Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18

sand Of centuries from this wonderful piece Of
ancient workmanship, I found y comedian bead.
Here In my hand was link with the ancient
pasti The object was identical with the eorne-
liam beads found in the excavation oe the
Temple Of Tanit. ut Carthage, and Il caused
me to wonder If we were on the track Of o
Carthaginian culture that had found It's way
into the heart Of the desert.
After we had carefully reno. I'd the leather
covering. We found . huge burial stone, which
We had the feeling that the Royal Chamber
was underneath, and we worked with the en-
thusiasm Of hounds on trail
We tofled ON, hour after hour, from sunset
70 sunrise occasionally coming out Of the burial
chamber for breath OF air-and also In the
hope Of catching sight Of our food caravan.
The pestilent fies. the heat, the dust. and the
dreadful odor Of the Taureg Negro slaves, all
served to make Il Q labor that would have been
intolerable but for the feversh zeal incident TO
our fnd.
AS the digging went on we were surprised to
find ourselves In q room hewn out Of solid rock.
It was early In the morning Of October 10,
1877 that Chapuis and T. alone IN the tomb,
uncovered crystal vase-the focerumner Of Q
series Of discoveries which startled the scientific
world.
Several times during the work, the natives
were on the point Of abandoning NJ, partly due
to the difaculty of the work and also because
Of their superstitions
Our greatest worry. however, was the food
question Our store Of supplies was exhausted.
even to the hated beans that had kept M going
for nearly o week. It Is taxing 10 carry On
the arduous labors connected with excavation
when such work must be done on an empty
stomach.
Under the ancient leather covering was q
room filled with treasure su1hcient to keep M
excited for several days. When the remains
of the Queen were discovered, our JOY was SUI
preme but our drst lob was to keen the Tuareg
and natives from knowing the extent Of our dis
covery. To this end we kept strict guard at
the entrance of the tomb. In Africa, the mere
mention of gold Is enough to lay yourself open
to all sorts Of risks.
Queen Tin Hinan was wrapped in painted
leather with traces of gold Leaf. Among the
bones were found that beautiful collection OF
jewels that are today the chief treasure Of
the Bardo Museum in Algiers The laborious
and slow work Of sieving now took large
part Of our time, for nearly all the earth in
the funeral chamber contained beautifully
worked golden beads, emeralds, comedians
and -amethysts All this richly rewarded our
efforts. but what with the, heat. the files, the
wind and hunger, our task was not easy
BY this time the natives had guessed that
something important was going on and sensed
that the tomb was revealing rich secrets. Our
strict guard confirmed them In this suppo-
sition. Chapuis overheard the Negro foreman
Of the natives say that the strangers had
found gold. much gold.
A I one time, while removing gold bracelet
from the arm Of the Queen, looked
up and was startled ct seeing several pairs
Of dark eyes watching US through the doorway
above. "Tuareg nobies," whispered 10
Chapuis.
at is q very bad sign" he replied 'Doabt-