affair--that you were right, that all the information given
you by the seer was correct."

Margaret did not include her vision of Akhnaton in Millicent's
presence; it was always a sacred subject between them.

"That is what Abdul said, and I know it is true. But who can prove it?
To the disbelieving no one can prove that there was any treasure, any
gold or great wealth of jewels." He looked into Margaret's eyes. He
said plainly, "Freddy died unconvinced on that point."

Margaret understood. She had so often wished that Freddy could have
known all that had transpired since his death.

"I will spend all my money and wits on finding the wretch," Millicent
said humbly. "I will hunt this treasure to earth. If there were
jewels, they shall be found. I will never stop until I have traced
them, never! That will give me some interest in life--if you will let
me do it, that is to say."

"The jewels will all be cut by this time, the gold will be melted. No
one will be able to recognize them."

"You can't find the thief," Margaret said. "He died of smallpox--Mr.
Ireton heard that from the Government authorities. They set detectives
on his track, and discovered his whereabouts, but he was unconscious.
They think that he buried the treasure, that it is again lost to the
world. It is still waiting for you, Mike."

"I know that there were many more jewels where the crimson amethyst
came from," Michael said, "whether they are ever found again or not."
He was thinking of the words of his old friend in el-Azhar. If he came
out of the war alive, he might again hope to discover them.

"I can do something else," Millicent spoke pleadingly. "Say you will
let me! I am rich--my money is no good to me."

Michael looked at her for an explanation. His eyes were cold.

"I can spend some of my money in paying the expenses of the digging,
for excavating on the site. The war will put a stop to all excavating
work in Egypt and the Holy Land so far as England is concerned, but if
I give sufficient money, you can employ the best Egyptologists in
America, so that the work can go on this autumn. You will not have to
wait until the war is over before you find out all there is to be known
on the subject."

"The papyri will prove a great deal," Michael said; "they found
papyri." Millicent's words scarcely penetrated to his brain. He was
obsessed with the idea that the Egyptologists suspected that the
treasure was again buried.