Telegram-herald., 1889-10-11

Ei iil-AA- -1f<>[ shoulder and roughly
EETztts>s eHsAy bade me wait on the
n presence OF the Queen.
KAM HkfsS An hour past and this
ksAEgA k2xF fellow would have
sx sSzEti ssNcet crawled 20 me on his
ErtT .<y knees; but he had heard,
+ E$zV ~ and now he treated ne
\SA-v-7N 50 british is the nature Of such
cfrllLS slaves-as the world treats the
fallen, with scorn. For 10 come low after
being great is 70 learn all shame. I'm
happy, therefore, are the great, for they
may fall
| turned upon the slave with so fierce a
word that, cur like, he sprang behind me;
then passed on TO the Alabaster Hall, and
was admitted OF the guards. In the cen
ter OF the hall. nigh 10 the fountain, sat
Cleopatra, and with her were Charmion
and the Greek girl Iras, and Merira and
other OF her waiting ladies. Go" she
said to these, II would speak with my as
trologer.n SO they went, and left US face
70 face.
"Stand thou there" she said, lifting her
face for the first time. "Come not near
me, Harmachis; / trust thee not. Per
chance thou hast found another dagger.
Now, what hast thou 10 sayi BY what right
didst thou dare TO break in upon my talk
with the Romanr'
/ felt the blood rush through me like
storm, bitterness and burning anger took
hold upon my heart. ''W hat hast thoW TO
say, Cleopatraw / answered boldly.
Where is thy oath, sworn on the dead
heart Of Menka-ra, the ever-livingl Where
now thy challenge to this Roman Antonyl
Where thy oath that thou wouldst call me
husband in the face Of Egypt" And i
chOked and ceased.
'.Well does it become Harmachis, who
never was forsworn, TO speak 10 me of
oaths ~ she said, in bitter mockery. "And
yet, O thou most pure Priest OF Isis; and
yet, o thou most faithful friend, who never
didst betray thy friends and yet, . thou
most steadfast, honorable and upright
man, who never dldst barter thy birthright,
thy country and thy cause for the price of
woman's passing love; by what token
knowest thou that my word IS voidF'
Thy taunts | will not answer, Cleo
patra," / said, holding back my heart as
best might; "for 1 have earned them all,
though not from thee. By this token, then,
/ know il. Thou goest TO visit Antony;
thou goest, "a said that Roman knave,
'tricked in the best attire, to feast with
him whom thou shouldst give to vultures
for their feast Perchance, for aught ]
know, thou art about to squander those
treasures that thou hast flched from the
body of MenkS-ra, those treasures stored
against the need Of Egypt. upon wantOn
revels which shall complete the shame of
Egypt. By these things, then, know that
thou art forsworn, and l, who, loving thee,
believed thee, tricked; and by this, also,
=. ,srr-@
20 wed me. d0st to-day cover me with
taunts, and even before that Roman put me
70 an open shame!'
''To wed theel And did swear to wed
theei Wen, and what Is marriagel Is 1t
the union O the heart, that bond beautiful
as gossamcr and than gossamer more hight,
which binds soul 70 soul as through the
dreamy night OF passion they float, bond
70 be, perchance, melted in the dews OF
dawul OR is it the iron link of enforced,
unchangiug u ion whereby II SINKS the one
the other must be dragged beneath the sea
OF circumstances, there, like a punished
slave. to perish Of unavoidable corruption.
Marriage I % marry / 70 forget free
dom and court the worst slavery Of our sex,
wnich, by The selfish viii Of man, the
stronger, doth sill bind Us 70 a bed grown
hateful. and enforce d service that love
mavhap no longer hal0wsl Of what use,
then. % De a Csecn, i thereby / may not
escape the evil of She mcanly born. Mark
thou. Harmachis: Woman being grown
hath two lis % fear. death and marriage
and Of these twain Is marriage the more
vie. for ia death wc may fnd rest, but in
marriage. should 10 fail us, we must find
he'll Nav, being above the breath of com
mon SANDER that would blast those who OF
true vlr.ue will not consent 20 stretch af-
fection's bonds, l love, HarEacais, but
marry not,'
And yesternight thou didst swear that
thou wouldst we'd me aud call ne to thy
SIDE before the face Of EZyptr'
"And yesternight the red ring round tho
moon did mark the coming Of the storm,
and yet the day "a fair But who knows
that the tempest may not break tomorrow
Y DO knows that have not chosen the cas-
Ter path to save Egypt from tns Romsni
Who knows, Hsrmachis, that thou slalt not
still cal me 'wifer"
Then no longer could Ibesr her IA shood,
for I saw tha, she but played with me. And
so 1 spoke that which was IN nv heart
Cleopatra - I cried, ''thou didst swear 70
protect Egypt, and thou art about 70 betray
Egypt 70 the Roman Thou dldst swear 20
use The treasures that I revealed 20 thee
f0r the service Of Egypt, and thol arr
about % use them 70 be her means of shame
TO fashion them as fetfers for her wrists :
Thou didst swear 20 wed me, who loved
thee. and for thee gave al. and thou dost
mock ne and rejectt Therefore / say
with the voice of the dread Gods say it,
that on taee shall fal 90, curse % Men ss-
"a. whom thou hast robbed. indeed let
me z hence aud work out nv doom let
ne 60. -. thou fair shane thou living Lief
whom have loved % my doom. ard who
hast brought upon ne the last curse q
DOOR Let ne hide myself aud see Thy face
60 more
she rose II her wrath. and terrible she
was ~ 80.
let thea 80 - stir - evA against mef
Nsr. Hsrmactis. thou shait not 90 90 buad
aeT plot. against ny throne 1 say - thee
That thcu, 10. shalt cosle q visit Aafony
la CIlc a. and there, percaance, / viA iet
thee 60" Ard ere could ans~er. she 3 81
srracx upon TIE silver gong thst hung nlgh
"a where sse vas
Ere fs rieh echo had G.ed away there
entered from oue door Charmioa snd ths
waiting wonsu. aad fron t1s ether Aals a