The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-16
(Chicago Tribune.
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Found the most wicked old Guee

Found, the mos wicked old queen
in history.
She poisoned, stabbed and drowned
fully thirty of the members of her
royal household. from the highest dig
nitaries 10 the court fool.
Her record Is a bloody me. His
torians arc finding out a great deal
about her life these days. She is be-
ing u~nfavorably compared with the
great Cleopatra, Who sent more than
one good man 10 liis doom through
her ambition and beauty.
This queen is known to posterity as
Queen Thy. Wife of Ramses Ill, one
of the Pharaohs of Egypt, and who
dark centuries before the coming OF
Christ.
Thy lived 5000 years ago and was
undoubtedly the most wicked queen
who has ever lived" said James Henry
Breasted, professor of Egyptology and
oriental history at the University of
Chicago.
Thy, one of the many wives in King
Ramses's harem, had at one time been
the favorite OF the king. h was a
woman of rare beauty, with great,
long locks of ave black hair and
large black eyes. with lids that droop-
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her master. with deep devotion. When
she bore him a son her love became
even more intense.
Thy was happy and content in the
kings love until Father Time robbed
her Of her great beauty and Ramses
turned his eager attention to a young
er, fairer queen, who also had a son.
One day while sitting in the beautiful
gardens which the king had made for
his wives. and playing with her little
son. Pentewere, a gossiping servant
the crown to another prince. the son
Of her rival.
Thy nearly swooned at the news, and
when she fully realized that it was a
deathblow to her ambitions for her
son, her love turned to hate. She
made up her mind that she would get
the throne for her O at any cost,
even the cost of Ramses's life.
With Pebekkamen, the chief of the
chamber" and Mesedure. a royal but
Ter. Thy planned a terrible conspiracy
own SON. Pentewere, upon the throne
With oriental superstition. Pebekka-
men first bought an outfit Of magical
waxen figures OF gods and men. by
which no believed he was empowered
to evade the people of the harem
guard. who might otherwise have dis
covered and intercepted one Of their
numerous messages necessary to the
development Of the plot.
Pebekkamen and Mesedure then Sc.
cured the cooperation of ten harem
officials Of various ranks. four royal
buffers. an overseer of the treasury
a general In the army named Peyes
three royal scribes in various Offices
Pebekkamen's W assistant and sew.
eral subordinate officials. AS most OF
these people were in the personal serv-
Ice of n Paraoh. Thy was convinced
that the conspirators would succeed.
Six wives of the officers of the har.
EN- were won owe to the intrigue
They were useful in securing the
transmission of messages from inmates
Of the harem to their relatives and
friends outside. Among these inmates
was the sister of the commander OF
the archers in Nabia. who struggled
out a letter to her brother, and sc
gained his support for the enterprise
All was ready and ripe for a revolt
and revolution outside the palace. in.
tended to accompany the murder OF
the king and enable the conspirators
to seize the government and place
their ~pretender. Pentewere. on the
throne.
Thy worked cautiously but unceas.