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? Copyright, 1904. by the CHAPTER XVII. THE HEIR INTERVENES. A^~T^ T Tanls the next day after the arrivai of Meneptah there came a messenger from Thebes to ; y Hotep, and the royal scribe re? tired to his apartments to read the let? ter. And after he had read he was glad that he had secluded himself, for his demonstrations of 'relief at the news the message imparted were most ex- ; travagant and unrestrained. For the i ? '. moment he permitted no reminder of j Kenkenes' present plight to subdue his joy in the realization that his friend j was not dead Having exulted, he read the le^er j again, and then he summoned all his ! shrewdness to his aid. . j He would wait till the confusion, of ! |? the court's settling itself had subsided j before he presented the petition to j Meneptah. Furthermore, he would re? lieve his underlings and write the king's communications with his own hand till he knew that the reply to Kenkenes had been sent, Har-hat should be watched vigilantly. \ But order and routine were not re? stored in the palace of Meneptah. The unrest that precedes a-national crisis had developed into irritability and pug * nacity. . Tunis was within hearing of the plaints of Israel, and the atmosphere . quivered- with omen and portent Moses appeared in this place and that, each time nearer the temporary capital, and wherever he came he left rejoicing or shuddering behind him. Meanwhile the fan bearer laughed hi? way into the throne. Meneptah's weakness for him grew into stubborn worship. The old and trusted minis \ vers of the monarch took offense and : sealed their lips; the new held their j peace for trepidation. The queen, here? tofore meek and self effacing, laid aside her spindle one day and, meeting her lord at the door of the council chamber, protested in the name of his k dynasty and his realm. " But the king was beyond help, and j the queen, angry and hurt, bade him keep Har-hat out of her sight and re? turned to her women. Thereafter even Meneptah saw her rarely. The betrothal of Ptaraeses to Har? lot's daughter gave further material for contention. It seemed to indie?*, ? that the fan bearer had builded for j himself for two reigns. Hotep's situation was most poignant? ly unhappy. He was fixed under the same roof with the man that had taken his love by >iracy. He must greet him affably and reverently every day. He must live in daily .contemplation of the tire when he must meet Masa nath also as his sovereign-the wife of the prince, whom he must serve till death. Hardest of all, he must wear a seren? countenance and cover TQs sor? row most surely for his own sake and for Masanath's. Ta-user still remained at court Se?,. in a fume of boyish indignation at Barneses, attended her like a shadow. Among the courtiers there were others who were not alive to the true nature of the princess and who joined Seri In his resemment against the heir. Amon-meses and Siptah, snarling and malevolent had left the court abrupt? ly on the morning of its departure for Tanis. The Hak-heb received them once again, and an ominous calm set? tled over that little pocket of fertility in the desert-Xehapchu. Thus the court was torn with fac? tions. Cid internal dissensions made themselves evident again, but the vast murmur in Goshen was heard above the strife. All this had come to pass in the short space of a month. When half of that time had elapsed Hotep, fearing to de? lay the petition of Kenkenes longer lest conditions should become worse rather than better, met the Pharaoh in the hall one day and gave him the writing. Earnestly tie scribe impress? ed Meneptah with the importance'of the petition and begged him to ac? quaint hims^ in an hour of solitude with Its contents and the identity of the supplicant. Meneptah promised and continued to his apartments. There Har-hat came _. ffe|f h ^iMI&? r -li t 1 ? \ '/""TrS^/V" \ i-' B^:?S&? ?r0?m? ? rr i_S "I <m betrothal V> tte daughter oj Har-hat:9' in a few moments, and Meneptah. aft? er his custom, gave over to him the state communications of the day and after some little hesitation tossed the petition of ivenke; . among .them. % T j A Romance of the - j Days When the g^y { Lord Redeemed rhe Children of Israel rrcm the Bondage of Egypt W.. j Elizabet Miller _ <i Bobbs-MeiTi?I Company mt?mws?am mn ii ii" ? un .in wi i m ? "Thou canst attend to this matte I well, good Har-hat. Why should 11 ! up the private concerns of my subj j when I am already burdened A I heavy cares? But do thou look ; this petition faithfully, lt may ! important and I know not from wi I it is. I promised Hotep it should ! given honest attention." j For seven days thereafter every ! ter sent by the king was written j Hotcp. At the end of that time he ! Meneptah again and,, bending low j tore him, asked pardon for his ins ! enoe and begged to know what disp tion the son of Ptah had made of ,' petition of his friend. He was irr ; bly .nformed that the matter had b ! given over to the fan bearer for arl 1 tion, since the Pharaoh had been I oppressed with heavier matters to r ! the letter. j In his sympathy for his frier : strait the scribe gave over his ob; rions to Rachel. Keokenes had s fered for her, and, if he would, should have her. Between the king and persuasion v