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


and live and this is the chief Of them-to
stay the woman who is all his own. Nay,
stay thy hand | Turn not that dagger
agains thy breast; for If me thou mayst
not sIay Nv how much the more mayst thou
not shay thyself, O thou forsWorn Priest
pf Isis Art thou. then, so eager to face
that outraged Majesty in Amentis With
whateyes, thinkest thou, will the Heavenly
Mother look upon her son who, shamed i'll
MI things and false to his most sacred vow,
connessto greet Her, his life-blood on his
hands? Where, then, WILDE the space for
thy atonement-if, indeed, thou mayst
atone!"
Then could bear no more, for my heart
WIS broken within me. Alas it was too
trle-I dared not die. 10 such a pass was
Icome that did not even dare to diel l
flung myself upon the couch and wept-
;Mept tears Of blood and anguish.
3;8 But Cleopatra came to me, and, seating
herself beside me, she strove to comfort
me, throwing her arms about my neck.
ssNay, Love, look up,'' she said. GAIL is
not lost for thee, nor am I angered against
thee. We did play q mighty game; but as
I warned thee, matched my woman's
magic against thine, and have conquered
But will be open with thee. Both as
Queen and woman thou hast my pity-ay,
and more; nor do love to see thee plunged
in sorrow. Well was it and right that thou
shouldst strive to win back that throne my
father seized, and the ancient liberty Of
EGYPT Myself as a lawful Queen had done
the same, nor shrunk from the deed OF
darkness whereto was sworn. Therein,
then, thou hast my sympathy, that goes
ever out to what is great and bold. Well is
It also that thou shouldst -,grieve over
the greatness of thy fail. Therein,
then, as woman-as loving woman-thou
hast my sympathy. Nor is all lost. The
plan was foolish-for, as I hold, Egypt
never might have stood alone; for though
thou hadst won the crown and country, as
without a doubt thou must have done, yet
was there the Roman to be reckoned with.
And for thy hope learn this: Little am I
known. There is no heart in this wide land
shat beats with a truer love for ancient
Khem than does this heart of mine; nay,
not thine own, Harmachis. But heavily
have been shackled heretofore, for wars,
rebellions, envies, plots have hemmed me
in on every side, so that might not serve
my people as I would. But thou, Har-
machis, shalt show me how. Thou shalt be
my counselor and my love. Is it a little
thing, 0 Harmachis, to have won the heart
of Cleopatra, that heart--ie on thee THAT
thou wouldst have stilled? Ay, thou shalt
unite me to my people, and together will we
reign, linking thus in one the new kingdom
and the old. Thus do all things work for
good-ay, for the very best-and thus, by
another and gentler road, shalt thou climb
10 Pharaoh S throne.
ssSee thou this, Harmachis: thy treachery
shall be cloaked about as much as may be:
Was it, then, thy fault that a Roman
knave betrayed thy plans! that, thereon,
thou vast drugged, thy secret papers
stolen and their key guessed! viii IT.,
then, be blame TO thee that, the great
plot being broken and those who built it
scattered, thou, still faithful to thy trust,
didst serve thee Of such means as Nature
gave thee, and win the heart of Egypt's
Queen, that, through her gentle love, thou
mightest yet attain thy ends and spread
thy wings of power across the rolling Nlles
Am I an ill-coupselor, thinkest thou,
Harmachisa" sH4
lifted my head, and a ray Of hope crept
into the darkness of my heart; for when
men fall they grasp at feathers. Then, for
the first time, spoke.
s.And those with me- those who trusted
me what Of then?''
"Ay..' she answered, "Amenemhat, thy
father, the aged Priest of Abydos; and
sepa, thy uncle, that fiery patriot, whose
great heart is hid beneath so common q
shell Of form; and
Methough5 she would have said Char
mion, but she named her not.
ssAnd many others-oh, know them ALI
tAy!" Isaid, 'swhat of them?"
ssSee thou, Harmachis,n she answered,
raising and placing her hand upon my arm,
.1for thy sake will show mercy to them
No more will do than must be done. !
swear by my throne and by all the Gods Of
Egypt that not one hair Of thy aged fathers
head shall be harmed by me; and, if it be
not too Late, thy uncle Sepa will also
spare, ay, and the others. I will not do as
did my forefather Epiphanes, who, when
the Egyptians rose against him, dragged
Athinls, Pausiras, Chesuphus and lrobash-
tus, bound to his chariot-not as Achilles
dragged Hector, but yet living round the
city walls. I win spare them all, save the
Hebrews, il there be any Hebrews; for the
Jews hate
gY ssThere are no Hebrews, said.
- eft is WE'LL she said. .sfor no Hebrew
will ever, spare. Am then, indeed, so
cruel a, women as they say! In thy list, Q
Harmacnis, were many doomed to die; and
I have but taken the life Of one Roman
knave, double traitor, for he betrayed
both me and thee Art thou not over
swhelmed, Harmachis, with the weight OF
mercy which give thee, because such are
d woman b reasons thou pleasest me, Har.
Inachis az Nay, by Serapisp she added,
with q little laugh 'sI'll change my mind; 4
win not give thee so much for nothing.
Thou shalt buy II from me, and the price
shall be q heavy one--it shall be g kiss,
Harmachis. 8 0 .,.s sa5 gs .g
Nay I said, turning from that fair
tempt resi-, the price is too heavy; I kiss
no more 58 y? ~ g2 2
Z sBethink thee,'' she answered, with ID
heavy strown. BetlinK thee and choose.
III am but i M nan, armachis, and one who
81 not wont tos sue men Do IS thou wilt;
but this q thou dost 8putsine
away, j Wfl gather up the mercy i have
.ssrneted ss ott. There fore, most 81 SO yirtnous
spriest, choose thou THE heavy burden
of INV love and the eathso aged
father and sot tltlsts tth
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