Show IBOYS AND -r' ' The GIRLS’ SECTION — — - Boy SUNDAY THE O "J - ' ‘ By I U Ml I I IIL©Y A HD IRS IKE LI I Hunters ortune ac 4 HERALD-REPUBLICAN " Egypt in reserved!) tOn a All - c’mpaly' rights professor an energetic selves before promptly with venturingto give you an '’Who is the answer" bob of h's head Shipping a consignment of fake of Khedive Egypt? 1£ A youTurkpleaseA who and He at rose without protest and retired rugs to the orient to be exported like myself once we thence as the real thing began anTheearnest may not seem rules here as a of of the dependent Turkey to settie proposal first point a experience Neither and pays the sultan the legality of the thing $lioOOOUO a year was would It have been had not Sam Steele in tribute sum he wrings from the and it to the professor was us boy adventurer and his — a the Joe Herring of true Egyptians and right in seemed his contention chum remnant that the present a rescued cabin boy found themselves from the Arab and other native population in Egypt which had acquired powers In by of excessive taxes the with Professor Van country by wars of had company means conquest Torn a with a secret that hung This treasure once belongedto man Egypt no more moral right to claim the buried about him like mist we will admit and It was buried by treasure of the ancient priests of Karnak The solution ofa this secret forms the the Egyptian priests to than had its recent discoverers The save it from chief interest of this installment' just such invaders as these Turks But old religion based on the worship of Isis rule Egypt nor and Osiris had Egyptians no longer from the disappeared V ever will again so that in simple justice earth and its votaries were long since thia treasure belongs solely to its dead or dispersed The hidden treasure The Professor’s Secret rather than to the usurper discoverer formerly the property of this religious breakfast the land where it lies buried” Professor Van Dorn in body had legal now no claimants and “Still” said Uncle was silent and Naboth “we have belonged to whomsoever hgd the fortune preoccupied and this government to reckon with Morally to find it and the courage to seize as soon as the meal was over asked for you may be entitled to the treasure and hold It That tlie Khedive had made but legally the decrees of the Khedive laws private interview with a the person in forbidding any one td are Inviolable Eh? If we attempt to remove treasure from Egypt did not authority this ’ere treasure an’ aboard the Seagull We went run the least free away with us in We were get caught we can be punishedas common and in no way under the to tbe captain’s large cabin Americans room thieves” of the Turks who had caught!” cried conquered where all could be comfortably “But we shall not be you Egypt the professor no one in “Mark of us had much confidence in the the existence of this Having thus satisfied our consciences Egypt suspects justified in treasure to take it will be robbing that we were undertaking strangles romantic assertions of the so an adventureto secure this wealth we no one — not even the Khedive” night bTtore but we were all curious faced tlie of failure or) "Doesn't Abdul Hashim suspect It?” discovery consequences There Inquired was nothing to to demand know what tale the man had to should our immediatereturn to "Yes perhaps an America and make tlie and were disposed to listen time required by the of undertaking Abdul Hashim but his Archie's was therefore available But the £Sea-j eyes bunged out so far from is at present confined to mere gull represented fortunp to his round face that took pity on the he is too wily and covetous us anti guessingto and safety! tell his suspicions to we hesitated to jeopardize her boy and asked him to join us Ned Britton ever official is to According to international treaty we What he wants came too for he had been present get the treasure for himself and the were not safe from seizure in case thi at Van Dorn’s rescue and we trusted real battle if we meet but opposition will ship violated tlie laws of Egypt him Implicitly there was strong probability that the be and us between Abdul Hashim We worst fate liable to overtake us we were seated and the him last night if ought to have thekilled had chaJice but unfortunately would be tlie confiscation of assured himself we could when yethe had dog made his the treasure The hesD not be overheard he at once asked escape” Khedive would to involve his country in dispute "He’s dangerous enemy" observed tate to relate the business that had Ned Britton with the United States by resorting to brought him to Egypt and the strange "Only to the and helpless extreme measures We were taking a quickly replied unarmed experienceshe had encounteredhere the professor "A half chance of course: but the game seemed well worth tlie chance told him fire and dozen could defy his entire and none We to we would Americans can away tribe And it is possible we shall get a expect to win who hesitates to risk a