Telegram-herald., 1889-09-19

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sc<- them
This beng eons. ! aSauosrec trrough the
ep11ing. tskug with ne co1 q rops,
wkicA ] wo1nd around rs ml11ss. ssd
tcCko1ed % CleopzLrz 10 ooz1s. NAklIg
f.sl tee sklrs u her rco<, ste came. as
drew ter through tic speuiRg, - that -
ieugtn sAe stood beh-na ne ~ Tie passage
y aleb - hned witt slzbs q grao.te. AFTER
her cane he euu4c1 sna be also stood IN
tne passage Aad thea, having s4kea
counsel q TIE pa u ne passage t1@i
l I'D broughg VITA ne. and walc1.
in signs ta&I none 0-t tbs Initiated c4@
reAa. Vas copied from tnoss ancient wrls
lLgs that lad come cswu e 1e through
one and forty generations of my yrsdeoes-
sors, The priests u Tia pyramid q hsr, sIs
of the worship O. the Tempe 0f The Divine
Aenka IA, tae OslriAl, / LED the wsy threugn
tai darksoue Plaoe toward the utter sl-
leRoe Of the toEah Guided by the feeble
lgat Of car amps Ne passed down he steep
laehne, g4splug II Tie heat snd the thick,
slagu.ted air Presently We had lstt tbs
region Of tee masonry and were slipping
down . gallery hewn in the living ROCK Fer
tweu.y PAGES or more II ran stecply. Then
ITS slope lesseRed. and shortly We found our
selves Ia . chamber painted white, 90 low
that /. being tail, Lst scarce room 10 stand,
but Ia length four PAGES sad in breadth
three. and c4sod throughout with sculptUred
: a.
and rested awhile, overcome by the heat
and the utter darkness.
Rise. said. Here we must NOT lin
ger, or We faint"
80 she rose, and passing hand in hand
through that chamber. we found ourselves
face 10 face with q mighty door Of granite,
let down from the roof IN grooves. Aud
once more l took counsel Of the plsa,
pressed with my foot upon q certain stone,
and waited Then. suddenly and softly.
know not by what means, the mighty mass
heaved itself from its bed Of living rock. We
passed beneath, and found ourselves face
70 face with second door OF granite. Again
Ipressed on certain spot, and OF itself
this door swung wide, and we went
through, 10 find ourselves face 20 face with
third door, yet more mighty than the
twain through which we had won our way
Following the secret plan, this door struck
with my foot upon a certain spot, and slow
ly II sank, as though at a word OF magic,
TIL its head was level with the floor Of
rock. We crossed and gained another
passage which. descending gently for a
length OF fourteen psoes, LED Va into a great
chamber paved with black marble, more
than nine cubits high, by nine cubits broad,
and thirty cubits long. In this great mar
bic floor was sunk a great sarcophagus Of
granite, and on its lid were graved the
name and titles Of the Queen OF Menkara
In this chamber, too, the air was more pure,
though by what means II came thither /
know not
as the treasure herer' gasped Cleopatra
"Nay," l answered; follow me-" And
led the way 20 gallery. which we entered
through an opening in the floor Of the great
chamber. II had been closed by trap
door Of stone, but the door WIS open.
Creeping along this shaft, or passage, for
some ten PAGES, we came at length 10 q
well, in depth seven cubits. Making fast
one end Of the rope that ! had brought
about my body, and the other to a ring in
the rock, l was lowered, holding the lamp in
my hand, till | stood in the last resting 2
place Of the divine Menka-ra. Then the
rope was drawn up, and Cleopatra, beng
made fast thereto, was let down by the
eunuch, and / received her In my arms
But the eunuch, sorely against his will, for
he feared TO be left alone, l bade wait our
return at the mouth of the shaft For il was
not lawful that he should enter whittier We
went