Show I The Bride of I I The Nile I By iii I- I II I Author of oC An Egyptian Princess Princess Prin Prin- I cess cess Uarda The Emperor The The Tho BurG Burgomasters Burgomaster's Wife Homo Sum um Joshua Etc Ee Etc Astonished and disturbed ll Nilus went back Into th the th court toom He lie had never ne b before roro Mo seen n his hiM masters master's son SOli In that aspect as- as Luring During rIng t the Iho 11 n nurses nurse's u comm llon tion the veins upon his Ills youthfully smooth forehead had hotI become knotted antI and swollen and his nostrils had begun begun begun be be- gun to quiver cr with a quick convulsive con mo momen movement men t his sweet et voice hail had become harsh situ and lila his eye had sparkled to y Orion WB was alone ahone now an and his teeth with ra rage f In spite of ot the tho promise given Paula had hall betrayed him and nd ho how pitiful was the tho womanly cunning cun cin- In Inning ning with which she had done Ilone soy Before Bo- Bo tore fore tho judges glorious glorious' Before Coro thorn them she could afford to be silent now 1 compo composedly edh quiet until the clo o of oC th the session after her nurse her spokeswoman spokes spokes- S- S woman had con confided to Nilus lIus the deepest and anti sharpest of oC the whole col- col oI- oI leso lege the tho proofs which testified In hoi hI favor ta an and against him Unheard orlIe of or vile lIe A disgraceful stu studiously trick trick- I Ish h treason I But tInt she was waR not at h hoi her I I goal yet he was free froe to do tie an as 1 bo lie chose anti ond parry that mean menu stroke e liva by liv bya hya a counter thrust How ho he was to lo proceed pro pro- had b become come clear to lo him while the nurse was talking but conscience natural disposition and long habit held hold him back within the limits of ot the right Rood good and appropriate Not ot only hind had he never or before done anything low and moan mean but ut he had nev ne never ner r noon anybody else olse Ise commit a base action ellon with complacency and th the tho only means mean that he lie could take to nullity nullify Paulas Paula's treachery was was lie he could not lien deny It it- it wn was ori original and bold bolli but equally abominable and disgraceful And AntI yet el lie ho would not and durst not net be he beaten en In this title strife Time was pi ess Ing- Ing lon long deliberation was ras not possible here hero and antI suddenly there came amp over o him a fierce wild thirst for fOI battle such Nuch a state of ot mind as ns possessed him himon himon on Oil the Iho day for tor racing In th tile tho circus when he lie drove his hue own O span of ot hor horses ns and outstripped all the tho rest Forward th then n forward though the tue chariot be smashed the tue horses killed and anti Its lis wheels crushing his overthrown 1 companions In the sand of or the arena Forward Id I'd on only I v forward Coward With lIh a a. tIn few rapid steps he lie gained the little room of tho the portier a I vigilant viRl- viRl Ilant I- I lant old man who had held his office tot for 40 10 O years ears He lie had hind before that been boen beena boena a locksmith and now It was a part of oC his dut duty to make male such little repairs as the simpler domestic utensils need need- ed d As a n ho boy Orion hind been a pretty little fellow chow attracting o er every overy hearLand heart hearL and was as a n favorite fa with this good man also and had hall conceived ed a great fondness fondness fond fond- fond I ness for tor staying In his shop and learnIng learning learn learn- i ing ng from him how to pi ply his craft cratL l' l La- La n- n downed with uncommon mechanical skill he had been an apt alt pupil of ot th the theold theold old man who had progressed farenough far Cal farenough enough to 10 carve pretty little boxes boxE's book covers and the like embossing em em- bossing them with metal which served ser Co for I birthday gifts to his parents In InE E Egypt birthdays are celebrated with especial honors such as al feasts seasoned sea sen- s by the tho giving giving- and receiving of C presents Orion Olon knew how ho hoto to manage all tools and now hurriedly selected s st such as he thou thought ht he lie would nee need On t the he window scat seat of ot th tIme tho little shop s stood tood a bouquet that he had yesterday a arranged for COI or Paula and amid tho the dis ills tractions actions of ot that dreadful day for for- gotten gollen to deliver dell With this