hear his story chance to kill him before he makes stake he “you must “Gentlemen”holdsaid more trouble’’ recalled tlie professor the know that chair honorableSince "You speak of murder very easily” him for his plans and proposalsand Heasked was of & said my father Egyptology in my university little a queer fellow this Van Dorn niy youth have studied arduouslythe "It is not murder to kill an Arab" half coward and ’half bully: but there protested the professor history of this most ancient people "They are but was no doubt the man possessed a share heathen men and cruel and so from whom wicked of shrewd Intelligence sprang the modern civilization few of them sent to numerous that of If we Nile) which we boast today” He perdition will undoitake go up tlie never be missed" past afro and and Assuit” ho said "and spoke pedantically began to "What proof have yon" asked Uncle try think he might be to bring the treasure back to Alex-1 real professor aftNaboth "of the existence of this treasure ?’’ andria tlie chances are that we should all “To perfect my studies my college er never succeed ls the most populous born hesitated then here three Van moment generously sent me port of his vest and took from Egypt and government unbuttoned years ago and soon after my arrival spies and the his waist leathern belt This police are everywhere around Had thismounted became acquainted with Prof John he laid carefully upon the table and been mv plan should have appealed to opening- its folds drew Dovelace whose famous works on out a number not‘You you to assist me” of brilliant rubies you have doubtless don’t expect to sail Egypt read” us up tha is "Here my proof" said he offering Nile (io you?" asked continued the narrator impatiently “Over usually here” called Lovelace the gems for inspection are tiiat is impossible was “he was "They "No his quiet Pasha part of the treasure Lovelace took on reply here to "brom is seven but he was not entitled to the distinction Luxor that terrible night have described to miles hundred but the Arabian gulf except in the imagination of the in tlie you" Red seais only miles “ ‘Digging down we found that the point had plunged into a bronze ring and become fast’ ” natives had a high respect for his who "These may be glass" remarked Un- from where the treasure is ninety hidden Yoji ele Naboth musingly intelligence and Industry At the time will take Said your sliip to Port "I am lapidary" said tlie professor the Suez canal and so down tlie we met Lovelace he was searching thickness through the alde sir and well grasp cern us at the time wiiat we were being more than two in he returned to the his voice slightly out beneath While gulf the trembling to small and unimportanttowtii but secretiy for vast treasure what eager for was to discover the hidden Three bronze rings wire imbedded in to distract their attention by a: ive an of it" "I assure you they are the of Koser there is harbor and he took me into his confidence and treus-i:of to avoid the it but pry and lift as we shot darted away and wherehim good relieved saying Karnak and mostly would we toward Luxor had' most splendid rubies in tlie seemed known Here ‘we shall will hostile Arabs we during could not an was pursuit even world camels which me to assist him You must well history worked budge the huge stone soon safe from Here are pearls Even your engaged "Very my boy Egyptian take us In four days across the the icar mooniit nights when all the inch It was evident that we must have observed is fascinating chancedto be my’ will acknowledge their gen Arabian know that in the sixth entury before very but this is desert to the treasure which tribe were asleep We had sand augers Help so we covered up the stone again "I errand quickly and we shall performed Christ height of neither the time nor the place for me uineness’’ load upon the camels Egypt was at its made with which we burrowed into the marked tlie spot carefully and went returned with of and bring back (htaehment mounted He as he spoke several with us to to instruct you in it Still it is necessary produced the ship We sliail and greatness and the most sand to the of rock underneath back to the Aral) village polite bv the the not wealth foundation lent me of superb pearls as large as and that you governor peas at understand something striving to fijjd Iovelace Karnak or Luxor at all vnu treasures were at that time of some obstruction "Next morning bargained city for Professor Lovelace was well-known tinted in exquisite rose colors Important the importanceof the proposition and shall encounter indicate where the with the sheik Abdul the only the desert In the possession of the priests of the treasure was Hashim for Also explorer ami under the protecMr Perkins "I "All" allexclaimed know see am going tn make you and will be as toburied are quite friendly By oif our compass use of two of iiis men to assist us tion of the right for have traded for Bedouins who to means Khedive We arrived too pearls with great temple of