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 Those waiting heard a stumble and a shout.

"Come in, you fellows! Bring lights. There's something here."

Promptly the two were after him. As they came, Merritt cried out sharply:

"Take care! You'll step on it! It's lying just inside the threshold."

Deane, entering first, threw his light ahead, and saw a thing huddled close to the door. Over it he stepped with care, and stooped beside Merritt to examine. Holloway, half in and half out of the low doorway, peered down at them; over his shoulder Ibraheem stretched his swarthy face.

"It's a mummy, sure enough," Holloway said, holding his light close. "But