The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-12-29
SYNOPSIS

love each other, but she wants to see
two years of thrilling adventures be-
fore marrying. Her reason is that she
is ambitious to be a writer. Old Mr.
Marvin asks to see what she has writ
ten. While Pauline and Harry are in
search of a magazine containing her
first story Mr.. Marvin opens the case
of mummy just received from Egypt
Raymond Owen, his rascally private
secretary, helps lift off the front of
the case, but leaves old Mr.. Marvin to
remove the mummys bandages alone.
Marvin during fainting spell, sees
the half-exposed mummy come to life,
step out of her case, take a bracelet
from her wrist and try to force it into
his hands, while her lips reveal a
strange message from the remote past.
Copyright 1914, by the Star Company
All foreign rights reserved
CHAPTER IL.
Old Mr. Marvin's faculties returned
with snap. There was the library
jast as it had been before his peculiar
Seixure. His sen Harry, was summon
ing on the telephone DR.. Stevens, the
ACdAL bpcSldllbl, duu dulllc, Hlo
daughter was on her knees chatting
his hands and anxiously watching his
face, while Owen the secretary, was
pouring out dose of his medicine.
But the peculiar yellow light had gone
And what about the mummy? 1t stood
just as he had left it, the lower half
of the case was in place, the upper
half was out, revealing the loosened
hA Nd ,,t frlt ,f lA
forehead. One strand of jet black hair
hung down. All was just as it was
when the little vial had fallen out.
I'm all right, I'm all right" pro-
tested Mr.. Marvin, somewhat testify, as
he twisted about in his chair to get a
good view of the mummy. Look out,
don't step on that bottle"
Harry looked down and picked up
the tiny vial which had fallen from the
bandages wrapped around the ancient
form.
Smell of it," his father ordered.
Harry shifted it and remarked that 1t
smelled musty and passed it to Pau
line. The girl carried it to her nostrils
again and again. She looked perplex-
ed.
We'll, what do you think of it?''
asked the old man.
Why - can't remember, but
ought to know I'm sure / do know,
The devil you do muttered her
foster father. What makes you think
yeu ought to know"
why, it is SO familiar. I'm certain
I've smeled it often before Haven't
II"
We'll if you have, Polly, you are a
nIAnr than I a o nIdnr than
thing in this country as old as the
pyramids That bottle fell out of the
mummy, and | can assure you it has
been there some three or four thou
sand years When | smelled of that
bottle it gave me queer effect, ] felt
as though / We're going to have one of
my fainting spells and was glad to get
back to my chair. It's funny about
that mummy. | thought that she came
out and talked to me"
why, father, what horrible
thing!" sympathized Pauline.
Not horrible at all She was a
beauty and a princess. She was in
terested in your picture, Polly, and she
looked like yon too, except, let's see
yes, her hair was black, jet black, like
that one lock hanging down"
sOh," interrupted Pauline, Il wish
my hair We're black, and | often dream
that 1t is, and that | am walking
around in a pretty, white pleated dress
and my feet are bare"
And bracelet on your wrist
your right wrist?" questioned Marvin
eagerly.
II don't remember" said Pauline
thoughtfully.
We'll, We'll see if YOU had one and
also whether | was dreaming or not,
announced the old man with q half
ashamed look as he rose somewhat
unsteadilv to his feet. Harry and Pau
line tried to keep him quiet. He
brushed their warnings aside and
walked unsteadily to the mummy.
Lets see its face" suggested Harry
carelessly
No." said his father Il have an
idea that this old but young lady would
not care to have us look at her. But
there is enc thing | must find out
want to know II she wears a bracelet
of linked scarabs on her right wrist
or not"
All of this was rather a bore to
Harry, who lived intensely in the
present, had no interest in Egypt, ex-
ed as an orphan baby there, and ask
ed nothing of the future except that
it allow him to marry this obstinate
but fascinating little creature at the
earliest possible moment. The ques-
uon had been brought up half an
hour before, and he wanted it settled
ut once Harry wished they would de-
eide about his marriage instead of
fussing around with an old mummy.
My son, | venture to say that you
would have been interested in this
young woman had you met her"
Possibly" admitted the youth with
4 slight yawn.
yes" continued his father, busily
searching for the mummys right
wrist, 'she was probably what you
would call a peach"
She may have been a peach in her
day" thought Harry "but today she's
dried apricot
The elder Marvin's searching fingers
encountered a hard object 1t proved
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