The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-04

-StupcndousH she said again, for she wa
fond. OF repeating favorite words. What
w1ondrous race must have been those Egyptiat
7" dare say they were" said Mr.. Damer. win
ing his brow as he sat upon q large loose stone,
fragment lying on the fiat top OF the PYRAMID
apex was once made, CT was once about to II
made.
"a magnificent race. 50 gigantic in thei
conceptions Their ideas altogether o%verwhcln
us poor, insignificant, latter day mortals. The.
built these vast Pyramids; but FOR us, It is tasl
enough to climb 10 their top"
Quite enough" calculated Mr. Damer.
But NJ. Daner would not always remai'
necessary for Miss \ k ms TO- bnmrTr9 away YYrrr
Cheops aud his tomb TO Thcbcs and karnac.
After seeing this 1t is impossible for any on,
with a spark of IMAGINATION 90 leave Egyp
without going further a-held."
MIR. Dam.r merely wiped his brow and grunt
cd. Fhis Miss Dawkins took "a q signal oil
weakness, aud went on with her task rcrse,
+ myself have resolved to 20 M. Of an,
rate us farns Assouan and tie hrsi ca;nract. !
had thought " scc,dlng to the wishes OF q partJ
who are going gcruss the Great Desert 10y Mount
Stttni to jcru.alrm but the kindness nf yourself
and Mrs. Damcr j. 50 Great, and the prospect OF
Joining N vonr bout = 50 pleasurablr. TINT
oGcr. ""@' y" ~" ''''i' 'o"' '''S h'"o
THE, it will he ~ncEncwlcdgcd. was bold on tho
part OF Miss Dawkins: hut what viii not audarity
effect: To use the slang of modern language,
cheek carries everything nowadays. And what
over may have been Miss IHwkins's deficiencies,
III this virtue size NnS not deficient.
have made up my MUD to accept your
very kind offer. she said, shining Oh MIR uaiuer
with her llandCst smile.
What was n stout, hrcatllcSs. perspiring. mid
dlC-agrd gentleman to do under such Cirrum-
stances Mr.. Damcr was = man Yho, In most
matters, had his own way. That his wife should
have gtNca slCh an invitation without consult
ing him was. he knew, quite iinpUssiblc. She
would rs soon have thought Of asking all those
Arab guides to accompany them. Nor was IL Ia
be- Thought Of that he should allow himself to
be kidnapped into such an arrangement hy the
impuhcncy Of pny Miss Dawkins. but there
was. he, felt, u difficulty ~ answering such n
proposition from u young lady with u direct neg
ativc. especially while he was 50 scant ~ breath.
SO he wiped his brow nrNin and looked at her.
But ! can only agree to this on one under
standing continued Miss Dawkina, and that
Is. tiiHt am allowed 10 d"frny me- own full
share OF the expense Of The journey"
uppn hearing this Mr.. Dam"r Thought that he
Miss Dawkins, ! am always ;he paymastcr my
self aud this. lac c%nntrivcd to say with some
stcrnncss, pnlpltnting though he still was; and
The, sternhGss whi"h vas deficient in his voice he
endcayurcd to put into his Cnuntcnancc.
Rut he did not know Miss hawkins. oh, Mr..
DamCr.' she said. and a. she GloKc her smile
became almost hlan1cr than Il was before;
oh. NJ. pamer. conld not think Of suffering
YOU, &C. he, 50 liberal; ! could not. In
deed. But, ! shall he. quite content that
you, should pay everything. and let me settle
with YOU In one sum after ward"
MIR. Damer's breath was now rather more un-
Dawkins." lac said, that Mrs. Damer's weak
state Of health will not admit of such an ar.
What. about the payingy'
" 'lll ~ ~ llbl uhl We " u VIII
party, Miss Dawkins; and great as would be the
benefit Of your society to all of us. in Mrs. Da-
short. you would not find il agreeable. And.
therefore this he added, seeing that she was
stu ab 9Ss 10 per,eysre fear that we must
And then, looking into his face. Miss Dawkins
did perceive that even her audacity would not
very we'll" she said. and moving from
the stone on which she had been siting. she
corner or the pyramid from which she could
look forth alone toward the sands Of Libya.