Har-hat, vitally interested in the feat of any movement toward the of Kenkenes. The one hope for sculptor was the winning over of j Pharaoh, and only one could do it, a ? that was Rameses, who was betroti j to the love of Hotep and against 1 i will. j Hotep, summoning his servant, h j his disordered hair dressed, fresh roi j brought for him and a glass of wi I for refreshment. On the way to 1 . palace top he met Ta-user, walki : slowly away from the staircase. Ra { eses, solitary and luxurious, ~K I stretched upon a cushioned divan i the shadow of a canopy over the I ; postyle. ! "The go3s keep thee, son of the sui . Hotep sa'd. j "So it is thou, Hotep. Nay, but j am glad to see thee." "I come to thee with news and a i ! tition," Hotep began, j "Ont with thy tidings." j . "Thou dost remember thy friend a] ! mine, that gentle genius, Kenkenes?" j "I am not like to forget him so I02 ; as a bird sings or the Nile ripples mal music. Osiris pillow him most softlj "He is not dead, my prince." "Nay!" Ra m eses cried, sitting u "The knave should be bastinadoed f the tears he wrung from us!" "Thou wouldst deny my petition, am come to implore thee to interco for him." Ram eses bade him proceed. "Thou art acquainted with the n ture of Kenkenes, O prince. He is visionary, an idealist, and so finn! rooted are his beliefs that they ai to his life as natural as the color < his eyes. He is a beauty worshipe Athor possesses him utterly, and hi loveliness blinds him to all otiw things, particularly to his own welfai and safety. "In the beginning he fell in love, an a soul like his in love is most unrei soning, immoderate and terribly faiti ful. The maiden is beautiful-I sa^ her-most divinely beautiful. She ! wise, for I saw that also. She is goo< for I felt it unreasoning, and when man hath a woman's intuition a go hath spoken the truth to his heart. Bi she is a slave-an Israelite." "By the gods of my fathers, I ougfc not to marvel! Nay. now, is that nc like the boy? An Israelite, and hal the noble maids of Memphis mad fo him!" "He is not for thee and me to judge O Rameses," Hotep interrupted. "Th gods blew another breath in him tba: animates our souls. For thee ~nd m such conduct would be the fancies o madmen; for Kenkenes it is but li vin up to the alien spirit with which th gods endowed him. It seems that Har hat looked upon the girl and, taken tr ! her beauty, asked vsr at the Pharaoh'< ! hands for his harem." I "Ah. the -! Why does he not marr.> j honorably?" f "lt is not for me to divine," Hotei j went on calmly. "Tho fan bearer 'seri; ? his men to take her, but she fled fron ! them to Kenkenes, and he protected bei J -hid her away-where none but Ken? kenes and the maiden know. Har-hal is most desirous of owning her, bul ! Kenkenes keens his counsel. There? fore Har-hat overtook him in Tape, where he went to get a signet belong? il:--: to his father, and imprisoned him till what time ho should divulge the duding place of the Israelite." j "Hath he put him to torture yet?" ! "Ay*.-, from vtbe beginning, though not by the atinado. He rends him with suspeiu . but I have mero to tell. There was a signet, an all potent signet which belonged to the nobie Mentu* - "Aye. 1 remember," Rameses broke in. "That should help th*- dreamer out of his difficulty." "Aye, it should, my prince, but it did not. Kenkenes sent it to the Pharaoh, with a petition for his own freedom, but the cari's of st.?;-" were s < pressing that th?* sun of Ptah gave the latter, unopened, to Har-bat for attention." Rameses laughed harshly. "Kenkenes would better co?tent him? self. The Hathors are against him," he cried. "What more?*' "Is it not enough, O Rameses?" Ho? tep answered sternly. "He hath suf? fered sufficiently. Now is it time for them who profess to love him to bestir themselves in his behalf. Thun know est how near the fan bearer is to tbe j Pharaoh. Persuasion cannot reach the j king that worketh against Har-hat. j Thou alone art as potent with the sou ? of Ptah. Wilt thou not prove thy love for Kenkenes and aid him?" Rameses did not answer immediate? ly. Thoughtfully he leaned his elbow on his knee ana stroked his forehead with his hand. His black brows knit? ted finally. "My hands are tied, Hotep.'' he be? gan bluntly. "I permit the sway of this knave over my father because I am constrained." Hotep broke in earnestly. "Surely so small a matter of cour? tesy-if such it may be called-should not stand between thee and this most pressing ueed." "Aye. tiiou hast said-if it were ou ly a smali matter of courtesy. Thou knowest, O my Hotep, that 1 am be? trothed to tho daughter of Har-hat." Hotep was ou his feet by this time, his face turned away. Rameses could not guess what a tempest raged in his heart. "Be thou assured," the prince contin? ued grimly, "that only so long as Ma sanath is not yet mine shall I endure Har-hat. After that he shall fall as never knave fell or so deserved to fall before. Aye-but stay, Hotep. I have not done. I have some small grain of hope for this unfortunate friend of ours. Tbe marriage hath been delayed. I shall press my suit and wed Masa nath sooner, if she will, and Kenkenes need not decay in prison" Hotep did uot stay longer. He bowed and departed without a word. Rameses immediately hurried to the well of the stairway. "Hotep!" he