The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-03

[ ~ IN all directions to make sure that no
human being was within three miles
+ OF us he pulled a tin cylinder from IN
I der his robe and carefully removed
B from 1t the time stained but still in
/ tact roll of papyrus. I must say that
/ 1 never saw a more convincing docu-
ment in all my life The hierOglyphs
/ looked as Egyptian as anything could
] ne. and as soon as I saw them I had
a burning curiosity TO know what mes
/ sage TO the world beyond this poor
mummy had been hugging i'm his Dos
ON through all these centuries. askeI
! regarding the mummy on which the
papyTUs had been found and learned
/ that the inscription on his outer COT
/ fin indicated that he had been an Of
/ hceT assigned to the royal palace OF
RameSeS. II. the type Of cOurtier who
must bend the supple knee and wear
the smiling face, at all times conceal
ing his real opinion of things in gen
/ eraL
The guarantee which accompanied
the papyrus was so heartfelt and al
together emphatic that 7 made the pur-
chase The price was large, but 7 felt
justified in paying it. for the native
assured me that I could sell il to tn,,
British museum at any time for twice
as much. I promised faithfully that I
woUld never mention his name in con-
I
was easily kept, because he had "A
name that no one could have remem-
beTed for two minutes
For obvious reasons I did not show
the document to my travelling COmpau-
/ ions I knew that Il people heard OF
my discovery and got talking about
II I might not be permitted to take il
out Of the country.
When we arrived al Cairo I went 10
Mr. Ralph Blanchard. an American
who is noted as an antiquarian, Egyp-
tOlOgist and mummy collector. and af-
ter few cautious preliminaries told
him that I had a document I'm hero
glyphics Of which I desired a transis-
ton I begged him not to inquire
where or how I had obtained the papy-
rus All I wanted to do was tell me
what the blamed thing meant.
Blanchard was startled as soon as he
looked at the document. I could see
that He said he had deciphered n
good many acres Of hieroglyphics but
this record was unique and the most
/ interesting that had ever come under
/ his observation He spent two DAYS on
the translation. Sc as #e-be absolutely
/ accurate regarding every fine point and
get not only the cold words but also
the literary style and the real spirit
Of the original communications.
Let the translation speak for itself
I must confess that when il was hand
ed me I was overwhelmed. Not only
had a flood of light been let in upon
a most important epoch, but there were
also surprising revelations as to the or
igin of valued words and phrases, Here
is the translation:
Rameses Second is a Smooth Citizen.
His Foxy Scheme is TO bunkO Poster
ity. His Soldiers go out and put up a.
hard Scrap and do up the enemy ana
he hires a StOuecutteT to give an AC-
count of it on Granite Rock and hand
building many Temples The Archi-
tects draw the Plans. The LabOreTs do
the Work The Public foOts the Bill
Rameses and the Local DeitieS are the
only ones who butt into the Inscrip-
tons. He has the future doped out as
follows. Three thousand years from
now. when Cooks Tourists see my Pic
lures all over the Shops. they will con-
cIude that ] must have been the real
Works and they will call me Rameses
the Great.
This revelation in regard to the self
advertising DrOClivities of the great
monarch. coming, as il did. from one
who had been intimately associated
with him. was so vastly important thar
Mr.. Blanchard thought il better 70 YER
fly the translation. He took a copy Of
the document TO several eminent Egyp-
tOlOgists, and they agreed with him on
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