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I shall examine the mummy further, and in a couple of days Don Pedro can bring me a check for one thousand and remove his ancestor." "No! no!" cried the Peruvian hurriedly; "since the emeralds are missing, I am not in a position to pay you one thousand English pounds, sir. I want to take back the body of Inca Caxas to Lima; as one must show respect to one's ancestors.
Yet, on the face of it, there appeared to be no chance of the truth becoming known. Of course, when Don Pedro announced that the Mummy had formerly belonged to his father, every one was anxious to hear how it had been stolen. The Gayangos family were established in Lima, and the embalmed body of Inca Caxas had been purchased from a gentleman residing in Malta.
Then Manco succeeded, and is looked upon by historians as the last Inca of Peru. But he was not." "This is news, indeed," said Random lazily. "And who was the last Inca?" "The man who is now the green mummy." "Inca Caxas," ventured Lucy timidly. Don Pedro looked at her sharply. "How do you come to know the name?"
I received a note from him" he displayed a letter "stating that he will pass the jetty of Gartley at that hour, and will burn a blue light. If I fire a pistol, he will send off a boat with a full account of the theft of the mummy of Inca Caxas, written by himself.
Don't ask silly questions." "Be more respectful," said the Coroner again, and grew red. "Have you any idea as to the name of anyone who desired to obtain possession of this mummy?" "I daresay dozens of scientists in my line of business would have liked to get the corpse of Inca Caxas. Such as " and he reeled out a list of celebrated men. "Nonsense," growled the Coroner.
Jasher, it was proved that Cockatoo had warned his master that the game was up, and had suggested that Braddock should escape by hiding in the mummy case. The corpse of Inca Caxas was placed in an empty Egyptian sarcophagus in which it was afterwards found and Braddock, assisted by his faithful Kanaka, wheeled the case down to the old jetty.
"I am glad to see you, as I hear that you know all about this mummy of Inca Caxas." "Well, I do," answered De Gayangos, sitting down in the chair which his host pushed forward. "But may I ask who told you that this mummy was that of the last Inca?" Braddock pinched his plump chin and replied readily, enough. "Certainly, Don Pedro.
Inca Caxas is, or was, my ancestor, and this manuscript" Don Pedro produced the same from his inner pocket "details the funeral ceremonies." "Very interesting; most interesting," fussed Braddock, stretching out his hand. "May I see it?" "You read Latin," observed Don Pedro, surrendering the manuscript. Braddock raised his eyebrows.
"Humph!" said Hope, glancing at De Gayangos, "perhaps there is more than one copy of this manuscript you speak of." "Not to my knowledge." "The sailor Vasa might have copied it." "No." Don Pedro shook his head. "It is written in Latin, since a Spanish priest taught the son of Inca Caxas, who wrote it, that language. I do not think that Vasa knew Latin.
Vasa, if anyone, must have killed your assistant, since he alone could have known that the jewels were buried with Inca Caxas." "But, my dear sir," argued Hope good-naturedly, "if Vasa stole the manuscript, whether translated or not, he certainly must have learned the truth long, long ago, since thirty years have elapsed.
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