Evening star., 1911-01-15

it on again. or that big British dudell get her"
That braced him up. all right, all right, an in a
few minutes he an Aileend formed exclusion
club of two members, an they seemed to think they
the only couple on the boat.
Well, Son, when got to Luxor, Bunny had
things all his own way The Johnny Bull gave up
an left the boat in disgust. But his goin made no
difference to Bunny; he danced around Mumsy
and Aileen more than ever. Aeen called him her
Knight of the Nile right before Mumsy. an he
dubbed her his Princess
pUT, say, it was at Karnak that the Knight got
= in the good graces of Mumsy She had that
old temple on the brain, an just
swallowed our breakfast each mornin she'd ask
Bunny to galop to Karnak. An we fourd
ramble round that old stone heap all day. But I
couldn't see anything to get excited about. Aieen
kept sayin'', It's beautiful! Mumsy was always
repeatn', Its grand!" and the knight of the
Nile was forever hollern', Its sublime!"
Say, was bored to death goin' aroun lockn
at nothin' an listenin to them calm that old pile
Hichens' monuments of the Nile to read. An
l sees nice story about statue that had lot of
divine shallowness of soul. An when we comes to
a statue that they calls beautiful an graceful
"Yes, says l, an its got lot of divine shallow
ness of soul too.
Well, they all gave me the ha-ha
what you laughin at?" says l.
Then they more than ever, an Bunny pulls
side an says, Jim, old man, didn't you see
that statue had its head knocked Off Don't talk any
about headless statue having divine SOUL Just
That night after dinner Bunny gets us together an
tells it's full an that Karnak will be glorious
An when Mumsy an Aeen hears that they're wild to
rot back to the temple So loses nice game of bridge
an gaops back with 'em to the blasted old ruin.
Bunny leads up to the top of the highest pyon. He
points out the vast desert an the fown Nile three
round an tells whoppers about the great court below
three hundred feet square, the grand hall of hundred
and thirty pillars the obelisks. an the pyons, an
the mighty Kings an beautiful Queens that lived
there long ago. Next he looks at Mumsy an says:
Some like this temple best by day when all its fadee
g!ories are flooded with sunlight; but love it on
drink in its walled solitude and its eternal silence. Oh.
he yes, "Karnak The soul of Karnak bathed in fairy
moonlight always expands and elevates my soul with
feelings can't express. and when look at its sleeping
pillars and pylons think they're thousand times
more sublime than when view them frightened by all
the spiendor of the SUM"
bunch of words But Mumsy falls for it all an says all
excited, That's just the way feel"
Say, says do you people know it's two o,clockl,,"
Then they said somethin about me breakn the spell.
an Bunny shut off his gasworks. an ambled back
to the boat.
goes shoppin', an Bunny gets another chance to
show Mumsy that he's the right kind have around
Mumsy gets stuck string of ten bugs called scarabs.
got up in the form of bracelet. The faker who was
sellin 'em wants one thousand dollars for em, an
Mumsy agreed to take EN-. Just then Bunny an
Aeen comes up an soon Bunny gets his lamps on
the bugs he tells MumSy they fake halmarks on them
an they weren't worn by Pharaoh or Rameses H., or
Seti L. or any of the oldtimers They're not worth
fifty dollars says Bunny. Then he takes Mumsy
round the Tiffany shop of Luxor an picks the
real goods for her, an she buys 'em.
Well, Son. after that, an seein' Mumsy get him to
read to her an Aeen, thinks Bunnys the real goods,
just after started for Assuan Bunny an Aleen goes
into the readn an ills Mumsy that they re
gagged an that they wants to get married at Assuan.
But, say, in few minutes Bunny out lookin
if he just got over a knockout.
What's up?" says l.
"Oh," he says, "Mumsy don't mind our being en-