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? Romance of the Days When the Lord Redeemed the Children o f Israel From the Bondage of Egypt Elizabeth Milier 1 Copyright. 1904, by the Bobbs-Merrill Company CHAPTER IX. HEBBEW CS?PT. GTTjHEN Mentn returned from On I U| a Hight had kindled in his eyes j Wi and his stately step had grown ? " elastic. The man that with? draws from a busy life while in full ?vigor has beckoned to death. Inactiv? ity preys upon him like a disease. The .great artist, forced into idleness by the succession of an incapable king, iad been renewed by the prospect of labor which his exaltation into the high office of royal architect had afforded. With pleasure in his heart, Kenkenes ^watched his father grow young again. "Who was thy good friend in this?' the young man asked one evening ait or a number of contented remarks con? cerning the murkefs appointment. ""Who"said the word lb. the "Pharaoh's ear?" "So to raise me to this office it is needful that something more than my deserts must have urged the king 7' Menta ^retorted. ''Nay, that was not my meaning!" Kenkenes made haste to say. "But thou knowest, my father, that Menep? tah must be forever directed. Who, then, offered him this wise counsel? Barneses V "It was never Har-hat," Mentu re? plied, but half placated. "If he had, thou and I must no lon? ger call him a poor counselor." Mentu shookTiis head, but there was no more temper evident in his face. "Now is a propitious hour for a good counselor," Kenkenes pursued. "What knowest thou?' Mentn asked, with interest "Tape," the young man rei)lied brief? ly. "Nay, the sedition in Tape is old and vitiated." "And the Hak-heb." *That breach may be healed. But we have sedition to fear among the bond people" "The bond people!" "Even so.. Open and organized sedi? tion." - -"Tte Israelites?' Kenkenes exclaim? ed, with an incredulous note in his voice. "The Israelites." "I would sooner fear a rebellion : among the draft oxen and the mules of Nehapebu" [the Fayum], *The elder Seri's fears and the fea TS I ?of the great Barneses were other than yours." v "Oh, aye, they had cause for fear then, but since Seri yoked the crea? tures" "The Pharaohs did not begin in time," the elder man Interrupted. "Had that royal fiat, the decimation of Hebrew children, continued, we should not have had the Israelite today, but gods!" He shuddered with horror. "I hope that is a horrid slander-tradition, not fact I l?rc cot to lay the slaughter of babes at the door of any Egyptian dynasty, but had an early Pharaoh of the house of Thothmes enforced the absorption of the Hebrew by his same rank among the Egyptians we should not have the menace ot ? hostile alien within our borders today. The heavy hand of op? pression has mac e a wondrous race of them for strength. Theirs is no mean intellect Great men have come from among them, a-\d they will be a hardy foe arrayed against us." "They are not warriors. They are poor and unequipped for hostilities. They are thoroughly under subjection," I the young man pursued. "What can j they do against us?" "Do!" Mentu exclaimed with impa- j tience in the repetition. "They have j only to say to the banished Hyksos: ! .Come ye, let us do battle with Egypt .We wi!i be your mercenaries.* They have only to send greeting to that lean traitor Amon-meses. thus: 'Give as the delta to be ours and we will help you wm all Egypt,' and there will be eough done." "They in ust have a pact among them? selves and a leader first" Kenkenes ob- I Jected. ?j "Have I not saH they are organized j -and their leader is found? He is a fos ter brother to Meneptah, an initiated ? priest of Isis, a sorcerer and an infidel I of the blackest order. He is Prince ! Moses, a Hebrew by birth." ""Dost thou know him?" Kenkenes ?asked, with interest ."Nay, he has dwelt in Midian these Horry years. He returned some tin:* .ugo and hath dwelt passively in Go? shen tar The artist dropped his voice and came nearer to his son. "He hath dwelt passively in Goshen till of late, and it Is whispered that some secret work against him, invi? gorated by the priesthood, or mayhap the Pharaoh, bath given him provoca? tion to revolt against Meneptah." After a silence Kenkenes asked in a lowered toixe: "Hath he made demonstration?" "Oh, aye, he is clamoring to lead his people a three days' journey into the wilderness to make sacrifice to their ?od." "Shades of mine ancestors! If that is all, let them, so they return," Kenkenes saM