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.^F ' Copyricht. b: ^?texparrrr? larrawa, j umiin,t***w*>rtm 7 - , CHAPTER XXIX. " _ THE WAY TO THE SEA. y y |EXE"ENES did not remain 1 %C in the apathy of amazerx jr* j\ and helplessness- Conste] Hf * ' tion possessed him the inst he roused himself sufficiently to rea and speculate. * He had saved the s and exposed Har-hat but the ace plishlng of this temporary good I forced the probable commission o: great evil. If death in some form ^x not overtake the fan bearer he co -Qr enrich and strengthen himself fr Israel Then, even if Meneptab's ar did not continue to follow him, wonJd be enabled to buy mercena: and return equipped to do battle w Meneptah,v even as he had vow The flower of the military was w ^ him: the Pharaoh was incapable s Egypt demoralized. The success the traitor seemed as^vj. W] . then of Rachel, of bis own father, the faithful n?miters, of all whi Kenkenes h8d loved or befriende The thought filled him with resoluti and vigor. |^ "If the Lord God of Israel overtai ^ him not," he said, returning to t king, -then must I! For in my go intent it seems that I have undo if thee. Hotep," he continued, taking t scribe's hands, "let my father knc that I died not with the firstborn; al thou seest the danger into which't j? nation hath descended in this hoi Help thou the kingl I" return n< Farewell." He kissed the scribe on the lips an freeing himself from his clingii hands, ran through the broken line ? the royal guards. The army was already a compa cluster in the center of a rolling clot of dust to the south. When Xechutes had aroused him b fore daybreak the cupbearer' ha brought Hotep with him, and while tl messenger broke, his fast he had avai ed himself of the scribe's presence 1 . learn many-things. Not the smailes *W part of his information was*"the fa< that the Pharaoh's scouts bad loe?te Israel encam??ed on a sedgy plain s the base o: a great h;l? on the nerti emmost arm - of the KKI sea. Mene? tai'*.? arri:; had marched rwenty-fiv sciles due south o? Pitbem and pitche f ?is icuio lui- the night, it was twenty A Jive miles from that point to Baa] " Zephon or the hill before which Israe had camped. The fugitives had cho sen the smoothest path for travel keeping along the Bitter lakes, ,tha "their cattle might feed- Their traci led in a southeasterly direction. ^ Har"kat? nicking o?* with the ar ^ my. had struck due south. He hac X<" chosen this line for more than one ad vantage it offered. ' The Arabian deserl approached the sea in a series of pla? teaus or steps. The most westerly was surmounted by a ridge of high hills, higher probably than any other chain within the boundaries of Egypt The sJL most easterly overlooked the seaheaeh and was originally, it may be, the old sea margin. At points the tableland advanced within sight of the water, at other localities an intervening space of several miles lay between it and the sea. The summit was flat, at least smooth enough for the passage of horsemen, and at all times it was a y'. good field for strategic maneuverings ?j by an army arrayed against anything which might be on the beach below. ? The slaves were entrapped. The pur? suer had but to follow the pursued in the only open direction and overtake th? starving, thirsting multitude at 1^ last. But from Ear-hat's movement he W^' had meant to continue along this pla V. tesa out of sight of Israel until he had postal part of his army in the way of escape to the south. Kenkenes reached this conclusion without much ponder? ing. He had his own maneuverings in mind. Of the captain of Israel, Prince -Moses, he would discover, first, if the ?St Lord God had prepared. him against ^3 Har-hat The grave question answered to the repose of his mind concerning the welfare of Israel, the path of his nest duty woufd be clearly laid before him. He would join the army and take the life of the fan bearer for the sake of all he loved and Egypt In the course of the day's events his motive had l>een exalted from the personal de? sire for revenge to the high intent of a patriot He felt most confident that he wonk* forfeit his own life in the act Not an instant did he hesitate. Ahead of him was the narrow bed of a miniature torrent which rolled out of ~A desert during the infrequent rains. ? "Now it was dry, packed hard, free of ail obstructions except the great bowl- j ders and led in a comparatively straight line toward the sea. It was an | Ideal stretch for running. He summoned all his forces, gather? ing? hi a mighty mental effort all that . depended on his speed, and tock the -?? path with