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THE LEDGER.
THURSDAY, OCT. 24, 1889.
NOTHING LOST BY WAITING.
There's a time to work and a time to wnt,
An 1 to coua Irocu toll aod labor.
Fur a man 1 BlesV
By a chance to rest I
a '.achat wuti a friendly neighbor.
O! they should know woo hurry to,
But rarely tneir speed abating.
In their eascr strain of heart and brain.
That nothinR U lost by wa.tlng.
The seed must rest la the quiet earth
For many a day and hour
Ere It will grow
Or begin to ahow
The sttm ot a staik or flower;
And I hold it true. In spite of the (ew
Whose tongues are busily prating,
That in God's great plaa the heartot man
Is enriched by the hours ot waiting.
fet though hard the task, we still keep a
work.
The rest that we need postponing
Until too lute,
Lest a cruel fate
Should capture us while we're droning;
And we look on play la a grewsome way.
The perilous los debat ng;
And we feel, no doubt, both in and out,
At If doing penance by waiting.
There's a time to work, and a time to rest.
As the volume of nature teaches;
The treo that's slow
To bud and blow
The highest perfection reaches.
To attain the goal bend heart and soul.
New courage and strength creating
From day to day, unvexed by delay.
For nothing Is lost by waiting.
Josephine Pollard, In N. Y. Ledger.
CLEOPATRA.
Being aa Account of the Fall and
Vengeance of Harmachis, the
Royal Egyptian,
AS SET FOSTH BY HIS OWE HAHD.
By II. Rider Hagcard,
Author of King Solomon's Mine,
" She," "Allan Quatermain,"
Etc., Etc., Etc
Illustrated by MTCHOIX, after CATON WOOD-
TTTT TH! and QKEOTZKHAOEir.
CHAPTER IV.
Of THE DEPARTURE Or HARMACHIS AMD Or
BIS MEETING WITH niS CNCLC SEPA, THE
high priest or on: or HIS LIFE at on, and
Or THE WOHD8 Or SEPA.
T TEE dawning of
the next day I was
awakened by a priest
of tho Temple, who
brought word to me
to make ready for
the journey whereof
my father had spoken.
inasmuch as there was
occasion for me to pass
down the river to Annu el
Ra. Now, this is the Hell-
opolis of the Greeks,
whither I should go in the
company of some priests of
I'Imu at ileta II who had come
hither to Abouthis to lay the
body of one of their great men in the tomb
j that had been prepared near the resting
'place of the blessed Osiris. 80 I made
ready, and the same evening, having re
ceived letters and embraced my father and
I those about the Temple who were dear to
' me, J passed down to the banks of Sinor,
and we sailed with the south wind. As the
pilot stood upon the prow and with a rod in
his hand bade tho sailor men loosen the
takes wherewith the vessel was moored to
the banks, the old wife, Atoua, hobbled tip,
her basket of simples in her hand, and calling
out her farewell, threw a sandal after me for
good chance, which sandal I kept for many
years. And so we sailed, and for six days
passed down tho wonderful river, making
fast each night at some convenient spot.
But when I lost sight of the familial
things that I had seen day by day since 1
had eyes to see. and found myself alonl
among strange faces, I felt sore at heart,
and would have wept had I not been
ashamed. And of all the wonderful things
I saw I will not write here, for, though the
were new to me. have they not been known
to men since such time as the gods rule in
Egypt! But the priests who were with me
showed me no little honor, and expounded
to me what were the things I saw. And on
the morning of the seventh day we cam
to Memfl, the city of the White WalL Hew
for three days I rested from my journey
and was entertained of the priests of th.
wonderful Temple of Ptah tho Creator, and
shown the beauties of too great and mar
velous city. Also was I led in secret by th
High Priest and two others into the holy
oresence of the god Apia, the Jt"tan. wnc
deigns to dwell among men in the formol
bull. The god was black, and on bis lore.
head there was a white square and on hit
back was a white mark shaped like an
eagle, and beneath his tongue was the like
ness of a scaraboeus, and in his tail were
double hairs, and between his horns was a
plate of pure gold. I entered the place 01
the god and worshiped while the High
Priest and those with him stood aside and
earnestly watched. And when I had wor
shiped, saying the words which had been
told unto me, the god knelt, and lay
down before me. And then the High
Priest and those with him, who, as I heard
in aftertime, were great men of Upper
Egypt, approached wondering, and, saying
no word, made obeisance to me because of
the omen. And many other things I saw
in Memfl that are too long to write of
here.
