The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-10-15


iinhmsn, and IS tiada In active pursuit.
n and out amor tie Grow they spun, the
lnee chasing. Tepada seized hold Of the
;harict that CT owned her. 1t broke, anus
he whtried long 4 spray Of rose BUDS was
scattered II on her BROWN every directlon'
Anything more graceful never was s., seen
ana no !. greater wonder: AZ tno
,remlty OF the hall the three sursou .I.rn,,
md would ], have seized her' WEI en-
stu revolving, she rose slowly lnto .n'
mir and foatcd gently. over our neaus n W
y ards the stage, scattering rosesNsne VIZ" ',id.
ssr. then. with slight, wind-3i6e motion Oh
ber arms. mounted up, up, up towards .ne
Hottest arch OF the vault overhead; SUI
denly old Norodom seized 4 bow ana arrow .,.,
and shot towards her. There was wiz
shrek. rushing sound, and the dancer lei,
With n crash to the Gags OF the MOOR, anu
laid there an apparently moody mass. Inc
music burst forth into wild wall. ana the
chorus al old bags canredslmultuous'y forth
and bore her oil in their arms.
Nog, fsom behind Stte red curtain came q
dozen strong men, bearing on their shoui,
ders great leaden box, which they ia,d
upok the front part'Gf the stage. AS they
retired tie old women came out, bringing
low couch, decorated with flowers and gold
embroidered drapeTy. upon which lay Luan-
PTabara, decked forth in bridal garments,
asd sweetly sleeping. The couch, with its
sleeper, was YMAly put down upon the
front of the stage and left there, ~hSie no
rodoan and TcFsfa went to the seaden COX
and with hot irons attempted to unscal IT.;
"Taat is Stung-T ieng's coffin" whispered
w GUN to nae; :" the old saint has been dead
t,.r ,,,slI ff,rr1
Quickly, eagerly it seemed to ING, tsse two
men broke aren the fastenings OF the COZ
6n. until the.side next the audience falling
out at last, atteak-box was discovered. This
was priSed Hpen with small crowoar, and
what seemed q great bundle 'od aankcen
taken ont. Tepada and Noroftem conf
meneed to unwind this Wrapping, which
was yery tight Yard after yard was 'un-
wound snE folded away by kBinkman, and
at last, after at least 100 yards OF WIHp-
ping haaReen taken off, the dry, shrivelied
mnaamy,Sf small old man was visible
ewes closed, flesh dry and Aard-dead
apsl DRY Sas a smoked herring. Norodom
tsDpeHbtte corpse with the orowbar, and
it gme a dull, wooden sound. Tepada
tassedtit up and caught it: 1t was stttf as
Leg. Tten he placed the mummyupon.No
redoIi,s knees and fetched iiask OF OH
! Sask 81 wine, and censor harnlng 'wlth
scene pzagent incense. Noredem took from
/ hiss hair a little box of unguent, and pryins
open the mouth OF the mummy with cold
,ekisel, showed that the dry tongue could rat
4 tie like;a chip against the dry dauces. He
6ilcd the mouth with unguent and closed
g. and anointed the eye-lida, nestrils, and
ears. Then he and Tepada mixed the wine
| aS,d oil AID carefully rubbed every part OF
] the body with it. Then, layingat down in
\ reclining position, they put the burning
\ eenser ;spon the chest and withdrew pace,
1 while 1.-THE drums, and gongs. and cymbal>
\ crashed and clattered, and the shrill. cack'
\ ling treble Of the chorus of OLD wrmen rose
! SaSeousty-
A breatbless pause ensued-Gne, two,
three minutes-and the mummy sneezed,
sneezed thrice, so violently as to distinguish
the flane taf the censor. A moment later
the thing sat up and stared hinking and
vacant around the Eault-sn old, old,
winfield man, with mumbling chops, a
sknigellesl bneast and belly, and little tufts
of white hair upon his chin and forehead.
Tepsda approached him reverenHy upon his
knees, bringing him salver, with aire and
a wafer-ca&e. The old man did not & office
hina, but ate, drank, then tottered to Lis feet,
the fe,eblest, userepit old dotard that ever
Ia
nauteh-girl sIumbering upon her eeech !;
he sesrAied feebty to her, and, mumhling,
STONED as If to hep his dim eyes to gee her
better. With a gl&d cry the maiden waaed,
clasped him in her. arms and to her breast,
and kissed him. Incomprehensible magic
He was SO longer "a nonagenarlan dotaie,
but q fuh-veinea, .fisry youth, who saSe
her kiss fog kiss. Bow the transfor1sa-
ton was wrought I have no idea
but there it was before our very
eyes. The music greW soft and pas
sionate, the saorus Of the old women came
out, and, with strange Phallic songs and
dances, bore the two aWaE-a bridal pair.
never expect again to behold sight so
wonderful as that whole transformation,
which, l may mention, my learned Jesuit
friend, to whom described t. regards as
piece OF pure symbolism. His explanation
is too long and too learned to essote, but he
connects this ceremony with the world-old
myth Of Venus and Adonis, and ssaims that
it is all form OF sun~worship.
The show went on for some time longer
with many curious feats. At the end OF an
hour the Phallic procession returned, but
Ibis time the Bayadere led it, strange
triumph in her eye. while the youth lay
upon the couch sleeping. The Phallic cho-
rus sank into dirge, the youth failed .Yisi-
bly,; he was again the shrivelled dotard; he
sighed, then breathed no more. Luan-Pra-
bana retired sorrowfully; Norodom and Te-
pada wrapped the corpse again in its inter.
mnabIe shrouds, restored it to the coffin,
sealed it carefully, and it was borne away
again. The attendants climbed up to and
eXtinguished the lights. was bindfolded
and borne away again. I found myself once
more at the doorway Of the temple in the
broad sunshine with my friends, and the
mystic ceremonies OF the great temple OF
Juthia were over, it may be, for many years.
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