The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-12-05

and whose SIN snail ous.lv0 the
Ill solid mass Of mighty pyramid that
lowered over us! Tho heariness Of her
swcon had smoothed away I'll the false
ness Of her face, and nauRht was left
Dut the stamp divine Of womGn's richest
loveliness. softened by shadows Of the night
And dignified by the cast Of deathlike sleep.
gazed upon her and ell my heart went out
70 her; it seemed that did but love her
more because of the depth Of the treasons
wherein had sunk to reach her, aud be-
rause OF the terrcrs we had outfaced TO-
reihcr. Weary and spent with fears and
The pangs Of guilt. my heart sought hers
for rest, for now she alone IVES left to me-
She had sworn to wed me also. and with
he treasure we had won we would make
egypt strong and free her from her foes,
ind all should yet be we'll All! could ]
azve seen the picture that was TO be, how.
,nd in what place and circumstances, once
,galn this very woman's head should be
aid upon my knee, pale with that cast OF
dcath. Ali could have scent
Ichafcd her hand between my hands. l
rent mo and kissed her on the lips, and she
woke. She woke with little sob Of fear
SILVER ran down her delicate limbs; aud
with wide eyes she stared upon my face.
"Ah. it Is thou" she said. Il mind nc
.hou hast saved me from that horror
haunted placer And she threw her arms
about my neck and drew me 70 her and
Kissed me. .Come, love-" she said, s'let IN
be going. / am sore athirst, and-ah!
20 very weary! The gems, too, they chafc
ny breast! Never was wealth SO hardly
won. Come, let us be going from the
shadow Of this ghostly spot! See the faint
tights glancing from the wing OF Dawn !!
How beautiful they are, and low sweet to
behold! Never, In those Halls Of Eternal
Night, did think to look upon the blush OF
dawn again! All! ! can see the face Of
that dead slave vet, with the Horror hang
Ing to his beardless chin Betnink thee:--
there he'll sit forever-there--lth the
aorror: Come: where may we lind water!
would give an emerald for cupo OF watcr!''
AT the canal at the borders Of the titled
land below the temple Of HoreDnku-it Is
rlose a. hand,' i answered. "If any see
us, we viii say that we are pilgrims who
have lost our way 1t nigh. among the
tombs. Vail thyself closely, therefore,
Cleopatra; and beware lest thou dost show
aught OF those gems about thee"
SO she vailed herself, and lifted her on
TO the ass which was tethered close at hand.
VIC walked slowly through the sand I'll. We
God Horemku. fashioned as q mighty sphinx
(whom the Greeks call Harmachisl. and
crowned with the royal crown Of Egypt,
looks out in majesty across the land, his
eyes ever fixed upon the East. Even as we
walked tho first arrow Of the rising sun
quiversd through the gray air, striking
mpon Horcmku's lips OF holy cain. Then the
light gathered and grew upon the cleaning
sides Of twenty pyramids, aud, like prom
Use Of Life to Death, rested on the portals o.
ten thousand tombs. Then from his horizon
bed Royal ka rose up in pomp, and Il wa,
day.
And passing the temple Of granite and Of
aiabaster that was built before the days oil
Chnfn, to the glory of the majesty Of Hor.
Cmku, we descended tho slope and came u
the water of the canal. There we crank;
and sweeter was that draught Of muddy
water than all tho choicest wine OF Alex
andria. Also we washed the mummy dust
and CRIME from our hands and brows a0i
made us clean. Aud as she bathed her
neck, STOPPING over the water, one Of the
great emeralds slipped from Cieopatra's
breast and fell into the water, and 1t was
but by chance that at length ! found 1t In
the mire. Then, once more, lifted Cleo
patra on to the beast, and slowly, for was
Ct Sihor. where our craft was. And having
Of length come thither. seeing no one save
some few peasants going out to labor on the
lands, turned the ass loose In that same
deld where we had found him, and we
boarded the craft while the crew were yet
sleeping. Then, waking them, We bade
them make all SAIL saying that we had left
the eunuch 10 sojourn awhile behind US. a.
in truth We had. So we sailed, and the
gems, with such Of the ornaments Of gold
rs We could bring hither, we hid away.
Four days and more we spent in coming
10 Alexandria, for the wind was for the
most part against US; and they were happy
days! At first, indeed. Cleopatra was
somewhat silent and heavy at heart, for
what she had seen and felt in the womb Of
the pyramid weighed her down. But soon
hsr imperial spirit swoke and shook the
burden from her breast and she became
herself again-now gly, now learned; now
LOVING and now cold; now Queenly and now
altogether simple-ever changing . the
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