On the fourth day came some priests of
Anna to lead me unto (sepa my uncle, the
High Priest of Annu. So, having bid fare
well to those of Memfl, we crossed the nver
and rode on asses two parts of a day's jour
ney through many villages, which we found
in great povorty because of the oppression
of the tax gatherers. Also, as we went.
for the first time saw the great pyramid
that are beyond the image of the god Ho
remku (the Sphinx), and the tempies of the
Divine Mother Isis, yueea of Memnoma,
and the god Osiris, Lord of Rosaton, of
which Temples, together with the Temple
of the worship of the Divine Menka-ra, I,
Harmacois, am by right divine the Hered
itary High Priest. I saw them and mar
veled at their greatness and at the white
carven limestone and red granite of Byene
that flashed in the sun's rays back to
Heaven. But at this time I knew naught
of the treasure that was hid in Tier, which
is the third among the Pyramids would
bad never known of it !
And so at last ws came within sight of
Annu, which aftor Memfl hath been seen
is no large town, but stands on raised
ground, before which are lakes fod by
canal. Behind the town is the great
temenos (inclosure) of the Temple of the
Uod Ka.
At the pylon we dismounted, and beneath
the portico were we met by aan not great
of growth, but of noble aspect, having his
head shaven, and with dark eyes that
twinkled like the further stars.
t "Hold!" ho ccied, in a large voice that fit-
!tedhi weak body but ilL "Hold I I am
Sepa, who opens the mouth of the gods !'
"And t," I said, "am Harmachis. son of
.Amenemhat, Hereditary High Priest and
Ruler of the Holy City Abouthis; and I bear
letter to thee, u sepa !' '
"Enter," he said. "Enter!" scanning me
all the while with his twinkling eyes. "En
ter, my son !' And he took me and led me
to a chamber la the inner hall close to
the door; and then, having glanced at the
letters I brought, he of a sudden fell upon
my necs; ana embraced me.
. "Welcome 1" be cried; "welcome, son of
my own sister and hope of KhemI Not in
.vain have I prayed the gods that I might
live to look upon thy face and impart to thee
tee wisdom that, perchance, I alone haw
mastered of those who are left alive in
Egypt. Few there are whom it is lawful
that I should teach. But thine is the great
destiny, and thine shall be the ears to bear
the lessons of the gods."
And once more he embraced me and bade
me go and bathe and eat, saying that on the
morrow he would speak with me further.
And of a troth be did, and at such length
that I will forbear to set down all he said
both then and afterward, for if I did so
there would be bo papyrus left In Egypt
when the task was ended. Therefore, hav
ing much to tell, and perchance but little
time to tell it, will I pass over the events of
the years that followed.
For this was the manner of my life. 1
rase early, I attended the worship ot the
Temple, and I gave my days to study. I
Btarned of ths rites e religion and their slg
sifiranra.asdef the beginning of the rods
MA the beginning of the Upper World. I
learned of the mystery of the movements
f the stars, and of how the earth rolls oa
among tham. I was instructed In thai an
cient knowlsdgs which is called maglo, end
1 In the way of interpretation of dreams, sad
ef the drawing nigutoGkxL I waa taught
ifet) language of sync bolt sad the outer sad
Inner secret thereof. 1 became acquainted
with the internal laws of good and evil, and
With the mystery of that trust which i
held of man ; also 1 learned the secrets of
the pyramids which i would that 1 had
never known. Further, I read the records
of the past, and of the acts and words of
the ancient kings who were before me
since the rule of Uorusupon ear'.a; and I
was made to learn all craft of state, the
lore of earth, aud with it the records of
Greece and Rome. Also I learned the Gre
cian and the Koman tongues, of which in
deed I already had some knowledge and
all this while, even for five years, Ikoptmy
bands clean and my heart pure, and did no
evil in the sight of God or man; but la
bored heavily to acquire all things, and to
prepare myself for the destiny that await
ed me.
Twice every year came greetings and let
ters from my father, Amenemhat, and twice
every year I sent back my answers asking
t the time had come to ccaso from labor.
An .1 so tbe days of my probation sped away
UlU grew mat and weary at heart, for be
ing now a man, ay, and learned, 1 longed to
make a beginning ot the life of men. And
ofltimes I wondered if this talk and prophe
cy of the things there wero to be was but a
ream born of the brains of men whose
wish ran before their thought. 1 was, in
deed, of the royal blood, that I knew; for
u-y uncle, Sepa, the Priest, showed me tbe
secret record of tho descent, traced without
break from father unto son, and graven in
mystic symbols upon a tablet of tho stone of
Byene. But of what avail was it to be royal
by right when Egypt, my heritage, was a
slave a slave to do tho p'.easure and minis
ter to the luxury of the Macedonian Lagidas
ay, and when she bad been so long a serf
that, perchance, she had forgot how to put
off the servile smile of bondage and once
more to look serosa the world with free
dom's glorious eyesl
And then I bethought me of my prayer
upon the pylon tower of Abouthis and of
the answer to my prayer, and wondered if
that, too, were a dream.
