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AN EGYPTIAN ELIXIR By TRANK M. EASTMAN. [Copyright. 1S97. by tho Author.) Thou oouldnt toll US, if Hint lCftthom tongue Cotthl toll What thoso dim. Blghtlenn eyes lmvo soon, How tho world looki^t when U was fresh and young Anil tho great deluge still had left It green. ?llovaeo Smith. I hud been exploring a largo rock tomb to tho vicinity of Karuuk for a number of weeks in tho summer of 18?? It was a comparatively old discovery, butowiiiKto tho remarkable character of the tomb I hud thought it well worth rny while to glean for 8O0b details as might have escaped tho notice of earlier vi ?i tore. Tlio opening to tho scpulchcr, acci dentally discovered, consisted of a straight passage, barely permitting of tho entrance of a Single individual at a time npOU his hands and knees. Its sides wero of red granite, beautifully pol Ishod, which glittered du/./.lingly in the light of the explorer's torch. This en trance ran straight hack into tho hill for a distance of some ?00 feet, when it suddenly opened upon a large vaulted room of circular form, from which there branched numerous galleries of good proportions, leading to other chambers, In which hud been found many sar copliagi, mummies and mummy cases, ouo of the sarcophagi being supposed to bo that of Thothmos HI, tho most glori ous monarch of Egyptian history, who erected the obelisk now in Central park, though no mummy bad been found within it. Tho walls of tho passages and cham bers were, like tbosoof all of the grand* ear Egyptian tombs, decorated with nu merous spirited paintings, the bright colors of which still shone as fresh and lustrous as if they hud been laid on but yesterday. It was in this mysterious ubodo of death that I had been long en ?gaged, copying inscriptions and paint lugs, searching for new passages and ro-exaniining tho old ones, with an en thusiasm which only an nrdeut Egyp tologist can experience. I had at length nearly finished my investigations, and, in fact, the day of which I am about to speak was to havo been my last in tho tomb, thero re maining but one picture to copy, and that upon tho wall of a remote gallery. Accordingly, at about noon I found myself before tho picturo in question, palette in hand, surrounded by a gionp of fellahs in my employ, tho dickering light of whose torches gave their som ber faces n sufficiently Dantosque ox prossion. The picturo I was copying was of a very common typo, representing a train of long haired captives defiling before a king whom I supposed to be Thothmes, but as the hieroglyphics connected with the picturo wero very obscuro this would take some time to determine. While painting away industriously, and Sometimes reduced almost to despair in my attempts to mix colors as bright as those before mo, I noticed that tho paint had blistered or peeled off a littlo just ut tho point of the king's uoso. As I had never noticed paint scaling from other pictures, I got up to examine tho place. Taking hold of a projecting scnle, I gave it a slight pull, when, to my surprise, perhaps a square foot cf the pain', camo away, revealing tho granite wail behind, and in that wall a seam or jciut. With a cry of pleasure I tore, pried and dug tho paint away for a distanco of sonio feet and disclosed tho outlino of a door or passageway whioh had been He bent over the body. filled with one immense stone, which fitted its place so closely that tho point of a penknife could hardly have been inserted between tho stone and tho solid rock of tho gallery. Beyond un entrance so carefully closed and concealed thero must bo new and raro treasures, and it was with considerable excitement that I began to consider how to removo the obstaclo in tho passageway. Pressure, I found, had no effect upon it, and there remained no way but to blast it. I ac cordingly sent for drills and sledges, and soon had two gangs of fellahs at work sinking two holes on each side of the slab. By taking advantage of tho almost imperceptible interstices between the stono and tho wall tho work was somo what accelerated, and soveral hours' labor resulted in two holes Boine eight inches deep. These I half filled with powder, proporly tamped tho charges, inserted fnses, lit them and retired with duo promptitude. Tho deep silence of perhaps a minute was at length broken by a deafening crash, followed by in terminable echoes and a strong blast of snlphurons air. Allowing timo