Karnak They consisted clear as possible in my descriptions Nor need we even were enabled to follow straight line we were obliged to send to Luxor for late fo md only the professor's dead the Philippine Europeans years pearl fishers the approach of countless jewels The arch or pylon referred to in the rtfins of wonderful gems and we slowly and carefully four stout staves to use as levers You body terribly mutilated the knives! Abdul Hashim’s village worked bv You are strange man Professor Van picture had three square towers to how to find the spot and ornaments of gold and silver and for distance of five miles beyond the may well imagine that all this excited know of the Arabs They had tricked him! Dorn to xvish to risk your life for more where the distinguish it from others and treasure lies library of rolls oasis nd then back again without any tipof the Arabs and and in that lonely place aboveall papyrus many wonder doubted in some way during my absence of tiiis plunder Here is a fortune in after searching long the ruins there will definite result Lovelace be able to keep his so obtained be none to spv upon us" the history of among Sometimes we would ifsecret would their revenge Itself" Egypt duringthat of Karnak which cover acres strike an obstruction and dig down from them “But how shall find bur opy However he told the offieth came on he to wav pow unknown period between the sixth Lovelace I'asha and foundmany "Abdul Hashim calmly had Alexandria across the desert?” weasked one which to find point of rock loose to attach no importanceto this Uncle Naboth or cers that I)vidace gone mad secretly’ as could Last night and twelfth dynasties Pasha as was though partly demolishedstill had one boulder the task seemed to me’ ami danger and He next evening we set and was slain by them in set upon by band of Arabs zYbdul the the characteristic towers left with after few be endless and “t hy there still exists an ancient “At this time when and Egyptians oftraces months ro out for our buried stone accompanied He pointed to two dead men and several tlieterri’ile among whom recognized insolent of the others Talcing these im practicable But Iovelace assistants bearing Lire caravan route from had as as would pot ey our oaken to grown as proud wounded to prove the truth of his Hashim Had you not appearedat the the professor returned Koser Luxor” our guide drew line He was positive he quickly dug tire sand they were that terrible Persian we an imaginary up was on staves We “and we shall wealthy' away told ano then story as you samp instant from in the dlathe right track and when woubi certainly- have he able to secure guides who corner to corner as decla re ami cleared the stone and then we four may the country but with no hint of the been killed It know Cambyses invaded and straining imagine seems as if providence every- step of the used the levers together treasure Shortly had the had decreed that we should meet You way" with a conqueringhost and steadily the utmost afterwa’d X0’1! our to managed pan safe and practical muscles satisfaction of inducing the governor have swift vesse’ seems bound for America observed up the Nile toward Karnak and fo lift the huge slab of granite my uncle "I like the to raze Abdul Hashim’s village to the and have great treasure to be seinea But Van country as until stood on edge now Dorn must Thebes laying waste the we the m°st the temples of "1 ’ndei iiea th was rock cavity care-fu:lv 'ime important point tof he came and despoiling all vt hat do you liisel-d out by hand and at first offer in return their wealth The legends say that the for tlie use of our ship forus only of dried reeds services we saw mass our priests of terror stricken and for the expenses Karnak of the undertaking? in ought from the Nile bank ilemoving into the Sacred Ji of threwall their treasuretheir these we came upon heavy layers in "I will give you tn lake temple nt of the was rubles and ten which adjoins iti pearls" said he order to keep it from falling into the in for wrapping mummies “They are of such Egypt and purity that you can easily sell of the Invader and the lake I’ut this was size hands as atter padding dragged them for $10000 treasure visible and Tiiat is an ample Is away becamewith bottomless the treasure has never it shook excitement to Ln velice’s bunds seems me" yet been recovered while he irst there much treasure is there?” asked examined Professor sirs Lovelace my father inany rolls of papyrus carefully “That will not matter to you” shrewd and farseeing man doubtedthe swathed in bandages then several torted Van Dorn "1 will truth of this story It was I’anoir’c jars of pure gold each containvou the an undeniable trie rubies now before We iug quarts of (vonderfnl pearls rubies pearis ami we fact that the great treasure of before start iiev shall be and finally vast your wage Aftbr-ail meiaids by the the treasure Karnak Was hidden somewhere all of jewelry gold and ward wrought v Bunn the be priests and that Cambyses put