The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-11-16


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i. 81, 4aII yoith .l llis force on Egypt
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81 s.Hnpu thena 81 Nv. chen Ws' him
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ID q i { n ,rhnn sayast 90. and perchance,,
,4ar1na,.l,is. mad III not won hat ane we
4, 1,o.i1 ~ Jtether so1ne twelve days gone,
fbn,, ha;n " "a araoh. mic htes4 we'll have
An III. thing. for round THY throne old
F,pvnt' would have gathered. But Egypt
InTas 81 not me- nor nv Greek blood and but
nn,v have scattered that great plot OF
thine wherein half the land was meshed.
viii thaaDo ~ then. arise to succor me!
Were EryDt= true to me i could, indeed,
Nh ~ own again I'll all the force that Rome
I, a. hrins,. Int Egypt hates me, and had rs
lief no r,lled nv the Roman as the Greek
SEN n,i;e,ht; Z make az fense had / the gold,
fo,. WITH money soldiers can be bought
,uhere,uit,, 7tosfeed the nav OF nereenary
,ott t mi Ihave none: nv treasures are
5,l,v and though there is wealthln the land,
vat Al dehts nernlex me, These wars have
s i,,o,,,yht ma min and IS know not how to
{;rd rolant 4 Perchance Harmachls, thou
uyho art Nv hereditary ri ght, Priest of the
Pyr,mids ), and she drew near and looked
no i, tn ! ewes ssnerchance. if long descend
- -, !, =. doas not; lie. thou canst tell me
where + can to,,ch the gold to save thy land
from win and. myself from the grasp OF An.
tonya Saw. Is it soy, VI s 81 .si@3
M +,o,,e,ht awhile and then answered
..Ana ;f snch > tale were true, and if ]
co,,la show thee measure stored by the
, nua pharaohs Of the most far-off age
-, - tta ,,a Gods ~ Khom. how can I know
ths+ tbo,, vonldst indeed make use OF thai
. .us.y 80, - +hns . 1901 anas ~
. ''s ss1s there then. treasured, she asked
-, ,,;a,,s,1r .sr r1 fret ma not. Harmachis
fa,,af :, f,,,+h +ha perv name of gold at this
~, = ~ ,,,.nt g lire the sight Of water il
~, aoso,t ),
(, s,rhaa;ar,a,, raa;d ssthat there is such g
treasure, though myself have never seen it
p,,t this lynow- that if Is still lie in the
Y,lo WI
i,a.uv No cnrse shall rest upon him WHIT
n ,.s;a1,sa,r and for selfish ends shall LAY
hands thereon that none of those Pharaoh.
~ ,,,l,I, = hath been shown have dared Il
tonch = whatever their needn
ssso >, sha said. s.thev were cowardly
.fo,.etima or.else was their need not great
VIII thon show me this treasure, then
Ha,yo.ch;as,,
.sparrhance J, answered. 81 will show i
- thea if s. sti,, he there. when thou has
/ sworn that thou wiltuse it to defend Egyp
froro tb;a Roman Antony and for the wei
fare IF her neonle ),
ar sr,o.c ;tp, che said earnestly. sOh. .
swaa, Nv every God IN Khem that if tho1
shoueet ma this great treasure i will def,
Antony and send Dellius back to Cilici
with words more sharp than those b
bronpht Az. I,ll do more, Harmachis: 81
coon a. NAV he. 7 will take thee to husban,
before all the world. and thou myself shall
( corrv out thv MANS and beat the Romal
sEaaolos off,
Tins she SMOKE gazing at me- with trnth.
.fn1 earnest ewes T believed her. and for
tho firat time s,nce NV fall was for a mo,
oant ban,,v thinl hin q that all was moi, lost
Ia mo and that with Cleonatra. whom
loved Tins madlv. 7 MIGHT Vet win INV place
and mower back. =
ssSwear Il. Cleonatra y, r said.
81 swear helovedl and thus seal nv
oath,n And she kissed me- on the forehead.
And r too. kissed her: and we. talked OF
what wa world do when we were wed. and
how we shonld overcome the Roman.
And Tins was T again beguiled: though
verify I believe that. had It not been for the
Jealous anger of Charmion- which, as shall
be seen, was ever urging her forward to
fresh deeds of shame Cleopatra would
have welded me and broken with the Ro-
man. And indeed, in the issue, it had been
better for her and Egypt.
Far into the night we sat. and revealed
to her somewhat of that ancient secret of
the mighty treasure hid beneath the mass
of .Her., Thither. il was agreed. should
we 90 on the morrow. and the second night
from now attempt irs search. So, early on the
next dav. a boat was secretly made ready.
and therein did Cleopatra enter. vailed as
an EGYPTIAN lady about to make pilgrim
age to the Temple Of Horemku. And also.
cioaked "a a pilprim. entered with her. and
with US ten of her most trusted servants
hidden az sailors Rnt Chairman entered
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