a leap. The dazed king and his ministers >aw him with whom they had that moment talked stretch a vast and ever widening breach between fhem with a bat-like swoop, and while they watched be was swallowed up in the distance. The bed of the torrent served him -Jf for the first few miles. Then it turned abruptly toward the. Bitter lakes. He j left it and entered the rougher coun- ! try. Thereafter no great bursts of speed were possible, because the run? ner had to pick his way. He ran, not tc tb<* *->-^.?ng. rf5-- with bounds, . i the Children nf j J i \ Israel From the ! \ ^ j Bondage of Egypt j g 4 j Elizabeth Miller | j - 4-1 j Bobbs-Merrill Company ?A aside and forward, dimly calculating the safety of the footfall. Suddenly a column of sand rose un? der his feet and he dashed through it. Blinded and choking, he cleared his eyes, caught his breath and ran on. A gust of wind, like a breath of flame, met him from the east and passed. Then he realized that the atmosphere bad thickened, as if an opaque cloud of heat had enveloped the earth. He glanced.at the sky and saw that it was strewn with fragmentary clouds, but a little south and east of him was the pillar, unmoving and gilded royally. There was a storm in the air. Finally the region began to grow level, proving the proximity to the sea. In another moment he came upon the old sea bed. It was sandy, sedge grown, with here and there a palm, and tremendously trampled. Israel had passed this way. The clash and ring of meeting metal fell on his ear. He looked and saw I ahead of him two men fighting with a j third. Three horses with empty sad- j dies nervously watched the fray. The single combatant was a soldier in the uniform of a common fighting man. One of the, pair was a tall Nu? bian in a striped tunic; the other was an Egyptian, short, fat, purple of ooun- ? tenance-Unas! With a furious exclamation, Kenke nes slackened his pace only long enough to undo the falchion at his side and rushed to the' fight It did not mat? ter to him who the soldier was or what his cause. The fact that he was fight? ing the emissaries of Har-hat wa? sufficient indorsement of the lone sol? dier, but even as he sprang forward' Unas sank on the sand, moved eonvui . sively once or twice, and lay still. The soldier staggered back from the second servitor and fell. The Nubian, standing over bim, swung his heavy weapon aloft, but Kenkenes thrust his falchion . over the fallen man and caught the Mow a? it descended upon the broad back of the blade. "Set receive your cursed soul!" the Nubian snarled. Kenkenes leaped across the prostrate soldier, and simu!- j taneously the weapons \t*3Xt up, de- j sceuded and dashed. Then followed j a wi;d and fearful battle. Thc Egyptian falchion wis nothing i more than- a sword ih^ed SJL Xiicr^ fore these were not tongues of steel _k_ r-~-:-1 tags* ?_j Die Xubiun swuivj his heavy weapon alon. which would whip their supple length one across the other and fill the air with the lightning of their olav and the devilish beauty of their music. The vanquished wouid not taste the nice death of a spitted heart. There was yet the method of tho stone ax war? riors in this battle, and he who fell would be a fearful thing to see. Perhaps it was because Kenkenes xas stronger and more agile; perhaps he remembered Deborah at that mo- ! ment, or perhaps he was simply a better fighter. Whatever the cause, his j blade went up and descended at last before the Nubian could parry, and the second servitor of Har-hat fell on his face and died. Chilled by the instant sobering which follows the taking of life, the young man sickened and whirled away from the quivering fiesfi. Plunging his fal? chion in the sand to hide its stain, he went back to the fallen soldier. He knew by the look on the gray face, by the dark pool that had grown beside him, that the warrior had fought his last fight. Kenkenes raised the man's #head and heard these words i faintly spoken: "He sent them in pursuit: I knew he ? meant to do it but I could not get near j to kill him. So I 'followed them. But thou art her love;. Do thoa protect her now.'* "Her! Rachel V Kenkenes cried. "Who art thou?" ."Atsu, once her taskmaster, always J her*'- the voice died away. "Where is she?" Kenkenes implored, j "In the name of thy gods, go not yeti j Where is she?" 