Wichita eagle., 1888-07-22

nad ever met UP with. She accompanied
HIM to Rome in 46 B. c. and remained there
a couple of years in the capacity Of SIS
| ter. When Caesar was assass'nated by a
! delegation Of Roman taxpayers who desire
! a change, Cleopatra went back and began
/ to reign over. Egypt again. She also at
! tracted the attention of Anthony. He
/ thought so much of her that lte would fire.
J ouentiy stay at home from battle and deny
himself the joys OF Being split open with
q duh stab knife in order to stay around
/ home and hold Cleopatra's hand, and,
though she was widow practically, she
was the Amelia Rives style OF widow, and
he said that it had 10 be an ALFRED good
battle that could make HIM put On his iron
ulster and fight all day on the salary he was
getting She plzeRed herself thirty years
before Christ at the age Of thirty years
rather than ride around Rome in a git G.
ham dress as the captive Of Augustus. She
died right in haying time, and Augustus
said he'd rather have lost the best horse in
Rome. This is her needle. Ii was brought
to New York mostly by water and looks
well here in the Park. She was said to De
as likely Queen as ever jerhed a scepter
over Egypt or any other place. Every body
that saw her reign said that the country
never had magneticller Queen.
AS we rode swiftly along the slight, girl
ISL figure Of middle-aged woman might
have been seen striving hurriedly 10 cross
the driveway. She screamed and beckoned
to a park policeman, who rushed leisurely
in and caught her by the arm, rescuing her
from the cruel feet of our mad chargers
and then led her to her seat. AS we paused
to ask the policeman if the lady had been
injured he came I'D to the side Of the car
riage and whispered TO me behind his hand:
That woman ! have rescued between
thirty and forty times this year, and it is
only the 1st Of July. Every pleasant day
she comes here to be rescued. One day.
when business was a little dull and we
didn't have any teams on the drive and time
seemed to hang heavily on her hands, she
told me her sad history. When she was
eighteen years of age she had been disap-
pointed in love and prevented from marry
ing her hearts choice owing TO the fact that
the idea of their union did not occur to him.
He was not, in fact, a union man. Time
passed on, from time to time glad spring
and bobolinks and light underwear sue
ceeded stern winter, frost and heavy red
lannels, and yet he coneth not, she said.
No one had ever caught her in his great
strong arms in a quicker embrace that
seemed to scrunch her whole being Sum
mers came and went
''The dews on the upland succeeded the
frost on the pumpkin. The grand ratifca-
ton Of the partridge ushGrcd in the wall of
the turtle dove and the brief PUNK of the
rlUskrat in the cleaning. And yet no man
had ever daSt to come right out and pay at
teution to her or keep company with her
She had an emotional nature that Just
seemed to get up on its hind feet and pant
for recognition and love She could have
almost loved a Well-tO-dO man who had per-
haps sinned a few times. but even the
tough ana erring went elsewhere to repent.
One day she came to town to do some trad
ing. She had priced $3.50 worth of goods
and was just crossing Broadway to price
some more when the gay equipage of
wealthy h1morist with silver chains on the
neck yoke and foam flcclls across the bosom
of the nigh boss, came plunging down the
street.
"The red nostrils of the spirited brutes
were above her. Their hot breath scorched
the back of her neck and swayed the red
flannel pompon on her bonnet. Every one
on Broadway held his breath, with the ex-
ccption Of a man on the front step of the
Astor House whose breath had got beyond
his control. Every one was Mortified and
turned away with a shudder which ratified
the telegraph wires for two blocks.
just then strong, brave policeman
rushed in and knocked down both horses
and the driver, together with his salary
he caught the woman up as though she had
been no more than feathers weight He
bore her away to the post-of1ice pavement,
where II is still the custom to carry people
who are run over and TaDgled. He then
sought to put her down. but like bad oys-
ter, she would not be put down. She still
chung about his neck like the old party who
got acquainted with Sinbad the Sailor,
though of course in different manner. It.
took quite while to shake her off The
next day she came back and was almost
killed at the same crossing. 1t went on
that way until the policeman had his beat
changed to another part Of the town
Finally she came up here to get her sum-
mer reScping done. do II when it falls to
my lot, but my heart is not in the work
Sometimes the horrible thought comes over
me that may be too late. Several times I
have tried to be too late but haven't the
heart to do it."
He then walked up TO a sparrow that re-
fused TO keep off the grass and brainea it
with his club. BILL NYE. =.