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A STORY OF THE EXODUS.
By Greo3?g IE"be:i?s,
Author of "UARDA," "SERAPIS," Etc.
(NOW FIRST PUBLISHED.)
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?TEE XIV.
17 C H disturbed and
grieved by such
thoughts, as these,
Miriam turned her steps
homeward to retire to rest: but as she
reached the threshold she stayed her steps
and listened once more, gazing northward
-whence Joshua must come. Nothing was to
be heard but the tramp of a watchman and
the voice of Hur as he went the rounds of
the camp with a company of armed men.
He, too, had found it impossible to rest
within.
The night was mild and bright with stars,
the hour meet for silent dreaming under the
sycamore. Her seat was vacant under the
ancient tree, so, with a bowed head, she
made her way to the favorite spot which on
the morrow she must quit forever. But she
had not reached the b&nch when she sud
denly stopped, raised her head, and pressed
her hand to her panting bosom. She had
heard the tramp of hoofs, she was sure of it,
and the sound came from the north. "Were
the chariots of Pharaoh hurrying down to
Jail upon the Hebrew camp? Should she
about to wake the men-at-arms? Or could
it indeed be he whom she so passionately
longed !or? Tes, yes. It was the step of a
single horse, and it must be sotne new ar
rival, for there was a stir among the tents,
and clapping of hands and shouts of eager
talking came nearer and nearer as the horse
man approached.
It was Joshua, she felt certain.
That he should have ridden forth through
the night and torn asunder the ties which
hound him to Pharaoh and his brethren in
arms was a proof of his obedience. Love had
steeled his will and lent speed to his steed,
and the thanks which love alone can give,
the reward which love alone can bestow,
should no longer be withheld from him. He
, should learn in her arms that,, though he
had given np much, it was to earn something
sweeter and fairer. She felt as though the
sight about her was as bright as noonday,
when her ear told her that the rider was
making straight for Aminadab's dwelling.
By that she knew that it was her call that
had brought him to seek her before going to
his father, who had found a lodging in the
empty, roomy house belonging to his grand
son Ephraim.
Joshua would gladly Lave flown to her
side as fast as his horse could carry him,
but it was not safe to ride at too brisk a pace
through the camp. Oh, how long the min
utes seemed till at last she saw the horse
man, till he leaped from the saddle, and his
companion flung the reins to another man
. who came behind!
It was, indeed, Joshua. But his comrade
.whom she saw quite plainly, and started
at the sight was Hur, the very man who a
lew hours since had asked her to be his wife.
There they stood, side by side in the star
light, the two men her suitors, their figures
lighted np by the blazing pine torches which
were still bnrning by the carts and litters
where they stood ready for the next morn
ing's march.
The elder Hebrew, a splendid man, was
much taller than the younger and no less
strongly-built warrior, and the lord of many
herds held his head no less high than1 the
Egyptian hero. Both spoke with grave de
cision; but herjover's voice was the deeper
and fuller. 25ow they were so close to her
that she could hear what they were say
ing. Hur was telling the newcomer that Moses
had gone forth to reconnoiter, and Joshua ex
pressed his regret, as he had a matter of im
portance to discuss with him.
In that case he would have to set forth
with them at daybreak, Hur observed, for
Moses thought to meet the people on the
war. Then he pointed to the house of Mi
riam's protector, Aminadab, which lay in
total darkness, unbroken by a single twink
ling light, and desired Joshua to come with
Tiim and spend the remainder of the night
under his roof, for no doubt he would fain
not rouse his father at so late an hour. At
this, Miriam saw, her friend hesitated and
looked inaniringly np at the women's rooms
and the roof, and then, knowing whom he
Bought and unable any longer to resist the
impulse of her heart, she went forward from
under the shadow of the sycamore and
warmly bid Joshua welcome. He, too,
.scorned to conceal the joy of his heart, and
Hur, standing by, saw the reunited pair
clasp hands, at first in silence and then with
eager words of greeting.
""I knew that yon would cornel" cried
Miriam, and Joshua replied with glad emo
tion: "That you might easily know. O
prophetess, for one of the voices that bid me
more calmly: "I hoped to find your brother
here with you, for I am the bearer of a mes
cage of the greatest importance to him, to
-us and to the people. I find all made ready
for departing, and I should be sorry if your
venerable protectors were roused from their
- 'rest and hurried forward to a perilous ad
venture which it still seems possible to
avert"
"You mean ?" asked Hur, and he came
Closer.
,"I mean," replied Joshu, "that if Moses
persists in leading the multitude forth east
ward, there will be much useless bloodshed
to-morrow, for I heard at Tanis that the gar-.-
risons of Etham have orders not to let a
single man pass, much less this countless
multitude, whose numbers dismayed me as
I rode through the camp. IknowApoo,
who commands the place, and the legions
who serve under him. There will be a fear
ful and fruitless butchery among our un
armed and undisciplined tribes in short I
must speak strongly to Moses, and imme
diately, to avert the worst, before it is too
late."
"We have not failed to fear all that you
can warn us of," replied Hnr, "and it is
expressly to avert it thatMoses has set forth
bn a perilous journey."
"Whither?" asked Joshua.
"That is the secret of the leaden of the
people."
"Among them my father?"
"Ha doubt, and 1 am ready to lead you to
Him. ui he tmnKs at to miorm yon "
"If that is contrary to his duty he will be
silent. "Who leads the marching hosts to
morrow?" "I do."
"You?" cried Joshua in surprise, and the
other quietly replied:
"You are amazed that a shepherd should
he so bold as to lead au army, but the Lord
God of Hosts, in whom we put our trust, ii
Indeed our captain, and I look for His guid
ance." "It Is well." milled Joshnn. "hnl T too
fe)Telieve that the God of onr fathers, who
caned me hither by the voice of .Miriam, has
intrusted me with a message of great im-
Vrortnnce. I must find Mosesbefore it is too
glate."
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speak with Aaron?"
"Is he in the camp?"
"No; but we look for hii return before the
departing of the people that is to say, in a
few hours."
"Has he the right of deciding questions of
importance in the absence of Moses?"
"No; be only declares to the people in
eloquent words that which his great brother
commands."
At this the disappointed warrior gazed
thoughtfully on the ground, hut after a
moment's reflection he eagerly went on: "It
is to Moses that the Lord our God declares
His will; but to you, too; his noble, virgin
sister, to yon, too, the Host High reveals
Himself."