called. The scribe, half? way down, turned and looked up. ? "Return'to me in an hour. Give me i 1 time to ponder, and 1 may more prof- j ! itably help thee," the prince command- ! ed. Hotep bowed ard went on. The hour was barely long enough for j the smarting soul of the scribe to soothe itself. Deep, indeed, his love for Kenkenes that he returned at all. j j Masanath's name, spoken so familiar I ly, so boastingly, by the prince was fresh outrage to his already affronted heart At the end of the hour he went once again to Rameses. "Thou hast said," the prince began immediately, "that Har-hat bath im? prisoned Kenkenes till what time he ? shall divulge the hiding place of the I israelite?" Hotep bowed. "The fan bearer charges him with. slave stealing." "And sacrilege," the scribe added. The prince opened his eyes. "Aye, Kenkenes carried his beauty love into I blasphemy. He executed a statue of j Athor in defiance of the sculptor's rlt [ ual. For this also Har-hat holds a ! heavy hand over him." "He deserves his ill luck. Mark me I now. He will not go mad with a year's j imprisonment and he will profit by it ? Furthermore, he cannot be persuaded j into betraying the Israelite if he knows how long and how much he will have to endur?. Once sentenced, Har-hat can add nothing more thereto." Eanieses clapped his hands. The at? tendant that appeared he ordered to bring the scribe's writing case and im? plements. When the servant returned, Hotep, at a sign from Rameses, pre? pared to write. "Write thus to the jailer at Tape: 'By order of .he crown prince, Rameses, the prisoner, Kenke? nes, held for slave stealing t:ud sacri? lege, is sentenced to imprisonment for one year' " Hotep lifted his pen and looked his rebellion. "Write!" the prince exclaimed. "I do him a kindness, with a lesson added. Were lt in my power to free him I would not till he had learned that the law is inexorable and the power of Its ministers supreme. Go on-'at such la? bor as the prisoner may elect. No fur? ther punishment may ,be added there? to.' Affix my seal and send this with? out fail. Thou canst write whatever thou wilt to Kenkenes. For the Is? raelite I shall not concern myself. The nearer friends to Kenkenes may look to her. Mine shall be the care only to see that the- are not harassed by the fan bearer. In this I fulfill the law. Let Har-hat help himself." He dropped back on his divan, and Hotep slowly collected his writing ma j terials and (.eparted. Meanwhile Kenkenes seldom saw a I human face. Food and water in red clay vessels, bearing the seal of The? bes, were set inside his door by disem bo lied bands. At intervals he saw the keeper, always attended by the inev ! ita ble scribe, but the visit was a mat j ter of inspection,, and rarely was the '< prisoner addressed. He expected the return of his mes j songer in twenty days after the man's ? departure. At the expiration of that j time his suspense and apprehension be? came more and more desperate at the passing of each new day. Eight'days later, about midafternoon, while he lay on his pallet, the door was flung open and his messenger stood without With a cry Kenkenes leaped to his feet and wrenched tho scroll from the man's hand. The letter was from Hotep, convey? ing such information regarding lus imprisonment as we already kn nv. Kenkenes read the missive calmly and paid the messenger according to his promise. Tbe jailer, who had come with ihe man. read the sentence and bade the prisoner make his choice of labor. "Anything s<> it wi!l but give me a glimpse of thc horizon." he said. "Thou wilt pay dearly for thy sky," the keeper cautioned him. "The softest labor is within doors." "Give me my wish according to the command of the prince." The jailer shrugged his shoulders. "As thou wilt Make ready to follow the canal workers tomorrow." (TO BK cojvrifnjzn.J The Baptist- of NT? wherry will er.-et handsome new church. nap WTC *A prompt, pleasant, good remedy for coughs and colds is Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup. It is espe? cially recommended for babies and children, but good for every member ..: the fannie. It contains no opiates r?nd does not constipate. 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Six bottles of Foley's Kidney '"ure made a new man of him. He says. "Success to Foley's Kidney Cure." Sibert's Drug Store. j The South Carolina Naval Militia j will take a cruise on che training i ship Prarie early in September. Prof. Edwin J. Dreher, one of the -st known educators in Lexington county, is dead at his home. He Fired the Stick. "I have fired the walking stick I've carried over 4 0 years, on account of a sore that resisted every kind of treat? ment, until I tried Bucklen's Arnica Ss ive; that has healed the sore and mrde me a happy man." writes John Garret, of Xorth Mills, X. C. Guaran? teed for piles, burns, etc., by Sibert's Your Little Savings Deposited in this bank from time to time, win grow and grow until they become a large sum of money. Try it little folks, j . Don't forget that our next interest period begings July 1st. Wc solicit your savings account. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT The Bank of Sumter, Sumter, S. C. maa j ol Dentist. 18 WEST LIBEETY STREET. UP STAIES ! 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