South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-11-05

worshippd by the kings in solomon's
time.
The women have all kinds Of pretty
dresses. They have a vail To cover mp
their faces so that the men cannot see
them. Ii man sees the face of an
other mans wife the mans wife is
killed for letting her face show.
The schools in Egypt are very fun
ny. All OF the children have 20 sit
on the floor with a little desk before
/ them with a pen and a bottle ,Of ink.
| The Englishman who found HasS n
was an artist of England. He wore
the English clothes just as we do. He
was a rather nice man. He took q
liking 10 Hasson and was real good
TO him. There was a boat by the
name Of Romeses Bey.
That is the name Of n lot of Egyp-
tian kings. The most noted was Ra-
meses II. He lived in 1324-14S b. c.
| He ruled in Egypt a long time ago.
The next day they were going to see
the great pyramid which was built in
King Solomon's time. There are some
old ruins which are covered up by
sand.
The way they knew was from the
writing o ma stone written in four Ian
guages and the lasts one was Greek,
whichc they could understand. on
this large Rosetta stone was the pic
ture written in the four languages.
That is why il is so important Ii is
in the middle Of the temple of Egypt.
Only men, women and girls are al
lowed to go to the temple Of God. The
Rosetta stone is very important be-
cause il was used in the temples a
long time ago. The ruins of Old
! Egypt are very beautiful There is
a long stone body facing toward the
east to greet the rising sun. They
have stood there for more than three
thousand years. Another is that ruin
of Thebe. They are enormous col
umns with a kind of stone body in
, the middle. And these large columns
are carved pictures Of all kinds or
things There is pyramid of Cheap.
an Egyptian king.
The Asswan is a large city on the
upper Nile river and nearby the city
of Cairo. The artists name was Gighs
Effendia and the captains name was
Major Bowker. They were going 10
travel across the desert. The next
few days on camel back from Kar-
mack to Oasis of Kharga, which the
artist wished to see. on the way the
captain said Il believe that he is the
son of a rich merchant. He rides SO
easy"
In a little while Hasson's eyes began
to ache. He asked to get off and walk
beside MS camel. AT lasts II came
night and they built fire and ate
some supper and then went TO bed.
The next morning HaSsOn was up
early and saw the mirage of the des-
ert in the distance. II brought the
boys thoughts back TO his home and
tears came to his eyes. He called TO
the artist and told of his uncle's
house. told of his sister. mother and
! father. The camel train was turned
around and went back 10 the city and
| took the train for Cairo right away.
They found the family was very sad
over the loss of their son. They were
happy when they saw him coming.
Major BOwker slipped out wnen they
were praying over the finding of their
| lost son.
The next week the artists told Has
son that they had 10 go back to Eng
| land on business. Hasson was very
| sad for perhaps he should never see
| him again, and he did not.
The writer of this book is Ella
! Blaisndell. Mcdonald and Julia Dab
! rynkle.
The publishers are Little. Brown &
/ Co. Boston.