Show The Bride o oThe of The Nile Nile I By nr G Georg f Ebers b u. u I Author Author of ot An E Egyptian rince rin- rin ce Uarda arda The Emperor The Burgomasters Burgomaster's wire Wife Homo Sum Sum um Joshua X Etc Etc Ete So saying ho stretched out his hand band to her hor but sho she repelled St it It and exclaimed ex ex- claimed In trembling accents You Toil are arc ml mistaken laken I 1 am not ono of or those feeble lambs against whom you have misused your our gifts and graces graes while they returned to kiss your our hands hand I am tho the daughter of ot Thomas an and J should the bridegroom of ot another sue for my favor or on time the wa way to his w wedding wedding wed wed- ll- ll ding ho Imo will learn to his lils hurt that there are women who will revel repel his disgraceful disgraceful dis die graceful overtures tures and know how to punish tho the insult offered Be Bo off ocr i to your our Judges You also accuser call m my Hiram but I call you you you-you you the son Ion of ot this house the house the thief Wo We shall Sl see whom the they will believe Mo Io answered Orion and his f eyes fOS OS began bes-an to Hash flash no less leHs in indignantly und and menacingly than hers herM Me Ale the son of ot tho the Oh that you ou were not a 0 woman I would force torce you OU to your our knees and compel you to sue for tor formy formy tormy my forgiveness How dare you OU to point the time On finger er of ot scorn at a man record has hitherto been beon as pure ant and spotless as 1 your ur white garment Just Justas as ns If It ho he were a villain of or common mold Yes I 1 did dill go Into tho the I cut tho time emerald off oCt tho tapestry but It was done In wanton mood and with the time consciousness of ot my father tather property property prop prop- ert erty being my own Then I 1 Hung flung aW away v the stone to please a strange fancy fanc a a. passing whim Cursed 1 be the hour when this was done not for tor the deed ed Itself but for tor tho consequences that may follow tollow It through your our ma mad hatred Jealousy Jealous potty unworthy jealousy jealous It St Is that thal has Inspired it And against whom is It Against no one not even your betrothed betrothed betrothed be be- Catharine m replied Paula with forced tranquility What vhal are you ou tome to me that In tn order to spare you a humiliation ladon I should imperil the life lite of at the most honest of ot men Let the matter rest as It stands let the Judges do- do o- o clde No Xo they shall not burst forth Orion Orlon anew at at least not In tho the wa way that you mean I Take heed talco take heed of ot driving me to extremity Still I I. I behold In you rou the woman that I loved still propose to do o everything In mv power that all may turn out for tor tho the best for tor you you you- For me Then am I too destined to pay the penalty for tor your our crime Did you OU hear any barking just no now I r heard hear the tho yelping of ot hounds Well Yell then the has been brought rought In the tho pack had followed 1 out their trail successfully como come up with him ilm and were now led into the house and the neighborhood 1 of ot the time and the dogs would not budge from the time threshold and the time people afterward found there thero at the right hand corner of at the white marble threshold tho trio tracks of ot a mans man's foot in the dust It way was singularly shaped and Instead atlIe of at live Ive toes there were only three to bo discovered Your Hiram was WIlS brou brought ht and he was found to have Just juat as man many toes oes as there were Impressions on tho the marble no no more no less Jess A stallion trod rod on him in your our fathers father's stable and the he surgeon ha had 1 to amputate two of ot othis his toes This was wormed out of ot the tho stammerer with great difficulty On the he other side of ot the threshold was a smaller mailer foot print but hide attention attentions as s tho the dogs paid to it I noticed It St and was vas sure sUre sUre-as as you need not to be Ino In- In that formed o rated that It hn had 1 been you who stood tood there thoro He lie who has no right to enter this ho house se penetrated last night into nto our our treasure cham- cham ber er Put yourself in the place of or the Judges How heavily must such facts weigh in n the balance as opposed to the mere lore word of ot a young lad lady concerning whom knows that she and er e everybody bolh an m my mother are not upon good terms and that hat with her all must ben bend 1 to rescue her ler servant Contemptible cried Paula But Hiram did not steal the stone and you ou know perfectly who did The emerald that hat he ho sold was ns m my property and these heso stones really look so precisely alike that the time dealer himself himself himself- Yes yes yes yes' cs ho he could not distinguish thorn them There Thero must be bo wicked demons taking part in all this devilish mischIevous mischievous mis- mis chIevous ous sprites There might be bo a stagnation of the Intellect If life were not ot so full tull of or wonders You yourself are re the greatest one Did you OU commission commission com- com mission the te Syrian to sell that emerald In n order to flee from Crom this house with Its ts proceeds You are silent Then I have ave hit the right mark What can m my father be to you ou You do not love my mother and their son son Paula Paula aula perhaps you do him Injustice You hate hato him to Injure him Is your delight t. t I 1 grieve to pain either you ou or anybody anybody any any- bod body else answered the girl an and 1 your our supposition Is false raIse Your father refuses me mue the tho means for tor