New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-07
Queen HafoSOo.
By w. L ALDEN.

The American Consul at Naples was sitting in
his Office one afternoon. waiting for the hour of
closing when there entered two seamen- One Of
them wore the uniform OF American bluejacket.
and evidently belonged to the American cruiser
that was lying in the harbor. The other. who was
a much older man than his comrade was evil
IDENTIFY in the merchant service, and had the look
OF 9f,9 man an who had been spending week ashore
I am replied the Consul
Bill. here, ard me. wants a little advice OF you
any charge. Only we want you to keep mum about
what we've got to tell you That's fair amt it?''
not SLING to confess any crime to me
On! There amt no crime about It. said the
across Bill, who was shipmates with me four years
Lancaster. We got talking ABOUT little bust
ness that got cheated in when We We're 20
Than S to and tel yGa' about IT. and if
you could see any way for US to get eur riSn3s
Consul Take a cigar and sit down, and tell
offer you anything drink but YOU help your.
self 10 those oranges On the table if you're thirsty,
the man-of-war's man launched into his story
When lying at Port Said. in the Ian
ging. calculating 10 find valuable antiquities. and
through. and BnI here and 1 were particular
friends of his. He'd ladle medicine to us when
twice much medicine out of the surgeons stores
any other two men aboard the snip; thousH a.
''Well. The surgeon got a months leave to go
digging and he got permission for me ana Bll 10
go with him. He told US. soon as we got ashore
of an Egyptian queen called Hatasoo. who lived
about ten thousand years ago. ana that ne want S
Arabs know anything about it. That's the reason Sa
why he took Bill ard to help him. knowing that
we could he trusted. provided. of course he mace
it worth our while 49, ,. ,t,,a IN LAYING IN
tents and stores and such, and we went up the
river place called Luxor which is about as Io%
I ay-ar STR
OF the river there is valley where the OLD Egsyp-
t%nt the surgeon whose name Mr. Thomas
stark calculated TO find his corpse. we Wen
across the river and pitched the tents good WAY
come and the surgeon paid the shela OF t aEd not
let them come and interfere with US Then we 6 SCI
! ever did Why sir! holystoning the decks In the
Persian Gulf is cool alongside or u, E1oT Tners
was NOTHING but sand in sight and the surgeon sac a
that Queen Hatasoo's tomb was ourie3 uhG g ST
about week making dozen or SO dineTen IT. h0Ies
in the ground 0eIoTe nd broke open the door and
went in with our candles -,.,, ,oor,s enough
t., IL W va Accommodate whole family Of corpses
There wasn't any sign OF comm IN I u: 80 Z, one
could see but the surgeon set Us 10 Glgslns ~ U
Corner of the last room. and after olt we strVGa
pit cleared It out and az rns I1ae Of wood
Po ot with painted figures and when we haa
pTlea ine in I as the day when she was made into
q mummy And what showed BIl ana me Ir r :
tbet Hatasoo had big lot Of sold and Jewels Gov
ering her breast which must have been WORN II q
tidy lot Of money il they could have oeeh So'u a.
a fair price. i, x,,, ,,r,ts AMI said that
Inc re ms men the fair value Of the gold and
teyeIs when we should get back to the STATES al.
iI"t he would keep the old lady for his snare dIs
tad ne BilI and me- and lent hand TO carry
SUI 0nren and her traps TO tho surgeons tSnt;
where he put her in big pine a Do Screwed srS her
down Then he said he'd take rest toI d ' ne al
had been little too much Ior hiii'' anu
'u tTt was about noon when Bill and turned out
- u,snt 70 the surgeons tent for orders. AS ne
Si5nt answer our hail calculated that & us
was wrong and went into the tent ana a. aoGI had
e sTven him At and he'd died without being ao'e
to call ,5 -, btr, though he
,raIn'f look It, When We md hraSed up WIlI1 - q
drI3 ont of the surgeons flask, Bill SAYS 20 i
W. ths thing for US to do was 10 get aMay -.
the queen and take her to Amer1f1s a on for the
rest OF our days 1 agreed with him taaI tnG stt
geon being dead. couldn't nave any -N ~