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Title: The Yoke
A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children
of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt

Author: Elizabeth Miller

Release Date: August 22, 2005 [EBook #16583]

Language: English

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THE YOKE

A ROMANCE OF THE DAYS WHEN THE LORD REDEEMED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
FROM THE BONDAGE OF EGYPT

BY

ELIZABETH MILLER

GROSSET & DUNLAP

Publishers -:- New York

COPYRIGHT, 1904

THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY

JANUARY

TO

PERCY MILLER

MY BROTHER

WHO CONSTRUCTED

THE PLOT

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I CHOOSING THE TENS
II UNDER BAN OF THE RITUAL
III THE MESSENGER
IV THE PROCESSION OF AMEN
V THE HEIR TO THE THRONE
VI THE LADY MIRIAM
VII ATHOR, THE GOLDEN
VIII THE PUNISHMENT OF ATSU
IX THE COLLAR OF GOLD
X THE DEBT OF ISRAEL
XI HEBREW CRAFT
XII CANAAN
XIII THE COMING OF THE PHARAOH
XIV THE MARGIN OF THE NILE
XV THE GODS OF EGYPT
XVI THE ADVICE OF HOTEP
XVII THE SON OF THE MURKET
XVIII AT MASAARAH
XIX IN THE DESERT
XX THE TREASURE CAVE
XXI ON THE WAY TO THEBES
XXII THE FAN-BEARER'S GUEST
XXIII THE TOMB OF THE PHARAOH
XXIV THE PETITION
XXV THE LOVE OF RAMESES
XXVI FURTHER DIPLOMACY
XXVII THE HEIR INTERVENES
XXVIII THE IDOLS CRUMBLE
XXIX THE PLAGUES
XXX HE HARDENED HIS HEART
XXXI THE CONSPIRACY
XXXII RACHEL'S REFUGE
XXXIII BACK TO MEMPHIS
XXXIV NIGHT
XXXV LIGHT AFTER DARKNESS
XXXVI THE MURKET'S SACRIFICE
XXXVII AT THE WELL
XXXVIII THE TRAITORS
XXXIX BEFORE EGYPT'S THRONE
XL THE FIRST-BORN
XLI THE ANGEL OF DEATH
XLII EXPATRIATION
XLIII "THE PHARAOH DREW NIGH"
XLIV THE WAY TO THE SEA
XLV THROUGH THE RED SEA
XLVI WHOM THE LADY MIRIAM SENT
XLVII THE PROMISED LAND

THE YOKE

A STORY OF THE EXODUS

CHAPTER I

CHOOSING THE TE