The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-31

(. Cortlcc In 81 lying machine 10 an -
:. old Aztec treasure CITY. the entire =
). party ascends tho Nile and are =
!. held for ransom by an Arab shcik, -
:. out Cortice effects their leaose by =
!. dlvulslng the secret Of an ancient :.
:. tomb.
: !. :.
Just bow it was that we all went TO
Egypt that winter-Lord Wayne, NAL
colin Forbes, Lady Blanche. Miss Cor
lice, Barton Corticc. ard myself do
not remember exactly. but doubtless
il came about naturally enough after
Barton S return from his solitary eXpe-
dition to the Aztec country and his
desire that We should all be reunited
for play-spell.
One thing imprcsScs itself on my
memory even today-the lavish man
uer IN which we made the trip; no eX-
pense was spared. for Corticc was a
rich man by virtue of his many sue
cessful finds, and he insisted that we
should be his guests.
Also ii is worth noting that although
We started out purely on pleasure bent
with no thought OF adventure, yet
before wc turned our faces northward
again we had been through some pret
~ thrilling aud exciting experiences,
which quite unexpectedly gave Bar
ION CoTticc . chance 10 once more dclye
into his exceedingly varied and lurid
past-aud incidentally save our lives.
We did not liuger over Alexandria
Cairo, and the great pyramids; West
bury WAYNE. his sister. and Malcolm
Enrhns l,I Ill -
and for one like our host. whose mem
ory might carry him back 10 the days
when Egypt was Young, these compare
uNclY modern sites possessed no charm.
But there Is only one way Of going
no the Nile. and that is by the native
boats or dahabceyahs; true, there are
sleamboats and Cook IS tours. but their
Progress, like an old maid S temper.
Is. mighty uncertain, The surcst mode
OF travel and the most enjoyable, be
cause the most icisureiy, is TO be waited
aloug by the steady north wind filing
Your great lateen sail, tying up at
some palm crowned bank at sunset with
10 sound OF creakiug water-whccl. and
belng polcd or pushed by an army Of
I iueglne and sweating black men
IN this fashion, then, we passed Kc-
heh and Esuch, and came TO the first
cataract AT Assouan. with Philae Just
beyond. This Was before the wondrous
'sie and It's hoaTv old temple had been
Crowned out by thc great dam,
. Thence onward aud upward. past
horosko and 10 Wadv ITalfa at the foot
OF ibe second cataract, Tho third
cataract, we were not destined TO see
on that cvcn!ful trip. owing TO the
impollte interference of some tribcsmen
OF The Mad Mulah
We had transhippcd from our roomv
dahabcoyah TO smaller boats after mas.
sing The first and second cataracts-
some day the English viii build portage
cana's around those menaceS TO free
nsNlgatlon-and on tho second evening
efier leaving korosko we wcrc moored
= usual TO the west bank Of The river.
oar small crew were knccling I'm PRAYER.
'ach man ou his individual square Of
L Mecca. ''"''"
Forbes, Wayne and myself were on
r,c attcrdeck smoking: tho Urls. Lady
lh'hcbc and Rctt3, were IN their cabin
messing Tor dinner; Coricc himself had
Nh Shet, sShorc by narrow gangplank
winch had been thrown ouf. and his
tall figure stood silhoncticd on ton
VI rue bank against the pale lemon
splofed glow Of the western twilight
rN, II would he dark i'm ten minutes
suddenly | saw Barton sfraiqhtcn IN.
sl slshc his feldglassrs from tho ease
sung over his shoulder. and Gaze earn.
,s.y across the descrt-which of course
We could not sec, AS our deck was AT
bank. WV I'm ol lh'
Mter three or four minutes Of fIris
ala inc tubes together with click.
inc sliding down the bank, and in
.,rslrld strides hoped across the plank.
l,,r,. "4at up?' lazily inquired West
wayne. noting his unusual hurry.
see mere. YOU fcllows-T don 4 want
~ siarm you-but there's sometime
~ 'here you ought TO sec before II
H'ts too dark -
Te AL jumped TO our feet at ;hfs.
"na lnadc for the shore Scramb,inG
~ 'uP inclnc-herc almost pcrpondic
Inc Genortice handed me the glass, | he.
:. nrst OH top, saying:
h,; LOOK yondcr, right under that
waSS9,, STAR see anything coming this
~" instant | got the lenses focused
tornaaHe mnHe out the cause Of Barton = IN,
ho,ss.. band of perhaps thirty AraIl
NJ tkn were riding steadily toward
ioe ,msir ,,;. long guns and spears Glitter
= light. "' sio"nS ln the fast-isding
'''hout answering passed Tho o!as,