for tho fumes of tho powder to dissipate, wo returned and found tho great slab had been bnrled inward, where it lay, broken into sov eral pieces, upon tho floor of a noble corridor of great width and height. Soiling a torch from ouo of tho bear ers, I sprang forward into the newly oponed passago without a thought of tho possible presence of foul air or poi sonous gasoB. Luckily thero was neither. A moment's examination satisfied me that this was tho real or main tomb, to Whioh the other had merely served as an nnteohambcr or perhaps had been plaoed there as a blind to deceive those Who might soarch for tho prinoipal structure. Hero tho passages were uu usually spnoious and lofty and wore docoratod with paintings far excelling, tioth in design and coloring, thosoI had boon convint?. jxervousiy pressing pu Mitm ??/.?, sago, whioh was crossed at intervals by others as lofty an itself, I oame Anally to an immense Mini ted nimm her of 00 tagonal form, in tho midst of whioh stood a bugo sarcophagus of highly pol ished syenite. At its head thero glit tered a huge golden ibis, its long nook ?Mirvod in gracofnl folds and the slen dor, curved bill pointing downward to ward tho ploco whero tho heart of the inolosed mummy would naturally havo been. About tho sides of the apartment Stood eight other stone coffins, bnt ?mailer and of red granito instead of syenite. As the sight of theso objects burst cpon mo by the flickering torchlight I felt myself trembling with exoessivo emotion. Here was, it might be, the .Cgg***** KVfwntAlnohial diflcovorv ?inoo tho findiiiK 01 tho Kosottn stone. JNo In- , under before me had ever disturbed the ! sileuce of this most awful sepulober. j Nor Cumbyscs nor Alexander nor any of tho long list of the conquerors of ; Egypt had penetrated the secret of this rock hewn abode of tho dead. Sinco the deep and solemn choruH of tho de parting priests of Osiris had died away in hollow eohoes through tho long cor ridors about them no sound had broken tho silenco of the ancient dead. What if they wero to wake and ask mo of tho doings of tho world since they had slumbered there? Not history's self could answer them. These and similar thoughts flashed through my mind, mixed with a tri umphant feeling of exultation and self grutulation. But it was already late. 1 had eaten nothing since morning and my fellahs wi re tired and grumbling, so I was compelled to abandon my dis coveries until the morrow, though sore ly against my will. So jealous was I of my Undings that, after seeing all of my workmen out of the tomb, I had my tent pitched before the outer eutranco, in order thnt none might gain access to tho new treasures which wero within tho inner chambers. After a restless night I was up with the dawn, and, eating a hasty break J fast, hastened to the scene of my dis ! covery, but before repairing thither I I sent a messenger to Professor Bute-si, j who was then considered tho greatost ! living Egyptologist) and who was su perintending some excavations at a point about ton miles from my camp, announcing my discovery and begging j him to como to me at once. This was an unselfish act on my part, as I knew j very woll that tho soieutifio world ! would bo apt to givo him entire credit for my diecovorios if he wero to arrive j on tho soone so soon and should desire ! to appropriate my laurels, but my de light was so groat that I felt tho neces sity of a companion to share it with me. I Tho first task I set for myself was tho j removal of the grand central sarcophu i gus. I had pretty woll mude up my mind that this was the real coffin of Thothmes . Ill and that tho one found in tho outer ! tomb had been merely a blind. I sent j to my oamp for tackle aud a small der rick so constructed as to be capable of j being taken apart in small pieces and readily put together. While awaiting i its arrival I examined the great golden I ibis closely. It was apparently of Holid I gold, ten feet high, and the finest speci men of tho goldsmith's art I had ever seen. Tho modeling was perfect and tho minuteness of the work remarkable. The tiniest feathers, tho smallest scales 1 on tho long, slender legs, wero repro | dueod with scrupulous exactness. "There has never been found anything j to compare with it," I said exultantly to myself. In a short time tho men returned with tho npparatus, the derrick was erected and clumps wero placed across tho polished surface of the massive lid. I At my command