amicably. "Let them!" the sculptor exploded. "Dost thou believe that they would re? turn?" . . v. "I apprehend that th*? Rameside ar? my would be capable ?f thwarting them if they were dispos:?;.! to depart ? permanently." _ . _ .'Thou dost apprehend-aye, of a truth I know thou dost! Halt all our works of peace for an indefinite time, mass the vast army of the Pharaoh and spend dtys and good arrows in re? trieving the runaways merely that a barbarian god may smell the savor of holy animpTs sacrificed! Gods! Ken kenes, thou art as trustworthy a coun? selor as Har-hat!" ' Thereafter there was a silence in the workroom. But a peppery man is sel? dom sulky, and Kenkenes was fully prepared* for the mildness in his fa? ther's voice when he spoke again. *Thou shouldst see the pretense in his demand, Kenkenes. He must have provocation to urge him to rebellion, and he knows full well that Menepta? will not grant that petition." "^But hath he not provocation? Thou hast but a moment ago told" "But that was only an offense against him. The whole people would no: go into revolt because some one had conspired against one of their number. Therefore he telleth Israel that its God would have Israel make a pilgrimage, promising curses upon the people if they obey not Then he put teth the appeal to the Pharaoh and the Pharaoh denieth it Wherefore the whole people is enraged and hath ral? lied to the conspirator's cause. Seest thou, my son?" "It is strategy worthy the incompa? rable Pharaoh" "It is Hebrew craft!" . "Perhaps thou art right But what personal grudge hath Moses against Egypt or the priesthood or Meneptah?" "It is said that he was wanted out of the way, and by an unfortunate sum of accidents, the miscarriage of a priest's letter and a fight between a messenger and Bedouins in front of a Hebrew tent gave the information into the hands of Moses himself?' By this time Kenkenes was on his feet "A miscarriage of a priest's letter," he repeated slowly. The artist nodded. After the silence the young man spoke again: "And thou believest truly that be? cause of this letter-because of this Is? raelite's grievance against the powers of Egypt-we shall have uprising and serious trouble among our bond peo? ple?" "I have said," Mentu answered, rais? ing his head as though surprised at the earnestness in his son's voice. Ken? kenes did not meet his father's eyes. He turned on his heel and left the workroom. Had the spiteful Seven, the Hathors, used him as a tool whereby mischief should be wrought between the nation and her slaves? * * * * * . * When the imperative necessity of harmonious expression became appar? ent the young artist laid aside his chis? el and mallet and the Arabian desert knew his footsteps no more for many any? after the rough hewing of Athor's face. ' Instead he mingled with the people of Memphis in quest of the ex? pression. The pursuit became fasci? nating and all absorbing.. With the most deliberate calculation he studied the faces of the betrothed and of new? ly wedded wives; and, finding too much of content therein, he sought out the unelect for study. And with these his search ended. Thereafter he made innumerable heads in clay and covered linen scrolls He made innumerable heads in clay. with drawings. But it was the sem bla-ice he gained and not the spirit. Tba light eluded him. On the day after Mentu's return from On. Kenkeues paid the first visit to ! Masaarah since the incident of the cc:- j lar-and the last.^he thought to make ! until he had won that for which he j strove. He went to bury the matting j in the sand and to hide other evidences j of recent occupancy about the niche, j He left the block of stone undisturbed, j for the transgression was not yet ap? parent on the face of Athor. The scrolls, which had been concealed un- ; der the carpeting, were too numerous for his ""rallet to contain, but he car ried the surplus openly in his hand. It was sunset before he b^d made an ! end. To return to the Nile by way of the cliff - front -"Fould have saved him i time, but there was a boyish wish In ! his heart to look again on the lovely : face that had helped him and battled j j him. So he descended into the upj end of the ravine and slowly pass I the outskirts of the camp, but the bo girl was nowhere to be seen. 1 spaces between the low tents w( filled with feeding laborers, and the was an unusual amount of cheer to noted among Israel of Masaarah. K< kenes heard the talk and laughter w: some wonderment