The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-11-28
resurrection. Hence their care a 70 IT,
embalmmcnt and the stupendous works

sesurrection. Hence their cars q TO IL
embalmmcnt and the stupendous works
which they raised - tombs.
'Oa thee De the curse that follows the trs:tori
O. theo b the curse thst smites him who out
Soees she majesty Of the Gods! Cnhappy
shaft sAou live. II blood and misery shalt thou
die. and II misery shalt thou b tormentsd
forever and forever. For. Wicked One. there
ia Amenti shall Ne como face to face:
"And 70 The cad Of the keeping Of this secret
havo !. Menks-rs. eet up . Temple OF my
worship. the which have built upon the
eastern side Of this my House Of Death. To the
hereditary High Priest Of this my Temple
shah 10 b ma0e known from time to time.
And II any High Priest that shall b., do reveal
this secret 70 enother than the Pharaoh. or
Her who wears the Phsrsoh's crown and u
sested upoa the throne Of Khem. sccursed he
be also. Thus have /. .bfenka-rs. the Osirian,
written. Now TO thee. who. sleeping In the
womb Of Nout jet shall upon time stand
over me and read. l say. judge thou! ana u
thou judgcst evilly on thee shall fall this the
curse Of Menka-rA. from which there Is no cs
cape. Greeting and farewell"
Thou hast heard, . Cleopatra" l said
solemnly; NOW search thy heart; judge
thou, and for thine own sake judge justly
She bent her head In thought.
II fear TO do this thing" she said pres
emily. LET US hence"
1T ID we'll" said, with tightening Of
the heart, and bent me to lift tho wooden
Ind. Forl too, feared.
"And yet who. said the writingof the d.
vine Aenka-ra?-'twas emeralds, was j,
notl And emeralds are now SO rare and
hard to come by! Ever did l love emer'
aids, and never can ! find them without q
flaw.n
"'Tis not . matter OF what thou tost love
Cleopatra" | said; "'tis matter Of the
thy heart, which thou alone canst know"
Jay, surely. Hsrmacliis; surely! And Is
not the need Of Egypt greatl There IL re
gold In the treasury. and how can defy the
Roman II / have no goldi And have 1 not
sworn TO thee that will wed thee and defy
tho Roman; and do not swear 1t again
yea, even IN this solemn hour, with my hand
upon dead Pharaoh's hearth Why, here Is
that occasion whereof the divine Msnka- "a
did dream. Thou seest 1t is SO. for else had
Ha4asu or Rameses or some other Pharaoh,
drawn forth the gems. But no; they left
them to this hour because the time was not
yet como. Now 10 must DO come, for IL !
take not the gems the Roman will surely
seize on Egypt, and then there will be no
Pharaoh 70 whom tho secret may be told.
Nay, let 10 away with fears and to the
work. Why dost look 90 frightedl Having
pure hearts, :snaught is there to fear, Harma-
CHS"
sEven IS thou witt said again; "for
thee 1t IL to Judge, since IL thou judgest
falsely, on thee will surely fall the curse
from which there 10 no escape
$50, Harmachis. take Pharaoh's head and
] will take his Oh, what an awful place
10 this!" and suddenly che chung 10 he.
'sMothought / saw shadow yonaer in the
darkness! Methought that ii did move
toward VI and then straighiway vanish
Let Us be goingi Didst thou see naught!'
II saw naugLt, Cleopatra; but mayhap II
was the Spirit Of tho divine Menka-ra, for
ever does the spirit hover round it's mortal
tenement. Let us then be going; right
glad shall be to go.'
She made ~ though TO start, then turned
back again and spoke once more.
"'Twas nauEht-naught but the mind
that In such house OF Horror doth body
forth those shadowy forms of fear It breads
to see. Nay, must look upon these EN-
eralds indeed; II I die, must look! Come
Ito work." and STOPPING she with her OWE
hands lifted from the tomb ono Of the four
alabaster jars, each sealed with the craven
likeness Of the heads Of the protecting Gods
that held the holy heart and en'raiis OF the
divine Menka-ra. But in those jars was
nothing found. save cnly what should te
there.
Then together we mounted on the sphinx
and drew forth with toll the body OF the
divine Pharaoh, laying II on the ground
Now Cleopatra took my dagger, ard with Il
cut loose the bardages which held the wrap
pings in their place, and the lotus flowers
that had been placed therein by loving
hands, three thousand years before, fei
down upon the pavement. Then we searched
and found the end Of the enter bandage
which was fixed in at the hinder part Of the
neck. This wo cut loose, for il was fast