Telegram-herald., 1889-10-11

waiting. And the eunuchs had surely
slain me. for Cleopatra stood like one who
watches in dream and made no sign. AL
ready was my head dragged back and their
knife points at my throat, when Charmion,
rushing forward, threw herself upon me,
and, calling them "Dogs!" desperately
thrust her body before them in such a
fashion that smite they could not. Now
Brennus, with an oath, seized first one and
then another and cast them from me.
Spare his life, Queenv he cried, in his
barbarous Latin "By Jupiter, he is a
brave man! Myself felled like an OK in the
shambles, and three of my boys finished by
a man without armor and taken unawares
| grudge them not to such a mani A boon,
Queen! Spare his life, and give him to
metz
LAY, spare him spare himr' cried Char
mion, white and trembling.
Cleopatra drew near and looked upon the
cad and him who lay dying as / had
dashed him to the ground, and on me, her
lover Of two days gone, whose head rested
uow on CharmOn's white robes
l met the Queens glance. "Spare notr'
[ gasped; ''ug Uicttsn' Then flush gath
cred on her brow, inethinks it was a flush
of shainel
mion,' she said, with little laugh, "thGt
thou thrustest thy tender body 'tyixt him
and the knives Of these sexless houudsl"
and she cast look Of sccrn upon the
eunuchs.
NAY" answered tho girl, fercely. 'But
can not stand by 10 see brave man muir
iered by such as these"
ayr said Cleopatra, she Is brave
man, and gallant.y he fought; never have
seen 40 fierce a fight oven IN the games
at Rome Well, / spare his life; though
'tis weak Of ne, womauish weak. Take
him to his chamber ana guard him till he is
healed or-dea6.'
And then my brain reeled, great sick
ness seized upon me, and l sank into the
uothinCness of swoon.
Dreams, dreams. dreamsl without end
and ever changing. as for years and years
seemed 70 toss upon a sea Of agony. And
through them a vision Of a dark-eyed WON
ans tender face and the touch Of a
white hand soothing me % rest. Visions,
too, Of a Royal c0untenance bending at
times over my rocking bed countct ance
that / could not grasp, but whose beauty
flowed through my fevered veins and was a
part Of me-visions OF childhood and of the
Temple towers Of Ao0utkis, and OF the
whte-haired Arlenemhat. my father-ayl
and an ever-present vision Of that dread
hall in Amenti. and OF the small altar and
fle Spirits cad ia fame There / seemed
- wander everlastngly. calling on the Hoy
Mother, whose memory 1 could not grasp,
calling ever and in vain, For no cloud de
scended upon the altar, only from time 10
time The voice pealed aloud "Strke out
the name ~ Harmacbis child of Earth,
from the living Book % Her. who " as and
Is and Shall Be Losf Iosf iostf''
And then another voice would answer:
"Not yet not yet Repentance is az
hand. strike not opt the name Of Har-
macbis child q Earth. from the living
Book ~ Her. who Was and Is and Shall
Be By suffering may sir be wiped away ''
woke 20 fad myself in my own cham bce
in the tower OF the palasc So Weak was
that I scarce could Ifs my hand and hfr
seemed hgt 90 fuiter IN my breast ss hat
ters = dying dove could not torn my
head could not stir, yet in my heart thers
was a sense of rest. and q dark trouble
done The light hurt my eres. 7 shnt
them ald a. / shnt them. heard tte swoep
C. woman's robes upon ~ stair, ard
ssift laht step that vel knew. II ~as
thst ~ Cleopatra
She entered and her faotfan drew niFn.
I fe.t her come Every pulse in ny poor
frame 5sat a. answer 81 her zoo fa.i ana
al my ighfy loFs sad hate rose from tne
darkness = my aeash Ike s'eep snd fent
ne il their struggle Sac lean~d over ne
Der sza hr6sial breath pisfea apon nY fsee
! coaid bear tls beating 20 ner hearfl
lever she ies8ed. fl a. last her lps
toaehea ne so.ig Ga the brow. Peer
mAn ! heara her murmuf faeF, weas,
avfss man Faes hatE bssa had - thssi