Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-07

which the white locks, stained yellow by the spices, fell in long, straight wisps. Not the cold stamp of death, and hot the slow flight of three thousand years, had found power to mar the dignity of those shrunken features. We gazed thereon, and then, made bold with fear, stripped the covering from the body. There at last it lay before us, stiff, yellow and dread to see; and on the left side, above the thigh, was the eut through which the sinbalmers had done their work, but it was sewn up so deftly that scarce could we find the mark.
 ''The gems are within," I whispered, for I felt that the body was very heavy. "Now. if thy heart fail thee not, must thou make an entry to this poor house of clay that once was Fbaraoh,n and gave her tue dagger-the same dagger which had drunk the life of Paulus.
 ''1t IS too late to ponder" she answered, lifting her white and beauteous fas,s ..,.i fixing her blue eyes, all big with t+,'inr. upon mine own. She took the dagger, and with set teeth the Queen of this day plunged it into the dead breast of the Pharaoh of three thousand years ago. AndcVcn as she did so, from the opening of the sl 1t where we had left the eunuch thee rl.4a a grooming soundl We leapcd tn,.llr i, but heard no more, and through the open ing the lamp-light still streamed down.
 'lG IS naugnt, Salu Let US lnAh2 an end"
 Then with much toll we hacked and rcnt the hard flesh open, and even as we did so I heard the knife point grate upon tho gems within.
 Cleopatra plunged her hand into the dead breast and drew forth somewhat. She held it to the light, and gave little cry, for from the darkness of Pharaohs heart there flashed into light and life the most beau- teous emerald that ever man bcheld. Per feet it was in eolor, very largo, Withcut a
 flaw, and fashioned to scarabeus form. and on the under side was the oval, in- scribed with the divine name of Menl1a-ra, Son of the Sun.
 Again, again, and yet again she plunged in her hand and drew from Pharaoh's breast great emeralds bedded there in spices. Some wore fashioned and soIne were hot, but all were perfect in color, without a flaw, and in value priceless. Again and again she plunged her white hand into that dread breast, till at length all were found, and there were one hundred and forty and eight of such gems as are not known in the world. And the last time that she searched she brought forth not emeralds, indeed, but two great pearls, wrapped in linen, such as never have been seen. And of these pearls moro hereafter.
 So it was done, and all the mighty treas- ure lay glittering in a heap before us. There it lay, and there, too, lay the regalia of gold, the spiced and sickly scented wratpings, and the torn body of white-hared Pharaoh Menka-ra, the Osirian, the ever-living in Amenti.
 We rose, and 9 great awe fell upon us, now that the deed was done and our hearts were no more upborne by the rage of eager search-so great an awe, indeed, that we could not speak. I made sign to Cleo patra. She grasped the head of Pharaoh and I grasped his feet, and together we lifted him, climbed the sphinx, and placed him once moro within his coffin: On him piled the torn mummy cloths, and on them laid the lid of the coffin.
 And now we gathered up the great gems, and such of the ornaments as might with ease be carried, and these hid, as many as could, within the folds of my robe And those that were left did Cleopatra hide upon her breast. Heavily laden with priceless treasure, we gave one last look at the dreadful, solemn place, at the great sar- cophagus, and the sphinx whereon it rested, whose face of awful calm seemed to mock us with it's everlasting smile of wisdom Then we turned and went from the tomb. At the shaft we halted 1 called to the eunuch, who stayed above, and methought that faint mocking laugh answered me. Too smitten with terror to call again, and fearing that, should we delay, Cleopatra would surely swoon, seized the rope, and, beng strong and quick, mounted by 1t and gained the passage. There burnt the lamp, but the eupuch saw not. Thinking surely that he was a little way down the passage and slept-as, in truth, he did-I bade Cleo patra make fast the rope about her middle, and with much labor drew her up. Then,
 having rested awhile, we moved en with the lamps to seek the eunuch. ''He hath been stricken with terror, and,
 leaving the lamp, hath fled," said Glsp-
 patra. :sOh, ye Godsi who is that seated | therel"
 l peered into the darkness, thrus ting out l the lamps, and this is what their light fell | on-this, at the very dream whereof my
 soul sickens! There, facing us, his back resting against the rock, and on either side his hands ,splayed upon tho foor, sat the IF YOU WANT
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