Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-25

soul Boodha, there is no humor,-of that have had
thousand proofs.-but have read that Egyptians
given levity. &c. my gentle Rameses, it may be that
you will turn in your sarcophagus and smile at this
subtle wit of modern. Then he read the letter once
more, rendering passages into Hindusanl.
@See Boodha, he added, captain Sahb fears that
lonesome here with you and the natives of Little Ok
ford and has sent this other this Egyptian to cheer
"Huzoor this is indeed like unto the Captain Sahlb
declared Boodha. "Dd he not tie live pig in the mess
kitchen Lahore. the cooks, who of my faith
being ussumans could not prepare dinner to the end
that the Colonel Sahib and the officer Sahbs suffered
much pain because of their hunger!
"Yes, it's not unlike my playful brother, muttered
DR.. Tom; "and III just keep this matter quiet till
have chance get rid of guest from the Nile.
THE advent of the coffin shaped box episode
in Little Oxford. Leigh-Mervyn was an irritating
mystery The things he did were irregular such as hav
ing heather servant one suggestive of wooden gods.
idols and other things pertaining to the Black Art and
the things he didn't do equally uncanonlcal He
didn't sit in the village grocery and gossip; he didn't go
to church, he didn't engage in the souelevating endeav
of money getting So the villagers shot suspicion at
DR.. Tom, and an occasional stone at BOOdha, feeling
that they magnanmous in letting it rest at that
Now while the village worried over the coffin box
DIR. Tom worried over its disposal Rameses got on his
Captain Frank had not thought OF tins part OF
the mummy mission but nevertheless the Egyptian
was making himself felt 1t like evil spirit in the
house corpse would have been bad enough: but this
that had been dead for two thousand years worse:
it was symbolical of the decay of a vast Empire.
Unfortunately, Dr. Tom had dipped just enough into
dscernble Katie Egyptian conception of the Aspect
AS well might Pharaoh himself be stalking about the
doctors halls 1t though wretched nemesis
had up out OF the dead past OF the ORIENT to sit
grinning at his board.
Then he hit upon plan, brilliant plan, suggested
by the fact that he going that night to Ottawa on
business Why not present Rameses to his dear friend
there Professor Bacmann antiquarian and all the rest
of it. lover of dry bones and parched cutlce-the
drver and more parched the more precious?
Leigh Mervyn chuckled at this happy solution; it
alcn a
They would be consumed by curiosity to what in
the strange looking box. Now it would have popped
into the village and out again, and they could go
wondering for the rest of their natural lives.
He tackled card the lid, and with the servants
assistance placed it in the hall, SAYING I'm going to
Ottawa for two days, Boodha, and will give this
cursed wanderer to Sahib there | will tell the
pressnan to come for it in the morning
Boodha had perpetual presentment Of evil hanging
over his turbaned head in Little Oxford largely DUE
doubt to the hardness of the cobbestones his anatomy
had intercepted on their winged flight from happy
youths reckless hands. He had also taken very liter
ally their expressed intention of offering him up
human sacrifice. But now, when he begged to accom-
pany his MASTER the latter laughed at his fears and told
him to sit tight-hold the fort
WITH misgivings Boodha his master depart. and
w sundry manifestations through
the first hours of the night deepened
the Mussumans fears. Some of the
young hoodlums prowling about i'm ~
! A
bued by mischevous curiosity were M
seen by him. Half crazed by fear, he II RI
ran the mental gamut of his chances n /Ws
alone among these boodthirsty Sahibs, II /XX
and saw little left but choice between 81 IEWl
being murdered in the house slaugh- S8Ns
tered if he sought to escape. \, H4sY'ISnr
Fear quickened his sense of self pres dGT1aty,.
ervaton, and like his master, he hit r. s,~S
upon brilliant idea. OF course, kneeing Eh igS
on his little prayer rug, he had offered NV ~;
up most fervent appeal for wisdom to lkN Nm,
Allah; so this inspiration MTSJA4
doubtedly the favor of the true God. III n w
The box was to follow the Dr. Sahib to VxsHAflSS
Ottawa in the morning and he would W/hMM
occupy it. Allah be praised How COM E1A