Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-24

of the war. And so thou wouldst be going, Harmachisa The bird would fly the nest as, when they are grown, the swallows fly from beneath the caves of the Temple. Well, 1t shall be as thou desirest; the hour is at hand. I have taught thee all that have learned, and methinks that the pupil hath outrun his master" And he paused and wiped his bright, black eyes, for he was very sad at the thought of my depart ure.
 And whither shall I go, my unclea" I asked, rejoicing; "baclk to Abouthis to be initiated in the mystery of the Gods?'
 "Ay, back to Abouthis, and from Atouthis to Alexandria, and from Alexandria to the throne of thy fathers, O Harmachis! Listen. now; things arc thus: Thou knowest how Cleopatra, the Queen, fled into Syria when that false eunuch Pothinus set the will of Athletes at naught and raised her brother Ptolemy to the sole lordship of Egypt. Thou knowest also how she came back, like Queen indeed, with great army in her train, and lay at Pelus1m, and how at this juncture the mighty Caesar, that great man, that greatest of all men, sailed with a weak company hither to Alexandria from Phar- salia's bloody field in hotpursuit of Pompey. But he found Pompey already dead, having been basely murdered by Aohillas, the Gen eral, and Lucius Septimius, the chief of the Roman legtons in Egypt; and thou knowest how tho Alexandrians were troubled at his coming and would have slain his lictors. Then, as thou hast heard, Caesar seized Ptolemy, the young King, and his sister Arsinoe, and bade the army of Cleopatra and the army of Ptolemy, under Achillas, which lay facing each other at Pelusim, dis band and go their ways. And for answer Achillas marched on Caesar and be- sieged him straitly in the Bruchium at Alexandria, and so, for awhile, things were, and none knew who should reign in Egypt. But then Cleopatra took up the dice and threw them, andithis was the throw she made-in truth it was 2 bold one. For, leaving the army at Pelusim, she came at dusk to the harbor of Alexandria, and alone with the Sicilian Apollodorus entered and landed. Then did Apollodorus bind her In bale of rich rugs, such as are made in Syria, and sent the rugs as present to Caesar. And when the rugs Were unbound in the palace, beholdi within them was the fairest girl on all the earth-ay, and the most witty and the most learned. And she seduced the great CHsar-even his weight of years did not avail to protect him from her charms-so that, as fruit of his folly, | he wellnigh lost his life and all the glory l he had gained in g hundred wars.''
 ''The fool!" broke in, s'the fooll Thou callest him great, but how can the man who hath no strength to stand against a woman's | wiles be truly great9 Casar, with the world hanging on his word! Caesar, at whose breath forty legions marched and changed the fate of peoplesl Caesar. the coldi the far-seeingi the hero! Caesar, to fall like a ripe fruit into false girls lapI Why, in the issue, of what common clay waa thia Roman Cesar, and how poor a thingr
 But Sepa looked at me and shook his head.
 l "Be not SO rash, Harmachis, and talk not with so proud voice. Knowest thou not l that in every suit of mail there is g joint, l and woe to him that wears 1t if the sword
 should search 1t out. For woman, in her
 weakness, is yet the strongest force upon l the earth. She is the helm of all things
 human; she comes in many shapes and
 knocks at many doors; she Is quick and
 patient, and her passion is not ungovern-
 able like that of man, but as gentle steed
 that she can guide cen where she will, and
 as occasion offers can now bit up and new
 give rein. She hath 8 captains eye, and
 strong must be tho fortress of the heart
 wherein she finds no place of vantage.