Telegram-herald., 1889-09-05

thrown down in ! corner, for il was lying on
It's side.
went up 70 II 70 examine it. Il was well
made, but Of perfectly plain cedar wood
not an inscription, not a solitary god on it.
Never see one ike him BEFORE" said ALI
BURY great hurry, he no 'maish,' no
'hneesh-' Throw hIn down there on side"
| looked at the plain case till at last my
interest was thoroughly aroused. l had
been 40 shocked by the light OF the scattered
dust OF the departed that had made up ny
mind not TO touch the remaining cofin-but
now my curiosity overcame me, and we set
20 work
Ali had brought a mallet and a cold chisel
with him. and having set the coffin strai zht hs
began upon IL with al the zeal OF an expert
enccd tomb breaker. And then he pointed
out another thing Most mummy cases are
fastened by four little tongues OF wood, two
on either side, which are fixed in the upper
half, and passing into nortises cut 10 re-
ceive them in the thickness OF the lower
half, are there held fast by pegs Of hard
wood But this mummy case had eight
such tongues Evidently il had been
thought well 70 secure il firmly. At last.
with great difficulty, we raised the massive
lid, which was nearly three inches thick.
and there, covered over with deep LAYER
OF loose spices Ia very unusual thing), was
the body
Ali looked at Il with open eye.-and no
wonder. For this mummy was not as other
mummies are. Mummies in general lie
upon their backs, as stif and calm as
though they were cut from wood; but this
mummy lay upon It's side, and, the wrap
pings notwithstanding, its knees were
slightly bent More than that. indeed, the
gold mask, which, after the fashion OF the
Ptolemac period, had been set upon the
face, had worked down, and was literally
pounded up beneath the hooded head
II was impossible, seeing these things, 70
avoid the conclusion that the mummy be-
fore "a had moved with violence since It
was put IN the coffin.
"Hin very funny mummy Him not
'uaash' when hin 80 il there said Ali.
'sNouseussr' l said. who ever heard
cf 1--we mummy"
We lifted the BODY out of ths oofrn,
nearly choking ourselves with mummy
dust in the process. aud there beneath il.
hsf hidden among the spices. We made our
first fad. T. was roll OF papyrus, care
lessly fastened and wrapped in a piece Of
mummy cloth. having. 20 al appearance.
been thrown into tae cofin az the moment
Of closing
Al eyed the papyrus Crssdilv. but
ssirsd e and put 10 10 ny poe ket. for Il was
agreed that was 20 have al that might be
discovered. Then ws began - uuwrsp tae
BODY T. was covered with very broad
strong oandsEes. thickY wou.d and rough
" tied. sometimes by means of simple
knots the whole work bearing the appear
srce Of having been executed in great haste
and with difficulty. Just over the head was
a arze lump. Presently The bsndsges Gov
erInz 70 we're OF. and there, on the face. lay
SECOND rou - pap7rus. put down ny
hand 20 10 it, bus Q would rot come AVA.
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whole boiv ard it'd beneath the fss-. as
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candle ard examined the roll s-5 then I
saw WV is ~ss last TIE suices had con
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