The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-07-25

h1AS and whose SIN bndil OuJiiVc the
ESIT solid mass of mighty pyramid thai
lowered over usl The hoaviness of her
swoon had smoothed away all the false
ness of her face, and naught was left
but the stamp divine Of woman's richest
loveiness, softened by shadows of the night
and dlgnifed by the cast of deathllke sleep.
gazed upon her and all my heart went out
to her; it seemed that l did but love her
more because of tine depth of the treasons
wherein had sunk to reach her, and be-
cause Of the terrors we had outfGced 10.
gether Weary and spent with fears and
the pangs Of guilt, my heart sought hers
for rest, for now she alone was left 70 me-
She had sworn TO wed me also, and with
the treasure we had won we would make
Egypt strong and free her from her foes,
and all should yet be we'll Ali could
have seen the picture that was to be, how
and in what place and circumstances, once
again this very woman's head should be
laid upon my knee, pale with that cast of
death! All! could have seenl
Ichafed her hand between my hands. I
bent me and kissed her en- the lips, and she
woke She woke with little sob of fear
a SILVER ran down her delicate limbs; and
with wide eyes she stared upon my face.
"Ah, it Is thou!n she SAID. 81 mind me-
thou hast saved me from that horror
haunted placer And she threw her arms
about my neck and drew me to her and
kissed me. "Come, love-" she said, 'let us
be going l am sore athirst, and-ah |
so very weary The gems, too, they chafe
my breastl Never was wealth so hardly
wont Come, let US be going from the
shadow OF this ghostly spoil See tho faint
lights glarcmg from the wing of Dawnl
How beautiful they are, and how sweet to
behold Never, in those Halls of Eternal
Night, did think to look upon the blush of
dawn againl Ali / can see the face of
that dead slave yet, with the Horror hang
ing to his beardless chin Betnink theel--
there he'll SIT foreyer-there with the
horror Come; where may we find waterl
would give an emerald for cup of wGteri"
"At the canal at the borders of the titled
land below the temple of Horemkc--it is
close at hand,n / answered. "If any see
us, we will say that VIC are pilgrims who
have lost our way at night among the
tombs. Vail thyself closely, therefore,
Cleopatra; and beware lest thou dost show
aught of those gems about thee"
So she vailed herself, and lifted her on
TO the ass which was tethered close at hand.
We walked slowly through the sand till we
came to the place where the symbol Of :Ae
God Horemku, fashioned as mighty sphinx
| (whom the Greeks call Harmachis), and
crowned with the royal crown of Egypt,
/ looks out in majesty across the land, his
eyes ever fixed upon the East. Even as we
walked the first arrow of the rising sun
quiver.d through the gray air, striking
upon Horemku's lips of holy calm. Then the
light gathered and grew upon the cleaning
sides of twenty pyramids, and, like prom
Use Of Life to Death, rested on the portals Of
ten thousand tombs. Then from his horizon
bed Royal Ra rose up in pomp, and it was
day.
| And passing the temple of granite and Of
slabaster that was built before the days Of
Chufu, to the glory of the majesty of Hor-
emku, we descended the slope and came to
the water of NC canal. There we drank;
and sweeter was that draught Of muddy
| water than all the choicest wine of Alex.
| andria Also VIC washed the mummy dust
and CRIME from our hands and brows and
made us clean. Aud as she bathed her
| neck, STOPPING over the water, one Of the
great emeralds slipped from Cleopatra's
breast and fell into the water, and 1t was
bat by chance that at length found 1t in
the mire. Then, once more, l lifted Cleo
patra on to the beast, and slowly, for was
very weary, we marched back to the banks
, Of Sinor. where our craft was. And having
at length come thiiher seeing no one save
some few peasants going out t. labor on the
lsuds. trrned the ass loose ia TIA; ne