The Red Cloud chief., 1890-05-02

Ouo Suu ~s
I" place seemed 10 csush us. Above ~,
cubit over cublt In its mighty measure. tho
Pyramid lowered up 70 heaven Ind WAS
kissed Of the night air But We were deep
In the bowels Of the rock beneath IL base.
We wero alone with the dead, whoss rect
We were about 70 break; and no sound OF
the murmurinR air and no siRht 81 life
came 70 dull the awful edee Of solituda. ]
gascd on the sA~rcophsgus; ts heavy lid
Aad been llftNi and rostcd ~ is side.
/. Around u the duSt of e hsd gathered
thick, and there In tho dust VAS tho stamp
OF human feet. Then ! trcmbicd. for ] knew
that I looked on the footprints OF that fore
father Of mine. who. generations gone. last
Of living men, had visited this holy place
Long hsd he been gathered N Osirts, and
yet there In the powdered dust waa The
press OF his dead foot
'Scc, " I whispered, pointing tn . writing
daubcd with pigment upon the wall In the
sacred symbols OF ancient times,
''Read IL, Hsrmschis," answered C!eo
patra, Ia tho saine Low voice FOR ] can
not"
Then road: ~. RAmcses NiAmun. did.
In my day and In my hour ~ need, Wait
this sepuicher. But, though great my
need and bold my heart dared not fsrc
the curse Of Mcnka ~. Judge. q thou who
ahalt come After ios, sad. II thy soul he
pure and Khcm b. utterly distrcssed, take
thou that which ! have left"
"wherc, then, 10 tho trcasurer che
whispered ''ls that SPHINX . Of gold"
Even there" answered. pointing ~
tho sa~rcophsgus. "Drsw near and see"
And sho took my hand and drsw ~
The lid MAS Oh. but within b depths of
Nka sas~xohs~,,a Lac akA m~inNAA DnHan NJ
the Pharaoh. blew the duet from Il with
ny breath and Rod that which va
written thereon. And this was written,
'PhArsoh Aenks-rA the cAnA u
Heaven.
'Pssrsos Nesksra. Royal Non Of the
Sun.
..Pharsoh Menka.rA. who d.dsi We b.
meath the heart Of Nout
.Nout. thy Mother, wrsps tbss In the speli
OF Her holy name.
tho nAnc Of thy Mother. Nout, y the
mystery Of Heaven.
'Noli. thy Mother, gsthers thee 70 ,As
numbev 81 The Coda
'NoaL, thy Mother. breatkcs on Thy foss
end utterly destroys them.
70 Pharaoh xsnhs'rs, Who Invest Tor.
ever"
swhsre. then. h the treasurer sAs sshed
again. Herr. indeed. 10 ths body Of The
divine Menks 70, but the Sch even Of Phs
Ssohs is not gold. and n the fsps Of the
SPINS b. god. o may ~ move mr.
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sphinl and srssp t6e uppsr part Of ~ cot
IN, while grsspca ,ts foot Then, q my
Wurs, va nfted, and The Ia Of the oAs<.
which was not nxed. came away. and ve 81
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sAsd yeaTs before Il he'd hesn iAId. AlAres
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blooms. And 90 the breast. vresshsd evss
with iotps ao~ers, tsy . pssts u eosA cls~
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up the pate. end. holding " - ~ tAgAs, !
read;
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