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

came after you fellows for But how
late IS III -
"F;yc thirty. Wavne rcr lied
All right was the answer, guess
We We goC rjcnty Of time. Now, then,
eaten hold-Cnc ;.i3n a. oa ii corner -
BY our united cn'o:ts we T.9icd up lbr
slab, aad deposited It 30 nrc side. T'acn.
while ! picked up the larp and ha!l
IT. alo'! 50 pccred INTO ,Ea, stone gar.
coph1gus. What met our fascirrtcd
gaze was the most beautiful and per
feet mummy have ever seen. although
the British Museum and our own Met
ropciitan coEiL.i. some fuv ,pccin' ems.
gasp of sati'11c;.on came frcu cor
just as | thought he cxclaimrl
-" \ royal Pha oaa---on Of the earliest
Sl6ers, proba olv See that - pointing
10 girdJc of icwris-cmcralds and
rubIcs-whicb eneirclcd The swathcd (ig.
are. 'And 'ock here he went on
stopping over aud picking NO srme oh.
.ohe objects from Tie bottom of the
receptacle. 's:crahs Of .hc utmost r:,r-
9cI away. ! guess. Old Fuzzy .wuZzv u
20 crazy when he secs what we We got
4 offer for Tin>uin. Let s get back
1ofore the b'gGars bring our break
last,'
We all saw his DRIFT instantly. For
che secret OF che romb with its treasures
ard Pharaoh s mImnv The shek would
probably he Hilli1L to barter our free.
com. But.
''HoId on, Corlico.'' | exclaimed
Remember thc trick secret slab
o'Iyed us once before Better bring
IT." loot with Il. in rasc of aSsidcnts.
That S good IN e>lIcinc, oucss.' he
Issented, so wc >scoopeJ all the scar.
abs we could find, unclasped the leweled
glrdIe. which Wavne rolled mp and stnf.
fed in tho pociinEs Of his Norfolk: lack.
eS, aud then ma ia our way back through
the inclined way l.. our own room.
We had scarcely whlrlcd the square
slab into place once more than we
heard the grating of the great circular
stone at the mouth of the outer pas.
sage as IT was rolled aside by our
guards, and IN few moments we were
| breathing the sweet air of the desert.
Apparently the tribesmen noticed
nothing amlss in our appearance though
we presented extra dusty and dirty
looks after our exploration.
- What S the first move'" querieJ
Wayne
'SWatch me. =" couuseled Cortice
Reckoning The leader of the guard
gigantic half negro, half Arab-he de.
posted in the follow s palm one of the
scarabs, saying:
''Give that to your master tell him
10 come here nj once. Go,
The fellow gazed amazally at the
scarab, then at Cortce, then saiaamed
and departed on dogtrot for the oasis
ali green and cleaning in the morning
sun. AS we watched we distinctly saw
the messenger arrive and disappear in
the sheik s tent. In less than FIVE
minutes the white-robed sheik himself
appeared and strobe over the desert in
our direction.
Thought that would do the busi.
r"ss, commented Cortice '' You sec,
though these Arabs kno: very little
Of fGe ancient Egyptian rel .glon or its
rites, they are aware that such a valu
able scarab could only come from 4 roy.
nj tomb, and they have pillaGcd so many
shat they know there are always raiu.
ablcs to be looked for, to say nothing Of
,he mummy itself. -
''Where got you thiS:'i the sheiil
exclaimed imperiously when within
speaking distance, holding up the scar
alb
"Whcre we can get plenty more, -
answered Cortice, with much greater
riches, See this, and this,'
The Arab S eyes flashed greedily and
gathering up his flowing robes he
crawled into the entrance to the pyra-
mlus we STluneu DIT Sdcn olneT III un-
holy glee. Even if he found the secret
entrance TO the sarcophagus chamber.
be would find only a riaed mummy.
In few minutes out he crawlcd, and
instantly began TO talk business as well
as hls limited vocabulary would allow
"What pricepf lie asked
You put us all on board boat then
we tell returned Cortice, rattling a
few more scarabs nonchalantly in his
pocket,
Now, J haven t the least doubt that
if the old robber had dreamed that the
best part OF the loot was ar that mo-