New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-02

built me mighty tomb, and there slept in num-
mied honor through long centuries. know not how
m on and ohy men Sa9 and
me away. And l have drfted from hand TO
hand even as have watched in my youth dead
Now at last am yours, and want you, II You have
pity in you. to do my bidding. Tonld be set free
s% nnd BE- pss so
no shred of nv mummied body remains unconsumeh
by fire, and then shall be free and trouble no one
more"
Poor Jack felt his whole being throb with ,pnfelt
emotions. For moment he forgot himself, ana
London, and the "Smoliett.' and the Duke OF
Magdiel's. DO not command mo to part from you.
he said lot me stay here for ever by your sde-at
your feet ii Won will-your slave so long as may
look on you and serve yo9-" nm . mn
London lover" she whispered " You have been my
master. for night; you have looked on the fairest
never while you live will you look on such again
And now you can set me free. 10 generous; prom
ise-" and she reached out her hand. ".
seemed lev cold As he kissed it tho stately palace
faded away. and from afar the dark waters of the
Nile came boating in upon them lie stood oatsS
about the feet of the throne. tapping with faint
noise against its PEDESTAL; and then she seemed
to glide away from him, far away and tho Chelsea
sparrows began to chrp nosily in the trees and the
morning sunlight came into the room:
This was the story Jack Harris told to his friends
and Jacks friends were greatly interested in the
story. 1t was certainly. as Tneocritus observed.
sacred duty which the beautiful Rhodopis had i'm
pOsed him lie mat Of sacn MS
and Boiardo were as one. The mummy must he re-
duced to ashes aud the ashes given to all the winds
Of the air. .
" Bnt how IL it to be burned 7" said Jack doubt
fully, at isn't easy to burn mummy IN ones
drawing ROOM .
Theocritns leaned hack thou shtfully fash Of in:
SEPARATION stole across his face The back garden
no murmured drcamiy, and the excellence OF tho
idea was vt appreciated by the great aesthetic
Quadrilateral. :,
Somewhat to the surprise Of Jacks laDdlady. q
bonfire was promptly extemporized in the arid little
it which did service for garden-bed. Theocrituss
hurried oil 10 the nearest CHEMISTS. and returned
with q little bundle of spices and iare scents, when
he deftlv arranged upon the extemporizcd pyre:
Then the four friends with some difficulty brought
the mummy down stairs aud into the courtyard,
and placed her on the funeral pile Ia GREATNESS
silence Jack struck match lhe had held hurried
consultation to the fitness of nsing natch 10 an
Egyptian mummy. and had decided that 1t was per
missibe in the nineteenth century, and applied u
TO the heap The four friends stood silently watch
ing as the thin flame caught the first slender strips
of wood. and then grew longer and brighter as IL
struggled with the thicker parts and hnaLly sent mp
tongues Of fire all round the painted shell which
held the ernbalmed epigran on existence. Ii was q
fine bright afternoon. and u fresh Wind was coming
from the Thames. which stirred the names OF ING
pyre to fercer efforts. Soon the spires OF ngh.
united into broad sheet. and thick volumes OF
smoke clouded the mummy and the stately pyte.
and aoated IN t5s fonr frcsds
bearing with 1t q strange perfume OF tho scents OF
the burnt wood and the burning OF the dried nesn
from Mmnerrnus; Theocritus softly hummed
Glucks " Che faro scnza Enrydioe", Boiardo stared
dreamily through the smoke. rs II he were seeking
to catch in its changing onti mes some resemblance
to the soul OF the fair Rhodopis: and Heiiosapaius
preserved al Egyptian silence:
The mummy did not take long to burn. In less
than half an honr there little pile OF black
ened ashes in the middle of a burned space on the
gravel. which was all that was left OF jacks
mummy
Jack heaved a sigh. and his example was promptly
followed by his three friends: after which all went
to dine together at the smoett Club. and talked
of the beautiful and the ideal far into the night
The story OF course got abont When Professor
Petrus, the renowned Egyptologist was told OF Y
by an enthusiastic woman who went IN for Az
kinds Of culture, he was greatly amused. lie SAID
he had been 20 the shop and seen tho mummy that
il was not woman's mummy ut all. but simply the
remains of some quite unim portant temple officer OF
one OF the latest and least interesting dynasties.
But OF course oil Jacks friends said Professor
Petrus was talking nonsense. AS for jacks lahd;
lady she insisted on having now load OF gravel
brought In 70 make her garden once moro present
able.-tJustin Huntly Mccarthy in Belgravia