Show The Bride of I The Nile I 0 OF Geor I I Author of oC An Egyptian tan I ces cess Uarda art The Emperor I The Burgomasters Burgomaster's WI wit Sum t Homo Joshua Joshu 5 Etc Etc Continued from Yo No that rapid walker was Wl evidently revolving no blissful memories and If It his demeanor dial chat challenged any sentiment it was compassion compas sion slon and not nol envy The Tho doctor did not observe him for Cor absorbed In his lila own reflections ho he hur hurried ned ried rapidly on on heaving deep deop an and ana mournful sighs For a few Cew moments he lie turned In tn and tarried at a house whence Issued Issue loud cries of or distress and as 88 he ho went vent on his way ho he shook his Head from time to time hiko ono one who p sees much pass pas before his eyes lot for S which he can con find Ind no explanation His point of ot destination was a great palace like bul building lnE Its Is plastering had hadS L partly fallen talen off or and In Its upper story stor storyS S the windows were wore broken out until tho theyS they S had become widened unsightly open open- S ings Formerly this house had accommodated accommodated the tho authorities charged with the financial affairs of or the city and dIstrict district district dis dIs- and Its is lower rooms had been fitted fit fit- It- It ted up neatly neaty and comfortably for tor th the i ideologist the tho highest officer of ot thu this branch of ot government administration S usually resided in Alexandria but bul t who In his journeys Journe's of at Inspection often ofen I stopped for tor weeks at Memphis But Dut th the Arabians had transferred tho conduct L of ot financial matters for tor the whole countr country coun coun- tr try to their new now capital beyond I the river and antl of ot this tumbledown tumble tumble- down ioWa place had been beon committed to tinI tin the The Tho senate of ot Memphis ha had I found Cound It too expensive to keep up this thu S great establishment and had been boon glad glac I to find occupants for fOI the tho lower story b by renting It out to tho ph physician Phil Phi Phi- and tho the Egyptian Horus Apollo Apolo Tho The two scientists lodged In separate separ sepal sepal- ate ato apartments but the same samo slaves at attended at- at tended to their common housekeeping housekeepinG 5 besides waiting upon assis assistant asis- asis tant a n modest and well Informed wel Alexan Alex Alex- an andrian When hen the tho doctor docor entered his ago agod I friends friend's Jon lofty anti and spacious study ago'S h he S found Cound him still awake sitting helm behind LI a great number of or outspread rolls rols 0 of ot f parchment so deeply absorbed In his hi S work that at first ho he only gave ga e a passIng passIng pass pass- Ing nod to his lato late in coming-in friend frien Li In reply to his salutation HI His S speech consisted only of ot an Inarticulate late murmur and for fOI several minutes minute S later the old man continued to be burIed burled bur bur- led In his manuscript but finally Ii he 0 turned his face toward an and 1 at the same time Impatiently threw thre v down upon the tho table the little ivory Ivor y ruler with which ho he had been unfolding unfold hI big ing an and smoothing down the rolls rols 0 of ot 3 papyrus and forthwith underneath I It IS I began to stir sUr a n dark mass the old mans man S slave who had long boon been wrapped I In a slumber in ber The three lamps upon the tho 0 brightly brighty Illuminated the tho old man an and anc hIs surroundings while the tho doctor who 0 had thrown himself down upon a loungo loung 0 in the background cown of ot tho the vast apartment apartment apart apart- ment meat remained In darkness What startled started the tho midnight student it and Ind his friends friend's unwonted silence I 1 I it disturbed him as the tue standing still sti o C othe or orthe If the clattering wheel disturbs the tho dwell CI Ithe I- I cr or In a mill mil Now h ho gazed across n a at Lt in astonishment inquiring i If anything was the matter mater but still re re- re no answer the old man again agal a turned to his hits manuscripts And yet et E t ho must have completely lost his chain dial n of ot thought for tor his brownish han hand hond 1 seamed 1 like 0 the bark of or an oak hi his Is head hea was perfectly bal bald and although Ii ho he had been freshly shaven In place e of or beard like