the men at tho wind lass began to turn, and tho great slab roso slowly from its plaeo and was : lowered carefully to the lleor. Leaping < upon n coil of rope at hand, I looked { down into tho sarcophagus. As I did so the light from my torch brilliantly ro , fleeted from a huge mummy case of ap 1 parently solid and massy gold. As is I usual with mummy cases, tho head of ] tho case was modeled into tho form of a faeo. These faces are supposed to be likenesses of tho inclosed mummies us they looked in life. Tho faco was that of n man still young, of pleasing and yut commanding presence. Two crystals inserted for eyes gave it a lifelike aud almost terrifying appearance. Tho caso was carved with many und elaborate designs and was studded with ?ho bod ies of many scarabs, which wore set deep in the gold These details I observed at a glance, but an object lying at the side of tho caso and partly upon it now rttructed my attention. This was a largo vaso or '; flask of tho purest rock crystal, elabo rately carved with mystical devices, ; which was filled with a limpid, color j less fluid?perhaps four or five quarts? : which seemed to be luminous. At least J it reflected tho torchlight with an in tensity that was almost blinding. It was a wholly novel discovery. Sar cophagi and mummies wero common enough, but never had I seen or heard of tho finding of anything like this. Had I found it in a Grecian or Kornau tomb, I might havo called it u lach rymal vaso, but so far as I knew no such utensil was used by tho Egyptians. Reaching down into tho great stone ; box, I managed to grasp the flask and j taku it up. As I held it aloft tho fel ' lahs sot up a terrified shout as the light of their torches was reflected from it in streams of dazzling teil? ' lianoy. I "Body of Bacchus I So you are noi ther crazy nor hoaxing. " Jt was tho voice of my friend, Dr. Batesi, who entered tho tomb at this moment. Dr. Batesl was an Italian, Home 65 years of ago, though yet vigorous and of nn extremely nervous temperament. Bis figure was tall, but thin and gaunt, and Iiis meager face was decorated by a long and flowing white benrd. Bis eyes wero small, bright and restless. Any one Would havo readily known him as an enthusiast in whatever study he might ho interested. Ho always spoko in n jerky, oxcitablo manner, and his usually nervous demeanor was now heightened n dozenfold by tho strango nature of onr surroundings. "No, you'ro not crazy. But, groat heavens I What a discovery!" "Yes," I replied, striving hard to ap pear cool. ' 'I think this is something of a find. Seohero." And I mndo way for j him to stand upon tho coil of ropo in ordor that ho might look down into tho sarcophagus. As tho glittering mummy caso met i his sight ho began a series of ejacula tions in his native tonguo, apparently unconscious of my presenco. At length ho somewhat regained his composure, and tho cryHtal flank in my hand at tracted his attontion. "What is that?" he demanded. "I do not know. I found itinsldo the flcrcophagus. Did you over seo anything , liko it bofore?" Ho did not answer me, but, snotohing tho vaso from my hand, began to ex amlno it very olosely, at tho same time muttering exoitedly to himself. His in spootlon lasted somo time. Finally his faco brightened and assumed an expres sion of decision. "It may be. It is possible," he said, , still speuking to himself. "Why not? j Do not the reoords of Manetho say so? It is not so improbable after all. Gome, ] oomo, we shall soon know." I "Como," he said, turning to me, | I "we must see that mnmmy. Let us got tho oaso oat as soon as possible." I I gave the necessary orders to my i men, and the derriok was once more called into reqnisition to lift tho heavy , ease from tho sarcophagus. I "Do you suppose this is Thothmes?" | I inquired while the men were occupied with this task. I "It is no moro Thothmes," he replied, "than it is Habakkuk. It is Nof-Hab, a high priest of Osiris, of the eighteenth dynasty," pointing at the same time to a hieroglyph carved on the massivooase, whioh I had overlooked by reason of its size, extending from one end of the oaso nearly to the other. In a few moments tho heavy oaso wa? on tno Htono noor ana rno uinnsivu golden cover was removed, revealing not tho ordinary swathed mid bandaged tnomuiy, but u miked body floating in an oily substance wbioh emitted an aromatic smell. If I bad expected re newed ovidenco of excitement from the doctor, I