"Oh, Joshua," the tprophetess broke in,
lifting her hands to him with an imploring
and deprecating gesture; but the Captain
paid no heed to her interruption, and went
on in an earnest tone: 'The Lord God
charged you to -call me His servant, back
to His people. He commanded you to give
me the name I am to bear instead of that
given me by rny father and mother, and
which I have borne in honor for 30 years.
In obedience to your bidding I have cast
from me all that could make me great
among men. It was when I was in the way
to face death in Egypt, with my God and
your image in my heart, that the message
came to me which I am here to deliver,
and I therefore believe that it was laid
upon me by the Most- High, I
am constrained to deliver it to the
leader of the nation; so, as 1 can
not find Moses, I can do no better
Meeting of Joshua and Miriam.
than to deliver it to you, who. next to your
brother, dwells nearest to God. I pray yon
now to hear me; but the words I have to
speak are not yet ripe for any third hearer.
At this Hur drew himself up. Breaking in
on Joshua's speech he asked Miriam
whether it was her desire to hear what the
son of Nun should say without witnesses,
and she replied in a low voice, "Yes."
Hur turned to the warrior and said, with
cold pride: "I believe that Miriam knows
the will of the Lord, and likewise her
brother's, and that she is aware of what
beseems a woman of Israel. If I am not
mistaken it was under this very tree that
your own lather, the venerable Nun, re
peated to my son TJri the only reply which
Moses will give to the bearer of such
message as yours."
"Do you know it, then?" asked the sol
dier, sternly.
"No," replied the other, "but I guess its
purport See here." He stooped with
youthful agility, raised two large stones so
that they supported each other, rolled a few
smaller stones into a heap around them, and
then, in breathless eagerness, he spoKe as
follows:
"This heap shall he a witness between me
and thee, like the heap of Mizpah which
Laban and Jacob made when Laban called
upon the Lord to watch between him and
Israel; so do I now, and I show thee this
heap that thou mavest remember it when we
are absent one from another. I lay my
hand on this heap of stones, and I declare
that I, Hnr, the son of Caleb and Ephratah,
put my trust in none other but only in the
Lord, the God of our fathers, and am ready
to do His biding by which He calleth us out
of the land of Pharaoh to the land
which He has promised us. And thou,
Joshua, the son of Nun, doT ask, and the
Lord our God heareth thee: Dost thou look
for any help other than that of the God of
Abraham, who chose thy nation to be His
own people? Moreover, thou shalt answer
and say whether henceforth thou wilt hold
the Egyptians who oppressed us, and out of
whose nana theLoru our troa nath promised
to redeem us, as the foes forever of thy God
and thy people?" "
There was a dark look in the warrior's
bearded face, and he was Inclined to kick
down the heap of stones and dismiss the
overbold questioner with a wrathful reply;
hut Miriam had laid her hand on the tdp of
the heap, and, seizing his right hand, she
cried:
"He inquires of thee in the sight of our
God and Lord who is our witnessl"
Joshua was able to control his wrath, and
pressing the maiden's hand as he held it, he
answered with due solemnity: "He asks me,
but I cannot answer him; for 'yea' and 'nay'
say little in this case. Yet I call God to
witness on my part, and here by this heap
of stones you, Miriam, shall hear what I
have in my mind and wherefore I am come.
And thou, Hur, see here! Like thee I lay
my hand on the heap and testify that I,
Joshua, the son of Nun, put my trust in none
other but only in the Lord God of our
fathers. He shall stand between thee and
me as a witness and decide whether my way
is His way or the way of an erring man. I
will walk in His way as He hath declared
it to Moses and to this noble maiden. That
I swear with an bath, and to thafGod bemy
witness."
Hur had listened eagerly, and now, per
suaded by the gravity of Joshua's Bpeech,
lie cried:
"The Lord our God hearmine oath! And
I, too, by this heap, will take an oath! If
the honr should come when, remembering
this heap, though shalt give the testimony
which thou hast refused me, no wrath
henceforth shall come between us; and if it
be the will of the Lord I will deliver into
thy hands the leadership, for thou in many
wars hast learned more skill than I, who
have ruled only over herdsmen and flocks.
And thou, Miriam, bear in mind that this
heap is a witness of the words you twain
shall speak here in the sight of God. Call
to mind the wrathful words we heard spoken
under this tree by this man's father; -yea,
and I call God to witness that I would have
darkened the life of TJri, my beloved son,
who is the joyofjny heart, if he had spoken
to the people to persuade them by the mes
sage wbicn he delivered to us, for it would
have turned away those of little faith from
their God. Bemember this, maiden, and
again hear this: If thou needest me thon
caust find me. The door I opened, come
what may, will never be shut"
And he turned away from Miriam and the
soldier.
Something, they knew not what had
come oyer them. He, who all through his
long ride, beset with many dangers, had
longed with burning ardor for the moment
which should see him reunited to the maid
he loved, stood looking down in confusion
and deep anxiety. Miriam, who, at his ap
proach, had been ready to bestow on him all
that a woman has of best and sweetest to re
ward truth and iove withaLhad sunk on the
ground in front ot the awful heap of stones
close to the sycamore tree, and was pressing
her head against its hollow trunk.
CHAPTER XV.
For some time nothing was to U keardj
under the sycamore but the young girl's low
sobbing and the impatient step of the war
rior, who, while struggling- for composure
himself, did not venture to address her. He
could not fully understand what this was
that had suddenly come like a mountain be
tween him and the woman he loved.
He had learned from Hur's speech that
Moses and his own father had each,
severally, rejected all mediation; and yet to
him the promises he was empowered to
make seemed a grace and gift from Heaven.
As yet none of his nation had heard them,
and if Moses were the man he believed him,
the Lord must of a surety open his eyes and
show him that he had chosen Joshua to
guide the people to a happier future; nor
did he doubt that he could easily win over
his father, Nun. It was in fall conviction
that he had again sworn that it was indeed
the Most High who had shown him this
way; and after thinking all this over, as
Miriam at length rose, he went toward her
with renewed hope. The love in his heart
prompted him to clasp her in his arms; bnt
bhe drew back, and her voice, usually so
pure and full, sounded harsh and husky as
she asked him wherefore he had tarried so
long, and what it was that he purposed to
reveal to her.
As she knelt under the sycamore she had
not merely been praying and struggling for
composure; she had looked into her soul.
She loved Joshua, but her heart misgave
her that he bad some proposal to make such
as TJri's. and old Nun s wrathful words
rang in .her ears louder than ever. Her
fear lest her lover bad gone astray into an
evil way, and Hur's startling proceedings,
had lulled the surges of her passion; and her
spirit brought back to calmer reflection,
now craved above all else to know what
could have so long detained him whom she
had sent for in the name ot the Lord, and
wherefore he had come alone, without
Ephraim. The clear sky, glorious with
stars, instead of looking down on the bliss
of a pair of reunited lovers, was witness
only to the anxious questionings of a terri
fied woman and the impatient answers of a
hot-spirited and bitterly-disappointed man.