in rude mi own exclusive property" silver Hiinnif'i'’s some packed V?f lV dhotii the they holy men to sword because which were old and fallyawned— it was a habit wooden toxi-s big to d' id others scattered loosebored — and mv 'ather would not reveal their secret Also it 'iv arose and ly ami filling every crevice slowly the Is historical that the treasure has not tu-ui stumped from room "iovelace said not word while we since been discoveredand that the the! will "When asked profeswere examining tiiis vast treasuie you go ashore unable to lay hands upon sor°" was collection that lias mst iemai'kable do It after all his efforts to do so “What During ic down to us from antiquity H is hy that ques-face that have passed the fori his the centuries face was white ami set and except nearly as ed as his lake has been dragged many times the trembling of ids handslie kepi him"Only that we intend to sail on our self iimir-iperfect control The with the hope of finding the immense eyes of at with R’ the Arabs however glittered is now known wealthof Karnak but it the ably you inare not quite ready to golto of pidity and caught them that the quicksandsat bottom significant glances America our company One of the vKboats will land you on the quav whenever the lake would have swallowed it up professor took couple of handfuls M you please to go” instantly so naturally all these rubies and pearls and thrust of He looked at me intently his face He have proved absolute failures them carelessly into his pockets now turned chalky white sHcctei few golden of ii r ornaments Arenic said “My friend Lovelace pondering on cheerily “let’s and replaced exquisite workmanship !e this queer story came to believe that go and see about unloading your all the rest of the treasure with its boxes" the wily priests had never thrown their in the rock cavity tliisi padding When im cried Van lorn treasure Into the lake at all No one “Stay!" had beep dine he commanded us to suddenly do yon peopl than they that to place ii "What demand?" tlie granite slab which we did knew betterto lose It forever furthermore e? Oh sir M we make no demands tipping it tiiat it again covered there was forward so at all lour proposition was as you tlie oiifice Our next task was to & the most valuable part of the doubtless well knew one it be light breeze fill in the sand and as' But jwe 'hi V £ 'kvfxf impossiblefor us to accept would treasure consisted of the historic papyri shall keep your secret never fear and was blowing we knew that in anof hour the bark rolls on which the ancient the desert would show tlie the best nroof is tiiat no marks we are off for — their records To inscribed had recently made Egyptians we so America You are at liberty to go ashore excavation to place these in water would be the 'I'bc levers we aft "lying beside the and negotiate wi th others" them thus the falsity of lai granite slab buried deep in the sand "And be bitterly murdered by Abdul Hashifri It clear friend motionedtlie Arabsto he added evident was my "Lovelace now their was return village and they toward "Ah! that is votir affair” ronild decided that the priests had hidden tin set out eagerly we following enough indifferently treasure somewhere in the desert neat dose- behind them But after we had I went on deck with Archie and (di sand? yards Lovelace the men in getting the Ackley Karnak- where the shifting proceeded few hundred rected cases hoisted from the hold and evidence of the place t‘ diew his revolver and calmiy would leave no Pasha swung See here I’m in this deal’ he aboard small lighter which shot both men dead “ Sam on announced earnestly’’ a landed betray It to the keen eyes of the Persian them safelv on the quay intended to Van Dorn’ ho said to mo But they spread the report that "’Now send the boy's two big telescooes with ’help me to bury this carrion’ if it had been cast into ‘he lake so the goods but Archie objected "Horrified as was at the murderous ground so' that not one ’of the rude cured and transported home Assist me traitor be the he laid carefully the table and its folds drew out bit" he any might people “This opening a act hastened obey for there was "Wait a"I haven’t whispered to me among upon to stores upon another while in this and remained your reward soberly the truth would not be revealed about tlie professor emergency yet decided toi go number of brilliant rubies something strange the tribe was driven further Into the shell be than you could gain greater steely cruel gleam in his otsert to seek new ashore”to deliver '“Since Cambyses put every priest of that night — quarters from dozen voyages" father’s goods your kindly eyes — that recalled my had Dorn shruggediiis stooped shoulders to "Not Karnak to death in his unreasoning "ortunately not banked tlie Van liis tlie had had enough of flic job and was going usually merchants at Luxor?" askd suspicions and made fear sample treasure had taken there was to recover the grain and taking former me we not red beard bristling