was disappointed. His fea tures assumed a set expression, and he bout over the body without uttering a syllable. "Thisliquid," I exclaimed excitedly, ?Mb"? "Honey," replied tho doctor. Thou ho continued as if to himself: "As I ex pected. Come! The ancients were not ?11 fools nor all liars. It is 1 o'clock? a great day, a great day I" ' Tho body, as tbo munony ease bad foretold, was that of a young man of pleasing appearance und majestic fig ure, the flesh still firm and plump, with no evidences of decay. The body appeared to have been unmutilated by tho bauds of tho embalmers. There was no incision on the flank to evidence the removal of tho viscera, and the plump ness of tho closed eyelids led to tho pre sumption that tho eyes were still in tbeil sockets. There was positively no evidence of death, abont the body, un less it were a certain rigidity, but oth erwise it might bavo been mistaken for tho person of some expert swimmer sleeping en tho surface of his bath. I "Scud your men for somo food, a half dozen bottles of wine and plenty of wider and towels," said tho doctor in an unnatural voice, i I had overlooked the fact that it was past dinner time and hastened to give tho necessary orders to my men, though What tho doctor wanted of towels 1 cou I not imagine. Tho required arti cles wero soon brought. I "Now dismiss all your men," con tinued tho doctor in tho samo strained tone of voice. I I obeyed as nnquestionlngly us tho wedding guest obeyed the Ancient Mari ner, and tho men, ufter depositing a numhor of lighted torches about the chamber, retired. After their footsteps bad died away in tho long corridors, tho doctor began to pace slowly up and down the room. Finally bo spoke: "How many kinds of mummies have you found in your discoveries?" "Why," 1 replied, "threo kinds, if you mean tho manner of their prepara tion. " "And they were?" "Why, tho first class havo all the viscera and the brain* removed, the cavities filled with resins and spices, aud havo been steeped in natron for a long time. Tho second havo only the brains removed and the viscera injected with oil of cedar. Theso wore also steeped in natron, as we suppose. Tho third kind were upperOUtly just salted down for a certain length of time. TheHe nre all tho kinds I am familiar with." "And havo you found and seen no other kind?" I "No." ! "Well, thero was a fourth kind. It is so written in the book of Manetbo. I havo alwnys believed it to bo a lio of tho priests. We are about to seo whether it was such in fact or not. Tho priests Claimed to have a process by which they could arrest animation indefinite ly, and that they could, after tho lapse of ages, restore lifo to a body in which existenco had been suspended by the use of a certain liquor, if tho body were kept from external injury. Tho only thing that has seemed to substantiate this claim has been the fact that u few bodies have been discovered at widely different times which bore none of tho I ordinary marks of embalming, from which the viscera and brain bud not been removed and which wero neverthe less in a belter state of preservation than mummies vhich bad been care fully embalmed. I say such bodies have been discovered. I should say, rather, that it is claimed that they have been discovered, but an 1 never saw ono or any onn who had I havo been inolim d to doubt the fact. This body settles tho matter. I doubt no more." "I remember now that I have heard something to the same effect," Ire plied, "but I do not seo that this sub stantiates the claim of the priests to bo ablo to suspend animation and to re store it after the lapse of ages." "Thero aro nono so blind as thoao who will not se.o," ho replied testily. "Do you not perceive that tho reason thattheso bodies havo never been re stored to life Is cither that the knowl edge of their resting places has been lost in the lapse of apes or that the recipe by which they were to bo revived bas been forgotten?" "Well?" I said stupidly. "Well, is there anything more proba blo than that this is one of those bodies and that the contents of this vase is the medicine by which it can bo restored to life?" I stared at my companion in amaze ment. His words sounded like nonsense, but his manner was calm?unusually calm?and after all the idea wns not wholly absurd. Thero nre moro things I flung It for down one of the unexplored corridort. in heaven and earth than our philoso phy dreams of. It might be as ho said. "You