And one night, as, weary with study, I
walked within the sacred grove that is in
tbe tcmenos of the Temple, and thought
such thoughts as these, I met my TJncle
sop;i, who a. so was walking and thinking.
Hold." he cried, in his great voice;
"why is thy face so sad, HarmuebisJ Hath
tho last problem that we studied over
whelmed thee)"
Xay, my uncle," I answered. "I am
everwhelmed, indeed, but not of the
problem; it was a light one. My heart is
heavy within me, for I am aweary of life
within these cloisters, and tbe piled-up
weight of knowledge crushes me. It is of
00 avail to store up force which can not be
used."
Ah! thou art Impatient, Harmachis," be
answered; "it is ever the way of foolish
youth. Thou wouldst taste of tho battle;
thou dost weary of watching the breakers
fall upon the shore, thou wouldst plunge
therein aud venture the desperate hazard
of the war. And so thou wouidst be going,
Harmachis 1 The bird would fly the nest
as, when they are grown, t he swallows fly
from beneath the euves of the Temple.
Well, it shall be as thou desirest; the hour
is at hand. I have taught thee all that I
have learned, and methinks that tbe pupil
hath outrun his master." And he paused
and wiped his bright, black eyes, for he
was very sad at the thought of my depart
ure.
And whither shall I go, my unelel" I
asked, rejoicing; "back to Abouthis to be
initiated in the mystery of the Gods?"
'Av, back to Abouthis, and from Atouthis
to Alexandria, end from Alexandria to the
throne of thy fathers, O Harmachis ! Listen,
now; tningi are thus: Thouknowest how
Cleopatra, tbe Queen, tied into Syria when
that false eunuch Potbinus set the will of
Aulctes at naught and raised her brother
Ptolemy to the sole lordship of Egypt. Thou
knowest also how she came back, like a
Queen indeed, with a great army in her
train, and lay at Pelusim, and how at this
juncture the mighty Ciesar, that great man,
that greatest of all men, sailed with a weak
company hither to Alexandria from Phar-
saha s bloodv field m hot pursuit of Pompey.
But he found Pompey already dead, having
been basely murdered by Achillas, the (Jen
era!, and Lucius Septimius, the chief of the
Koman legions in Egypt; and thou kuowest
how the Alexandrians were troubled at his
coming aud would have slain his lietors.
I hen, as thou bast heard, Csesar seized
Ptolemy, the young King, and his sister
Arsinoe, and bade the army of Cleopatra
and the army of Ptolemy, under Achillas,
which lav facing each other at Pelusim, dis-
bund and go their ways. And for
answer Achillas marched on Caesar and be
s.eged him straitly in the Bruchium at
Alexandria, and so, for awhile, things
were, and none knew who should reign in
Ejrypt. But then Cleopatra took up the dice
and threw them, anditbis was the throw she
made in truth it was a bold one. For,
leaving tbe army at Pelusim, she came at
dusk to the harbor of Alexandria, and alone
with the Sicilian Apollodorus entered and
landed. Then did Apollodorus bind her in
a bale of rich ru?s, such as are made in
Syria, and sent the rugs as a present to
Caesar. And when the rugs were unbound
in the palace, be'uol J ! within them was tho
fairest girl on all the earth ay, and the
most witty and the most learned. And she
seduced the great Caesar even his weight
of years did not avail to protect him from
her charms so that, as a fruit of his folly,
he well-nigb lost his life and all the glory
he had gained in a hundred wars."
"The fool!" I broke in, "the fool! Thou
callest him great, but how can the man who
hath no strength to stand against a woman's
wiles be truly great! Caesar, with the
world hanging on bis word! Caesar, at
whose breath forty legions marched and
changed the fate of peoples! Caesar, the
cold! the far-seeing! tbe hero! Caesar, to
fall like a ripe fruit into a false girl's lap !
Why, in tho issue, of what common clay
was this Koman Caesar, and how poor a
thing!"
But Sepa looked at me and shook his
head.
"Be not so rash, Harmachis, and talk not
with so proud a voice. Knowest thou not
that in every suit of mail there is a joint,
and woe to him that wears it if the sword
should search it out. For woman, in her
weakness, is yet the strongest force upon
the earth. She is the helm of all things
human; she comes in many shapes and
knocks at many doors; she is quick and
patient, and her passion is not ungovern
able like that of man, but as a gentle steed
that she can guide e'en where she will, and
as occasion offers can now bit up and now
give rein. She hath a captain's eye, and
strong must be the fortress of the heart
wherein she finds no place of vantage.