In the mean time another little overture was
overture which, was not received quite in the
same spirit. While Mr.. Dance was recovering
his breath for the sake of answering Miss Daw.
kins, Miss Dainer had walked to the further
corner, Of the square platform on which they
were placed: and there sat herself down with
not singular that Mr.. Ingram should have FOL.
owed her.
Arabs had not also followed them. But as this
was the case, Mr.. Ingram had to play his game
under some difficulty. He had no sooner seated
himself beside her than they came and stood di-
rcctly In front OF the seat, shutting out the view.
aud by no means improving the fragrance of the
And this. then. Miss Damer. will be our last
excursion together" lie said. in his tendercst,
DE good Englishman will glib de poor Arab
one little backsheish," said an Arab. putting
ont his hand and shaking Mr.. Ingram's shoulder.
es, yes. yes; him glib backshesh," said an
Him berry good man" said n third. putting
up his hlthy hand. and touching Mr.. Migrants
face.
AM y2GnG lady, berry good, too; she give
Yes" said u fourth. preparing TO take a sim
liar liberty with Miss Damer.
This was TOO much for Mr.. Ingram. He had
deavor to assure hts tormcntors that they would
not get, q, piastre from him. But this only
changed their soft perSuasions into threats.
| pom hearing which, and upon seeing what the
man ATTEMPTED 10 do in his endeavor to get
money from Miss lainer, he raised his stick. aud
struck first one and then the other as violently
As he could u3on their heads.
be envy stG %rG,nd1i Sv s snch SIou me Tor T ,SUY ,ei ha we
the bare ,fcrcheads of the Arabs: but the
obJectsof the Americans wrath, merely sknlked
away: and the, Others, convinced by the only ar
guments which they understood, followed in
pursuit OF victims less pugnacious. :
1t is hard for IA man 10 be at once tender and
ting forth his physical strength with all the vio-
lence in his power. 1t is difficult, also. for him
rage. So he changed his tactics at the moment,
and came to the point at once In a manner beit-
''" "FThnssi ' yiIe w Ssa,G %, m nave mt me in sucb n
heat" he said, that hardly know what | am
Hut the fact is this, Hiss Damer, | can
derstand what ! mean. Miss Damer."
" Indeed do not. Mr.. Ingram. except that |
afraid you mean nonsense"
YES, you do; you know that I love you. |
SURE you, must knowit. Al any rate you
MIR. Ingram. you should not talk in such a
why should | notY But the truth is. Fanny.
can talk in no other way. do love you dearly.
Can you love me well enough Ia go ami be my
wife in a country far away from your own 2"
Before she left the top of the Pyramid Fanny
Damcr had said that she would try.
Mr.. Ingram WAS now "A proud and happy
man, and seemed TO think the steps
of the Pyramid too mall for his elastic
energy. But Fanny feared that her troubles
wore to come. There was papa that terrible
bugbear on all such occasions. What would
para say She was sure her papa would not al
low her 20 marry and go so FAR away from her
own family and country. For herself, she liked
the Americans always had liked them. So she
said would desire nothing better than 10 live
among them. But papa. And Fanny sighed as
she felt that all thu recognized miscries Of a
young lady In love were about 20 fall upon her.
Nevertheless, at her lovers instance, she
promised and declared, in twenty different low
phrases, that nothing On earth should ever
her false to hCr love ar 10 her lover.
Fanny, where are YOU WHY ARE YOU not
Ia COInc DOWN - shouted Mr.. Damer, not
IN the hest Of tcInQCrs. He felt that he had al
been unkiud to an unprotected female. and
hl- heart misEavr Linn, And Yet II wuuld have
him more had he allowed himself 20
be- untrapped 10y Miss hawkins.
am quite Irady, papa, said Fanny, running