Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-15


Charmion, unable to cOntrCl her grlei,
wept aloud. Then, reading her heart
for the old wife was very clever, and nelo
the kew Of knOwledge-she told her that
Harmaohis vet lived, and sent her greet
ings. Thereupon Charmion wept YET
more with Joy, and kissed the old wife
and made her gifts, bidding her tell me
that ever she kept her vow, and waited
for nv coming and the hour CT veDgeauc q
So, having learned many secre 8. a
returned again to Tape.
And in the following year came messen.
gers TO me from Cleopatra, bearing a sealed
roll and great gifts. Openedd the roll and
read therein
cleopatra to Olympus, the learned Egyp
tian iclO dlCelleh IA the Falley Of DEATH %
Tape
The fame Of thy renown, o learned
Olympus, hath reached our ears. Tel
thou, then, this 10 Us, and if thou tellest
Alright greater honor and wealth shalt thou
have than any in Egypt. How shall We
win back the love of noble Antony, who |;
bewitched of cunning 0ctavia and tarriee
long from us?n
And herein saw the hand Of Chsrmion
who had made known my renown to Cleo
patra.
All that night I took counsel with my
wisdom, and on the morrow wrote my an
swer ss it vas put into my heart to the
destruction Of Cleopatra and Of Antony
And thus I wrote:
"Olynpus the Egyptian to Cleopatra TIL
Queni
go forth into Syria with one who shall
be sent TO lead thee; thus shalt thou Wiz
ANTONY TO thy arms again, and with him
gifts more great than thou canst dream. y
And with this letter dismissed the
messengers, bidding them share the pres
ents sent by Cleopatra among their COM
pany.
So they went wondering.
Bat Cleopatra, seizlng on the advice to
which her passion prompted her, departed
straightway with FOnteius Capito into
Syria; and there the thing came about as
I had foretold, for Antony was subdued OF
her and gave her the greater part Of Gill
Ella, the ocean shore of Arabia Nabatbel,
the balm bearing provinces of Judea, the
provinces Of Phoenicia, the province Of Celo-
Syria, the rich Isle Of Cyprus, and all the
library of Pergamus. And TO the twin
children that, with the son of PtolOmy,
Cleopatra had borne 10 Antony, did he I'M
piously give the names Of Kings, the
Children Of Kings''-Of Alexander HeliOsi
as the Greeks name Ra (the sum, and OF
Cleopatra Seleae, the long-wlnged lthe
moon
These things, then, came to pass.
Now, on her return to Alexandria Cleo
patra sent me great gifts, of which l would
have none, ana prayed me, the learned
Olympus, to come to her at Alexandria; but
il was not vet time, and / would Tot. But
thereafter did she and Antony send many
times to me for counsel, and ever coun-
seled them to their ruin, nor did my
prophecies fail.
Thus the long years rolled away, and l.,
the Hermit Olympus, the dweller N a
tomb, the eater of bread and the drinker
OF water, became by strength of the wis
dom that was given me Of the avenging
Power, once more great IN Khem. For
ever l grew wiser as tranpled the desires
OF the flesh beneath my feet snd turned
my eyes to Heaven.
At length eight full years we're accom-
pished. The war with the Parthians had
come and gone, and Artavssdes, King Of
Armenia, had been led in triumph through
the streets of Alexandria. Cleopatra had
visited Samos and Athens; and, by her
counseling. the noble Octavia had been
driven, ike some discarded cOncubine,
from the house Of Antony at Rome. And
now, at the last, was the measure Of the
folly of Antony full even to the brim. For
this master Of the world had no longer the
GOOD gift of reason-in Cleopatra was he
lost, even as 1 had been lost. And there
fore. in the event, did Octavisnus declare
war against him.
And as l slept at night in the chamber
OF the Hsrpers, in the tomb Of Pharaoh
that is by Tape, there came to me vision
of my father, the aged Amenemhat, and
he stood over me, leaning on his staff, and
spoke, saying:
"Arise, my son the hour Of vengeance
is at hsndl Thy plots have not failed
Thy prayers have been heard. By the bid
ding Of the Gods, as she sat in her gallery
st the fight of Actium, I filed the heart OF
Cleopatra with fears, so that she fled with
all her fleet. Now Is the strength of An
tony broken on the sea. Go forth, and
even as shall be thy mind, so do thou"
In the morning swoke, wondering, and
went to the mouth Of the tomb; and there,
coming mp the valley, 1 saw the messen-
gers OF Cleopatra, and with them a hOman
guard.
'What Will ye with me now" asked
sternly.
This is the message of the Queen and
of great Antony" answered the Captain,
bowling low before me, for was much
feared of all men. The Queen doth COM
maud thy presence at Alexandria. Many
times hath she sent, and thou wOuldst not
come; now doth she bid thee to come, and
that swiftly, for she hath need Of thy
counsel ~
AID if I sag Nay, soldier, what ihen?n
These sre my orders, most holy Olym-
pus. that by force I bring thee
I laughed aloud. by force, thou fool
Use not such talk, lest smite thee where
thou art Know, then, can kill SIS well
as cure
Pardon, I beseecbn he answered.
shrinking. 81 say but those things that
am bid
"Wel, I know it, Captain. Fear lot, I
come.
So on that very nay departed, together
with the sged Atoua. Ay, 1 went as Sc
cretly as had come; and the tomb of the
divine Rsmeses knew me no more And
with mel took all the treasuIeof my father,
for was not minded to 10
20 Alexandria empty-hsnded, and as a
suppliant; but rather as a man of much
wealth and condition. Now, IS l went.