Produced by Mary Glenn Krause, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) [Illustration: The Living Mummy I swear by the King of Heaven & of Earth-- _Frontispiece_ _Page 244_] _The_ Living Mummy BY AMBROSE PRATT _With Four Illustrations in Color by_ LOUIS D. FANCHER [Illustration: Decoration] _SECOND EDITION_ NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1910, by FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY _All rights reserved_ [Illustration: Logo _February, 1910_] THE LIVING MUMMY CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. CONCERNING THE SON OF HAP 1 II. A PATIENT OF THE DESERT 13 III. TWO LIES 25 IV. THE SARCOPHAGUS'S PERFUME 29 V. THE SHADOW IN THE CAVE 42 VI. ENTER DOCTOR BELLEVILLE 53 VII. THE ONE GODDESS 62 VIII. OTTLEY SHOWS HIS HAND 75 IX. A COOL DEFIANCE 90 X. THE CAPTURE OF THE COFFIN 96 XI. GOOD-BYE TO THE NILE 104 XII. THE MEETING 111 XIII. HUBBARD IS JEALOUS 124 XIV. THE PUSHFUL MAN 131 XV. A QUAINT LOVE PACT 138 XVI. LADY HELEN PRESCRIBES FOR HER HUSBAND 145 XVII. THE SÉANCE 155 XVIII. THE UNSEEN 173 XIX. THE FIRST VICTIM 184 XX. LADY HELEN'S MEDICINE OPERATES 193 XXI. HUBBARD'S PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE 204 XXII. THE DEAD HAND 211 XXIII. I SET OUT FOR THE EAST 220 XXIV. THE GIN IS SPRUNG 226 XXV. THE MUMMY TALKS 238 XXVI. A PLEASANT CHAT WITH A MURDERER 246 XXVII. UNBOUND 262 XXVIII. THE STRUGGLE IN THE CHAMBER 275 XXIX. SAVED BY FIRE 293 XXX. THE LAST 305 THE LIVING MUMMY Chapter I Concerning the Son of Hap I was hard at work in my tent. I had almost completed translating the inscription of a small stele of Amen-hotep III, dated B. C., 1382, which with my own efforts I had discovered, and I was feeling wonderfully self-satisfied in consequence, when of a sudden I heard a great commotion without. Almost immediately the tent flap was lifted, and Migdal Abu's black face appeared. He looked vastly excited for an Arab, and he rolled his eyes horribly. "What do you want?" I demanded irritably. "Did I not tell you I was not to be disturbed?"