with scorn with a smile none our we back to Cairo lie suspicious anger compass became that his great discovery had actually wishingto delay my friend’s rescue so "Would you then advise me to allow See here Sam: treasure the Persian was gona started out to follow this imaginary of me and threatenedto kill "No I’m in on tM when from me if driven him mad that now found myself the sole the treasure of deal" he across the desert ’Three miles deserted him Karnak to remain earnestly "If you which Professor line the Lome again "Silently we dug away sand of relating to two thousand years buried in the fellows goannounced found to the any knowledge fortune our great joy "This was my first susnii ion that his where hunting vou must conjecturedthat it still lay away we the mop hid fallen and covered the great discovery It has remained sands of the desert?" he asked “Are Lovelace ancient take mo very without mind had become unbaianced along" hiding place group ofbut palms them the surface afterward personal this hour satisfied secure in its original doubt much Van up smoothing my secret until your big speculators in America you want a share do vou?’f still standing and near to "’You know too born to "Oh that hiding place? well as we were able We million do they was these was be permitted to go as when have confided it to you gentlemen to acquire or said sarcastically “But where small oasis by and piab my watered away the village the question to be solved to in order to induce you to assist every one labor like slaves to make “I won’t refuse small sliceSam That was tiny springsecrets to others’ he said ‘assured "‘Where are my children?' demanded me" their million into billion? Men are but for the most I’m after is the fun years he soughtin the desert without him should keep closed mouth but or "Thefarquestion now remaining was sheik sternlv VI satisfied with many things in this age Tiiis is the biggest deal and how ever heard of success hut with rare patience beyond the three palms was tbe feilow was so crazy over Hehis idea the " 'Gone far errand’ said but satisfied with and it lot of the point away on never are they promiseswith snort before the time arrived in marked on tbe diagram by that lie would not trust me was a The Treaureof the Ancient at just about Lovelace wealth Tlie the more you’re it Let rriei in the cress the point the treasure big man masterful and the first to more we have through dstermined'and was he obtained a clew to guide — where "It true but Abdul Hashim strive obtain But here look at will you?" he added Egypt had to obey him whether was enough speak we to — pleadingly had been buried? wanted to We were obliged dissatisfied and suspicious these But it’s likely him not stuck to the search was “Tell modern goldsmiths “I’mcan’twilling Archie to work very cautiously for at this or though me sir" said lie "why you ornaments (’an with the late the next morning and we come to terms “On one of the ruined temple walls oasis lived small but fierce tribe of became afraid of my companions We slept the have selected us receive your confi match them?" to He don’t want to divvy fair had sent spies upon drew out golden necklace of desert "Well sirs not to bother you with meantime The sheik He hidden away In an unimportantcorner Arabs havingfor their sheik or dence?" see" jackals had dug quaint in you Abdul details which are to you our trail up the "I had two replied Van magnificent workmanship Is a to an ordinary ruler one the same unimportant reasons" carved diagram which Hashim bodies of the and had' and with delicacy and The little man was now walking devil who — me last will say that finally after more than murdered Arabs Dorn "One is that left wrought observer nearly am afraid appearedto mean nothing murdered aalf devoured them their comrades skill that were A bracelet about the deck Apparently night Tlie two years of patient search we when traveled wonderful were curious to cnanced Luxor and to Cairo trying to at all But Lovelace studied It and Arabs know upon the treasure the spot and a diadem set with amethysts he was in state of deep dejection what My day reached think of two rings we were after for they great auger one way to secure the treasure I Archie the are "It was went with to quay the conclusionthat the diagram thieves and often steal the contents stuck in the sand and could not be open war between the tribe for myself were also exhibited to- our of At Cairo was shot at duties on his came todescribed the and us occupied a small stone eyes where he paid the import the spot where after some lucky withdrawn Digging down we found house Weedge from a and escaped have an ancient tomb window narrowly father’s wjires and arranged to the point had at the of the village It had said the professor "you must that said father ’’These" both antique and valuable: them treasure was hidden There was a picture has discovered it So kept plunged into a but one door and no windows being slowly "Thisand treasure" my admit forwarded