Doth thy blood beat fast in youth! she will
outrun it, nor will her kisses tire. Art
thou set toward ambition? she wiil unlock
thy inner heart, and show thee secret roads
that lead to glory. Art thou worn and
weary! she hath comfort in her breast.
Art thou fallen I she can lift thee up,
and to the illusion of thy sense gild
defeat with triumph. Ay, Harmachis,
"Evil Is it to speak thus; and mayttsegode
avert tbe omen and preserve to thee this
cold strength whereof thon boas test! O
man, thou knowest not! thon In thy
strength and beauty that is without com
pare, in the power of tby learning aud the
sweetness of thy tongue thou knowest
not! The world where thou must mix is
not a sanctuary as that of the divine Isls.
But there it may be so! Pray that thy
heart's ice may never melt, so sbalt thou be
great and happy and Egypt be delivered.
And now let me take up my tale thou
seest, Harmachis, even in so grave a story
woman claims her place. The young
Ptolemy, Cleopatra's brother, being loosed
of Caesar, treacherously turned on him.
Thereon Citsar and Mlthridates stormed
the camp of Ptolemy, who took to flight
across the river. But his boat was sunk by
the fugitives who pressed upon it, and such
was the miserable end of Ptolemy.
"Thereon, tbe war being ended, Caesar
appointed tho younger Ptolemy to rule
with Cleopatra, and be, in name, her
husband, though she had but thon
borne bim a son, Caesarion, and he
himself departed for Rome, bearing with
him the beautiful Princess Arsiuoe to
follow his triumphs in her chains. But the
great Caesar is no more. He died at he had
lived, in blood, and right royally. And but
cow hath Cleopatra, the Queen, if my tid
ings may be trusted, slain Ptolemy, her
brother and her husband, by poison, and
taken the child Caesarion to be her fellow
on the throne, which she holds by the help
of the Rome legions, and, as they say, of
young Sextus Pompeius, who hath suc
ceeded Caesar in her love. But, Harmachis,
the whole land boils and seethes against
her. In every city the children of Khem
talk of the deliverer who is to come and
thou art he, O Harmachis. Almost is the
time ripe. The hour is nigh at hand. CJo
thou back to Abouthis and learn the last
secrets of the gods, and meet those who
shall direct the bursting of the storm. And
then act, Harmaohis act, I say, and strike
home for Khem, and rid the land of the
Roman and the Greek, and take thy place
upon the th roue of thy fathers and be a King
of men. For unto this end wast thou born.
O Prince!"
CHAPTER V.
Or TnB BETURN Or HARMACHIS TO ABOUTHIS;
CELEBRATION OF THE MYSTERIES; CHANT 0
ISIS, AND TUB WARNING OF AMENEMHAT.
N
W ' ;jr
SMI?
THE next day I
embraced my uncle,
Sepa, and with an
eager heart departed
from Annu bock to
Abouthis. And, to
be short, thither I
came in safety, hav
ing been absent five
years and a month, be
ing now no more a boy
but a man full grown,
and having my mind well
stocked with the knowl-
ITUA. SHI SITS
LIXS TOHDEtt
8PBI5X AXD
these things she can do, for Nature
tver fights upon her side; and the while
the does them the can deceive and shape a
secret end in which thou hast no part. And
thus woman rules the world. For her are
wars; for her men spend their strength in
Ktbering gains; for her they do well and
and seek for greatness and find forgetful
bees. And all the while she sits like yonder
$pbinx, and smiles; and no man hath ever
read all the riddle of her smiles or known
alt the mystery of her heart. Mock not I
taock not! Harmachis; for strong indeed
must be be who can defy the power of
woman, which, pressing round him like tho
general air, is of (times most present when
tbe senses least discover it."
I laughed aloud. "Thou speakost earn
estly, O, my uncle Sepa,"! said; "almost
might one think that thou hadst not come
unseat bed through this fierce fire of tempta
tion. Well, for myself, I fear not woman
and all her wiles ; naught tnow I of them,
and naught do I wish to kurw; and I still
hold that this Ctesar was a tool. Had I
stood where Castor stood, to cool Its wan
tonness that bale of rugs should have been
rolled adown the palace steps, even into th
fcabnr otmud.