as he passed. He ? mitted that he was disappointed wb< without a glimpse of Rachel, ha ernei ed Into the Nile valley. But he leap lightly down the ledge, crossed the b of rubble, talus and desert sand, and ? tered the now well marked wagon ro; between the dark green meadow la] on either side. Egypt was in shadow her sun behind the Libyan heights-b the short twilight had not fallen. Ov< head were the cooling depths of st as yet starless, but the river w breathing on the winds and the sibila murmur of its waters began to ta above the sounds of the city. To ti ; north, the south and the east was pa j toral and desert quiet; to the west w; the gradual subsidence of urban st I Frogs were beginning to croak In tl distance, and In the long grain he: and there a nocturnal insect chirr( and stilled abruptly as the young mi passed. Within a rod of the pier some 01 called: "My master!" The voice came from a distance, bi he knew whom he should see when I turned. Halfway across the field t ward the quarries Rachel was comm; with a scroll in her lifted hand. E began to retrace his steps to meet he but she noted the action and quickene her rapid walk Into running. "Thou didst drop this outside ttl camp," she said as she came near. * feared it might have somewhat pei faining to the statue on it, and I hav brought it, with the permission of tb taskmaster." She stopped and, pu: ting her hand into the folds of he habit on her breast, hesitated as if fo words to speak further. Kenkenes ir terrupted her with his thanks. , "Hew thou hast fatigued thyself fo me, Rachel! Out of all Egypt I doub if I might find another $o constan guardian of my welfare. The grace o the gods attend thee as faithfully, thank thee most gratefully." The purpose in her face dissolved the hand that seemed to hold some what in the folds of her habit relax?e and fell slowly. While Kenkenes wait ed for her to speak he noted that i dress of unbleached linen replaced th< coarse cotton surplice she had won before, and her feet were shod witl simple sandals, an extravagance amonj slaves. But the garb was yet to< mean. The sculptor wondered at thai moment how the sumptuous attire ol the highborn Memphian women woulc become her. He shook his 'head and in his Imagination dressed her in snow white robes, with but the collar ol rings about her throat, and stood bael to marvel at his picture of splendid simplicity. "Hast thou not something more tc tell me?" he asked kindly. "Do thor rest here on the wharf while we talk. Art thou not quite breathless?" "Nay, I thank thee," she faltered. "I may hot linger." The hand once again sought the folds over her breast "Then let me walk with thee on thy way. It will be dark soon." "Nay," she protested, flushing, "and again I thank thee. It is not needful." She made a movement as if to leave him, but he stepped to her side. "Out upon thee, daughter of Israel! Thou art ungracious," he remonstrated laughingly. "I cannot think thee so wondrous brave. For it Is a long walk to the camp, and the night will be pitch black. Why may I not go with thee?" "There is naught to be feared." "Of a truth? Those hills are as full of wild beasts as Amenti is of spirits. And even if no hurt befell thee the trepidation of that long jour? ney would be crue'h Nay, Ptah, the gallant god, would spurn my next of? fering did I send thee back to camp alone. Wilt thou come?" She bowed and dropped behind him. Her resolution to maintain the forms of different rank between them was not characteristic of other slaves he had known. There was no presump? tion or humble gratitude in her man? ner when he would offer her the cour? tesies of an equal, but he had met the disdain of a peer once when he thought he talked with a slave. There was "something mocking in her perfunc? tory defence, but her pride was gen nine. Her conduct seemed to say, "I would liefer be a Hebrew and a slave than a princess of the God forgotten realm of Egypt." The young sculptor was unruffled, however. He was turning over In his mind, with interest, the evidence that tended to show that the Israelite had something more to tell him, that her courage had failed her and that her hand sought something concealed In her dress. He recalled the former meetings with her and arrived at a sur? mise so sudden and so conclusive that with difficulty he kept himself from making outward demonstration of his conviction. "The collar, by Apis! I offended bei with the trinket And she came to ina'-re me take it