see," continued the doctor, "that this man was wise in his dny and generation and very prudently directed tho medicine- that was to restore him to lifo to bo entombed with him." "Do you suppose he began bis long sleep, if it is one, voluntarily?" "Hardly. It may havo beou a pun ishment for betraying Romo scoret of the priesthood or n roligions Hie, the subject of which was selected by lot. Bat that is moro conjootnro. " "Does it not seem impossible to you as a medical man?" I queried. "My friend," was tho reply, "it is only Mio studont of medicino who ap preciates how little is known of tho hu man body. It Hncms improbable, yes, wildly improbable; impossible, no." "Very well, then," I exclaimed, fill ed with a rising belief nnd enthusiasm, "lot us try to resnscitato this oitizen of tho primeval world." "To work!" ejaculated tho doctor, turning to tho body. Wo first lifted it from the case nnd laid it upon a piece of oanvaa wbioh was to havo been our tableoloth. In doing so wo fonnd it was n-.t to stiff as we had snpposed. It wan, in faot, limp nud y 1 elding, like that of a naraonin Absolutely Pure. Celobrated for its groat leavening strength ami healthfulness. Assures tho food against alum und all forms of adulteration common to tho cheap brands. Royal Baking Powder Co., Now York. some torniH or epilepsy. Wb then pro ceeded to wipe it dry with our towels. The flesh was firm and natural, though oold as the clods of the valley. "But how Bhall wo uso tho liquid?" I inquired. "Why, there aio but two ways of nsiug it?externally and internally. 1 can probably tell from the odor whether it is dangerous to give internally. Thero is enough of it, 1 should think, for botli usob. " (So saying, tho doctor, after soino dif ficulty, removed the Stopper, which had boen sealod with natron. As ho did so u light, luminous vapor arose from tho flask, filling the chamber with u deli oato perfume, liko mingled ether und orushod applo seeds. For a moment the scent niado mo giddy, but this Boon passed away. "We will first rub it with fho liquid. After that I will try to pry its mouth open and pour some down its throat." Wo bogau rubbing the body. For * long time wo worked in sileuoe. It wan hard work, and tho Perspiration wus soon flowing from us in streams. An hour had passed and no result was ap parent. "I'm afraid it's no uso," I said at last. "I don't seo uuy indication of lifo." "Keep it up," said the doctor stern ly. "Do you suppose thut ouo is eusily awakoued after a sleep of 80 cen turies?" Ho we continued our work for some tinio. I was nearly exhausted, when n cry from the doctor attracted my atten tion. j "Ixjok, look I" he cried, pointing to a place upon the right thigh of the body. I looked at the pluce indicated. As I did so the doctor piessed upon the spot with some force. A paleness resulted, followed, as he removed his thumb, by a slow tide of returning color. "Almighty tiodl" I cried. "Ho live?l He lives!" Tho doctor was silent. It would bo impossible to describe my sensations on perceiving this indication of returning animation. Coupled with exultation at the success of our experi ment and the magnitude of our discov ery was a nameless honor ut t lie thought of tho personality of the being whom we were about to restore to life. Read erB of Do Quiucey's opium dreams will i remember tho horror with whioh "the j tremendous, tho horrible antiquity" of I tho countries of Asia inspired him as vividly ns they renall Iiis "cancerous j kisses of tho crocodile" Buch an inde finable horror now possessed me. The j being before me had lived and loved, I had thought and dreamed, had hoped i and longed and feared before the dawn of history, when the earth was peopled With strange races whoso very names had been forgotten long eons ago, When the flood was a matter of yester day and the tower of Babul an existing wonder of tho world, and yut I now saw liefere my eyes the tide of life, stagnant for ages, once more beginning to course within his veins. Antt(|iiity hmi not begun Long ere U1m primeval rueo WM run. Ho seemed to belong neither to the living nor tho dead. He was a frightful anomaly. I sickened with horror, but still continued mechanically to chafe bis limbs. Aftor tho lapso of aomo minutes, which wero accompanied by increasing evidences of tho return of circulation, the doctor opened the firmly compressed lips and with Iiis penknife easily pried the teetli apart and poured several drops of