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

paved together some twelve Gays &o04
hon. being Pharaoh, mightest well have
lone this thing, for round thy throne Old
Egvpt would ha gathered. But Egypt
owes not me nor my Greek blood; and By
now have l scattered that great plot q
thine. wherein half the land was meshede
Will these men, then, arise to succor met
Were Egypt true to me I could, indeed
hold my own against all the force that Rome
may bring; but Egypt hates me, and bad -
lief be ruled by the Roman as the Greek
Still might make defense had the gold,
for with money soldiers can be bouRht
wherewith to feed the nav Of mercenary
battle. But have none; my treasures are
dry, and though there is wealth In the land,
yet do debts perplex me. These wars have
brought me ruin, and know not how to
find q talent. Perchance, Harmachls, thou
who art, by hereditary right, Prize OF the
Pyr mids," and she drew near and looked
me in the eyes, "perchance. if long descend
ed rumor does not lie, thou canst tell me
where can touch the gold to save thy land
from ruin and myself from the grasp OF An
tonyi Say, is 1t sof'
Thought awhile, and then l answered:
.'And if such a tale were true, and II
could show thee treasure stored by the
mig hty Pharaohs Of the most far-on ago
against the needs Of Khem, how can know
that thou wouldst indeed make use OF that
wealth to those good ends"
lis there, then, q treasurer" she ASKED
curiously. "Nay, fret me not, Harmachis;
for of truth the very name OF gold az TINS
time of want is like the sight Of water In
the desert"
81 believe" said, "that there is such
treasure, though myself have never SCENT
But this I know, that If it still lie In ho
place where it was set, tits because -
heavy e curse shall rest upon him who
wickedly and for selfish ends shall lay
hands thereon that none OF those PharaohS
to whom it hath been shown have dared y
touch it, whatever their need"
$50" she said, ''they were cowarS z
aforetime, or else was their need not g7G \
Wilt thou show me this treasure, tES
Harmachis!" =
"Perchance," answered, II will show 1t
&C thee, if it still be there, when thou hast
sworn that thou wilt use it to defend Egyps
from this Roman Antony and for the well
fare of her people"
81 swear itr' she said earnestly. "Oh, ]
swear by every God IN Khem that II thou
showest me this great treasure will dciy
Antony and send Dellius back to Cihcis
with words more sharp than those be
brought. Ay, I'll do more, Harmachis: -
soon as may be, I will take thee to husband
before all the world, and thou thyself shalt
carry out thy plans and beat the Roman
eagles off,"
Thus she spoke, gazing at me with truth
full, earnest eyes. l believed her, and Tor
the first time since my fall was for mo
ment happy, thinking that all was not lost
to me, and that with Cleopatra, whom l
loved thus madly, might yet win my place
and power back.
'.Swear 1t, Cleopatra said.
81 swear, beloved and thus seal my
OATH" And she kissed me on the forehead.
And l, too, kissed her; and we talk OF
what we would do when we were wed, and
how we should overcome the Roman.
And thus was l ag in beguiled; though
verify believe that, had 1t not been Tor the
Jealous anger of Charmion-which, as shan
be seen, was ever urging her forward "a
fresh deeds of shame-CleoDatra would
have welded me and broken with the 10
man. And indeed, in the issue, IL had beer
better for her and Egypt
Far into the night we sat, and ! revealed
to her somewhat of that ancient secret OF
the mighty treasure hid beneath tho nasi
of "Her" Thither, it was agreed, should
we go on the morrow, and the second nigh
from now attemptits search So, earl on tn
next day, a boat was secretly raadeready
and therein did Cleopatra enter, vailed q
an Egyptian lady about to make pilgrim
: age to the Tenlple of Horemku. And also
coaked as pilgrim, entered with her, ant
! with us ten of her most trusted servants
! hidden as sailors. But Charmion entere'
not with u.s. We sailed with fair VIM
from the Canopc mouth of the Nile; ant
that night, pushing on with the moon, w
reached sails at midnight, and there reste
for awhile At dawn we once NOR
, loosed our craft, and all that day sale
!. swiftly till at last, at the third hour fror
I the sunset, we came in sight Of the lights Q
the fortress which is called Babylon. Here
t on the opposite bank Of the river,
: moored our ship safely in bed OF reeds
r Then, on foot and secretly, we set fort
I for the Pyramids, which were at distanc
p of nigh upon fifty stadia (about six miles)
, CLEOPATRA, and one trustedeunuch, for u
:, other servants we left with the boat. Onl
for Cleopatra I caught an ass that wa
wandering in titled field, and threw
cloak upon it. Thereon she sat, and led 10
ass by paths knew, the eunuch followin
!, after u.s. And, within little more tha
o an hour, having gained the great causewa
e we saw the mighty Pyramids towering
8 through the moonlit air and aweing US
l. silence On we passed, in utter silenc
J. through the haunted city of the dead, Il
all around US stood the solemn tombs, {
l, at length we climbed the rocky hill az
l. stood in the deep shadow Of Khufu XII
Il 1.-THE splendid Throne of Knufu).
y "Of TRUTH" whispered Cleopatra. as 81
u gazed up the dazzling marble slope abo'
?, her, everywhere blazoned DER with mi
% ion mystic characteristic truth, the
9 were gods ruling. in Khem in thofe day
2, and not men. This place is sad as tth
70 ay, and as mighty and as far fro1. ma
It Here must we entera'
e "Nay," answered, sit is nothere. Pa
70 on
'e led the way through thousand tomt
r, till we stood in the shadow OF Ur Il
W Great, and gazed at his red, heave
u piercing mass.
y sis it here that we must cnteSp .
e. whispered once again
ID WNayo answered. cit is not here. Pa