'The lips parted in answer, but no | sonnd came. The arm went up as if j to point but it fell limp without indi- ! eating direction, and with a sigh the j soldier turned bis face away. SoblHng, wild with anxiety and grief. ! Kenkenes shook the inert body, plead- j lng frantically for some sign to guide Amen ti. At last Kenkenes laid the body d' and stood up. It had come to him y plainly that but for Atsu already tl dead servitors would have been youd overtaking in pursuit of his 1 Though a worshiper of Israel's ( Kenkenes was still Egyptian in his stincts. The man who had died save Rachel ho could not bury un fined in a gravi? of sr.nd, where natural processes of dissolution wt destroy him utterly. His and Racfc debts to Atsu were great, and the mand was made upon him now to charge all that was possible in one act of caring for the dead soldi remains. Kenkenes could not bear body back to the group be had about the kirg. for he had a miss which concerned all the living T, were dear to him. Furthermore, sky was threatening, the desert wa terrible place during high winds, J he dared not delay. Suddenly a thought struck h Travelers and seafaring men bad t him that there were settlements al< the Red sea. Might be not go forw; on his way after Israel till he foi one of these? He led the largest horse past dead servitors and, persuading it stand, lifted the body of Atsu upon back. With dlfSculty he mounted a supporting the limp burden with ( arm, turned again toward the son east As he went forward Kenkenes me tated on the signs of this recent a tragic event. He had searched throu? oat the length and breadth of Gost for Rachel, and none had seen her heard of her since she had fled fri Har-hat into the desert eigt?t moni before he had seen her last. . Isr. was more ignorant of the whereaboi of Rachel than he. He could not t whether Har-hat knew where she w: nor could he guess from the positi pf the fighters in which direction t servants had meant to ride. T tracks ol their horses were not to discovered in the great trampled roi way Israel had made. Of this thing Kenkenes was sure. Rachel were with Israel she had join it after he had left Goshen. In tit case he was going to hereto ask a?1 her safety when he inquired after ; Israel. If she were still in Egypt would stop Har-hafs search forev? This recollection added to his deten: nation and intensified his zeal. At the beginning of the great fiel of sea grass he came upon a little ha] let It was a considerable distance i land, and the chief industry of the pc pie could have been only the gatherii of sedge for hay or the curing of hei and root,for medicines. Some of tl villagers were in sight but. the most < them were out in the direction of ri lakes laboring in the marsh gr:;? : hi th-.- oourse of the pasi j ear events K^irse^e. had : earned to be cautious and ski?rful ?n?ritive. ri?; d' not cure T? be caught and taxed veil me deatn 01 roe man whose body i bore The village shrine was the stru< ture nearest to him. It was built c sun dried brick, with three walls, tl fourth side open to the sunrise. Kei kenes dismounted and reconnoitered The shrine was empty, and none of th villagers was near. t He lifted the dead man from th horse and bore the body into the san< tuary. Before the image of A thor wa a long table overlaid with a slab o red sandstone. Here the offerings wer left and here Kenkenes laid Atsu, ? true sacrifice to the love deity. Revei ently the young man closed the eye and straightened the chilling limbs G<Mng into his patrimony of jewel sewn in his belt be took an emerak and, putting it in the hands, crosse< them above the breast Then he lau his mantle over the bier. At the threshold he found a sof stone, and with that he wrote upon th? head of the long table the name of th< dead man and Mendes, his native city Under this he wrote further to the vii lagers, charging them, in the name ol the goddess, to care for the body rev erently and return it to the tomb o? Atsu's fathers. Having made note o? the emerald as remuneration for their labors, he completed the inscription without signature. Thus he insured the safety and pres? ervation of the bones of Atsu, and in the eye of the average Egyptian he had served the soldier well. But Ken? kenes was not satisfied. i As he left the shrine he muttered with trembling lips: "Bless him! The fate is not kind which yields to such goodness no re? ward save gratitude. There must be, because of the great God's justness, some especial blessing laid up for Atsu." In the time he had spent in the sanc? tuary the atmosphere had grown hazy, and the sun shone obscurely. To the east were tumbled and darkening masses, which gathered even as he looked and joined till they stretched in a vast and unilluinined sweep about the horizon. The wind had died, and che heat bathed him in perspiration. Once again bis eyes sought the pillar and found it