The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-26

papyruS.
For an instant Eve paused there Y
looking wistfully back at him. Almost a
any one in Freemantle, especially the {
young men, would have scoffed at the !
idea of Eve Langham being in love :
with Professor Fenton-Eve Langham, Y
who was the prettiest girl in the town
and who could have had her pick Of :
the eligible beauS. But it is a fact
that Ewes eyes suddenly filed with
tears and that she turned and fled
down n side aisle to the cloakroOm.
Standing in the doorway she shook
her fist at the collection of Egyptian
relcs-at the mummy cases ranged
against the walls, at the ancient tomb
furniture in the glass cases, at the cab
inets of scarabs and Egyptian jewelry.
"Ughi How | hate every one of
your sobbed Eve in sudden fury
The sun was streaming through the
delicately tinted glass of the window
beside which stood the beautifully |
painted mummy case of King AIKEN
tolem.
Professor Fenton had arrived early
! at the museum and busted himself |
with preparations for the removal of |
i the wrappings with which the mummy
was encased. He was in q slight
tremor of excitement, anxious to begin
the task that promised so much from
a scientific point of view. What would
his investigations disclose? Might not
he make q discovery that would throw
light on the mysteries of bygone ages
and perhaps win fame in the eyes of
science? SO he unused as he waited
the coming of his assistant, Miss Lang
ham.
Andrew, the porter brought two
benches and with Professor Fenton's
!, help he lifted the heavy case and laid
it on the benches and removed the
cover.
, Within that were folds of yellowed
! cere cloths, and when these had been
removed there was disclosed the
shrunken form of the king who 5000
years before had ruled over the land
! of Egypt.
Just then the clock struck o, and
;, Eve appeared in the alcove, beautiful,
clear eyed, white robed.
!. Good morning" she smiled
:. Good morning, Miss I4angham; you
: are Just in time" greeted the profess
:. . sor delightedly. 1T is my intention, of
). course, merely to examine the hands
. of the king l would not do this, you
understand, if 1 had not myself dis
covered the mummy and were not
about to present it to the museum.
don't want any doubt concerning the
identity of my gift"
"Of course not. l hope you don't
: want me to touch any of the-tht
- gummy cloths" She shuddered a littl,
= as the professor gently touched tn,
!, left hand of the mummy.
:. ''Of course not--of course not.
- merely want you to be here to sort o
share my enthusiasm. | should los
zest in the discovery If you were no
: here. The very instant | discovers
:. the secret of the Cheve papyrus yo
- will recollect that | called you by tele
- phone at once to rejoice with met"
~ Eve laughed, Il remember; it wa
! after midnight and mother believe
:, that it was TO announce bad news.
"a gave us quite scare"
Very inconsiderate of me- murmu
J his task of removing the wrappings.
Eve leaned against the wall an
| watched his handsome intellectual fac
bending over the mummy case. Fl
was barely thirty-eight, and his ha
was craving at the temples, but h
eyes were dark blue and very brigh
and closely cropped dark mustacl
a broke the severity of his classic fe
IT lures. He was big and broad shoI
II dered and very lOvable in big, blu
dering, self absorbed sort of way.
Y 'IIar' he said suddenly, and e
\ leaned over the case. There came
a sweet, spicy fragrance of benzo
and myrrh and cedar.
what have you discovered?" breat
p ed Eve.
"The ring is there-see the lump /
4 der the bandage?"
= The professor continued to unwi
the linen, and Eve. forgetful of t
grewsomeness of the task, watch
him eagerly. At last the ring was {
closed on the Shriyeled digit-fourth
ger of the left hand, counting the thur
the finger of the heart" as 1t
been called-a furnished silver setti
rich with heavy carving, and ST
within the shank a large greenish ste
whose coloring was blurred throy
contact with the gummy bandag
=, pl , the two onlookers, the clever
enlist and the girl who had tried
ONE. become a scientist and had only S
love ceeded in being very sweet and 10
IN able girl
oody s'Three thousand years ago." N
INJURED the professor in an awed tC
II IL He slipped the ring from the finger
held it in his palm. THE pledge
here their mutual love-" he went on. Il
it is ing TO Eve. 1.-THE story of their
I'M has unite outlived any great deeds