the. liquid down the throat of the body. The effect of tills was soon evi denced by a very slight but yet porcep tlblo respiration. There was no lougor room for doubt, if indeed thoro had boen any before. The man lived. Tho doctor was still silent, and in the whirl of my thoughts I was iuoapablo of speech. We reuowod our rubbings with tho liquor, and the respirations grew stronger and stronger. At last they wero quito normal. The doctor poured a few drops of the cordial down the throat. "Wo may rest now," he said. I threw myself on the floor and think I must have fainted from the exhaustive labor. tl)0 tumult of luv thnnuhta a?H tuu neat ei um umuubcr. At any rate I was uuccnscioua for ROino timo. When 1 r< gained consciousness, tho EgyptiflU (for now that lie was alive I ?apposo m Fhnuld be i roporly so called) wn? breathing easily and naturally as though in a profound sleep, Tlie doctor was sentcd uu the fl< ( r. Iii'. back against a sarcophagus, Iccking Intently at tho orystal flask whioh I i held in Iiis hand. Its contents, about ( lie-half of Which bad been exhausted, sparkled brightly in the torchlight. I arose and iq i ila d my friend As I did BO 1 noticed m inctliitig ahum lug in his*appearance. Uh feature* wero set and drawn, while bis eyev glittered with a light Unit was fearful in tho wild intensity cf their glare, I I beaitutcd to speak n id shod looking lr rosolutuly at him for some minutes. Hi I scemod unconsciouns of my presence. From timo to time ho would mutter in a bourse and tnurticuluto voice. In tho hope that ho might become moro composed if left to himself, and ; In order to distract my own excited thoughts, I turned my attention to tho Egyptian. His respirations had become somewhat shorter, und a slight twitch I ing of his eyelids was apparent. Sitting ? down beside him and taking Iiis head in ' my lap, I knocked off tho neck of tho ! bottle of wine and poured eomo of its I oonlents down his throat, at tho same { time pinching tho epiglottis to make ! him swallow. The efToot of the draft was soon evidenced by nn inoroased color in tho awarthy cheek, and in a fow mln I utoa, while I watched him closely, tho : eyolids trembled and with groat effort I slowly opened, and two groat eyos of intenso bluckness stared solemnly Into . mine. Thero could have been nothing moro natural thun for tho man to havooponod his eyes aftor having been rostored to oonsoioujuosN*. yet this action. uia?*?o na U Wut?, unoctert me more- than tbo first discovered indications of lifo. A cold wave swept along my spine, and my heart paused until I thought it would nevor resume its pulsations. On what prehistoric seems bad those inscrutable eyes last gazed before they looked into mine? What awful events, forgotten ere yet a pyramid was found ed, what mystio ritcB, what mighty men of old long sunk into oblivion, had been mirrored in those hideously ancient orbs? It was as though the sphinx had ?wakeued from her granite sleep and looked upon me. Luckily for me I was not culled upon to long endure that awesome gaze. The eyelids fell, and, as if exhausted by the effort of opening bis eyes, the Egyptian's respiration soon evidenced that lie was again sleeping. I laid his bend upon a fold of the can vas and arose to my feet. As I did so a cry from the doctor attracted my atten tion, lie bad arisen and was pacing feverishly about tiie tomb. "Oil, fools and madmen!" ho cried. 1 "Ob, blind and more than blind I Idiots and imbeciles! What have we done, asses that wu arc? What bave wo done?" I stared at my friend in teiror and amazement. His words were those of a madman, and the glitter of bis eye and the frenzy of Iiis uiunuer wero in keep ing. While I still stared he continued his ejaculations in a half dozen lan guages, gesticulating wildly, throwing , Ids hands aloft, tearing his hair and , darting about the chamber. "Do you know what this is?" at length bo cried in a terrible voice, ad vancing toward mo with the tlask held aloft. "Of course not," I replied, striving to appear calm and self possessed. "Of course you do not," lie answered with a sneer. "Of course you do not. How should an imbecile like you know What it Ib? What should it lie? What is it but tbo real elixir vita), the elixir of life, the wine of youth, the medicine of immortality, so long sought and never foundl That's what it is, und that's what we havu been wasting on that muddy carcass there instcaN of treasuring it for the