above bim, still some? what to the east yet in form un? changed, in hue undimmed. Some? thing within him associated the col? umn of cloud with Israei and Israel's God. He went to his horse and found him terrified and unmanageable. After vain .efforts to soothe the creature he walked away a little space, clasping his hands. ."O thou mysterious God, by those tokens thy hand is upon tin? earth and upon the heavens! Even as thou hast shielded me thus far, withdraw not th> sheltering haiMi from al>out me, thv worshijKir, in this thy latest hour of mystery." He skirted the village, now fi!Hr:? with frightened peasants, and t:*>k the i path of Israel. It j+yl in a southeasterly di^vtlon to- j ward a fur-off hill, barely- outlined ' .v " ? e distance. settled and j bastion of ! ??????????M?O-----J cioUvl Leaved its sooty bulk up t? sky. The air stagnated, and the whc desert was soundless. If Meueptah's scouts' had report? truly, Israel had behind it a hill, ea of it the sea West of it the arn i would approach. South only could floe into a torrid, arid, uninhabitx desert. i A round and tumbled mass, bb black, but attended by a copper color? rack, detached itself -from a shelflil stratum of cloud and, elongating, seer ed to descend to the surface of the se Daylight went out instantly, and a pr ; longed moan came from the dista] ! east Blinding flashes of lightning i luminated the whirling mass and a most absolute darkness fell after eac bolt Out of the inky midnight towal the east came an ever increasing sour j of a maddened sea, gathering in vc ume and fury and menace. Kenken? flung himself cn his face and waited. I He did not have long to waft. With a noise of mighty rending, r enforced by a continuous roll of sa1 t age thunder, the' storm struck. ' spinning cone of wind caught a gr? ; expanse of sand and, lifting the loos j covering, carried a huge twisting co umn inland-dea^1 und entombmei ; for any living thing it met With '? went a great blast of spray, stone: seaweed, mashes of sedge uproote bodily, much wreckage, palm tree: small hilts which went to pieces a ' they were carried along, wild and d< mestic animals, jmythlng and ever} thing that lay Ta the path of the storn The rotary movement passed wit the first whirl, but a hurricane, bkrn ing with overcoming velocity, presse like a wall against anything thatstrov to face it Tts toarse raving filled Ker keries' ears with titanic sound. Th breath was snatched from his nostrils His eyelids, tightly closed, were stun; .with sharply driven sand. Though h struggled to hin feet and attempted t proceed, he stiggered and wandere and was prone to turn away from th . solid breast of the mighty blast H ? could not hope to make headway blind : ed, yet be dared not lift his face to th sand. . He could make a shelter ove . his eye that he might watch his feet but be could not discover path and di rection in this manner. The day was far advanced, and al ready the army had outstripped him j Might not Har-hat at this hour he de j scending with als veterans, seasonet ! against the simooms of Arabia, upoi . Israel, dem?rali?ied In the storm? I Desperate, the young man droppec ! his hands and flung up his head, j He was standing in a soft ligHt verj I faintly diffused about him, but nar ? rowing ahead of him, brightening, as i: contracted, into almost daytime bril 1 liance to the south. The illuminate;: scrip .... ?s not wide, rn** plat -au \'j tin I west was dark, the farmer cast ;:;<. wise storm cleared. Ta Kir; : co1; rag0, he raised his eyes for an in: tant. Thc drift; .g sand would not pei nit a.don , ger L~~^.u.pL.tiaa, bul ?L?i ?eetuifc glimpse he discovered the source of the supernatural radiance. The pillar was tinged like a clo ad in the sunset with a mellow and benign fire. ? Kenkenes did not marvel and was not perplexed. The miracles no longer amazed him, but he had not become in? different or unthankful. Each forward step he took was a declaration of faith; the thrill of relief in his veins, a psalm of thanksgiving. The stones were as many and as sharp, the way as un tender, and the mighty tempest strove against him as powerfully, but he fol? lowed the ray, trusting implicitly. Night fell unnoticed, for it merged with the supernatural darkness of the day. At the summit of the slope which led down to the water's edge he paused. Below him was a gentle declivity end? ing to the south in darkness. There was not a glimmer of radiance on the sea. Far to the east could be heard the sound of inf uria red "surges, storming the rocks, but dense darkness shrouded all the distance. Only the beach direct? ly