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sued Norwood, good fortune seemed
was designated to me simply as Mr.. X,
but he had a generous disposition and
relinquished his rights in favor of the
second highest number. Mr.. P. forth
with became the sole poSSessor of the
coveted object. | need not now re-
the course of few months to the
transfer of the property to each in
turn of the remaining members of the
company, Mr. G. and Mr.. Q. But here
begins the mystery. Within the year,
P. lost his life by the explosion of a
fowling piece without visible cause;
G. disappeared while bathing in the
Nile in the vicinity of a crocodile
pool, and @. died of snake bite. Mr..
X. alone survived and arrived in Cairo
broken in health, only to learn that
the greater part of his fortune had
been lost through the knavery of an
agent Truly, the priestess of Amen
Ra had signifed her displeasure in a
most Convincing manner"
who the deuce was she?" demand.
ed Dunbarton.
why, the mummy, as I should
have told YOU"
But you didn't" remarked the
painter. And why do you suppose
she was displeased?"
Because" the other replied, with
conviction, "she had been accustomed
in life to veneration, worship, love, and
naturally she did not like to have her
coffin knocked about from place to
place.
Il see," Dunbarton admitted gravely.
what became of the cofiin?"
ct had been shipped meanwhile to
Germantown as gift to the aunt OF
the last owner, lady of so far un.
blemished reputation, who almost i'm
nediately acquired the cocaine habit. u
What? Cocaine in the sixties?'
cried the painter, cautiously.
"Ferhaps it may have been opium, '
Norwood admitted. AT all events
she took something peTlicious, lost
everything she had, AID finally sold
the precious relic to Mrs. -feis Wrinkle
Of Tuckahoe. From that day misfor-
ture following misfortune fell upon
the family. In the end Mrs. Meiswin-
kle made a present of it to the city
of New York"
Noble woman!" cried the painter.
That simple aot CT patriotism may
account for M Ill"
Frank said Dulbarton, has this
story of yo..s anything to do with
your kodak I'm
yes, eve: th:1g. Listen. To-day
struggled Ely = -e.a .ato the. museum
and stood BEIGE tle mummy case I'm
detected. But scarcely mad l pressed
the button whe-. vas arrested by an
official, who c~-i--scatc1 the machine
and tooa it to he parcel room. l lest
no time il fica-n5 the director, gaze
my name and yours for surety for my
! respe ia Dility, and, aiter some delay
and RED tape. got bacA my property
yea were l1cAy," the other com
mentei, coolly. We'll? Is that the
end?'
mol" exclaimed Norwood. While
the casset W.s stii in the possession
of MIS- Me;s SiL. lie she had a photo
graph .e'-an eff ~, with c7-e-y pos
sible safeguard Ggai-st deception OF
mista e men tie plae -as de7el
oped it was not the painted features
of the mummy case that looked from
the negative, but-the face of living
woman! The face of the priestess OF
Amen Ra, unchanged through 5000
years, and alive!"
THAT must have Jared them!" Dun
barton commented irreverently.
And mark me, George" Moreyood
said, very grayely, lit was the same
that hold now in my hand. tell
you, man, that woman is alive to-day,
Don't ask me to explain the unex.
plainable. | simply know that she
lives
"Old chap" Dunbarton pronounced
with conviction, what you need is a
good nights rest"
But Morewccd did not reply to
this, for the gentle swaying of an East
ern curtain just then caught his eye
/ Immediately 1t occurred again. and
this time accompanied by the vision
of : human hand. clearly in scarab Of