Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-01-09

ssafasu or RoUoSe9 or some Otnof toof1Oo
drawn forth the gems. But no; they LEFT
chem to this hour because the time was not
vet come. Now it must be come, for II
take not the gems the Roman win surely
seize on Egypt, and then there will DO no
pharaoh to whom the secret may be told
Nav let us away with fears and TO the
work. Why dost look SO frightedl Having
pure hearts, naught is there to fear, Harma'
CHS"
ssEven as thou wilt" said again; ''for
thee It is to judge. since if thou judg 1t
falsely, on thee viii surely fall the curse
from which there is no escape"
$50, Harmachls. take Pharaoh's head and
7 will take his Oh. what an awful place
ia thisp % and suddenly she chung to me.
"Me thought saw shadow yonder in the
darknessl Methought that 1t did move
toward US and then straightway vanish!
Let US be going! Didst thou see naughtf
II saw naught, Cleopatra; but mayhap it
was the Spirit of the divine Menka-ra, for
ever does the .pirit hover round its mortal
tenement. Let US then be going; right
glad shall! be to CO."
She made as though to start, then turned
back again and spoke once more.
"'Twas naught-naught but the mind
that in such house Of Horror doth body
forth those shadowy forms Of fear it breads
to see. Nay, must look upon these en-
eralds indeed; if die, I must look! Come
to workp and STOPPING she with her own
hands lifted from the tomb one Of the four
alabaster jars, each sealed with the craven
likeness Of the heads OF the protecting Gods,
that ael the holy heart and entrails OF the
divine Menka-ra. But in those jars was
nothing found, save only what should be
there.
Then together we mounted on the sphinx
and drew forth with toll the body Of the
divine Pharaoh, laying it on the ground.
Now Cleopatra took my dagger, and with II
cut loose the bandages which held the wrap
pings in their place, and the lotus flowers,
that had been placed therein by loving
hands, three thousand years before, foil
down upon the pavement. Then we searched
and found the end of the outer bandage,
which was fixed in at the hinder part OF the
neck. This we cut loose, for it was fast
glued. This done, we began to unroil the
wrarpings Of the holy corpse. Setting my
shoulders against the sarcophagus, sat
upon the ROCKY floor, the body resting on
my knees, and, as I turned it Cleopatra M
WOuuO luc ClOtuSs oho o"SooAAAS w. 49,
task. Presently something fell out; 1t was
the scep,er of the Pharaoh, fashioned OF
gold, and at the end thereof was pome'
granate cut from a single emerald.
Cleopatra seized it and gazed thereon in
silence Then once more we went on WITH
our dread business. And ever as we un-
wound. other ornaments Of gold, such al
are buried with Pharaohs, fell from the
wrappings-collars and bracelets, models
of sistra, and lnlaid axe, and an image OF the
holy Osiris and of the holy Khem. Al
length all the bandages were unwound
and beneath we found covering Of
coarsest linen; for in those days the
craftsmen were not so skilled In mat
ters pertaining to the embalming OF th<
body as now they are. And on the liner
was written in an oval, ''Menka-ra, Roya
Son of tha Sun" This linen we could II
no wise loosen, so Arm it held to the body
Therefore, faint with the great heat
choked with mummy dust and the odol
of spices, and trembling with fear OF ou
unholy task, wrought in that most Lonesome
and holy-place, we laid the body down, ant
with knife ripped away the last covering
First we cleared its head, and now IT,
face that no man had gazed on for thre
thousand years was open to our view. l
was a great face, with bold brow yet
crowned with the Royal ureus, benestl