StNicholas [serial] . m thatthe god in whose shadow he lay opened hisgreat stone lips and spoke to him; and this iswhat the god said : Behold me ! Look upon me, my son Te-huti-mes! I am thy father, Hor-em-akhu. Thoushalt be a mighty king, and rule over all theland. The whole world shall be thine in itslength and in its breadth, as far as the light ofthe eye of the Lord of the Universe and riches shall be thine. Long yearsshall be granted thee as thy term of life. Myheart clings to thee. But the sand of the desert has covered meup. Promise me that thou wilt clear it shal
StNicholas [serial] . m thatthe god in whose shadow he lay opened hisgreat stone lips and spoke to him; and this iswhat the god said : Behold me ! Look upon me, my son Te-huti-mes! I am thy father, Hor-em-akhu. Thoushalt be a mighty king, and rule over all theland. The whole world shall be thine in itslength and in its breadth, as far as the light ofthe eye of the Lord of the Universe and riches shall be thine. Long yearsshall be granted thee as thy term of life. Myheart clings to thee. But the sand of the desert has covered meup. Promise me that thou wilt clear it shall I know that thou art my son, myhelper. Tehuti-mes awoke, and his dream had beenso very real that as he looked up in adorationat the mighty stone face above him he halfexpected to see the big lips open anew toanswer the devout prayers by which he prom-ised obedience to the gods command. Helaid up the words in his heart, and vowed thatwhen he became king he would do all that hisgod had commanded. Some years after this. VIEW OF THE SPHINX SHOWING THE TABLET AND TEMPLE BETWEEN THE FORE LEGS. 285 286 THE STORY OF THE SPHINX. [Feb. his father died, and the prince ascended the terrific gales of wind, and then the sand is throne of Egypt and was King Tehuti-mes IV. whirled along through the air in such quanti- I will tell you now how it happened that we ties that it is worse for people to be out in than have found out whether he did what he made a rain-storm or snow-storm. Each gust of wind
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