Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-02
DUST OF EGYPT"
Will Be Shown at Gregg Theatre
Su day, Nov. 5th

with remorse at being under the in
fluence of wine, vows he has had his
last fling and settling himself in
morris chair to day dream of his
sweetheart, Violet Manning, falls
asleep. He is awakened by an insist
ent ringing of the bell by Simpson,
his friend, who asks him to take care
of a woman for the night--a dead
womanlin fact mummy three thou
sand years old. Simpson finally pre-
walls upon Godfrey to house the
mummy for the few hours till morn
ing, and with the help of Geoffrey's
valet places the case in an upright
position against chair. Godfrey out
of curiosity, opens the case, removes
the mask and bandages from the face
and discloses a beautiful young girl,
whom the inscription describes as
Mummy of Amenset, Princess of
Egypt, departed at age Of nineteen,
through potion of Ami, the wise man"
Godfrey, his curiosity satisfied, re-
turns to his morris chair and drifts
off to sleep. In dreamland he sees
secen in Egypt about three thousand
years ago, during the Eighteenth
Dynasty Princess Amenset is seated
on throne surrounded by her retinue
of servants, dancing girls, courtiers,
etc. Weary of the sameness of her
life she calls for Ami, the wise man,
and demands a potion that will lend
new feeling. Ami offers her small
phial. "This, oh, Princess, will make
him who drinks of it thy slave in a
love that has ne'er been surpassed"
and this, handing Amenset another
phial, eff thou place it to thy lips,
thou will be transported through
thousands of years into the future, to
live thy life in another age and speak
it's tongue" Amenset drinks and falls
asleep. Thinking Ami has poisoned
their mistress he is ordered killed by
her admirers, but before being taken
away, curses the Princess-'She shall
live and love and kiss-once. Let her
kiss but the second time and she shall
become but the dust of Egypt" -
The scene now shifts to Geoffrey's
room. The mummy slowly comes to
life and jumping out of the case, hops
to where he is sleeping. He feels her
presence and sees her as in vision
in full Egyptian costume. His first
thought is the question of what to do
with her. Realizing that it would be
impossible to secure a hotel room, he
locks the Egyptian in his bedroom, but
not before the wonders of the day,
new to her, that have become indie
spensible to comfort, have been ex-
planned. In the morning Godfrey
takes Amenset in his automobile to
the house of his finance, where she
earns the wrath of Mrs. Manning and
Violet, by her peculiar manners. Upon
learning that Godfrey is to marry
Violet, she claims him as her own,
which causes new complications.
Amenset practices her religious rites
and orders Godfrey and his friends
about in the manner to which she is
accustomed, thereby creating dissen-
sion throughout the household. The
Princess snubbed by Violet, COM
mands Mr.. Manning to drive his
daughter from the house Simpson,
on an early morning call, also incurs
her displeasure, and she orders the
butler to procure for her poison that
she may give it to him. Mr.. Manning,
however, seeks her favor, which she
grants, and is caught by his wife.
Amenset tries to make Godfrey love
her, but he is true to Violet until the
Princess remembers, and gives him
the love potion, and Ants prophesy
come true. Godfrey becomes the
most ardent of lovers. They kiss, and
Amenset, forgetful of Ants warning,
allows him to kiss her second time,
when she crumbles to the dust of
Egypt in his arm.
Godfrey awakens to find himself in
the presence of Violet. A swift glance
towards the mummy and he finds
Amenset as he had left her. He quick
ly replaces the mask and cover as
Simpson calls and when the mummy
is safely on it's way takes his finance
in his arms, thankful that what he has
been through is but dream.