Show The Bride of I II I The Nile I ii liT Gear Georg Eber Eber- I I Author of ot An Egyptian Princess prinI Prin- Prin I cess cesi Uarda The Emperor I Tho The Burgomasters Burgomaster Wife Wire I Homo Sum Joshua Etc Etc fri from YesterdaY ct X XV Ell EhU The physician had had Introduced Paula to her n now w home hollie and lo lost t o t no time in making her Int- Int od ed with those under whose nose Selection protection she he was now to be and who were to prepare preparo for tor her heH a fairer exist exist- once ence nHe He was allowed only a n few ew moments to devote oto to her and her hosts for tor Into th hardly had hind he conducted her hel a spacious pad on S 10 decked lower we r-d r eck ed apartments fc which now received ed them before two messengers were announced who wished to speak with him She knew In what a critical condition her uncle was and the prospect of losing losh- Him so soon made her feel vividly what she had possessed In iii him One of or the messengers was a young oung Arab who came front from tho the other side of ot the Nile NBc and handed Philip a letter lettes from the merchant The rho old gentleman informed him In this that In consequence of ot his eldest sons son's baring having hav bar bar- ing In- had a severe ere fall found himself compelled to set off for on the tho Red fled Sea He lIe besought furthermore to care for his wounded caravan carn leader who was wag dear to him and If he thought right to remove him hint from the governors governor's mansion and have him nursed until well In a quieter place Ho lie will keep an eye upon the tho af affairs at- at fairs of ot the tho noble daughter of ot Thomas This epistle was accompanied b by a 0 purse full of gold pieces The Tim second messenger was commis commis- to bear Ph Philippus III S in tho small t chariot charlot with the fast tast trotter without dela delay to the ill III 1 lie He obeyed this summons promptly and the te tooted fleet animal that was not spared snared b by Its driver brought him speed speedily Iv to his destination I A gl glance at the tho sufferer taught him that the beginning of the end had conic como and yet et true to his principle principe never nc to give hc up hope until tho the heart of the patient had ceased censed to beat bent without without without with with- out paying an any attention to Orion who knelt at tho the head of or his fathers father's 8 bed he lifted up tip tho the unconscious form nodded to the deaconess deaconess-a a well- well trained sick nurse applied fresh plasters plasters plasters plas plas- to the forehead and neck of or the stricken man and proceeded to bleed him n. Wearily earlI the lifted his lila hishen hen heavy eyelids looked uneasily hither hillier and thither and when he lie reco recognized his kneeling son his weeping wife and the physician ho lie attempted to speak Sleak but uttered only Inarticulate sound sounds for tor the paralyzed tongue would no lon longer er obey his will Two Tho The physician yielded b to this request of or tho the lying dying man who now closed his lila eyes ees a again aln only however however how how- however ever to open them soon and with the tho I same exertion as before hut but evidently e I In the full pos possession of ot his lila faculties I to stammer Tho The end Is coming Th blessing of the church church- Tho The bishop Orion 1 The rhe young oun man Immediate immediately hurried out in order to usher Into the tho sick sickroom sickroom sickroom room tho the prelate who was already alread waiting In the with two deacons an exorcist and the sacristan who bore boro the needful utensils for the administration of extreme unction unction- Quietly and with devotion de ho partook partook par par- took of the holy sacrament he lie saw and heard the performances of the ex ex- ex who b by movements of the tho hand and pious sayings Ings sought to banish spirits and deliver er him him from the tho power of the tho devil but ho lie could no rio longer swallow 8 down the wine with bread mixed in It after aCtor a Jacobite fashion Orion did this In Mn his stead and at this the dying man smiled and stammered softly Every elY blessing bo be yours your m my son The Tho Lord It seems scents refuses mo me his precious blood and yet yet yet-yet- yet Let me tue try once more This time lime ho he succeeded tlell In swallowing some wine and ond a teas few crumbs of or bread and thereupon Bishop a mild old gentleman of or noble dignified ap comforted him and asked him If It he were welO contrite and died In full tull faith In the tho merc mercy of or his Lord and Saviour repenting of ot his sins and toe for giving his enemies Then tho the sick man titan with difficult nodded his head and faltered out out- Even the tho who murdered my children and also also tho the patriarch the tho head of ot our church who was only too glad to have ha accomplished through poor me what ho hesitated to do him him- self ReU That that That-that that But you you worth worthy wise servant of the Lord Lord n an me according to your bc best t con con- lIla May I believe in this dying hour that there has been no criminality in m mj- mj concluding a peace with th the e Arabic expellers of or the Greeks Greeks ln In thi this s hour am I to consider the l HS fiS being of an alien aHen faith 7 Then tho the prelate drew up his commanding com corn manding form fonn em to Its full height and his mild features assumed a decided decide d and stern expression as he lie exclaimed You know the words which were e proclaimed at nt the Synod of Ephesus and which ought to bo be cn o on n the heart of ot true every ely Jacobite a as s though on marble and anti bronze Lot Let ss st t those who ho divide Christ and and this i Is ts s what the do do bo bo cut in tw two o with the sword be hewn in pieces b be oe e burned alive ull Such a 0 curse has never neve r been fulminated b by any head of ot th the re e church against the Moslems wor wor- of ono one only God Here the sufferer drew a breath ye yet et t soon afterward artel said 81 sightIng sighing And nevertheless ne Benjamin th the e Patriarch and John of or have hav e grieved me to the soul You too bear the tho crook and I will wil l confess to you ou Your brethren lice fice In of office of- of the shepherds of ot the Jacobite e flocks hocks have havo spoiled for tor me nie through h pain and fear tear a hundred days an and d nl nights and I have been near cursing them g Lord T But nut before the fie night ht came th the e enlightened m my soul and I forMa for for- gave Ma their i them iV and through trough you Implore e blessing and forgiveness eness Un Un- willingly the tho Church has opened it Its s door to me these last years cars but what wha t servant ser would have been allowed t to o he grumble agaInst his lord from whom expected all merc f mercy Then hear me me As n. n truo and devoted servant ser n Church of ot th the e I 1 ic i close my eyes oyes' and or ot this tula In token toke n I want to endow ne best t ot of her to th the tho nn e S my ability I her with want to ador adorn n H n rich c costly gifts gUts I T want to to- to but I I j I can get no further Speak for fol k me Orion ke You know know those those e precious tapes Now the tIme that stones tapestry tapestry- son of ot the time to the tIme dying man explained ex cx ex- ex bishop that his father fathe n nation had of ot priceless t to the e Church a rich donation do- do doT do r to bo be Jewels Ho wished tl laid beside Johns John's his father rathe In n S St t to be Church at Alexandria his bodi bod y consecrated in elmer cher of or his front of ot tl time the e sepulcher tho the dead and ancestors for tor the in Iii the city o of ot fh f prayers which h were to he be made for tor him apart t a considerable lie ho had so sot t sum aunt In his wil will l. l The priest heart heard ss this with and him n full free absolution Unconditionally then n blessed him nh fervent zeal and wit with h len left time the a aC apartment C E |