under him was alight The shadows cast were blacker than daylight shad? ows, and the radiance had a ^o^ch of gold, which gilded everything beneath it The poorest object was enriched, the gaudiest subdued. Had the number of Israel'been 10,000 or even 100,000 Kenkenes might have had some conception of the multitude. The miliious massed below him on the sand were not to be looked on except as a vast unit The tribes were divided, the herds were collected at the rear or inland side, and the lepers were isolated, but no order in detail was possible. Tents were down, goods were being gathered and much commotion was apparent Even at a distance Kenkenes could see that consternation and dismay were rife among Israel. The whole valley was murmurous with subdued outcry, and a multitudinoas lowing and bleat? ing of the herds swept up, blown wild? ly by the hurricane. The senses, too, are limited in their grasp, even as tte brain has bounds upon its conception. The dimensions, movement and sound of the multitude overtaxed the eye and ear. Was it the storm or the army that had frightened them? Slipping and sliding in his haste, be | descended the slope without care for the sound be made. The hillocks and hollows that Interposed irritated him. His Impatience made him forget his great weariness. Israel's helpless ones to tix> t-jwonl, Israel's treasure open to the enrichment of a traitor. Israel's fighting men driven to rally to his standard-Rachel's people to be mas? tered by Har-hati Great was his intent and its scope, and how cheaply attained if it cost but two lives-his enemy's and his own! ! How much depended upon him! His enthusiasm and zeal put out of his ? ?di?bt all his young reluctance to sur- ; render life and the world. He could have explained truthfully from his . own feelings what rt is that enables : men to suffer an eager martyrdom. Two Hebrews outside The limits nf I the camp halted him. "I bring fid/;:;,.; V your captain," be ' ?xplaihecT "The answer was swept "J bring tidings to your captain." 1 from the speaker's lips and carried I astray by the wind, but he caught j these- words: "Thou art an Egyptian. Thy kind i hath no friendship for Israel." ? "I am of Egypt, but I am one with j you in faith. Conduct me to the prince, j I pray you." ! 'Take him," said one to the other, j "He is but one." ! The Hebrew thus addressed motion? ed Kenkenes to follow him and turned j toward the encampment I They "passed through a lane between two tribes. Kenkenes guessed, look? ing first upon one and then the other, that there were 100,000 In the two. Strip a city of her plan and shape, her houses, her pleasures and commerce; leave only her people, their smallest possessions and all their fears; beset such a city with an army on three sides, the sea on the fourth and a furi? ous hurricane over all-and in such state and of such appearance were these two tribes. Kenkenes fortified himself and re ? slsted with all his might the contagious panic that seemed about to attack him. As well as he might he concentrated his mind upon other things. He noted that the shadows were long, like those of afternoon. Turning his head, he saw that the pillar stood behind the en? campment and that its light was thrown forward and downward, not backward and outward. Very mani? festly the benefits of the miracle were only for the believers in Jehovah. The marvel brought into the young man's mind some natural speculation con? cerning the great miracle worker to whom his guide was leading bim. | Wfcr.t manner of man was he about io i look upon-c. sorcerer, a trafficker In ? horrors, a coot'ouTvier of men? Ahead, p.ir?i<-ukrr:y illumined by-the i ?v^s?i.-ii tight *A ?s 2 group of eMers- i ?T-;a*. irrave QJ*?. misted ia the liyi~? , fleeces of their own beards. They bent j firmly against the blast and the broad streaming of their ample drapings add? ed much to the idea of supernatural power and resistance they inspired.' The Hebrew leading Kenkenes slack? ened his step, as if hesitating to ap? proach so venerable a council, when suddenly the group separated, reveal- ! lng ? majestic man about whom it had j been clustered. After a word in his own tongue, de? livered with bent head and deferential ! attitude, the Hebrew stood aside. Kenkenes prepared to meet a prince j of Egypt whatever the personality of the Israelite. He dropped on one knee, j bent his head and extended his hand j with the pah J . toward Moses. The j great man took the fingers and4 bade j the young Egyptian arise. Forty years j a courtier, forty years a shepherd, but | the graces of the one had not been