In tn his hand and the time tools hidden In his lila bosom bosom bos bos- om he lie hurried upstairs Forward For only forward cried he to himself a as ho he penetrated Into Paulas Paula's chamber drew the Inner Innel bolt and throwing the time flowers down knelt nelt before her trunk Were ere he lie discovered ered then he lie had gone gono Into Paulas Paula's room to give gl her that bunch of at flowers I o e 18 And Amid forward orward only forward I thought he contInually as he unscrewed the hinges es on which I tho the lid of or the trunk moved mo Ills hands his hiM breath came antI and went wont but the work J progressed nevertheless ne This mode of ot proceeding was the right one for tor the artistic lock Jock on tho the chest could not bo be opened without spoiling It Now ho he lifted up tip time the lid and as though aided b by friendly sprites at his first firsts dive Into the trunk he lie brought forth Corth the necklace with Its setting It hung hung- to the curiously wrought rought ornament or 01 or- or to whack It loose and hide i it t In lix his bosom was the time work worle of or a second 1 But now no the tIme lou loudest st forward no longer l availed This was a a. theft thelt whereby he had robbed of at something her whom If she site had luul only onh consented he would have o been heen ready to overwhelm over over- whelm with all tho the wealth which had be been beon n so superabundantly upon himself b by destiny No Xo this this this-this- this Here a wonderful thou thought ht suddenly darted through his brain a thought that forced a t L smile to his lips pile de-pile the frightful rightful seriousness of the hour It was wa as put Into action without delay an and thrusting his hand deep Into a lower pocket he lie brought forth a gem that he lie wore around his neck by a golden chain Tho The jewel the master master- piece of ot a great Greek Greel stonecutter of oC ancient heathen days had been given gl to him by his hiM best friend In Constantinople Constan Constan- In return to for I a span of or four OUI horses that hind pleased him lar larl hanly and In lix tact fact act it possessed higher value alue than half halt a dozen noble steeds Like Liko a person possessed Orion fol Col- fol- fol lowed the wild Impulse which ha had selz seized cl him rejoicing that ho lie had hail at hand so costly an article to hang In III the time place of oC that wretched empty t gold plate This ha had been done b by merely putting putting- out his hand twice but hut the screwing on of oC the tho hinges took look mote mon time for tor or his fingers trembled violently violent violent- ly h and the nearer came the tho mo mo- mo- mo mont ment when he lie could mako Paula feel his superior power the quicker beat his pulses and the tho harder It became for rOI or him to compose his spirit for calm deliberation After he had imail unbolted time the door like 1110 a n. thief again he lie had to peep out Into the long lone passage fronting the guest guest- chambers and this thiN Increased his ex- ex ex- ex to tur fury against the tho world and rite fate most especially against her who had forced him thus titus to degrade himself him him- self The rite charioteer had the time reins and goad In his hand now no Forward only forward As once before when hen a 3 bo boy he chased stairs down-stairs bounding bounding- over o three stairs stair at a time and upon his meeting In the ante time the ne Greek governess Go Eudoxia bringing bringing- her Ixer refractory little pupil Maria Into the Orion thre to her the bunch of ot flowers that thai ho had again picked up sipS and without heeding beetling the languishing languishing- glanco glance with which the elderly young oung lady accompanied her thanks he hurried back Into the gatekeepers cell and antI there speedily dispossessed himself of oC the good mans man's tools A fe few W minutes afterward he entered the court room The treasurer pointed out to him tho the elevated ele seat b belonging to his father as presiding officer of of- but hut a strong feeling of ot shyness held him hack back from Crom tho the occupancy of oC this seat neat of ot honor and with glowing face tace and brow so dark and lowering that those present gazed azell upon him af af- a- a and astonished and with quick energetic speech ho lie opened the session lIe He hardly know knew himself what he wa was saying and heard his own speech with no more distinctness than though It had been heen tho far for off roaring of oC