Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-22
Been pnkham sAdviee and Medicine

beautiful under the shadow OF great trees
on either side, crossed and recr0ssed py
the Nile and canals, rich ana lNlhs
laudsc;ioo of vivid green. and beyond the
Lybian sandhls blazing in the sun.
The bridges and public buildings mere
are fine we passed the large and pic
turcsque geological gardens and the mu-
scum. always In view Of the pyramids /
which looked as large when we iett 'diIo
as when we stood at their feet. We wouiu |
not rest at the Mena House. but went |
straight 10 the great pyramid, GOT ou'' |
and mounted donkeys. could have KICK |
ed" myself for the pyramids seeme'i
rather small to me. II is true man on
the summit seemed spcck. and "a man
at the base an atom. and a man hali way
ND nothing at all, but IL Is an intehectua''
! not an emotional. impression one receives
| They are lust too immense. too Impossible
J 100 imoracticable for nineteenth-century
! comprehension.
Then We rode away upon our donkeys
! into the desert, led by our little Whlte-
robed Bedouin boys. and clutchcd, sur
rounded. followed. proceeded, pursued ~
"a clamoring mass Of Arabs. 1t would
have been amusing anywhere else, but
! lust there it was unendurabie. On one
! side il was "YOu know Marky IWaln
! book2 Lady. | man took Marky Twain
up Pyramid: ! take you up. lady Two
/ dozen said this 10 me in SUCCESSION ana
/ ia each one | answered: Il know Mark
Twain well. and he told me If | met an
| Arab that looked like you to beware oi
him" Then. "This camel Yankee Doodle
Lady"
They are 50 clever; they tell ones ma
! tionalitv al a glance. 1t made no an
ference TO those keen eyes that we SAID
I'm turn. II am God save the Queen
..Vive In France" and Watch on the
! Rhine" All this time we were rounding
the Pyramid of Cheops and / had Il seiI-
! satfon Of defeat There was nothing lelI
i'm the world to startle me out or my
apathetic self. / lost faith IN the rem
ple of Karnak there and then. suddenly
something ahead rose calmly out Oh me
sands of the desert. We fode on Jus'
a little way. looking across pIlsht
groom rack of arabic land. thick with
palm trees outlined against the cleaning
desert hills, taking color now IN the ue-
scendin, sun. We dsmOunted and walk
cd to a sand hilOck. turned, ana our
! rouls were sweled 20 a harmony win an
the ages For hours we sat silent III ihe
sands looking into that Face when
weary with world knowledge. patient
with an endurance so largely finite as 10
seem infinite. gaZes on at the coIhpieN
workings Of laws universal, Win houtn
closed firmly upon the mystery we Would
give our lives TO fathOm. The camels'
Iro,bers Ia the Sphinx. and bearing the
same tine-honored marks. lie IN the
sards at the feet of II. Her. Hlm-too
,ncient 10 have sex one feels instinct
ivelv that the burning sands, parii-col-
ored of this oldest desert mingled III
J some curious way with water, mas maze
mis- living stone. The same sands more
denly combined have made the camel TO
! exist AS long. but from generation 10
generation. and still more openly, tha'
sand and water beyond the Ken OF iaDo'
P ratorv combina tions. have made the de-
sert-strp beneath our eyes 10 o'oS'0i'i &c
the rose. -, ,.ot,.,i
10 tho great pyramids. sharply outlining
= their Gigantic proportions. which now be
b. pan IA dawn upon us. when they loomed
Il,e eortinals as a magnificent and 11tani,
10 backeround 10 the Sphinx. We sat
on I'm the sands silent, every one
went away: even the Bedouns. disguised
were swallowed suddenly by th'
desert. An aureole OF sleaihlhs' nun
,tn,sI goId irradiated the head OF th'
70 c..ht,, n CLEAN of fire shot from the
o. a goodnight 10 Anon Rattle sun
y ana tben The afterglOw, closely Followed
d hv tho twilight yelling the great heae
I'm shadow and the day was done. W.
L. sot an I'm silence-meteors shooting acros
In the sky above Ms. IL was almost the MOS
In inpressfve hour. We waited very IONS
n for we knew that great work was soi"'
ON behind us. All al once "eilu ""'
,,,.sterious shaft OF light fell as softly a.
y IN 80 eauza across the chest OF th'
IF ion. slowly lifted ana r.
20 ...tI th... massive chin. the mouth ina
e ,,i,bt tell All things if il would-or "ou'
49, :, co,,id-the firm cheek bones; the uh
,f sr.olable ewes caught TO themselves III
.4 shinmering rays and shed upon us awe
s. ,tons one look Of unfathomabIe ihe""
,e ino-and the moon had rlsch' Ndho'h,
ld mad gotten our wraps anu ''' a., -
rs - dry and strangely fragrant We IA
, 49, onne through the Temple OF IN
Snhs,v conducted by thieVlng OF
hail,, built bv Tothmes IN. the cream
-. van know. who dreamed ne tan uhlii
,,,t SOM would inherit the throh
= IN EgvDt from his father. II ne cIeare
tho sand from the Sphinx, ABOUT ~ J.
=. . or more II you could see 'he sl~
b. nj the stones in the walls, OF soi'u'
/, cranitei II makes ones back i"ii'S a."
- think IF the labor We got o'hn'
49, Mona House and GROVE home b
moonlight. - 81, t,,- tho col
sha caught in this freezing hotel thous
- 4, Ia warm out OF doors. people Dach i'oi
~ desert looking like boiled HOLSTERS
$ W. nave gotten English helmets-wn me-
A. with green shade-and eye WASH. w, w,
-, mn our large trunks in the Ddtsase-io %,
P" - -, o., very one here, from the khediV
I'd I'VE U paid his tax yesterday down. surel;
S,nrn ne Egypt. and Syria exist smilinsl
u, bv ana upon American travellers. ''n ne,
heard's is big European ho'ei, no' eve
| t,,,a,os,ing Ms an experience these uay'
lie This IS farewell before the Nile &c
be- ,,,arro,, we must pack and arrange an
I'd The The next day by 10 we shall go on
& haHlese' ',,,oIv c. VI.
pt s-At Alexandria we called on Juds
~ ~ lazy courts which WEI
II in i0', session. and are very interesting. i
was not there and we left note t,,' On n d
n desk in his private room and mailed OF
IN letters 10 him from Cairo.
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