The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-08-20
A CARDBOARD WOMAN
THE MALlGN INFLUENCE OF A MUM-
MY CASE FROM EGYPT.
Queer Sequence of Fatalities and
Hard Luck Experiences That APP
pcarcd to Ee Unhappy LcSacic. to
Those Interested In Ita Custody.

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chief who .!.cd before there were
phara0Ms i'll Egypt or pyramids on the
Nile. stands Il nodded from
some :. etp.!t form Of cardboard. Size is,
merely -. Il. the cover Of Il murray
case. i,,@ lands are crossed ab@Te
her brr@ ID her dark eyes s;"""
forward j.. , %acancy.
.iccordil. 20 the catalogues She is
No. 225422, problrmatical royal per-
soIagc ard ., pricstcss OF the College
Of Amen RI. She lived in the mighty
city Of 'rlebcs some LOGO years before
Christ.
And about this same coffin
there hangs as terrible a story rs ever
an Edgar Allan Poe or Il BalZac or Il
Kipling produced from a gloomy mag
ination.
If you question the attendants in the
first Egyptian room they will shake
their heads and say nothing. But
there is II famous professor in the
museum who knows that the facts are
true. though whether they be q coinci-
dencc or Il manifestation Of supernat-
ural power who a say? lie says:
For three months l have been gath
cring the tangled threads OF evidence.
l have now III my possession proofs OF
the identity of all those who suffered
from the angcr Of the prieStess Of
Amen Ra. But for the sake of friends
and relatives | have been requested to
suppress The names.
about the middle OF the sixties Of
the last century Il party Of five friends
took ship in Il dahalcall for Il trip up
the Nile. They Travelled to Luxor on
their way to the second cataract. and
stayed there to explore the ruins of
the great and wonderful city Of Thcbes,
with its avenues Of sphinXcs and rams,
its vast hall Of columns and its temple
10 Amen lia. which is %uncqualcd N
earth in the sUblimity of its ruined
magniticencc.
"One night an Arab sent by Musta-
pha Aga came to n of their number,
Mr.. d.. as we nay call him, saying
that he had just found Il mummy case
Of unusual beauty. What became of
the mummy the man did not explain
The next morning Mr.. ID. bought the
case. Both h." and his companions
were impressed by its remarkable
beauty and by the curious face Of the
woman portrayed, Il face that was
filled with Il cold malignancy Of en-
preston unpleasant to witness.
"Thcy had agreed that. being all
interested in ligyptology. they should
apportion their finds by lot. and so,
though Mr.. u. had been the cause of
its discovery, he lost the mummy cover.
which passed 70 q friend, whom we
will call Mr.. w.
ut was on their return journey that
the series OF misfortunes commenced.
Mr.. DIS servant was handing him q
gun, when without visible cause 1t ex-
the charge lodging In his ARM,
which had to be amputated; a second
died in poverty within the year; a
third was shot. while Mr.. w.. the own
er Of the mummy case, discovered on
his arrival in Cairo that he had lost a
large part Of his fortune. He died soon
afterwurd. The 'priestess Of Amen Ra
had signiticd her displeasure in a very
manner.
"From the date it was shipped on
the steamer Mr.. d. lost sight of
the mummy ease for several years.
He did not at tire time in any way
associate the miSfortunes that had DC
cured to the party with it's discovery,
but Wien he next heard Of it and had
full information of the disasters which
had been subsequently associated with
it's possession he began to suspect that
it was not merely chance, not merely
lister Il fate on "ll who had dealings
with the prics:rs., Of Amen Ra.
"On the arrival of the case in Eng
land it was given by its wncr Mr.. W.,
to Il married sister living near London.
From the day the case entered the
The family suffered large losses, and
the end camc with painful troubles
which need not lie specified.
The lady while in possession Of the
case received M day a visit from
Nine. Blavats4:. The greet theoso-
phist became very disturbed on enter
ing the room. and after n few minutes
conversation told her hostess that there
was something in her house possessed
of a most malignant influence. She
asked to be allowed to search the house
and on discovering the coffin lid ap-
pealed to her hostess to send away an
object which she described as of the
utmost danger. Her hostess. however.
refused. laughing ut Whist she imagined
to be an example of foolish supersti-
ton.
Some time aftcrward the lady sent
the case to Il we'll known photographer
in Baker street. Within a week the
chief Of the firm came down to this
lady's house in a state of great excite
Ment. He had. he said, photographed
the face with the greatest care, and he
could guarantee that no n had
touched either the negative or the pho
tograph in any way, yet It was not
the cardboard features that looked out
Of the photograph. but a living Egyp-
tian woman staring straight before her
with an expression Of singular malevo-
lence. Shortly after the photographer
died suddenly andrmysteriously.
at was about this time that Mr.. d.