preservation of our own lives through countless ages. And why not," bo cried, Iiis voice riling to a scream, as be turned fiercely to me, "why not for all eternity, for, in the long ages of existence that this will give us shall we not bo able to discover the ingredients of which it is made and the manner in which it is concoct ed? Eternityl Eternity 1" he screamed. "An eternity of life is ours!" A cold, icy horror seized me. There could bo no doubt of my companion's insanity. He was a raving maniac. Tbo exciting events of the last few bourn had been too much for bis highly wrought nervous system. I was alouo witli him, far from human aid, and Where no sound or cry of mine could reach the ear of man. To what ex tremity might not this insanity drive bim? I was unarmed, and, though it stronger man than he, yet I knew that insanity lends a strength almost super human. There wus nothing to do but to strive to appear calm and if possible quiet him. "fc?o yon really think this must bo the elixir of life?" i inquired calmly. "Of course it is," he cried. "Do you bopposo it will restore life to that car rion there after BO centuries or more and not prolong the life of one already living? Yes, it is the true elixir, the true fountain of youth." Here his rav ings became incoherent and BO contin ued for some time. "Well, it may be as you say, doctor," I said at length. "Hut let us first got this fellow fully resuscitated and get out of here as scon as WO can. Heavens I Think what fame w ill bo ours when we introduco to the world a living priest of thu eighteenth dynasty I" "Resuscitate that dog!" lie screamed. "Waste on him any mere* of the pro ' cious fluid which means thousands of i years of life to us! No, no! Let him I sleep an be has slept. All that a man has will he give for his life, and hero in life, life-, life?thousands of yours of it! "Why should yon have uny of it?" ho continued, casting a look of deep ma lignity upen me. "Why should you en joy what you did net IIscover? You would never have Puspcoted tbo true nature of the liquor. You would have wasted it all oil that carcass there. No, no! You have no right to it. It is all mine. Millions of years of life, and all mine!" "You are welcome to it all, doctor, if you wish it," I managed to say. "I am not enamored with life enough to desire to prolong it indefinitely. I tun ?ntisfied with my allotted length of days. Hut now let us get out of here if TOU do nOt W bib tO nnvrw mir 0*1,ari. ment runner. "Very well, then," ho cried. "It is all mine. Eternity is mine. I must be gin upon it now, before I am a moment older. From this moment I becomo as one of the gods. I drink," ho said, lifting the flask to bis lips, "to immor tality I" A bright green glaroshot from the vase as lie held it aloft Forgetful of danger I sprnhg forward to intercept bis draft, fully believing that a medicine no powerful as wo had found tlds to hs would bo fatal to n liv ing man, and, determined to cave my friend's lifo at whatever risk to my own, I leaped forward, snatched the flusk from bis hands und flung it far down ono of the unexplored corridors. For an instant bo stood us if thunder ?truck._ mHv ^ j&^/fI 1 l'",t tonc*" I (^<>Cj "j1 Px'sb but to / / ilj! cdy Bud use it. I -_ pv/ A bilious, dyspep tic condition of the system not only tunken life miserable, but It is sure to lead to Something worse, unless promptly taken in hand and corrected. It ! 18 foolish to attempt to dodge SUCll troubles by any mere temporary expedient. The Only sensible way in to get rid of thorn for good and all by a thoroughly rational, scien tific medicine like Dr. Tierce's Golden Med ical Discovery. It cures all disordered, debilitated eondl Hons by its direct action upon the liver and digestive oricans; it gives them power to make fresh, healthy blood free from bilious Impurities; it drives all disease-genus out of the circulation; it creates solid, muscular flesh and constitutional power. Lung and throat affections, which are often simply the result of impaired nutri tion, are reached and cured by this wonder ful 'Discovery" in cases where cod liver oil emulsions are useless, because the " Dis covery " in readily assimilated by delicate ?tomachn. It is fur superior to malt ex tracts, because its beneficial effects are ! permanent. " I>r. Pierce, I ntn one of vour most grateful patients," writes Mrs. Annie M. Norman, of Kqiilinink, Wayue Co., Pa. "I have taken ; ?Golden