Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25

med that ] might have gone ashore for a. ali.
stroll. But after breakfast time. irnoh 81. esly
ana dinner time had gone past. tbev boo,U ~
grow alarmed, and sent to look for me in sll A.
tvcNons. One OF their scouts happening to nos.
the Pyramid noticed that ono of tbo sto,o p"aa
tne northeast angle had been displaced 90 az g.
give give access to dark passage, hitherto untnorru
Ealing several of his friends, for he was afro;J
70 70 venture in alone, he passed down the corri
trail hall. There the Fellahin found mo ,,;ar
on the ground, bleeding profusely from wound
| on the breast, and in an adva need staoo IS 49,.
larlous fever. They brought me bocI 70 ths
BOAT and the FitzSimpkinses convened mo a.
or nursing. anu prop
Editha was at first convinced that had :.
tempted to commit suicide because I could not
endure having caused her pain and she ACCORD
| irely resolved to tend me with the utmos, care
through my Illness But she found that INV de-
@ renarks' besides bearing frequent refer.
ence TO princess, with whom 7 appeared n
nave been on Unexpectedly intimate terms alec
remted very largely TO our casus bel itself tbe
dancing girls Of Abu Villa. Even this trial che
might have borne, setting down the moral do.
generacy which led me to patronize so Orien.
val an exhibition first sympton If my an
preaching malady; but certain unfortunate Oh
seIVauons' containing pointed and by no means
latter1ng illusions to her personal snnearapce
winch l contrasted. much to her DISADVANTAGES.
Win tnat OF the unknown princess-these 7 saw
were things which she could NOT foro;,,o ~
she left Cairo abruptly with her parents for tbo
Riviera, leaving behind a stineinp note in
wnlch she denounced my perfidy and emptv
heartedness with all the flowers of feminine Oh.
quence. From that day to this l have never
seen her.
When 7 returned to London and pronosed n
lay this account before the Society of Antioua
RES, all my friends dissuaded me on the ground
OF ITS apparent incredibility. They declare that
must have gone to the Pyramid already in n
state of delirium, discovered the entrance by ac-
cioent' ana sunk exhausted when I reached the
inner chamber In answer. would point ont
three facts. In the first place I undoubtedly
found my way into the unknown passage--for
winch achievement I afterwards received tie
gold 'neia o. the Societe Khediviae. and of
which retain clear recollection, differing in
no way from my recollection Of the subsequent
events. In the second place, had in my pocket,
when found, ring of Hatasou's which / drew
from her finger just before I took the chloro-
form. and put into my pocket as keepsake.
And IN the third place, had on my breast the
wound which I saw the priest inhict with a
knife of greensboro, and the scar may be seen
on the spot to the present day The absurd hy-
pothesis of my medical friends, that was
wounded by falling against a sharp edge OF
rock, L must at once reject unworthy mo-
ments consideration.
My theory is either that the priest had
' " Nohpie'o uiiS OpeI dIIoH, VI else tndL
the arrival of the FitZ-Sirlkins's scouts fright
cred back the mummies to their cases an hour
or so too soon. AT any rate there they all we're
ranged around the walls undisturbed, the mo-
ment the Fellahn entered.
Unfortunately, the truth of my account cannot
be tested for another thousand years But as
copy of this record will be preserved for the bene
fit of posterity in the British Museum, hereby
solemnly call upon Collective Humanity to try
the veracity of this history by sending depu-
tation of psychologists to the Pyramid of Abu
Villa, the last day of December Two thou
sand eight hundred and seventy-scven. If they
do not then find Thothmes and Hatasou Teasing
in the central hall exactly as have described I
shall willingly admit that the story of my New
Years Eve among the lnummies is a vain hallu-
cnation, unworthy of credence at the hands of
the scientific world.