"2ay, we! oeassl" he cried
if edge of men and the ancient
wisdom of Egypt. And once
again I saw the old lands
and the known faces, though of these
tome few were wanting, having been
gathered to Osiris. Now, as I came
nigh to the temenos of the Temple, having
ridden across tbe well-tilled fields, the
priests and the people issued forth to bid
me welcome, and with them the old wife,
Atoua, who, but for a few added wrinkles
that Time had cut upon her forehead, was
even as she had been when she threw the
Bandal after me five long years agone.
"La! la! la!" she cried; "and there thou
art, my bonny lad ; more bonny even than
thou wert! La! what a man! what shoul
ders ! and what a face and form 1 Ah, it
does an oid woman credit to have" dandled
thee ! But thou art over-pale ; those priests
down there at Annu have starved thee,
surely! Starve not thyself; the Gods love
not a skeleton. 'Empty stomach makes
empty head,' as they say at Alexandria.
But, this is a glad hour; ay, a joyous hour I
Come in come in !" and as I lighted down
the embraced me.
But I thrust her aside. "My fatherl
where is my fatherl" 1 cried. "I see him
aotr
"Nay, nay, have no fear," she answered;
"his Holiness is well; he waits thee in his
chamber. There, pass on. O happy day!
O happy Abouthis !"
And so I went, or rather ran, and reached
the chamber of which 1 have written, and
there at the table sat my father, Amen
emhat, even the same as he had been, but
very old; and I ran to him, and kneeling
before him kissed his hand, and he blessed
ne.
"Look up, my son," he said, "and let my
old eyes gaze upon thy face, that I may read
iiy heart"
So I lifted up my head, aud long and ear
aestly he looked upon me.
"I read thee," he said at length; 'pure
thou art and strong in wisdom; I have not
been deceived in thee. Oh, lonely have been
the years ; but I did well to Bend thee hence.
Now, tell me, tell me of thy life, for thy let
ters have told me little, and thou canst not
know, my son, how hungry is a father's
heart."
And so I told him; far into the night we
sat and communed with one another. And
In tbe end he bade me know that I must
now prepare me to be initiated into those
great mysteries that are learned of the
chosen of the Gods.
And so it came to pass that for a space ot
three months I prepared myself according
to the holy customs I ate no meat. I was
constant in the sanctuaries and in the study
of the secrets of the Great Sacrifice and of
the passion of the Holv Mother. I watched
and prayed before the altars. I lifted up
my soul to God ; ay, in dreams I communed
with the Invisible, till at length earth and
earth's desires seemed to pass from me. I
longed no more for the glory of this world,
my heart hung above it as an eagle on his
outstretched wings, and the voice of the
world's blame could not stir it, and the
vision of its beauty brought no delight.
For above me was the vast vault of Heaven,
where in unalterable procession the stars
pass on, drawing after them the destinies
ot men ; where the Holy Ones sit upon their
burning thrones and watch the chariot
wheels of Fate as they roll from sphere to
sphere. O hours of holy contemplation!
who having once tasted of your joy could
wish again to grovel on the earth! Ovile
flesh! to drag us down. I would that thou
hadst been altogether fallen from me, and
left my spirit free to seek Osiris 1
Tbe months of probation passed but too
swiftly, and now tbe holy day drew near
when I was in truth to be united to the
universal Mother. Never hath Night so
longed for the promise of the Dawn; never
bath the heart of a lover so passionately
desired the sweet coming of tbe bride ; as I
longed to see Thy glorious face, O Isis!
Even now that I have been faithless to
Thee, and Thou art far from me, O Divine I
my soul goes out to Thee, and once more I
know But as it is bidden that I should
draw tbe vail and speak of things that have
not been told since the beginning of this
world, let me pass on and reverently set
down the history of that holy morn. For
seven days had the great festival been cele
brated, the suffering of the Lord Osiris had
been commemorated, the passion ot the
Mother Isis had been ad'-'ed. and glory had
been done to the memory of the coming of
tbe Divine Child Horns, the Son, the
Avenger, the God-begot. All these things
had been carried out according to the
ancient rites. Tbe boats had floated
on the sacred lake, the priests had
scourged themselves before the sanctu
aries, and tho images had been borne
through the streets at night. And now, as
the sun sank on the seventh day, once more
the great procession gathered to chant the
woes of Isis and tell how the evil
avenged. Wo went in silence from the
Temple, and passed through the city ways.
First came those who clear the path, then
my father, Ameremhat, in all bis priestly
robes and tbe wand of cedar in his band.
