Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18

Tben the embalmer LETT me TO ths
oore az his slaves, giving them the
one order. Garry him to ms fyra'
mil !" Again ! saw the noble streets
Of Memphis, with their crowds ana
animated hustle; then, by degrees. a,i
sirns OF city life were lett behind
soon | found myself in my last rest
;nr place. close TO the mummies oil
nv ancestors; the doors OF bronze
we're closed and was cut OF from
the living world
Death would have been a blessing
| was mummy and yet aliye' Was
| ITO remain thus Tor all time corpse,
or had | in reality ceased TO EXIST
Through the dim light | could look
| down corridors lined on both sides
with grlnning parchment-skinned
faces OF mummies, all that was lett
OF proud pharoahs, builders OF the
pyramids, bold warriors, and wise
rulersl
The centuries ran on!
| | lived throughout the time.
Atintervuls the bronze doors would
creak upon their hinges and slowly
open, the daylight would stream 10,
and two human beings enter carry
ing a new mummy; my descendants
lay beside me in a goudly row!
AT times my former life, It's pleas
ures Joys. and troubles passed before
nv eve. could see again the fair
waters o. thg Nile. the palaces uDou
its banks. and the golden light OF day;
could taste the pure air once more,
! and scent the perfume Of the flowers
( Soon, however, the reality Of my sad
, condition would reussert itself aud
force me TO remember that was
buried uudcr a mountain Oi stone,
{ polluted with the uauseous bttums u.
/ Sometimes loud voices would re-
4 echo through the corridors hurrt'
3. cane OF flame would sweep nero,S tbs
! desert sands aud drive them like ocean
/, pillows against the tomb OF all ths
phuroah
> Century succeeded century slowly,
. slowly. Long time had now elapsed
/. since the bronze door hal opened
e A lar of rumbling, such rs prcceIrr
z II tempest, struck upon my ears, ceas
\ ing Tor a moment, only 10 cOmmeurs
n with double force surely some nw
r ful uphauvul Of nature, Was IL th,
= very end OF ALI
Silence once more. unl still NOR
/ terrifying than thr tumulr
4 Suddenly the metal doors are rude
. IL thrust nsnnde. Men ol strauss
= aspect and still stranger customs
n penetrated the tomb, torches Ia hand
n They examined the snrrophngi ans
p mummies, expressing ,hgir ustOu,sh
4. mcnt in 70 strange tongue
i They liitei me up aud hure M
4 from the Pyrnmi,l nc lest | WIS 4
" soc my native land again
L Aims what mouruFul sight me-
II my yiewl Egypt overcast with :
n gloom, and drsolatc ruins and d.
r. cav OH al sides 4 strange rar
Al living on the banks ufthc Nile speak
iug n language which I EHrw not
H. Priests, warriors. whers AIRS they nlI
~ What has belullen my lr.iuW.cisiEru
c. Of Memphis iiasali Egypt persisted
" am placed Ia an enormous yess-
Il and descend th" N,lr, but how rhaug
. ed is the sacred stream Nrmphi.
w my birthplace has disappeared.
IN forests growth arises among III
Is ruins Of its pnlace4 Here and Their
stand solitary uhcIisks, broke
p trunks Of columns, fragments d
n. poi ticoesl
m Time mas destroyed everything.
ST. The strangers look with curinslt
he on the binds which CurircIe mo. ON
b. OF them rniscs tho mask % gold AZ
shows my features to his compnr
81 ions Then they lny me in Ia
ts depths OF the vessels hold
n After a long space oftime. when
once more see daylight. lind m,
le, self in thestrangest places. and vnif
Us y seek to understand what "a
around me. ! am pl0ccd staudru
m upright IN a sort OF chest. hayln
il transparent walls, and IN whatsye
Til direction my looks IRE cnat. thew IN
he upon some relics Of my country, in
IN ages Of gods arc mixed with tools ,
NJ husbnndry. can also see "A mutt
tude Of snrcOphngi, tablets OF hier,
wv glyphlcs, onamcled hrcastpiatsi
,er mummies Of the ibis, the croccdn,
10. aud tie cat
sle AZ this moment Il seems M n m
Nv were ugain about to take posse
IL sion Of my body, tremor rur
tin through my veins, my right mr.
en breaks suddenly from my side nm
ed striking upon tho transparent Mi
DIV smashes it with loud crash
TIL And awake with start. IN atm,
'as OF dire confusion. have been II,
Its fortunate enough to break n pln,
err case in the Egyptian museum 4
attendant admonishes mo "a,
ny sharply, and informs me TINT n
of museum is not dormitory: INV
am almost convinced tnnt tho relio
mt growls out some reflection upon ~,
yW pie who have taken too much Din
led But myself, still 10 state Of bowi
ike derlnent, seize my hat. aud hnvir
ly- paid for the damage have don
hurry OF homeward, registering
inc mental vow that on the next occ