He began by urging his love, and thathe
had come to make her his wife, but she,
though she suffered him to hold her hand,
implored him to postpone his wooing and to
tell her first all she wanted to know.
On his way hither he had heard news of
Ephraim from a fellow-soldier from Tanis.
He was therefore able to tell her that he had
gone into the town in disobedience to orders,
sick and weary as he was, and moved, it
would seem,.by curiosity, and that he had
found care and shelter under a friendly root
This, however, did not comfort Miriam, who
blamed herself as she thonghtof the inex
perienced and fatherless lad, who had grown
up under her own eyes, and whom she her
self had sent forth among strangers, as a
guest under an Egyptian's roof. However.
Joshua assured her that he would take upon
himself to bring the boy back to his people,
and when she still was not satisfied he asked
her whether he had indeed lost all her trust
and love. But she, instead of giving him a'
word of comfort began to question him
further, desiring to know what had delayed
his coming, so he was forced to tell his tale,
though greatly disturbed and cut to the
heart, beginning in fact with the end of his
story.
While she listened to him, leaning against
the trunk of the sycamore, he, distraught by
love and impatience, paced up and down, or
else, hardly able to control himself, stood
close to her, face to face. At this moment
nothing seemed to him worthy to be clothed
in speech but the passion and the hopes
which filled his being. ' Had he been con
vinced that her heart was estranged from
him he wonld have fled from the camp as
soon as he had unburdened his soul to his
father, and have ridden away into the un
known in search of Moses. All he cared for
wad to win Miriam and to keep clear of dis
honor; and important as the1 events and
hopes of the last few days had been, he an
swered her questions hastily, and as though
the matters involved were hut a light thing.
He began his tale in broken sentences, and
the ofiener she interrupted him the more im
patient he became and the deeper the1 frown
which knit his brows.
Joshua had been riding southward for
some few hours, in high spirits and full of
blossoming hopes, when shortly before dusk
he perceived a large crowd of men march
ing on io front of him. At first he had
taken them to be the rear guard of the fugi
AbmmadaVs Souse.
tive Hebrews, and he had hastened his
horse's pace. But before he came up with
the wanderers some peasantfolkand drivers,
leaving their carts and beasts of burden in
the lurch, bad flown to meet him with lond
shrieks and shouts of warning, telling him
that the troop in front were the multitude
of lepers. And their warning was but too
well justified, for the first who met him
with the heart-breaking -cry, "Unclean! un
clean!" bore the tokens of those who were a
prey to the terrible disease, their dull eyes
staring at him from faces devoid of eye
brows and covered with the white, scurfy
dust peculiar to leprosy.
Joshua presently recognized one and
another of them, among them here and
there an Egyptian priest with shaven
head, and Hebrew men and women. He
questioned them with the calm severity of a
warrior chief, and learned that they had
come from the quarries opposite Memphis,
their place of exile on the eastern shore of
the Nile. Certain Hebrews among them
had heard that their people had fled from
Egypt to seek a land which the Lord had
promised them. On this, many had de
termined to put their trust in the mighty
God of their fathers and to follow the
wandering tribes; and the Egyptian priests
even, whose affliction had cast in their lot
with the Hebrews, bad set forth with them,
fixing on Succoth as the goal of their
wandering, whither, as they heard, Moses
was the first to lead the people.
But every one who might have told
tnem the road had fled at their
approach. Thusther had gone .too far to
the northward,. even almost as far as the
fortress of Tabnae. It was at a mile from
that place that Joshua had overtaken them,
and had counseled their leaders to return
forthwith and not to bring misfortune on
the host of their brethren. During their
parley, a company- of Egvptian soldiers had
come ont from, the citidal to meet the lepers
and clear the road of their presence; how
ever, the Captain, who knew Joshua, had
used no force, and the two warriors had
persuaded the leaders of the unclean to let
themselves be guided to the peninsula of
Sinai, where there was already a colony of
lepers among the mountains, not far from
the mines. They had yielded to this pro
posal because Joshua had promised them
that if the Israelites wandered eastward
they would visit them, and receive all who
should be healed; but even if the Hebrews
remsined in Egynt the pnre air of the
desert would bring' health to many sufferers,
and every one who recovered was free to re
turn -to his people.
All this- consumed much time; and then
other delays had occurred, for, as Joshua
had been in snch near neighborhood to the
lepers, he had been compelled to go. to
Tabnae, where he and the Captain of the
troops, who had been with him, were sprin
kled with the blood of birds, clothed in
cleanlinen, and obliged to go through certain
ceremonials which he himself had deemed
necessary, and which could onlv be tier-
formed in broad sunlieht His sauire had
not been . suffered .to leave the citadels I
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the soft-hearted fellow, seetag AlumkialkhthivtkUiMMjpiiuitmmc,
among the hapless wretches, had clasped his
hand. , .
The cause of this detention was sadden-'
ing and sickening, and it was not till he
had quitted Tabnae at noonday and turned
his face toward Succoth that the hope and
joy of seeing Mirlan again and of deliver
ing so cheerful a message had revived in
Joshua's breast
Never had his heart been higher with
glad anticipation than as he rode on through
the night, each step bringing him nearer to
his' father and his beloved, and at his jour
ney's end, instead of the highest bliss,
naught had he found till now but the most
(uel disappointment
He had related his meeting with the lepers
briefly and reluctantly, although ho had
done, as he believed, what was best for
these hapless folk. Any one of his fellow
soldiers would have had a word of praise
for him, hut she, whose approbation was
dearer to him than all else, ' pointed, as he
ended, to a certain spot in the camp, saying
mournfully:
"They are of our blood; our God is their
God. The lepers of Zoan, Phakos and
Phibeseth followed the rest at a reasonable
distance, and their tents are pitched outside
the camp. Those of Succoth likewise
they are not many are to Journey with
them, and when the Lord promised the
people, the land for which they longed it
was to great and small and poor alike, and,
of a surety, to those poor wretches who now
are left in the land of the enemy. Would
you not have done better to divide those ot
onr race from the Egyptians and bring
them hither?"
At this the soldier's manly pride rebelled,
and his reply was grave and stern:
"In war a man learns to sacrifice hun
dreds that he may save thousands. Even
the shepherd removes the rotten sheep to -save
the flock."