rubbish that puts u up p from the narrow nuro bed a rivulet there the pe e grew In tho the deep furrows of or his chi chin n and cheeks checks strands trants of or gray hair tin the IC b bt busy razor had not been able to get a Lt at t them heta there and they thoy gave an i- i tor t or neglected look to his whole phys 1 o In keeping with wih this also was th the thc theress d dross ress of ot tho the old man if It tho linen apron a and nd white cloth which had hung over ever h his is naked o since sundown w were ere deserving of at this name In gen gen- Ien- Ien oral eraL o ral And yet ct nobody on the street w wc would have havo talu taken n him for a beggar because be because be- be c cause ause the linen which ho he wore was fin fine a and nd white as snow while his piercing e yes eyes overshadowed b by long long- long bristly e eyebrows gleamed and flashed brIghtness brightness bright brIght- n ness ess of ot Intellect a strong will and f a r repellent harshness Just as little suited tg t to o the recipient of or alms as the ener- ener g often oten mocking look with which t this his mans man's mouth was often oten curled HI Ills His f features expressed naught of ot the amiable amible amiable ami ami- a at able ble of o gentle genUe and one ono familiar with aa t the he stor story of ot his life could not wih b be amazed mazed a that years had not been able abl t to o melt down his acerbity and love lo o or of c contradiction or change them Into kind kind- l ly 1 forbearance In the tho exercise of or whIch o old ld ago age alo so frequently finds pleasure s schooled as It I is in rebuffs and p ointments Ho lie had been born eighty years be be- f tore fore ore on the beautiful island of ot o on n the other side of ot the tho cataract of ot th the tho N Nile NBc ile within the domains or of the Temple Tempi o of ot f isis the only Egyptian sanctuary in which w the heathen worship could b be p publicly exercised as late into as the boy bo- hood h of ot Horns Horus Since the great t Th one ono em em- p eror one ono protect prefect after artor the tho ater o other ther with wih had hud cross crossed d o over ver the cataract in order to put an eo end e nd to Idolatry on that Jovel lovely Island o of OC f the Nile Nie but they had nil nih al been de de- de t or compelled to Lo retire b by the b brave rave dwellers in tho the desert b between the Nile and tho the Red Sea Sea for tor this thiN t roving race recognized Isis of ot a as their tutelary goddess and i In n consequence of ot an old trent treaty the i Image mage of ot their p was every year your carried In solemn procession to the and allowed to stay for lor s some somo weeks in Il their midst This old mans man's father was the last l and his grandfather the l last ast high priest prIest of oC Isis at Philae His HI boyhood had nevertheless been passed upon the tho Island of ot the goddess s but t then hen an Imperial legion had succeeded i In n beating the tho investing the i Island at nt the same time plundering and closing the sanctuary The he priests of ot leIs Isis escaped from tho the D Byzantine catch polls and Horns Horus lorus Apollo Apolo had spent his whole youth In fleeing feeing from rom place to place with wih his hie father grandfather and two sisters everywhere threatened threat threat- ened med b by sore BOrG perils peris Hatred against their persecutors tho the flagitious contemnors con- con and destro destroyers ers of ot his fathers father's faith had been tho the diet upon which his youthful mind had hind been fed red and this hatred naturally augmented to the bit bit- terest Implacability after Imperial sol aol diers fell tel upon his family at Antioch murdering his grandfather together with wih his two Innocent sisters This abominable deed had been perpetrated at tho Instigation of ot tho the bishop who hal hart recognized in this foreign family Egyptian l idolaters and the armed tamly force torce had been beon willingly supplied by hy the Im hn- penal prefect a proud and haughty Thanks prout to an ant accident or pa pa- to the great reat Isis as the ol old man thought his father and himself happily escaped with precious things H that the old high priest and taken with wih him from the tho treasures of ot the temple Thus they were wore not destitute of the tho means for tOl traveling under an assumed name and finally settled settle In Alexandria |