seeking mine And you OU wanted to procure money In n or order er to prosecute a further search after one long since deceased decease Even mother grants that you ou love lovo truth and she ho Is right hence If It Indeed you OU do not If In iq my destruction 1 then listen Usten follow allow m my advice and grant my may request l I do not a ask k for tor an any great thing Say Fay on then Do you QU know what honor is to a aman aman aman man man Need I say that I am a lost despised man If it I am condemned bythe bythe by the he Judges of ot our own house on account of or this act of ot brainless levity 7 It may cost my father his life Uto If It he learns that Guilt Guilty has lU been pronounced over 01 me an and 1 I what I I what would become of ot me If it this should happen or I can not I God lato I God God save mo me from madness mad- mad ness But peace peace rence peace Time presses How lion differently stands the case with your servant ho Imo seems even een now read ready to o take tako the crime upon himself for tor no matter how they catechise him he maintains silence Do you OU the same and bring out into bold relief rollet the rela- rela lon tion In which you ou stood to the Syrian last ast night The Tho tIO dogs 8 you ou know lenow found the ho print of ot his footsteps upon your our stairs Then give o I utterance to the conjecture con- con jecture that the te faithful man has talc taken en possession of the time emerald In or order er to gratify your desire that the quest for tor father tather should continue Can your a you ou make up your our mind to offer otter this hea heavy sa sacrifice oh oh oh that I must ask It it St then I swear to you OU b by all that I hold sacred acred b by yourself and m my fathers father's lead head that in three days das at latest I will have Hiram released from prison unbeaten and un tortured and myself open up a way for him to flee wither wither- he chooses or If you vou like to go goin gon in n quest of or your dead dead dead- deadlie Be ne silent keep yourself calmly in rim the tho background his this Is all that I ask and I believe you do not doubt but that I will keep m my word do you ou With JU deep emotion she had listened to o him She felt tell pity great pIt pity for Cor him as ns he stood there before her tortured b by Inward pain an evil-doer evil who could not yet et tal nice tako c In the situation and who built upon the confidence that yesterday yesterday yester yester- da day he had been Justified In demanding of oC all the time world LII Like e a magnificent cent tree ree struck b by lI lightning and that totterIng tottering tot- tot now with cloven trunk must tall fall to the ground In tho the first storm that hat cornea comes If It the gardener docs does not prop It up he stood before her Imer and of ot all ill things In the world worl 1 she would have ha loved to forget torget tho the Injuries that h he had done her and grasp his hand affection affection- affectionately tely and anel sympathetically but her I deeply wounded pride helped her to preserve the cool reserved demeanor which so 80 far tar sho alma had been able to maintain Slowly 1 and sedately she consented to toie be ie silent so IO long as ho he me kept his prom- prom Ise 1110 no Less for hl Imla sake sako than his fathers father's she would make herself herselt his accomplice at the same time It wa WiH all over be between between between be- be tween them and she nho would bless the hour which should separate her forever forever for for- ever from him and his hll rho The last part of ot her discourse sounded sound sound- ed unspeakably harsh and repellent and she was compelled to make use of this tone to keep from tram betraying how deeply she felt his misfortune and the time extinction of the tho sunshine In his hla being which had once J so PO o warmed her own heart but Mint her words struck hIm ilm as an frigid expressing unutterable contempt and the resentment of ot a foe With difficulty he ho restrained himself elt from breaking out again Into passionate passion passIon- ate Invective Ho He was almost sorry that he Ime had confided his secret to her and nd asked a favor of ot her instead of letting things run their course and If It the worst came camo worst or t drag her do down n with himself to ruin Rather Rathor would he lose honor and repose of ot mind than humble himself again before this i pitiless hearted cold-hearted too foe At this uto he actually hated her and he would have lived ll 1 to be free to do battle with her Imer to break her Imer spirit and see seo her conquer conquered d pleading for tor mercy at his feet teet With Ith heaving glowing glowing- cheeks checks and suppressed voice he wound up with Separation from you Is the tho best belt I thing for us all Be De prepared you OU will soon be bo summoned before the jud Judges es I Well Vell ran her answer I 1 shall keep silence but you ou must see Bee to the Syrians Syrian's I safety I havo have your our word l 1 And so lon long as ns you OU remain true to I yours I shall keep It else continued Ime he he with lips trembling from excitement excitement excitement excite excite- ment else war wear to tho the knife I To tho the knife echoed she with sparkling eyes oyes But Dut one thing more I have proofs that the emerald which you traced aced to Hiram belonged belonge to me D By all the cants I have ha So much tho the better for tor you ou answered answered answered an an- he In hollow tones Woe Voe to tous tous tous us both It If you ou force me to forget torget that you ou are a n woman So sa saying with I rapid s stePS terra he left lert tho time hall Continued Tomorrow I II I |