Show The Bride of I The TIle Nile N le I By Dy Ge Georg GeorgI l ben I I Author of An Egyptian punI pun pun- I ces Uarda Tho The Emperor I The Burgomasters Burgomaster VI f. f t Homo llomo Sum um Jo Joshua hu Etc Etc Eto Continued from A y i Philippus breathed more tree freel I aftel the clerical party left rl and changed his Ills plasters while tho LImo man la lay for a long Ion tim still and with I closed eyes oyes Then he rubbed them a as R though h revived raised rained his head hend a little lit little lit lit- tle tIe with the th doctors doctor's help opened His i ores eyes again and said Draw off orf this timis ring from my 01 f fInger finor or Orion and wear vear It In honor V ero i Is 18 little Maria Marla Where hero Is Paula I F want to bl bid th tham m m farewell also The Time young man and his mother exchanged exchanged ex- ex ex cx changed em embarrassed glances but tn tinI tin i latter quickly quick bethought herself ant and I said sall We e have o already sent for tor Maria Marla but him L Paula you Paula you know she was not satisfied satis satis- ned fled with us and us-and and after netel what happened 1 yesterday yesterday- Well ell asked time the patient She suddenly Jl lOft left tl our hou house e. e and ir In I peace pence with me mind and an yet ct sho she is 18 h hr C still at Memphis nn and has h spoken von very en r of or wanted OU am and 1 lovingly ly you ou to see sec you sent man ninny many affectionate messages t to you ou anti and if It you OU mire are very anxious to C soft Bet ee her her r Here tho the sick man tried to no nod his him 3 head but In vain He lie did not Insist t upon Ullon having ha her summoned yet ct alook a alook I look of deep melancholy settled upon i his features and at the tho same his m lips 1118 murmured softly The Tho dau daughter of or Thomas Nobler Noble r and fairer Caller than them all Nobler and fairer than them all alii repeated Orion with a n. loud voice olce vi vibrating vl- vl brating with genuinely 1 deep emotion and then begged the tho doctor and the deaconess to leave o him alono alone with lii his parents I As soon Roon as these lund had withdrawn the young oung man spoke softly anu Into the ear car of tho tIme patient lo You Vou OIl said the right wor word father Cather she hc Is nobler and better belter fairer and purer minded than an any other maiden 1 I love her and anel have ha set et my heart upon winning winning winning win win- ning her Father father Cather This pleases you ou you ou consent do you OU not You dearest best of ot parents I see you OU do Yes yes 05 yes es gasp gasped tho sick man turning u upward his bloodshot eyes ees and continued to falter aller with great effort Blessings s my blessings R upon you OU and Paula You iou must repeat It to her Had she sho trusted cheerfully to tho ol old manas manns man manas as ns at first the freedman would not have e robbed us Bravo soul how she fought for tor the poor fellow ello Will rill hero- hero after listen to a fuller account of ot It ItIC If it my strength holds out Only h why Is sho not here lucre She would have havo loved lo so 80 to bid you ou farewell lemar remarked ed but you were asleep asleep- Was as she sue In such haste to bo be gone a aked ked her husband with a bitter smile Perhaps fear car about that emerald has had something to tb do with this But nut how could I get angry with her him-am him surel surely acted without her liar consent consent con con- sent dl did he not Well ell I knew It Ith Ah h h her r dear clear beautiful face I should love 10 to see seo It once more The delight of ot mine eyes m my partner at backgammon mon moo True heart How she ehe clung to her r and would ha e sacrificed everything very thing for or him But you u.- u. you u old jd Ire Ife- i Ife But no reproaches at this hour You ou mother you my Thanks hanks Thanks a thousand thanks for tor so much love iove ove an and goodness How sacred how mystical Is tho the bond woven wo by sucha such a Christian marriage as ours Mark that mt Orion And Arid you ou mother It distresses distresses dis- dis tresses me me You do o not grieve e time the girl Irl again saY again say It soothes my last lastours say hours ours say that you ou too bless their union Paula Orion For both both both-both- both I dared not earlier what earlier what better could we e both hope for Cor or Then the matron matton clasped her hands together and sobbed All all that you wish hut father but ut Orion our out faith and dear Savior Saylor poor poor little Catharine I Catharine repeated the dying man nn and nd 1 hub flaccid lips relaxed Into a tul ul smile Our son and the tho hum hum hum- You um You kno know what I 1 mean menn Then his eyes began an to glisten gUsten more rightly brightly and In n low tones but Jut with as s much animation as if it his death were still till far off oCt off he lie exclaimed George Georg th the son of ot the time I am called the time great as and our ur race ace vigorous men of stately pro- pro portions all all all m my father uncle our dead ead sons and antl Orion here nothing here nothing but palms alms and oaks And now such a dwarf warf such a mere bla blade e of ot rice to toe be e grafted on that gloriously grand old Id stock What a progeny Oh oh wretched little mortals But laula Paula that lat cedar of Lebanon