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

| heart gave thanks to ISIS III tna0
had attracted to myself the looks OF
this roval lady. Slaves filled our
gohlets with wine and our plates
with rarest delcacies the musicians
brought forth sweet musIcirom the'r
instruments while they chanted
words OF love, and fair dancers ron
Diospolis, with their slow ana IAN
guorous movements gave pleasure
to our sight.
| Towards the end of our repast the
Princess Nabis, fixing searching
| look upon my eyes, held II lotus
flower close to my face so that
must needs inhale its heavy perfume;
little by little felt my head grow
dull and heavy, and that was SLOW
| ly losing my senses.
Then, all at once, as | sank down
upon the cushions, she beekoned two
OF her Nassamon slaves, and cried TO
them: Garry him in the house OF
Thetmosis. the embalmer! What
could these strange words signify!
Did the princess believe that | was
really dead? Was it some jest on
her part? Upon her lips | could see,
or funcied that | could, u strange
ironical smile.
The two slaves approached and
lifted me upon screen OF reeds. !
could see. could understand, and
could hear and vet ! could not
make movement, speak word, or
let them know that was indeed
; alive. A sort OF numbness had seiz-
ed upon my will, aud TO all appear
/ ances | was dead. With my eyes
wide open and fixed, my limbs stltf
and cold, my heart pulseless, the
slaves carried me towards the quar-
ter OF the city called Memuoniu.
We crossed through the heart OF
Memphis; on all sides was life and
/ health and strength; the children
] played about the streets, the mer'
. chants cried their wares: some labor
: ing men, sweating with their toll,
cast towards me looks OF envy,
2 doubtless thinking OF the long sleep
2 and rest before me, but | could ser
| that their jealousy was only transt
I tory and soon forgotten III the mere
: satisfaction of living Some young
Girls, dressed as ii for n iete, and fnl
d OF life and coquetry, paused for Il
I moment in their laughing chatter
g and east upon me some flowers they
5 carried in their hands.
/ 1t was with Il feeling OF the deepest
n horror that | noted our arrival al
: Memnonia a district almost wholly
l..
in the disposition OF the dead. On
n all sides rose thick, reddish yapo
i issuing from watts Of boiling inter
n the very air one breathed VAS uau
y Serious with its admiXture Of btu
t men, naphtha, palIn.oil, gum an6
II myrrh In every nook and eornc
l. were gloomy emblcms Of death
! cases for mummics, sarcophagi o
v basalt and granite, alahustrr urn
to hold the vital parts and wrapper
d OF cardboard covered in tunera
II pictures
d The quarters of Thethmosis. III
II royal embalmer, were distinguishes
IS from all Others by their mugniHcenc
/ and ornate decorations. Flankin,
s the entrance We're two rows Of mum
my cases, on which rich painting
d and golden hieroglyphics shot
4 through thick coats OF varUish; o
n either side stood urns OF preciou
II perfumes.
a The Nassamons laid me down NJ
10 on n granite table in a small chm
n Der walled with glazed tiles. tho
h they departed and in great uneas
Ne ness | awaited the coming Of tn
q proprietor Of this sinister establish
X meut
Of A young Nubian attendant stoo
st close by bearing the instrument
z which were to be used upon me:
long piece of iron bent as hook.
ie sharp and pointed blade OF ston
nf and several vases filed with yariou
10 perfumes for my emhalmluent.
" Thethmosis, taking in his hand n
+ instrument Of bent iron, pushed
n violently up one Of my nostriIs unit
d it seemed to touch my brain. III
.. pain was frightful | lost all COZ
of seriousness Was real death comm
n to my aid?
n When | regaiued my senses sn
k that was no longer in the chamb
Is whore the Nasamons had carried m
ID Such daylight as could strugg
Id through n small circular windo
showed me that was in low.ce
I'd inged cellar, and that my body, wit
e. the exception of my head, had be,
III plunged into an oblong bath, fll,
v to the brim with inter. For no
Of long had been there2 Would den
Is. have naught to do with me, or WI
10 this Accomplishment for the faul
en- Of all my fife? Terrible mystery! Pc
a haps / was, indeed, dead.
ch Suddenly voice broke upon II
"a ears, and | could hear the opening
air door.
% cha! hal By the divine Osiris. b
IS, he makes u splendid mummy
ms chuckled Thethmosis, ms he examin
he me: "a fine dry skin, muscles ii
ie- cords-it is time to think Of the bod
en- cloths"
OF The bantering manner in which I