Show i The Bride of I The Nile I By Dr Georg Eben Eber I Author of ot An Egyptian Prin- Prin c ces s. s Uarda The Emperor The Burgomasters Burgomaster's I. I Homo Sum Joshua Johua Etc Eto Etc Eto Continued d front from Yo Tho The pale dark rider who had embraced embraced em em- braced her In her hor dream should not drag her down with him No o. o she would exultantly bear him aloft to tho tIle highest pinnacle attainable by a strong and noble man So she thought and meanwhile tho the color mounted to her cheeks checks and with witha a sudden determination she opened her ler trunk and took from It papyrus leaves heaves writing Implements and a seal peal she Rho seated herself at the tho little desk which had hind placed for tor her by bT bythe bythe the window In order to write to him Then a fierce longing desire to see seo him him ilm came over her and yet yot ot she struggled struggled struggled bra bravely vel against t It but at the saute samu time limo felt fell that It would be bo Impossible for her to find tho the rl right ht words In which to address him and as she return returned ell the tile leaves to her trunk and looked upon tho the seal she silo was struck b by something something something some some- thing strange for upon her fathers father's familiar old ring she was struck by tho the motto encircling tho the device of oC a star star star- perchance the tho star Orion Orion hovering hovering above two crossed swords Before BeCore virtue virtue virtue vir vir- tue tho the Immortal gods have placed toll toil that Is 18 to say nay whoever would be bea ben a n virtuous man can cnn not spare himself moll moil and toll toil With a bright smile she he closed he hot het trunk for assuredly a 0 good augury augur was to be bo read rend In that motto with the tho star At tho same time sIte she planned to speak peak to Orion of or this device which one of or her ancestors had borrowed from old Then rhen she ho hurried down the steps step went past his wife and tho the doctor Into the garden awaked tho the scribe who had been long asleep and charged chanted him to convey to his ills master master mas mae ter the Yes for which he was wa waltIn wait walt In ing And yet before tho tile messenger had mounted his horse she begged begge him to wait walt for tor something and stepped back to where tho the gentlemen wore because boca It had hod occurred to her that I In her zeal she he had forgotten to mention mention mention men men- I tion to them Orion's proposition The hour appointed for fot the conference confer confer- ence once was agreeable to both and while Philippus Informed the scribe that the they would expect his master tho the old man maui looked In tho the young girls girl's face faco ace with undisguised satisfaction and said We 0 have havo feared that the news from the governors governor's place would put you Into bad spirits put but ut thank God you look lookas as ns If It you OU had ju just t come conn out of ot a re refreshing refreshing re- re freshing bath What think you OU Johanna Johanna Jo Jo- hanna luanna Twenty years ago such an In Inmate inmate In- In mate mato of our dwelling would have o made you Jealous Jealous' Or Is 18 there no place In I your soul for tor that hateful feel feeling I n g 7 Go Oo awny away answered tho the matron smiling Have o I seen all the beauties at whom you old rover ro have cast an nn anCO eye ee In the course courso of ot your our off far wand wanderings wan wan- d n ge 2 No 0 m my dear yet et so lO trul truly as ns man I Is the mea measure ure of all things thing however hoever far Car I 1 have ha planted m my staff a a. a goddess such as this I have havo never met with And assuredly not I 1 In m my snail snail- she shell life chimed In dame Johannn Johanna fastening her bright eyes oyes upon Paula with fervent admiration ChAPTER It till ii HUM us In th the tho even evening In was sitting In the tIle garden gardel with his family and tho the doctor Paula too was In their midst anti and from time to time stroked Pul- Pul silky golden tresses for Cor sh she sho had 1151 placed herself at nt her feet and anI caressingly leaned her hel head hend n against her knee It wa wa wah full fun moon and xo so light hi iii the garden jarden that each ach could distinguish the hue I features feature of tile the other and anil I proposal to 10 wait walt for tr the eclipse of the tho moon which would take place one hour before beCore midnight found Cound a so much more moru hearty approval nl because tho tIm air nil was very vry balmy Tho The men had bath been speaking of ot the tho approaching phenomenon In tho thio sky ky lamenting that thal the church yielding to tho the superstition of ot tho the multitude should attach ill omens to It It and worn were to attempt this very ry evening to propitiate pro pro- tho the Almighty by a solemn procession procession procession pro pro- cession so as