The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-11-20

against the needs OF Khem, how can know
that thou wouldst indeed make use OF thai
wealth to those good endsp a ,.,s..l
SIS there, then, treasureln she asked
Uuriously. "Nay, fret me not, Harmachis;
for Of truth the very name Of gold at this
time Of want Is like the sight Of water In
the desert" ldeGt aglfgry n { 1It1
" believe" said, ''that there Is such q
treasure, though myself have never seen It,
But this / know, that II 1t still lie In the
place where II was set It's because 80
heavy "a curse shall rest upon him who
wickedlys and for selfish ends shall lay
hands thereon that none Of those Pharaohs
towhom II hath been shown have dared TO
touch II, whatever their need" od ~
$50" she said, "they were cowardly
aforetime, or else was their need not great
Wilt thou show me this treasure, then,
Harmachis"
| rPerchance," answered, u VIII snow II
70 thee, II 1t still be there, when thop hast
sworn that thou wilt use II TO defend EGYPT
from this Roman Antony ana Tor the well
fare OF her people" t @
II swear itP' she said earnestly. ron,
swear by every God in khem that II thou
snowest me TINS great Treasure WIZ deiy
Antony ana send Deiiius BACK % Ciiicia
witn WORDS more snarp tnan tnose ne
Drought Ay' IN 90 more, harmacnis' 30
soon as may De- VIII take tnee 70 husDano
before all the world, and tnou thyseiI snait
carry OUT thy plans ana peat tne homan
eagles on"
Ihus she spoke gazing az me Win truln-
tui, earnest eyes. 4 believed her, ana ior
tne nrst time since my iail was ior mo
ment happy, thinking tnat sli was NOT lost
70 me, ana that with Cleopatra, whom
loved thus maoly, might YET win my place
and power oack'
"Swear IT, CieopatraP said.
swear, Delovedl ana tnus seai my
oatnI Ano she Kissed me on tne iorenead.
ana 1, 100, Kissed ner; ana we TAXED OF
wnae we "ouiu uo "neh we were "eu' anu
now we should overcome tne homan.
ana tnus was again peguiieu' tnough
verify peleVe tnat, naa IL not Deen ior tne
Jealous anger OF tCharmion-wnicn,a as snail
DC seen, was ever urging ner iorWaro 10
.resn ueeus oi sname-Vleopa.,a woulu
nave weuoeo me ana oroken WIN tne no
man Ano lnueeu, IN tne Issue, IL hau Deen
oetter ior her ana Egypt.
far lnto tne nlght Wo sat, ana lreVealeo
70 her somewhat OF that anciept secret OF
the mighty treasure hid beneath the mass
Oh her" Ihltner, IL was agreed, snouiu
we go on the morrow, and the second nlght
from now attemptits search 30, early on the
next DAY, boat was secretly mahe ready
and therein did Cleopatra enter, vailed as
an egyptian lady ABOUT 70 make phgrim-
age TO the Temple OF Horemku' And also,
cloaked as q pilgrim, entered with her, and
with us ten OF her most trusted servants
hidden as sailors. But Charmion entered
not with US. we sailed with q falr WIND
from the Canopic mouth OF the Nile; and
That night, pushing on with the moon, we
reached Sais at midnight, and there rested
Tor awhile. AT dawn we once more
loosed our craft and all that day sailed
swiftly Till at last, at the third hour from
the sunset, we came In sight OF the lights OF
tne fortress which Is called BABYLON. Here,
on the opposite bank OF the river, we
moored our ship safely in q bed Of reeds.
Then, on foot and secretly, we set forth
Tor the Pyramids, which were at distance
of nigh upon fifty stadia (about six miles :
cleopatra, and one trusted eunuch, for the
other servants we left with the boat, Only
Tor Cleopatra caught an ass that was
wandering In tliied neid, ana tnrew
cloak upon 1t. Thereon she sat, and led the
ass py paths Knew, tne eunucn Following
iter US; AND, within little more than
an hour, having gained the great causeway,
we saw tne mighty pyramids towering up
through the moonlit air and aweing us to
silence. on we passed, In utter silence,
through tne haunted city OF the dead, for
all around US stood the solemn tomos' ull
AZ length we CLIMBED the rocky NIL and
$1,000 IN tne deep shadow OF khufu khut
'the splendid Ihrone Oh knniu)'
III trutn'" whispered cleopatra, as she
Hazed up the dazznng marble slope above
her' everywhere plazoned Ger with mill