"Very true," replied the girl eagerly,
"for the shepherd is but a man, who knows
no remedy against the evil. But the Lord
who hath called all His people will not suf
fer them to come to harm through obedi
ence." "So women think!"retorted Joshua. "Bnt
the counsels of compassion .which move
them must not be suffered to weigh too heav
ily in those of men. You are ready to fol-
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Joshua Slays the Exodus of Lepers.
low the dictates of your heart as indeed is
most fitting, so long as yon do not forget
what beseems you and your sex."
Miriam's cheeks flashed crimson, for she
felt the stab that was hidden in this speech
with a double pang, since it was dealt by
Joshua. How much had she this day been
forced to renounce for her sex's sake! And
how she was to he made to feel that she was
not his equal, that she was but a woman.
In the presence of the heap ot stones which
Hur had built up, and on which her hand
at this moment rested, he had appealed to
her judgment as though she were one, of the
leaaersofthe people; and now he roughly
set her in her place her, who felt herself
second to no man in gifts and in spirit
But he. too. had been wounded in his
'pride, and her demeanor warned him that
this hour wouia oecioe wnemer in tneir
future union he or she should get the mas
tery. He stood up in front of her in all his
pride and high determination never, in
deed, had she thought him so manly or so
desirable. Yet the instinct to fight for her
injnred womanly dignity was stronger than
any other impulse, and finally it was she
who broke the painful silence which had
followed his words of reproof. With a
degree of composure which she only achieved
by the exertion of her utmost power of will,
she began:
"But we are both forgetting what keeps
us here at this -hour ot the night You
were to reveal to me what brought you
hither, and to hear from my lips the judg
ment ot the Lord not mat oi miriam, the
foolish woman."
"I had hoped to hear the voice of the
maiden in whose love I trusted," he gloom
ily replied.
"Yon shall hear it," she said, taking her
hand from off the heap of stones. "But it
may befall that I cannot consent to the
judgment of the man whose power and wis
dom are so far greater than mine, and you
have taught me that you cannot brook a
woman's contradiction not even mine."
"Miriam!" he exclaimed, reproachfully,
but she went on more vehemently:
"I have felt it deeply; and as it would be
the greatest sorrow of my life to lose your
heart, you must understand me fully before
you call upon me to pronounce judgment"
"But first hear my message."
"No no!" she eagerly replied. "The
answer now would die on my lips. First
let me tell you of the woman who, though
she has a loving heart, knows 'something
which she holds far above love. You smile?
And yon have a right to smile till you
know that which I will reveal to you."
"Speak, then!" he broke in, in a tone
which betrayed how hard he felt it to keep
patience. . ,
"Thanks for that," she said, warmly.
Then, leaning against the tree trunk, while
he sat down on the bench and now looked
Into her face and, now on the ground, she
spoke:
"I have left childhood behind me, aye,
and myyouth will soon be a thing of the
past While I was still but a little child I
was not very different from other girls. I
played with them, and although my mother
taught me to pray to the God of our fathers,
still I was well content to hear what other
children would tell me of Isis. As often as
I could 1 would steal into her temple, buy
spices and strip my little garden for her;
would ponr oilonheraltarand offer her flow
ers. I was taller and stronger than many
maidens of my age, and the daughterof Am
ram to boot, so that the others were ready
enough to obey me and do al I
proposed. When I was 8 years old we
moved hither from Zoan. Before I had
found a playfellow here you came to stay
in the house of Gamaliel, your sister's hus
band, to be healed of a wound from a
Libyan's lance. Do you remember that
time, when you, a young man, made a com
rade of the little girl? I fetched von all
you needed; I chattered to you of all I
knew, and you told me tales of bloody
fights and victory and described the splen
did armor and the horses and chariots of
the soldiers. You showed me the ring you
had won by your valor, and when the
wound in your breast was healed we wan
dered about the meadows together.
"Isis, whom you worshiped, had her tem
ple here also, and how often would I steal
secretly into its courts to pray for you and
carry her my holiday cakes. I had heard
so much from you of Pharaoh, and his
magnificence, of the Egyptians and their
wisdom, skill and luxurious lives, that my
little heart longed to dwell among them in
the capital; it had moreover come to my
ears that my brother Moses had been treated
with great kindness in the King's palace,
and had become a. man held in high honor
among the priesthood, I could no longer be
content with my own folk, who seemed to
me in all respects far behind the Egyptians.
''Then came the parting from you, and as
my little heart was piously inclined and
looked for ail good to come from divine
power, by whatever name it was called. I
prayed for Pharaoh and for his army with
which you were fighting.
"My mother would sometimes speak of
the God of our fathers as of a mighty De
fense who had done great things of old for
His people,- and she told me many fine tales
ot Him: still she herself often sacrificed in
the Temple of Set, or carried clover flowers
to the sacred bull of the sun tod.
She had
whom onr Moses, her pride and Joy, had
risen to such high honor.
"Thus I came to be 15 years old and lived
happily with the rest In the evening,
when the herdsmen came home, I sat round
the fire with the young ones, and it pleased
me when the sons of the great owners pre
ferred me above the others and paid court to
me; but I rejected them all, even the
Egyptian captain who commanded the guard
in charge of the storehouse, for' I always
thought oi you, the companion of my child
hood. The best X had to give wonld not
have seemed too much for .a magio spell,
when at high festivals I danced and sang to
the tambourine, and the loudest praise was
always for me. Whenever I sang before
other I thought of you; and as I did so I
poured out all that filled my heart as a lark
might, so that my song was to you and not
to the praise of the Most High, to whom it
was dedicated."
At this a fresh glow of passion possessed
the man to whom his beloved confessed such
gladdening trnth. He sprang np and held
out his armsto her, bnt she forbade him
with stem severity, that she herself might
remain mistress of the longing which threat
ened to be too much for her.
Her deep voice had a different ring in it
as she went on, at first quickly and softly,
but presently louder and more Impressively:
"And so I came to be 18, and I could en
dare Succoth no longer. An unutterable
yearning, not for you only, came over my
soul. Things that had formerly brought me
joy now seemed empty, and the monotony
of life here, in this remote' frontier town,
among flocks and herdsmen, seemed to me
dreary and wretched.