back, but her courage fie<!. Fie upon my clumsy gal? lantries! I must make amends. I would not have her hate me." He broke the silence with an old, old remark-one that Adam might have made to Eve. "Look at the stars, Rachel. There Ia a dark casement in the heavens-a blink of the eye and the lamp is alight." "So I watch them every night But they are swifter here in Memphis. At Mondes, where Israel toiled once, they are more deliberate," she answered readily. "Aye, but you should see them at Philae. They ignite and bound Into brilliance like sparks of meeting metal and flint Ah, but the tropics are pre dpitater "I know them not." -he ventured. | "Their acquaintance is better avoid ed They have no mean: they from extreme to extreme. Thej violent immoderate. It is instant and instant day; it is the maddest sion of summer always. Nature n at the top of her voice and choke. realm with the fervor of her matei Nay, give me the north. I would the earth's pulse now and theil 1 out burning my fingers." "There is room for choice in this of thine," sb0 mused after a little. "Land of mine?" he repeated in ingly, turning his head to look at "Is it not also thine?" "Nay, it is not the Hebrews', ai never was," the clear answer c from the dusk behind him. "Sor* he exclaimed. "After 400 y in Egypt they have not adopted hei "We have but sojourned here a n: The journey's end is farther on." "Israel hath made a long night ol sojourn," he rejoined laughingly. "Nay," she answered. -Thou hast said aright It is Egypt that hath n a long night of our sojourn." There was a silence in which I kenes felt accused and un comforts It would require little to make hi the temper of the talk. It lay i him, one of the race of offenders make amends. "It is for me to admit Egypt's and ask a truce," he said gently, be thou generous to me, since it : who am abashed in her stead." Again there was silence, broken last by the Israelite in a voice gre wondrously contrite. "I do not reproach thee, nor, ind< is all Egypt at fault The sin lies I the Pharaohs." ! "Ah, the gods forbid!" he protesl ! "Lay it on the shoulders of babes thou wilt, but I am party to treasoi 1 but give ear to a rebuke of the m arch." "I am not ignorant of the law. shall spare thee, but I have pureba? j my right to condemn the king." \ "Thou indomitable! And I accui thee of fear! I retract. But tell i what is the journey's end? Is it 1 ultimate goal of all flesh?" "Not so," she answered proudly. ' is Israel's inheritance, promised J 400 years. The time is ripe for poss sion. We go forward to enter into land of our own." "Thou givest me news. Come, the Hebrews' historian and enlight me. Where lies the land?" Rachel hesitated. To her it was serious problem to decide whether t lightness of the sculptor's tone we mockery or good fellowship. Kenken noted her silence and spoke again. "Perchance I ask after a hieratic fi cret. If so, forgive the blunder." "Nay,? she replied at once, "it is ] secret All Egypt will know of it e long. God hath prepared us a lax wherein we may dwell under no ma ter but Jehovah. We go hence short to enter it -The captain of Israel w; lead us thither, and Jehovah will sho him the way. Abraham was informe that lt was a wondrous land, v. here] the olive and the grape will crown tl hills, the corn will fill the valleys, tl cattle and sheep The pasture land There will bc many rivers instead < one, and the desert will lie afar o from its confines. The sun will shir and the rain will fall and the wind will blow as man needeth them, an there will be no slavery and no heav life therein. The land shall be Israel'! and its enemies shall crouch withon its borders, confounded at the splendc of the children of God. And there wi: our princes arise and a throne be se up and a mighty nation established Cities will shine white and strong wall ed on the heights, and caravans of com merce will follow down the broa( roadways to the sea. There will th ships of Israel come bowing over th< waters with the riches of the world and our wharfs will be crowded wit! purple and gold and frankincense Babylon shall do homage on the righ hand and Egypt upon the left and th? straight smoke from Jehovah's altai will rise from the center unfailing bj day or by night" They had reached the ledge, and Kenkenes sat down on it, leaning OE one hand across Rachel's way. She paused near him. Even in the dark he could see the light in her eyes, and the joy of anticipation was in her voice. As yet he did not