Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-11-24

| In four days from that time L lett m
couch, and in three more 1 could walk al
hour in the palace gardens; another weel
and could read and think, though / wen
no more to Court. And at length one after
noon CharmiOn came and bade me make
ready, for in two days would the feet sail,
fret for the coast of Syria, and thence tC
to the gulf of Issus and Cilicia.
Thereon, with all fOrmality, and in writ
ing, craved leave of Cleopatra that /
might be left, urging that M health was
even now 30 feeble that I could not travel.
Bat in answer q message wss sent to me
that must come. And so on the ap-
pointed day ! was carried or 8 litter down
to the boat, and together with that very
soldier who had cut me down, the Cap
tain Brennus, and others OF his troop
(whO, indeed, we're sent to guard me,
We rowed aboard the vessel where she lay
at anchor with the rest of the great fleet.
For Cleopatra was vOysging as though to
war in much pomp, and escorted by q
mighty fleet of ships, whereof her
galley, built like house and lined
throughout with cedar and silken hang
ings, was the most beautiful and costly
that the world has ever seen. But on
this vessel l went not, and, therefore, it
CHANGED that saw not Cleopatra nor
Cbsrmon till we landed at the mouth Of
the River Cydnus. The signal being
MADE, the feet set cal; and the wind be-
log fair, or the evening of the second day
we came to Joppa. Thence we sailed
slowly with contrary winds up the coast
of Syria, making Ce area and Ptolemair
and Tyrus and Berytus and past
LebauoD's white brow crowned with
mis- crest of csdais, on 10 Hsraclea and
across the Gulf Of Issus TO the mouth
Of Oydnus And ever az We jOurneyed the
strong breath of the ssa brought back my
health, till at length, save for line of
white upon my head, where the sword had
fallen, was almost IS l had beer. And
one night, ss we drew near Oydnus, while
Bcennus and l sat alone together on the
deck, MS eye fell upon the white mark his
sword hsd made, and he swcre q great
oath by his heather Pois. AN thou
hads Cied. lad" he sad, "methinks l
could never again have held up my head!
An that was a coward stroke, and shamed
am 10 think that should have struck
it, ard thou en- the ground and with thy
back to me. Knowest thou that when
thou didst lie 'twixt life and death, every
day came to ssk tidiugs of thee? and
sGore by Taranis thatif thou didst die I'd
turn my back upon that soft palace life
and then away for the North"
NAY, trouble not, Brennus," l answer
ed; III was thy duty"
"Mayhsp bet there are duties that q
brave man should not do-nay, not at the
bidding of any Q1een who ever ruled in
Egypt. Thy blow had dazsd me or had
not struck What is il, lad part in
trouble with this Queen Of ours? Why art
thou dragged prisoner upon this pleasure
party? Know 81 thou that We are strictly
charged that if thou dOst escape our lives
shall pay the price,"
"Ay, in sore trouble, friend" 1 an.
sweTed; TASK me no more"
Then, being of the age thou art
there's a woman in it, that swear land,
perchauce, though am rough and foolish,
l might make a guess. Look thou, lad,
what sayest thou? am a-weary Of the
service Of Cleopatra and this hot land Of
deserts and of luxury, that sap a mans
strength and drain his pocket; and go are
Others whom l wOt of. What sayest thou;
let's take one of these unwieldy vessels
and away tc the North? I'll lead thee to
better land than Egypt-a land of lake
and mountain and great forests of sweet
scented pine; ay, and find thee a girl fit to
mate with, mine own Mecca strong girl,
and tall, with wide blue eyes, and long,
fair hair, and arms that would crack
thy ribs were she to ing theel Come,
Whist ayes thou? Potaway tn pas, and
away to the bOnny North, and be son TO
me-"
For moment thought, and then sadly
shook my head; for though sorely tempted
to be gone, knew that in Egypt lay my
fate, and my fate might not fly.
1t may not be, Brennus," answered.
'Fain would that it might be, butt am
bound by a chain of destiny, which 1 can
not break, and in the land of Egypt l
must live and die"
Gas thou wilt, lad" said the old war
rior. Clearly should l have loved to
marry thee among my people and make
son OF thee. At the least, remember that
while l am here thou hast Brennus for a
friend. Aud one thing more; beware of
that besuteous Queen Ofthine, for, by Tar
anis, perohancs an hour may come when
she will hold that thou knOwest too much,
and then" and he drew his hand across
his throat. "And now good night; a cup
of wine, then to sleep, for tomorrow the
foolery-"
Here streral lengths of the second roll Of
pqpyrus are so broken as 10 be indeoiphGa
Die. They seem to hare been descriptive Of
Cleopatra's coydge up the CydnUs to the city
Of Tarsus
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