"Eleazar, Aaron's son, had taught me to
read, and brought me books full of tales
which could never have been true, but
which nevertheless stirred my heart Many
of them contained praises of the gods and
ardent songs, such' as lovers sing one to
another. These took deep hold on me, and
when I was alone in the evening or at mid
day, when all was still and the shepherds
and herdsmen were away at pasture, I would
rehearse these songs or invent new, mostly
hvmns in praise of the Divinity, in honor of
Amon, with his ram's head, or of Isis, with
the head of a cow; bnt often, too, of the
Almighty Lord who revealed Himself to
Abraham, and of whom my mother spoke
more often as she grew older. And this
was what I loved best to think in silence
of such songs of praise, and wait for visions
in which X saw uod a greatness and glory,
or fair angels and hideous demons.
From a merry child I had become a pensive
maiden who let her life go as it might
There was no one to warn or hinder me; my
parents were now dead and I lived alone
with my Aunt Bachel, a misery to myself
and no joy to anyone else. Aaron, my
eldest brother, had gone to dwell with his
father-in-law, Aminadab, for the old home
of Amram, his inheritance, was too small
for him, and he had besto wedjit on me. . My
companions even avoided me, for all glad
ness had departed from me, and I looked
down upon them in sinful scorn because I
could compose songs and see more in my
visions than ever they saw,
"Now I was 19. and on the eve of mv
birthday, which no one remembered save
Milcah, Eleazar's daughter, the Lord for'
the first time gave me a message. .He ap
peared in the form oi an angel and bid me
set the house in order, for a guest was on
the way whom 1 loved greatly.
"It was very early in the morning and I
sat under this tree; so I went into the house
and with old Bachel'a help I set the house
in order and made ready a bed, and pre
pared a meal with wine and all that we wel
come a guest withal. But noon came, and
the afternoon and the evening became night,
and the night morning, again, and still I
waited for the guest However, as the sun
was getting low that day the dogs began to
baric loudly, and when I went forth to the
gate a tall man came hurrying toward me.
His hair was gray and in disorder, and he .
wore a priest's white robe all in tatters.
The dogs shrank from him whining, but I
knew him for my brother Moses.
"Onr meeting again after such a long
time brought me more fear than pleasnre,
for Moses was fleeing from his pursuers be
cause he had slain the overseer. But this
you know.
"Wrath still flashed,-from his sparkling
eyes. He appeared to me to Tesemble the
god Set. and each of his slow words were
engraved on my mind as with a hammer
and chisel. He remained three times seven
days and nights under my roof, and since I
was alone with him and deaf Bachel for
he had to remain hidden no one came be
W.
Hur ZrecU a Monument to Bear Testimony to
Sis Words.
tween us, and he taught me to know Him
who is the God of onr fathers. I listened to
his burning words with fear and trembling,
and his weighty speech fell, as it seemed to
me. like rocks upon ray' breast when he im
pressed on me what the Lord God expected
of me, or wnen ne described tpe wrath and
the greatness of Him whom no mind can
comprehend, and whose name none may
utter. Yes, when he spoke of Him and o'f
the Egyptian gods, it appeared as though
the God of Israel stood forth like a giant
whose brow touched the heavens, while the
other gods all pronched at his feet in the
dust like whimpering hounds.
"He also taught me that we alone, and
no others, were the Lord's chosen people.
Now, for the first time, I was filled with
pride that I was a scion of Abraham and
that every Hebrew was my brother, and
every daughter of Israel my sister. Now,
too, I understood how cruelly those of my
own kindred had been tortured and op
pressed. I had hitherto been blind to the
anguish of my people, bnt Moses opened
my eyes and sowed the seeds of hatred in
my heart a great-hatred of the tyrants of
my brethren; and from that hatred grew
love for the oppressed. I vowed that I
would cling to my brother and wait on the
voice of the Lord, and, behold ! He did not
tarry; the voice of Jehovah spoke to me as
with tongues.
"About that time old Bachel died, and by
Moses' desire I did not live alone, but fol
lowed the bidding of Aaron and Aminadab
and became a guest under their roof. Still,
even then I lived a life apart Nor did tbey
hinder me; and this sycamore ia their field
became, as it were, my place. It was under
its shade that God bid me call thee and
name thee Holpen of Jehovah and thou,
Joshua, and no longer Hosea, hast done the
bidding of the Lord thy God and ot His;
prophetess.
At this point the soldier interrupted the
damsel's tale, to which he had listened ear
nestly, though, with growing disappoint
ment "Yes," he said, "I obeyed yon and the
Lord God! What it cost me to do so you
care not to inquire. You have told all your
story down to the present hour, bnt you
have nothing to say of the days you.spent
with us as our guest at Ta'nis after my
mother's death. Can you forget what yonr'
eyes first told me' there, and then yonr lips?
Has the day pi oar partlsg vsniehed ireat
"?i 2301. -V, vhim; Jl . .- I1
j WMMinUUSBUVHVMlupJWJn I
when yoa bid ae set say hopes on ye aad
remember yon? Did the hatred which
Moses implanted In your heart exclade all,
else, even love?"
"Even love?" cried Miriam, raising her
tearful eyes to his face. '"Oh, nol How
could I ever forget that time when Moses
came from the desert to redeem the people
from bondage by the command of the Lord
it was three months after' your departing
from that day I have lost all count of
years and months, days and nights."
"And you will forget this night?" asked
Joshua, bitterly.
"Nay, not so," said Miriam, looking be
seechingly in his face. "The love which
grew up in the child's heart and did not
fade in the girl's can never die" Here
she suddenly broke off, raised her hands
and eyes to heaven as if wrapt in ecstaoy,
and cried aloud: "Thon art nigh to me,
great f God Almighty, and canst read my
heart! Tbou khowest wherefore Miriam
counts no more by days and years, and asks
only to be Thy handmaid until Thou bast
granted to her people, who is this man's
people, that which Thou hast promised I"
While the maiden was uttering this pray
er, which came from the very bottom of her
heart a light breeze had sprung up, the
herald of dawn, and the thick, lealv crown
of the sycamore tree whispered above her-
neao. Joshua devoured her tall, majestic
figure with his eyes as she stood half lighted
and half shrouded In the doubtful gleam of
dawn, for the things he saw and heard
seemed to him as a 'miracle. The tidings of
great joy to' which she looked forward for
her people, and which must be accom
plished before she would allow herself to
follow the desires of her heart, he believed
himself to be the bearer of in the name of
the Lord. Carried away by the high flight
of her spirit, he hastened to her side, seized
her hand and cried with hopeful excite
ment: "The hour has come when you may once
more tell day from night and hearken to the
wishes of yonr heart For I. Joshna. no
more Hoses, came at the message of the
Lord, and the message I bear brings new
happiness to the people whom I will learn
to love as yon love them, and, if it . be the
will of the Most High, a new and better
land."