Then, clad in pure linen, followed I. the
neophyte, alone; and after me the white
robed priests, holding aloft banners and
the emblems of the Gods. Next came those
who bear the sacred boat, and after them
the singers and the mourners; while
stretching as far as the eye could reach
marched all the people, clad in melancholy
black because Osiris was no more. In
silence we went through the city streets
till at length we came to the temenos of tbe
Temple and passed in. And as my father,
the High Priest, entered beneath the gate
way of the outer pylon, a sweet-voiced
woman singer began to sing the Holy
Chant, and thus she sang:
" Sing we Otirit dead, "
Lamest tbe fallen head:
The light hat left the world, the world Is fray.
Athwart the starry skies
The web ot Darkness fiiec.
And lsts weeps Osiris pasted away.
Your tears, ye stars, ye fires, ye rivers, shed.
Weep, children of the Nile, ween, for your
Lxira it as tar
Bhe paused in her most sweet song, and
thereon the whole multitude took up the
melancholy dirge:
."Softly we tread, our measured footsteps falling
wtuua tbe sanctuary sevenfold:
Bolt on the Dead that UreUi are we calling I
Return. Osiris, from thy Kingdom cold!
Beturn to them that worsUip (bet of old."
The chorus ceased, and once again she
sang:
. Within tbe eonrt divine
THe Serenfold-aacred aorine -
We past, while echoes of the Temple waOs
Repeat tbe long lament.
The sound of sorrow tent
flat as Wltms tbe tmorlstitMe balls.
Where, eaob la other's arms, the cutters
weep.
It's and Nephthyt, o'er His unawaking
sleep."
And then again rolled out the solemn
chorus of a thousand voices :
"Softly we tread, our meatured footsteps falling
Within tbe Sanctuary (sevenfold;
Soft ob tbe Dead that live tb are we calling:
' Return, Otirit, from tby Kingdom eoldi
Beturn to them that worship thee of old,'
It ceased, and sweetly she took up the song :
"O dweller in the West,
" Lover and Lordliest,
Tby love, thy 1 uter lilt oallt thee homo I
Come from thy chamber don.
Thou Matter of the Sun,
Tby shadowy chamber far below the foam)
With weary wingt and tpent
Through all tbe firmament.
Through all tbe horror-nauuted wayt of bell,
I seek thee near and far,
From star to wandering ttsr.
Free with tbe dead that In Amentl dwell.
I search the belgbt, the deep, the lands, the
ikies,
Bite from the dead and live, our Lord
Otirit, rite."
"Softly we tread, our measured tootttept falling
Within the Sanctuary Sevenfold;
Soft on the Dead that liveth are we calling:
Return, Otirit, from tby Kingdom eoldl
Return to then, that worship thee of old.' "
Thon, in a st rain more high and glad, tht
singer sang:
" Be wakes from forth tbe prison
We ting Oi.lr.a risen.
We ling the -jhild that Nout conceived and
bare.
Thine own love, Isis, waits
The Warden of the Gates,
She breathes the breath of Life on breast and
hair.
And in ber breast and breath
Behold I bewskeneth, .
Behold 1 at length be riaeth out of rest;
j Touched with ber holy hands.
I no juora 01 an me ianaa.
He stirs, he risei from ber breath, ber breast!
But thou, fell Typbon, fly.
The Judgment day drawt nigh.
Fleet on thy track at flame speeds Borut from
the iky."
"Softly we treadour meatured footsteps falling
Within tbe Sanctuary Sevenfold;
Soft on the Dead that liveth are we calling:
'Return. Osirit, from thy Kingdom eoldl
Return to them that worship tbee of old.' "
Once more, as we bowed before the Holy,
she sang, and sent the full breath of her
glad music ringing up the everlasting walls.
till the silence quivered with her round
notes of melody, and the hearts of those
who hearkened stirred strangely in the
breast- And thus, as we walked, she sang
the song of Osiris risen, the song of Hope,
the song of V tclory:
' Sing we the Trinity,
Sing wo the Holy Three,
Sing we, and praise we and worship the Throne,
Throne that our Lora natn set
There peace and truth are met,
There In the Halls of the Holy alone I
There in the ihadowinga
Faint of the folded wings,
There shall we dwell and rejoice in our rest,
We that thy servants arel
Horus drive 111 afarl
Far in the folds of thedark of tbe West!"
Once more, as her notes died away, thun
dered forth the chorus of all the voices, and
then the chanting ceased, and a the sun
sank the High Priest raised the statue of
the living God and held .it before the multi
tude that was now gathered in the
court of the Temple. Thereupon, with
a mighty and joyful Bhout of "Osiris 1 Our
hope! Osiris! Osiris!" the people tore the
black wrappings from their dress, revealing
the white robes they wore beneath, and, as
one man, they bowed before the God, and
the feast was ended.