Lebanon Paula Paula she Rhe will viiI i bring ring new nev life lire Into that tine line old race But our faith our faith groaned I And you ou Orion you OU know how ow fond of ot you she Is Yes and no let Jet us rest now Implored Im- Im phoned lored time the deeply affected young man Oh Oh father If Ir I know that your our blessig bless bless- sIng s- s Ing lug lug- ig Our faith good faith interposed L time the he with breaking voice olce Ill 1 keep mine cried Orion draw draw- In ing ng his lila fathers father's hands to his lips Think you ou only keeping the picture before your our mind of ot how Paula ant and I will manage In this house and how a m L new family will sIll grow glOW up In It It worthy worth of or the time great eat l as worthy of ot Its I forefathers I see It I see It faltered the aid sick man falling back helplessly among hi his cushions was summoned without do do- do lay ay and at the tue same time with him bin 1 little Ittle Maria larla entered time the chamber weep weep- In ing The Time physicians physician's new attempts to re resuscitate re- re were vore not without ut result tim the C dying dying- man once more opened his eyes eye S and said more audibly and In a stronger voice than before It smells of ot musk here here that that Is tIm the e perfume which announces the time comIn coming g of the death ange Thereupon on ho lie la lay for a long Jong while shil e motionless and silent Ills His eyes were a closed but his corrugated brow showed d that ho lie was thinking laboriously Finally he lie sighed and sal said hardly In In- In tilt It wa was s so it u Is ls 8 so 80 l the e Greek ha has 5 arbitrarily houn hounded ed my people Ilk like mm dogs the Moslem too Is a hut but he acts justl justly hat has bee a done I could not alter but It Is' Is is wel well 1 well sell as It has turned out a Then number he lie ot f repeated repented I.- I. the wor word wella well wel L w. w u. u 1 gasped forth forth- DO bo My Iy I feet teet lovo 10 are arc coolness so cold but let be te I. I let t The Tho ph physician with the tho deaconess a set et herself to heat hent some wood for tOl the then looked warmIng n Lm after of his feet feet and tho the sick man them gratefully and con con- At church In the house of Go God I often f found now 1 death Is It ll deliciously cool and made easy as to mo mc through her hor er forgiveness her A ss YOU m my son eon hold 1 to L member of our house mn be may no apostate The new faith with faith with In In- ter kingdom power It subjects kingdom dom after af af- after af- af kingdom ambItion ambition av avarice drive thousands Into her hem stand arms But we we wo we firm for Christ ant aro no traitors Had I-I I I the time done dono the will WlM mIght thi have of or the tho caliph calPh In this I IE E governed m my a a. prince In his name How country as temptation have ha gone over O Is Ver to io tIme the Moslems many The their faith coming to you ou too and offers much that the The They P picture ture attracts selves a n. paradise paradiso with to themselves themselves them- them luring unspeakably al alluring alluring al- al pleasures but we we e. e son well we'll meet again In ours shall we n not Yes ics yes es yc yes e father cried cried the Young oung roan remain a christian christian- stand tand fast and fIrm fIrm- Beautiful good exclaimed tIme the sick Ito He would not be bo reminded purposely pur- pur that hIs a YV i i at son wanted Canted to marry and continued hurried hurriedly hurriedly- Paula Bu nut But The faith faith falth- Be Do n nothing more of or that that that- true to AS An for tor time the yours yours ours Else Else Else- rest my son seek eek the tho only way imay you ou are are walking walking In the tho right ht one ono and because Just because I know that I am dying have ha so 80 o peacefully I T i richly 1 tor or your OUr Ur tempora JI weal I have havo been a a good oV l a true true father have o I not m have havo I mj roy Savior not not And m my best and surest dependences what to is that Is for man many man many long that years I i. i have havo t f ij a jU Judge e in this land and ami been riot never no a single 1 J and d comforter you time m my shepherd you OU are aro was isas oh I-oh I 1 It H does docH my me gOOd waH I wittingly I and jUdge as- as asu The Tho u poor POr Willingly WAS a to a me nn an t rIch rho the Would ou mighty might f. f have havo sa Va darc dared dared- the helpless widow as time thc Here hero he paused and while hi lila eyes eye s J were wanderIng aimless aimlessly around they thoy met those of little Maria Marlo who ho 1 was S kneeling at th the tho head henrI of or tho time bc bed bedon bedon on the side opposite to Orion and Im Immediately in- in mediately the tho dying man who had just been summing summing- up the time accounts of or a aIon along along Ion long life rich In activity ceased to re reflect reflect re- re Sleet and when the tho child saw that he tried in vain aln to turn his motionless hea head to her hem In passionate painful pain pain- ful fui ul excitement she threw herself upon his bod body kissing his mouth an and checks cheeks without being deterred de do- do- do b by the fixed stare of his e es and the altered color of oC his beloved I Co countenance ii n ton a nce GIan Grandfather dear don ont dont i t I leave heave us