Miriam's eyes flashed with gladness. Car
ried away by thankful joy she cried t
"Are yon, then, come to lead us to the
land Jehovah hath promised us? Oh,
Lord, how-great are .Thy mercies! He he
comes as Thy messenger."'
"Yea, he comes; he is here!" cried
Joshua, rapturously, and she did not pre
vent him as he clasped her, to his breast
With a thrill of joy she returned his ardent
kiss.
CHAATEBXVX
Frightened at her own weakness, Miriam
presently freed herself from her lover's
arms, but she was ready to listen with eager
.gladness to his tale of a fresh mercy-vouch
safed by the Most High and his brief ac
count of all he had done and felt since he
had received her call.
First ae described how terribly he had
been divided in his mind; how then he had
found entire faith, and in obedience to ike
God of his nation and to his father's appeal
had gone to the palace, facing the risk of
imprisonment or death, to be released of his
oath. Next he told her how graciously the
mourning sovereigns had received aim, and
how finally he had taken upon himself the
office of appealing to the leader of his peo
ple and persuading him to take the Hebrews
only a short way into the desert, and then
bring them home again to Egypt, where a
new and splendid province should be grant- r
ed them on the west ot the N;ie. Hence
forth no Egyptian overseer should oppress
them; their own elders should be permitted
to rule them) and a man of their own choos
ing should govern them.
To conclude, he observed that he himself
was minded to become the captain of the
Hebrew fighting men, and also to mediate
and smooth matters between them and the
Egyptians whenever it might seem needful.
Happily united to her in that new home,
he would extend his care to the humblest of
.his brethren; On his way hither he bad felt
as though, after a furious fight the blasts of
the trumpets proclaimed victory. And, in
deed, he had a right to believe himself a
messenger and ambassador from the Lord.
Here, however, he interrupted himself,
for Miriam, who at first had listened to him
with anxious ears and flashing eyes, had
heard him as he proceeded, with a more and
more anxious and troubled mien. And
when he spoke of his hope that they might
together do much for their people, she drew
away Her hand, gazed with terror into his
handsome face glowing with glad excite
ment and then cast down her eyes as if
striving for self-control;
Unsuspicious of what had moved berthas,
he went closer to her. He deemed that it
was maidenly shyness that held her silent at
having yielded a first favor to the man she
loved. Bnt when she shook her head dis
approvingly at his last words, announcing
his commission as God's messenger, he was
almost beside himself with cruel disappoint
ment and exclaimed vehemently:
"Then do yon believe that the Lord hath
defended me, as by a miracle, against the
wrath of the mighty, and give me grace to
win for His people, from the haacrof the
great King, such boons as never before did
the strong vouchsafe to the weak, only to
trifle with the happy trustfulness of a man
whom He Himself called to serve Him?"
At this she interrupted, him iaawoful
voice, with difficulty restraining her tears:'
"The strong to the weak! If this is your
thought you force me to ask you ia your
own fathers woros: -wuo, tnea, is tae
mightier, the Lord our God or that poor
creature oa the throne, whose first bora has
perished at a sign from the Host High as
grass is cut down and withered?' Oh, Hoses,
Hosea!"
"Nay, Joshua," he wildly exclaimed,
"Do you refuse me the name which your
God has bestowed on me? I trusted ia His
hid when I entered the palace of the great
King; I sought redemption and release for
the nation under God's gaidaace, aad I
found them, and you yoa "
"Moses and your father, aye; and all the
faithful leaders of Israil, seek .no redemp
tion at the hand of. the Egyptians," she re
plied, with flattering breath. "All that
they can bestow mnst bring destruction oa
Israel; the grass that we have sown withers
where the Egyptian treads.' And yba, whose'
honest soul they have but mocked at yoa
are the lure sent forth by the bird catcher to
enticejhe birds into the net You are, are
as it were, the hammer in .their hand to
rivet the fetters withal more firmly than
ever, which we, by God's help, have broken.
With the eyes of the spirit I see "
"Enoughl Too bhcIi!" cried the'warrior,
grinding his teeth with rage. "Hatred has
clouded your clear soul. And if the bird
catcher, as you would have it is of a truth
using me as his lure, and mocked at me aad
led me astray, it was from you, yes you, that
he has learned it. Zoeoaraged by yoa, I
built on yonr. love and faithfulness; of you
I hoped everything. And that love where
is it? Yoa have spared me nothing that
could wound me, and T, likewise will not
spare myself, but confess the whole truth.
It is not alone because the God of my fathers
bid me, but. because it was' through yoa
and my father that the ealieasM to ma. that
I obeyed, Ybuaasdre altera land, ia th
far unknown, pfeaieaa, bj she lard. X
te ay petal i aa way so a eertaia
Miriam's Vision.
apaaaa
for whet haw ay people iw deae kste?
Bat above all jtfest I Bight dwell there'
wit! yea, whom Hove, and with ay old
father; sad you, whose sold heart knows
net lore, wlth-'my kiss on yoar lip, yoc
reject the boon I otJer oat of hatred for the
hand that has "bestowed it oa me. All
your thoughts and deeds have become, as
those ot a man, and all ttfat other wemea
prize most highly you spurn from yoa with
your footl"
At this Miriam could beV no more.. She
clasped her hands over her quivering m,
sobbing bitterly.
By this tiiaa the sleeping tribes were
awakening in tke growing dawn. Serring
mea and women came forth from, the
houses of Aminadab and Nahsion. AH,
as they woke to a new day, aasde their way
to the well or the drinking tronghs, bat sae
heeded them not
How her heart had leaped aad rejoiced
when her lover had declared to her that he
had come to lead them to the land which
the Lord had promlsed.to His people. She
had rested so gladly oa his bosom, to know
for a moment that highest bliss, bat how
sooa had it been turned to disappointment!
While the aornlag bree-w had rnstled
through the thick foliage of the sycamore,
and while Joshua was telling her of
Pharaoh's promises to the people it had
seemed to her that the voice of God in
Hk wrath was murmuring in the tree tops.
-or that she heard once more the angry
speeeb of old Nnn. He had stormed at TJri
like thunder and lightning, and wherein
did Joshua's proposal differ from TJri's?
' lhe people, as she had heard from Hoee
himself, were lost if they failed in truth to
their God and yielded to Phaxaeh's entice
ments. To ally herself with a man who had
come to aado all for which her brothers and
his own father had Uvea and straggled
would be base treason. And yet she loved
Joahaa, and instead of repalsiae him harsh
ly, how willingly, ah, how gladly, woald
she again have laia oa the heart which, as
she knew, longed for her so ardently.