But for me the ceremony was only begun,
for to-nieht was the night ot my initiation,
Leaving the inner court 1 bathed myself,
and, clad in pure linen, passed, as it is or
dained, into an inner, but not the inmost
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STOCK OF MERCHANDISE
We can and do sell
any dry goods house
of the State.
AND WE WEST FORTH.
sanctuary, and laid the accustomed offer
ings on tbe altar. Then, lifting up my nanus
to Heaven, I remained for many hours in
contemplation, striving by holy thoughts
and prayer to gather up my strength against
the mighty moment of my trial.
Slowly the hours sped in the silence 01
the Temple, till at length the door opened
and my father, Amenemhat, the High
Priest, came in, clad in white, and leading
by the hand the Priest of Isis. For him
self, having been married, he did not enter
into the mysteries of the Holy Mother.
I rose to my feet and stood humbly before
the twain.
"Art thou ready!" said the Priest, lifting
the lamp he held so that its light fell upon
my face. "Art thou ready, O thou chosen
one, even to see the glory of the Goddess
face to face!"
"I am ready," I answered.
"Bethink thee," he said again, in solemn
tones, "this is no small thing. If thou wilt
carry out this thy last desire, understand,
O Roval Harmachis, that now this very
night must thou for awhile die in the flesh,
what time thy soul shall look on spiritual
things. And if thou diest and there shall
be any evil thing found within thy heart.
when thou comest at last into , that awful
presence, woe unto thee, Harmaohis, lor
the breath of life shall no more enter in at
the gateway of thy mouth. Utterly Shalt
thou perish as to tby body, and what shall
befall thy other parts, if I know I may not
say. According to the Egyptian religion
the being man is composed of four parts
the body, the double or astral shape Oca)
the soul (W), and the spark of life sprung
from the Godhead (Wiou) . Art thou, there
fore, pure and free from the thought of sin I
Art thou prepared to be gathered to the
breast of Her who was and is and will be,
and in ail things to do Her holy will; for
her, while she shall so command, to put
away the thought of earthly woman; and to
labor always for Her glory till at the end
thy life is absorbed in Her eternal life!"
"I am," I answered ; "lead on."
"It is well," said the Priest. "Noble
Amenemhat, we go hence along."
"Farewell, my son," said my father; "be
firm and triumph over the things spiritual
as thou Shalt triumph over the things earth
ly. Ho who would truly rule the world must
first be lifted up above the world. He must
be at one with God, for thus only shall he
learn the secrets of the Divine. But be
ware! Tbe gods demand much of those
who dare to enter the circle of their Divin
ity. If they go back therefrom they shall
be judged of a sharper law, and be scourged
with a heavier rod. As their glory Is,
shall their shame be; for it is no light thing,
having cast off thy mortal garb, to soil the
raiment of the Spirit in fleshly mire.
Therefore, make thy heart strong, O Royal
Harmachis ! And when thou speedest down
the ways of Night and enterest the Holy
Presence, remember that from him to whom
great gifts have been given shall gifts be
required again. And now if, indeed, thy
heart be fixed go whither it is not as yet
given to me to follow thee. Farewell!"
For a moment, as my heart weighed these
heavy words, I wavered, as well I might.
But I was filled with longing to be gathered
to the company of the Divine ones, and I
know that I bad no tvil in me, and desired
to do only the thing that is just. Therefore,
having with so much labor drawn tbe bow
string to my ear, I was fain to let fly the
shaft. ''Lead on," I cried, with a loud
voice, "lead on, O holy Priest! I follow
thee!"
And we went forth.
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to compete with us in quality of factoryproducta. la our Lines
we are tli largest manufacturers in the United States.
Row vour hoy de wear out his shoos!
Jump! Mean a' & ifaoea for foys will outwear any other
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$2.50 Buys the Best Farmert' Thick Boot.
JAMES MEANS'
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A Reliable Kip Boot for Farmers
10 1II1IU .unite an Cnt
10 C'eut make oite Dimes
IO Dime mnke one Dollar
10 Dollars make one Eagle.
And with a Quarter Eagle any Farmer In the
rnntrv can now huv a boot that will satisfy hSm.
Formers have been looking for such a boot for
a long lime and now it has pome.
Hoots and shnes from our celebrated
factory are at.lil by wiile-nwake retailers
In all parm of the country. We will place
them easily within your reach In any State or
Territory If you will invest one cent In a postal
'card, and write to us.
Special Offer cn the James Means Quarter Eagle Kip Boots for Fa-.Tr.ers.