know whether she talked of the Israelitish conception of supernal life or of a belief in a temporal redemption. "And there shall be no death nor any of the world sorrows therein?" he asked. "Since we shall dwell in the world we may not escape world's uncer? tainties," she replied, looking at his lifted face. "But most men live bet? ter lives when they live happily, and I doubt not there will be less unhappi? ness, provident or fortuitous, in Is? rael the nation than in Israel en? slaved." So the slave talked of freedom as slaves talk of it-hopefully and elo? quently. A pity asserted itself in the young sculptor's heart and grew to such power that it tinctured his speech. "Is thy heart then so firmly set on this thing?" he asked gently. "It is the hope that bears Israel's burdens and the bairn that heals the welt of the lash." And in the young man's heart he said it was a vain hope, a happy delusion that might serve to make the harsh bondage endurable till time dispelled j lt. The simple words of the girl were eloquent portrayal of Israel's plight and Kenkenes subsided into a sorry state of helpless sympathy. She was not long in interpreting his silence. "Vain hope, is it?" she said. "And how shall it come to pass in the face of the Pharaoh's denial and the might of Egypt's arms? Thou art young, and so am I. but both of us remember Rameses, There has been none like him. Ile overthrew the world, did he not, and it was a hard task and a precarious and a long one when he but measured anns with mo-*ta!s. T< ? : .i problem ?vortLy the study to j ponder how he might have far<-d in I tattle with a god?" Kenkenes lifted his head suddenl] and regarded her. "Aye," she continued. "I hav< given thee food for thought. Futile in deed were Israel's hopes if it set itsel: unaided against the Pharaoh. But th? God of Israel hath appointed his hom and hath already descended into fel lowship with his chosen people. H< hath promised to lead us forth, and th< Divine respects a promise. So a Goc against a Pharaoh. Doth it not appeal to thee, Egyptian, that there ap preaches a marvelous time?" "Give me but faith in the hypothesis and I shall say of a surety," he re piled. "Thou hast said. Shall we not go on my master?" "I am Kenkenes, the son of Mentu,' he told her. She bent her head in acknowledg ment of the mtroductlon and moved forward as if to climb up by the pro jeering edges of the strata, but he pul a powerful arm about her and lifted her into the valley. With a light bound'he was beside her. Ahead o? them was profound darkness, hedged by black and close drawn walls and canopied by distant and unillumining stars. She resumed her place behind him, though he was moved to protest, but her deliberate manner seemed to demand its way, so they Continued slowly. "Thou gi vest me interest in th 3 God of Israel," he said, to reopen the sub? ject. "The Egyptian dwells in his gods, but thou sayest that the God of Israel dwells in Israel" "Even so. But thou speakest of Isra? el's God even after the fashion of my people. They are jealous, saying that the true God hath but one love and that is Israel. If they would think it, let them, but he is the all-God, of ali the earth, the one God-thy God as well as mine." "Mine!" Kenkenes exclaimed. "Thou hast said." "Now, by all things worshipful, this is news. I had >ever thought that our gods are those to whom we bcw. Ei? ther thou sayest wrong or I have been remiss in my devotions." "Nay, listen,"- she said earnestly, stepping to his side. "Already have I told thee of the captain of Israel. He was reared among princes in the house of the Pharaoh, and he is learned in all the wisdom of Egypt. He lnstructeth the elders concerning Jehovah, and from mouth to mouth his wisdom traverseth till it reaeheth the ears of the young. This, then, I have from the lips of Moses, who speaketh naught but the truth. In early times all on earth had perished for wickedness by the sending of the one God, save a holy man and his three sons. These men worshiped the God of Abraham, who was the fa? ther of Israel. One of the sons found? ed thy race, saith Moses, and one es? tablished mine. The tribes that went into Egypt worshiped the same God. Lo, is it not written In the early tombs? So Moses testifieth, but if thou doubtest, go question thy historians. And some of the tribes called that God Ra, others Ptah, and yet others Amen. But in time they quarreled, and each tribe refused to admit the identity of the three named