The Portland daily press., 1888-02-11

that evening as witness 10 MS marriage at
went Of the hour specified, and was met
by nv friend Ismail, who was IN most Jubi-
liant mood. Nr,d.r,;,,
Won shonId See her. My flower of the Nile
}ond INV neerless rose of the DESERT" was
the Sanitation with which he welcomed me.
II seemed his love had only reached Eng
land the previous day, and he had made all
haste TO have their marriage solemnized, lest
something snOulu YET happen 10 take MS
few moments after my entrance was
presented to a lovely maiden, who did
indeed bear out her lovers praises-a timid,
fawn-like, trusting creature, to whom such
an experience as was recounted to me of her
escape from Cairo wonld have seemed impos-
sible.
1t had required no small degree of heroism
for lady of rank and breeding to live for
DAYS in hiding in one of Egypt's deserted
tonbs; then to assume the garb of a peasant
or fellaheen, as the lower orders of her coun-
trywOmen are called; to discard entirely the
veil which from childhood had protected her
from the gaze of the other sex; and then,
with only faithful servant, to embark on a
pelilous journey to foreign land, of which
experience had furnished her no data.
"Ah! love will verify work miracles, and
Is the same in all lands, and with all peoples"
| thought, as listened to this story. For
that the beautiful Aidee did truly love the
man for whom she had left country and
friends | could not doubt, when l saw how
her eyes fairly shone with delight whenever
they rested upon her lover.
A little later heard the French clergy
man of a neighboring chapel pronounce them
husband and wife, and l turned to congratu
late the bride, in whose eyes tears were
standing. She had evidently been deeply
moved by the beautiful church service which
had united her in Christian marriage to the
man she loved
Before taking leave of them, l learned
that their honeymoon was to be spent in
to embark
From that day to this have never heard
anything of my Arab friend, whose purpose
think it was to leave no clew behind him in
England by which he might be traced
In concluding my story | should say, that
greatly to my surprise Lord Clithero accep-
ted the fact that he had been the dupe of
Eastern cunning, though it was to The powers
of Cairo that he attributed the trick played
upon him.
But he was, if anything, more anxious
than myself to keep the matter quiet-in
fact so great was his fear of laugh at his
expense, that he cheerfully paid exhorbitant
charges for shipping his mummy to America.
1t never reached that country, however, as
l learned from good authority, the captain
kindly consigning 1t to the ocean when about
half way across.
That it went to the bottom, can vouch, as
had packed it for transportation.
My noble friend never knew the treasure
that really came over in that mummy case,
any more than did the Egyptian government
or / fancy he would not so readily have ac-
cepted the situation.
As for Egypts depleted treasury, we have
heard about that for years, but have kept
my own counsel as to the cause.
/ have never yet, however. recovered from
the disappointment that Lord Clithero's
importation did not afford me the opportuni-
ty of adding something in my day and gener-
alton to the wealth of archaeological research
yearly accommodating in my country's arch
ives