Bat the murmur in the boughs still went
oh,' She oonld fancy it was echoing Aaron's
words of warning, and she vowed to remain
true, strong as the impulse was' that drew
her to her lover. The whispering in the
tree was ot a surety the voice of God, who
had chosen her to be His handmaid. "When
Josaaa had declared in his passionate ex
citement that the desire to possess her was
what had prompted him to aetUa. on behalf
of the people who to him were as indiffer
ent as to her,they were dear, she hod sud
denly kit her heart stand still and she
donld set forbear sobbing in her taental
anguish. '
Heedless of Joshua or the awakening
multitade, she flung herself again at the
foot of the sycamore, with arms upraised to
heaven, staring wide-eyed at the boughs,
as thoagh expecting torn fresh rev
elation. The morning air sighed among the
leaves, and saddealy it seemed as though a
bright radiance shone, not only ia her soul,
bat all about her, a always happened when
a vision was granted to her prophetic eye.
And in the midst of the light, behold a
figure, whose aspect terrified her while his
name was whispered by every trembling
leaf; and the name was not Joshna, but that
of another whoa her heart coald not desire.
He stood ia the Mase of glory before her
mind's eye, a tall, noble form, and with a
solemn geetare. laid his hand oa the heap
of stones he had made.
To he Continued.
5A8I ISALS AT PLAT.
Cat Little FetsWUe Have Bee Ktasjht
MT IsterasHsa Triofcs.
JKovemBer Wide Awake.
I made the other day a eall oa a aaiqae
household. My., eafertaihers were se'vsa
young seals, reeeaUy Matured. I believe
they are to be haiasd, fcat at present they
are ia a pwely aataral state, and, to my
mind, maeh store iaterestiajr. tfcaa they will
be after they have been faaght to eeaat, to
shake hands, to play the has jo, etc
Theyarekeptiaapeaiawaieai the tide
ebbs and flews. Then is aaspla saase to
swim, and the pea iaeleees a pertfoa of a
reeky ledge ape whlafc, at lev tMsy a
seals'caa eoae up astd sleep. "We eliatbed
over the barriers of the. pea, aad satapea
these rooks a leas; time, wateaiae; tttesa at
play. One only dealised to gassWL Ha
lay moUofiless oa the sarfaee of the water,
sending out aa oeeasioaal maarafal little
cry. He was hemesMk, said the keeper, far
his mother, aad he tboaght he might let
Mm out and I beared that be woald: far
these seals were nana of them mere then 2
months old men babies, set yet weaaed.
Indeed, if they had sot been sa yang , tstey
would net have beea eaacbtln the net sat
for them. UMkesper said the old. seals
were wary, kept away thesaeelvef , from the
nets, aad preveated their yeans; from going
near, so far m they eeald. He said he had
known a seal-mother te tearhis act ia tatters
in order to release her baby. They also
follow their yeuat; te the pea, aad call them
from outside, while the baby seals reply
with plaintive eries. This they do day
after day, bat finally retire, dieoragd. i
With the exception of ta homesick one,
the small seals' seemed hippy, aad played
and tumbled about- throwing their flippers
around eaeh other like children.
ABTI-BB&GLAR IKBI1ASCI.
A Kevel Beheia IhShh Frteol Xatrs.
draeeil la Great Brtsals.
NeTrTortCoffloUlATertler.J '
Now every wsmaa will wish that she
lived ia England,.! there they have a
barglar lasaraaea eempaay. For a very
(mall premium oae asm .leave his hease
without all the worry aad anxiety nsaally
felt by those wha oaaaot leave aaybne la
charge of their, haatos whea oat of town.
The' new iasaraaee aas, toe, aaetaer recom
meadatiea. "Xerroae pes-pl who are al
ways fancying that seat oae k ia the house,
need act leave thair warm bed to explore
cold rooms and draagaty oerriders. bat can
nimnlv lixk tbir bedroom door and sleet)
on," says the Fall MM, "knowing that if
tBereis any Burgling gatag eatney win oe
folly resompenaed. for whatever loss they
mav have sastaine'd."
This is all well aad good while the burglar
stays down stairs, eat what is to prevent-au
.burgling in one's own bedroom? The does:
to. one's nerves is as great whether he has a
barglar insnraaoe policy in his safe or aat
It ae is net a aerveas man aa wn say
"Saagle year went sir. so long as yea aVsa't
disturb ae. I-aavsaaiasaraacepeiieytaat
eavsrsaataaayaaeaa earry away." I
see a great fatnre for Ae barglar 1st ads
bow iasaraase.
1IW Sit SEMEMBmD Mil.
AWeaaaXrerFefceMaFlaeeWfceee Mm
Ffodsa Saea Baraala.
.Kew,Yk; JTenlB- Saa.3 v
The fiends of a pretty yeaaa; girl te aaa
of the suburban' town are telling aader
tfer breath the. follewkr story:
The young weaan who Is Bated for her
pretty fsee and winaiag ways retaer tnaa
for her gifts of aiad, has jast retaraed from
a peaesally seadaetod tear of serenl
Boatks in Enraae.
"Aad you visited Some, el eewse," raid'
a friend on her fist moraing eall.
"Let ae sec," asased the yeaaa girl
deeply, "did we visit Borne?-SfassBMt.did we
visit Rom?"
. "Why, enlW, 1 eWt jaet meettber, but
use te-aa that wa aw; m ae set "
"Oh, yss, aaassa," beets' ia the
deaaater. "Ihaawaew1. atosaae wadid.
Dect't yoa. rom saber Bass? Why, that
was ware wa get these kreif esaaa stock
iaftf A Xssihiai Bstetseat
Bfaaswtsfcr (Ms. ) Triecns.
A tody af oar aeqasiatoaee has Wen
teaching Iter little bey, net qnite 3 yean
old, sasae Bible storisa Bhe told him aboat
the (tardea of Xaaa, whiah iatorestoi hia
a. niant aaa m aakaa aaassa
ass
A LAND OF SETJIBEE.
f-"
The Qnaint, Sleepy Cltr&G!
gua in Spanish HofliirMs
PBOfLBWHO I BB IiJmM
W"
rc
Climate and Tegetatlon That'foffs41ttt
Garden of Eden.
A C0U5TEI Will TAB! UMWM&-
lcoaaasrosDMrcBoTintoisi'Aes.J vW".