BOOTS
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Kept and for Bale in Audrain County and Warranted by the following named well
known and reliable firms :
InordertotmmertiatFly distribute simples of these Boots all over the country, we will send them
;iny mart in any piaco wnere mere is a poat-omce or rain
:it. we win Menu inem nv
portaiion to destination prepaid by ourselves, on recefp
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Territory of the United State.
I road In anv State or
express or by mall, with all charges for tramv
offlce order or registered letter. We will accept Unite
regular price, 92. 50. Send money by port-
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StatAa oostasTe stamosfor the odd half dolu
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We will mi your order on the same
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whirh vnn wort, and mark om the shane of that In the same wav. W
tv m nwlv it. Take icreat care to be verv accurate, and be aura to rive ua vour full address, town.
county and State or Territory. If we have a dealer handling our goods in your town we want you to
buy of him, we do not wast you m send tons a we win not interfere with the dealers who sell our
rood, but we are lad tosupplv you if your dttaier will not. Any boot and shoe retailer or any country
fctore-keeper can supptv you with our ifoods II he wants to, but some dealers will try to sell you Inferior
goods on which they make a larger profit than they ought to ask for. In that case, send to us,
JAMES MEANS & CO., 41 Lincoln St., Boston, Mass.
The name and lcMirn or our enptotner In your town win appear under tbja advertisement, In large type
as sooB&fl wo rertive their Fall order -.r r.iil wesurtmertt of ourguoda.
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Dealers in Mexico and vicinity
will be supplied at lower rates
than they can order direct.
Also, Extra Fine Celery.
Express charges and telegraph expense
saved to both parties.
WM. LLEWELLYN,
West Side of the Public Square,
MEXICO. MO.
TURNER, JACKSON & CO., MEXICO, MO.
a The Best School Shoes in the World.
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LADIES' FINE SHOES, NETTLETON'S FIXE SHOES VOR MEN and
our "LABORER'S" KfcLOK, allot wbicb we warrant.
MR. DAVID TOMLINSON. who has had over 20 years experience, will
manage the manufacturing department, and will serve customers promptly.
All Kinds ot manuiaciunug anu roytuimg uuiio. Dauaiacuuu guarauwmi.
MR. HARRY ATCHISON, who is well
acquainted with the business, will remain
with us and take pleasure, at all times, in
showing you
GOOD GOODS1
And selling them to you worth the money.
Give us a call before you buy.
W. W. SETTLE,
N. E. Cor. Square, Mexico Mo.
LOOK!
JUST OUST IE C-A.LL
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The Sanse of Taata.
A physiologist discoursing on the tens
of taste says: Strictly speaking, with the
tip ot the tongue one ean't really taste at
all. If you put a small dsop of honey or of
oil of bitter almonds on that part of the ;
duuu, you wui una, no aouDt to your great
surprise, that it produces no effect of any
sort; you only taste it when it begins slowly
to diffuse itself, and reaches the true tasting
region in the middle distaneer. But it you
pat a little cayenne or mustard oa the same
part, you will And that it bite you immedi
ately the experiment should be tried spar
ingly while if you put it lower down in the
moutu yon will a wallow it almost without
noticing the pungency of the stimulant
The reason is that the tip of the tongue it
supplied only with nerves which are reafiy
nerves of touch, not nerves of taste proper;
they belong to a totally different main
branch, and they go to a different center in
the brain, together with the very similar
threads which supply the nerves of small
for mustard and pepper. That is why the
smell and taste of these pungent substance
are so much alike, as every body mart eav
noticed; a good sniff at a mustard-pot pro
etaemg almost the same irntaung effects as
an iacauVcus mouthful Bt" 'luOgct.
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BOOK STORE MAN.
And you will be convinced that he ia selling School Books and School Supplies
cheaper than any one. He constantly keeps on hand any and all things usually
carried in a first-class Book Store and sells quick for small profits. Call early
and see for yourself. "Don't forget the place.
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AGENTS & ABSTRACTERS,
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French & Garrett,
DRUGGISTS,
South Side of the Public Square,
HAVE HOME AN) EASTERN
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ON LONG TIME AND AT LOWEST RATES
Are proprietors of the Audrain County Abstract Book.
Abstracts furnished. Titles examined.
Fire and Life Insurance written in best companies.
Write Deeds and do all kinds of Notarial work.
OFFICE REAR OF SAVINGS BANK. MEXICO, MO.
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All Calls Promptly Attended.
Special Attention Paid to
SPAYING,
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DISHORNING.
OFFICE In th real estate offlc
Nelson 4 Moore, at Woodward',
old stand, Mexico, Mo.
J. N. STEPHENS,
ONE OF THE