The Red Cloud chief., 1890-04-25

coasu sbnW Nnec tfoasufc stored ey te~
mish,y fhsrAohs Of the ncst faseR ax~
Against the ncs~is of Ehcm, hos cAA I kssa
that thou wuulds, indeSd make use Of thu,
| wealth 90 those euod cndsr'
is there, then. . t~rcasurv" she asked.
curiously NAY, fret me no,. HArmAchls
\ fer Of q truth tue very tame 81 gold o. this
time Of went 10 like the sigh, Of wsssr In
The desert"
II b-llcvc.~ sAid. that thew 10 such Q
treasure, thought myselsh have se,cr srcah
Bu, this I ksow, that q! u silu I've In Ac
place where u Was set, Vs b~aase 81
heavy 80 curse shall rest upon him Nhc
wickcdly and for selfish cuts shAil Law
hands thereon that none % those rharaohs
10 whom IL hath been shown have DARED IA
touch IL whatever their nc.si
No." she sad, "thnv W ~ cowArdiy
afcrstine, or else UAs their need mel, great
Wit thou show me this Treasure, then,
HArmAr hist"
"fcrchAnce." answered. II will show u
In thee, N IL stl,l la there, when thou hast
sworn that thou vii, use !, " dctrnd Egypt
from this Roman An,ony and for tho Wi.
fare of her p-op.e'
II swear itt' she said earnestly. "Oh, !
SWEAR by every bed IN khcm that N thou
showcst mo this great treasure I wall defy
Antony and send pc!iius back Ia tilic,a
with words more sharp than those he
broasht Az, III do more, Narmachtsi 81
soon - may bc. ! will take thee to husband
before all the world. and thou Thy sclf shat,
carry out thy plans and beat the Roman
eagles n
Thus shc spoke, gAs,nv q, me with truth.
ful, earnest eyes. believed her, and Tor
the nrst time aimee nv fall was for . mo
mcnt happy, thinking that al WAS NO, lost
Ia me-, aud tina, with Cleopatra. whom !
loved thus mad y, I might yet win my pace
and power back
Swca II, Cleopatra said
- swear, beloved and thus ] zeal my
oath" And she kissed me on the forehead.
Aud ]. too. Kissed her; aud W talked of
what we would do when ~ were we'd. and
how ". should overcome tho Roman.
And thus was ! again t~4uiicd. though
verify believe that, hsa u not been for the
Jealous anger Of Chsrmion - which,, - shall
be sccn. was ever rGing her ard "a
fresh decide Of shame ci~op~irs would
have welded me and broken with the TO
man. Aud indeed, In the issue. IL had been
better for her and Egypt
Far into the night wee sat, and revealed
20 her somewhs Of that ancient secret Of
the mighty treasure bid beneath the mAss
Of ''Hcr" Tbither. u was agreed. should
We 70 on tho morrow, end the Second nigh,
from now attempt lie search ~, early On tho
neat day. o boat was secretly made ready,
and therein did Cleopatra enter. vailed ~
Nh Egyptian lady abou, 70 mako . pilgrim
aec To tho Temple Of Horcmku. And ! Also.
cloakcd ~ \ pilsUm. Suffered with her. snd
with US ten ~ her most trusted servants
hidden ~ sAilors. Nut Chsrmion entered
not with us. We sailed with . fair w,ad
FROM the Canoplc mouth ~ the Nile; and
that night, pushins on with the moon. We
reached Sais 81 midnight, and there rcst~d
for awhile. A. dawn W. once moro
lucAcd our craft, aud oil that day sailed
swihty ult ~ last. ~ the thiri houv from
the sunset, ~ came ~ aight cf tbs lights %
the f~ortrcss which 10 called Babylon Here.
on tho opposite bank VI tho river, w
mocrcd our ship Aafsiy 10 . bad Of reeds.
Then. on Loot anu s~crstly. ~ Set forth
for Tho Pyvs0.ds, Which were q . distance
Of nigh upon 6f'y stAdiA (sbcut Ella mica
C~lcops,ra. ] add ono trusted eunuch. Tor the
other servants we lsSt with The bos, Only
for Cleopatra ! caught IN ass that MAS
wandering. In . titled ficld. and threw .
cloak upon IL Thereon she sa'. and ! led the
ass by paths ! knew. the cunuch following
after us. And. within little moro than
Al hour, having gained the great csuscway,
W. saw the mighty Pyramids towering up
through tho moonlit air aud swcins us a.
silence. Tn ~ passed.. In utter silence,
through tho haunt"d city OF the dead. for
all around us stcod tho solemn tnmbs. sill
at length We climh~a tho rocky hill and
stood In tho deep shadow ~ Khufu Khut
n,ic splendid Throne 81 khufY).
"Of . TRUTH" whispered Cleopatra. 80 she
sascd up the dasrlins marble slope above
her, everywhere bla,oncd DER with . mill
ion mystic char sc~tcrs-''of = truth. there
were Rods ruling Ia Khcm IN those dAys,
and not mep. THIS plac. 10 sad as Death
~. aud ~ mighty and as far from man
Here must we entcr''
"Nay," ! answered. ~ 10 no, here. psss
o."
led tho way through . thousand tonbs.
uli wo s,nod In the shadow 81 Ur ttho
0reap. and gssct 81 his rei. heaven.
p~isrcins mssa
'Is II herc thst we mus, enierr' che
whispered once again.
"Nay." ! answered, "it 10 no, here. Pass
90"
And wo passed on through msly moro
tonnbs. uuti we stood In the shadow os
Her. aud Cleopatra sascd ~sstonished ., i,s
polished beauty. winch for thousands 81
y~' "~"s nu" w uSHuss WltbvVvNu the
moon. and ~ the black Rirdlc Of Ethiopian
stone that eiruied i,s base about ~ Of
~ pyvsrai1s this 10 ~ adsS bssuusui.
'ls u hsss that ~ nvss setcet' che
MID.
Isaswrred "Yes, 10 10 hsea"
And we passed. round between the ,smpas
OF tho worship Of his divine Nsje.,y.
Acnks ~, tbs Os,rlAn. and the base Of the
" ramid, uu Ws came IN the north eide.
Here In the ccnser 10 1rsved the usms ~
Phai cob 4enhs.rA VINO bgilt tho py rAsnia !
10 b his tomb, sad siorv~i therein hls
tressarr ssAissi The needle of Etsm.
III the treasure ssii renains." sald u ,
CSeopstrA, 80 In The days Of ny sr~a,
xrsaa grandfather, who was pstest ~ the
pyransd osSoes me-. u rens tned. ts hid
dsss 10 the wowb Of the mace before thee.
C1eopoass; nor csa u b. o b, w.,hou,
tsi end danger. and terror % sss mud
Ar thca prepared " en;sti- Tor ,hog ,h,.
esls niusi cntsr aud Judge"
'Csnss thou not 80 wish the eusurh, usr.
ma bis. snd bring tho treasure for,Ar' .as
cad. for . little boz oarAge logan 90 fail
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