COXATAQTA, SPAITISH SCOSVJuijk
CmilRAIr AaCEBICA. SaremiSIim
charming old Spanish town, lying atleea Jmf&
the warm sunlight, surrounded hyfs3vslf i
orange trees, whose odorous blosseaHalTtiieVE
air with a delicate perfume ftllAe1 jw
through, for here spring, sumasftaaiawfo,.
and winter are merged fa one daligSfiUlvl .
season, and while the ripe fruit glisteaaliSM'
gold among he deep green foliage fSSiW
tree ltr neighbor will be founa!feriHr& "
bloom. ' pKpJf- (
Years ago this Was the most populoa awij
prosperous city in Honduras, haviaglt tf' ' '
alleged, not less than 30,000 inhabitantfiV'?" (
since the removal of the capital to TegaciV"
galpa the place bos been steadily refrograr
ing until, at the present time, the Mpalif& i
tioa does not exceed 6.000. - -
The long, narrow streets stretch away is? '''
dim perspective, lined with rows of one- " J
story adobe houses, manv of Him Ami. ? "
and in rains. A dozen or more old churches." i
their roofless wallsovergrown withmossaaj'
vines, attest the religious fervor of the pee
pie in those old, happy days, when the ma,
kets were thronged with eager buyers from
a hundred interior Tillages, and the plaza
echoed the confused sounds of musloaad
barter the jargon of tradesmen and disputing
muleteers. Now the great square is forsaken,
the vast cathedral with its massive towers
aad lofty dome seems, a magnificent monu
ment erected over a dead aad buried com
munity; its glowing white walls rising high ,
above the adjacent buildings are visible lor
miles, a sure guide to the solitary traveler
on the plain, I prefer it as it is to-day;: with
its drowsy atmosphere, its half-heard sennas,-,
the far-away musical hum of beea, fiteia.
from flower to flower in the white-wslW '
garden. ' ' VPS .
AUi suqlpsx bxpos. - $..!.
Here we lay down life's burdens aad.mt; $K I
awhile from the consuming cares that ptWr -.'.
sue us in, more civilized lands, xae aru&v
clal desires that counterbalance the plesMK
ares oi cunurea society are nere aaxaews.1
Benora Maria is not dying of envy became
csenora xa raz s new bonnet is a da
vlassr.r!.
than her own from Paris; in faet Seaora
uaaria does not give oeaors ra jraa a bsm-.
gear a thought, and, to tell the trathSa?
nora La Paz has no bonnet; probably never
saw one. She wears; a broad-rimmeci straw .
hat, just like her good husband's,, tad a'
quite satisfied therewith. f ,
Here is no nerve-distracting shriek of lo
comotive, no horrid dia- of contending cab
men, no roar of traffic all is peace, qHjet,
deep content
Comayagua is bailt ia the midst of the
great plain of the same name, having aa ele
vation of aheat 2,000 feet above tha. ssa:
coaseqaeatly eaioys a climate that is ubcbt. " . " J
passed. The air is wonderfully pure and. ,,-J
exnuarwiHgi tae seeaery grand. 'Ia j
hrnftd TtllT ISsetelMC tnr tnr laaraaa "
natural -park, the surface gently undulat- ''-"A
lag. watered by numerous streams; is dotted '3
witaeraaps naray oats, giaat casts,
tree ferns, isolated piles of rock ovens
with flowering vines. Over all tower
the mountains, vast, dim, cJead
erowsed. These rise on every side- to a
neightaf 5,000 to T,0M feet like grimseag
aels guarding tha lovely plain oa thsir
eievaiea steps auaest every lrait aaa Tegs
teakkaewBto taatoaaerate aeae assrW
arawa saooisarauy. fears,
MaejMjWaiMi hsaMsstaawsi
msaaaa. while . wheat aa
tinted la eoaaeetioa with aalaad riea.
fee aad oseea. Ia tha markets wa fid ..
mdlRM.aaUut notetaMl MtuBrt.iSMA
predaeed ia U States, hat Terr , iea
whaa wa oeasHtor the eraae aaaaer of' eat
tivatiea. "With, aedera impleaeats aad
methods woaderfal results might be real
ised. gjuutd roswrsrirms.
Tha town is not dead only sleeping.
Soaw day it will awaken to the grand possi
bilities within iareaea. A railroad will
be bailt from San Pedro making her vast
researeee available, the toil aad disconteat
of a higer civilisation will overcome te
new nappy dwellers la this quiet vat.' -"
Vaia asnMtiees, envy, hatred, but half eea'
eealed. all tha evils of aa "educated and rtm
fiaed eeasmaaity will be apon them. Hos t
ever, tarn eaassroaae a at laaiaent ih,
Headaraaiaaa eeswet. ha harried; noforeeV
f9f x sJ -- - aJ sa II llll AdH MAU
Uttm beyond their Batoral jilt; ia all thek
aeresaeaM therara stew, sedate, stately-;
haste is aadicaiSed. . "Craar aaa Tastea-:
laaaaea r jsswaHBun
aaa" is the asaai apfteOatiea applied to ' v
Jiwmktma wha insist oa pasaiif ' tfceir; ;,'
schemes with reestlesaptaaptrtada.' '-
Yea may set be sara of vea sms4ssss ,
tUaaerertea here, bat oae stsaasr yaa'eaa'
always depend em, that w bitaaa. i
kaewa. Oecasieaal steams aaassfssaaa
tae piaiaaascanag m aay ssra
soaowaas a aa aour; ti
frem a to 5 o'eloek ia tha
sggf
Ceaiayegua irons af tbasa
ttAsaaaeaalsmap O. iaAsBsssIi:ttJ' Aa
POBsjsjsajfMr a 0OtWaHMV JaJssM
vest eaa have the attire tortiHa.
Inseparable eoaaaaiea disk Mtseesv
ailk, veauoa or pork, eggs aad Tajetrtlss,
a large airy roea, au ataaeaSMswefK '"'
a day ia this ears eas r, eaasJ toafceatM
ceaa laAaeneaa tjt-ut. A. cWicMlai re
,treatfrea the eM Meats at winter or t
HvrOs sMaV MsraHv iW sMHN hM vSTSOflB k
eter raralyssaTSts a higher toapeiatore tnaa
88 daris tha vansaat suns, orlever'
than .78 in winter a toad af perpetaal . A'
sariaf, at fevers, Wrea, aasie, saaligaV,
ueae. TTffiMii
.slew ytk m,
As a. esaaeste. it seesas. this
net to ba despised. A yeaag weaaa ia aa'
elevated ear was overheard the other aeW
is firing ttwaUewtacpeiat toafriead.
with bar: "04k da yea kaw,"sae said,:
"these mates, Jessy winters are splendid fer
the eomalexteaT Oar skater told me av
astdr ae eat ragatoslyU erery foe; withes
miw, we;
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