Medical Discovery,'also 'I'avotlte Pre frlption' and 'Pellets' with wonderful results. | am, as many of my friends tell me, like the dead brought to life. The doctors said I had consumption nnd death was only a matter of Urne. That was six years ago. I concluded to try your medicine. I continued until 1 had taken nfne turtles of 'Discovery' and several bottles of ' Pellets.' I got well and have done n great i deal of hard work since." When the liver and bowels don't work, the body and brain won't. Dr. Pierce** ' Pleasant Pellets are a sure, safe, speedy and permanent cure for constipation, nnd a torpid liver. One "Pellet" la a gentle laxative and two a mild cathartic. Then with incredible quickness and without uttering u word ho drew a stiletto from bis breast, plunged it into my bosom und darted down tho corri dor. I 'ell fainting to the floor, but bo fore I lost consciousness I heard a long, blood curdling Hcreum, followed by a deathly silence, and I knew no more. I returned to consciouttueaa iu tho humble hut of a fellah neur tho scene of my explorations, wh.vher I hud been conveyed by my men, who hud found mo insensible in the thick durkuess of the vaulted chamber. I had hovered for weeks between life und death, but the anxious care of a physician whom the {Scientific BCOiety had sent me on hear ing of my wound finally restored me to consciousness und life. No tidings of Dr. Hat* si had been received. Ah soon as 1 was able I revisited the tomb. Of its former treasures not an ?dorn remained. The wretched felluhs, who are not permitted to sell any of the treusures of antiquity which they may discover, had taken all away to dis member them at their leisure, In order to sell the fragments surrcptitiouHly to tourists The body of tho priest hu<* disappeared with the other contents of the tomb. Feebly and disconsolately I crawled along one of the corridors which seemed to me to be the one down which 1 had thrown the crystal vase. Suddenly my torohbearer, who was in advance, start ed back with a cry of horror. Advanc ing cautiously, 1 found myself looking down into a wide pit which was sunk perpendicularly in tho center of tho passage. 1 threw a pebblo down it, but i no BOUud of its fall returned to n v ears from the thick blackiuss below. j As 1 turned, weary and sick at heart, my toot struck a soft object. It was a light felt hat. I know it and its own er's fate. The next day found me on my way to the dahaheull winch was to take mo down tho Nile. After my litter hi I been placed on hoard, looking up at the bank I chanced to see a tall, majestic figure, richly chid in garments of strange and ancient fashion, gazing intently upon tho bont, and, as it Boomed, at mo. "Who is that man?" 1 abked my servant. "Ho is a stranger, excellency, a newcomer. They call him NefTar. He is very wise, they say, very wise and very rich, tint he talks little. Some say he lias the evil eye, but I do not know. " The daliuhcah cast oft' from the shorn ?nd with a favoring brcezo shot swiftly down the stream. As wo swept down ward I kept my eyes on tho grand, im posing figure of the stranger as his gazo followed the boat until a bend in the river shut him from view. "Strange, " 1 said to the doctor at my side, "what hallucinations sick men have. Now I almost thought that"? j "Vis, they aie Strange," be replied, tin'. r.nd. piIAKLKSTON * "VYKSTKU " u 1 Una Railway Co. ?? Augusta and leht Ville Mun t I.ine." Schedule in effect B"er I 7 th, 1887. ? Lv Augusta. ? iu am 1 40?pu Ar (iroenwood.12 17 pm . Anderson. (i 10 an l aurens. 1 15 pm 1)0 sr Greenville.2 55 pir It! 80 an Glenn Springs.4 05 pir f-'partnnhurir.3 00 pre U ,2.r> an S>a!uda .5 2 vm . Hendersonvillo. .. 6 61 pm . Asheville. 6 46 pm . 1 \"Asheville.8 20 am . (. Spartan burg.lM,r>am 400pnr ? Greenville.nr>.r>am 4 oo pn ILaurens.] 15 pm 7 00 prr A ndcrson.7 (Hi am . IS.' Greenwood. 2 28 pm . Ar Augusta. 5 00 i ir 11 10 un Ar Aikcn. 650 pm Lv Greonvillo . . Ar Clinton . Ncwherry. ! Prosperity. fjl Columbia. j.. Bum tor. Lanes.... hv (lharleston. I.a lie*. " Bumter. Columbia . Prosperity . Newl'Orry. 'Clinton .... .... I'Ar (i reen vi lie_ ll',60 air '2 1?) pn '2 r>7 pir 8 13 pir 4 30 prr 6 42 pn _7 48 pn. "7 00 an7 8 2fl am h 36 air 11 00 an 11 58 anc 12 10 pm 12 60 pir 3 (id pir Close connections at Greenwood for a' points on 8. A. 1.. and C. ,V G. Railway, unr u' Bpartanburg with Southern Railway. 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