Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-06

Thus she spoke. Eazlng at me with tr,1th- ful, earnest eyes. believed her, and for the first time slpce my fall was for mo ment happy, thinking that all was not lost to me, and that with Cleopatra, whom I loved thus madly, might yet win my place and power back.
 'Swear it, Cleopatra!'' said. II swear, beloved! and thus seal my | oath!' And she kissed me on the forehead And l. too, kissed her; and we talked of 1 what we would do when we were wed, and how we should overcnme the Roman. And thus was I again beguiled; though verlly believe that, had 1t not been for the | jealous anger of Charmion-which, as shall ] be seen, was ever urging her forward to | fresh deeds of shame-Cleopatra would have welded me and broken with the Ro- man. And indeed in the issue, it had been l better for her and Egypt.
 Far into the night we sat, and revealed | to her somewhat of that ancient secret of l the mighty treasure hid beneath the mass | of "Her." Thither, it was agreed, should | we go on the morrow, and the second night l from now attempt it's search. So early on the | next day, boat was secretly made ready, | and therein did Cleopatra enter, vailed as l an Egyptian lady about to make pilgrim age to the Temple of Horemku. And also, | cloaked as pilgrim, entered with her, and with us ten of her most trusted servants hidden as sailors. But Charmion entered l not with us. We sailed with fair wlnd | from the Canopc mouth of the Nile; and | that night pushing on with the moon, we reached Sais at midnight, and there rested l for 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 | the fortress which is called Babylon. Here, on the opposite bank of the river, we moored our ship safely in bed of reeds.
 Then, on foot and secretly, we set forth l for the Pyramids, winch were at distance 1 of nigh upon fifty stadia (about six miles)- l Cleopatra, and one trusted eunuch, for the other servants we left with the hoat Only 1 for Cleopatra I caught an ass that was wandering in a titled field, and threw a cloak upon it. Thereon she sat, and led the ass by paths I knew, the eunuch following | after us. And, within little more than an hour, having gained the great causeway we saw the mighty Pyramids towering up through the moonlit air and aweiag uf to silence. On we passed, in utter silence, l through the haunted city of the dead, for all around us stood the solemn tombs. till Ut length we climbed the rocky hili and | stood in the deep shadow of Khufu Khut fthe splendid Throne of Khufu).
 "Of truth" whispered Cleopatra as she | gazed up the dazzling marble slope above her, exerywhere blazoned ger with g mill l ion mystic characters-''of truth, there were gods ruling in Khem in those days, and not men. This place is sad as Beath- ay, and as mighty and as far fpo4a nan. l Here must we enter!"
 "Nay," answered, ''it is net hera: Pass on"
 led the way through thousand tombs, l till we stood in the shadow of UT (the GreaD, and gazed at his red, heaven 1 piercing mass
 l "1s it here that we must entcra', snc l whispered once again.
 "Nay," answered, "it is not here. Pass. on."
 And we passed on through mary more | tombs, until we stood in the shadow of Her,* and Cleopatra gazed astonishcd 'e 1 polished beauty, winch for thousan>." - years had, night by night, mir,.,,1-; i..;. moon, and at the black girdle of IT. hiopan stone that circled it's base about. For of | all pyramids this is the most beautif | "ls it here that we must entcr!' she | said.
 ansWered "Yea, it is here." And we passed round between the temple l of the worship of his divine Maje9;y, ! Menka-ra, the Osirian and the base of tne l pyramid, till we came to the north side. l Here i'll the center is graved the name Of Pharaoh Menka-ra, who built the pyramid to be his tomb, and stored therein his l treasure against the needs of Khenl. "If the treasure still remains,' I said to Cleopatra, 'as in the days of my great great grandfather, who was priest of this | pyramid before me, it remained, 'tis hid
 *The Upper" now known as the Third Pyra- | md.
 deep in the womb of the mass before thee, Cleopatra; nor can it be come by without fNtlr l 9 ~A 1 Art thou prepared to enterl-for thou thy self must enter and judge"
 "Canst thou not go with the eunuch, Har- machis, and bring the treasure forth?" she | said, for a little her courage began to fail her.
 "Nay, O Cleopatra" I answered, s'not even for thee and for the veal of Egypt can l do this thing, for of all sin. it would be the greatest sin. But this it Is lawful for me to do. I, as hereditary holder of tho secret, may, upon demand, show to the ruling monarch of Kehm the place where the treasure lies, and show also the warning that is written. And If, on seeing and reading, the Pharaoh do deem that the | need of khem is so sore and strait that it is lawful for him to brave the curse of tho dead and draw the treasure forth, it is well, for on his head must rest the weight of this dread deed. Three monarchs, so say the l ANSo1 to enter in the time of need. They wero the divine Queen Ha-ta-su, that wonder known te the Gods alone; her divine broth CT Men-Kheperr tThotmes the QreaD 1; and the divine Miamen (Rameses ID. But of these three majesties, not one when they saw dared to touch, for. though sore their need, it was not great enough to consecrato the act. So, fearing lest the curse should fall upon them, they went hence sorrowing." hn fhnr,r ,f I, ,:.:< overcame her fear.
 "At the least will see with nina own eyes," she said.
 'It IS well," answered. Then, stones having been piled up on a certain spot at the base of the pyramid to somewhat moro than the height of man by me and the eunuch who was with us, climbed on them and searched for the secret mark, no larger than a leaf And, with some trouble, for the weather and the rubbing of the sand had worn even the Ethiopian stone, found it. Having found t, l. in a certain fashion, pressed thereon with all my strength. Even after the lapse of years unnumbered the stones swung round,