Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-24

4 room heard and fastened to hla side.
| Splendid, Pauline. my dear he re-
peated. splendid. / never realized
that you possessed such ability Why
that fire at sea could not have been
better described. And wasn't Lady
Florence The Grave girl 10 entertain
all the passengers with her beautiful
dances when she knew that q fierce
ire was raging almost under her very
feet
IF you think that travel would aid
| you | am agreeable that you shah
spend one year abroad viii let you
go under the care OF my trusted sec.
rotary and then l want you 10 como
home and marry my boy
Harry entered mild protest against
the proposed trip. asking. why noe
get married and you and take the
trip together. Paulinef.
Pauline, however. Is OF q different
mind She desires to make the trip
one OF work not pleasure. Her ideals
are OF the highest order and she b
firmly convinced that by travel. and
by travel only, can she improve her
knowledge and reach the height IN
the field OF literature % which she
aspires.
owen Is elated over the confidence
reposed in him By his employer and
promises to take the best OF care OF
his charge provided Mr.. Marvin sees
at to carry out the arrangement he
has suggested But another power. one
with which none OF the quarfette had
reckoned, was to take Z hand n their
little AFFAIRS and to change IN q most
radical manner their plans for the f,i-
ture.
Sanford Marvin seeks further pleas.
ure In the unwrapping Of his mummy
and as he cuts away the bands that
bind her-the mummy 10 that Of an
Egyptian princess Of q reigning house
when the history Of the Occident was
In the making his mind wanders back
to his pleasant visit. n her native land
but short time ago.
All the others have left him alone
with his treasure and leisurely he pot.
tiers around the mummy case until he
stumbles across q relic Of the past
ages for which be had not bartalnod
Ewnen he purchased the mummy. a
small eartnen bottle, tightly cofked.
Is caught in one Of the folos Of the
mumnnys Wreppings. s.
Marvin leaves the mummy 70 exam
line his newly fonnd fr6a4lre. He re-
/ moves the stopper nom the kiht ylal
iepd there eEhaes thin tklsso g
161kS substance. MARVIN -. cur.
0sltg aroused. fnhales { quantity d
tnis SUBSTANCE and n few moments
drops on INTO heaty faintlht spell.
ne arouses from MS spell WIN ; err
OF alarm which quickly brings 10 his
side TWEEN, kaunne and Harry, the
former hoping ana the latter two fear
ing that something serious may have
happened to the aged man.
quickly removing the bandage from
around the wrist OF the mummy. Mar.
yln discovers an odd snake-Ilke brace,
| let, which he places on the wrist Of
Pauline and then recites 70 his little
audience dream with which he was
visited during his faintlng spell bnc
few moments before.
In his dream MARVIN had seen the
mummy discard her wraDplnes and
step from the mummy case. she wna
more beautiful than all OF the descriD-
tons he had ever heard Of the beaufi-
ful women OF Egypt OF bIbiIcal
times and with her beauty possessed
knowledge OF aifairs that denoted her
high station in'life and her comprehen-
SON Of matters pertaining TO her
country.
Particularly struck had the mummy
been with an oil painting Of Padiine
which adorned the wall OF the roceb-
ton hall and on Tie picture she had
gazed lovingly and long. Following 4
4 careful examination OF the furnishings
OF the room and OF the taule upon
which Marvins head was resting. the
beauteous visitor who had stepped OUT
OF century OF centuries, maybe. en-.
i gagged Marvin in conversation. what
did she say to himys That he could
not remember but he realized that her
message was one Of importance and
had to do with the bracelet which now
adorned the Wris. OF Pauline, and that
It was message from the remote past.
This bracelet the princess had EN-
deavored to place on the wrist OF Mar.
win and 50 impressed mad he been with
the bracelet episode that Immediately
4 upon recovering consciousness ne had
instinctiyely felt for the relic Of the
womands jeWelry.
II Apparently as Marvin was about TO
J recover consciousness the princess had
again stepped back into the case and
was nothing but mummy when he
next examined II.
That the strange vision had some
; connection villa Pauline, Marvin felt
!, assured The admiration or the dream
princess for the painting or his adopt
/ ed daughter and fancied resemblance
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