yet et stay oh ohm please pleas please sta stay with us I At this something something- like hike a smile n flow n over his dry lips and andall all o the tenderness tender tender- ness with which his heart o for this lovel lovely young creature should have found expression In his voice olce bulhe but bui ho he could only falter indistinctly distinctly Maria my For your sake sako sakeI I would like Ilko to live hive long very long but Lut the time other world I world I am standing or Oh Its threshold Farewell time the time lime ha hat como come to part parL No no Ill I'll pra pray pra pray oh so fervently fer fer- venti vently until you OU get well cried th the thc child hut but h hn him a added No Xo The Saviour Is already holding mo me by the tho han hand Farewell once more morr farewell Js Is your our Paula with you ou I Have you ou got her her I I do not see seo her her her- have havo you not brought her with you OU sweetheart Did Old she did sImO-did did sho sue leave u us u uIn In anger anser It If she nho only knew leno Your our Paula has treated us right badly Then the child nestled her little face tale close up to the time head hend of ot her old best and dearest friend Full of or time the horrible horn horri Ido I- I ble do affair that had hind so revolted her upright ht nature and deprived her of or orrest rest already for an evening a 3 long night and a n morning she sho must needs need confide It to him For years cals he had supplied to her the time place of or her own Oin father rather so affectionately an and now he heW hevos W was vos S to die and leave her forever fore But she could not see him depart with a aral ral false e Impression of tIm the friend whom she loved so O devotedly and so sh she poured lien her tale Into his ear car with subdued sub sub- dued voice olee but great earnestness But one thin timing thing grandfather you must know before the Saviour lour receives you into His Ills heavenly bliss Paula has told old the time truth an and never never lied nut not even to 10 save savo nor hor Hiram A i oll w plate no 1 gem g-ern hung upon her neck neck- laco lace yesterday at noon No matter what Orion says I saw it myself and arid can not be mistaken taken as certainly as I hope to see you OU and m my poor father In heaven And Catharine Catharino came camo to herself Just now an and 1 confessed that she sue had committed a n great sin and amid borne borno false witness before the tho Judges to please her dear Orion Olon I do tie not know what Hiram had lund done dono to him but upon Catharine's Catharines testimony tho the Judges judg-es condemned him to death and antI Paula that Paula that you aro are to know Jeno If It nothIng noth noth- nothing ing else had else had nothing to do 10 with the time theft of ot the emerald nothing nothing In the round world Orion in his kneeling posture was condemned to 0 hear every ery word that the thc little one ono whispered 1 so eagerly an and each one cut him to the time heart Several Se times he would have clutched at her across the tho bed and would havo have liked hiked to fell eli her to tho the ground before his fathers father's eyes ees but In the pain anti ami sur stir pulse prise which paralyzed his hula whole being he did not even en find tho time strength to interrupt her with a n. word What was said was sa said As though crushed he lie caught at the bedstead and when his father turned his e eyes es upon him and grasped forth husk huskily I I y Then has the court our court pronounced pronounced pro pro- an unjust sentence he nodded his head bend o Im ohn Now the time dying ni man n st stammered nm out yet et more moro Indistinctly and anti without connection I the time question question- That stone stone out out of or the time tapestry tapestry- you you-Is rou Is It possible possible did did you you did did you rou- rou you pou OU yourself ours t take that emerald emeral I can an not not not- And Antl Orion Ollon came to the aid of ot his I father other father who struggled In vain to utter r he time dreadful word and said humbly and ind softly for tor he would rather Have t hanged changed places with tho the dying than deceive o him In this hour I took It It father fattier but I 1 swear b by the he the love lo which I 1 bear benr you OU and mother mothe r that hat this first reckless deed deell of oC Ife l that must entail such horrible my Shall also be the time last he would h have ave closed with but no sooner hn had tim the tho e I took tool It passed his lips than tIme the ho dying mans man's bod body trembled yb vio- vio and the look 1001 In his eye ee altered and before belore his son had lund Un fin shed his vow vow the unhappy father b by a mighty might effort drew hew himself up imp erect amid ind shouted In the time face of ot tho time pale youth youth whose bosom heaved with penitential peni peni- sobs as fast as his heavy paralyzed tongue would allow with r gurgling wi soun sounds s You you OU to disgrace that ancient i court of ot Justice You Be lle- gone Jono gone A robber an unjust Judge a falsifier of ot testimony Menas Menns' last las t grandson If hr I could get at you ou with Hh these hese hands hands- You You You- You You You- Away with you ou u. u villain With Ith this wild outburst sunk back among his pillows George the mil mild d and Just |