by the railway1 to bronze ring and become fast reflectively "belongs to tlie are high arch called in until finally they Lovelace of a Egypt our secret from them Luxor where they were consigned to bowl of joy at sight of the ring a bare room thatched with palm yet they are a mere' sample of the that they have gave a merely Egyptian accordin’ to your himself pylon and through this picture from became so angry would government a leaves we heard the tribe running own treasure have discoveredThere driven neighborhood for he knew then that our search was When say-so" don’t know these Greek us from their "You see we one corner diagonally across to another away ended cries we knew is have told you to had toward us with wild Lovelace no!!" cried Van Dorn enough as make and Syrian merchants" he explained not Professor “Oh chiseled This line Lovelace "It after stood to corner a line was was midnight with bright the climax had arrived ”1 Said the present laws of wealthyIn andorderamto willing "and order from the Khedivegranting Egypt us all liberally we can’t trust dealers in humbug stars shining obtain your down to light us as we in the doorway and kept the Arabs at enacted few forbade goods That’s why father wanted! me extended far 'beyond the pylon past him the privilege of ago any excavatingand assistance But shall not urge We cleared away the sand to hay with his revolvers but he did not relic of athe oldyears civilization to be taker you I’m to collect fqri the trees and exploring in certain sections the worked along of goup of three pictured palm the depth of more than four feet and how long he would be able to hold out of the country The If you are too stupid or cowardly to tostuffcomewhen also take follow desert for relics of know deliver it and then ended in a cross Do you Egypt’s ancient museum found the ring duly attached to a large out He gave me the gems and gold will buy all my treasure give me accept my offer keep my secret and go orders for and more they want us The will anything me gentlemen?”With an eager nervous civilization Khedive always block of granite that rested on the rock and told to and about business No harm Is done ornaments me escape an insignificant sum not at all your to grant these licenses Termittingthe manufacture" glance into dur faces for help will be willing to foundation” make my way to Luxor was with its value but what There thousands don’t you intend to travel with to work at his own in “But “Is there a layer of rock to into the right-Jjhas the adventure” put the treasure the Khedive to claim what the goods?" asked Uncle Naboth nodded but he looked the interests of science butexpense under the instructed when a desert’ sands then?” inquired bank gather a rescue party and 4 have worked so hard to secure? put the jewels and ornamentsback They can wait at for me bewildered Archie’s face wore a discovery has been laws “No Luxor the and buckled it as speedily as possible belt until we’ve decided what to do about blank oblige us to give or sellmade “Yesthein this section of the country” Luxor was millions” the gems alone will sell for into thehiding aroundhis expressionMy father was to again everything was will distant only four miles adross the des it his the professor’s treasure to answer “Archeologists waist He leaned underneath According placidly and looking out of the National of Cairo smoking Museum where tell you that originally the earth was ert this is an Egyptian treasure” vest back in his chair his story' it lies buried only few miles they "But the cabin Said I: pay only the insignificant window covered by a vast table land of solid the Arabs were in said “The laws cigarette and glanced at be able to prices because theremost “While watching seem to me to be lighted our from Luxor so may not familiar with EgypIs no other legal rock such are very as we now call front of the house stood on the just VWhat right have you a foreigner both errands at the same time” sandstone grave faces inquiringly to tian history professor think we way in treasure which one relics may dispo’se of to return but “But to my story The shoulders the to tem'ove this great wealth from the throughfrotn country?” it$e gooa enougn to go on aecK for a or block of granite was heavy thatch at the rear broke and catch the drift of story Pay dropped time professor" said my father your measuring “We “But that absurd law did not conthree by §ix feet on the surface and Che top of the stone wall to the sands ‘‘The right of discovery”retorted the will talk the matter over our BE little SYNOPSIS oriental foreigner discussion hair-raising CHAPTER AT ancient affect dominion p f seatedNone I 1 relate I exception information I a a ' government a When dis-covered professor permission a 1 a wJCTtR CBili " j We I i : I a t ( I a T-bts a I a I ancient ‘ 1 a ’’ I a diligently fi-et en-trance wn n He indignation a I I ignorance I ( ) a appear a I I I -we a I ' I a a relating a I a -and I ! 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