuring arm
about her. “Thon wilt not dare to face
the Nile again.” she warned. "Stay
with us.”
“To starve! To perish of thirst! To
die of pestilence! The gods have left
us! We are undone!”
“Aye, the gods have left you," the
voice continued, harshly. "Ye are given
over to tiie vengeance of the God ot
Abraham. Howl, Egypt! Rend thyself
and cover thy head with ashes. Thy
destruction is but begun. For a hun
dred years thou hast oppressed Israel.
Now is the hour of the children of
God!”
Masanath wrung her hands, but the
voice went on.
“As the Nile flows, so hath the blood
of Israel been wasted by the hand of
Egypt. Now shall the God of Abraham
drain her veins, even so, drop for drop.
For the despoiling of Israel shall her
pastures and stables be filled with
stricken beasts—for tiie heavy hand of
and scourges fall. And tho wrath of
the Pharoahs shall tiie heavens thunder
God shall cool not till Egypt Is a waste,
shorn of her corn and her vineyards
and her riches, a#d foul with dead
men.”
Nothing could have been more vin
dictive than tills disembodied voice.
Masanath thrust her fingers through
her hair, and drawing her elbows for
ward, sheltered her face with them.
“When have I offended against the
Hebrew?” she cried, sick with terror.
“Why should your awful God destroy
the Innocent and the friend of Israel
among the people of Egypt?”
Rachel, who had stood beside her, with
an increasing cloud on her face, now
spoke in Hebrew. There was mild pro
test in her tones.
‘The plague will pass," the voice from
the inner crypt continued. “Seven days
will it endure, no more.”
"Deborah Is mystic.” Rachel added soft
ly. "and Is gifted witii proplmtic eyes.
Much hath she suffered at Egypt’s hands
and her tongue grows harsh when she I
speaks of the oppression.”
“Nay, but lot me go?” Masanath
begged. \\ here are my servants? Came
they not after me when I fled?”
“None followed thee, Lady, and thv
raft went adrift.” y
“Let me out of this hideous place, then
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lagnified till it was overpowering;;
rong. She sickened and turnol awq-
Setting the door in Pjuf’fc, Rn< he. .-".1 octio
her back into a corner of the our.r ch.r umo
and iaid her down on tho matting
ver t
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“■•The Lord God will care for thy sen to 0
vants. Fret thyself no further but ba iet t
content here until the horror - ,l! — ; no
I shall attend thee, so thou shah
miss their ministrations.” The Isi'avCe ‘
spoke with gentle authority, -mootnug s he
the dark hair of her guest. Fotctnara in hort
the form of persuasion is doubly en. u- ev ^ r
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Masanath was most amenable to this
manner of entreaty, since it disannul lone
lier pride while it governed her impulde;. y be!
Thus though her inclination urge-l dm.
against it, she ate when the Israelite
brought her a bit of cold fowl and
beaker of wine at midday and .gain
at sunset. And at night, she slept be- tim '
cause tiie Israelite told her she was sate d
and btitle her close her eyes. I0t j
It was dawn when the fan-bearer’3
daughter awoke again. She sat up and u: '
suffered Rachel to dress her hair and ation
bathe her tiny hands and face witii a here
solution of weak white wine. .-hotfi
“The water which we had stored witii
11s is also corrupted. I fear we sli.fi:
thirst, if we have but wine to wet our uorn.
lips.” Rachel explained. d th;
“Thou dost not tell me that ye a::l» i®nta
in this place? How came ye here? A - tn( j s
ye lepers?” Masanath asked In a frig.: w
ened voice.
“Nay, we are fugitives,” Rachel an
swered. “Who art thou. Lady?' -ears
“1 am Masanath, daughter of Har-hat, nfil a
fan-bearer no the Pharaoh.” eavin
“And I am Rachel, of Israel, daughter ,j s w .
of Maai. and I liave fiocl from sham* ^ j
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In all Egypt, this is the one and only
refuge for such as I. If my hiding placa
were published, no help could save m«
from the despoiler. My one protect c is
she who lies within. She Is my foster-
mother, old and ill from abuse at the
hands of brutaJ servants. Thou hast ray
story."
As Rachel ceased, Deborah called from
within.
“There Is more.” she said. "Come hither.
I am moved to tell thee.’’ bng
Masanath obeyed with hesitation and,
pausing in the doorway of the Tier®.
chamber, heard the story of the Israeli 's Hf"
Great was her perplexity and her sorrow g" r
when she heard the name of Kenkenes
spoken calmly and without grief. They i|ld h
did not know he was dead! She held her
peace till the story was done.
“The time for the Egyptian’s return is
long past, but he will come soon,” D-jo-
ruh concluded.
Masanath slowly turned her head and
looked at Rachel. This, then, was '
love of that dear, dead artist, for wii-.im
Memphis mourned and had ceased to wait.
Masanath choked back her tears and raid
“Ye need not niolder in this ca\- I
can hide you in Memphis.”
“Nay, we will await him here.”
“But the Nile will be upon your r- fugs
in three weeks. Ye would starve if
U drowned not,” the Egyptian pro
earnestly.
whil«
Rachel put in.
Masanath looked at he:
thought busily. “If I tell It, T bri
heart. But if they bide here, they .
After a little sigh she glanced a
wine in one of the small ampt
“Mayhap tiie plague is past,” she
hinting, “and I am athirst.”
Rachel took up another jar and
forth. The hairy creature in the c*
tethered to the amphora rack, si
his collar arid followed her.
As soon as the Iraelite was gone, A
nath went into the inner chamber. S
t mattress, set on the top of the f
phagus. she said hurriedly:
“Ye may not remain here. Kenkei
known to me and he will not return
is dead.”
“How did he die?”
“By drowning. His boat was discov
ered battered and overturned ametm the
wharf-piling at Memphis, some weeks
a gone.”
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