er that he gave him one of the two
rings, and assured him that that inscribed "_Bes Ank, Ank Bes_," was
with Ma-Mee's other jewels in the Gold Room of the Museum.

Also Smith is wondering whether any other bronze figure of an old
Egyptian royalty shows so high a percentage of gold as, on analysis, the
broken image of Ma-Mee was proved to do. For had she not seemed to tell
him a tale of the melting of a golden chain when that effigy was cast?

Was it all only a dream, or was it--something more--by day and by night
he asks of Nothingness?

But, be she near or far, no answer comes from the Queen Ma-Mee, whose
proud titles were "Her Majesty the Good God, the justified Dweller in
Osiris; Daughter of Amen, Royal Heiress, Royal Sister, Royal Wife, Royal
Mother; Lady of the Two Lands; Wearer of the Double Crown; of the White
Crown, of the Red Crown; Sweet Flower of Love, Beautiful Eternally."

So, like the rest of us, Smith must wait to learn the truth concerning
many things, and more particularly as to which of those two circles of
ancient gold the Director-General gave him yonder at Cairo.

It seems but a little matter, yet it is more than all the worlds to him!

To the astonishment of his colleagues in antiquarian research, Smith has
never returned to Egypt. He explains to them that his health is quite
restored, and that he no longer needs this annual change to a more
temperate clime.

Now, _which_ of the two royal rings did the Director-General return to
Smith on the mummied hand of her late Majesty Ma-Mee?

MAGEPA THE BUCK

In a preface to a story of the early life of the late Allan Quatermain,
known in Africa as Macumazahn, which has been published under the name
of "Marie," Mr. Curtis, the brother of Sir Henry Curtis, tells of how
he found a number of manuscripts that were left by Mr. Quatermain in his
house in Yorkshire. Of these "Marie" was one, but in addition to it and
sundry other completed records I, the Editor to whom it was directed
that these manuscripts should be handed for publication, have found
a quantity of unclassified notes and papers. Some of these deal with
matters that have to do with sport and game, or with historical events,
and some are memoranda of incidents connected with the career of the
writer, or with remarkable occurrences that he had witnessed of which he
does not speak elsewhere.

One of these notes--it is contained in a book much soiled and worn that
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