not to let t e evils ensue called It an Insult to th the tho Most High to represent as Ills threatening threat threat- ening fing finger r appearances which followed followed fol tol fol- fol lowed tho tilo course of ot His eternal cU laws law and amI ml might ht bo be calculated beforehand us If Ir the thc necessity for Cor the tho punishment of mankind wont vont tho same samo way as tho the sun StIR and moon This time tho the bishop and nil all the thc clergy of or th the place were ore to tako take the lead In this procession and thereby so natural an appearance be perverted In n tho minds of ot the people to a significance significance cance canco which It did not possess And If the tue little comet which m my foster father discovered a n. few Cew weeks ago AKO should wax greater added the doctor and anti spread his tall tail over a part of or tho the heavens he then anguish will vIll reach Its It summit and I shall see sec the tho people behaving like those possessed hut But a comet does portent war drought pestilence and famine said Bald Pulcheria confidently rind Paula added added ad ad- ded deti I 1 have ve always alwa's believed so so too With great prent injustice answered tho tIle doctor A thousand reasons contradict contradict contradict contra contra- dict this and It Is a crime to te confirm the tIle multitude in this superstition It Infuses anxiety and terror into their minds and wilt will you believe bellevo that such unquiet of mind especially In this time of or the tho low condition of ot the tile water when there thero Is more suffering than usual be begets begets bf be- gets sickness upon sickness W Well We'll ll JI havo have something to do Rufinus I 1 am ready replied the thc old ohl man and yet If IC that fellow wi with th tho tIle tall tail must do mischief I would woold much rather ho he should break tho the peoples people's arms arm and legs lcJ's than crack erack their brains What hat a wish exclaimed Paula Many a n. time you OU use expressions and andI I sec ace things thinKS about your our establishment that appears Incomprehensible to mo me It was waR only oaly yesterday esterday that you promIsed promised promised prom prom- To explain to you why I assemble about mo me so 80 many of or Gods God's creatures who vho bear boar tho the burden of oC life lito with crippled crippled crippled crip crip- pled and broken limbs Yes los indeed replied Paula There Thore can cnn bo be no greater act of ot charity charIly than to make mako existence more tolerable for tor such unfortunates unfortunates- But as to this Interposed the tho lively old gentleman you think tho the old oddity would hardly ride his Ills hobbyhorse hobbyhorse hobby hobby- horse from such a fine cause alone and you are aro right From Prom my childhood up I have taken a peculiar Interest In the anatomical structure of ot man and beast and as the tile collector of or stag roe and gazelle antlers so soon noon as os he possesses tho the horns of or all species strives with renewed ardor to collect specimens of strange and sickly growth gro in the thc same ame thus It charms me mo to make acquaintance acquaintance tance with every evory sort of ot malformation In bones both bestial and human And to straighten out what Is crooked added tho the physician From childhood up his passion has hns been In Inthis Inthis Inthis this direction And It has hns become Intensified since I fell ten one time and broke broko my thigh learning In that way how the feeling Is Is continued the old man approvingly approving With tho the help of ot m my student fellow there from a dilettante I have become a a. regular surgeon and moreover one ono who serves E at nt his own cost As for tor the rest there thore are secondary causes which decide mo to choose such strange surroundings a ml misshapen slave alavo Is willing and moreover certain observations afford mo me a 0 yot yet more priceless and peculiar satisfaction But this Is nothing to you girls Oh but bu t it is III Is though cried Pau Paula As 8 we well aa as I understand Philippus when ho he explains to mo me some fact tact of ot natural science science- Hold laughed Rufinus our friend would take talce good care caro not to explain It to you ou Ho deems It ton folly and only grants this thing that a surGeon surgeon surgeon sur sur- geon and observer er can Imagine no better more willing and entertaining entertain entertain- ing Inmates for a 0 house than my cripples crip crip- ples plea They aro are grateful to you you cried Pa Paula u ha Grateful asked the old man It seems so indeed and antI yet et gratitude Is Isa Isa isa a return upon which no reasonable man calculates No Now you know enough we w. wein in vo t the e. e t for or sake t. t B Ri no nd n aba 1 o li tl c 17 t 11 i gru icard he Who ho could you anth anything ng Ill I'll ll make mako It brief but you OU mum lust follow me attentively Now then