for- ; gotten in the simplicities of the other. ! When Kenkenes gained his feet lo, he j faced lie wondrous stranger he had . seen in. the tomb of the incomparable j Pharaoh I At ?. sign from Moses, Kenkenes ? came near to him, that the howl of the j tempest and the turmoil of Israel j might not drown their voices. "Thou art weary, my son," the Is- j raelite said, glancing at the tired face j and dusty raiment "Hast thou come j from afar'r" "From Goshen to Tanis- and hither, ! O prince." "Afoot?" "Even so." *Thou hast journeyed farther than Israel, and Israel is most weary. I 1 trust thy journey is done." And this was the confounder of j Egypt the vicar of God-this kindly noble! "Not yet 0 prince, but. its dearest mission endeth here. I come of the blood of the oppressors, but I am full of pity for thy people's wrongs. Know est thou that the Egyptians pursue thee? Is thy hand made strong with resource? Hath the Lord God pre? pared thee against them?*' "From whom art thou sent?' the Israelite asked pointedly. "I am come of mine own accord." "Wherefore V "Because I am one with Israel Sn faith," The great lawgiver surveyed him in silence for. a moment, but the pene? trative br??ltanc?^h~li?s eyes softened. "Wast thou taught?" he asked at last. "In casting away the idols, nay; in finding the true God I was." In the pause that followed Israel lift? ed up its voice, and to Kenkenes it seemed that the people besought their great captain urgingly and chidingly. The lawgiver listened for a little space. His gaze was absent the lines of his face were sad Something in his attitude seemed to say: "What profit? ed! all thy care, O Lord? Behold thy chosen-these men of little faith!" Then, as if some thought of the you ng proselyte. tW Egyptian, arose In contrast his eyes came back to Kenkenes again. "Thou hast rilled TIM? with gladness, my son," he said simply. Kenkenes bowed bis Lead and ma<?e no answer. Presently the Israelite* spoko to the panic stricken people nearest to him. In the tone and the words he used there was a world of paternal kindness, a composite of con? fidence, reassurance and implied pro? tection tbat should have soothed. "Fear ye not. Stand still ?nd see the salvation of the Lord, for the Egyp? tians ye have seen filis day ye shall see again no more forever." At the words Kenkenes lifted his head quickly.' The Hebrew had an? swered his question, but how' enig? matically: "VTas Israel to escape, or Har-hat to be destroyed? In either ease the young man wondered concern? ing himself. Again the eyes of ti? lawgiver returned to him, as if the sight of the young Egyptian was grate? ful to him. "Abide with us," be said. "Saith not thy faith, Tear not, the.Xord shall fight for thee?'n Kenkenes' face wore a startled ex? pression. How had the Israelite divin? ed his purpose? "Saith not thy faith?' Faith? He confessed faith, but faift had not spoken that thing to him. Slowly and little by little lt began- to. manifest Itself to him that he bai wa-' vered in his trust; that the purpose o?f his visit to Israel had questioned the; fidelity of his God's care; that so sure?yj had he doubted he bad defied danger and fought with death to ask after thal Intent of the Lord; that he had meant to. perform the duty .which the Lord had} left undone. The realization came wit a rush of shame. In the asking he betrayed his wavering, and Moses had tactfully told him of it A surge at color swept over his face. "Thou hast recalled my trust to me? .my prince," he said in a lowered tone.?. "Till now I knew not that it had failed me. But remember thou it was my love for Israel-oh, and my love far mine own-that made me fear. For? give me, 1 pray thee." The lawgiver laid his band, on tJha young man's shoulder, but did not an? swer at once. The growing clamor about them had reached the acme of? insistence. The nearest people pressed" "througn the trioal lines and, rushing? forward, began to throw themselves on their knees, tumbling in circles abouti the majestic Hebrew. Others kept their feet and, with anns and clinched: hands above their heads, shouted ve? hemently. Their cries were partly im. Egyptian, partly in their own tongue, but the cause of their terror and the* burden of their supplications were the same. The Egyptians were upon themi Even the dumb beasts were swept inter the panic, and the illuminated beadfc shook with sound. * ' After a little sad contemplation ot th? c!arjcorin~ borSe about him the law? giver drew nearer to Kenkenes and said ?n his ear, because "be ranroit er.-.r.-d hrs v<-.->ce*: "Th? 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