The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-25


nineteen small chambers, besides the one
for the king The relics were similar TO
those in the other tombs.
All the torbs showed signs Of fire. In
one the wooden floor was almost char
coal These fires had destroyed much,
but the stol.s, or gravestones, were there,
bearing the royal crests-all except in King
Denis. His gravestone had not been I'm
ished and the name was got from the
ivory plaque.
The gods with whose tomhs Amelincau
is busy are the most famous in Egyptian
mythology.
The god Osiris was the brother-husband
OF goddess Isis. Artists had trouble with
his brother Set. who was much the same
as the Greek god Typhon 1t came acout
in this way:
Deb, the earth god, and Nut, goddess
of heaven, had four children; Isis and
Nephthys, goddesses. and Osiris and Set,
gods. Isis became the wife of Osiris and
Nephthys married Set, just to keep things
in the family. Papa Deb gave the earth
TO Osiris. who did well with It. In those
aeons. all the world there was was Egypt,
or, IL there were more, the Egyptians did
not know about II, and 1t might as well
not have existed. AS the earth prospered
under Osiris rule Set grew jealous. He
saw the Egyptians hoeing round IN the
garden and fields. raising crops, enjoying
good laws and having a pleasant time
generally He thought he would like
little Egypt himself He found also that
he had liking for Isis. He was sure she
was better than Nephthys, whom he did
not care a lot about, though she was his
sister and his wife (perhaps one should
say she were). Another thing may have
inaus need him. He never had married
Isis Like some exceedingly bad men, he
thought ANY woman-or goddess-we
haven't married Is better than the one we
have"
SO Set began TO scheme TO attain his
double end According to Helen Mary
Tirard, who has lived In London and
should know. the rest OF the story runs
thus: Set secretly took the measure OF
osiris body and made according thereto
a richly adorned chest. He took this chest
with him 10 a feast. Osiris must have been
there, though Helen Mary Tirard does
not say so at the beginning OF her story
At any rate, every one there Thought sets
box mighty fine. They said nice things
about It, to which Set replied that he was
glad they liked 1t.
1T is pretty fair box OF its kind he
said, land your remarks about It are so
agreeable that / should be only too happy
TO present II to any one 1t will Sup
pose you step up one by one and try SO
one by ono each guest hunched himself
this way or that. whichever way he
thought would put him into shape to fit,
and laid down in the box Osiris was a
polite god and had stepped back. always
to let the next one ahead He had not ex-
pected to have a chance at Mt at all
But he did. and 1t was the last mt OF his
life for the moment he was I'm, bang!
down went the lid. Set nailed 1t lest any
thing should happen to the time lock, and,
having some molten lead handy, covered
the box thoroughly with II. With bit
OF chalk he marked Through freight
on one end and shipped 1t off to sea.
All this grieved Isis and she left her
happy home hurriedly with seven
scorpions as pacemakers. Seven scorpions
can make even a goddess get a gait on.
Despite her divinity her high rate of
speed wearied her In time, and she stopped
at a lady's house to rest but the lady did
not care for the pacemakers and shut the
door. This rude act vexed one of the
scorpions, whose name was Tefen. He
went round to the back door, slipped In
and stung the ladys child. When Isis
heard the lady cry. MY chi-l-l-eld, my
chi-l-e-l-el-df' she was sorry, and ran
round TO the rear. where the youngster
lay and told II to wake up The child did
so instantly. Then Isis went into a swamp
and hid. Her son Horus was born in this
swamp. Any Egyptian can show you a
swamp down that way now to prove the
story Butu, who was goddess of the
north side. took care of little Horus and
nursed him tenderly, until one day he sat
on scorpion. This startled the scorpion.
who was IN the midst OF an afternoon
nap. and, awaklng with a start. he was so
unfortunate as to sting Horus Isis asked
Re, the sun god. to do something for her
darling, 80 Re sent 10th, the god of wis
dom. who soon had little Horus running
about once more.
Honug stayed In the swamp and grew,
while Isis went TO all the shipping agen-
Giles and lost package departments to see
II she could find out what had become of
Osiris. She had aueer-looking god along
with her, whose name was Anubis. He
had a jackAfs head. but otherwise he was
a pretty fair god. Anubs was considerably
related TO Isis Really. Isis was his aun;,
as his mother was Nephythys, the sister of
Isis, aud his father was the brother Of
Isis and also the husband of Isis Osiris
should have behaved better. His examine
was bad. What could he expect from Set
and who can blame Set that he was not
particularly fond OF Nephthys9 Isls's ex-
ample was much better. Despite the things
she knew about Osiris she continued 20
hunt for him What would she do when
she found him7 Not a thing She had
gone over 70 Phoenioia and hired out as a
nurse 10 the King az Byblos. While she vas
LEADING this useful life Osiris rolled up on
the beach one night. and a tree that nan
pened 20 be growing at just that SPOT
took him In. coffin. lead paint and all
The king. seeing how big the tree had
gruwSl. had man cut Il down and ron
% over 90 whore he lived for a pillar TO
HIS kinEly house The coffin was In IL
and In tho cofAu was OSIRIS Isis saw IT,
and knew at once that osiris was some
where around She confessed 10 the KING
that she was goddess and that her
brother and her husband was In the pill
ar The king said ne was sorry 20 lose
sach a good nurse. but she might 60 II
she chose and take tho ccfan with Ter
re said whenever he looked AZ the au,ar
he should think ~ her. 50 Isis pulled
out the box and took u to Egypt where
she wegt Then she hil hcr treasure and
wcRt Un 20 see hos Horus WAS getting
on in his studies
While she was with Horus there was a
mooniigA, uight. and Sci vent out TO
shoot aiusators and hippopotamL Natural
I ly he found The BOX Ia which were his
brother ana his brother In-lAw and his
wlfos friend. And tae whole three OF them
I we're On a box without a toubL Inme-
diatcly SEX made This discovery he took