Man Ian Is the measure of all things Havo you understood understood un un- un it so Yes Indeed You say so right often oCten Things you think are arc only eat as they seem to us Us you OU sa say because wo wt you I 1 and we vc others here are healthy In bod body and mind Things Gods God's Gods God's own work work as such wo we must look at unconditionally unconditional unconditional- I ly h. as sound and normal Of Ot man n who Is to supply tho the gauge for them we would ask In the first place that t hIbl hebo ho hI hobo bo bl normal and sound Or can a Joiner measure boards correctly at all aU with witha a crooked and warped staff Assuredly not Then you OU will understand too how the tho question could arise in my mind Does Docs not tho the sick crippled misshapen man measure things by a different standard from us healthy people leople Should It not be bo a thank worthy task to Investigate whether there be not a difference between his measurements und ours And have investigations concerning your our cripples cripple led to an any result 1 To several great ones asseverated the old man Tho The doctor here Interrupted Inter Inter- him with a 8 loud Oho and as asserted assorted ns- ns sorted that his friend was as much too quick In founding In laws Ins s upon Individual appearances Man Many of his observations certainly certain offered points possessed of ot a certain Interest Interest- Here Rufinus Interrupted him warm warm- ly h and the conversation would have degenerated Into strife strite had not Paula interrupted the tho gentlemen and begged her hor host to communicate to her at least ono one of his results I 1 have havo found answered he firm In his convictions and anti complacently stroking ing InE his bin long full fun beard that they are not only onh sensible because their wits are early sharpened b by the tho effort to accomplish through Intellectual forces what they lack through h corporal defects de lle- the they are also uncommonly witt witty like 0 the writer of oC fables Aesop and tho the Egyptian god Jod Been Besa who tiie as w we weare weare are told b by Philipp us' us old friend Horus from Crom whom whoRl we E Egyptians got get all our wisdom presided among the tho heathen over festivities Jesting wit and woman's womans womans woman's wo wo- wo mans man's dress Into the bargain This speaks for tor tho the fine CIne art of ot observation among tho the ancients for the tho hunchback whose boll body Is crooked applies a n crooked measuring line to things By fly virtue of ot his prudence he ho frequently learns to measure Just jut like tho the majority majority ma ma- of ot mankind that Is to say my ma-I ma straight and yet In good hours J if ho goes his own wa va way he makes the straight crooked and the crooked straight and so 50 originates wit which on only consists In an odd and original I Iway way of or looking at things s and presenting presenting present present- In ing them to others Ju Just t talk for once with m my hunchback gardener Gibbus or Of only pa pay heed to him It If ho he takes his seat sent among our out people of ot an evenIn evening even even- In Ing the they lau laugh augh h just as soon as he ho opens his Ills mouth and wh why In Ills Ilia nature drives him to speak peak In nothing but paradoxes You know what that is Is do you not Certainly answered ans Paula A Ant And nd you OU Pul Xo No father tather That simple soul of yours ours has grown grownup rown up In t too o straight ht n a lino line to comprehend compre bend hend things of the sort Rort But Rut only usten lis us- us ton ten A paradox I It t would h he be for to example If It I 1 should thus thuR ad address refs tho thib bishop In today's procession You are godless odless from mero more piety or If It I wore to offer an apology to the daughter nu of Thomas for Cor the flatteries addressed her het mother and to Just now by your our myself IJ by saying Our Incense was wa hitter bitter from Its very sweetness If It ono one examines them then more clo closely I these paradox paradoxes paradoxes para para- dox s are aro truth In a crool crooked ed form Corm anti and therefore the they best pl please ase thi the hunch hunch- back Have Havo YOU vou understood Certainly answered Paula laula And you ou Pul I do not know e exactly I should like it better if It you yuu simply said We e ought not to have made uch Ruch fluttering flattering speeches for tor the thC they ma may amy ha have 0 been ben dla- dla agreeable to a ft young youn lady Quite good m Ill my straightforward child lau laughed tho tile old man and yet there stands the gardener Here m my good Gibbus Ju Just t suppose you OU had been paying such gross kross compliments to tu some somo one ono that they had hall offended In Instead instead In- In stead of ot pleasing how would you OU V ha If to expressed yourself you rou wanted Inform mo me of the fact tact 1 Continued Tomorrow r |