one God, saying, "Thy God sendeth plague and affliction, and ours sendeth rich harvests and the Nile floods.' Did not the same God do each of these things in his wisdom? Even sa But when they were at last united Into one great people they had forgot? ten the,quarrel, forgotten that in the beginning they had worshiped one God, and they bowed down to three Instead. Nay, If there were but one among you who dared, there are Ioo^e threads flut? tering, which, if drawn, might unravel the whole fabric of idolatry and dis? close' that which it hides-the one God -the God of Abraham." Kenkenes had walked In silence, looking down into the luminous eyes, lost in wonder. Rachel suddenly real? ized at what length she had talked and stopped abruptly, dropping back to her place again as if chidden. "Come," said Kenkenes, noting her action, -walk beside me, priestess. I would hear more of this. It is like all forbidden things-wondrously allur? ing." "I did forget," she answered stub? bornly. "There is nothing more." Kenkenes stopped. "Come," he insisted. 'The teacher rather precedes the pupil. At least thou shalt walk beside me." "I pray thee, let us go on. We are not yet at the camp, we have walked so slowly." she answered. At that mo? ment several fragments of rock, loos? ening, slid down in the dark just be? hind her. She caught her breath and was beside the young artist in an in? stant He laughed in sheer delight "Thor, hast assembled the spirits by thy blasphemy." he said. "And, re? member, I must soon return to this haunted place- alone." "Thou canst get a brand of fire or a cudgel at the camp," she said, with some remorse in her voice, "and run for the river bank." With that she re? sumed, her place behind him. Kenkenes laughed again. It gave him uncommon pleasure to know that his model was concerned for him. He put out his hand and deliberately drew her up to his side. Not content with that he bent his arm and put her hand under it and into his palm, so that she could not leave him again. She sub? mitted reluctantly, but her fingers, lost In his warm clasp, were cold and ill at ease. He felt their chill and released her to slip about her shoulders the light woolen mantle he had worn. Her apprehension lest he take her hand again was so evident that he refrain? ed, though he slackened his step and kept with her. But she spoke no more until they were beside the outermost circle of coals that had been a cocking fire for the camp. Here they met a man, whom by his superior dress Kenkenes "took to be the task in aster. They were almost upon him before he ?sr": s seen. Rachel!" he exc'.??ined. "Here am I," sh ;r>\vered a little I anxiously. "Thon was: . Long* - he began. The sculptor interposed. "She hath c i s ervice, and it was my pleas:: .. to tali with her," he said complacer.*:, Chide her not" The glow frc; the ure lighted tile young man's face, and the taskmaster, standing in deep shadow, scanned lt sharply, but did not answer. Kenke? nes turned and strode away down the valley. Rachel snatched a thick sycamore club which had been left over in the construction of the scaffold and ran after him. But the young sculptor had disappeared in the dark. "Kenkenes," she cried at last des? perately. He answered Immediately. She slipped off the mantle. "This, thy mantle," she said when he approached, "and this," thrusting the club into his hands. "There ls as much danger in the valley for thee as for me." And like a shadow she was gone. As he hurried on again through the dense gloom of the ravine the young man thought long on the Israelite and her words. She had offered him the? ories that peremptorily contradicted the accepted idea among Egyptians that Moses was Inspired by a personal motive of revenge. The argument put forth by his father began to show sundry weaknesses. Furthermore, Ra? chel's version gave him a much covet? ed opportunity to slip from his shoul? ders the discomforting blame that had rested there since he had heard that a miscarried letter might effect a nation? al disturbance. Much as the practical side of his nature sought to decry the great Hebrew's motive, a sense of re? lief possessed him. "I fear me, Kenkenes, thou durst not boast thyself an embroiier of nations," he said to himself. "The Hebrew prince is a zealot and zealots have no fear for their lives. Truly those Is? raelites are an uncommon and a proud ' people. But, by Besa, is she not beau? tiful!" 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