Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26
Bv NAZARIENE DAAN
KANNIBELLE.

On reaching lairo on . heaiii
visit Dr.. Masaryk stopped at the Ho
tel Victoria where in the corrido
he accidentally met DR.. Kellern,an
the, world-famous Egyptoiogist, an1
his friend.
II knew you would be sonewher.
in Egyp. creeping around o'd grave.
and disturbing the peace OF the an
c;en, dead, but ! never expected Il
meet you here" said D.. Massryk a.
he greeted his old !riead.
Il jass returned from Rabasta:
with a treasure" answered DR.. Ke!
lera:an. the Egyptologist.
The two were very old friends II
Vienna. but had no, met each othc,
for years. Or Masarvk vas him.
self extremely interested IN Egypto.
logy and excavations. ."Whe have
lots to learn from ancient eiviliza.
ton" he has often remarked.
And what ancient graveyard have
you been disturbing iaiely?" be
asked his friend with a smile on hi:
face as they reached Masaryk.
room.
Il have been always pretty sue
eessinl but this time ] think l have
discovered something which ha.
great worth beside its historical
value" DR.. Kellerman said gleeiully
as he handed the article to his de-
tective friend. 1t WAS little statuetie
no higher than Ave inches. worked
in bronze. 1t looked as perfect as
the day il was chiseied out some
few thuosand years ago. II was
the statuette of an ancient goddess
OF Egypt. DR.. Masaryk himself
was an enthusiast OF archaeology
and instmctively noticed that the
stand OF the statuette was fat base
instead Of the usual square. 1t also
Mad D Tkious kind OF handle pro-
;eetin1 Hhm the base in the shaps
Of a small knob.
They used that type Of image IN
the old Egyptian religious cere-
monies and I intend 70 study II
further in order that / may hnd out
how that mechanism was worked
out by the ancient workmen. Beside
that / found something while explor-
ing very near the place where /
found the statuette. This is not
only interesting from my point OF
view, but it also has intrinsic value
in gold" DR.. Kellerman observed as
he handed a necklace to Masaryk.
What do you think OF it." he asked
as he noticed Masaryk was struck
with surprice- 1t was a wonderful
gold chain or necklace and the handi-
work Of Egyptian craftsman Of many
thousand years ago. The links OF
the gold chain were square, each link
about an inch long and half an inch
wide In the center of each link
was fashioned the outline Of an eye,
the pupil of which was a blazing
red ruby.
Why, you are carrying couple
of the vaults of the Bank of Eng
land ! think it i. dangerous to
go about Cairo's streets with such
a treasure. Please put il away
somewhere" observed Masaryk
quite seriously.
"You detectives wouldn't even let
US carry gold watches for fear Of
robbery" said the archaeologist
'You fear that somebody will rob
me, but the man who will take this
from me will have TO kill me first
Then you will have caseT he re-
Piled jokingly.
That is just what / am afraid Of
/ am here on a holiday rest visit
and / should hate TO be disturbed
, with q new assignment" DR.. Mas
aryk retorted jestingly.
This meeting took place some
time before noon and just at o'clock
on the following morning one OF
the hotel attendants knocked vio-
lently On DR.. Masaryks bedroom
door. who is there?" he cried as
he woke out of his sleep so early IN
the morning. a terrible accident
occurred, sir. Can you come out,
siri" pleaded the voice outside.
Dr.. Masaryk hastily dressed and
opened the door. Your friend, Dr..
KeIlernan, the Egyptologist, has met
with an accident and has been
killed." shouted the hotel attendant
excitedly.
You and KeIierman appeared to
be great friends and that is why !
asked you to conc dewn," apollo
g;zed the Egyptian hotel man. and
beside knew your reputation as a
crime investigator and ! thought
that perhaps you would help Us.
Crime investigator exclaimed
Masaryk. u heard you say it was
an accident.
AT frs, / myself thought it was
- accident but now ! am At =
css, replied the Egyptian police
chief apologetiealiy as he stepped
nearer Dr.. Masaryk
Tel pe Al once how II hap
peneds
"It appears that 500. astey !ezv-
:=1 yory .oo- D.. XeI.er-z. -
formed o.e OF TIE hotel atteAeaats
tkst he was going to visit the Sphinx
accompanied with his dragoman.
While climbing up TO the head he
suddenly uttered q Shrek. then fell.
He broke his neck His native serv-
an. advances the theory that his
master must have been attacked BY
poisonous snake as the body is
swollen so that it is almost impos-
sihle TO recognize it.
That story sounds strange" said
d Aasaryk aezieusly. Z never