the sea but nfl erth nevertheless he succeeded In making plain what had happened lio He pointed out to the time judges Juds-es the stolen Jewel und and the tho recovered thief he told how the they had caught him declared the tho n of oC Thomas Thomas' daughter to be the criminal and challenged him to bring forward whatever er he could In bin hig justification but tho the accused only stammered out painfully that ho he was Innocent To oro defend himself was not his affair but his mistress could perhaps per per- haps hapa produce some Home proof In his favor Hereupon Orion shook hook the tho the tangled tangled tan tan- curls of oft off his forehead throw his hili head heRd back proudly and said turning to the time judges She Sho Is a n noble la lad lady a member of ot our family we wo keep her imer apart from this tI disagreeable affair which Is but seemly Besides h her r lr D nurse e has made communications to that are perhaps per per- haps fitted ll to save fI av this unhappy manc man We c do llo not wish to withhold an any evi I dence but you who are arc less lens familiar with n the circumstances existing must keep tIm the following In mind to prevent ent being led astray yon von accused ed man Is he dear to her Imer b because the sole Role a ca re- re left her lien of at the he old home homo ahe sue i Is s strongly attached to both him and P Perpetua F Furthermore It can not s strike either yourselves e or me with wonder wondel If It a noble minded woman like h her er ventures to take tako upon herself the g guilt of ot another and place herself In a d dubious JI light ht In order to save a servant a ant nt nt up to this time lime faithful and amid trusted h Her er nurse Is at t hand shall we cite her o or 01 r has she sime confided to you rou all t that hat her mistress would sa say In doense de do- 10 f ense of her Creedman Perpetua did make me some t tic ic statements and you ou were present t too oo sir If I mistake not replied the t treasurer treasurer- but hut I can not repeat them themo s so o accurately as she he did and I should t think hink therefore that we wo hud had better bettel s summon the woman before the tho bar ba Call tier her In then ordered c Orion Orlon j l looking far tar away beyond tho judges I i Into nto vacant space Unapproachable he seemed and antI sinIster sin sin- i ister ster In mood ACt After I a long silence that was on all s sides ides painful tho the old woman appeared C Certain ertain of her just cause she approached ap ClI- ap- ap p In iii a self confident manner mannEl a and nd at first looked Cl askance kance u upon on pt imor oi I Hiram because he lie had kept silent nt In l long ong and antI forthwith told that Paula In o order to lo procure pro the money needful to p prosecute inquiries after her athe h had ad had a costly emerald taken out of oC ofa a n. necklace of hers hors and how suspicion h had ad fallen callen upon her countr country man mami t through his jn ha having been commissioned t to o sell this The nurses nurse's explanation seemed to d dispose most of tho the jU judges favorably Ca t toward oward the accused hut but Orion did not a allow them time to lo Interchange opinIons i ions otis for tor or Perpetua tun had hardly finished b before Orion picked up the emerald which la lay hay on Oil tho the table before him and c cried ried out excitedly na nay Indignantly And a stone slone which even he who s sold old It 11 ono one of time the greatest connoisseurs i In n Jewels known declared was the one abstracted from tho tapestry and solitary soil soli tar tary of oC Its kind Is suddenly to have ha found Its counterpart through h a n. miracle of of- nature i Is It Ivil 11 spirits do lIo carr carryon carry on their pranks still I grant you ou but hardly In tn this Christian house You know the tho significance that nurses' nurses tales bear In our language lang and what that nurse there has retailed to lo us belongs 1 to lo the time most Incredible ot the species You can an make the Jew Apelles believe that thai said Roman Horace and so sayIng say say- big Ing he turned to the thle Jeweler who sat on the witness bench but not his brother In the faith Gamaliel and still less hess I who see seo through this t tissue tissue rhe The noble Thomas' Thomas daughter demeans herself herself herself her her- self enough h to n It with the heir help of ot yoU yoli skillful weaver wea and to unroll It before us In iii order to misguide us us us' Judges and save savo her faithful |